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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1945
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe News Publishing Co lists GENE HOWE as president and publisher JOHN McCARTY as assistant publisher and WESLEY IZZARD as editor in chief. Founded February 20 1924 the paper operates evenings except weekends and is tied to the Amarillo Daily News.
The piece contrasts conditions at Stalag XXII A in German captivity with better housing at Fort Devens Massachusetts. It argues the Nazi Werewolf resistance claim is a propaganda ploy meant to delay execution as Nazi leadership disowns the group.
Jerusalem notes question how Hitler died and the myth surrounding it. The piece argues Hitler used anti Bolshevik rhetoric to frame Germany as a defender of western civilization while destroying institutions at home and aiding the Soviet Union. It condemns Nazism and warns that seeds of hatred persist despite Hitler’s fall. European hostility to Jews and property restitution issues are noted as consequences.
War dispatch recounts a D-Day attempt on Tarakan Island with Rear Admirals aboard and near misses from shellfire. The narrative shifts to civilian vignettes and public sentiment pieces including columns on Dutch Netherlands affairs and editorials debating bombing the Japanese emperor’s palace.
Lou Ellickson and his wife quarrel over a quirky incident as she buys him small toenail clippers to trim nails. He enjoys the odd habit, using a wastebasket to catch clippings and entertain himself with the amusing task.
A brief exhibit of events dated May 7 across years 1930 1935 and 1940 notes John Masefield named poet laureate of England the Navy must buy helium from an Amarillo plant with no extra private funds Texas and Oklahoma plan toll free Red River bridges Nazi officer defends sinking of Lusitania as self defense Senate passes direct cash bonus payments Governor Allred signs 3 million dollar Texas Centennial bill and Churchill faces cabinet shakeup over Norway defeat reports from Europe mention Nazi activity.
George E. Sokolski argues that German and Soviet prison camps hold war and political prisoners including Jews and resistance fighters. He urges a neutral, impartial commission with broad national representation to inspect camps, verify facts, and expose abuses beyond Geneva conventions.
A cryptic crossword style list labeled U S Legislator hints at a map of clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Pictured is a New York representative and a set of abbreviations dates terms and terms from the 13 giant king of Bashan to the abbr Georgia and NIH style notes.
A fragmented note weighs the ethics of wartime targeting. It compares Japanese shrines to pagan objectives and expresses a desire to exterminate the palace and its rat inhabitants, while suggesting framing concerns as questions to Pulse Feeler.
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