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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1944
Page
8
A Stockholm correspondent recalls one of the giant Berlin raids, detailing trapped civilians, collapsing basements, and the chaos of reaching a municipal shelter as fires rage. He notes the infernal drone of bombers, the glow of fires, and the human toll amid destruction.
Allied and German dispatches describe heavy fighting around Nettuno with reports of a German tactic envelopment and Rommel's possible presence in Italy.Casualties mount as bombardment continues in the southern Nettuno beachhead amid contested moves and shifting control.
After a year of effort Amarillo secures approval to drill six additional water wells. City manager A P Hancock, returning from Fort Worth, says the new wells will add about 1 060 000 gallons daily and should be ready before next summer’s peak demand.
The War Department urged unity behind the Fourth War Loan Drive to equip troops for further offensives in the Pacific and against Japan. General Marshall warned of home disputes hindering victory while noting ongoing battles in the Java Sea and the California coast attack. British forces suffered major losses at Singapore as the war stretched on and calls for billions in funding continued.
Amarillo firms joined the war bond push this morning to speed supplies for troops. Zales Jewelry led with 50 dollars, Southwestern Bell added 40000, Franklin Serum invested 12500, and Walgreens contributed 2000 as Cal Farley urged all local firms to push the drive over the top within 11 days.
Cloudy with little temperature change tonight and early Saturday. Strong winds and much colder by Sunday morning in the Amarillo vicinity. West Texas fair this afternoon, slight warming tonight, then colder Saturday night. Panhandle and South Plains to be breezy, then much colder Saturday night. New Mexico partly cloudy with snow flurries in northwest mountains, rain or snow across the state Saturday. temperatures show a 62 high and 33 low in 24 hours ending 6:30 A M.
Smoke from a mattress fire burned on the Heath Furniture store floor late last night. Firemen arrived within 25 minutes after the 11:25 alarm, finding a hole burned in the floor and smoke seeping upstairs to the Western Hotel on Taylor Street.
W C Dick Brown a 28 year old parolee and former asylum inmate is jailed for safekeeping after being charged with the hammer slayings of Mrs Cora Smith 71 and her daughter Mrs Dunlap 40. The victims were killed Wednesday night near a chicken house as they prepared to leave for California. Police arrested Brown in a Denver City cafe after a ranger led search and a tipped radio broadcast. Authorities say Brown previously served 20 months of a five year robbery sentence and had been in an asylum about ten years ago. Funeral plans for Mrs Dunlap are on hold while relatives are located. Mrs Smiths husband and son are dead.
The Vichy radio said Toulon naval base on the southern coast of France was raided at 2 P M today.
Soviet reports describe Vatutin and Konev encircling thousands of German troops in the Ukraine as they push toward the Bug River and Narva areas. Allied fronts in the north and south advance, cutting rail links and pressing to seal the pocket while German resistance collapses under heavy artillery and coordinated armored assaults.
Local Pulse Feeler asks readers whether World War II veterans should have a lifetime poll tax exemption. Residents including Mrs Mayme Liston and Lt. Col. Paul Seagraves share opinions for and against. The column notes a dollar reward for submitting questions.
The U S Navy reported that in the South Atlantic early last month forces sunk three German blockade runners carrying vital war materials for the Reich. The ships were the 7320 ton Burgenland the 6062 ton Rio Grande and the Weserland.
Rear Admiral Turner orders a large force into Kwajalein lagoon to shield troops from submarines as Marines and Army assault the atoll. Leif Erickson reports heavy bombardment devastated defenses, with Namur Island overrun and low Allied casualties. The Seventh Air Force pounds surrounding Marshall Islands. no enemy plane losses reported.
Observers along the Channel Coast report a large daylight raid by big bombers and long-range escorts flying over the Southeast Coast for about 90 minutes. British, Dominion and Allied fighters joined later to support the American assault.
American prisoner Melvyn McCoy described a nightmarish transfer of POWs at Lubao during the Bataan death march. Guards crowded prisoners into a tin warehouse with no ventilation, then used a cable to force more inside as the door was locked. Several men died, and incidents of forced shovel work atop a collapsing prisoner were reported.
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