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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1944
Page
1
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Chicago July 19 Sen Harry Truman appears the leading aspirant for Vice President with backing reportedly from the CIO and AFL. The piece notes opposition to Byrnes Douglas Barkley Connally and Rayburn and discusses Democratic party splits and Wallace as potential ticket mate. Byrnes withdraws and Roosevelt plans a fourth term address while confirmation on VP balloting timing remains unsettled.
British and American forces shattered a German counterattack near Caen advancing five miles toward Paris and driving tanks from several divisions. Montgomery said about 156,000 Germans have been written off as the offensive widens along the Orne and Vire sectors with 60,000 captured in Normandy.
Chicago July 19 Charlie Gibson Amarillo delegate to the Democratic Convention accused the regular caucus of being Republicans as it endorsed Senator Harry Byrd for president. Other district delegates pledged support for Roosevelt. In Dalhart a Rock Island Flyers derailment injured few but none seriously.
The second absentee ballot to arrive from an Amarillo resident in the armed forces came to County Clerk Hubert Cole's office this morning. It was postmarked before the midnight voting deadline. The ballot is from Pvt. Harry E. Goulding serving in the South Pacific, home address 1606 B Taylor Street.
Mostly cloudy this afternoon and early tonight with scattered thunderstorms. Thursday partly cloudy with higher temperatures. West Texas cloudy with a few scattered thunder showers this afternoon tonight and Thursday. New Mexico scattered showers and thunderstorms today tonight and Thursday. High 94 low 66 noon 77. Precipitation .07.
Texas pro Roosevelt Democrats press for a minority report to seat their 48 votes at the national convention. They reject dropping the contest and plan further actions with steering committee as credentials committee considers seating.
Texas Highway Department will let a contract August 1 to hard surface the 15 mile Stratford gap on U S 287. W H Brymer of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce reports the project will open a vital commercial and defense route to full use linking Amarillo with Oklahoma and Colorado towns including Boise City Springfield Lamar and La Junta.
Cooler air moved in with a light shower last night. In town today the thermometer sat at 77 with a forecast high near 87, about 7 degrees cooler than yesterday. Rain totals included .07 in the area, with nearby towns reporting .03 to .52 inches.
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konyev's First Ukrainian Army punched through a 124 mile gap in Germany's southeastern defenses and moved toward the Bug River border with Poland. Advances reached up to 31 miles in three days as 600 towns and villages were liberated, with multiple columns pushing toward Lwow and positions near Brest-Litovsk, Warsaw, and Lublin.
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark seize Livorno as Polish troops take Ancona, with German defenses abandoned in the face of a broad advance. Pontedera falls and a wedge is driven between Germans south of the Arno. British Fifth Army gains near Arezzo while Eighth Army advances toward Citta Di Castello and Fauglia. The Gothic line remains incomplete though fortified in northern passes.
Nearly 2,500 American heavy bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy joined raids on Munich and southern Germany targets including rail yards, airfields, and missile plant facilities. The day saw concurrent raids on Berlin, Cologne, the Ruhr, and French targets as Allied air forces set a record pace with thousands of sorties and heavy losses on both sides.
In the Marianas campaign U S battleships and destroyers pressed a close range bombardment of Guam as air and naval attacks continued on Saipan. Admirals Nimitz and MacArthur reported sinking cargo vessels and enemy ships, with Saipan yielding 1 620 prisoners and 19 000 enemy deaths in the fighting.
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