21 Aug 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1942
Page
1
Allied forces shattered the German air front over Dieppe destroying or damaging 269 enemy aircraft. Observers say 91 planes were certainly destroyed, 38 probably shot down and 140 damaged, forcing a shift of Luftwaffe resources from the Russian front to Western Europe.
Soldiers sailors and marines urge citizens to vote for leaders who will win the war. They insist on capable, unselfish government in wartime and back Jimmy Allred for U S Senator, arguing every vote supports those fighting in Midway, Africa and Europe. They warn votes against war leaders betray troops. They also note Help Wanted ads reach ready workers supporting the war effort.
A 28 year old Canadian war correspondent Ross Munro writes the Dieppe assault story from his London desk. He endures bloodied conditions, sleep loss, and anti sleep pills while delivering a gripping eyewitness account of the beach and fatal slope, recalling Royals casualties and frontline fear.
In the daylight aerial offensive near Dieppe 500 Allied fighter planes swept the invasion coast of France with bombers hitting Amiens railway yards. U S Army Air Force fighters escorted the bombers. German losses were claimed to be heavy though soft opposition was reported. Jimmie Daley of Amarillo reported his safe status after serving in the raid.
A public election party at the Globe News venue in Amarillo features the Sons of the West at 7 45 PM along with a trio of girl singers Olivia Eastus Edyth Strickland and De Laine Williams. Barney Ogle Braniff Airways manager and Mason King announce further musical surprises as residents gather to hear election returns after voting ends on Saturday night. The event offers seating on Sixth Avenue and courthouse lawn with the Amarillo Electric Company providing the sound system for all to hear the results.
U S Marines move into the mop up phase on the Solomon Islands as Japanese forces are isolated after naval losses. Navy reports indicate continued ashore control while Japanese air, surface, and submarine actions cause only minor damage.
Soviet communique says a German force crossing the Don near Kletskaya was nearly annihilated with 500 killed. Other fighting near Stalingrad, Pyatigorsk, Krasnodar with small German gains and a 7000 ton German transport sunk in the Black Sea.
Navy shipped Paul Dustin Bailey Hedley Lawrence Conard Griebel Stockton Kan James Edward Mott Amarillo and Elmer Yule Wright Tulsa. Army shipped Ted Duncan Celeste John W Smith Oklahoma. Orpha M Powell Amarillos second WAAC sworn in at Lubbock with six others, largest group yet. William Bright Newman Amarillo shipped by Marine office.
The Amarillo region sees scattered late day thundershowers with temperatures similar to Thursday. West Texas and New Mexico expect scattered showers and thunderstorms, with temperatures holding near Thursday levels. Hourly readings from yesterday in Amarillo show a peak around mid afternoon with highs near 90 and lows near 62, while precipitation remains negligible. James Puckle is noted for patenting a machine gun on March 15, 1718, and the Duke of Buccleuch lent the original weapon to the Tower of London Armories.
Potter County health officials report five contagious disease cases outside Amarillo city limits including scarlet fever, typhoid and diphtheria all quarantined and not menacing county health. City reports no active contagious cases. sanitation rules for trailer camps and water disposal ready for enforcement.
In Memphis Tennessee June 8 to July 21 C N Journey reports cows missing. Over several weeks two more cows vanish leaving five. He locks the barn and later Cow No 4 disappears with an open door discovered. He contacts the police for help.
Major Henri Foucaud, staff officer to General De Gaulle, was arrested in the free zone by French police on a charge of De Gaulist activity. The report also covers Dieppe raid operations and Allied losses, including aircrews and ships, with Allied and German casualties and the 15 mile front actions.
A quick view from the front notes U S Marines credited by the Navy for three Solomon Islands captures. It cites Allied Commandos at Dieppe and predicts intensified air support from the European and Russian fronts. Reports describe Red Army resistance at Stalingrad and German advances near Kreetskaya, while Brazil detains German nationals aboard ships amid torpedoing of a sixth vessel bound for Europe.
Berlin dispatch reports Americans in the Dieppe raid tried a five compartment one man tank carrying high explosives. The device was directed at fortifications and exploded by an electrical timer with the operator leaving before detonation. The report says many tanks exploded prematurely due to German fire.
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