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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1942
Page
7
Brig. Gen. G. M. Barneshead of the United States Army Ordnance Mission said the United States and Britain were jointly producing a secret weapon that would be a great surprise to the Germans. He spoke after touring British munitions factories and noted joint efforts in war production.
General Barnes 56 chief of the U S War Department design section arrived in London leading a technical mission. He says British weapons now in production are real eye openers and that Allied material can support a full sized army in any venture. He notes his work on advanced munition types remains secret and denies German superiority in quality weapons.
The official avoided naming the weapon type and said supplying a vast army shifted beyond ordnance production. He noted that transport from the United States to Britain was outside his scope and declined to comment on the shipping situation.
The Navy reported six more Japanese ships damaged in the Solomon Islands battle, including two destroyers and four other vessels. One destroyer was damaged August 23 24 while the Japanese shell Guadalcanal, and the remaining ships were left burning after attacks on August 24. Additional reports noted a cruiser left burning and a transport hit, with the latter abandoned as the enemy withdrew. The overall action is described as encouraging with heavy damage inflicted on the attacking Japanese forces. The London Star cited Japan losing naval supremacy in the Southwest Pacific as the main fleets mass for a decisive showdown.
AP correspondent Relman Morin reports the Japanese plan for a greater East Asia co prosperity has failed politically and economically. He cites propaganda as its only lure, noting varied local reactions, ongoing resistance, and worsening food shortages in Japan and occupied territories.
Chinese counter-attack advances toward Chuhsien in Chekiang Kiangsi area. They seize a foothold four and a half miles from Chuhsien while expanding control along the Chekiang Kiangsi railway. Japanese redeploy to Nanchang as Chinese forces press the campaign in Kiangsi.
In New York a car fired on Salvatore Maggio 36 a Brooklyn suit presser near his parked car at 8 23 PM as a city blackout and lunar eclipse created confusion and sirens.
The White House said President Roosevelt will send a message to Congress and follow with a radio address on the cost of living, likely on Labor Day. He has been studying anti inflation measures and will meet CIO president Murray and AFL head Green to discuss wage stabilization.
Col Edwin W. Pilburn, 42, a tank expert just back from the Middle East, says every American tank crew in action against the Axis has knocked out at least one German tank. He notes past Libyan failures were due to execution, not planning, and urges greater coordination of all arms as he prepares to command a new armored division.
War bond buying lags in Potter County with three months of no quota and August half reached. Bond committee warns every resident must buy bonds and stamps to meet the goal. Meanwhile in St Louis, Harry S Dolecki seeks divorce after claiming his wife hid his stamp collections.
British observers reported growing tension in the western desert as German armored forces moved in the southern sector, signaling intensified military activity in the area.
Allied air forces reported heavy raids on occupied France targets including Le Havre Rouen and Dieppe. Planes destroyed port locks at Le Havre crippling basins and damaged the Grand Hotel Regina, tobacco plant, and rail facilities at Rouen. Attacks extended to La Pallice and coastal shipping with bomber reconnaissance over Germany and Holland.
Kenneth Wallace, 63, of Adair County Oklahoma, was pinned for six days under a fallen tree after felling it on August 17. He survived by drinking from a quart bottle and eating wild grapes and leaves. A search party found him severely shocked and exposed.
The forecast calls for continued mild temperatures in Amarillo and vicinity with warm conditions tonight. West Texas may see widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers with moderat e temperatures. New Mexico also shows scattered showers and warm intervals with moderate tonight. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ranged from a minimum 68 to a maximum 85 with noon reading unspecified.
A highway crash near Lark on Route 66 in Carson County injured seven people and left one heir apparent to be critically hurt. E H Barnes 51 of Oklahoma City drove a semi-trailer truck into a Plymouth sedan driven by Luther Gower Jr 17 of Tulsa. The Plymouth carried seven occupants including Mrs Rosie Lancaster 71 and three Gower children. The truck driver Barnes was charged with driving on the wrong side in Panhandle justice court. The crash occurred about 530 AM and victims were taken to St Anthony's Hospital in Blackburn-Shaw ambulances. All Oklahoma kinfolk were bound for California seeking work.
German forces pressed toward Stalingrad from the northwest west and southwest within 40 miles, threatening the Volga center as Red Star noted counter attacks and heavy losses on a 105 by 40 mile front between the Don, the railroad, and the Volga. In the North Caucasus, German spearheads neared Krasnodar and Novorossisk as Soviet holds wavered amid heavy bombing and mitralault attacks.
Axis broadcasts in Berlin Rome and Vichy speculate on action against Dakar West Africa and possible moves on Tunisia or French Guiana. UPI notes rumors persist but Vichy denies knowledge weather in West Africa is unfavorable. Italian hints cite a Western front via West Africa while Swiss press cites alleged UN mobilization near Gibraltar. London reports Soviet envoy Malevsky asserts confidence in eventual victory.
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