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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1944
Page
2
A 16 man Finnish peace delegation led by Premier Hantti Hackzellar departs for Moscow on September 8 to formalize an armistice arrangement.
Stiff German resistance slows a fast Allied advance through central France as American and French forces push toward Belfort and the Swiss border. Besancon falls after fierce street fighting. Pontarlier is secured, expanding the Saone Valley push with French armor and American units advancing from Dole toward Belfort.
The Senate passed by voice vote a bill to blanket promote American prisoners from December 1941 held in the Philippines and on Guam and Wake Islands. It affects personnel below colonel and advances each by one grade on December 8 of 1942 and each subsequent 8 as long as they remain prisoners.
Four pairs of ladies hose were lost at the Ration Board and a reader reports a lost book titled The Prodigal Women with inscription To Lena Matheny. Rewards offered. call 4589 or 2 3623 to identify and return items.
Paulette Goddard seeks overseas work while Joan Crawford wears sweaters knitted by Phil Terry. Jimmy Wakely signs for a new Monogram Western. Ida Lupino and Louis Hayward divorce with unsettled terms. Deanna Durbin and Al Bloomingdale flirt with business or romance. Dorothy Lamour adopts a child through The Cradle. Tallulah Bankhead curbs drinking as war ends. Virginia Weidler injures knees on a pier ride. Walt Disney tests German dialogue for postwar shows. Stephen Crane and Mary O Hara are altar-minded. Charles Boyer considers a fall play. Ida Lupino returns to Pillar to Post with arm in splints. Bill Goodwin and Frank Sinatra plan a ranch near Douglas. previews and reviews for In Society Greenwich Village When Strangers Marry Sweet and Low Down and Gypsy Wildcat noted. Kim Hunter hailed as best performance for When Strangers Marry.
An inquest in Kirkham England found the American bomber that killed 60 people in Freckleton on August 23 was struck by lightning during a violent storm. The verdict was death by misadventure. Nine American soldiers and 38 children were among the dead.
American armored units crossed the Moselle River below Metz and formed three new bridgeheads, two in the Metz area and one near Toul, as U. S. Third Army advances in the Moselle valley.
Ida Foster 82 lived at 1007 North East Eighth Avenue Amarillo died in a local hospital at 2:40 this morning. A Methodist, she had resided in Amarillo since 1913. Survived by two daughters Mrs R W Smith and Mrs C R Abbott. four sons H C Foster W M Foster W A Foster Ollie Foster. sister Mrs Albert Stanley. brother Pat Dorsett. Body in care of N S Griggs and Sons.
Allied air forces from Greece to Serbia report heavy bombings across southwest Germany and the Siegfried line. American bombers joined by 500 Mustang fighters struck Ludwigshafen Kastel Mainz Gustavsburg and Le Havre while 1 000 four engine planes plus British Lancasters bombed Le Havre to about 2 500 tons. Swiss report four American fighters machine gunned Delmont and Moutier stations wounding seven.
James A. Reed a veteran Missouri senator died at 82 in Alpena Michigan after a weeklong illness and a recent hospital stay Reed an anti League of Nations and anti New Deal figure who once sought the Democratic presidential nomination served 18 years in the U S Senate and was known for states rights and anti central government stances with a career marked by dramatic public battles and transforming political positions.
Witnesses described checks totaling 1560 and 100 issued to family entities, showing transfers around 1941 42. Bank records and divorce history highlighted money from Mrs Redding to O M Redding and Redding Live and Let Live Market as part of a contentious asset split. Evelyn Reddings account of a March telephone threat was also presented, tying to the ongoing case.
The War Relocation Authority reports over 30,000 Japanese Americans have left relocation centers on indefinite leave at about 400 per week. About 60,000 remain housed in eight centers and 18,500 in Tule Lake segregation, with 5,000 outside on seasonal leave for canning, beef thinning and harvesting. Most indefinite leaves settled permanently in communities with some joining the Army.
Buenos Aires reports Cabildo banners claim Hull insults Argentina as Hull accuses the country of housing a fascist Western Hemisphere movement. Morning papers expected to publish the charges following the Secretary of State's remarks yesterday.
Dr. R L Brown testified that only Redding knew his mental state when he shot his wife. He cited amnesia from drugs and stress plus divorce and finance as contributing factors and noted Redding’s calm demeanor could indicate insanity.
The Navy announced jet propulsion units to aid carrier planes and flying boats to take off with heavier loads in shorter deck space and at higher speed. Each unit delivers 330 horsepower, is attached to the fuselage, and is jettisoned after takeoff. Experiments began in 1941 at Annapolis under Capt. Calvin M. Bolster and later built at Caltech's Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories.
Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch, commander of the 7th Army, wrenched his back yesterday while riding in a jeep through pouring rain on slippery roads in France. He said he would be all night in a day or two, then climbed back into the jeep and continued.
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