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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1945
Page
5
Traffic fatalities for the year to date show a three percent decrease from last year. For May the drop was only two percent, according to city records for Austin.
William Arthur Allen 60 an engineer at the Cactus Ordnance Plant died after a heart attack on duty Thursday. He had worked at the plant two years and is survived by four sons Herman and Kenneth both of Amarillo Wilson and Hilton in the Army a daughter Inez Conner and Velma, a sister and three brothers. Funeral services are expected Monday at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home with complete arrangements to be announced.
Berlin, July 7. As Russians closed in, SS flooded the subway tunnels killing thousands who sought shelter there. Massive water inflow from blasting cut off escape routes, drowning most remaining evacuees amid warfare and collapsing utilities. Only a few reached street surfaces through emergency hatches.
Amarillo owners Clifford and Virginia Hurd prepare to open the State Cafe at 512 Taylor as a new air conditioned eating place with custom booths. The Hurds have cafe experience in the city and previously ran a cafe 15 years ago before selling in 1943 and moving to a suburban farm.
The War Department announced that 42 of 68 divisions that fought in Europe and the Mediterranean will be back home or en route by year end. It lists arrivals of the 86th 97th 95th and the 104th as back, with advance detachments of several others. Plans show 31 divisions may embark August to January, eight stay as occupation forces in Europe, and 18 remain in Europe. over 500000 men shift.
Miss Mary E. Rynders, 66, of 3310 West Sixth, died in a local hospital after an illness. A former partner in the Rynders Department Store she sold her interest to her brother W N Rynders. An overseas nurse in World War I she served 18 months in France with the British Red Cross. She was a member of Hanson Post American Legion and San Jackson Baptist Church. Funeral today at 2 in Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev Leon M Hill. burial at Waverly Illinois. Survivors include two more brothers O B Rynders Wichita and James A Rynders St Louis and a sister Mrs Katherine Weile Alton.
Chinese high command says fighting continues near Kanhsien in Kiangsi with no city changes and troops push to Chen nankwan, widening a gap toward Indo China. Chiang Kai-shek vows decisive stage ahead. In Burma, British forces clear Sittang lines north of Pegu as Allied air forces target Moulmein area amid possible land drives from Burma toward the Malay Peninsula.
Joe Naylor president of the Naylor Company reports strong sales for Get Hep by Evelyn Jean McCarty Amarillo High School graduate. The illustrated guide on Bobby Soxers language customs and manners is on sale in Amarillo Canyon and surrounding areas. Service men are mailing copies and interest runs statewide through Amarillo bookstores newsstands and drug stores.
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