Marines Storm Hills in Cape Gloucester New Britain
American Marines seize hill 660 in the Bergen Bay area near Cape Gloucester as Australian forces capture Sio on Huon Peninsula. Allied bombers cripple a Rabaul cruiser and destroyer, downing 29 enemy planes in the harbor raid.
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New Guinea
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Amea
Sio
Huon Peninsula
Saidor
Rabaul
South Pacific Command
Douglas MacArthur
Guadalcanal
War Heroes to Visit Amarillo For Bond Rally
A 30 minute concert by the Amarillo Air Forces Field Band precedes five war heroes at a band rally in the Auditorium at 7 30 PM Wednesday. Lt Grover C Blissard Lt Charles F Sorg Sgt Willis W Martin and Sgt Lowell A Johnson will attend, with Seaman Swadener also appearing. The group travels from Albuquerque and will also visit Mt Zion Baptist Church and a noon rally at the Herring Hotel before heading to Oklahoma City.
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Amarillo
Grover C. Blissard
Charles F. Sorg
Willis W. Martin
Army
Lowell A. Johnson
Marines
R. M. Swadener
Avy
Albuquerque
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Herring Hotel
Oklahoma City
Goat Eats Ration Stamps In Morning Milking
J G Gilbert of 500 Parker Street discovers his goat devours ration books he carries in a shirt pocket. The animal nibbles the stamps meant to sustain the family through winter, leaving them fearing hunger while hoping for milk from the grazing omnivore.
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J. G. Gilbert
Mr. Gilbert
Parker Street
Gilbert
Goebbels Mystery Shadow Grips Berlin Posters
Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels spreads a mystery in Berlin with posters showing a shadow of a man in a hat and a large question mark on bombed ruins and newspaper fronts. Aftonbladet cites it as a possible anti spy campaign opening shot.
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Stockholm
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Chamber of Commerce President Arrives in Mexico City
Eric Johnson, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, arrived in Mexico City from Washington, D. C., for a ten day stay.
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Mexico City
Eric Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Aid Rushes to San Juan After Quakes in Andes City
Argentina mobilizes aid as four earthquakes devastate San Juan, killing and injuring thousands. Chilean doctors prepare to aid. Mendoza hospitals rush to admit victims and emergency tents rise to house 5,000. Rescue efforts continue amid widespread destruction and cut rail and road links.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Juan
Andes
Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Mendoza
la Rioja
Catamarca
Tunn
San van
Latin America
Ramon 8
Amarillo Field Parade for Bond Drive at 4 PM
Amarillo Army Air Field plans a singing and marching parade at 4 PM starting Third and Van Buren. Thousands of soldiers, bands Golden Sand Storm and Central Junior High School, will march west on Third to Polk then south to Ninth and east to Taylor and Grant Street.
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Amarillo Field
Amarillo
Amarillo Army Air Fields
Potter County
John Czingli
Amarillo Army Air Field
Third
van Buren Streets
Polk Street
Ninth
Taylor
Grant Street
Golden Sandstorm
Central Junior High School
City Chamber Discusses Amarillo Air Field Base Plans
City officials and a Chamber of Commerce executive committee meet tonight to consider making Amarillo Army Air Field a permanent base. Mayor Joe Jenkins proposed deed transfer of the field land to the War Department. Possible expansion of English Field also on the agenda with members Jack Cunningham Oran Thomas John Boyce Pinky Vineyard and Col. E A Simpson on the committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Army Air Field
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo Field
War Department
English Field
Jack Cunningham
Oran Thomas
John Boyce
Pinky Vineyard
Col. E. A. Simpson
Reds Build New Air Force
The Daily Express quoted the Vichy radio saying Russia is building a new strategic bombing force. It may include British and American heavy bombers alongside Russians for attacks on Eastern Germany beyond the reach of British bases.
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London
The
Daily Express
Vichy Radio Today
Russia
Army to Decide Delicate Problem Chips for Silver Star
War Department must alter regulations to award Chips the Silver Star for single-handedly capturing an enemy machine gun post during the Sicily campaign. Maj. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott Jr. notes the dog’s heroism as officials weigh whether the rule naming only persons should apply to a half German Shepherd half Eskimo Husky.
