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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1944
Page
2
A Panhandle column mixes cheerful plains weather with speculative wartime talk and local curiosities. It cites Time magazine on Japan war plans, Roosevelts era gossip, local letters, and notes on geese, ducks, and wildlife. It also mentions Read er's Digest and a News Globe building price.
Hogs and cattle prices listed with steady to slightly varied values across Chicago and Kansas City markets. Plainsview followers travel to Amarillo to watch the Vernon Sandie clash and assess Plainview Bull Dogs strength for the season.
Dear Tack requests return of a brown leather billfold containing Army identification flight papers and money lost on a Friday evening, September 22. Papers are invaluable and cannot be replaced. please mail to 823 South Arthur, with finder encouraged to correspond and aged over 20.
President Roosevelt received a report from his labor advisory committee of AFL and CIO leaders urging the scrapping of the Little Steel Formula. Members said he gave no impression of his stance on the proposal.
Potter County represented by Claude Elmo Israel of Amarillo with a hog entry as farm youths from Panhandle and South Plains counties compete in the fifth Sears 4-H show at the Tri-State Fairgrounds. The county event awarded a Jersey heifer and chicks to Neal Walton of Bushland and Neal Raymond of St Francis, while Jimmy and John Gabel of Soncy exhibited hogs placing fourth and fifth.
USO services in Amarillo will extend beyond 1944 with no planned reductions, regional executive W. W. Jackson says. He notes USO activity rising across the Southwest and overseas, with more volunteers needed to adapt to changing military needs. Mrs. W. W. Rusk heads Amarillo’s volunteer group as W. Noel Hudson joins Jackson on the visit.
The Democrats push for Pennsylvania's 235 electoral votes for Roosevelt while Governor Dewey concentrates on New York state matters after his first campaign swing. Vice President Wallace campaigns in Pennsylvania claiming Roosevelt’s reelection would yield full employment and an age of abundance. Gifford Pinchot, ex governor now backing Roosevelt, accuses Dewey backers of amassing the largest campaign fund in U.S. history.
A fast freight slammed into a Sioux City to Omaha passenger train near Missouri Valley Iowa killing nine people and injuring about 100. Forty seven victims were treated in Council Bluffs hospitals. three soldiers and civilians were among the dead. Edith Ziriax returned from vacation as Red Cross official.
County tax official Frank Hoyt announced veterans and auxiliary group members will not pay poll tax in the first year after honorable discharge. Exemption requires an application for a tax exemption certificate and meeting voter age residence and citizenship requirements. Included are nurses and service organizations such as WACs WAVES SPARS WASPS and others.
President Roosevelt denounced Argentina for allowing growing Nazi influence and for trying to undermine American republics by claiming Allied attitudes are divided. He called it paradoxical that Nazi sway grows as Germany nears defeat while most Argentines remain committed to democracy.
The article notes growing pledges create a cautious outlook with limited optimism for international security. It stresses that even with promises, practical enforcement and trust remain uncertain.
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