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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1945
Page
2
Local columns discuss a mild northern front moving in with brisk, crisp weather and light precipitation before a warm spell returns by Sunday or Monday. Ted Neely is cited as a practical weather expert who argues against a new 10 year dry cycle, asserting an 11 year wet cycle with five years remaining. A reader letter questions taxi drivers' safety and criticizes selective enforcement and biases in Amarillo streets.
The Renters Yard Contest offers 100 dollars for first place and 50 dollars for second. Open to rental home families within Amarillo city limits with no entry fee. Entries must be postmarked by midnight October 31 and sent to Renters Yard Contest Amarillo Globe News. Three judges from the City Commission, Garden Club, and Globe News will decide winners within 10 days after registration closes.
Reports from Germany note little removal of industrial equipment in the American zone. The fraternization ban is historic and the German people are generally viewed as popular with individual occupation forces.
The Railroad Commission ordered a hearing in Amarillo on November 6 to review Panhandle sour gas demand. The notice seeks to determine market demand for sour gas used in carbon black plants and if daily gas use exceeds the statutory limit of 75910000 cubic feet.
A reader laments speeding drivers on South Polk Street and urges the police chief to act. The plan, approved by city editor Fred Post, will publish on the front page the names of all speeding and reckless drivers and their fines from next Monday through year’s end. Captain Tommy Thomas leads the traffic squad, reputed as one of the state’s best officers.
A public letter lauds Captain Thomas and the police for increasing patrols to make streets safer. Citizens call for plain clothes officers riding in taxis to monitor traffic, urging practical, swift action and courteous, firm enforcement.
All rated officers including pilots navigators bombardiers and flight engineers with 45 or more points as of Sept 2 and two years of active duty since Sept 1 1940 are now eligible for separation unless they elect to stay on duty. Those who wish to leave will be relieved from active duty as rapidly as possible at Randolph Field.
United Nations executive committee, despite Russian and Czechoslovak objections, recommended a temporary trusteeship committee to oversee international territories. The vote stood seven to three as Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko opposed the report.
Dewey I. Reed assistant regional representative of the Social Security Board San Antonio will arrive tonight for a two day conference with staff of the local board. Reed is a former manager of this office.
A gradual cold snap is forecast as a front moves from the extreme northwest, passing Salt Lake City and expected to reach the area tomorrow morning. Temperatures may drop to the low 40s or high 30s Friday night with a return to cold on Saturday as the coldest air trails the front by about 200 miles and north to northwest winds pick up.
The text describes how Potsdam and the original Truman order align on German defeat, civilian living standards, farming emphasis, and deep industrial disarmament. It notes Eisenhower's authority on points not covered by Potsdam and calls for removing Nazis from public and key private roles, with stern limits on fraternization.
The record notes Mrs Stevens fled after the 19 year old Albert Kovacs was killed at the Milton home in New Canaan. The coroner cited an aura of sex recrimination beer and window smashing. Judge Inglis disposed of the case with Stevens absent and unlocated.
A four count indictment by the United States Britain France and Russia accuses Hermann Goering Rudolf Hess Joachim von Ribbentrop and others of planning and unleashing Nazi terror. The 25 thousand word document outlines Adolf Hitler's conspiracy to rule the world and sets a possible Nürnberg trial opening between November 18 and Thanksgiving with a firm stance against delays.
The document lists 24 principal defendants including Reichsmarschall Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Franz von Papen, Walther Funk, Hjalmar Schacht, Alfred Rosenberg, Julius Streicher, Robert Ley, Hans Frank, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Keitel, Karl Doenitz, Erich Raeder, Gustav Krupp, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel, Albert Speer, Martin Bormann, Gustav Jodl, Konstantin von Neurath and others named as key Reich officials and Nazi leaders.
Former foreign minister Arthur Seyss Inquart is named as protector of Bohemia Moravia and served as Reichs commissioner for Austria and the Netherlands. Hans Fritzsche is cited as deputy to propaganda chief Goebbels with radio control. Wilhelm Frick is listed as former interior minister and protector of Bohemia Moravia, Elite Guard general, and cabinet member.
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