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Washington
War Department
Chips
Lucian K. Truscott
Seventh Army
Trust
B-29 christened Super-Fortress amid naming policy
The United States announced the B-29 would be officially named Super-Fortress, part of a long range policy for naming warplanes. The joint air staff committee, with American and British representation, retained existing names and laid out guidelines for fighters bombers patrol planes cargo transports and trainers. The jet propulsion RAF-AAF secret weapon had no name listed.
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Washington
United States
Joint Airraft Committee
Boeing
RAF
AAF
Fight Ducats Go On Sale Tuesday
Ringside reserved seat tickets for the News-Globe Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament go on sale Tuesday morning at Maj or Drug, announced by Jack Vincent. Fewer than 500 of 750 tickets remain unsold at $1.65 each, tax included, for shows at Auditorium USC on January 27 and 28. The event is double barreled with a servicemen division and a civilian division featuring boxers from Amarillo, Pam pa, Dalhart and Childress air fields and top Panhandle amateurs.
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News-Globe
Panhandle
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The Amarillo area sees mostly fair conditions with little temperature change and light to moderate winds. Western Texas faces partly cloudy skies with small temperature shifts on Monday and Tuesday, while New Mexico expects generally fair weather and slight warming in the east.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Eisenhower Arrives in Britain to Lead Western Invasion
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has landed in the United Kingdom to assume command of the Allied invasion of Europe. He met with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, while French leader Charles de Gaulle discussed French participation.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
Allied Expeditionary Force
United Nations
United Kingdom
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Roosevelt
United States War Department
Eisenhower
Washington
George C. Marshall
Winston Churchill
Charles DeGaulle
Marrakech
French Morocco
Europe
Churchill
DeGaulle
Berlin
Stafford Cripps
Eastern Front
Baltic
Crimea
Bombing of Brunswick City Ends in Destruction
Stockholm reports that the German manufacturing city of Brunswick has ceased to exist after a Friday night RAF raid. Neutral sources estimate 12,000 killed and 50,000 displaced, with Leipzig similarly damaged in another surprise assault. RAF patrols continue as raids reach England. one raider destroyed.
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Associated Press
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Old Poland
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Vatutin
Monitor
Red Army
Nevel
Fifth Army
Mt. Trocchio
Cassino
Rome
Winston Churchill
Marrakech
French Morocco
Charles de Gaulle
Larna
Vestopol
Liri
Casilina
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Italy
Middle East
Aegean
Stockholm
Brunswick
RAF
Leipzig
London
Britain
France
England
Aftontidningen
Germany
Hare Mountains
Reich
Partisans Halt Nazi Drives in Bosnian Hills
Marshal Tito announced the Partisan Army halted German advances and gained initiative in several sectors of the snowbound Bosnian hills. Nazis said Yugoslavs aimed to hold an Allied invasion corridor from the Adriatic.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Adriatic
Londoner Converts Civil War Five Dollar Note
An Englishman visited Barclays Bank in Fleet Street with a worn American five dollar bill asking for English money. The bank consulted an AP reporter who said the note is mainly of historical value and bears the Confederate States of America heading.
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London
Fleet Street
Barclay’s Bank
Associated Press
Confederate States of America
Labor Draft May Hit Nation's Many 4 Fs
Washington January 16 194? The government faces a national service bill as hearings begin in the Senate military committee. The Austin-Wadsworth bill would place men aged 18 to 64 and women 18 to 49 under selective service with exemptions for mothers pregnant women service members and officials.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Austin-Wadsworth
War Stimson
Francis W. Keesling, Jr
Selective Service
National Service
Armed Services
Rabbi Brickner Reports Bitter Troops Over Moral Standards
Rabbi Barnet Brickner of the National Jewish Welfare Board cites American troops overseas as bitter about perceived declines in sexual morality at home and fears about return. He notes high morale, limited anti Semitism in the Army, and calls for more true religion and better recreation plus education on ideals.
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Naples
United States
Barnett Brickner
National Jewish Welfare Board
Brickner
Committee On
Army and Navy
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
America
Rabbi Brickner
Salerno
Tember
Pirl
Cane
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R. W. Lindsey
Charley Percifield
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Lynn
Raymond Walburn
Lynn Merrick
Columbia
Dick Owen
Twentieth Century-Fox
Richard Ross
Mr. Coleman
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David Uriburu
Rawson Hospital
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Edelmiro Farrel
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