Bombs Battered Europe in July Daylight Raids
Allied daylight offensives over Axis Europe reached new intensity with U S Eighth Air Force and Royal Air Force raids on northern France and Remscheid. Bombers attacked Poix Merlfille Abbeville St Omer Amiens Lille and the Loche coast while German factories near Remscheid suffered heavy damage. Hamburg remained a prime target as RAF forces delivered large loads, with initial reports noting significant destruction and residential damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondon
Germany
Europe
Exis
France
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Poix
Merfille
Abbeviile
St. Omer
Amiens
Lille
Thingerbolt
Twoxis
RAF
Remscheid
Geran
United Nations
Britain
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Alexander‘werk A. G
R Chemical Industry
Cologne
Berlin
Wendon
Draft Delay for Men Under Thirty Proposed
Taft urges delaying induction for men over thirty to ease quotas and reassess the draft system. He argues that drafting those under thirty is more effective, and lists six reasons including soldier quality, family adjustments, and career status, noting applicability to married men without children as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Congress
Hershey
Taft S
Ohioan
Wheeler
Montana
Senate Military Affairs Committee
French Factions Unite Under One Command In Algeria
In Algiers on July 31, generals Charles De Gaulle and Henri Giraud unified all French fighting forces under a single command answerable to a central government. Giraud becomes commander in chief of land, sea, and air forces. De Gaulle presides over the new national defense committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Rome
Badoglio
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
United States
Giraud
de Gaulle
Committee of National Defense
Georges Bonnet
France
French Committee For National Liberation
United Nations
Giraud-De Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defense Committee
Paul le Gentilhomme
le Gentilhomme
Boy Dies Under Wheels of Truck on West Sixth Avenue
Floyd Ray Griffin a nine year old boy was killed when struck by a pickup driven by George Richardson on West Sixth Avenue near Jackson Street at 8 15 PM. He clutched a dollar bill and was heading to a nearby store. Police ruled it an unavoidable accident as Griffin entered the traffic dodging two vehicles. The boy’s parents live at 500 Monroe Street. Randolph street witnesses and Lt Wall assisted. he was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital where he died. Burial arrangements to be announced by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ray Griffin
West Sixth Avenue
Jackson Street
Hugh Griffin
Monroe Street
Sixth Street
George Richardson
van Buren Street
Richardson
John Richie
West Sixth
Frank FE. Wall
Wall
Parks Drive-in
Ama
Diffie
North Highway
Blackburn-Shaw
Strike Vote in War Plant OK Says Attorney General
Attorney General Biddle ruled that any union group representing either a majority or minority of employees in a war plant may demand and obtain a strike vote under the Smith Connally act. The first ballot is set for August 4 at Allis Chalmers Springfield plant following a dispute petition by United Mine Workers District 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biddle
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Springfield
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers, District 50
NLRB
CIO
Secretary of Labor
Secretaries of War and Navy
House Military Committee
Planes Do Job on Munda Japs in Southwest Pacific
Allied warplanes pounded Japanese positions in the central Solomon Islands on New Georgia and at Munda and Vila airfields. Torpedo and dive bombers dropped heavy bombs near Bibilo Hills northeast of the MaruAirdrome. fighters repelled 30 Zeros, two American planes were lost but one crewman was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Sicilian
Messina
Favignana
Levanzo
Marrettimo
United Nations
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Catania
Mt. Atna
Seventh Army
George Satton, Jr
Agira
Russia
North Africa
Patterson
Washington
Mateur
Patton
Mt. Etna
Mistretta
San Stefano
Troina
Nicosia
Merseburg
Navy
Southwest Pacific
United States Army Land Navy
Central Sons
Munda
Villa
Bibilo Hills
Mar
New Georgia Island
China Cuts Ties With Vichy France Over Indochina Rail
Chungking reports China has severed diplomatic ties with the Vichy government of France and assumed administration of the portion of the Yunnan French Indo-China railway that lies within Chinese territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
France
Dollar Day rolls back prices in Amarillo ad
Inflation in the Amarillo area will deflate tomorrow as merchants in the Sunday News Globe advertise the first Monday Dollar Day sale. The event, known as an institution, may be limited by OPA rules, urging shoppers to read ads and plan early for purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Amarilo
Weather outlook for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The report notes little temperature change on Sunday across West Texas and New Mexico. Winds are moderate to fresh. Scattered thunder showers are possible in El Paso area and Big Bend tonight and Sunday afternoon. Temperatures show minor fluctuations with periods of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Littlehange
West Texas
Fl Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
Ives
Manx
Reds Brink Nazi Attacks as Soviets Push Near Orel
Soviet front dispatches report heavy fighting southwest of Voroshilovgrad as Red Army repels German tank and infantry thrusts. Frontline gains around Orel include several settlements captured and at least 4000 Nazis killed, signaling a shift from Kursk to a seesaw phase on the southern Donets front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Waies WE Svcia Repoal Teima Brace Eere E
Moscow
Monitor
Orel
Donets Basin
Red Army
Red Star
Kursk
Izvestia
Allied Leaders Plead for Recognition as Sicily fights Intensify
July 31 1943 dispatch reports Eisenhower warning Haly to surrender or be destroyed as Allied drives press for Sicily. French leaders settle disputes and seek recognition while Soviet Reds repel a Nazi counter attack near Orel in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Eisenhower
Haly
Hamburg Dead Beneath Bombs
Stockholm reports Hamburg is destroyed after raids. Danish workers flee with only clothes, noting blocks wiped out and debris strewn streets. Aftonbladet estimates 200 Danes killed. Berlin dispatches stress widespread destruction and loss of life amid cautious view on Allied invasion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Hamburg
Denmark
Aftonbladet
Berlin
U S Bombers Raid Hong Kong Harbor
Liberator aircraft of the 14th U S Air Force bomb Hong Kong harbor striking wharves ships and drydocks during a two day raid. Rockets and direct hits reported with damage to the freighter and surrounding facilities as Lt General Joseph W Stilwell headquarters confirms the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Liberator
Mitchell
U.S. Air Force
Hongkong Harbor
Joseph W
Sowloon
Hag
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iad
Mediterranean
Practica di Mare
Grottaglia
Taranto
Gulf of Patti
Stromboli
Cape Orlands
Gulf
Eofemia
Locri
Giardini
Reggio Calabria
Milazzo
Mussolini
Milan
Russell Stationery Co
Mary Elliott
Vichy
Paramount Theater
Conc
Soutly
U.S
Hongkong
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!