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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
1
Kenneth L. Dixon reports from the Italian front on January 5 as a young infantryman recalls fear and loneliness in battle. The piece reflects on the sense of isolation, the urge to write home, and the tension between danger and human connection amid bombardment and fallen comrades.
In Soviet reports the Red Army slashed railways and trapped up to 500 000 German troops in the Dnieper bend near Kirovograd and Sarny. The drive aimed to sever escape routes as Vatutin and Konev forces advanced, with German leaders under scrutiny over setbacks.
Allied Fifth Army under General Clark pushes through German defenses toward Cassino, reaching two more miles inside the fortifications as armor moves on the Cassino plain. British and American units exploit breaks while snow and artillery shape the battle lines near Rome.
US PT boats aided troops near Saidor as Gen Douglas MacArthur said barges carrying reinforcements were cut off. Eleven Japanese barges were sunk near Saidor with seven loaded troops, while air and naval actions continued around Madang and Bergen Bay.
Turkish diplomatic sources say Gestapo Chief Himmler has charged German ambassador Franz von Papen with an eight week exchange of views with enemy powers via intermediaries. Von Papen faces recall to Germany as charges circulate in Berlin. The report ties Himmler to the accusation amid wartime diplomacy.
Partly cloudy conditions prevail in Amarillo and West Texas with a warmer afternoon and little temperature change at night. New Mexico sees partly cloudy skies with light snow flurries in northern mountains midweek and cooler west and north portions by Wednesday. Temperatures yesterday averaged near 28 to 43 degrees with noontime readings shown.
A Stockholm report cites Handels-Ochs Stoefartstidning saying 45 000 Berlin workers are missing due to Allied bombings. The number includes casualties and fugitives from the city as war production is affected. A. B. Dick mimeograph supplies Russell Stationery Company.
War Bond rally at Amarillo Army Airfield drew 130 leaders of civilian and soldier groups planning a field wide canvass and sales of a record number of bonds amid illness of War Finance chairman Ross D. Rogers. A slogan bond and post war drive officer Lt. Gus Cranz were named as part of the campaign.
The vote on raising six elective county officials salaries from 4250 to 4750 was postponed to next Monday. supporters cited higher living costs and tax changes while opponents urged businesslike handling and cited public opposition.
T. Royal Rupert 99th, a Hereford bull, sold for $38,000 the highest price ever at a public sale. Flat Top Ranch of Texas and Glad Acres Farm of Dallas bought jointly as buyers from eight states paid $202,450 total for 50 animals, an average of $4,049.
American Flying Fortresses bombed Sofia the Bulgarian capital in a large mid day raid. The attack comes amid reports of Bulgaria preparing to strike Turkey as Nazis press Balkans expansion. The Fifteenth Air Force raid used newly carved Allied bases in Italy.
The AAA state committee allocated 38 more cars of high protein cake and meal yesterday for the Panhandle. Twenty four cars are soy bean cake from a 50 percent CCC production set aside and fourteen cars are first shipment from a 20 percent cottonseed or peanut cake set aside. Counts by county and officials are named amid efforts to speed shipments. Washington figures Judge Marvin Jones and Grover B. Hill oversee the response with Amarillo ties.
The Moscow radio said a Soviet marine Sniper Sgt Abasev fixed a heavy explosive to skis and slid it into a German firing point, destroying the emplacement, as reported by the FCC.
Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt’s closest adviser, is back in the Naval Hospital with influenza after entering last week. The frail diplomat and White House confidant has long suffered recurring illnesses but repeatedly returns to serve in key roles despite ongoing health issues.
Congress reconvenes as President Roosevelt plans a radio address. Texas figures O Daniel and Rayburn clash over policy and a full turnover in administration. Taxes subsidies and war costs dominate early session debates while a civilian draft is speculated. Taft seeks wartime staffing amid shortages.
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