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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1941
Page
9
A World War II field report describes tank battles on Peason Ridge with General Marshall observing. Blue and Red armored units clash as U S forces shell and enfilade enemy lines, with tanks, anti tank guns, and chemical smoke guiding fighting positions.
Forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with a chance of rain and scattered thundershowers across the western and southern counties. Temperatures are expected to rise through the day with a gradual cool down tonight and Thursday.
The army bomb sight parts were stolen from Duncan airfield near San Antonio. An intelligence annex identified five suspects including a 17 year old youth from Sweetwater Texas. Kilman faced federal charges for theft of government property valued over $300. A home arrest at a night school and a night class found 3 large classified items.
The Texas Senate focused on wide open gambling and bookmaking on horse races, with Senator Joe Hill accusing operators in San Antonio and Galveston of flouting the law. Governor Coke Stevenson called for possible January action, as discussions of a special legislative session emerged amid highway bond financing debates.
Senate completes conference action on a sweeping tax measure described as the steepest in American history. The bill expands income taxes for many, lowers personal exemptions, imposes new surcharges on lower and middle brackets, and adds taxes on telephone bills, motor vehicles, radios, and a wide range of goods and services.
Federal commission and Panhandle ranches prepare a survey of antelope populations by area using airplanes. Alternative methods include frightening the animals and a radical plan to euthanize and transport to new ranges to prevent injuries. Penalties in traffic court rise as 177 cases are heard for the week, with fines totaling 4480.
Izvestia reports a major Soviet counteroffensive near Leningrad recaptured a village at a crossroads boosting defense around Yartsevo and Smolensk. Red Star cites 10000 German casualties, while German sources claim heavy fighting and concern over Leningrad’s defense as the front loosens.
British Middle East headquarters report heavy axis shelling of forward positions near Tobruk as desert warfare heats up in North Africa. Allied forces, reinforced by American-made planes and tanks, aim to resume offensive operations with potential action planned for early October.
Six Red Army soldiers seized after a daring but failed attempt to infiltrate Second Army headquarters in Louisiana. The seven-man unit planted two fake explosive pots and fired smoke in corridors as they tried to locate and capture Lt. Gen. Lear. The raiders, from Mobile Alabama, claimed the plan was to bomb headquarters but also to seize Lear, delaying operations for 36 hours.
Reports state Russian and Br itish forces converge on Teheran while Shah Pahlavi abdicates in favor of his son. Meantime Allied pressure mounts with a forceful note to Japan demanding surrender of the Grand Court, amid wartime upheaval across the Middle East and Palestine.
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