21 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1944
Page
1
The piece reports a cigarette shortage in Amarillo as brands vanish from shops and vending machines. Distributors admit shipments are cut over 50 percent, with no king size cigarettes available. People turn to pipes or rolling their own while prices rise from two packs for 31 cents to about 20 cents per pack.
American Army engineers completed the major part of an 1800 mile pipeline to feed oil and gasoline into China for the war against Japan. The line runs from Calcutta through Assam to Burma with thousands of gallons flowing. final lap to complete soon under Maj Gen Daniel I Sultan. Eisenhower urged maximum pressure and more supplies as Germany defies surrender.
Allied forces drive toward Strasbourg and Saarbrucken as French and American units break through along a 100 mile front. Belfort is captured, Mulhouse advanced on, and German resistance shown as sporadic while defense lines fall near the Rhine.
The weatherman says the weather will stay fair but wind will prevent warming tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures fell to 28 last night with freezing conditions forecast again tonight and little change tomorrow. Russell Stationery Co.
Donald M. Nelson designated by President Roosevelt as personal representative and will hold cabinet level rank with offices to be in the White House.
In Amarillo last summer 8S. L. Shepherd from Pines Engineering resigned from Dallas to start a venture in Amarillo. He becomes resident manager at 93 North Polk Street with a staff of 50, lured by the city’s cool nights.
London reports a record escort of over 1,100 American fighter bombers destroyed at least 52 German aircraft while 1,250 heavy bombers dropped 4,000 tons on three synthetic oil plants at Merseburg Harburg and Hamburg. RAF Lancaster crews hit a Leuna refinery at Merseburg and a Rhine oil plant near Homberg. Spitfires and Mustangs escorted. First reports show 21 enemy planes downed by a single Eighth Air Force unit.
Fair tonight with a shift to partly cloudy conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures Little change. West Texas remains generally fair and cold this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with lows 24-28 in Panhandle and 26-30 in South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers in the southwest and snow flurries in western mountains. Highs 45 north to 60 south. Lows 15 western mountains to 40 south. High 58 and low 28 with noon at 45 for the 24 hour period ending 6:30 A M.
Railway officials said only a few crew members were shaken and traffic would not be halted after two outbound passenger trains collided on the Harahan bridge in Memphis. Lumber and lumber products advertised by John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 West Fifth Street.
Columns written by Ralph Page and George Sokolsky will be found on alternating days on the editorial page. Beginning tomorrow Pulse Feeler also will be on the editorial page. Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CIO Political Action Committee, said the PAC would be kept intact and expand from industrial centers to rural areas, especially the Midwest.
Readers discuss funding higher education as a public entitlement. Opinions favor widening access to college for returning veterans and others, with concerns about potential waste and costs for any universal program.
Tokyo radio said Japanese troops pushing south through Kwangsi Province connected with northbound units, achieving a bisected China. In New Orleans on November 21 President Roosevelt urged labor to halt production on the home front to shorten the war.
New York reports all major financial and commodity markets including livestock will be closed next Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving.
German POWs report disorders in Cologne with Gestapo hanging civilians for disobedience. Swiss reports described antiwar sentiment and mass hangings. prisoners saw anti Nazi activity and a crowd around a billboard denouncing Hitler as mass murderer before police tore it down.
Amarillo launches a $6 140 000 War Bond drive with chairman Guy Saunders predicting fast achievement. Banks are busy with sales and a local GI contest offers prizes including a lot in Bivins Addition and $100 war bonds. Bond booths open 9 AM to 9 PM at KGNC and Paramount Theater foyer with daily sales tallied by schools and committees.
A CIO publication urges replacing the word strike with employer-labor shutdown as more accurate. The Economic Outlook notes that the term wrongly implies workers initiate stoppages and calls attention to employer refusals to settle grievances and to meet government labor directives.
Paris dispatch quotes Georges Bidault stating France awaits an expected visit from President Roosevelt as the Allied war effort relies on American support. The report emphasizes France’s hope for U S leadership and rapid wartime aid in the final phase of the conflict.
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