12 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1943
Page
1
United States and British forces under Patton and Montgomery push inland from Syracuse to Licata as 10 towns including Syracuse, Avola, Noto, Pachino, Scoglitti, Gela and Licata fall. Axis counterattacks repulsed. 2,000 prisoners taken. hospital ship sunk with 400 wounded evacuated.
Allied troops seize Licata and Pozzallo with the surrender of Pozzallo accepted by a destroyer commander. Reinforcements pour into the harbor as ground advances continue. 2,000 prisoners taken after repulsed tank counter-attacks. Major ports including Syracuse Ispicia Rosolini Pachino Scoglitti Gela Noto and Licata are listed as captured. See SICILY Page 7
Allied forces push toward Munda airbase as 11 days of aerial bombardment and naval shelling intensify. units fight near Roviana lagoon while Japanese defenses and reinforcements loom.
Federal District Judge James C. Wilson chastised the government for its land valuations in Gray County taken for the Pampa Air Field. He upheld a $61.24 per acre appraisal by a three man commission and criticized reliance on a 1931-41 wheat yield period. The Pantex cases mirror the dispute with former landowners present and represented.
Light fog and cool winds expected in the Del Rio vicinity. A change in the afternoon mainly along the mountains. Morning low around 65 with a high near 85. Insurance information not related to the forecast.
Reuters recorded Moroccan radio saying the Catania airdrome in Sicily had been captured by Allied forces. Earlier dispatches from North Africa headquarters indicated Allied troops were nearing Catania, but no official confirmation followed.
In Austin on July 12 readers show preference for postwar planning topics as requests arrive at the University of Texas library extension service package loan program.
State health officers warn Amarillo parents to limit public gatherings as three polio cases emerge in the region all contracted elsewhere. Two victims died, including Chief Petty Officer George McCarroll and 13 year old Wanda Jean Hiett from local families. Local pools are ordered drained and Gem Lake may close to prevent spread.
The Associated Press reports 671 Allied and neutral merchant ships sunk in western Atlantic since America entered the war. The Vernon City, a British vessel of 53 crew, was lost June 28 and its crew landed at a Brazilian port. June sinkings tied for the lowest in the war, per a British American statement.
German radio reported in London that in the Belgorod area since July 5 they had captured 28 000 Russian prisoners and had captured or destroyed 1 640 tanks and 1 400 guns by July 12.
The War Production Board announced Labor Day 1943 will be a normal work day in vital war industries. A formal WPB appeal for full production over the Labor Day weekend is expected within two weeks.
The forecast remains warm with moderate to fresh breezes. Little temperature change expected. Yesterday reached 85 degrees with a 66 degree low this morning.
Henry Bramblett reported a burglary at 717 North Mirror Street and won $5 for the tip. Roberta Robinson took second with news of a train collision near Channing and $3. Martha Van Shaw earned $2 for informing about the Thomson King Insurance roof collapse. Numerous others submitted tips.
Russians place loudspeakers along the eastern front to tell German troops about the Allied invasion of Sicily. The BBC reported via U.S. government monitors in New York on July 12.
British bombers and fighters targeted German communications and war industries in France and Belgium yesterday to sustain pressure on Hitler's western defenses. The raids aimed to disrupt supply lines and cripple strategic targets behind the front lines.
Ottawa July 12 Prime Minister W J Mackenzie King told the House the first critics period has passed for Canadians engaged with Allied forces in the invasion of Sicily but the most critical period is to come in the war effort.
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