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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1943
Page
9
The Amarillo Globe Pulse Feeler fielded reader questions about necking in public and private, drawing mixed, at times humorous responses. Notable entries include Miss Frankie Goettsch who advocates privacy and Miss Goettsch’s opinion that necking might occur anyway.
Graphic eye witness account by Master Tech Sgt Jim G Lucas from Tarawa Gilbert Island describes a brutal assault on the air strip and entrenched Japanese forces. He notes heavy Marine casualties and relentless bombardment as dawn reveals smoke, flame, and stubborn enemy defenses. The piece frames Tarawa as the costliest battle to date with grim imagery and firsthand combat detail.
Fair to night and Saturday with little temperature change tonight. Warmer Saturday and fresh winds. Panhandle and South Plains partly cloudy today night and Saturday with slight cooling in spots. New Mexico fair this afternoon tonight and Saturday with warmer temps in the east portion. High 48, low unknown. today noon 43. Includes local insurance and construction ads.
Papers sent to Board No. 1 in Amarillo for induction were returned to California after he failed to appear. Sheriff Adams said he tracked Young to Phoenix, Arizona, where he was last seen.
Donald Miller Young is sought on kidnapping charges as custody battles over Barbara Joyce Young unfold. Mrs. Katherine Carr contends he is not the father while she argues in California courts over the child in Juvenile Hall Los Angeles. Sheriff Adams seeks extradition and a warrant exists for Young and for his wife Lillian. a separate report notes a dismissal for Mrs Young and no extradition for her.
A London dispatch reports plans discussed by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin at Tab ris Iran to base Allied air fleets in Russia. The move would squeeze Germany from east and west and allow shuttle bombing between Britain and Russia, threatening German targets with expanded daylight raids.
Former French Premier Pierre-Etienne Flandin has been placed under arrest by the French National Committee of Liberation. Also detained are Marcel Peyrouton and Pierre Boisson, two other former high-ranking officials. The three were cited as held in reliable sources.
Berlin reports through neutral channels say phosphorus incendiaries dropped by the RAP in last night’s raid caused widespread fires. The new incendiaries, used by the British in recent raids, are harder to extinguish and strained German defense efforts.
The weather bureau reports a trace of moisture from a light snowfall observed at English Field station between 8 and 9 p m last night. Forecast calls for fair conditions today and tonight with warmer temperatures by Saturday after a low of 22 degrees last night.
Allied forces advance to Gafsa with the First Infantry Division supported by the First Armored Division. Rain floods the road as engineers inspect minefields and Teller mines, while observers join the front, noting wrecked vehicles, craters, and improvised markers guiding units to bivouac and command posts.
In a floodlit frontline scene Captain Ralph Ingersoll describes crossing a waterlogged wadi to reach A Company. The road is submerged, a kitchen truck toppled, MPs ferry vehicles, and Lieutenant Cobb briefs amid mud, tents, and gasping urgency as troops struggle to repair the defenses and await orders.
The German high command announced a first air raid on Bari on Italy's Adriatic coast last night. German fighters sank two merchant ships and caused two ammunition or fuel ships to explode while damaging several other vessels.
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