10 Oct 1945
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1945
Page
1
Total collections reach 72347 with 417698 to go to meet the goal. Community leaders meet at Amarillo Hotel to renew optimism. Next report Friday noon. drive ends Friday night. Virgil Patterson, president elect, expresses hopeful outlook. Densel Dean urges workers to relay complete reports to captains.
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 9 to 3 to clinch the World Series. Key moments include a five-run first inning by Detroit and strong pitching in late innings as Greenberg and Cramer led the attack with multiple hits.
The Army orders inactivation of 32 divisions from its wartime peak total of 89. Infantry units include the 26th 29th 34th 36th 43rd 63rd 65th 66th 69th 70th 75th 76th 79th 85th 87th 89th 82nd 95th 99th 103rd 106th. Airborne units are the 17th and 82nd. Armored units include the Fifth Sixth Seventh Ninth 10th 11th 12th 14th and 1th. Three infantry divisions have already been brought home and inactivated. Some units are arriving at eastern ports from Le Havre. Five infantry divisions are National Guard. The 36th hails from Texas. Discharged men with sufficient points depart. others transfer.
Senators Wherry Andrews and Wiley pressed Congress to rewrite labor laws and adopt compulsory arbitration to end strikes and revive reconversion. Across the nation 457 000 workers idle, 600 pickets arrested at Warner Brothers studio, and 35 000 AFL longshoremen off the job amid a large labor wave.
The United States will convene a Far Eastern Advisory Commission on Oct. 23 in Washington. Nine governments are invited with India possibly joining. Secretary Byrnes said no change is planned to General MacArthur as supreme commander in Japan. Russia urged a control council first, a move Byrnes opposes. Invited nations: Russia, Britain, China, France, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Paris report says Pierre Laval’s defense moved to overturn his death verdict. Maud, lead counsel, seeks interview with General de Gaulle and contends the judge and jury displayed an improper attitude.
The forecast calls for fair and warmer weather in Amarillo and vicinity today, tonight, and Thursday. West Texas expected to be mostly cloudy this afternoon with partial cloudiness tonight and Thursday, not as cool Thursday afternoon. New Mexico shows partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers, fair tonight and Thursday, warmer this afternoon. Low temperatures range from 40 to 50 degrees, highs Thursday between 70 and 85. Data from Regal Co Real Estate and Loans and Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
General Marshall warned that the nation faces catastrophe if it disarms. He urged a permanent peacetime citizen army with one year of training, a robust regular force, and a strong National Guard, plus ongoing scientific military research to deter any aggressor and ensure rapid mobilization.
The excerpt argues for a national peacetime military policy spanning Navy ranks Army National Guard and organized reserve. It envisions a democratic system kept within the peacetime economy’s financial limits and asserts the vast power tied to U S resources should be immediately available to influence both military and political spheres.
Reports say Anglo American negotiations edge toward a five billion dollar US credit to Britain with low interest and long repayment. Britain may reduce tariffs and cartel practices as part of the deal, while Russia seeks a six billion dollar loan and broader trade policy concessions.
Prime Minister Einer Gerhardsen plans a cabinet shuffle to create an all labor government for Norway. The move follows Labor Party victory in the national elections and awaits royal approval before month end. John Maynard Lumber Co., 800 W 5th.
Thousands of Jews armed with clubs and stones beat back a British raid in Montefiore quarter Tel Aviv as police and soldiers failed to search for an arms cache. Casualty totals were not confirmed and fighting lasted about 45 minutes.
The Kremlin announced that Generalissimo Stalin, who has not rested since before the war, left Moscow for a vacation and rest.
In Tokyo hundreds of Japanese Communists and freed prisoners marched downtown under red banners. They called for Emperor Hirohito's removal and a democratic regime, passing General MacArthur's HQ as they urged civilian control of daily necessities.
ANSA reports a string of incidents in northern Italy including attacks on arsenals and footage suggesting Mussolini era fascist remnants move as an underground force. Milan police arrest Luigi Cadeno, a laborer who says he was offered work by an organization called Sam and that he joined without knowing it represented Square Di Azioni Mussolininians.
District Attorney Jim Lumpkin described a surge of felonies by youths aged 17 to 20 in Amarillo. He cited 18 youths tried in 47th District Court last month for theft robbery burglary and passing worthless checks. Sentences ranged from two years suspended to five years in prison.
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