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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1942
Page
1
Allied forces repelled a Japanese assault at Milne Bay in a decisive defense. The report highlights the successful hurling back of invasion forces and the broader wartime tension in the Pacific theater.
British action in the Mediterranean grows. Antikythera raid hints at minor landings while Malta fights back. British destroyers shell Rommel's repair shops at El Deia asPole forces in the Near East, newly released from Russian camps, swell to nearly 200000.
An ICC examiner prepares to hear Sanix Tailway's request to abandon the Boise City Oklahoma to Farley New Mexico line, while Santa Fe officials warn the War Department has requisitioned rails ties and bridges for war. Citizens in Cimarron Union and Colfax counties vow to protest, arguing the line serves public interest and remains vital eastward freight access. A separate Salisbury chase tells of a $10 robbery suspect eluding police through a cannery before being captured.
The section reports cool and rainy conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with a Monday calm start turning to heavy precipitation in the South and Pecos Valley. Strong showers and thunderstorms expected from the central mountains eastward, with locally heavy rain, rising winds, and cooler afternoon temperatures shaped by a moving weather system.
AP reports on August 30 1942 Japanese ground forces repulsed in Kokoda New Guinea halting a drive toward Port Moresby. Stalingrad and Caucasus actions show German resistance and Russian gains near Moscow. Chinese offensives in Chekiang Kiangsi claim gains with Lungyu captured near Chuhsien. U S Marines advance in the Solomons capturing Tulagi and an airfield on Guadalcanal, with options against northern Solomons or New Guinea. British raids near Greece reportedly hit Axis targets. Italians deny success.
Soviet airmen, substituting for weather-bound RAF, bombed eastern Germany including Berlin, Koenigsterr, and Danzig. Moscow dispatches cite 48 fires in Berlin and three hours of alert in Berlin. DNB admits raids on eastern Germany with limited damage. Berlin damage details were not specified. The RAF resumed daylight raids while German bombs hit Brighton and Swindon.
Reports from the American Iron and Steel Institute show Suel mill scrap iron and steel piles shrinking to a two or three week supply. Mills rely on citizens to root out every ounce of scrap, with vast mountains of steel facing furnace demand for war industries. Residents urged to visit the city drive at 614 West Fourth to reclaim articles similar to those in their homes.
In Denver on August 30 Mrs. W. J. Kelly prepared a seasoned roast and placed it in the oven. Five minutes later she checked on it with her husband in the front room. The roast was gone and the oven door open along with the stack door, leaving investigators puzzled.
Local merchants promote Everything for school as Amarillo housewives join the Dollar Day push to stretch war effort budgets. Shoppers race to early bargains, with Sollars cash registers ready as thousands of newcomers flood the crowds.
The navy announced a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed by an enemy submarine in the Caribbean area early in July but not sunk. The crippled ship was taken to a Caribbean port and survivors landed at an East Coast port. The government commuted five death sentences for Belfast IRA members convicted of killing a policeman in Easter Disorders.
Soviet forces report heavy counterattacks and gains near Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. On the Moscow front, crosses rivers and steady combat continue as the Red Army claims advances, inflicting losses on German units and reclaiming positions across multiple sectors. Air activity remains intense with rising enemy losses.
A New York court scene shows an Irishman who signed a temperance pledge after being charged with keeping his family awake with shouting. The magistrate warned him, insisting the pledge means restraint, not silence. The exchange highlights loopholes in temperance pledges and enforcement.
General MacArthur announced Australian and American forces repelled a Japanese spearhead at Milne Bay, saving Port Moresby for the fourth time. The Milne Bay area was reported rapidly being cleared with heavy enemy losses, including tanks, and Allied air and sea forces supported the victory in New Guinea.
In the Solomons campaign reports say seven Japanese planes were shot down over Milne Bay and surrounding areas. Allied losses were none, while Japanese air and naval forces suffered heavy hits amid rain forests and jungle terrain. The Navy also intercepted four destroyers en route to attack, sinking one and damaging others, as U.S. and Allied forces maintain pressure as reinforcements arrive.
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