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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1943
Page
2
The Rome raid is framed as a compassionate Allied action to end unnecessary suffering and shorten Italy’s war toll. Mussolini’s refusal to declare an open city is blamed for necessitating the attack as a military precaution.
Vice Admiral Frederick J. Horne disclosed a Navy forecast of a war with Japan lasting at least through 1949. Secretary Knox warned optimism over a quick victory is misplaced and stressed sustaining vast production and base-building in the Pacific despite doubts about Europe’s timeline. He warned against morale lapses and said Rome’s fall is not imminent.
Axis radio outlets accused American air raids of deliberately targeting Rome churches and landmarks. Reports from Stockholm cited limited damage confined to the San Lorenzo area, while other broadcasts claimed extensive destruction and high casualties without corroboration from neutral sources.
George Olsen and his orchestra visit the Nat on Wednesday July 21 performing Music of To morrow. Born in Portland Oregon he learned piano violin and drums after a family business and early musical interest shaped a famed smile and stage presence. A wartime aviation note contrasts with past American aircraft production.
The Tri-State Association of Credit Men elected three new governors at last night’s annual meeting in the Capitol Hotel. New officers include Mrs Blanche F Pumphrey H A As bury and William W Lynes. The guest speaker was Miss Annie Porter of Santa Fe New Mexico, notable in credit men circles.
Washington July 20 government set a flat price ceiling of 14.75 per hundredweight on live hogs Chicago basis early in August. Federal licensing of slaughterers to tighten slaughter and marketing, with war food administration concurrence. WFA extended hog support price to lighter weights to conserve feed. farmers urged to market hogs not exceeding 230 pounds.
Smoke issued from a sparrow nest built inside the electric lighted sign at Ranch O Tel on West Sixth Avenue. The birds wired the nest across two hot wires causing a small fire that damaged little and left a horse figure in the sign appearing to run. A motorist alerted manager Bill Moseley who notified the fire department. the blaze was quickly extinguished and sparrows moved on.
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