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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1942
Page
8
Soviet dispatches say German forces threw hundreds of tanks and scores of men into renewed attacks on Voronezh after creating another Don River bridgehead. A tremendous battle was reported at the city’s approaches as Axis pressure remained intense near Stalingrad and Rostov.
Reports from Vichy and Bern describe Bastille Day unrest with two women killed and five wounded in Marseilles as Jacques Dorriot’s Fascists moved to disrupt a demonstration. Guerilla actions killed a Gestapo chief in Zagreb and killed Axis officials between Mostar and Nevesinje. 700 deaths claimed in reprisals. Royal Air Force dropped nearly 5 million Eden leaflets urging French resistance and denying colonial ambitions.
Field Marshal Rommel drives a third Axis assault against the Hill of Jesus at the Alamein line as fierce fighting rages through night. Allied air forces pound Axis tanks and trucks while British and South African units repulse advances. Fire fights spread to Tobruk as Imperial planes down four enemy aircraft.
Washington naval affairs committee heard that Washington Sales Engineering of Shirley Olcott and Nichols took over 600000 in cash since January as agents for war contract manufacturers. Testimony said St Horace Ward earned about 376000 in 18 months ending June 30. Scrimgeour and Sons received over 200000 on naval contracts since 1939. John J Orr, Naval Academy graduate, earned over 50000 since January 1941.
Robert S. Kerr leads the current Democratic gubernatorial race in Oklahoma while Amarillo resident George Broome recalls losing by seven votes to him in 1925 for state commander of the American Legion. Broome, in town briefly before returning to Corpus Christi naval base construction work, says the present fight is tighter than that historic contest.
L. H. Puckett says the Amarillo USO fundraising drive will continue despite a remaining $5,797 gap after $16,053 in cash and $250 in pledges plus $1,000 expected from the rubber round-up. Revenue may come from the Victory Open golf tournament at Amarillo Country Club July 22 to 26.
At Moore Field Texas the first sergeant calls roll and discovers soldier Hicks. The private replies with a pun saying Plenty Hicks, prompting the sergeant to note the abundance of Hicks in the unit. In London William C. Bullitt arrives from Washington as special assistant to the U.S. Navy secretary.
Rose Blane also known as Darling of Song appears with Abe Lyman and His Californians at the Paramount Theatre and seeks Glider Pilot Wings at the Army Air Forces Glider School. If she passes the exam officers expect her to become the nation’s first entertainer to earn glider wings. Major George M. White hosts the event as a guest at the glider field. The afternoon features a stage show for officers and men by Lyman and Blane, with a preview of glider training and mechanized equipment. Night shows continue at 7:30 and 9:55 with matinees at 2:40 and 5:05. Admission is 55 cents for all seats. The concert tour marks Texas appearances in Amarillo and Abilene.
Chairman Robert L. Doughton disclosed that the administration favors a bill $2.5 billion short of its own target rather than include a war sales tax. The rule to bring a $6.144 billion revenue program to the House bans amendments except those from the Ways and Means committee as a rules vote looms. The treasury reportedly preferred a shorter bill to the original goal of 8.7 billion.
Pravda cites an unprecedented four-airport raid destroying 110 German aircraft with a five-day tally of 107 more downed. Don River fighting nears Rostov and Stalingrad while Kalinin, Leningrad fronts see renewed pressure and local gains. German attempts to seize Voronezh and Rostov push toward Caucasus and Volga targets.
Australian war cabinet approves facilities to repair and maintain engines in United States service aircraft. A German Helsinki dispatch reports President Ryvu conferred on Emperor Hirohito the Finnish Grand Cross of the White Rose with chains. the emperor sent thanks by telegraph.
Soviet Russia presses for a prompt opening of a second front in Europe to divert Nazi forces from the Caucasus. London sources warn Japan may strike Siberia if Germany succeeds, with 24 divisions massed in Manchukuo and autumn campaigning favored.
Public sympathy rose in Glasgow and Liverpool meetings for renewed Soviet pleas to open a western front and expand aid to Russia. Soviet strategists doubt a light air offensive will divert German forces, while military officials predict a well prepared second front is necessary and do not see an immediate American British invasion as essential to save Soviet forces in the south.
Soviet war dispatch says time is crucial for Hitler as he concentrates men and reserves in a Voronezh southern push. Red Army vows to blunt the drive while the German offensive widens from Kursk toward Voronezh and beyond, with actions also in the Lishchansk area northwest of Rostov.
The Red Army faces rising danger to Moscow's communications as German troops press toward Voronezh and Rostov. Despite superior enemy numbers, Soviet forces, like last year, hold a vast front with skilled maneuvers that blunt German thrusts and threaten German flanks.
CHUNGKING July 15 AP The Chinese acknowledge the loss of Wenchow a southern Chekiang seaport but vow intensified air support and counter attacks to immobilize more Japanese troops in China. A communique confirms the fall but says Chinese forces were not trapped on the eastern arc from Hangchow to Wenchow, while Kiangsi fights see a collapsed Japanese drive from Linchwan.
British coastal forces attacked a German convoy off Cherbourg, destroying a loaded enemy tanker and heavily damaging two armed trawlers. The clash involved two trawlers and at least three motor torpedo boats escorting the tanker. British vessels returned without fatalities.
Warm and windy conditions continue in Amarillo area this afternoon with little temperature change tonight. West Texas will see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with Big Bend and El Paso remaining warm. New Mexico reports scattered storms and a cooling trend in snow areas. Temperature extremes over the past 24 hours ranged from a low of 69 to a high of 95 with noon at 88.
The navy announced a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed in the Caribbean and survivors had landed at an east Coast port.
Warm windy harvest weather noted with 97 degree high and 69 low. Globe News promotes Help Wanted ads claiming wide readership and fast contact, urging callers to 6262 before 6:30 tonight to arrange interviews.
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