Marshall Linked to Labor Warning Over War Strikes
Washington reports General George C. Marshall tied to a New Year warning that labor turmoil may aid the Axis while President Roosevelt and AFL chief William Green dispute the source and meaning. Green challenges proof linking production to enemy propaganda. Labor leaders defend unity as Congress debates the issue.
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Jan
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Japs Lose in Burma Dogfight Over Ramree Island
Allied air forces shot down 13 Japanese planes in a brisk December 31 engagement over southern Burma. Japanese attackers targeted Allied light coastal units returning from operations, including a bombardment raid on Ramree Island, according to Mountbatten HQ.
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Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ramree Island
Invasion War Council Forming As Montgomery Arrives in England
Allied invasion planning advances as Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery reaches London to join Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory and Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz. Berlin media warn invasion could begin sooner, while U.S. preparations expand with American troops seen in London streets.
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Europe
Ine Ased
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U. S
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Eighth Army
Berlin
Moscow
Accumula
Fourth War Loan Opens January 18 in Potter County
Potter County starts the Fourth War Loan drive on January 18 and runs to February 15 with a quota of 5 175 000, including 1 571 000 in E bonds. Nathan Adams, state chairman, and Cal Farley, county chairman, urge broad individual investor support under the slogan Lets back the attack. E bonds sales count from January 1 to February 29 and the county must recruit many workers to meet the goal.
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Potter County
Nathan Adams
Cal Farley
Farley
Quick Breakfast Saves Sailors
A sailor aboard the destroyer that exploded in New York harbor said many lives were saved because the crew did not like its breakfast. Seaman Philip Wells, 18, of Roslindale Mass, noted the blast hit the forward mess as men would have been there, but they had left tables early. Russell Stationery Company.
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Justice Department
Christian Mobilizer
George Sylvester Viereck
Elizabeth Dilling
Red Network
German Reich
Nazi Party
Washington
Germany
United States
Francis Biddle
Department
National Socialist German Workers Party
Nazi
Jan
New York Harbor
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Roslindale
Mass
Record Hog Run Overflows Pens In Middle West
Chicago markets faced a hog glut with 241000 head received at main corn belt terminals, the largest single day since 1925. Unsold hogs piled in yards while towns like Omaha Indianapolis and Peoria held massive carryovers prompting calls for farmers to withhold shipments.
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Peoria
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East St. Louis
Blizzard Stalls Rome Drive on Italian Front
Allied reports from Algiers say snow sleet and rain crippled Fifth and Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast near Pescara. German positions remained strong north of Tesore River, with fighting hampered by mud and cold as air units resumed activity and claimed damage to enemy transport and rail stock.
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U S Carrier Warplanes Hit Three Jap Ships in Bismarck Sea
U S carrier aircraft attacked two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers near Kavieng New Britain, sinking ships and shooting down fighters. In air combat over Rabaul and the region, 19 more enemy planes were destroyed, lifting Japanese losses to 160 in ten days. MacArthur reports progress from Saidor to Cape Gloucester expanding a 700 mile chain of air bases across Bougainville to New Britain and New Guinea.
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Long Island
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Private Goebbels Captured in Allied Italian Camp
In Italy, January 3, Allied forces report capturing German private Goebbels, joining private Hitler in custody. Goebbels reportedly denied any link to the propaganda minister.
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Weatherred Urged as Postmaster at Pampa
Representative Worley of Texas Panhandle announced the recommendation of W. B Weatherred for postmaster in Pampa. Worley issued the note from Bethesda Naval Hospital where he is undergoing flu treatment. Weatherred led three candidates ranked by the civil service commission with De Cordova and Atchison following.
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Worley
Texas Panhandle
W. B Weatherred
Pampa
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Weatherred
Civil Service Commission
W. Clarence de Cordova
Luther N. Atchison
Germans Call 17 Year Olds for Military Training
The German air ministry on December 31 published an appeal to youths born in 1927 and 1928 to present themselves for training as commissioned and non commissioned officers in the Nazi air force and army.
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Madrid
Air Ministry
Block Buster Wrecks Hitler's Chancellery in Berlin Raid
RAF bombers pounded Berlin in a second mammoth raid, destroying the chancellery shelter and igniting fires across the city. Swedish travelers reported hundreds trapped, while debris and shattered windows marked the level of destruction. Berlin's transport grid faltered as trains operated while others stood idle amid the flames.
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Hitler
Templehof Airdrome
Air Ministry
Wilhelmsplate
Hermann Goering Strasse
Voss Strasse
Stockholm
Esplanade
Gamerplatz
Bulgaria in New Crisis Rumors of government fall surface in Sofia
Reports from Istanbul say all telephone and telegraph lines to Bulgaria are cut and a new government reshuffle may be under way. Rumors persist that Premier Dobri Bosilov’s administration collapsed while the pro German regency struggles to form a new government led by Bogdan Philov, Prince Cyril, and Queen Mother Joanna after King Boris’s death last August.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Dobri Bosilov
Bogdan Philov
Cyril
Joanna
Boris Last
Navy board reports destroyer sunk in Atlantic December 24 1943
Navy communique confirms one U S destroyer torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic on December 24, 1943. Casualty telegrams will be sent when reports arrive. The same period reports Paramushiro bombing by Army bombers on December 31 with no observed results and all planes returning safely.
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Washington
Jan
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Navy
Paramushiro
Kurile Island
Atlantic
U. S
North Pacific
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New Guinea
Knox
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New York Harbor
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Sturtevant
Florida
Weather Summary For Amarillo And West Texas
Cloudy and colder with fresh to strong winds Tuesday. Much colder Tuesday night. Partly cloudy and colder across West Texas with light rain or snow in some areas. Del Rio Bagie Pass area reports light rain. New Mexico sees partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered snow in northern mountains and colder conditions elsewhere. Wednesday remains partly cloudy with widely scattered snow forties in mountains and north.
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South Plains
del Rio-Bagie Pass
New Mexico
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