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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1945
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe masthead lists founding date February 20 1924 and publication details. Leadership includes President and Publisher Gene Howe Assistant Publisher John McCarty and Editor in Chief Wesley Izard with a shared evening circulation schedule and Sunday morning edition.
American service troops and air force ground personnel are being moved from Italy toward the Orient. Some combat troops already depart for the battle with Japan while the Liberty ship carries an Army truck from a Mediterranean port bound for the voyage ahead.
Arthur Aull of Lamar Missouri praises Harry Truman predicting good leadership, while a Shakespeare line admonishes readers to avoid judgment as all are sinners.
Paul Mallon reports Kaiser shipyards shed about 5,000 workers monthly and Richmond payroll fell from 93,000 to 49,000 as reconversion looms. Kaiser champions postwar shipping, subsidies, lower rail tariffs, cheaper cars, health facilities, and new industries while expanding operations in Washington and promising foreign production.
George Sokolsky argues the OPA is a badly run agency lacking authority over meat and food, preserved by political reasons. He cites hearings with Thomas Emerson showing enforcement gaps and questions staff competence and honesty.
A clipped crossword puzzle page presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries. It lists names such as former presidents and a mix of generic terms like animal habitats and compass points.
The report follows the shipboard life of sailors aboard a cruiser near Tarakan in the Celebes Sea. Lee G. Miller describes gun crews, sterescope viewing, and a birthday celebration amid bombardment of Lingkas oil facilities with Lt. Donald C. Sinclair directing fire and Fire Controlman Wesley Terwilliger enjoying the triggers. Interwoven are personal notes from crew and a village audience who discuss war aims and armistice thoughts, ending with light anecdotes about Erin, Ernest, and neighborhood pinching during window shopping.
In 1930 India tense as a woman leader calls for a raid on a salt depot tomorrow amid civil disobedience. Secretary Stimson defends the London naval treaty as advantageous to the United States. Credit men meet in Dallas to attack U S bankruptcy act and push for a federal bankruptcy commission modeled after the Federal Trade Commission.
Amarillo readers argue over whether to seek peace with Japan now as WWII continues. Leonard Kennedy plans to join Army next week and wants a strong strike against Japan. Mrs. Roscoe Sawyer demands unconditional surrender to secure lasting peace and to protect her sons in the Philippines. Dalton Potts voices a counter view.
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The report notes a Kremlin meeting planned to form a new European pact and involves discussions among officials and allied nations. The item highlights international diplomacy and the push for a broader alliance in Europe.
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