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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1945
Page
7
Local residents announce visits and relocations across Dalhart units. Pratt Kans residents Mr and Mrs Roy Rowland plan weekend stay with Burnetts on Sunset Terrace. Several families relocate from Lubbock while others visit relatives in Dallas Oklahoma and Chicago.
Glenn Hall district manager for Transcontinental and Western Air in Amarillo attends a Midwestern district managers meeting in Kansas City Missouri this week as Globe News Want Ads urge results.
Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets show totals: cattle 5 000, hogs 700, sheep 17 000 in KC. bids steady to higher for hogs and cattle, best steers 17.35 17.40, cows 13.50 14.00, vealers 13.00 14.50. Chicago hogs 14.75 top, cattle 17.90 top, steers 15.25 17.50, cows weak to 25c lower, sheep slow with bids 15.00 16.25. Financial note: Liquidating fund at 2.1095 with $2.31 offer.
A string of warranty deeds records transfers from D Pavillard to E L Butterfield and others, detailing lots in Valley, S J Hts, Mary Gould Acres, and more. District Court lists divorces for Wakes and Rogers, with several marriage licenses issued to numerous couples.
President Truman won support to extend price controls for at least one year. He praised OPA head Chester Bowles as well administered and urged continued confidence in the wartime program. Senator Taft criticized the praise and warned of sweeping condemnation of OPA practices causing injustices and shortages.
A report notes that Canada’s railway freight charges per unit of service rank as the lowest globally, highlighting competitive pricing for freight transport and potential impacts on trade and industry.
A detailed notice describes the Airborne Attack show at Amarillo Air Base during the Seventh War Loan drive on May 19 and 20. It outlines paratrooper drops, glider landings, supply and evacuation demonstrations, and public inspection by overseas veterans, with all attendees urged to buy Series E Bonds.
The discussion mocks reliance on a Moscow oriented path to Heaven or unity and suggests bypassing councils and courts. It ridicules a Williams College professor as the source of the trouble, implying direct access to power is preferred over procedure.
President Truman ordered the end of the Office of Civilian Defense by June 30 and withdrew a $369,000 OCD budget request for the next fiscal year. He stressed the ongoing need for volunteer work in states and communities.
In Wichita Kansas a B 29 Superfortress was dedicated to the memory of war correspondent Ernie Pyle and sent to fight Japan in his name. William Pyle Dana and Aunt Mary E Bales attended the ceremony as the father learned of Ernie's death via radio before War Department notification reached him.
Ben Gray a nine and a half pound Chinchilla buck owned by Charles King and his son Jerry of Amarillo was named best Chinchilla and best rabbit at the Dallas show at the state fair grounds amid 500 entries. King serves as vice president of the Texas Panhandle Rabbit Breeders Association, which includes 21 breeders from Amarillo Memphis Panhandle and Borger and counts 200 of his own rabbits.
The Liberty ship Dan Beard was torpedoed off the British Isles and sank after breaking in two. The War Shipping Administration reports 17 merchant seamen and 12 Navy armed guard dead or missing. The vessel had run between the British Isles and France and was homeward bound.
Dallas dispatch reports Japanese prisoner of war camp letters show a torpedo man Frederick Garza and his parents doubt the tone of a camp postscript High Five jail on the city hall fifth floor is cited as the prison.
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