Axis To Put Up a Fight Axis To Put Up a Fight
DeWitt MacKenzie reports the Sicily campaign nearing a turning point as German counterattacks test Patton’s Americans on the west wing. Allied gains include Augusta, Floridia, Palazzolo and Ragusa, with Messina essential to cut Axis lines. Air power hampers Axis communications as Montgomery’s Eighth Army presses the Catania plain toward the port.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Patton
Asault
United States
Catania
Sicily
Messina
Axis
Catanian
Allies
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Strait of
Italian
Augusta
Syracuse
Mediterranean
Floridia
Palazzolo
Ragusa
FDR Promises A Free France
President Roosevelt pledged a free France on Bastille Day as he announced a transfer of French colonial authority including Martinique and Guadeloupe into Allied administration. The move aligns with American security aims after years of tension in Caribbean territories and marks a bloodless shift in French possessions under Admiral Georges Robert Hoppenot.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Caribbean
Marinique
Guadeloupe
Henry Etienne Hoppenot
Georges Robert
United States Reopens French Ties After Martinique Coup
The Vichvite high commissioner renounced command as a bloodless coup unfolds in Martinique. American relief ships head to Martinique with aid for the suffering, while the State Department restores relations by sending Consul General Marcel Malige back to Forte de France. Four French warships including the carrier Bearn along with 11 merchantmen join UN service as soon as possible. President Roosevelt marks Bastille Day with a pledge of French sovereignty and hints the U S will not impose a government on the French people.
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Vichvite
United Nations
Martinique
State Department
Marcel Malige
Forte de France
Bearn
Roosevelt
France
United States
French Urged To Observe Orderly Bastille Day
New York July 14 French radio stations in north and west Africa broadcast Bastille Day greetings to the French people today urging orderly observance and declaring that the hour of liberation is drawing near.
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New York
West Africa
Radio Program Schedule and Public Hearing Notice
A lengthy listing of radio programs across NBC MBS Blue and TSN networks for Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon, followed by a public notice of a city zoning hearing in Amarillo on July 27, 1943 regarding property at 66 North Grant Street. The hearing seeks rezoning Lot 10, Block 21 from B Residential to D Commercial per the Official Zoning Map. Katheryne Burwell is City Secretary.
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Fulton Lewis, Jr
Johnson Family
Blue
Impact
John Freedom
Raymond Gram
Johnny
Mentholatum News
TSN
National Radio Forum
Texas Wranglers
Lou Breeze Orchestra
Daily War Journal
Central Baptist Church
Texas
Jim Robertson
Andrews
Sardi's
Hank Lawson
Knights
Harry Horfick
National Farm and Home Hour
John Josey
Cedric Foster
MBS
Morton Downey
Blue Fralles
Uncle Sam
Hop Harrigan
You
Tee Bethencourt
Orchestra
Dick Tracy
Philip Keyne Gordon
News
Jack Armstrong
Superman
North Grant Street
City Commission
City of
Amarillo
Council Chamber
City Hall
North Highland
Tatter
Katheryne Burwell
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FDR
Washington
Tommy
Tommy Bird
By Lewis Wheeler
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
N. Y
Kgnc Fais
Nisne
Fred Waring
News of the World
NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn
Mrs. North
Tommy Dorsey
Judy
Kay Kyser
College of Musical
Richard Harkness
Montgomery Ward
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