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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
1
Mary B Shaw sends in a question about a woman president. Amarillo residents weigh in with mixed views from Miss Vickie Lee to Pvt Stephen Milasky and Evelyn Bobbitt sharing hopeful and skeptical takes.
Gloomy Nazi broadcasts warned of unavoidable large German retreats on the eastern front and indicated Soviet advances near Alytus Lithuania. Nazi propagandists urged preparation for defense or invasion, while German officials warned of a bitter stretch of war and possible front withdrawals. A separate Amarillo theft report: W C Mitchell from Bonham lost $500 to a fellow harvest hand after cashing checks in Amarillo.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Warmer Thursday afternoon. West Texas shows partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico fair in west portion with showers east. cooler southeast today. High 69, low 62, noon 76, precipitation 3.22.
Six miles north west of St Lo German tanks and troops charged U S lines so more than 20 enemy tanks burned. West of St Jean De Daye the front pressed with gains at Angeville Sur Ay La Bourdonnerie and within two miles of Lessay as Bradley and Montgomery command advances continued. British Canadian lines held firm near Crucifix Hill while Rommel’s men tried to retake. Air forces reported strikes on 64 German oil facilities curtailing mobility.
Lt. Tommy Thompson senior grade of the Navy, former Globe-News editorial staff member and University of Louisiana faculty, is home on leave after several months of active overseas duty. He will report back for duty in Washington, D C after a brief respite.
The Berlin radio reported that Roosevelt’s renomination for a fourth term caused little surprise among Berlin political circles. German press attitudes show indifference to U.S. presidential politics, with emphasis on military and political issues unaffected by any single U.S. president.
Soviet forces surged from a point under 49 miles east of East Prussia, advancing toward Kaunas Grodno and Bialystok. Berlin reported withdrawals as the drive widened across 350 miles from Latvia to the Pripyat marshes with heavy German casualties and strategic rail targets under threat.
The distance to Berlin from the advance Allied battle lines today lists Russia 435 miles Italy 646 miles and France 630 miles.
Allied air strikes have hit 64 German oil installations and damaged refinery capacity, curbing Nazi petroleum production and hindering ground mobility. U S strategic air forces report six months of operations against oil facilities, aircraft plants, and refineries in Europe and Russia with major losses on both sides.
Nimitz and MacArthur briefly address advancing forces from Ceram to the Kuriles as Saipan and Noemfoor victories consolidate. Tokyo reports intensified Saipan raids and warnings of a powerful enemy fleet near Tinian while Allied air and sea strikes broaden across Guam Pagan Island Halmahera New Guinea and the East Indies.
Allied forces break enemy resistance on the Kamaung Mogaung road in northern Burma freeing a 300 mile stretch of the Ledo road. Japanese losses after harsh fighting near Ukhrul and Chepu are reported as Chinese troops advance toward Tengchung and Myitkyina with junctions under attack.
A clogged private drain overflowed a third floor courthouse window well flooding the floor and grounds while in Berlin the German News Agency reported terrorists set fire to the House of Marcel Dent the Vichy labor minister at Arbourse in the Nièvre department France during the night.
APanhandle-wide rain storm drenched the region with 3.22 to 4.20 inch totals and strong lightning. Amarillo reported 1.75 inches. Claude 4.20 inches. Fort Worth and Denver line washouts halted traffic. power outages hit Northwest Texas Hospital and many homes.
Allied air forces launched heavy bombardment over Munich with about 1,100 to 1,200 bombers and accompanying fighters. American and Allied aircraft targeted fuel dumps near Caen and front lines in Normandy while RAF Mosquitos attacked Ruhr targets amid poor weather.
L. L. Heard a service station operator at Tenth Avenue and Van Buren Street found a foot long catfish in a lake-like puddle outside his door after last night's rain. He said frogs and fish rain stories are common, but this sight was puzzling.
Amarlio voters cast 12 absentee ballots in a city charter change election to place the fire and police departments under civil service. Absentee balloting ended last night and the proposition was drafted by the city commission for Saturday’s ballot.
A flurry of flying bombs struck southern England and London today in long silent glides that puzzled witnesses. One bomb smashed a house, killing a resident, after a slow featherlike descent. Australia House was damaged in recent hits as raids continued with casualties reported overnight.
American light armor advances two miles on the Italian west coast near Livorno as Castiglioncello falls to Fifth Army. Inland, forces from Casale toward Pastina face stiff German resistance while Lajatico and surrounding valleys see continued Allied pressure. On the Adriatic, Ancona comes under Allied artillery fire as fresh progress is reported.
Chinese army communique reports a two week siege of Hengyang by Japanese forces on the Canton Hankow railway in Hunan. The assault includes aerial and artillery bombardment and gas attacks as the defense clings to the stronghold.
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