Am Pioneering Amarillo Newspaper Details
The Amarillo Globe lists its founding date February 20 1924 as well as its publishing schedule and staff including Gene Howe as President and Publisher John McCarty as Assistant Publisher and Wesley Izard as Editor in Chief The paper publishes evenings on weekdays except Saturday and Sunday in connection with the Amarillo Daily News.
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Amarillo
Texas
Sixth
Fillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Flying Tigers deserve pensions and war benefits
Maj Gen Claire Chenault says the Flying Tigers have received no pensions, disability claims, or service ribbons for their wartime service. He argues they deserve recognition and the usual rewards for aiding China, battling Japanese forces before U S involvement and influencing air power in their favor.
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Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
China
Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska Seen as Fact
A Jacksonville Florida Journal editorial argues Hawaii and Alaska are already true partners in the United States. Granting statehood would be formal recognition of that reality.
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Hawaii
Alaska
United States
Jacksonville, Fla
Journal
Truman Remarks Limit Tax Reductions Amid War
President Harry S. Truman cautions that room for tax relief is limited while a total war must be managed gradually. He warns against rapid liquidation of wartime finances.
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Harry S. Truman
Bolton on U S Citizen Army and Navy Motives
Rep Frances P Bolton of Ohio compares the United States military to a citizen army and navy. She highlights similarities with Russians as big-hearted and frank, noting shared traits between nations.
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United States
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Slaves Don't Work: Postwar Germany Under Allied Policies
Five months after Germany's surrender and after Potsdam, critics argue disarmament is complete, the Nazi party wrecked, but deindustrialization and economic collapse threaten Europe. Coal production has collapsed, rail and postal systems falter, and German miners face starvation while Allies debate democracy and reconstruction.
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Germany
Potsdam
Eisenhower
Patton
Conference of Foreign Ministers
London
Europe
Berlin
Munich
Great
Ruhr
Silesia
The Enemy Within Our Gates
George F. Sokolsky argues the American Communist Party operates as a foreign-pledged instrument, urging U.S. voters to view the party as a covert threat. He traces shifts in Soviet alignment, attacks on MacArthur, and calls for citizens to confront Communist influence in New York and Detroit elections. The piece closes with a historical note on cotton.
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Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
United States
Soviet Russia
General Pershing
Madison Square Garden
William O'Dwyer
New York
General MacArthur
Pacific
Japan
Europe
MacArthur
Earl Browcer
Tom Paine
Abraham Lincoln
Detroit
The Atomic Bomb by Bill Cunningham
Bill Cunningham recalls the atomic bomb fear and near trouble after discussing the topic publicly and at a club. Army Intelligence questioned his sources and forced him to name everyone he spoke with, leading to tense interviews before he returned to Los Angeles.
Crossword Puzzle Horizo
Puzzle grid clues roam from 1 across to 52 down with entries ranging scholarly, nautical and tropical as readers fill the page. The cryptic style yields a compact set of word answers spanning common terms and regional references.
Elk and antelope hunt ends with big rifles and bragging
Les Parker and James McGregor from Stratford and Perryton with two local boys Roy McGee and Raymond Whittington returned from a Wyoming hunt each claiming an elk and an antelope. Roy and Raymond shot at about 1000 yards with 300 Magnum rifles and telescope sights, while Raymond once earned a place on the International Rifle Team.
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Les Parker
Stratford
James McGregor
Perryton
Roy McGee
Raymond Whittington
Wyoming
Roy
Raymond
George Hirsch
Europe
U. S
Memorial plaque honors first Texan killed in WWII
The memory of Jay Edward Pietzsch, first Texas and first Panhandle man to die in World War II, is honored with a plaque in the Municipal Auditorium Shrine visited by Mr. and Mrs. O A Brown. Their son Lt Terrill Brown, who served as Army Air Forces pilot, was with Pietzsch at Pearl Harbor.
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Britain
Europe
National Engineers’ Committee
Engineers’ Joint Council
War and Navy Departments
Germany
Ruhr
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Jay Edward Pietzsch
O. A. Brown
Council Bluffs
Terrill Brown
Pietzsch
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Coast
Globe
Ariz
Brown
Army Air Forces
Midway
Captain Wolfe First Amarillo Officer Discharged at Field
Captain Trevor M. Wolfe, son of Mrs. Georgia C. Wolfe, is the first Amarillo officer discharged from the new separation center at Amarillo Field. He reported from Love Field Dallas and served from 1942 to 1944 in the China Burma India theater as a C 47 pilot. He plans to become a domestic airline pilot and is married to Martha Bryant of Nashville Tennessee.
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Trevor M. Wolfe
Georgia C. Wolfe
West Thirteenth
Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Love Field
Dallas
Wolfe
China-Burma- India
Martha Bryant
Nashville, Tenn
LeFors
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