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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1942
Page
15
Pravda reported heavy German assaults around Voronezh with troops storming “mountains of corpses” as Russian shock troops counterattack furiously. Front line dispatches said fighting spread from the Don bend to Leningrad with a grave Axis threat to Stalingrad Rostov, centering on Voronezh.
Across occupied and unoccupied France on Bastille Day 1944 patriots clashed with police in Marseilles and Lyon as two women were killed and five wounded. Jugoslav guerrillas reported killing an Axis official near Mostar and a Gestapo chief in Zagreb. 700 Nazis suffered casualties in reprisal. Britain dropped nearly five million Eden leaflets urging resistance and denying colonial aims.
Allied and Axis forces clash at the Hill of Jesus near El Alamein as Rommel renews a third attempt to break the British front. British and South African air power support the defense while Axis losses mount. Tobruk fires hint at coordinated Axis operations along the Libya coast.
The House naval affairs committee heard that Washington Sales Engineering of Shirley Olcott and Nichols had taken more than 600000 in cash since January as agents for manufacturers seeking war contracts. Witnesses outlined earnings by Horace Ward almost 376000 for 18 months ending June 30 and Scrimgeour and Sons over 200000 on naval contracts since 1939. John J. Orr, Naval Academy graduate and former FHA employee, earned above 50000 since January 1941.
Robert S. Kerr led early in Oklahoma Democratic governor race while Amarillo man George Broome recalled a 1925 close contest for state commander of the American Legion in Oklahoma. Broome, visiting before returning to Corpus Christi naval base, said Kerr would not face a hotter race.
L H Cedar Puckett heads the city county drive amid a $21,850 quota not yet reached. Last night contributions stood at $16,053 cash and $250 pledges, with $1,000 expected from Amarillo’s share of a rubber round-up. Revenue may also come from the Victory Open golf tourney July 22-26 at Amarillo Country Club for USO support.
Moore Field Texas July 15 Plenty Hicks appears when the first sergeant calls roll. The private answers with his name identifying himself as Plenty Hicks. Also in London William C Bullitt arrives from Washington as special assistant to the U S Secretary of the Navy.
Rose Blane known as Darling of Song appears with Abe Lyman and His Californians at the Paramount Theatre in Amarillo. She trials for Glider Pilot Wings at the Army Air Forces Glider School afternoon, aiming to become the first female entertainer to earn the honor. Major George M. White hosts the event as officers and students cheer. A second show featuring Lyman and Blane accompanies a glider school display tomorrow for officers, men, and musicians. Night shows start 7:30 and 9:55 with matinees at 2.40 and 5.05. Admission 55 cents.
Chairman Robert L. Coughton disclosed the administration favors a tax bill about 2.5 billion dollars short of its recommendations rather than include a war sales tax. The Ways and Means Committee seeks a rule banning amendments while the House weighs an 6.144 billion dollar revenue program amid opposition from a rules bloc.
A Pravda dispatch reports that German forces launched renewed assaults on Voronezh with scores of men and hundreds of tanks. The message speaks of a tremendous battle raging at the approaches to Voronezh and notes a new bridgehead on the east bank of the Don River.
Pravda reports unprecedented effort to push Germans back across the Don as Soviet air units raid four German airfields destroying 110 planes. Don River bend fighting nears Rostov and Stalingrad while Kalinin front resists near Moscow. German casualties and tank losses mount as they push toward Rostov and aim to seize the Don mouth. London cites massed German long range guns at Taganrog ready for a new assault.
Australian war cabinet approves setting up facilities to repair and maintain engines in United States service aircraft. A Finnish dispatch reports Hirohito received the Grand Cross of the White Rose with chains from President Ryū, with thanks telegraphed by the emperor.
London reports from anonymous sources that Soviet Russia presses for a prompt second American British European land front to divert Nazi forces from the Caucasus. They warn Japan could strike Siberia if milestones favorable to Germany occur, with August and September seen as optimal for Siberian campaigning.
Mass meetings in Glasgow and Liverpool demand aid for Russia and a second front. Soviet strategists warn that air raids alone cannot divert German troops from the eastern front. U S and British planners see a second front as a planned, extended operation rather than quick strike and doubt Southern Russia pressures require an American British invasion to save Soviet armies.
Col. Paul Petrov reports from Moscow that Hitler accelerates actions on the Russian front to seize time and build reserves in the Voronezh sector. The German offensive expands from Kursk to a vast Don River front, with continued pressure in Lishchansk near Rostov as the Red Army counters.
Reports say the Red Army faces serious danger of disrupted Moscow south communications as German forces maneuver toward Voronezh and Rostov. Despite heavy German troop buildup, Soviet fighters resist advances and counter flanks with skilled maneuvers, inflicting losses on the invaders while maintaining front line resolve.
CHUNGKING reports confirmation of the seizure of Wenchow, the southern Chekiang port, by Japanese troops. A Chinese spokesman vows intensified air support and counterattacks to prevent further Japanese troop redeployments. The line across Chekiang from Hangchow to Wenchow remains tenuous, while Kiangsi fighting near Linchwan is said to have collapsed.
British light coastal forces attacked a German convoy off Cherbourg in the English Channel. The fleet destroyed a loaded enemy tanker and severely damaged two armed trawlers escorting it, returning without casualties.
Warm windy conditions continue this afternoon with little temperature change tonight. West Texas and Big Bend area expect showers and thunderstorms, with New Mexico also seeing scattered storms and a trend to cooler in some snowy areas. Temperatures ranged from a low 69 to a high 95 with noon at 88.
The Navy announced a medium sized United States merchant ship was torpedoed in the Caribbean and that survivors have landed at an East Coast port.
Warm and windy with a 97 degree high yesterday and 69 in the morning. Found advertising note for personnel solutions by GLOBE NEWS promoting Help Wanted ads to reach a large readership and promising interviews as soon as tomorrow morning.
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