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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1943
Page
1
The report notes heavy German losses as Rommel attempts to break the British Eighth Army south of Mareth Line. The piece cites mounting casualties and the ongoing North African engagement as Allied forces monitor the situation.
The Panhandle Hereford Breeders event in Amarillo features cattle judging from 8 A M to 12 noon and 1 P M to 3 30 P M, pig and lamb club judging, and sales at Western Stock Yards. The Victory sale lists 63 bulls and 10 females from 25 consignors led by Fat Stock Show efforts with Col Earl Gartin as auctioneer Thursday. Lieut. Gov John Lee Smith and State Senator Grady Hazlewood plan to attend the related events.
New York reports at 4 percent intensity two fairly severe quakes detected by Fordham University seismograph last night from a distant, undetermined direction about 4,700 miles away.
Washington March 7 The Lend-Lease Act moves to the House floor with consensus on its necessity but likely controversy over postwar policy inserts. Debate will span three days as amendments seek congressional approval for settlements and to earmark ten percent for China.
British First Army on the North Tunisian front presses forward as Rommel’s two attacks fail. Russians push in depth around Gehatsk toward Smolensk while naval air challenges fade in India Burma China front. Chinese advance along Salween River tightens overall Allied gains.
Washington March 7. Selective Service orders local boards to reclassify men over 38 in 4-H as 1-A(H) 2-B(H) 3-A(H) and similar, while not drafting them. Farm deferment aims to induce over-38 labor into farming, with May 1 as a deadline for farm work to secure 2-C(H) or 3-C(H) deferments. Four farm worker guidelines also issued to keep growers on the land.
New York reports a Society of American Magicians meeting where 300 magicians blessed a magic doll for Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands. Netherlands consul general T Elink Schuurman accepted the gift in Ottawa with Dutch naval and army officials attending. The event aimed to symbolize victory for the Netherlands and the United Nations.
The Catholic periodical Universe reports by autumn 1942 four churches across Great Britain were destroyed and 188 damaged in German air raids.
A special committee at President Roosevelt’s request endorses maintaining 10,800,000 military personnel by year end. Led by James Byrnes, the panel will draft quotas for armed forces industry and agriculture, reconvening to publish recommendations after interviews with officials.
Prince Francis Joseph I, 36, ruler of Liechtenstein since 1938, wed Countess Georgiana of Wilerek yesterday in Vadua. The bride, famed among Vienna’s aristocracy, was described by Berlin broadcasts via Associated Press.
Fulton Lewis Jr a noted Mutual network commentator on national affairs speaks at the City Auditorium at 8 pm with overflow seating on the lawn. Sponsored by J H Dunn Shamrock Oil and Gas. broadcasting at 6 pm over KFDA and 69 Mutual stations.
In Rabat French Morroco on March 7 General Auguste Nogues governor general said American and French authorities discussed clothed French troops in U S uniforms. He noted the cuts are similar and the French would keep their insignia due to a pressing clothing shortage.
An eye witness account by Capt. W. S. Royalty describes a massed air strike on a Japanese convoy at the entrance to New Guinea's Huon Gulf. B-25s and B-17s led waves of Beaufighters A-20s P-40s and P-38s as destroyers and transports were pummeled and a transport hit directly.
Allied communiques report Rommel’s thrusts against Montgomery held at bay in Tunisia while German losses rose and British gains were limited. In the east, Soviet forces retreat from Gzhatsk to Vyazma as 4,800 Germans die and 80 settlements fall, with Timoshenko advancing near Lake Ilmen and Kharkov.
Amarillo audiences packed the USO Municipal Auditorium for an engage Romberg show described as half between symphony and swing. Grace Panvini and Gene Marvey sang for the crowd with Marie Nash delivering Romberg melodies while the orchestra led with a 45 piece ensemble and new war ballad Off the Shores of Somewhere.
Brig. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell, commander of the Tenth U. S. Air Force, said there is no truth in a Time magazine article alleging friction among Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault and himself in the India Burma China theater. He disputed the piece as sensational and said it could harm Allied cooperation and public confidence.
At Wellesley College Madame Chiang Kai-Shek cites indehiscence and mawkish matter as obstacles to life progress. She explains indehiscence is a botanical term for fruit remaining closed at maturity and contrasts it with dehiscence meaning a bursting open.
Weather bulletin notes warm Monday in West Texas with higher elevations seeing possible light precipitation. Amarillo area reports rising temperatures, with a cooler morning and afternoon mix. Wind conditions mild, sunshine from early morning through sunset.
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