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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
7
War Ration Book No 1 covers sugar coffee and shoes. Book No 2 blue stamps for processed foods, red stamps for meats fats cheeses and canned fish. Mileage books and tire inspections outlined with deadlines and requirements for A B C T and other books. See local ration board for eligibility and certificates.
An Italian radio broadcast from Rome argues the Axis victory claim while tying up Allied forces in Africa. It cites heavy Axis losses and portrays Italian troops as greatly outnumbered but fighting to the end as Rommel and Auchinleck clash near Cyrenaica.
Desert training center in California reports 39 carrier pigeons gone AWOL from the 100000-man post where heat hits 105 to 135 degrees. Officers insist desert drills toughen soldiers while remaining humane as fossils of giant ground sloths are found nearby.
Two young women aged 18 and 20 said they planned a gay vacation. They traveled from Wichita Falls to Dallas where they admitted buying clothes and jewelry with hot checks and paying hotel bills, with one from Houston and the other from Plainview.
In Matehuala Mexico an ordinance passed allowing sale of burro meat for food. In dried form the meat is used as a substitute for beef which is often scarce.
In Tamaulipas near the Texas border Sabas Plores known as El Pates was traced by huge footprints found at a murder scene. The Supreme Court ruled he must serve 12 years in prison for the slaying.
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