16 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1943
Page
1
Rain returns this week with scattered clouds becoming general as warmth and humidity rise. A local tale recalls a fighting town rooster who challenged country roosters and was sidelined by a Jeep, while readers hear about investing before Pearl Harbor and inflation risks.
Jimmie Fidler reports Walt Disney's Victory Through Air Power as a dispassionate, propaganda styled film likely to influence Allied victory debates. Critics split between praise for reasoned argument and dismissal by the pro military establishment, with strong calls for officers to view it and discuss its theories.
Kansas City livestock sales July 16 show hogs at top $13.60 and cattle steady with common cows $9.00 to $10.50 and good dealers $13.00 to $14.00. Sheep limited. native lambs up to $15.00. Chicago hogs $13.75 to $14.00 top. sheep $15.50. cattle steady to weak with some low sales. Financial funds show liquidation at $1.8827 with offer $2.06.
A 17 year old boy living at 1206 North East Eighth Avenue offers to work on a farm or dairy and reports leaving a pair of small black rubber boots at Buffalo Lake's east side parking area. He offers a reward and requests contact via Reader at 8194 See Page 16 for Tack Letters.
Robert Ricks, who appraised land for former Pantex site owners, testified again as the federal trial over land worth continued. Attorneys reviewed deeds from past transactions to show government appraisals were fair, with values ranging from 450000 to 575000 and a special commission’s 700000, while the owners’ appraisers set over 900000.
Wendell Willkie says he will seek the Republican nomination if Col. Robert R. McCormick enters the Illinois primary next April. A Schenectady report details a nightly owls attack near a new housing site, with locals fending off the birds. The piece notes U S income growth of over 60 percent from 1941 to 1943.
Army Engineers of the Denison District in Amarillo to review U S Government contracts in West Texas. Projects include improvements at Amarillo Dalhart McLean Hereford and other reservations. A district office is planned in Amarillo to serve as regional hub and recruiting headquarters as announced by R H Baugh.
Rock Island passenger train No. 112 was delayed after a derailment 10 miles west of San Jon New Mexico. The train arrived Amarillo at 6 30 last night with no injuries reported and the cause under investigation by Rock Island officials. A pigeons learning tale from Albany rounds out the dispatch.
In Troy New York the McCormick home displays a fourth service flag star after 21 year old Helen McCormick joins the Women's Army Corps. Her three brothers serve in the Army overseas, signaling a family devoted to wartime service.
An interlocutory divorce decree in White Plains authorizes Lieutenant Commander Jack Dempsey to remarry and bars Hannah Williams from marrying again without court consent. The decree was filed in the Westchester County clerk’s office at noon today.
Allied air actions crippling Italy and Sicily railways. The Air Ministry reported these key lines: Palermo to Syracuse main line destroyed. Messina to Catania main line blocked. Messina to Palermo main line cut near the Catania junction.
Evangelist R. E. Delafield will discuss "The 144 000 of Revelation Who Are They" at 8 30 this evening. The address at the big tent studio on West Ninth and Van Buren is open to the public.
A BEW spokesman said President Roosevelt's reorganization creates the Office of Economic Warfare. Milo Perkins of Texas is out of a job as Perkins was fired yesterday. The action places Byrnes's stabilization activities under Byrnes and Perkins's duties under Leo T. Crowley as OEW director. The spokesman could not reach Perkins or Crowley for comment. The note adds that the U.S. would contain 1.3 billion people if as densely populated as Puerto Rico.
Doctors Cradit and Vick announce their Tenth Annual Post-graduate Clinic from July 26 to August 7. Limited case intake includes tonsil operations sinus treatment rectal cases injections for rupture and varicose veins prostate diseases and other orificial surgeries. Call 2-2681 to reserve.
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