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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
1
Ankara buzzed as reports circulated of an Allied landing in the Peloponnesus. officials offered no confirmation, but said it could be true soon. Turkey maintained neutrality with much of its army in maneuvers as Western front talk reached Ankara.
Dover reports show northeast wind and high seas hindering invasion crossings. Weather caused a four hour postponement and worsened seasickness among troops while air force bombers risked flying low amid heavy flak as preparations continued despite the conditions.
Allied naval bombardment pounds the Le Havre area as 4,000 ships unleash a massive pre invasion barrage. British battleships slam the coast with 2,000 tons of shells every ten minutes while bombers and fighters sweep overhead. Landing craft advance under smoke and fire, troops rush ashore through hedged terrain as Elsie landing craft begin unloading men and gear for the assault.
Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with warmer afternoons. Widely scattered thundershowers expected Wednesday in Del Rio Eagle Pass area and east of Pecos River, then Thursday in northern mountains. Highs range from 75 to 95 degrees, with readings near 63 to 58 degrees at some stations. Temperatures generally below normal across the region with chances of showers and isolated air storms.
President Roosevelt announced the European drive was on schedule and then led a nationwide radio prayer for victory freedom and peace as Allied forces stormed France. He warned against over confidence while noting light air losses and two destroyers and one landing ship reported lost by noon.
Allied troops land along a 100 mile front from Cherbourg to Le Havre amid adverse weather. Eisenhower reports airborne and sea assaults proceeding with lighter losses than expected and a rapidly expanding bridgehead as 4,000 ships and thousands of planes support the invasion.
Allied bombers and fighters dominate skies as 11,000 first line planes support the invasion of France. The raid reports cite 7,500 sorties before dawn and more than 1,000 British and American heavy bombers in the air, with limited German opposition and continued heavy aerial operations along the coast.
100 miles of Normandy coast from Cherbourg to Le Havre shows beachheads 15 miles long and several kilometers deep. Churchill and Montgomery express satisfaction with advances while Roosevelt calls progress on schedule. 11 000 planes attack defenses and 4 000 ships pound the west wall as paratroopers land inland and casualties on beaches are lighter than expected.
Mrs Dick West of 500 Milam Street cites Revelation 13 18 to interpret a sixth hour sixth day sixth month reference for the invasion tied to Hitler's downfall. Her note aligns with Gen Dwight Eisenhower's wartime demand for total victory and frames invasion as a prophetic reckoning.
Potter County again leads the nation in salvaging used kitchen fats for war production. May totals reach 180000 pounds, part of a three month record of 500000 pounds. Fields credits housewives markets Pinkney Packing Doty Packing and local committees for the effort amid D-Day observances.
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