Roosevelt Sees 1943 Advance to Berlin Rome Tokyo
President Roosevelt in the State of the Union urged a substantial advance toward Berlin Rome and Tokyo after the war and a permanent Axis disarmament. He warned Congress the United Nations must stay united to enforce disarmament and seek world economic stability. He favored social security expansion and plans for permanent employment for veterans and warned that domestic reform discussions would be limited in the war year. He praised Allied efforts and noted production, calling the arsenal of democracy strong, with more than 48 000 military planes produced in 1942 and rising in 1943. He reviewed 1942 military progress, praised Russia and China, and pledged hard strikes on Axis targets.
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Tokyo
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House-Conversion Parleys Set Today
Joe Cooley of the War Housing Center announces two meetings today at the Amarillo Chamber offices to explain the National Housing Administration and Home Owners Loan house conversion program. Lumber yard managers and outside contact men attend at 10 AM while NHA official Tom Poore of Dallas joins at 2:30 PM to discuss conversion with tourist court operators.
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Joe Cooley
War Housing Center
National Housing Administration
Amarillo
Cooley
Amarillo Hosts Merchants of Five States Caravan
Merchants from Colorado Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and West Texas will gather in Amarillo for three days to attend the Southwest Market Caravan opening Sunday. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors with Ruth Holland of the Affiliated Market Association. buyers will view lines in sportswear dresses accessories millinery lingerie and men’s wear.
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Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
West Texas
Amarillo
Jap Troopships Sunk as New Guinea Battle Rages
Allied reports from Australia say Cape Samananda sealed the last Japs stronghold in the Papua Peninsula. The noon communique also notes sinking of two Jap transports and 18 Zero fighters off New Guinea. A convoy moving toward Lae faced heavy losses amid air attacks. The Darlan assassination is reported as Bernier de la Chappelle, a student and son of a journalist, executed after the Christmas Eve shooting.
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Australia
Papua
New Guinea
Cape Sanananda
Douglas MacArthur
Huon Gulf
Lae
Samananda
Horii
Huon Bay
Rabaul
Berlin
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Bernier de la Chappelle
Northwest Africa
Amarillo Area Cold Start Warm Day Ahead
The Amarillo area will experience very cold early Friday morning with a notable warmup through the day. Texas sees cold morning conditions and higher afternoon temperatures with scattered showers possible in the Big Bend region. New Mexico reports few scattered showers in the far southwest, with similar afternoon temperatures to Thursday. Sunrise at 8:56 AM, sunset 6:52 PM. Circulation summary notes daily papers Amarillo Daily News and Amarillo Globe.
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Amarillo
Texas
Big Bend
New Mexico
Russians Thundering Toward Rostov in Caucasus Drive
Russian forces push toward Rostov to trap German troops as 14 or more villages fall. Berlin acknowledges withdrawals as Red Army advances along the Don and into the Caucasus with several columns converging on Rostov.
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Dunkirk
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Stalingrad
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Ladoga
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Mineralnye Vody
Caucasus Range
Nalchik
Salsk
Elista
Northern
Rzhevy
Volga
Early Inspection of Business Tires Urged
N F Nelson district director of the Office of Defense Transportation reports that tires on all commercial vehicles must be inspected by January 15. He urges owners to have tires inspected soon to avoid crowding the centers on the 16th and asks commercial operators to cooperate with the program.
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N. F. Nelson
Office of Defense Transportation
Nelson
Bailey Alexander Recovers After Amputation
Bailey Alexander a 14 year old boy had his feet amputated after a machining accident at Universal Concrete Company on East Third Avenue. He was reported improving at St Anthony's hospital after previously being described as critical. His parents Mr and Mrs C W Alexander reside at the plant where his father works.
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Bailey Alexander
St. Anthony's Hospital
Universal Concrete Company
East Third Avenue
Bailey
C. W
Greatest Armada Of Jap Ships Now at Rabaul
Melbourne reports air reconnaissance shows a Japanese shipping concentration at Rabaul New Britain greater than the force seen in earlier counter attacks. Allied bombers damaged 50 000 tons of shipping in Rabaul harbor as MacArthur seeks to blunt Japanese advances while Curtin considers appeals for more aid from Washington and London.
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Australian Advisory War Council
Curtin
London
Giraud Urges Unity to Liberate Fatherland in Dakar
New York dispatch reports General Henri Giraud, high commissioner for French North and West Africa, announcing Germany's defeat is beyond doubt. He spoke in Dakar after arriving January 5 to meet with U.S. Mission head Vice Admiral Glassford and Pierre Boisson, governor-general of French West Africa, citing his prisoner experience to support Germany’s decline.
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Dakar
Henri Honore Giraud
French West Africa
Germany
Giraud
Roosevelt outlines Allied victory and 1943 offensive
President Roosevelt in his Congressional address forecasts great Allied advances in 1943. The report notes Russian forces pushing within 75 miles of Restoy along a Don River sweep. It also cites Japanese ship and transport buildup at Rabaul and German recapture of Jebel Aveng with American air strikes on Kairouan targets.
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Restoy
Don River
Gremlin in Gas Line Brought Flier a Wife
Staff Sgt. Fred Weyand 26 from Bremerton Washington met Helen Louise Sparks 18 at the Caldwell farm near Idalou Texas during a forced landing. He married her days after returning from a furlough and warned trainees about three hazards on forced landings the emergency field cattle and local belles.
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Texas
Fred Weyand
Bremerton
Wash
South Plains Army Flying School
Idalou
Tex
R. E. Caldwell
Farmer Caldwell
Helen Louise Sparks
Caldwells
W. D. Sparks
Greenville
Helen
Sgt. Weyand
Washington
Caldwell
Helen Louise
SPAFS
Gouldy of Plainview Dies at 86 in Plainview
F B Gouldy age 86 died at Plainview Hospital after a fall. Services 3:30 pm at Woods Funeral Home Plainview with interment at IOOF Cemetery near his wife Molly L Gouldy. Survived by five children including W M Vaughn Gouldy and J B Gouldy. He moved to Plainview in 1908 from Amarillo after residence in Valley Mills and Texas Panhandle pioneer active in cattle and real estate. He was an Odd Fellow since 1907 and received a 1937 medal. Interment near late wife.
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W. M
Vaughn Gouldy
Will Thompson
Amarillo
Bill Gouldy
Plainview
Plainview Hospital
the Woods Funeral Home
IOOF
Molly L. Gouldy
E. A. Reed
First Methodist Church
E. E. Robinson
Gouldy
Valley Mills
Tennessee
Mr. Gouldy
Texas
Bosque County
Old School
Hale County
Allied Artillery Presses Axis in Tunisia Front
Allied dispatch reports British First Army regains and loses Jebel Azzaq heights near Mateur as American and British guns pound Sidi Daoud and surrounding high ground. U S bombers raid Kairouan while French forces push toward Tunisia's coast to cut Axis lines.
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North Africa
First Army
Jebel Azzaq Heights
Mateur
Bizerte
Sidi Daoud
U. S
Green Hill
Saint Amando
Jebel Agzag
Font @ouk
Kairouan
Tunis
Sousse
Giraud
Appa
Tunisia
Axia
Tripolin
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Amarillo Daily News
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Ae and Bean Supplies
Russell Stationery Company
Gremlin
FB. Gouldy
Globe- News
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Bath
Crockett
Africa
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Eighth Army
Libeya
Wadi Zem-Zem
Tripoli
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