04 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1944
Page
1
A bus ride in southern England is shattered by a 2000 pound doodle bomb. Passengers and a British sailor recount the crash, debris, and narrow survival as the bus crew resumes service despite injuries and fear.
Colorful wartime Fourth of July events include rodeos at the Fair Grounds Buffalo Lake boat races and a Khiva Temple dance plus barbecues at Cathedral Hall and a Sacred Heart Cathedral picnic. War bond figures show Texas totals with 86 percent of state quota raised, and Stimson arrives in Italy to inspect troops and front line facilities.
Weather summary notes Tuesday partly cloudy with cooler temperatures. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers. New Mexico expected to have partly cloudy conditions with showers and storms later. Little temperature change anticipated.
Reports claim French Maquis inflicted heavy German casualties in southwestern France near Barcelonnette and Bouches du Rhone while suffering limited losses. Observers describe the rugged campaign as a real civil war directed from abroad, with Allied forces poised for action in Normandy.
A French source says French guerrillas in France Denmark and Yugoslavia are tying up about eight Nazi divisions and drawing troops from main fronts. The Maquis, estimated at 175 000 strong, use sabotage and hit and run tactics with near Alpine base clashes and large infantry formations.
Reports from Port Boy in Spain say Gen Georges Nadal, head of Vichy's western France militia, was captured by the Maquis while traveling from La Rochelle to Cognac for a German banquet. Scores of people were arrested and held as hostages for his safety amid Danish worker demonstrations.
Strikes against German rule spread from Copenhagen to 20 towns including Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city, despite a Danish radio appeal for a return to work. In Copenhagen 15,000 Danes clashed with 3,000 Germans as protests continued into the fourth day with public utilities appeals failing to stop the action.
Wheat movement into Amarillo grain elevators remains strong despite Sunday shipping delays. 148 carloads arrived yesterday, down from 184 on Sunday. Labor shortages persist at terminals as crews struggle to unload trucks and freight cars. Harvests sweep the Panhandle with favorable weather, while Kansas and Texas forecasts rise. Noemfoor and Kamiri airfields show Allied advances in New Guinea as Saipan gear-up continues with Marines probing Garapan.
Allied air forces mount sustained raids with Typhoons blasting the Brest peninsula and bombers from Italy targeting oil depots along the Danube and in Romania. Ground fighting in Normandy continues under poor weather as Luftwaffe opposition remains light in the battle zone.
Amarillo Potter County faces a tight finish in the Fifth War Loan as E Bond totals lag far behind the target. With two thirds of the quota met and July 8 set at 6 585 million dollars, officials urge intensified sales including free movie day promotions and special campaigns across the city led by Life Underwriters. American National Life buys 50 000 in bonds for Potter County, and an unidentified company adds 200 000. Raymond Hollingsworth interviews General Cafl W Connell at KGNC tonight.
In Boston on July 3 a violent street clash in the Negro district led to the arraignment of 29 black servicemen and sailors. Eight faced knife charges while the rest were charged with disorderly conduct after a patrol ordered a group to move from a doorway in the Ruggles Washington Street area. The court hearing was set for later.
Soviet forces captured Minsk and over 1,150 other locations as the 11 day offensive swept west. Stalin announced the victory, with Polish frontier advances and many German generals captured. Prisoners surpassed 72,000, and rail hubs like Glebo kle fell under Red control.
U S troops struck along a 40 mile front on the Cherbourg peninsula driving into German defenses near La Haye du Puits and St Jores. They faced machine gun posts and bogs wading through marshes as weather limited air support and remarked on Rommel's prior inspection of the defenses.
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