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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
6
The Amarillo Daily News announces its publication details with staff roles and a declaration of independent democratic stance. It notes circulation and location at 600 Fillmore Street and mentions standard masthead elements of the era.
The piece argues Nazis cling to a sliver of hope for stalemate or miracle as Allied forces advance. It compares Germany to a team backed against its goal line, notes 300 divisions and shrinking supply lines, and warns against surrender until the regime is irrevocably crushed.
A Navy lieutenant recalls invasion duty and trying cigars for the first time. Charles Lindbergh lands un signalling with a pilot greeting. Churchill names the top generals with Irish bias noted in Irish press. Alex Hillman expands magazines after Otto Kahn discussion. A British visitor notes English pub closing rules differ from Ireland and other customs.
Amarillo veterans of World War I recall Normandy and the French people with mixed images of rural life. They describe farmers riding from Cherbourg to the front, a hospitable yet slow-paced tempo, and a land of small farms and rolling green terrain where Americans found friendly ties despite wartime memories.
Yale University anatomy professor Harold Burr reports that during every full moon the bark to cambium electrical potential in maple trees near New Haven rises three to four hundred percent from about 25 to 30 millivolts to around 100 millivolts. He notes rhythms do not match temperature or weather and suggests cosmic rays or other unknown factors may play a role.
The article describes British “human torpedo” teams using blunt-nosed electric battery powered craft. They dive beneath enemy ships, drop a nose-mounted explosive charge, set a time fuse, and evacuate as the device detaches to strike the vessel.
In Germany the Hitler work Mein Kampf is not banned but rarely read, with margins filled by caustic notes and casual reading by Hitler Youth. Goebbels’ office reportedly not pushing it, bookshops retreating to back shelves, while neutrals joke that banning only boosted interest. A neutral observer noted scarce party titles in Berlin shops and few copies for sale. G. Fred Stalvey in Lake City, SC reports garden bushes producing potatoes underground and tomatoes above in a curious anecdote.
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