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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1943
Page
7
Editor notes invite readers to send a weekly “letter from home” as The Globe and News details military news from Amarillo and Panhandle. Wings awarded to fifteen Panhandle airmen, local officers and cadets in the Southwest Pacific noted, plus accidents, crime, and societal happenings.
Coffee sales in Amarillo fell about 50 percent after President Roosevelt ended coffee rationing on July 31. Grocers say many customers stockpiled, buying before the deadline, leaving households with ample supplies. Downtown eateries report steady coffee stocks as demand softens with the end of rationing.
Allied troops report capturing three more important Sicilian towns along a 65 mile northeastern front. The advance continues amid fierce fighting through rough mountain terrain as forces press toward the Axis lines in preparation for a knockout blow.
Allied forces cross toward the Munda airfield as Marines and Army troops push through Biblio Hill and northeast approaches with tanks flame throwers and artillery. Japanese resistance weakens while air and sea actions heighten in the Solomons and New Guinea fronts.
A Berlin broadcast reported by DNB and recorded by AP says German U boats have resumed large scale attacks after being equipped with machinery to evade detection.
A Rome radio broadcast claimed President Roosevelt proposed a six point armistice for Italy. Terms included stopping Italian resistance and collaboration with Germany, withdrawing troops from Jugoslavia Greece Albania and France, turning over war material, arresting war criminals, and releasing Allied prisoners. The broadcaster said the terms were not an official demand to Rome.
Aftonbladet dispatch from Copenhagen cites a Danish consulate member in Hamburg estimating about 200000 Germans killed in last week's Allied air attacks on the Reich and that 2000 of 8000 Danish workers in Germany were among the dead.
The weatherman says it will be warm but not as hot as yesterday with highs in the mid nineties. Tonight's low around 70 degrees and a chance of showers is mentioned by Observer H. Winburn.
Gustav Siegfried Eins said Hitler may follow Mussolini and retire due to worsened health. The station accused Heinrich Himmler of plotting to strengthen his own position and undermine Hitler and the German Army to seize power.
American troops move into densely wooded zones around Sicily as German and Italian resistance stiffens. Churchill announces Treina and Centuripe captures. The Eighth Army shells and probes from Ramacca while Allied air fleets strike harbors and front positions. Fighters hit Milazzo Messina and Reggio Calabria across the strait.
British warships and planes sank two U-boats from a force of 25 to 30 submarines attempting to attack a major Allied convoy and likely destroyed another.
The bulletin reports cooler conditions in the Panhandle with little change elsewhere and scattered showers in El Paso and Big Bend tonight. In New Mexico expect scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with a modest temperature change. 24 hour high 105, low 70, noon 88.
Allied warships pounded the coastal road and railway south of Taormina creating rock slides and debris that blocked key routes used by German forces retreating from Mount Etna. South African air crews surveyed damage, unclear if roads remain passable.
Sgt. William H. Cooley of Amarillo, Texas, stars with Miki the 13 month old 240 pound lioness at Fort Benning Georgia. The pair sparked a lion taming hobby among the 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment with Miki obeying commands and posing for photographers. Col. Lindsay plans a stockade for the lioness and a wolf mascot is due.
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