20 Sep 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1943
Page
1
Eleanor Roosevelt Cairns Australia reports on Army training and camp life for veterans and new arrivals. She notes jungle combat exercises, camouflaged movement, use of Japanese weapons, and morale drawn from hardy open‑air living.
Weather bulletin notes little temperature change with gentle winds across Amarillo area and Panhandle South Plains. Cooler conditions expected in the east portion this afternoon and tonight with scattered light showers possible in extreme northwest. Overnight lows around 46, high near 70, noon around 63. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
London AP reports an Allied war fleet moving in the Aegean off Turkey as rumors grow of a forthcoming push into the Balkans. The fleet's presence raises questions about potential operations and regional strategy amid ongoing wartime tensions.
Gen George C Marshall told a joint Senate House session that lower army manpower goals would force changes in deployed war plans. He said the United States is now ready to put home trained ground forces into foreign battle lines, with strength aimed at 7.7 million by year end and 446000 draftees after Oct 1 if goals are not met.
Allied forces seized the south side of the Bay of Naples after capturing Sorrento Peninsula heights and fortifications on Capri Ischia Procida. British Fifth Corps closed in toward Gioia and Bari while Sardinia fell to Italian troops aiding Badoglio. The move secures access to northern Italy and southern France with renewed airfield options.
Mrs. J W Jowell wins first prize of 5 dollars for a tip about a youth injured in a Fillmore Street fight who died after hospital. Second prize goes to Gene Malone for reporting a discharged 15 year old from the army. Third prize to Mrs W P McIntosh for two centipedes found in a mouse trap.
Ray Wheatley died at his home on Harrison Street this morning just before turning 67. A banker, investor, rancher and longtime Panhandle railroad director, he had suffered a heart ailment compounded by his brother’s recent death. Survivors include his widow Margaret Wheatley a daughter and two grandchildren. sever al Amarillo relatives. Funeral arrangements were unannounced and the body remained at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Chapel.
Pacific dispatches report unprecedented air offensive to drive Japanese from Bougainville and Solomon Islands. MacArthur era communiques claim major raids, 241 tons of bombs in 72 hours, and enemy losses while Nimitz notes carrier strikes on Tarawa and Nauru. Tokyo acknowledges heavy air combat over multiple fronts.
A local department store manager reports needles from England are threading into Amarillo. Despite scarcity, the manager notes needles are becoming slightly more plentiful.
Italian Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio announced via United Nations radio an appeal to Italians to resist the German forces in every possible way. He urged continued resistance after the fall of Rome and called for united efforts to oppose Nazi occupation.
City health unit reports no new polio cases locally or brought for treatment since Friday night. Records show 51 infantile paralysis cases treated in Amarillo this year, with 31 aged 1 to 10, seven aged 10 to 16, and 13 aged 16 or older.
Soviet forces pushed to within 160 miles of the Polish border along a 750 mile front, breaking Smolensk defenses and capturing Dukhovshchina and Yartsevo. They routed six defense lines and advanced toward Desna and Chernihov, seizing towns near Zaporozhye, Krasnograd, and Trubchevsk while tightening the Novorossiysk bridgehead.
The bureau reports comfortably cool conditions with a 46 degree low and near normal September temperatures. Yesterday’s high reached 170 with scattered light moisture, mainly from the New Mexico mountains. Moisture is unlikely to return soon, with a gradual warming trend for a day or two and a frost date still distant. Amarillo’s earliest frost on record occurred October 16, 1903, while the average first frost date is November 1.
The Globe will publish Gallup Poll reports from the American Institute of Public Opinion expanding national news coverage. The Institute uses scientific sampling with over 1,000 field representatives to gauge opinions on politics and economics across states.
Amarillo leaders report total War Bond sales reaching 4 259 006 dollars toward a 6 642 400 dollar quota as the final ten days of the campaign begin. Cal Farley explains bond values and project costs while nine volunteer teams consolidate efforts to reach the goal by midnight Sept 30. Team captains list include Wingate Hudson Parks Pendleton Cole Truett Hudson Gordon Baracat with varied totals.
Berlin radio said Nazi coastal patrol boats and British speed boats clashed off Ijmuiden Holland last night. Fires were seen on two British boats and the flotilla vanished behind a smoke screen, with no British confirmation.
Allied North Africa report says Premier Pietro Badoglio escaped Rome hours before German forces seized the city. He traveled by car and ship to Allied lines after sharing his escape account with an American official who could not be identified at this time. The blunted coup followed the Italian armistice announcement on September 8.
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