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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
1
Local residents answer What are we fighting for with lines tied to Roosevelt four freedoms. Quotes include democracy freedom from want and fear and the American way of life from teachers clerks and merchants.
The German Transatlantic News Agency reports a secret Finnish Parliament session in Helsinki at 2 P M EWT tonight and that President Risto Ryti will broadcast a message to the public this evening.
Saipan and Hengyang dominated the Pacific front as Allies press the Marianas while Japan launches a broad land offensive. Nimitz reported 747 enemy planes downed, 30 ships sunk, 51 damaged, with Saipan advancing toward Garapan. Hengyang faced multiple Japanese assaults as Chinese, British, and American forces push toward Mogaung and Myitkyina, reopening the Burma Road.
Ole Olsen, assistant sergeant at arms for the Republicans, campaigns for Roosevelt re election at the Chicago Stadium. He jokes about a new show with a talking singing statue of Roosevelt and warns that if Dewey wins the ticket the show dies.
Soviet forces massed to crush German defenses along a narrow front from Minsk toward the Baltic and Warsaw. Moscow reports claim 1,000,000 plus troops and an entire tank army taking part across four sectors including Vitebsk and Orsha with major encirclements and advances.
American troops push to Cherbourg water front and seize one third of the city while German shelling continues from Cap de la Hague. In Normandy, Montgomery’s forces advance four miles southeast of Tilly-Sur-Seulles capturing several towns as 20 000 prisoners are reported taken since D Day.
In Italy the British 8th Army breached the center of the German line north and west of Perugia after three days of heavy fighting. American units advance toward Livorno as the port of Piombino falls to engineers and by-passed positions.
Bond workers gathered at the Amarillo Hotel for plans ahead of Friday's E-Day rally as Saturday's sales topped the campaign. Totals reached 333 862 dollars with 28 614 in E-Bonds, part of a 1 790 876 dollar campaign total. Major buyers included International Harvester Co and Bowen Motor Co. additional big pledges came from Merrill Lynch and Montgomery Ward Co.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening and again Tuesday afternoon. West Texas and New Mexico sections show similar partly cloudy conditions with isolated storms. Winds up to 25 mph possible this afternoon. station data notes 24 hour period: high 95, low 70, noon 62, precipitation .08.
Overcast skies hung over the Straits of Dover with a light overnight rain. A moderate southwest breeze stirred the sea while the water remained calm off the French beaches. Temperature was 60 and the barometer fell during the night.
Lonnie Hughes a porter at 322 West Third Avenue wins five dollars for the best news tip of last week after reporting a five inch cen tipede incident. Second prize goes to Jess Maddox of Zale Jewelry Company for reporting a stolen tray of diamond rings. Third prize awarded to Mrs. R. A. Hays for reporting a horse that blocked an auto and straddled the car.
The Weather Bureau predicts scattered thundershowers this evening and tomorrow in the Panhandle. Temperatures near 90 today and slightly warmer tomorrow. Rainfall totals reported include Claude 0.36, Shamrock 0.05, Hereford 0.07, Adrian 0.03, Clarendon 0.08 inches.
British report says robot bombs struck southern England this afternoon while hundreds of Allied warplanes attacked across the Channel to hit French battlelines and communications. RAF bombers targeted Ruhr and French installations. Vienna and Danube area combat noted. at Cherbourg a potential robot base site was abandoned.
Amarillo police adopt sun helmets with ventilation holes. Rosy King jokes about bees in bonnets while E G Norton says he will not cover vents due to heat. Wind causes whistling sounds like a freight train. one officer tapes holes.
From Kandy Ceylon June 26 Allied forces report the southern half of Mogaung in northern Burma has been captured by Chinese troops. The seizure comes as big street fighting continues with the Allies pressing in on three sides around the base formerly held by the Japanese, per Adm. Mountbatten's headquarters.
At Chicago Stadium on June 26 delegates rallied behind Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as his pledged votes climbed from 668 to 679, a leap of 11, well above the anticipated first ballot majority needed on Wednesday. The UP survey counted the New Yorker at 679 pledged votes.
Grady Wilson announced that about 208.61 dollars is still needed to complete Amarillo's Negro USO building. The project, once a school in Zita, totals 829.36 dollars with 620.75 donated, and will be dedicated July 13 once paid off. Contributions may be left at his courthouse offices.
Radio France at Algiers said Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm was appointed to defend Germany proper by Hitler and had set up headquarters in Berlin. Goering will direct the Todt organization in building a new inner line of fortifications adding to Germany’s West and Atlantic Walls.
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