05 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1943
Page
1
The Office of Price Administration announced April 15 ceilings for retail beef veal lamb and mutton with zone based pricing to curb shortages and black markets. Small independent stores may charge 1 to 3 cents more than chains. prices reflect major cuts and vary by region.
Washington women formed the Eight-to-One Club to address a 8:1 female to male ratio in the capital. Peggy Keshlear, once Osceola Iowa, was elected president and urged service camps to stagger leaves so servicemen can meet local women. The group aims to curb solitaire nights and boost morale during wartime.
Allied forces push through mined hill country east of El Guettar capturing two more hills as Patton advances toward Gabes. Rommel's forces endure heavy losses while German and Italian fronts see air and tank battles across Tunisia with ongoing pierce toward Gabes and Kebili.
The bulletin notes cooler conditions today with little temperature change tonight and gentle to moderate winds. West Texas shows only small temperature variation tonight while New Mexico warms in the afternoon and again tonight into Tuesday morning. High 78, low 43, around noon.
Allied bomber squadrons were sighted over Folkestone en route to France at high altitude in a large raid. The report notes heavy air activity and strategic heavy bomber operations during the daytime over the Channel.
Staff Sergeant Don J. Williams son of Mr and Mrs J R Williams 204 Florida Street Amarillo has been listed as killed in action in the European theater. He had been reported Missing in Action since March with first notice received March 15. He worked for Shaw Graves Cleaners and served as a radio technician in the air corps after attending Scott Field Illinois. He had been in service since September 1941 and was in England for six months.
German radio says four motor US planes bombed Antwerp as heavy fighting rages along the French coast. British fighters drive off German bombers near two south coast towns while Dover reports a heavy explosion. Kiel naval yards and German submarine centers face a major night raid by British and American air forces, with several hundred thousand pounds of bombs dropped in a large scale assault. Twelve planes lost.
Mrs Cecil Weatherly 713 A North Wilson Street secures $5 first prize for a tip about motorists aiding a horse riding cowboy to round up cattle on a highway. Vera Gosnell 1803 North Arthur Street earns $2 for an automobile accident involving a 5 year old girl.
Soviet mid day communique reports renewed German assault against a bridge head on the Donets south bank below Izyum. Soviet artillery cripples six tanks and 200 German troops. earlier attacks lost 1,000 men, nine tanks and 30 trucks. Pravda and Izvestia warn of a major Axis summer offensive and mobilization of dozens of new divisions while Soviets promise counterattacks to prevent further gains.
Bernice Williams, 23, a department store buyer, had her arraignment on murder and concealing the death of an illegitimate child postponed for one week in district court. Judge Joseph E. Cook granted the delay at attorney Harry Saunders request after Detective Capt. James E. Childers said she confessed to drowning three infants and hiding them in a makeshift chest crypt. Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
A World War I era piece reports on German military leadership at the front lines. The story centers on strategic decisions by Kaiser Wilhelm II and German forces, outlining battlefield conditions and a sense of urgency across the front.
Voters in Amarillo will decide re election of Mayor Joe A Jenkins and Commissioners R H Epper son and O H Hargett with eight precincts voting tomorrow from 8 a m to 7 p m There is no opposition and interest mirrors a recent school election Fire department petitions seek civil service for firemen with a three member commission and ballot timing hinges on petition validity
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