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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1945
Page
8
The Amarillo Globe lists its founding date February 20 1924 as well as publication details. It notes evening publication Monday through Friday in connection with the Amarillo Daily News on Sundays, and credits GENE HOWE as president and publisher JOHN MCCARTY as assistant publisher and WESLEY IZZARD as editor in chief with a shared telephone.
The article details land based air power pushing 5 000 miles west since Midway in June 1942. Liberators and Mitchells of the Army Air Forces strike daily across a vast area, targeting integral Japanese strongpoints on islands rather than cities, inching toward the Japanese home islands.
An article from War and the Working Class reprinted by the Russian Embassy discusses differences between Russian and Anglo American democracy. It argues democracy should not be forced onto Europe by British or American models and urges citizens to choose themselves. The piece references Atlantic Charter and Yalta Poland, notes four explanations, and cautions about oversimplifying solutions.
The piece argues Truman approves congressional junkets to Europe as a sound investment despite adding to war costs. It urges lawmakers to study postwar Europe, Nazi camp survivors, and overseas agency operations while noting charged postage as an illustration of overreach. It concludes with biblical and literary quotes.
War correspondent recalls muddy advance with Chungking Times reporters Miss Josefa Go and Miss Meian Onyong among Chinese staff touring a frontline area with Maj. Charlie Sun. Jeep bogs, roads carved by dozers, Filipino laborers carry supplies as support units push toward a new road up the ridge.
A speaker recalls how flowers from visiting friends moved his wife and him, praising deep lasting friendships. He says money cannot buy such bonds, and true friends endure, remaining solid and divine beyond shallow worldly things.
A Gallup survey shows historical ignorance of Pacific geography among Americans with only 46 percent correctly locating Guam and 40 percent naming Osaka and Kyushu. Singapore proves most puzzling, while college students fare only slightly better in identifying Pacific and Asian locations.
A dense clue listing for a crossword with horizontal and vertical entries including several numbers and symbols, covering terms like Silkworm, Norse god, leather strip and planetary symbols, plus multiple abbreviations and Latin references. The grid references include 20 Aggregate 2 Heroic 23 Lampreys 24 Be carried 25 Leather strip 27 Alluring 28 Caterpillar hair 29 Mimicked 30 Court ab. 81 Symbol for germanium 32 Pain 34 Son of Seth Bib 37 Land measure pl 38 Fortification type 40 Heavenly body 41 Fish 45 Lady 46 He 7 Biblical mountain 49 Race course circuit 50 Daybreak comb form 5 Palm leaf 1 Skin openings 2 Adjusts 3 Universal language 4 Fresh water fish 5 Quote 6 Leg part 7 Man's name 8 Employ 9 Of the thing 10 Evaded 11 Asiatic country 17 Weary 19 Right line fah 20 Forefather 22 Baseball player 24 Matured 26 Tops of heads 27 Wiser 32 Movement 33 Stuff 35 East Indian wood vine 36 Elm seed 7 yi es 37 Coa residue pl 39 Asiatic kingdom 4 British account money pl 42 Father 43 War god 44 Musical instrument 47 Malt drink 48 Bind 51 Either 53 Symbol for actinium
Amarillo city forester O B Howell announced the spittle bug or cuckoo spit bug has appeared in Amarillo. The insect hides in a white frothy secretion on grasses and evergreens such as arborvitae. Control mirrors other sucking insects, requiring high spray pressure to remove the froth while killing the insect on contact.
A report notes the presence of bugs and 17 year locusts found in Japan and North America. The observation highlights cross continental range and periodic emergence.
Mrs. Idell Crumpacker and her daughter Doris of 2012 Madison plan a June 1 trip to Pueblo Mexico. Doris will attend the university there this summer, while Mrs. Crumpacker returns home in two weeks.
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