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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
Weather clears and warms over the weekend with Shamrock as the wettest Panhandle spot. The News-Globe lists a stock price of 58000 cash or war bonds for a deed and lease, while reporter Grady Camp notes steady interest and a firm daily price.
In a public letter E R T responds to a Plainview man’s warning about fast cab driving in Amarillo. He argues not all cabbies are reckless, calls for targeting individual violators, and notes he rides cabs daily and finds most drivers polite and careful.
The piece contrasts city life with small town roots, noting how routine and class shaping habits render the urban professional a machine. It reflects on Tom Gallaher, Santa Fe executives, and asks for his personal view on Chicago life versus Amarillo. It also touches on Ann Boettiger and a blunt Churchill wartime remark.
A white horse arrived at 4506 Wolflin Street and the owners are asked to call. A farm job seeker offers services and contact details for Barnette Grain Co. and East Third Avenue. A baby daughter Suzzanne Patterson arrives at St Anthony’s Hospital weighing seven and a half pounds.
Hickman Benson, boss of Old Tascosa for two years, is promoted to assistant manager of the Herring Hotel to replace Holland Scott who recently resigned. Otho Thompson remains resident manager.
Bob Douglas executive secretary for the Potter County Taxpayers Association re issued his call to object to Amarillo’s proposed sewer charge. He said no additional tax is justified and the city still earns revenue from parking meters. The levy would raise about 75000 dollars annually. Residents are urged to voice objections now.
Henry M. Hedges, a Chicago construction engineer and head of a Navy Seabee unit in the Southwest Pacific, will present the season opening lecture for the Knife and Fork Club. He formerly lived with his wife on Bora Bora, earning the nickname The King of Bora Bora, before joining the Navy during the war. The talk starts at 8 o'clock at the Country Club, followed by a social hour.
A serendipitous find in Amarillo leads a cocker spaniel puppy to Dale Smith of 2121 Hayden Street after two nights of whining. The female dog wears a military web belt collar with brass buckle. owner should call 4096 to claim.
Division Manager H. F. Schwedes announced the Texas division of North American Aviation will manufacture B 29 Superfortress parts in Dallas. The plant will produce and assemble aileron flaps and the complete tail section using facilities released from government cutbacks in B 24 Liberator production.
Allied headquarters said Greek guerrilla forces placed themselves under Allied command and outlined coordinated offensives for the fastest possible liberation of Greece. Lt. Gen. R. Mck. Scobie of Britain named commander of all Allied operations in Greece. Generals Zervas and Sarafis accepted proposals to bring their guerrilla armies under Allied control.
Postmaster W D DeGrassi warns of an early start to Christmas mailing with an expected manpower shortage. He urges Amarillo residents to mail early as overseas package shipping ends around October 15 and extra racks will be set up to handle the Christmas business.
Constable Pat Meritt loathed bikes and refused to ride one. Ranger Dudley White slipped behind him, shoved the bicycle, and Meritt rode the bike nearly the corridor length before crashing into a wall in the courthouse corridor.
Amarillo area service members captured in Java are left out of a promotion bill that covers those taken on Guam, Wake, and Bataan. Congressman Gene Worley says the measure will likely be amended to include personnel captured in other theaters after an inquiry from Leslie Neal.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones ended wartime distribution controls on farm machinery except corn pickers. Combines corn binders and tractors are among 20 items removed from control, leaving 90 items previously restricted. In New York, stock says additional penicillin production could ease civilian shortages.
Co. E. Cary, a Pampa attorney, conducted business in Amarillo yesterday afternoon.
Markets report shows hogs steady with good and choice 150-240 lb at 14.75 and over 240 lb sows at 14.00. Cattle and calves rise with fed steers and yearlings up about 25 cents. top price 18.25 for 1091 lb yearlings. cows steady. vealers unchanged at 12.50 down.
Hogs salable 1,500 active and steady at ceiling prices. Good and choice 180-240 lbs $14.50. 241 lbs up and sows mostly $13.75. Cattle salable 1,800 with total 3,000. calves 1,500 salable. Steers yearlings cows steady to up 25c. slaughter calves 50c higher. grass killing steers $9.00–$11.00. some loads $8.50–$13.00. Sheep salable 5,000. six car range lambs $13.25. natives $13.00. Oregon ewes above $5.25.
B W Longanecker constructs a 32 by 24 foot battery house using 2000 car batteries stacked as blocks with 30 cubic feet of gravel in the walls. The outside resembles a Spanish stucco home while the interior forms a checkered battery pattern. Longanecker, from California, plans two more such houses and lives on the lot in a trailer. A sewer inspector praises the self dug trench and the project promises two duplicates. The article also notes the average adult body temperature is 98.4 to 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
NBC cited a BBC broadcast reporting violent explosions along the Calais coast as Germany appears to destroy harbor installations. The broadcasts indicate deliberate harbor damage affecting Calais on the English Channel.
War dispatch notes a widening Allied wedge south and west of Arnhem with Heesch and Nistelrode captured, creating a 10 to 15 mile bulge near s Hertogenbosch. The push walls off western Holland garrisons, while American paratroopers reach Reichswald Forest beyond the IJsselmeer gap.
The report notes British held five miles along the Maas River south of Kleve while Belgian units held Maas positions beyond Maeseye as American First Army presses the Siegfried Line near Hurtgen eight miles southeast of Stolberg. The push aims to breach to Cologne with stiff pillbox and concrete fortifications blocking the advance.
An old advertisement claims kidney related pains stem from body fluid pH and promises relief by CITROL sold for $1.00 at POOL DRUG STORES. It targets adults with burning bladder sore back and rheumatic pains and urges readers to ask their druggist for CITROL.
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