Yanks Raid Wake Island In Biggest Pacific Strike
Aboard over Wake Island a force of large American bombers dropped 176000 pounds of bombs on Wake and Peale Islands in the largest raid of the Pacific War. No American casualties reported. Fires erupted across the islands as crews landed safely.
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William A. Matheny
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Lou Zamperini
Torrence
Calif
University of Southern California Miler
Glen R. Birchard
Bay City
Mich
Peacock Point
Navy
Flood Crisis Hits Portsmouth as Ohio River Rises
Portsmouth Ohio braces for a crest of 16 feet 11 inches as Army engineers patrol streets to aid rescues. The flood swells the river and its tributaries, threatening Wheeling steel and local factories while 10,000 residents flee. Deaths total two in nearby Pennsylvania and tens of thousands are homeless in West Virginia.
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Ohio
United States Army Engineers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Ohio State Highway Department
Huntington
W. Va
Kiska Raid Report Highlights Allied Air Losses
Navy communique details American planes intercepted by Japanese Zero float planes in Kiska harbor. Two Lightning fighters and one Mitchell bomber shot down. one enemy float plane destroyed. Additional strikes at Munda air field and Guadalcanal patrol actions noted. Burma-Southwest China border air offensive continues with losses on both sides.
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Washington
Navy Department
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Kiska Harbor
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Munda
New Georgia Island
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China
Mengmao
Salween Valley
Burma-Southwest China
Aes Ered
Freedom
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Burma
Buna
Soviets claim huge Axis losses as winter offensives roll
The Soviet High Command reported 315,065 Axis troops killed or captured as forces encircle Stalingrad and push toward Rostov. British, American, and Australian air and naval actions across North Africa, Burma, and the Pacific disrupted Axis supply lines and attacked key targets, while Moscow hailed a New Year message of victory amid ongoing multi-front combat.
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Rostov
Moscow
Velikie Luki
Don
Red Army
Lake Imen
Bone
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Germany
200 Nazi Fighters Downed in 1942 Raids
United States heavy bombers destroyed more than 200 German fighters in 26 raids over Nazi-occupied Europe in 1942 as reported by the Eighth Army Air Force. Fifteen bombers were lost and nine American pilots were missing. The report tallies 1,350 patrols and almost 900 offensive operations conducted by U.S. air forces that year. A Moscow subway extension opened four miles in the new year.
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London
United States
Europe
U. S. Army Air Force
Fighting French in Libya Drive Off Enemy Column
Advance elements of Brig. Gen. Jacques LeClerc’s Fighting French in southern Libya report they put to flight a motorized enemy column in Fezzan. Some equipment captured, LeClerc’s casualties were negligible, and French bombers hit Italian outposts near Murzuk as fighters mopped up ground troops. A spokesman said no French aircraft are missing. The note adds the Fighting French cannot reach accord with Gen. Henri Giraud until the French North African Imperial Council, seen as filled with Vichyites, is eliminated.
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London
Jacques LeClerc
Libya
Fezzan
LeClerc
Afrika
Charles de Gaulle
Murzuk
U.P
Henri Honore Giraud
Roosevelt Calls Postwar Planning a Supreme Necessity
President Roosevelt urged that planning for the postwar peace is essential and that United Nations unity must continue after victory. He spoke at a New Year press conference, noting the shift from defense to offense and the need to carry wartime unity into peacetime.
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United Nations
Prisoner Receives Christmas Present at Sacramento Jail
Officers reported a Christmas themed package from Salt Lake City addressed to a county jail inmate in Sacramento. The package contained a 12 inch hacksaw. The incident was found during routine mail inspection and forwarded to jail authorities.
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Sacramento
Calif
Salt Lake City
Amarillo Faces Intriguing Year With Quiet New Year
Amarillo welcomed the new year with hope and few headaches as police jailed 13 individuals after a night of overindulgence. Banks stores and public offices including the post office were closed in observance of the holiday.
New Year Baby Born in Amarillo Hospitals
Amarillo’s first New Year Baby arrived at 7 18 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital a girl weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces Lt Betzeman stationed at Amarillo Field and her family live at 205 Arch Terrace Gifts from more than a dozen Amarillo merchants await the baby and Globe-News prize package Lt Betzeman must present the birth certificate by 6 PM Monday January 4 for identification
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Northwest Texas Hospital
John Henry Betzeman
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Betzeman
Amarillo Field
Globe-News
Betsteman
Globe- News
Axis Leaders Plan World War No 3
Vice President Henry A Wallace said Axis leaders, already fearing defeat, are laying the foundation for World War No 3. He urged the United Nations to enforce peace, potentially by force, and recommended an international Air Corps as a chief enforcement tool.
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Washington
Jan
Henry A. Wallace
United Nations
International Air Corps
Rationing Details Clarified for Canned Fruits and Veggies
The Office of Price Administration explains that actual rationing begins as early as February. Point values will be nationwide and posted in newspapers, radio, and in every store with change posters. Excess stock must be declared on Consumer Declaration Book Two, with penalties for false statements. Canned soups are rationed. dehydrated soups are not.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
British Admiral Made a Baron in King’s Honours List
London January 1 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger J B Keyes the first leader of Britain's Commandos and a stern naval critic was made a baron by the king in a long democratic honours list published today General Lord Gort head of British troops in Flanders and now at Malta and General Sir Archibald P Wavell commanding general for India and Burma were promoted to field marshal.
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Roger J. B. Keyes
Britain
Lord Gort
Flanders
Malta
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Burma
Weather Outlook Signals Weekend Storm Risk
The bureau notes pleasant conditions today with possible shift to unsettled skies late tomorrow. Forecasts show a recurring pattern of weekend rain and wind with a high near 65 yesterday and a near freezing low this morning.
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Federal food stamp program suspended due to war shortages
War driven food shortages lead to suspension of the federal food stamp program effective March 1 and likely to continue for the duration, as jobs and surpluses dwindle.
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Washington
Axis air attack hits Casablanca casualties and damage
Morocco radio reports about 40 killed in Casablanca Wednesday night with many Moroccans among the dead and several Islamic houses destroyed or damaged. German broadcasts claim sinking 1,283 Allied merchant ships totaling 17,955,000 tons in 1942 with 1,208 by submarines, though Allied confirmation is lacking.
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Morocco
Casablanca
Berlin
High J Command
Ford calls for world election to prevent wars
Henry Ford proposes a world council chosen by each nation to form a global peace government. In related dispatches, a Kansas City motorist reports an airplane clipping his car in Parkville as it skimmed by, and New York tallies 1942 casualty list of war correspondents, noting 10 killed and 33 wounded or injured.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
World Council Against War
Kansas City
William Jacks
Weston
Sidney Jacks
Parkville
Jacks
New York
Medal for valor awarded by unknown sailor in Boston
Orange New Jersey report describes Mary Drury receiving a medal from an unidentified Boston sailor with a note praising her courage after a girl lost legs under a railroad train just before Christmas. Also notes Texas 1942 morbidity report shows high seven-year incidence of measles mumps chickenpox typhus fever and epidemic dysentery. Repair Now. John Maynard Lumber Company.
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N. J
Mary Drury
Boston
Mary
New High Austin
Department of Health
Texas
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Mild afternoon temperatures with little change tonight. West Texas shows stable day and night temps with cooler Panhandle afternoons. New Mexico notes mid temperature near 33 degrees with overall mild to cold range. 6:30 A.M. reading mentions low max values.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexicor
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