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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1944
Page
1
Ralph W Page writes from Washington that the nation must defeat the Nazis and Japanese swiftly, lead in postwar international cooperation, and fix private enterprise based on hard lessons from war. He condemns party smear tactics that misstate policy as a call to ignore real issues and urges voters to weigh plans over personalities.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies this afternoon, tonight, and Tuesday, slightly warmer Tuesday. New Mexico expects fair skies today through Tuesday with cooler conditions in the northwest Tuesday afternoon. Today's highs reach 75 to 83 while north to south tonight lows range from 40 to 55. The 24 hour high was 75 and low 50 with noon at 70.
The National Spanish Union in France announced a Paris congress on October 15 or soon after to launch a campaign to oust Generalissimo Francisco Franco and reestablish a constitutional regime.
United States Britain China and Russia present a detailed plan to convert the wartime United Nations into a permanent peace organization backed by armed forces. The plan envisions a general assembly a 11 nation security council with big four plus France a economic and social council and an international court of justice. Forces to back council decisions would be provided by member nations with air detachments held ready for action.
Mrs. M. D. O Dell of Route 3 Box 245 takes $5 first prize for a News Tips tip about an electric fan explosion injuring her sister. Luther Lee Thomas earns $3 for a cops and robbers story at Tenth Avenue and Fillmore Street. Mrs. Carl Bassett receives $2 for a four year old attempting to drive by backing. Other tips listed from various addresses.
German forces were reported preparing to evacuate Athens as British troops neared the Isthmus of Corinth. Allied air and sea pressure mounted with attacks on Greek airports while the retreat was described as land sea and air withdrawal to evade advancing Russian forces and Bulgarian and Yugoslav units.
Mrs W T Brothers seeks popular movie type and collects local opinions. Responses include laughter comedies and light entertainment from NESBITT HUNEKE FREEMAN WILSON and KESSIE with a mix of war pictures and musicals noted as preferred.
Russian forces push 62 miles into the German Baltic front near Memel while columns in Hungary reach the Tisza River, threatening Budapest. Soviets report encirclement of Memel, advance to near East Prussia, and capture thousands of German troops as Belgrade nears full outflanking.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Moscow for talks with Premier Stalin and Vyacheslav Molotov. The discussions aim to speed the final assault on Germany with U.S. approval and W Averill Harriman attending as ambassador to Russia.
Pvt. Vernon P. Culpepper of Lewisville Texas survived a tank being knocked out at Fort Driant France. He played possum then used a hammer to strike a German gunner, causing the enemy patrol to retreat and flee after dark.
London reports a 2000 aircraft Allied armada plunges into Germany with 1100 bombers and Liberators aided by 96 fighters from the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces. Bad weather and heavy cloud cover hindered bombing over Schweinfurt Coblenz and Mainz while a record 10,000 Allied planes struck Germany and the Netherlands over the weekend.
A U S battleforce on Marcus Island fought all day silencing much of the coast defenses. Tokyo reports no mention of planes. Halsey’s Third Fleet provided the bombardment with 16 inch gunfire.
American troops push nearly two miles closer to Bologna along the main road in bad weather between Castellari and Barb arolo, within about 10 miles of the Po Valley hub as Germans reinforce Bologna and Imola. In the Adriatic, Eighth Army clears German resistance on Monte Gallo, while the 92nd Division advances to Seravezza near La Spezia.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts more of the same for Tuesday with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Temperatures should reach about 80 this afternoon.
At a special city commission meeting in Amarillo the second reading of a proposed sewer rental ordinance was postponed indefinitely. The budget was amended, signaling no near-term consideration of the 50 cent monthly charge. Mayor Jenkins noted anticipated $60,000 in income from the measure and a budget amendment needed to offset it. Commissioner Epperson cited citizen understanding as a reason for postponement. Other items included reallocating funds from general to water and sewer budgets and reducing U S Defense Bonds purchases from 75,000 to 15,000.
Allied armies push through Belgium and France as Canadian, American and French units seize towns and drive German rearguards from positions near the Schelde and Aachen. Patton's Third Army advances toward Metz as Seventh Army nears Belfort and the Vosges front sees heavy fighting and bombardment. Weather hampers operations while air attacks have intensified in the sector.
The War and the Working Class alleges the Vatican under Pope Pius XII backs European fascism and pursues a compromised peace for a defeated Germany. It claims papal diplomacy increases as Hitlerite danger grows, cites Ambassadors and Polish leaders, and criticizes papal foreign policy.
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