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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
3
The Amarillo Globe and Amarillo Daily News imprint notes the paper's second class matter entry on February 70 1924 and lists GENE HOWE as president, JOHN McCARTY as assistant publisher, and WESLEY IZZARD as editor in chief with the Globe-News Publishing Co. responsible for evening publication except Saturdays and Sundays.
The text notes that Japanese propagandists claimed spirits of soldiers killed at Attu opposed the American drive on Kiska and predicts they will admit that the American fleet’s ghost has returned to trouble the Imperial Navy.
The Department of Agriculture launches a campaign to reduce forest fires which top 210,000 annually with an estimated 190,000 man caused. It warns that fires threaten timber and cause erosion floods and wildlife loss while consuming 17 million man days yearly. It urges safe burning extinguishing campfires and proper disposal of ashes. Wartime etiquette comments mock Juvenile reaction to food saving decrees and urge postwar manners improving table habits.
Washington observers note the Roosevelt Barkley rift unsettles Democrats as 8 000 telegrams and 12 000 letters flood the floor leader. The episode prompts fears of constitutional decline and shifts in campaign strategy while McNary’s passing seeds Republican leadership speculation.
Wireless dispatch profiles Sgt. Steve Major 612 feet tall 222 pounds from Monessen Pennsylvania. An armorer in the 4th Bombardment Group he plans travel and education after the war. He enjoys meeting people and learning languages while serving in Italy and Panama.
A speaker mocks Uncle Sam for tax form complexity and jokes about filling out last year’s form. He describes gathering withholding receipts and pencils, then having Mrs. Lee Hunter fill it out for him.
A collection of remarks by Joseph C. Grew Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Carl Weyganat and Wendell Willkie stressing caution about moral development education and science. They warn that victory will not solve all problems and reconstruction errors can be costly.
A Stockton Air Field frog from a local squadron defeated in a two hour trial at Mather Field in California. The Mather entrants flew in, towed balloons, armored car entries and ambulances, but the Stockton frog failed to jump beyond two feet two inches in a showy, disastrous display ending in its troop’s discharge for treasonable conduct.
A narrator recalls unlikely meetings with strangers, an ambitious medical student at Northwestern, and a benevolent elder who ran a Plymouth coupe. The exchange covers philosophy and religion, while a later encounter reveals a 67 year old driver who recalls a recent minor crash and his well kept, low-mileage car.
Crossword puzzle item list presents naval leader hints and across and down clues with terms like expunge, reinst ate, decree, and river related words. It includes references to Vice Admiral and Attack Admiral, plus various terse definitions.
Amarillo Income Tax Service at 110 E. 5th offers prompt and accurate tax filing with reasonable rates. Open nights and Sundays, phone 2-5050.
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