Berlin Hit In New Raid
Royal Air Force night bombers struck Berlin in the eleventh raid since the start of the extermination campaign on November 18 1943. The German radio alleged 21 bombers were shot down a figure not confirmed by Allies. The attack involved Canadian bombers and added to thousands of tons previously dropped on Berlin. Rome was bombed for the first time in two days as Allied air forces hit both capitals in a single day. Coastal command Beau fighters attacked shipping off Norway, burning a merchant vessel and possibly scoring a torpedo hit on another.
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Jaluit Atoll
Mili
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Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Plainsmen To Plan Roads of Peace Stimson Smiling In War
War secretary Stimson reported Allied progress on multiple fronts including Northern New Guinea where Australian veterans captured Sio and advance toward Saidor. He noted Russian offensives near Leningrad and continued Cassino fighting as Ike arrived to lead Europe invasion from the west.
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Leningrad
Cassino
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Kingdom
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Pacific
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Saidor
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Italy
Fifth
Salerno
Russia
Bruns Wick
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Germans May Use 2,500 Planes To Meet European Invasion
Allied air and naval actions report heavy raids in the Marshalls with ships damaged and planes lost on both sides. In the west Aeroplane magazine estimates 2500 German fighters and more bomber groups could be redirected for a potential invasion front as Soviet forces encircle and push toward Novgorod and Leningrad, claiming large German casualties and territorial gains.
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Germany
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Govorov
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Krasnogvardeisk
Reval
Amarillo Bond Drive Reaches High $242 925 Total
A large crowd at the Rotary Club and civic groups raised a combined $282,925 in war bond sales with $242,925 from a hero bond drive. Marine Lt Jack Pittman and Col Simpson led appeals while movie stars aided the campaign. Schoolchildren and local firms contributed substantial sums amid dramatic war tales from veterans and a Pacific battlefield hero.
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Rotary Club
Civic Club
Lynn Merrick
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Hollywood
Jack King
Col. E. A. Simpson
Lawrence Hagg
Jack Pittman
Amarillo
Cal Farley
War Finance
Ardmore
Okla
O. V. Beck
Sorgi
Wolflin School
Pinky Vineyard
Colonel Simpson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
The forecast calls for a fair day in Amarillo and vicinity with mild temperatures and moderate winds. West Texas will be partly cloudy Friday and Saturday with not much warmth change, with little temperature shift in Big Bend and Del Rio Bogie Past areas. New Mexico shows Friday and Saturday with minor temperature variations and typical daily conditions.
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Amarillo
Texas
Big Bend
del Rio
New Mexico
Argentina branded Balkans of the Future in World Telegram report
A Washington dispatch says a New York World Telegram report claims Argentina, pro Nazi leaders, and a Berlin-influenced Ramirez regime threaten world peace. It accuses Argentina of arming rapidly, aiding Axis espionage, smuggling platinum and diamonds, and steering Paraguay Chile and Uruguay toward a fascist bloc.
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New York World-Telegram
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Hitler
South America
World-Telegram
Fritz Mandl
Europe
The
Paraguay
Chile
Uruguay
Ramirez
Berlin
Buenos Aires
World- Telegram
Axis
Western Hemisphere
New World
Catalinas Sink Two Jap Ships in New Guinea Raid
Allied Catalina bombers sink a heavy ammunition vessel and a cargo ship off the Admiralty Islands north of New Britain. In the Rabaul raid, twenty one enemy planes are downed at the cost of two Allied machines. McArthur reports 153 tons of bombs dropped on Wewak and Cape Boram with over 150 planes taking part.
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New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
New Britain
Rabaul
Douglas McArthur
Wewak
Cape Boram
Panhandle dentists convene for annual meeting in Herring Hotel
Dr. Fred S. Myers of Minneapolis will headline the Panhandle Dental Society sessions opening today at the Herring Hotel. Registration at 9 with session at 10. Dr. Snodgrass to give the invocation and H. A. Shaw to lead singing. Luncheon for wives at noon. Attendance expected to be good but down from prior years due to service enlistments and travel difficulties from gasoline rationing and congestion. A tribute ceremony honors members in the armed forces, including Dr. Campbell, Dr. Corbin, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Makeig, Dr. McConnell, Dr. Moody, Dr. Wiltshire, Dr. Raffkin, and Dr. Rogers. New officers named are Dr. P. F. W. Kelleam as president and Dr. Waldo Beckley as vice president. Lands as secretary-treasurer. A clinical study directed by Dr. J. T. Edwards of Fort Worth is a Saturday feature.
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Austin
Bureau of Federal Roads
Brymer
Chamber of Commerce
Colorado
Kansas City
Mr. Brymer
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
el Paso
Fred S. Myers
Minneapolis
Minn
Panhandle Dental Society
Myers
Herring Hotel
R. C. Snodgrass
H. A. Shaw
W. L. Campbel
Pampa
S. W. Corbin
Miami
J. T. Edwards
TWA Meeting Closes Today in Amarillo
The two day TWA operations and traffic officials meeting closes today with 35 to 40 coast to coast attendees at the Herring Hotel. W W Coyle and Capt Ray Wells will preside as Margaret Clark Robert Kail R G Peritte Charles Sessions Don Hawley and Ted Weaver discuss duties mail and express handling flight control and related topics.
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Herring Hotel
W. W. Coyle
Midwest
Capt
Ray Wells
Midwest Region
Margaret Clark
Robert V. Kail
R. G. Peritte
St. Louis
Charles Sessions
Don Hawley
Ted Weaver
Amarillo
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