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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces drive toward Paris with Patton across the barrier before the city while American, Canadian and British troops close the Normandy pocket. German retreat widens, tanks and infantry smash rear guards as St Malo falls and Paris appears near.
Allied forces press from the east and northeast into Toulon as tanks and infantry push toward the harbor. Cannes advance looms as units reach La Napoule and nearby inland routes. French and American columns sever eastern roads, race to secure the port before German demolition crews strike.
London dispatch reports retreating Germans setting fire to their towns along the East Prussian border to deny use to the advancing Soviets. Moscow radio says Red Army crossed into Germany and reached East Prussian boundary as German losses mount in Lithuania and Estonia.
Allied sources report evidence of a rift between SS elite units and regular German troops in northern France. Nazis allegedly abandon regular army units to cover withdrawals as in Africa. Gen Paul Hausser was named to command the 7th Army under Field Marshal von Kluge.
German DNB dispatch confirms Col Andreas von Aulock’s St Malo citadel has fallen after more than a week of siege. The area’s defense, described as ragged remnants, surrendered to Allied forces amid continuous bombardment.
Berlin radio reports the German army has lost the Normandy front and predicts large withdrawals in France. It claims the high command is buying time to overhaul armament production and faces decisions of a major scale amid the war’s wider course.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts cooler weather with highs in the 80s and lows in the 80s. Yesterday's high reached 83 and the forecast calls for a low 90s tomorrow with scattered showers expected tomorrow afternoon. Weather man H C Winburn says the heat wave has broken nationwide.
Ankara radio reported Allied forces landed at Durazzo Albania on the Adriatic across from Italy. No confirmation after more than ten hours as Turkish broadcast cites a special Allied Mediterranean radio bulletin.
Berlin radio reports Adolf Hitler awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Col. Andreas von Aulock who refused to surrender his men at the St. Malo fortress in Brittany.
Allied bombers from southern Italy drop weapons and ammunition to the Polish Patriot Army led by General Bor fighting inside besieged Warsaw. The operation was disclosed today as Western Allies continue support for Polish resistance against Germany.
The 36th Division once led at Salerno is in the Southern France invasion, Rome announced. Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist now commands, with Maj. Gen. Fred L. Walker noting previous 10 000 casualties and a current strength around 16 000. Walker cited 2 400 casualties at the Rapido River in 48 hours.
Allied war dispatch reports American troops around Orleans facing limited resistance from a German unit nicknamed the stomach battalion. The corps is composed of soldiers with stomach ailments, organized into a single battalion due to their dietary needs.
In Ringgold Georgia on August 18 a Catoosa County farmer Fred Haynes placed four bee hives in his watermelon patch to deter theft. The plan backfired as both bees and melons vanished by morning leaving him with a loss and puzzled silence.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Saturday will be warmer with widely scattered late afternoon thunder showers. In West Texas expect considerable cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms. New Mexico shows scattered showers and thunderstorms today through Saturday with warmer conditions. Highs reach 90 to 100, with 24 hour highs 83, low 66, noon 76. Vv Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance.
British officers report a vast field battle in western France as the German Seventh Army collapses into two encircled pockets. Prisoners flood in while German morale sinks and panzers break away toward the Seine, signaling what could be the greatest Allied victory in the west.
The Pulse Feeler surveys readers feeling blue amid wartime and weather troubles. Grace Johnson and others share how weather, war news, retail limits, and personal duties affect mood.
Rome reports the Florence sector calmer though sniping persists in northern suburbs. Front activity is low with minor patrol clashes and artillery duels along the Italian line. The Arno north bank is targeted as Rosano near Pontassieve is abandoned by the enemy. The U S 91st Infantry Division under Maj Gen Livesay joins the Fifth Army on the western front.
London report describes a Nazi booby trap lighter that explodes when thumbed on cars in France. The item is framed as a perilous device linked to wartime sabotage with a brief reference to building materials and the John Maynard Lumber Co. at 800 West Fifth.
Allied bombers and fighters assault northern France as Germans mass river barges for a Dunkerque style breakout. Polish and RAF Mustangs down 16 attackers. American Liberators pound front bases near Paris. Mosquitos hit Mannheim as ships at Brest face heavy air strikes and trapped divisions strive to flee.
Paris radio went silent after BBC reports of an Allied push on Paris. A fragment on the Paris wavelength carried a German voice shouting They are coming during a loose hours long silence.
President Roosevelt urged a nationwide study of a plan for about 1,000,000 young men aged 17 to 22 or 23 to undertake a 12 month federal training after the war. He said the initiative would use existing facilities for training and housing and is not limited to military service.
The article lists distances to Berlin from major fronts: 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs on the Russian front, 575 miles from the Aunay River near Chartres in Northern France, 603 miles from Florence in Italy, and 680 miles from Cannes area in Southern France. It notes book rentals and reprints from Russep Stationery.
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