07 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1944
Page
1
The edition covers a blizzard with animal warnings and cow penalties, a prize contest for largest eggs with $25 and $15, and warnings about war front news. It notes cowmen at social events, Sinatra trivia, Nettuno beachhead losses, crow extermination plans, and a damaged News-Globe paper line.
A man argues masculinity influences family size, boasting three granddaughters while a colleague has one grandson. The exchange leads to a jab about wars, wives, and the value of partnership, with remarks on etiquette, hair brushing, height myths, and Franklin’s advice on union.
Classified notices offer a housekeeper needed to care for a two and a half year old with room and board. A reader seeks a Mrs George Sparks in Amarillo for contact at phone numbers 23857 or 8412. Also a March 7 note mentions Selective Service estimates 3,000,000 men to examine and about 1,200,000 to be inducted over five months.
Acting President Edelmiro Farrell signals Argentina will maintain Ramirez era policy and deepen friendship with the United States while opposing the Axis. In other news Partisans halt German advances near Trebinje as Tito forces press the Herzegovinian front. Amarillo IRS offices stay open long hours drawing crowds and political chatter about the November election.
Bonita Granville, the Hollywood actress on a two week victory committee tour of army camps, is hospitalized in Ashburn General Hospital in McKinney Texas with measles after volunteering to entertain servicemen in hospitals.
Jonathan Daniels, administrative assistant to President Roosevelt, testified before a Senate committee that he urged Harry F. Slattery to resign as head of the Rural Electrification Administration after conducting an internal inquiry at the president's request. Daniels previously refused to discuss the ouster, risking contempt, but answered questions in a second appearance before the Agriculture Subcommittee.
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced in Washington that the American fleet now exceeds 900 warships making it the largest in world history. He noted this count excludes smaller craft and that the Essex type carrier group will exceed the original 11 ships planned, though he offered no specifics.
London dispatch reports heavy combat on three Jugoslav fronts—western Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Lika—as Marshal Tito’s partisans engage opposing forces with sustained clashes and shifting positions amid the Yugoslav theater.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane, head of the bureau of ships, told the House appropriations committee that the United States Navy intends to take the Japanese fortress Truk. He said repairs will be needed by early 1945 and noted the scope of work will be difficult to determine.
Two jurors were selected this morning for the John Kincheloe murder trial bringing the total to four. The sheriff's office is hustling additional venire men as Judge Henry Bishop indicated further action.
A Dalhart area case unfolds as Kincheloe stands trial on charges of killing his son Clark at their home two years ago. The proceedings may resume with a possible session tonight.
Potter County Red Cross asks for eight electric irons via Amarillo Army Air Field Field Director Joseph J. Moran. Call 26571 or deliver to the Courthouse office. Donors should state price if selling irons.
H. E. Hunter, a former Amarillo highway department employee, died in an Oklahoma City hospital after residency in Roswell for two years. Survived by wife Vesta Molesworth Hunter and five year old son Edgar Earl. body to arrive tomorrow noon via Rock Island. Funeral arrangements announced by N. S. Griggs and Sons.
City manager A. P. Hancock spoke at the Amarillo Real Estate Board meeting in the Capitol Hotel about current and proposed expansions to the water system. W. H. Van Shaw served as program chairman.
Dispatches from Helsinki report steady evacuation of German civil administrations from Reval and other Estonian cities, as authorities continue to withdraw from the Baltic region.
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