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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
1
The Nazis launched more robot explosive planes against southern England, attacking towns and causing deaths and destruction. The weapons, fired from Pas de Calais launch sites, carried 1000 to 8000 pounds of explosive and operated without pilots, posing a new terror front for the Allied defenses.
Britain faced a haphazard bombardment as anti aircraft fire crackled. A German Transocean News Agency broadcast claimed great damage in London from high explosives, while Morrison said pilots were used in a raid last Tuesday. The pilotless craft has a 20 foot wingspan, 25 foot length, and speed around 220 to 250 mph, often flying in pairs.
Allied experts consider pilotless bombs in Calais launched from ground installations. The weapon may be pre set, fly at about 250 miles an hour to targets like London, with underground launch sites and 2000 foot altitude. Radio control questioned due to counter measures risk.
U S carriers raid the Bonin Islands in a surprise attack reported by Adm Chester W Nimitz as part of the Saipan campaign. American forces advance about a half mile in the Charan Kanoa area amid heavy mortar and artillery fire while Tokyo reports landings of a division. Allied air and naval power press the campaign with strikes on Truk Haha Jima Chichi Jimi and Iwo Jima as air reconnaissance notes.
U S B 29 Superfortresses raid Yawata on Kyushu, aiming at one fifth of Japan’s steel. Four planes fail to return. two lost to accidents, one crew safe, one missing. The mission, part of a broader Saipan context, marks a major long range attack from Western China bases.
British and Allied officials assess the German pilotless aircraft as a dangerous weapon seen in the England barrage. The aim is to locate launch sites and attack them from the air while scientists study ways to disrupt the control systems. The weapon reportedly ranges at least 96 miles from Calais to London.
The section reports weekend weather across Amarillo and vicinity and western Texas and New Mexico. Foreseeable conditions include Saturday fair and warm, Sunday partly cloudy with strong winds, and scattered thundershowers mainly in the mountains of New Mexico. Temperature readings from the previous day note highs near 93 and 85 degrees with sunset around 9:09 PM.
Allied air forces launched a major raid on Berlin with near 1000 heavy bombers and escorts striking Paris and Laon bases. American and Italy-based formations hit Pas de Calais oil targets, Bratislava refineries, and Vienna area plants, while Luftwaffe plans faced renewed Allied air superiority and Goering urged total sacrifice.
American troops seized St. Sauveur le Vicomte near Cherbourg after a four day battle, cutting the last German rail escape route on the Cherbourg peninsula. Montebourg fell earlier as forces advanced toward La Haye du Puits, with British and Canadian units engaged northeast of Caen.
Potter County reports bond sales below Texas average in the Fifth War Loan drive with about 7 percent of quota raised at 497 497.25 dollars against a 6 585 000 quota. Texas total sales reached 36 969 489.15 dollars or eight percent of the 464 million statewide target.
Weeks and Bagwell bought the season's first wheat at Claude, produced by J. F. Brown about ten miles east of Claude. Brown reported about 20 bushels per acre with a test weight of 64 pounds per bushel. Purchase price not announced.
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