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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1945
Page
2
Weather commentary laments continuing drought with hopeful notes for September and the equinox. The piece also announces George Ray has resigned as editor of The Globe, praising his judgment, executive ability, and character as a high-class Amarillo citizen.
George steps back from The Globe as his workload increases and his father’s duties shift. The move is met with widespread goodwill from the entire newspaper staff and colleagues.
The Globe announces Ray Parr as editor praising his wartime work and A-grade newspaperman status. Also notes Sammie Draper, formerly of The News-Globe, married Parr. Amarillo bachelor status ends, plus assorted light anecdotes on war forecasts, checks, and social quirks from the editor.
The passage notes women seek social edge and display, causing daily friction. It cites firms restricting wives from traveling with or lodging with fellow workers' spouses, and highlights unrest around wives of star baseball players. It contrasts elite expectations with everyday behavior.
The speaker warns about under marrying in Plains country, noting wives often overspend to keep up appearances and become irritable martyrs. Men who under-marry are seen as faring better, while marrying rich kin with a poor partner creates social tension. The talk hints the topic is too hot to discuss further.
A shopper recounts a Dallas trip for shorts gone, noting Amarillo, Dallas, and Africa all lack men’s shorts. The narrator blames lend lease waste, mocking U S aid to Africa and Italy and urging an end to such spending.
The speaker blames misallocated lend-lease funds for widespread shortages, citing toilet paper as a key example. They claim shipments have been sent abroad to Arabia and Turkey, leaving American households unable to buy basic necessities.
A writer recalls natives in India unfamiliar with toilet paper and how donors struggled to explain its use. The piece notes U S aid included ammunition limits for American hunters and a British officer bragging about lend lease shells used by British forces.
The speaker urges Congress to open an investigation into lend-lease, demanding full disclosure to the American public. Those responsible for waste of funds should be jailed, calling for accountability after the war.
The writer urges immediate public outrage against government taxes urging a united chorus of protest. They warn higher taxes in five to ten years if the spenders are not checked and question whether the United States can avoid bankruptcy without a massive indignant wave on Washington.
Funeral arrangements for Joe Lee Bailey four years old son of Clarence and Mrs Bailey are pending after he died from severe burns. His brother Hyman escaped serious injury though he suffered a burned right arm. Survived by parents, brother John Dean, half brother Hyman Marshall, and half sister Essie Lee Marshall.
Virdie Lee Parish, a negro woman, is jailed on an assault with intent to murder charge filed by the district attorney. Nathan Pennington, a negro man, was shot and seriously wounded in a Sunday morning affray at 113 Van Buren. He remains in serious condition with a chest wound. police said the bullet entered his back and exited through walls of adjacent apartments. The weapon was a .45 caliber pistol found in a wall of a third apartment.
The Amarillo assessor-collector expects the tax roll to rise by at least half a million dollars over last year’s $62,676,440 total. No roll estimate was made this year by office staff, with a public budget hearing scheduled for Tuesday night September 18.
More than 30 men from local Selective Service boards left this morning for Oklahoma City to take preinduction examinations for the armed services. Approximately the same number were ordered to Oklahoma City yesterday for induction.
E A Cannon 49 of 1600 North Arthur died at St Anthony s Hospital from injuries in an automobile crash on Highway 287 east of Amarillo near Memorial Park Cemetery. Brig Gen Carl W Connell of Amarillo Army Air Field drove a passenger car in the other vehicle. Cannon was fixing a flat tire when struck. Cannon had lived in Amarillo 24 years and is survived by his widow three daughters two sons and other relatives. Body at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
Five Plainview servicemen and one from Orion have been notified they were liberated from POW camps and returned to duty. The group includes Pvt. Jack W. Bailey Pfc. Buster H. Spann Pvt. Floyd R. Lamb Pfc. Earl G. Weiss and Pvt. Frances E. Nixon along with Sgt. G. W. Stoddard. Maj. Winthrop H. Rogers, also of the battalion, has been reported liberated from Japan.
Fire at 302 Birmingham gutted three rooms of the J. W. Cooper residence while the owners were away taking their son to a Fort Worth doctor. Central Station firefighters arrived at 8:25 p.m. with flames starting in the living room and spreading to the dining room and kitchen.
William Bakish of Youngstown Ohio is treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for head injuries from a car wreck near Vega. His condition is not serious. He was riding with a Pennsylvania man when another vehicle struck their car and fled. Sheriff John Haliburton of Vega questioned the injured man upon arrival in Amarillo at noon today.
Lt Chase J. Neilsen of Utah Lt Robert L Hite of Texas and Staff Sgt Jacob DeShazer of Oregon, survivors of the 1942 Tokyo raid, stepped onto U S soil for the first time since being captured. They were rescued two weeks earlier from a Japanese prison camp near Pieping and flown from Karachi to National Airport. They then went to Walter Reed Hospital for a checkup.
United States district court will convene at 2 PM on the mezzanine of the Herring Hotel for naturalization proceedings. Judge James C. Wilson, after a week’s illness, will administer the oath to 15 petitioners. Naturalization examiner Prooks Thomas from El Paso arrived to present candidates and will stay until noon tomorrow.
City officials will convene at 8 o'clock this evening to handle routine matters, according to city manager A. P. Hancock.
Funeral services will be held at 11 o clock tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Chapel for Casper Alvin Barker 46 a mechanic for Plains Chevrolet who drowned about 3 o clock yesterday afternoon in Buffalo Lake during a Labor Day outing Dr John Darby pastor of West Amarillo Christian Church will be in charge Burial will be in Llano Cemetery He is survived by his widow Mary Irene Barker two sons Casper Alvin Barker Jr and Garrett Noble Barker and two brothers Noble Barker and Clarence Barker
Miss Ima Jean Brannan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Brannan of 313 Prospect, will enroll at West Texas State College on September 18. She plans to major in clothing design.
Oscar Renfro was fined $50 and costs and his license suspended for six months by Judge E O Northcutt in county court for driving while intoxicated. He was arrested after his car hit another driven by Mrs Grace Howard who was injured and treated at home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Herndon of 1103 West Eighteenth left for El Paso to visit their daughter for a week.
Meat prices and point redemptions ripple through stores as beef becomes plentiful while pork and cheese run scarce. Desmond Dean of Ideal Food Stores notes ample beef but limited pork and cheese, and Loren Young of White way Food Stores questions potential government removal of beef points.
In Amarillo shoppers report solid beef supplies while pork is scarce. Vendors note lower meat values may meet demand, with ham and bacon still in short supply. Residents cope with limited options as they plan meals around available meats.
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