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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1945
Page
2
Guests at the Ted Houghton residence wedding reception are asked to help locate a silver champagne cup monogrammed B L that disappeared after the event. The house was searched thoroughly and Mrs. Houghton is distressed by the loss. A small silver match box cover of old English design was also left behind.
The 1945 campaign ends with a choice between Conservative free enterprise and Labor plans to nationalize key industries. About 25 million voters expected. results delayed while soldiers vote, with final results due July 26. Churchill leads the Conservatives while Attlee Bevin and Morrison head Labor, all former coalition war cabinet members. Churchill faced boos in northeast London as he addressed a 25,000 crowd, joking about the booing.
Washington July 4 The FEPC fight places eleven major war agencies on precarious financing through a $752 million appropriations bill. Initial House action blocked FEPC funding, then Senate approved a $250,000 FEPC allocation, with procedural moves to bypass objections. Speaker Rayburn as of July 4 backs funding contention, Cannon pledges to press for full consideration amid party objections.
Navy Privateer bombers sank two small Japanese freighters and a lugger near the Korea Islands off Shanghai. They damaged two more freighters and five luggers, and shot down one Tojo interceptor. A second mission saw two more freighters sunk after fending off a twin engined fighter.
Two American Red Cross girls Mary Moen of Onawa Iowa and Lois R Herney of Fallon Nevada received Bronze Star Medals from Gen Mark W Clark at 15th Army Group HQ for meritorious service during the Salerno invasion. William A Stephens of Brooklyn was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for organizational work as regional director of the American Red Cross with the American Fifth Army.
A cantaloupe is a musk melon and part of the musk melon family. It shares traits with related melons and is known for its distinct rind pattern and sweet central flesh.
The Sanders of 2400 Hughes in Amarillo reveal the citys first deluxe summer house. Built with brick and tile, it features three open sides, a large west end grill area, and insect lighting to deter pests. It stretches just over 20 by 20 feet with movable tables and storage recesses, designed for cooling breezes and easy upkeep.
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin remains critically ill with a heart ailment. Senior ministers express grave concern and stay in close contact with his physicians. Curtin previously faced heart trouble forcing hospitalization and a lung complication in April prompted his return home.
A final accounting filed in Surrogate's Court shows actor Otis Skinner died January 4, 1942 with a gross estate of 812,964 dollars most of which goes to his actress daughter Cornelia Otis Skinner.
Manila reports heavy rains slow Maj. Gen. Charles Hurd's Sixth Division as it pushes toward Kiangan in rugged northern Luzon. The 63rd Infantry Regiment at Mount Santo Domingo moved 3,000 yards amid strafing by the Fifth Air Force and supporting artillery. Filipino guerrillas aided by Americans capture Valoe in the Agusan Valley on Mindanao.
Chinese forces seized Liuchung 15 miles north of Liuchow and forced the Japanese garrison to retreat toward Nhungtu. Dispatches report about 10 percent of Linchow burned but the vital Liuchow airfield remained serviceable for operations.
Sheriff W. T. McQuerry of Abilene went to Amarillo to bring back Henry Lee Jackson wanted on a car theft charge. The youth was held by city police for driving a car with a stolen license and handed to the highway patrol after the Abilene theft was learned.
Ten Sherman tanks of the Second Armored Division enter Berlin to establish security in the American sector. About 4,000 support vehicles and 15,000 troops move into the city from Dessau while Soviet and German crowds watch and adapt to the new arrangement.
A 21 year old mare in Ellenwood Georgia is offered as lion feed for the Tri-State Fair Grounds zoo. Ed Eubanks plans to fetch the horse to Panhandle for killing and cold storage storage to feed carnivores for about three days.
Mr and Mrs J L McCormick and Mr and Mrs Stanley Marsh plan salt water lessons with the McCormick children before returning from Aransas Pass where they spent 10 days. The kids landed tarpon, Don McCormick 15 and George 13 each caught tarpon. a shark halved Miss Lorma McCormick’s big catch, and she stayed in Austin to join the University of Texas.
Talbotton Georgia July 4 more than a score of people were injured most slightly when two passenger trains collided head on early today. Local officials investigated the cause and reported no fatalities as rescue workers aided the injured at the scene.
Samuel D Braden is named a special representative on the Packard sales staff with headquarters in Oklahoma City to cover Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and part of New Mexico. A University of Oklahoma graduate, Braden has automotive experience since 1921 and has worked with Chevrolet, Pontiac and BOP in sales roles.
Paris July 3 United Press dispatch lists redeployment plans for American divisions homeward. The 95th Infantry, 379th Regiment is home others on high seas. 104th on high seas. 4th advance party home by plane, rest loading at Le Havre. 8th loading at Le Havre. 87th loading at Le Havre to clear by July 7. 44th three shiploads to United Kingdom with remainder to clear Le Havre by July 7. 5th advance units left Le Havre June 28, bulk processing at Camp St Louis near Reims for July shipment. 13th Armored advance left June 30 remainder at Camp Atlanta, Reims for July shipment. 2nd processing at Camp Norfolk, Reims for July shipment. 30th to arrive at Reims July 10. 28th movement order suspended with no information on immediate future. 45th to arrive at Reims for processing July 5.
At Mackinac Island Michigan Gen George C Marshall and Adm Ernest J King met with state governors in a closed session during the 37th annual conference to discuss progress in the Pacific war and measures to halt kamikaze attacks on U S fleet units. Governor Robert Kerr of Oklahoma said the group seeks details on Navy steps to stop the suicide strikes.
A dense listing of radio programs and times across KGNC and KFDA showing morning through late evening broadcasts. It includes news, music, dramas, soap operas, and variety shows with multiple networks and station identifiers.
Sergeant Carl E. Kirk is discharged after four and a half years in the Army. He served nearly three years overseas in the China Burma India theater and Europe including Burma campaigns with Chinese troops, and fought near Kaiserlautern and across the Rhine. He wears Asiatic-Pacific and European African Middle Eastern ribbons and stars, arrived home June 12, discharged June 21 at Fort Bliss, wife Elsie Lee Haynie now in Amarillo.
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