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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
1
AEF correspondent describes medics racing a bloodied wounded man through moonlit Italian mountains to a crowded aid station. Gunfire flashes as the litter bears the grievously injured, whose hoarse breathing finally stops near the tentative safety of camp.
Potter County residents have raised less than five per cent of their 6 585 000 war bond quota with only 310 690 50 sold by noon yesterday. Four large purchases between 30 000 and 100 000 drive most of the total while 100 486 50 represents E Bonds. The drive ends July 8 and requires a 66 per cent surge. Col. E A Simpson urges immediate action and backs the back-home effort. Charlie Chaplin supports Joan Barry and Carol Ann in paternity suit delayed to December 13.
The House voted 204 to 178 to reject Rep. Disney Oklahoma's Price Control Act amendment that would raise crude oil prices by 35 cents per barrel. The amendment, tied to ceiling price rules, would set oil prices at not less than 80 percent of parity and not to exceed parity. Earlier, a committee vote favored the measure 123 to 57.
Hail damage ranged from 15 to 100 percent to wheat and cotton across Hale County south and east of Plainview and Petersburg. A seven by five mile area saw heavy hail and 2.5 to 3 inches of rain. Wheat and cotton losses threaten harvests and weed growth rises as rains continue.
Two American task forces 2,000 miles apart shelled the Marianas and Kuriles in a deep Pacific raid. Carrier air raids hit Nippon bases, with ongoing bombardments of Tinian Saipan and Garapan while Kuriles targets at Matsuwa Paramushiro Shumusu were bombed. Over 141 Japanese planes destroyed. 60+ survivors taken prisoner. Chinese forces check Japanese advances on the Burma Road toward Changsha.
Weather overview shows Thursday partly cloudy with little temperature change across Amarillo and West Texas. Mexico predicts widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers near the eastern border, with fair conditions elsewhere Thursday and Friday.
German broadcasts claim Allied forces may strike soon on the Atlantic coast while U S gains near Carentan are described as a surprise. Reports say Rangers and Commandos with jeeps tanks and anti tank guns manned air fields deep in France near Plateu Millevad and Limousin amid forecasts of a major battle at Caumont and Villers Bocage.
Allied Air Forces report more than 12 000 daylight sorties against Nazi Europe led by over 1 500 U S Fortresses and Liberators with additional raids by RAF. Operations spanned France Belgium the Netherlands Hungary Yugoslavia and Italy supported by extensive airfields and new bases near the beachhead.
The tall French leader arrives across the channel to cheering crowds in Allied territory. Cries of De Gaulle fill streets as old and young emerge from ruin to glimpse him, a symbol of liberation amid rubble and hardship.
Allied forces push in Normandy with fierce fighting around Montebourg and Carentan as American and British Canadian units repel German counterattacks. German armor including four armored divisions engages along a broad front from Troarn to Caen and Tilly-Sur-Seulles. Allies hold initiative with heavy air and naval support and continued advances toward St Lo.
The Navy reports 27 dead and 380 wounded from a Pearl Harbor landing craft explosion on May 21 and an ammo depot magazine blast on Oahu last Sunday killing three. Missing totals include 100. casualties span Army Navy Marine Coast Guard and civilians across multiple units.
The Texas Supreme Court granted permission for Pro-Roosevelt Democrats to file a mandamus suit to force certification of electors chosen by their rump state convention for the July 22 primary ballot. A hearing set for June 19 at 9 A.M. includes both the regular convention electors and the rump convention electors as parties.
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