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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1945
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe News announces its publishing details with staff roles including GENE HOWE as president and publisher and McCARTY as editor in chief. It notes its founding date February 20 1924 and its operation alongside the Amarillo Daily News with Sunday morning editions.
A wartime summary notes the Alien Property Custodian office seizing Nazi assets and liquidating enemy businesses while preserving others as going concerns. It highlights patents trademarks and copyrights under control, mentions Plexiglas cockpit canopies from Rohm Haas, and cites two Japanese typewriters sent to General MacArthur.
The quote emphasizes that wisdom appears through firm mind and self restraint, not merely talking. It urges aligning actions and words, mastering desires, and living with consistent, prudent conduct.
Paul Mallon notes the nine point program from the Barton Oaks amendments signals a rare bipartisan accord. Senator Vandenberg leads by pushing for justice and world cooperation including Atlantic Charter ideals and the world court while noting limited press freedom as an essential liberty. He observes UK unity and Russian one party stance, and mentions Stassen's limited gains in foreign affairs.
Community column notes V E day relief, local pride at track meet in Austin, and school and sports updates. Amarillo residents celebrate European victory while awaiting Pacific end. Local sports report Winners include Randall Clay and Jim Lowrey.
The page presents a long list of crossword clues with across and down entries spanning naval aviation terms, abbreviations, and general words. A pulsing editorial note about arbitration and a quiz for PF hints at a San Francisco membership test, followed by Amarillo opinions on punishing Germany and postwar reparative ideas from CAL FARLEY and JIM HOUSTON.
Aboard a cruiser in the Southwest Pacific a journalist recounts the move from Army units to the Navy life including better meals, ice water, and new bunk setup. He notes the fate of fellow reporters killed by a Japanese bomb and reflects on postwar ideas and public opinion.
A brief essay argues that once ideas take root in a person’s mind they resist change. It claims that people resist new information and prefer to keep their fixed beliefs rather than consider alternatives.
About 25 men inducted under April quotas from Selective Service Board No 1 included six registrants assigned to the Navy. The Navy group comprises Herman Darryl, Bonnie Learoy Green, Eugene V. Dwight, Wilmer A. Graham, Mickey E. McFarland, and Joe C. Weaver.
The Alaskan Highway runs 1,221 miles from Dawson Creek in British Columbia to the Alaska Yukon border.
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