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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
5
The notice records that the Amarillo Daily News is published by The Globe-News Publishing Co. with Gene Howe as president and publisher and John McCarty as assistant publisher. It notes entered second class matter on February 20, 1924 at the Amarillo Texas post office and morning publication with evening editions except Saturdays.
A New York housewife hired a part time maid through the United States Employment Service. After the maid arrived, the wife sunbathed on the roof and returned to find the maid and $18 missing. USES refused to disclose the maid’s name or address, citing regulations backed by the War Manpower Commission. Mayor LaGuardia condemned the rule as cockeyed.
A feature contends that a purported Roosevelt peace plan described as Teheran era negotiations may be a campaign tool. It questions source reliability, cites a proposed summer move in Europe, a United Nations assembly, and an executive committee to guide postwar actions amid a looming Republican convention and U.S. election.
By Ernie Pyle London dispatch describes the pressure on top commanders planning the second front. It highlights Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley and a driver’s tale, Zippo lighter gifts, and the toll of constant work on soldiers and officers.
A cryptic style grid titled Moon Mullins lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers. It presents a fill-in puzzle where readers supply words for East Indian tree timing phrases and standard crossword style entries across and down.
A national poll by the American Institute of Public Opinion found 87 percent of voters heard about the Montgomery Ward plant seizure. Among the informed third, 60 percent favored Ward while 40 percent backed the Government, with most not fully understanding the dispute.
A survey of organized labor members shows 60 percent favor the Government and 40 percent back Montgomery Ward among union members familiar with the case. An immediate post takeover poll finds 61 percent siding with Montgomery Ward and 39 percent with the Government.
A neighbor details an extreme dieting tale as a woman starves herself with coffee and dry toast at breakfast and lean bacon with lettuce for lunch. She small sips buttermilk and suffers daily headaches supper. she smokes heavily and ends each day on the edge of collapse. The narrator condemns such self harm while noting local talk of Elsie and family.
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