Liberators Strike Invasion Path In Marshalls
Allied air and naval forces pressed invasions on multiple theaters as Cape Gloucester faces sustained bombardment near New Britain. Mitchell bombers dropped heavy bombs while PT boats attacked enemy barges. Jaluit and Mili in the Marshalls suffered damage from Liberator raids. Chinese forces pushed north and east in Hunan, claiming gains near Changteh and Yuan River, with Allied leadership signaling imminent counter offensives.
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Associated Press
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Mitchell
Wareo
Huon
Marshalls
Th Army
Jaluit Atoll
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Mili
Chester W. Nimitz
Jaluit
Nimitz
Changteh
Hunan
Yuan River
Tungting Lake
Ansiang
C. C. Tseng
Chungking
Liu Wei- Chang
Japan
Liu
National Military Council
Snow Ends Panhandle Winter Rift But Travel Stays Tough
Sunshine ends Amarillo’s hard winter spell though snowdrifts clog roads. Three to sixteen inches fell across the Panhandle with many rural roads and highways paralyzed. Bus and train service remained disrupted as authorities warned motorists to stay home while crews cleared routes.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
Here
Dumas
Highway 66
English Field
South Plains
Pampa
Yester
Woodward
Okla
Amarillo Field
U. & Weather Bureau
British Ship Rips Nazi Convoy Off Holland Coast
British light naval forces swept off Holland near Lijmuiden early today and probably sank one merchant ship in a Nazi convoy escorted by German torpedo boats and fast gunboats, the admiralty announced.
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London
Holland
Ljmuiden
Admiralty
Weather Circulation Report December 10 1943 Amarillo
Weather circulation figures published in the Amarillo Daily News reflect the December 10 1943 update. The compilation lists regional wind, barometer readings, and rainfall estimates for Amarillo and surrounding districts with totals and notes on data sources.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Russians Smash Rail Junction and Yanks Advance
Soviet forces seized Znamenka in central Ukraine disrupting Nazi rail links to Dnieper defenses. Allied troops pierced the Italian front near Mignano and Cassino, isolating the fortress village of Mig nano and pushing toward San Pietro. Clark’s Fifth Army stormed into the Roman valley as Canadians pressed near the Adriatic, with air and Italian contributions widening the Allied front.
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Red Army
Znamenka
Italy
Mignano
Rome
Marshal Stalin
Kirovograd
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Odessa
Dnieper
Kiev
Stalin
Ukraine
Moscow
Korosten
Malin
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Roman
Cassino
Mt. Samucro
San Pietro
15Th Panzer Grenadiers
Clark
Sir Bernard Ih Montgomery
Eighth Army
Adriatic Sea
Fifth Army
Straits of Dover
Germany
France
Pietro Badoglio
Josip Broz ( Tito
Siberia
Bosnia
Roosevelt
Malta
Mediterranean
Berlin
Spain
Noted Breeders of Fine Herefords Here for Sale
One of the nation's top Hereford breeders, Henry Mousel of Mousel Brothers Hereford Farms in Cambridge, Neb, attends Tierra Blanca Farms sale at the Tri-State Fair Grounds in Amarillo. Also present is Jack Frost of White Hat Ranch, Blackwell, Texas, president of the Texas Hereford Breeders Association.
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Jack Frostleft
Blackwell
Tex
Henry Mousel
Bob Mousel
Mousel
Cambridge
Neb
Tierra Blanca
Amarillo
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Mousel Brothers Hereford Farms
Jack Frost
Texas
White Hat Ranch
Texas Hereford Breeders Association
Gudgel and Simpson
Independence
England
Moucel Brothers
United States
Mousel Brothers
Edmond Kan
Gudgel
Simpson
Donna
Donna Anna
Bo Mischief
Frost
Mr. Prost
New Mexico
Mississippi
Nazi Police at Front Total 16 Year Olds in Russia War
Frontier reports from Bern say German authorities have deployed a large portion of domestic police to front line service. Replacements include men aged 55 to 60. The 1927 class of 16 year olds may be drafted in January to fill losses in Russia.
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Bern
Frontier Reports
Russia
Flu Takes Priority as Britain Delays Doctors Induction
The British armed forces defer 300 young doctors to fight a severe influenza wave, with reports of more than 400 deaths weekly in Britain. The move prioritizes frontline medical staffing amid the epidemic.
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London
Britain
Too Friendly Dog Hurled to Death
Queen a prized sheep dog in Plainview wandered from a hotel room and entered a third story room where three strangers tossed her from a window. The dog died on the pavement. A woman and two men, all out of town, were arrested on charges of vagrancy and cruelty to a dumb animal.
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Dc. M. Mund
Plainview
Queen
Jones Named Farm Wage Czar Amid Stabilization Overhaul
Washington December 10 director Vinson of Economic Stabilization ordered an overhaul of the National Farm Wage structure. Marvin Jones of War Food Administration will oversee farm wages under 5000 dollars annually, determine scales and labor types, and adjust wages up to 2400 dollars without approval. Employers cannot exceed fixed scales and wage cuts are barred below the highest 1942 level. Definitions of agricultural labor affected will be issued soon.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Marvin Jones
Jones
Vinson
Allied Bombers Strike Sofia in Major Bulgarian Raid
Allied air forces bomb Sofia causing heavy destruction and many deaths. The Sofia radio reported the attack as hours-long with American planes leading the raid on a strategic railroad district near the capital amid postwar alliance talks.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
Ae Bul- Parkisien
Oniy Garian
Teherant
Roose
Churchill
Turkey
Garia
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