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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
14
The Amarillo Globe News records its founding date February 20 1924 and its post office entry as a second case matter under the 1878 act, published evenings except weekends in Amarillo Texas. Siath and Barmaney listed with Gene Howe as president and publisher with John McCarty as assistant publisher and Weslsey as editor in chief.
Berlin dispatch reveals a secret Gestapo handbook claiming Boy Scouts aided Allied intelligence during the war. It alleges Lord Baden-Powell was a spy for England and that the central office was in London led by a man described as half Jewish.
A collection of quotes from U S figures and international voices. Henry Steffens questions reform tempo after office Henry L McClellan labels Hirohito a war criminal Sen Burton K Wheeler criticizes Western nations focus and US image Toyohiko Kagawa contrasts American leadership with wartime Japan rhetoric is noted.
The speech argues that passive diplomacy erodes U S war aims and urges timely, joint German frontier agreements with all near neighbors. It notes Potsdam East West frontier issues, Polish western advance, and the need to prevent weak Western settlements while aligning Britain France and Moscow toward a firm, comprehensive settlement.
Columnist Bill Cunningham critiques American reactions to Tojo and Japan's wartime ritual hari-kari. He argues the process is misinterpreted abroad, notes the ceremonial beheading by a friend, and questions pursuing martyrdom versus immediate justice. He compares wartime executions to domestic treatment of wounded bandits and warns against glorifying militarism.
Navy boot camp letters from Bill Baland reach his daughter as he jokes about his gray hairs. Cal Farley secures 3000 dollars of football equipment for Sandlot games run like summer softball, with W. E. Smith coordinating and encouraging local coaching. A humorous telephony mix up ends with a quip about not seeing over the phone.
The most valuable tree on record, a Kentucky black walnut, sold for 1500 dollars while the felled tree yielded veneers valued at 35000 dollars.
The writer argues the war remains legally active through lingering powers and urges declaring end to war to free draftees and send teens back to school. It criticizes ongoing emergency politics, notes Selective Service rules through May 15 1946, and emphasizes fitting postwar needs in doctors engineers teachers and other professionals.
Crossword puzzle listing horizontal clues from 1 to 55 across the page. Includes terms like Pictured U S Marine head Lt Gen 13 Receiver 14 Swiss city 15 Prejudice 16 Secure 18 Acid and many more, with several military and geographic references.
Paris Presse reports Stalin ill with a liver ailment and predicts Marshal Kliment Y. Voroshilov will succeed him as Russian leader. The piece, by Yves Delbars, claims Stalin will be named honorary secretary general for life of the Communist Party.
At an English seaport tide levels vary up to 30 feet. An inventor captures seawater in tanks and uses its fall to drive a turbine producing 30 to 256 horsepower. The project aims to convert tidal energy into practical power.
First Class Raymond Ford aboard the USS Halsey Powell off Okinawa reports a kamikaze strike where a Japanese pilot steered his plane into the destroyer. The plane pierced the hull but the bomb exploded after the craft entered the water. Ford has been honorably discharged and returns to his Globe News circulation route duties in River Road and Pleasant Valley.
Raymond served in both the Army and the Navy before Pearl Harbor. He left the Army shortly before December 7, 1941, joined the Navy in January 1942, and first served on an oil tanker in the Atlantic. After about 18 months he moved to the Pacific Theater and later the Halsey Powell underwent repair before sailing to the West Coast.
A pendulum clock accurate in the United States would require regulation in Central America due to gravity differences. The clock runs slower nearer the equator as gravity is stronger at the poles and weaker toward the equator.
Vintage cereal ad touts Wheaties as solid nourishment with bran and a famous second helping flavor. It invites readers to add milk fruit and Wheaties for a big bowl tomorrow morning.
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