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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
1
The text describes German forces facing a risk of being outflanked near Calais if they halt operations against a potential second front in northern France. It notes 56 to 60 divisions tied to the Atlantic Wall, with most kept in place, leaving reserves insufficient to counter a breached coastline.
Pennsylvania and California caucuses push Dewey toward the GOP nomination with 535 pledged and claimed delegates. Reports from Cherbourg describe American breakthrough siege of Cherbourg, harbor destruction, and possible 30,000 German prisoners as Bradley’s forces close in.
Trial of O. M. Redding, former Amarillo merchant, begins in 47th District Court with Judge Henry Bishop presiding. Venue for about 450 men set. Redding accused of murdering wife Gertrude Redding at the Double Dip Drive Inn April 6. Witnesses include son Marvin and daughter Evelyn. The case follows a prior bail dispute and appeals.
Campaigners shift to top speed toward a 6.585 million goal with 5 million still to raise. Plans for a 7:30 breakfast meeting at the Amarillo Hotel kick off a week of bond events including a Friday city rally, a theater premiere, and War Bond shows at three cinemas. Amarillo life underwriters oversee a schoolchild drive reporting 125,880.50 in maturity value across 14 of 15 districts led by Sanborn school with 34,475 from seven children and patrons.
U S reports from Tokyo claim parts of the Japanese Army may have fallen victim to opium trafficked by Nipponese forces in China and conquered lands. Army units say opium use among soldiers could undermine occupied populations and signal a growing dope problem within the Japanese ranks.
The Italian liner Roma, being converted into an aircraft carrier, reportedly sustained substantial damage from American Thunderbolts bombing and strafing Genoa Harbor on June 20. Conversion work paused after Italy's capitulation, and the attack left several hits on the ship.
CBS correspondent Glenn Stadler reported that trains between Spain and Paris are not running and local traffic across the French Spanish border carries only mail for prisoners of war. Travelers arriving in Spain said traffic all over France is in a mess due to Patriot and Allied activity.
The War Department estimated 6000 men would receive battlefield promotions to commissioned officers over the next year. Since July 1943 battlefield promotions allow frontline commanders to appoint warrant officers and enlisted men who show officer caliber in actual combat. Promotions are for merit in action, not rewards.
American Fifth Army forces storming up Italy's west coast have driven back German tank and artillery units, seized Follonica, and closed to 38 miles from Pisa. Operations north and inland near Livorno, Massa, and Monterotondo show continued advances amid stiff German resistance as new divisions arrive. The Fifth Army reports 36 000 German prisoners since Salerno.
Chinese and British troops pushed into the enemy base at Mogaung in north Burma from three sides while Americans broke into Myitkyina. Japanese columns neared Hengyang in China as Allied air bases and rail links were at stake. Retreating Japanese faced pursuit from Imphal in eastern India.
Weather Bureau report notes partly cloudy skies with little drainage and a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and New Mexico expected partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers Tuesday afternoon and warmer areas north and west of the divide. Winds up to 25 mph and temperatures reaching into the 90s yesterday with highs around 80s to mid 90s and evening lows in the 60s.
General Henry H. Arnold, Army Air Forces chief, declared on the Army Hour that aerial superiority over Germany will be maintained and increased until final victory and pledged more air attacks on Japan. He recalled two Do little raids and said the days of wrath have begun.
William V. Clark, 41, of Amarillo, died when his kerosene truck hit a Harrington Line tractor and toppled the Canadian River Bridge on Highway 117 near Borger. The bridge span bent, the truck landed in the river, and detours were advised while officials guarded the scene.
Five Allied air fleets with about 3 500 bombers and fighters blasted Nazi Europe from Pas de Calais to southern France. American Fortresses Liberators and RAF planes joined attacks on bridges, airfields, fuel depots, and rail lines around Paris Marseille and Toulouse with heavy losses on both sides.
Twenty Hungarian passengers arriving in Lisbon reported Nazi authorities ordered evacuation of Berlin. London radio, cited by CBS, said Hitler’s Reich Chancellery and many important buildings were damaged in the daylight air raid by American Liberators and Fortresses, with over 30 bomb concentrations in central Berlin and damage to more than four industrial plants.
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