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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1945
Page
2
The page blends weather whispers of rain for the wheat season with civic pleas for restraint during wartime, notes on weddings and tearful moments, and readers seeking lost items. It reflects a community balancing relief, morale, and personal stories amid conflict.
Statement from Mayor Joe Jenkins salutes Amarillo and Texas Panhandle for high enlistment and blood donations aiding Germany's capitulation. He praises nationwide unity with Allies and asks prayer and continued effort against remaining foes while honoring fallen service members.
The report notes a $5000 fine for improper material priorities at an actor's ranch barbecue pit and mentions incidental cafe service by Edyth Conner at Mickeys Cafe. It also describes German atrocity films at Amarillo theaters drawing higher female attendance though some men faint more often.
Kansas City markets report slow slaughter trade with cattle bids generally down 10 to 15 cents and steer prices around 15 to 16 40 per hundredweight. Hogs stay active near ceiling at about 14 50, sheep and lambs show modest gains with spring lambs up to 16.00. Financial industrial fund shows liquidation at 2 15 72 with offerings at 2 36.
Chinese forces in western Hunan shattered the left wing of a Japanese push toward Chihkiang, reporting a counter attack along an arc from Wvangcheng to Wawutang with four columns advancing up to nine miles. The 217th regiment of the 34th Division was said wiped out and large gains were claimed in Southern Henan with air support, causing 1,500 enemy casualties May 1–5.
Rome May 7 reports Kurt Schuschnigg former Austrian premier has been liberated from a German concentration camp. His wife was rescued with him along with former French premier Leon Blum and Mme Blum.
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, who said he would not seek reelection, has been offered the presidency of the Air Transport Association according to the New York Daily News.
A long account recounts Germanys 1918 surrender at Compiegne in a Wagons Lit dining car later used by Hitler in 1940. It details Foch's refusal to halt offensive, the Versailles treaty, and the car's relocation and symbolic flips between French triumph and Nazi display.
London reporting that the United States plans to retain a robust air arm in Europe after World War II for police and transport duties. Unofficial estimates suggest 75,000 to 100,000 ground crew, with American and British planes and personnel, from the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces likely contributing. The postwar air police would help maintain order in Germany.
The Victorville Army Air Base base commander revealed five bomber crew members killed when their four engine bomber crashed five miles south of the base. Lt Charles C Griffiths Jr 21 of Orton Texas is named among the dead along with Pfc Charles C Stowe also 21 of San Antonio Texas. One officer and one enlisted man survived by parachute.
A county committee led by Dorsey Smith urged fire protection for residential districts outside city limits and rural sections. They proposed county city cooperation to buy a fire truck for outside city use. Commissioners bought gasoline from Texas Company as low bidder, appointed J. E Aiken as yard man at the courthouse, and approved I. M. Nichols public weigher bond.
Commander Chester W. Nimitz Jr. son of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz receives the Navy Cross for his submarine command on the seventh patrol. The citation notes sinking several Japanese warships and damaging about 18,400 tons of merchant shipping in attacks on heavily escorted convoys.
Warranty deeds transfers for multiple parcels in Amarillo districts plus district court divorce filings and a long list of marriage licenses including Heriberto Herrera with Julia Gonzales and J F Headrick with Mrs Alice Rakestraw. Other pairs include Delbert Hubbard and Dorothy Odell and Robt Torgerson with Stella Dale.
President Truman sent a letter to all state and territorial governors offering mutual cooperation. He stated he is available to help whenever they visit Washington and asked McKim to convey the message.
Last year production of frozen fish on the Pacific Coast topped 100 million pounds, the highest level ever recorded.
Soviet and Allied reports sift through Berlin battle debris to determine Hitler's fate. Pravda and Red Star cite Nazi leaders believed dead or missing as Goebbels Bormann and others allegedly perished in Berlin fighting. British and French sources add recovered or captured figures tied to the regime.
Reports from Washington and London confirm Germany's unconditional surrender. Leaders urge unity as celebrations erupt across the United States and Allied nations while plans unfold for the official V E Day announcements and the next steps in victory.
At the United Nations Conference in San Francisco on May 7, French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault joined the Big Four in a high level discussion aimed at endorsing about thirty Dumbarton Oaks amendments and exploring a chapter on international trusteeships. Ukraine and White Russia delegates arrived for plenary seating as Manuilski and Kiselev began talks with Molotov.
Edward Kennedy, Associated Press correspondent, sent from Reims, France, reported Germany's conditional surrender. A veteran AP war correspondent, Kennedy led Western Front coverage and previously directed North African, Sicilian, and Italian invasions. He joined AP in 1932 and later covered the Spanish Civil War and Hitler's Sudetenland entry.
Calcutta May 7 Troops of the British 14th Army advancing toward Rangoon have captured Paungde 36 miles south of Prome. Rain hampers southward drive from Pegu. Mopping up in Rangoon continues after a south coast landing. American units and 82nd West African Division face road blocks 10 miles east of Taungup on Prome road.
Japanese Home Minister Genki Abe said in a Tokyo radio broadcast carried by Nippon Times that American bombings of Tokyo would be a great blessing in the long run. He claimed the strikes would straighten crooked streets and clear space for parks and lagoons, according to United Press in San Francisco.
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce plans a New Year banquet tomorrow night in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel. Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma will speak as new officers and directors are installed. H. O. Starks becomes president, succeeding John K. Boyce who will preside. Mrs. John Josey on violin with her husband at piano. Reservations due today. Ticket sales capped at 350. 307 sold so far.
Lavier Pritchett alias Jack Stanton was arrested by county officers on a grand jury indictment charging bigamy. The indictment was returned by the Potter County grand jury Saturday afternoon before being dismissed at the end of the 47th district court term.
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