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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1945
Page
2
Moscow reports about 3400 Western Allied prisoners freed by the Red Army from Germany have departed for home from Occupied Europe. Nearly 10000 more remain to be repatriated, per the Communist organ Pravda.
The column blends climate chatter with reminiscences of older days on the high plains. It quotes local residents on weather trends and hints at shifting patterns possibly tied to the Gulf Stream. It also notes a Pampa sportsmen meeting and a gossiping chat about President FDR and MacArthur amid wartime context.
The piece argues MacArthur is the standout Allied figure while predicting government control of coal mines soon. It contrasts home front accidents with wartime losses, noting older people face more injuries while wartime casualties hit young men hardest. Overall it laments broad harms to English, French, German, and American peoples.
Flood waters along the Ohio River receded rapidly with officials predicting a return to banks within four days. The disaster caused an estimated 4.75 million dollars in damage, heavily impacting war production as mines and factories were forced to close. Louisville New Albany and Jeffersonville faced about 2 million, Cincinnati 1 million, Covington 1.75 million in damage, with steel output down 30 percent at Wheeling and 15 percent at Cincinnati. Army engineers said the Mississippi might absorb the Ohio overflow.
Chinese forces halted a small Japanese landing near Fukien Province about 40 miles south of Foochow and killed 100 attackers. Dispatches also claimed Suichwan in Kiangsi Province fell to Chinese forces according to unofficial reports.
A man named Mart M. Cathy requests pen pals and asks for a correspondence with a woman aged 34 to 44. He describes himself as unencumbered and of good character and offers references from general delivery in Amarillo.
On February 23 a brown rain proof dress coat with one side damaged disappeared near Horace Mann School. A five dollar reward is offered for its return. Call 9717 to claim. Mrs. T. M. Wheat.
Reader at 1523 East Twelfth offers sewing from remodeling clothes to children's garments, mending of any kind, and fancy work suitable for home projects.
A reader invites quilting work at home. Call after noon at 9019 or drop quilts at 3011 North East Eighth for pickup or service.
Individual offers daily or weekly in home child care. Home is modern with a large fenced back yard for play. Call 547? for details.
A house key and a Yale lock key were found on a ring and can be claimed by the owner at 1400 Pierce in the mornings. Reader note.
Thousands of sufferers claim NORITO eases rheumatic pains including sciatica lumbago neuritic and neuralgia quickly. The ad guarantees fast relief or money back after three doses with promise of comfort, sleep, and regained activity if unsatisfied. See your druggist today.
Ousborn D Cope withdraws as candidate for City Commissioner No 2 after questioning eligibility under Amarillo charter. With Cope out the commission remains unopposed for re election on April 3 as the remaining certified candidates include Jenkins Eperson Hargett.
Allied forces tightening the noose on German pockets along the Rhine as Patton’s Third Army nears Coblenz and the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen spurs further bridgehead expansion. German reports claim across Rhine crossings and pontoon bridge defenses, while Allied command notes modest bridgehead growth amid heavy artillery fire.
Kansas City market notes show Financial Industrial Fund liquidating at 1.9961 with offering 2.19. Reports from Kansas City and Chicago detail cattle, calves, hogs, sheep receipts, prices and movement. Slaughter classes steady to weak, feeders and stockers active, hogs and cattle mixed, lambs strong in parts, with wheat and corn futures edging higher.
A special judge investigated the discovery of several hundred home-made hand grenades found in sacks beside an organ at Bogota's cathedral. The find followed rumors of a planned uprising against President Alfonso Lopez's government.
Staff Sgt. George D. Keathley of Lamesa, Texas, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions on Mount Altuzzo during a German counterattack. He collected ammunition from dead and wounded, temporarily held the line after being mortally wounded, and inspired his unit until enemy forces were repulsed. He died in the arms of a comrade, bidding his wife farewell.
Mrs. Frank M. Byrd of Fort Worth received the Air Medal with two clusters for her son Jimmie C. Byrd staff sergeant of the Eighth Air Force killed in action over Europe. Lt Col James D. Jones, Fort Worth Army Air Field air inspector, made the presentation.
A Navy tanker on a trial run and a liberty ship inbound from a cross-ocean voyage collided in heavy fog off the Golden Gate. Both vessels reached port for repairs. no injuries were reported.
A surgeon relayed from the operating room that the shooting continued from page one. Hospital staff said the officer was struck in the mouth and chest. State and county officers broadened the search for two men, discovering a scout car abandoned near Joe Gary's dairy along Highway 66 at about 2 a.m.
Louise Felicia Applewhite, a polio survivor flown from Amarillo to Warm Springs, won a $1 000 War Bond for her life story on the Columbia network program This Is My Story. She is 13, still at Warm Springs Foundation, with her parents and brother Calvin in service.
Weatherman H. C. Winburn forecasts no more extreme cold this winter with a possible rise above 13.6 degrees. He notes limited cold air from the north and a chance of missing a hard winter entirely as a warmer trend settles in tomorrow. The article recalls Indiana snow lasting 89 days in 1939-40.
Fred D. Hicks faces a bigamy case in Texas 47th District Court after admitting a July 1938 common law marriage to Mrs. Constance Hicks and a 1944 marriage to Leota Parsons of Amarillo. He pled guilty, has five children, and faces two to five years with no suspended sentence. Hicks was extradited from Muskogee Oklahoma.
A $100 check from Rudolph R Struve a machinist mate first class with a Seabee battalion in the Southwest Pacific was received by Khiva's 240 Club to remove the temple's last indebtedness Struve home is Abernathy He served 15 months in the Aleutians and returned home during his wife’s illness before shipping to the Southwest Pacific last fall.
American Army engineers who built the India China supply road will aid in improving highways east of Kunming China terminus of the Burma Road Maj Gen Gilbert Cheves announced today.
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