Plans for Turkey's spring role remains murky amid Allied talks
London reports plan to attack Germany from the south with Allied and guerrilla forces, while Turkey's stance after Inonu's talks with Roosevelt and Churchill remains unclear. British and American leaders weigh aid, material deliveries, and coordination across Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. Plots for a three-front assault and Turkish alignment provoke Allied coordination and German guessing games.
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London
France
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Reuters
Ankara
Europe
Cairo
Jan Christian Smuts
Middle Eastern
Balkan
Danubian
Britain
Pacific
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Mediterranean
Germany
United States
Africa
Middle East
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Anthony Eden
Peter
Bozhidar Puric
George II
Tsouderos
Greece
Anthony J. Biddle Jr
Washington
Biddle
Vichy Radio
Inonu
Paris
Sukru Saracoglu
Stockholm
Allehanda
Instanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Berlin
Moscow
Carrier Forces Sink Japanese Ships In Marshalls Action
U S carrier task forces attacked the Marshall islands sinking four Japanese ships including two light cruisers and damaging a troop transport and three cargo ships. About 72 Japanese planes were destroyed while American losses were light. American operations also reported Allied advances on Bougainville and in New Guinea theater.
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Associated Press
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Charles A. Pownall
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Gilbert Islands
Central Pacific
Kwajalein
Roi
Wotje
Ebeye Island
Marshalls
Pownall
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville
Solomons
Empress Augusta
New Guinea
Wareo
Huon
George Kenney
Britain
Sion
Fallen Ee
Changsha
Vice Bowl
Essair Granted Amarillo Line Expansion Across Texas
The CAB issued a certificate allowing Essair to operate Houston to Amarillo routes via Austin San Angelo Abilene and Lubbock making Amarillo a new air link with San Angelo and Abilene. Service starts immediately if planes are available with schedules to be developed. The board capped the certificate to Dec 31 1946 to study results and required service to all intermediate points.
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Houston
Amarillo
Austin
San Angelo
Abilene
Lubbock
CAB
Essai
Continental
San Antonio
el Paso
Hobbs
Mid-and
Big Spring
Braniff
American Airlines
American
Fort Worth
Allied troops push toward Mignano after mountain clashes
Fifth Army and British forces in Italy clash on Mt. Maggiore and Mt. Camino and seize Camino Acquapendola and Cocuruzza villages. Clark’s units reach near the Garigliano while Montgomery presses along the Moro River and Maiella area. Heavy rain slows progress as German resistance remains strong.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Mt. Maggiore
Mt. Camino
Garigliano
Camino
Acquapendola
Cocuruzza
Mignano
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Cassino
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Moro River
Adriatic
Orsogna
Montgomery
Maiella
Casoli
Albert Kesselring
Via Casilina
Rome
Russians Flank Rail Center Near Znamenka Front
Soviet columns closed around Znamenka from the south and cut the Znamenka Nikolaev rail line at Sharovka, driving 13 miles in 24 hours. Moscow said Chernyakhov area battles raged as Russians retreated north of the Kiev bulge and several rail routes were severed.
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London
Znamenka
Dnieper Bend
Nikolaev
Red
Kiev
Znamenka-Nikolaev
Sharovka
Pantaevka
Novaya Praga
Smela
Elizaveteradka
Khirovka
Kirovograd
Moscow
Chernyakhov
Zhitomir
Korosten
Allied Casualties In Italy Listed
British American Allies report 5 023 killed and 16 800 wounded in Italy. British losses from Sept 3 to Nov 23 total 3 212 killed 9 709 wounded and 3 153 missing. U S Fifth Army casualties since operations began amount to 1 811 killed 7 091 wounded and 2 670 missing.
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London
Maly
Ialy
War Office
Henry L. Stimson
Washington
Fifth Army
J. W. Cheney Dies Pioneer Amarillo Publisher
J W Cheney veteran Amarillo publisher and longtime resident died in a local hospital after a Griggs ambulance transported him from his home at 1409 B Madison Street He was 11 30 am the day before He had retired from printing and co founded The Daily Panhandle later The Southwest Plainsman with his wife Mildred and two daughters Survivors include Mildred, Mrs Charles J Grant of El Paso, and Mrs Wiley H Clark of Fort Worth The Cheney's Amarillo residence since 1912 saw them publish and edit multiple papers before the Southwest Plainsman was sold in 1933 to Miller Brothers of Amarillo Funeral arrangements are being prepared by N S Griges & Sons.
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J. W. Cheney
Amarillo
Cheney
Griggs
Madison Street
Crowley
Garden City
Minn
Mildred Cheney
Charles J. Grant
el Paso
Wiley H. Clark
Fort Worth
Daily Panhandle
Panhandle
FDR Franco Meeting Rumor Denied by State Department
Secretary Hull said the State Department has no information on reports of a possible meeting between President Roosevelt and Spain's General Franco. The remark followed Cairo reports suggesting such a conference might occur.
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Washington
Hull
State Department
Roosevelt
Franco
Spain
Cairo
Flight Plans Designed To Boost Expansion Advanced in Amarillo
After a two day flight the Southwestern Aviation Conference concluded in Amarillo with a set of aviation expansion principles. The resolution urged both federal and state agencies to liberalize private flying and airport operation while expanding air mail and service to nearly all Americans. Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce warned that aviation regulation could reappear in 1945, urging local chapters to voice aviation matters as Braniff official Charles Beard emphasized that airports are a means of service, not ends in themselves.
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Amarillo
Southwestern Aviation Conference
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
Baxter
Texas
A. A. Meredith
Borger
Charles Beard
Braniff Airways
Navy Plans for Use of 80 000 Landing Craft
The Navy disclosed a multiyear program for 80 000 landing craft of all types, with about 25 000 completed and total costs estimated at five to six billion dollars. Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane said 65 000 vessels will be built plus 15 000 smaller craft, to support future offensives against Japan, with 20 000–30 000 subcontractors needed to meet deliveries.
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Washington
Navy
Edward L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Japan
War Production Board
Cochrane
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Congress
Colorado-Gulf Highway Plans Outlined At Conference
Officers and committeemen of the Colorado-to-Gulf Highway Association met during the Southwestern Aviation Conference to discuss a history project and closer northward expansion toward Canadian and Alaskan routes. The group plans two annual meetings for 1944, with past presidents and current leaders attending from Walsenburg, Colorado Springs, Amarillo, and Wichita Falls, among others.
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Denver
Unis
A. L. Chase
Clarendon
Rich
W. Kight
Wichita Palls
Highway Association
Bomb Damage 25 Percent Across German Cities
London reports Allied bombs have devastated 25 percent of the total area of German cities hit since attacks began. RAF bomber command deputy chief Air Vice-Marshal Saundby says nine of 17 major northwest cities are so badly smashed they are liabilities to Germany. He cites raids reaching 120 tons per square mile per hour, far above London’s heaviest raid.
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London
R. H. M. S. Saundby
RAF Bomber Command
Germany
Royal United Service Institution
Hamburg
Duesseldorf
Cologne
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas regions
Cloudy cooler Thursday with light rain turning to snow by afternoon. Much colder Thursday night into Friday with strong winds. West Texas and Panhandle see colder conditions, rain then snow in the Panhandle. New Mexico expects rain at lower elevations and snow on mountains Thursday with showers or flurries Friday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Andle
New Mexico
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