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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
1
George E. Sokolsky argues that full employment is undefined and unguaranteed. He analyzes 1929 to 1944 employment figures, counts war and nonwar workers, and critiques how unemployment is measured, noting peak 1932 estimates and changes through 1940s. He concludes employment terms must be defined and no government guarantees full-time jobs.
At the Texas Democratic convention in Dallas pro Roosevelt forces seized control amid a clash over electors for the November ballot. Governor Coke R. Stevenson noted a Democratic victory while the party lines split over replacing May 23 electors and paving a single or dual slate amid court threats.
At the State Democratic Convention in Dallas pro Roosevelt forces push to replace May 23 electors with a sworn slate supporting Roosevelt and Truman. Governor Stevenson urged cooperation for postwar needs and a cash basis budgeting in the January legislative session.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with continued mild temperatures. West Texas mostly fair this afternoon and tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and mild. New Mexico partly cloudy today tonight and Thursday with scattered thunder showers. Highs 80 to 90 degrees, 24 hour high 80, low 56, noon 74, trace precipitation.
In Quebec on September 13 Allied leaders outlined a rapid Pacific and European strategy aiming to speed up victory over Japan and Germany. Roosevelt Churchill MacArthur and Nimitz charted operations toward Mindanao Formosa and the Japanese homeland while Britain anticipates fleet deployment and supply line challenges.
Allied forces in France and Belgium drive into the Reich as six armies prepare a knockout blow. Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson leads Ninth Army reinforcing the push beside American, Canadian, and British units. Bombers pound the Ruhr and Rhineland while Patton and Hodges exploit the Moselle gap toward Pont-a-Mousson and Nancy.
The Weather Bureau confirms unusually cool prember with about 2 degrees below normal so far this month. Temperatures hovered near 64 yesterday as records show the normal near 71 early month dropping to 66 by early October. Last year at this time highs were around 15 degrees warmer. A trace of moisture came with distant thunder showers, with clearing skies and a warmer outlook for today and tomorrow. Adrian logged .12 inch of rain last night while Clayton and Dalhart had traces. For lumber of all kinds, See John Maynard Lbr. Co., 800 W. 5th.
Police declared the Mattoon phantom terrorizing residents for two weeks a hoax after investigations found the supposed “gardenia gas” was carbon tetrachloride fumes from a nearby war plant. Authorities linked the fear to mass hysteria and a plant odor with no real attacker. few sightings of a tall man in a skull cap were reported.
Naziland reports a sixth straight day of Allied air attacks on Germany with over 10 000 tons of bombs. British heavy bombers hit Frankfurt Stuttgart and Berlin while Mosquitos dropped two ton bombs on Berlin. RAF aims at oil plants and military targets as German reinforcements are diverted.
United Press reports U S battleships from the third Pacific fleet joined cruisers in bombarding Palau Islands as part of an intensified Philippines campaign. Air and naval bombers hit bases from Palau to Celebes, with 230 American carrier planes attacking Cebu and Leyte, while ships off Celebes and Ceram reported significant losses.
U.S. First Army tanks crossed into Germany near Eupen at 2 51 P M amid light resistance and mined fields. Reporter Henry T Gorrell notes German civilians mixed fear and nostalgia as tanks cleared the border, with Luftwaffe activity waning and Eupen residents watching from shuttered windows.
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