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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1945
Page
1
Washington July 4 Harry L Hopkins resigns as government aide after 12 years with the Roosevelts seeks memoirs of New Deal and wartime service. President Truman praises Hopkins and notes health problems sending him to Mayo Clinic Rochester for treatment.
Senator Connally welcomes Sen. Bushfield's backing for the UN charter while rejecting constitutional challenges. Governors at Mackinac Island prepare a resolution endorsing the charter as a foundation for world peace. Bushfield pledges support, citing duty to soldiers. Vandenberg opposes delegation powers without congressional direction.
Balikpapan’s fall nears as Australian troops breach light Japanese resistance to seize the Sepinggang airfield and Manggar field, establishing a beachhead about 10 miles long. Western Borneo operations push 7 1 2 miles from Beaufort toward Jesselton while Mindanao and Luzon progress continue.
Washington July 4 Americans were urged to give more meat milk and soap to aid liberated Europe to avert famine and pestilence. Director Herbert H Lehman of the UNRRA said the first great battle of the peace hinges on pledges kept by nations like the United States that bore less war impact.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Thunder showers possible this afternoon except in the Panhandle and El Paso area. High 83, low 60, 10 am temperature 76.
Typical Fourth of July weather set the scene as Amarillo residents enjoyed a holiday with extra sleep and park picnics. Fireworks caused no major fires but drew nonlethal chaos downtown while the Army Air Field and Pantex Plant continued operations. Post offices and most city services closed for Independence Day.
British archeologists uncover Roman pottery and tools in bomb craters at King's Head near Borough High Street and St Thomas Street in Southeast London. Excavators aim to map the old Roman road and estimate the size of the settlement.
Rome July 4 Maj. Gen. J M Bevans announced that more than 1481 American planes and 50 000 men have left Italy for redeployment. The rest of the 165 000 air force personnel in Italy at war end will be redeployed at about 25 000 monthly.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 740 poliomyelitis cases in the United States through May 26 1945 up from 499 in 1944. Dr Don W Guda Kunst notes the sharpest rise in the Middle Atlantic states with cases up from 43 to 178.
London reports Russia presses for a say in negotiations to restore Tangier to its pre war international status. A British Foreign Office commentator says the request is under consideration and could delay the settlement of control over the Straits of Gibraltar ports.
Representative Lyndon Johnson of Texas urged price administration and agriculture officials to provide canning sugar to avert waste. He cited thousands of bushels of peaches being harvested in Central Texas that would spoil without relief.
Staff Sgt. Herbert Richardson a German POW for 10 months has called his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs H M Rawlings 2603 Ong San Francisco. The former tail gunner visits his wife and year old son in San Francisco and once lived with the aunt and uncle here. He attended Amarillo schools and says I think I'm all right but I can't remember how I used to feel. Richardson has gained 40 pounds since liberation six weeks ago.
A neutral foreign diplomat said the Japanese mission in Moscow felt nervous about China Russia talks and possible pacts affecting the Japanese-Chinese conflict. Japanese diplomats skipped Molotovs reception for Soong while Chinese sources saw optimism in talks before the Berlin Big Three meeting.
Hollywood July 4 Charlie Chaplin, described as a multi millionaire, was ordered by Superior Judge William S. Baird to reveal his account books by July 16. The order aims to force him to pay for the 20 month old Carol Ann Barry’s upkeep while the paternity suit and appeals proceed.
Two lieutenants and five sergeants of the Brazilian Air Force died when their aircraft crashed at Burgaw North Carolina last night. The Brazilian embassy disclosed the fatalities today.
In Bridgeport Connecticut 24 year old Imogene Stevens awaiting trial on a manslaughter charge for the shooting of Seaman Albert Kovacs plays tiddly winks in the jail recreation room. Maj George Stevens III is reportedly en route from overseas to join the case.
Amid Independence Day closures war bond centers operate at Amarillo theaters. Final results for Victory Bond Flight depend on Friday night and Saturday morning tallies with four winners earning round trips by air to destinations including New York City Hollywood and Mexico City aboard Trans continental Western Air Inc and Braniff Airways.
War Production Chief J A Krug ordered a 25 percent reduction in war plant inventories of sheet steel and a similar cut in strip steel. He said recent military cutbacks have left idle excess steel with munitions contractors and must be redirected to conversion industries to aid civilian production.
The article notes a Pacific war puzzle as B 29s roam without interception. Generals split on whether Japan lacks planes or keeps fighters back to resist invasion. Brig Gen William J Flood says he is puzzled by the new question of where Japanese air power is.
Paul Muni stars in a radio broadcast titled A Letter to America to be aired Thursday night on Station KFDA from 8 30 to 8 55 Amarillo time. The Holy Land message is sponsored by the Palestine Christian Committee and announced to Rabbi Arthur Bluhm of Temple B nai Israel via telegram from Rabbi Stephen Wise.
The Japanese News Service Comei announced in a BBC broadcast that Vice Admiral Genzo Sato and Rear Admiral Tsutomu Watanabe have died in action.
Fish supplies tighten as two large suppliers cite boat repairs and exceptionally bad weather. J S Fowlston of Zero Lockers reports orders for hundreds of pounds delayed or canceled as ships remain laid up and seafood landings fall short.
Nationwide labor unrest centers on Goodyear Akron plants where 16,700 workers have been idle for 18 days. War Labor Board handed control to economic stabilizer William H. Davis as strikers refuse to obey orders. Firestone, 16,500 more workers, also on strike, while Nixon era style relief talks push for settlements amid broader shut downs and newspaper delivery interruptions in New York and other cities.
Nearly 240 American planes from Okinawa and Iwo Jima attacked four Japanese targets in daylight. B-29s bombed Tokushima Kochi Kagoshima Miyazaki and Nagasaki areas while formations from Iwo Jima and Okinawa strafed airfields and military sites near Honshu and Kyushu. General LeMay reported general conflagrations and high fire damage with 70 percent of crews reporting strong results.
Taha Himawi Al Zamr a member of the Syrian Chamber of Deputies was shot and killed last night by unidentified assailants who also wounded his wife in Damascus officials said.
General William C. Chase told hundreds of replacements in Manila that supplies of Japanese fighters are exhausted. He noted the trainees will still pursue and engage enemy remnants for valuable combat experience ahead of a major offensive.
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