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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1943
Page
1
Eleanor Roosevelt writes from Guadalcanal about the soldiers graves and the chapel built by locals. She honors the Marines and Army, notes shared courage and camaraderie, and urges Americans to live lives that honor those who died for freedom and opportunity.
Allied troops press a leap-frog advance up the Adriatic coast and cross the Calore River breaching the first German line above Naples. American forces push into Benevento as Montgomer y’s units move from Foggia toward the Dalmatian coast. French forces enter Bastia on Corsica as German holdouts retreat along beaches.
The Roosevelt administration outlined a tax plan calling for 10.56 billion in higher income and estate taxes plus excise hikes, with social security reform projected to raise revenues to 6.45 billion. Some personal tax increases may be refunded after the war. Morgenthau presented the plan to the Ways and Means Committee, while Congress doubts total gains will exceed about 5 billion.
Berlin radio quoted a Geneva dispatch via La Suisse that King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy arrived in Naples with Crown Prince Umberto and Marshal Badoglio. They reportedly reside at the Naples Royal Palace, long the home of Umberto and his family.
Potter County Rationing board schedules an afternoon meeting to discuss policy under new gasoline regulations. Chairman C. E. Weymouth anticipates further ration cuts to avert a shortage. Repair and maintenance services listed for John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 W. 5th.
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced a Federal Grand Jury will be asked to indict an undisclosed number of persons for engaging in a Nazi conspiracy to violate sedition laws in Washington.
Aviation Cadet William D. Schull describes a fractured finger and cut face after a failed bus attempt as 200 sailors also attempted to board. Pravda announces W Averell Harriman as U S Ambassador to Soviet Russia succeeding Admiral William H Standley in a three line Washington dispatch.
Mrs. Harold McGinnis of 510 East Twelfth Avenue wins first prize in the $5 news tip contest for her report on a phantom prowler who stole without waking residents. Second prize goes to Ted Lakey Jr. of 3207 Harrison Street for tipping about a skunk sheltering with a school band group. third prize to Mr. and Mrs. J. Odus Turner of 713 Jackson Street for a rat mistaken for a prowler and shot by Mr. Turner. Numerous tips follow from residents across the city, listing names and addresses unpaid in the text.
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports Balkans rumors of a German separate peace with Russia and Berlin’s attempts to sow Allied distrust. He notes Moscow rejects a separate peace, urges a Western front, and emphasizes upcoming Allied Big Three talks to shape postwar plans.
Berlin radio claimed five Allied transports a cruiser and ten planes were destroyed in a Japanese air attack on a convoy off Vella Lavella in the Central Solomons Islands on Friday. No Allied confirmation of losses was available.
Judge James C. Wilson will read his decision in the Pantex land condemnation case in federal district court at 10 in the morning next Monday. He delayed the ruling to allow the court to hear more testimony and determine compensation for former owners and tenants of 15 000 acres condemned for the ordnance plant.
Texas surpassed its third war loan drive quota by more than 28 million dollars, with late figures showing a state total of 448,748,051 against a 420,000,000 goal. The drive closed Saturday night, though tabulation continued.
The weather bulletin notes little change with a slight warm up today and similar tonight. low 51 and high 68 yesterday. A Vichy dispatch reports Edouard Herriot, former French president, in a Wancy clinic with improving health, contradicting earlier death rumors.
Allied Fifth Army captured Benevento 35 miles northeast of Naples and crossed the Calore River amid a broad advance toward Rome. Bombing raids hit Capua railroad bridges and other routes to sever German lines as Partisans in the Dalmatian Coast reportedly received Allied supplies.
Amarillo officials call a public meeting for 1:30 PM in Room 202 at the Herring Hotel to discuss the risk of the city being moved from Class 3 to Class 1 by the War Manpower Commission. A shift could halt government contracts and force a 48 hour work week for many industries.
Allied forces push to encircle Rome in Italy as Fifth Army holds the west while Eighth Army advances on the Adriatic coast. Kesselring delays at Salerno and Naples as Montgomery traps near Termoli and Pescara, with a looming stand at a "blood wall" Hitler plans.
Amarillo schoolchildren returned to classes as senior high enrollment nears 1700. Principal R B Norman cites nationwide employment of youths reducing attendance, with about half of senior high students employed and 400 leaving early for work. Morning classes start 8:45, early closures for working students. Rural schools opened Friday.
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