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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1944
Page
7
Western Defense Command reports mando type practice raids in Northern California. Guards at defense plants wear distinctive red uniforms to test alertness and readiness.
Associated Press war analysis notes the absence of German fighter sorties during weekend raids by 1700 Allied aircraft near Paris. It argues Luftwaffe is weakened by factory destruction and Eastern Front losses, with Germany conserving planes for future invasion defense. Churchill cites growing US air power enhancing Allied prospects.
Lt Frank A Henry and several Amarillo alumni are noted for military progress. Henry earned silver wings at Spence Field Ga on March 12. Other locals include Clarence Herrington a baker in the Pacific, Seaman Jinkins headed for Keesler Field, Clifford A Biggers slated to receive wings at Pampa, Julian H Tadlock en route to New York, Capt Charles W Kendrick chosen for Fort Sill, and Pvt Marvis Fleming earning expert marksmanship. Raymond Shaw remains aboard a Pacific battleship as training completes.
National board staff member Miss Belle Ingels arrives in Amarillo to discuss administrative issues facing the YWCA as participation by women and girls in the war effort grows. Ingels joined the national board in 1926 and has trained general secretaries nationwide while coordinating programs with local leaders. She is a Transylvania University graduate who studied sociology at Columbia and the University of Chicago.
Col. Jay Dykehouse of the Eighth Service Command urged Amarillo High School students to complete their diplomas and maintain mental moral physical and spiritual fitness. He met faculty at 3 40 this afternoon and spoke to the Kiwanis Club on aiding boys entering service. Visiting Mr and Mrs Wade Hilliard of Childress are in Amarillo. Seaman Shaw, assigned to a ship in August 1943, entered the Navy last June after graduating from Amarillo High School in 1943.
Chicago leaders from The Chicago Citizens' Committee of 1,000 demand the dismissal of Randlett T. Lawrence, 17, a Texas doorkeeper, after an altercation with Edgar G. Brown, director of the National Negro Council. Capitol Police will hear the case. Brown, a Republican congressional candidate, claims Brown struck first with a shovel.
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