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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
3
Western Front reports substantial gains in rugged Epinal Belfort sector with villages captured and counterattacks repulsed. Positions near Le Thillot improved, tightening the line between Vosges and Alps as armies press toward the Belfort Gap.
Two year old Douglas Ned York, son of Mrs. Orville M. York, died yesterday after a brief illness. Survived by mother and aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J J Buckley of Amarillo. Services set for 4 PM at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Dr E B Fincher officiating. Burial in Llano Cemetery.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson said he would not intervene as regents and University President Homer Rainey debated in the Public Forum. Rainey faced student support during a faculty meeting after reading his complaints about repressive actions.
Byron Ellis announces a city wide tin can drive on November 1 to support the war effort. Cans must be cleaned labeled ends removed flattened and prepared before pickup to supply tin for detinning plants.
A heavy Tuesday raid targeted Balikpapan in Borneo as Formosa remained in Japan's strategic sights. Japanese communiques claim American planes returned to Formosa and fighting persisted near noon, amid speculation of wider Philippines and China landings. Pyrethrum use in dairy farming noted separately.
Texas weather shifted last night with Dallas at 42 degrees while the Panhandle and South Plains warmed. The weatherman forecasts little change in Dallas early next week with temperatures rising to the low 80s and fair skies expected today and tomorrow.
Domei reports the Japanese government plans a ship to Nakhodka near Vladivostok to collect accumulated relief goods for American prisoners and civilians held in Japan.
Omaha Nebraska announces a new Service Life Insurance Company policy named Gold Seal. It provides up to $100 monthly disability for sickness or accident plus hospital benefits and up to $6000 in cash for accidental loss of life or limbs. No medical exam, ages 15 to 69, mail order with 10 days free option.
A fifth grade play Tribute in Song by Mrs. Margaret Cleghorn's pupils and a talk by Mrs. Louise Blackwell of the Child Welfare Board are set for the Summit Parent-Teacher Association meeting at 3 30 Tuesday afternoon at Summit School.
Rex Baxter Amarillo Chamber of Commerce manager reports six city consensus except Oklahoma City and San Antonio on a plan to hear around 40 feeder line certificate applications in the Southwest. He favors Fort Worth or Dallas for a multiweek hearing drawing 300 to 500 witnesses.
President Roosevelt stated he is fully abreast of the Churchill Stalin talks in Russia and did not confirm whether he would meeting the Russian premier this year. He dismissed a reporter’s question about Churchill speaking for both Britain and America at Moscow.
Alfred Warren Haight faces a murder charge in the July 9 shooting of his stepdaughter Ruth Waroff in 47th District Court. Jury selection will use a special venue pool from eligible voters not used in the prior O. M. Redding case. Haight lives near the U S Helium Plant. the trial resumes Monday at 10 o clock.
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