Brutal Japanese march of death exposed by Army Navy
The Army and Navy released a detailed account of mistreatment of Bataan and Corregidor prisoners. Officers Melvyn McCoy S M Mellnik and William E Dyess described starvation, torture, beheadings, and forced labor in camps O Donnell and Cabanatuan with hundreds dead and many tortured during the war’s early days.
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Navy
Washington
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Camp O’conner
Melvyn H. McCoy
U.S.N
Indianapolis
S. M. Mellnik
Coast Artillery
Dunmore
William E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Tex
Dyess
Burbank
Cal
Mellnik
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
Marine Corps
Michiel Dobervitch
Ironton
Minn
Austin CC
Shofner
Shelbyville
Tenn
Jack Hawkins
Roxton
Reid Carlos Chamberlain
el CaJone
Red Cross
Manila
Mellink and McCoy
Fury of Nazi Attacks Mounts as Yanks Repel Armored Units
Allied forces fight intensified as Nazi columns, including the Hermann Goering Division, push near the Cassino front and Rome area. American air and ground units strike enemy columns while Allied ships shell roads around Terracina and Formia. Meanwhile, Cassino defenses near the Rapido River tighten as French and British forces push gains on Mt Belvedere and Minturno fronts.
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Rome
Hermann Goering
Pontiae
Mussolini Canal
Nettuno
Fifth Army
Terracina
Formia
Castel Gandolfo
Appian Way
Alban Hills
Netuno
Litwia
Pontine Marsh
Rying
Transocean
Dorn
Allita
Rapido River
Ralph Howard
National Broadcasting Company
Russia
Secco River
Cassino-Atina
Mt. Belvedere
Minturno
Garigliano River
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Army To Close Bases as Soldiers Sail
The War Department announced a major realignment moving about two thirds of the 7.5 million strong Army overseas by year end. Many domestic camps and posts will be put on caretaker status while personnel shifts occur, with enlistees under 30 reassigned first to mobile overseas units. Officers over 38 face possible relief from active duty as reassignment plans unfold.
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Washington
W.P
War Department
Department
United States
WACS
National Guard
Army of the United States
Milk Control Order Awaited in Amarillo and Texas Cities
Local dairymen await clarification of a January 27 press release from Dallas stating Amarillo joins three metro areas and seven others under Federal Fluid Milk Conservation control effective February 1. The order would stabilize milk and cream sales at current levels in Amarillo El Paso and Corpus Christi, but no instructions have reached local dairy businesses. Previously named cities include Dallas Fort Worth Waco Austin Houston San Antonio and Galveston.
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Dallas
Amarillo
Federal Fluid Milk Conservation Control
L. J. Cappleman
War Food Administration
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Fort Worth
Waco
Austin
Houston
San Antonio
Galveston
British POW transport sunk in 1943 off Java
War office announces receipt of a Japanese government list naming victims from the sinking of a British prisoner of war transport from Java on November 29 1943.
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London
Java
War Office
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Southwest Regions
The Amarillo area expects Friday to be partly cloudy with little temperature change. West Texas and New Mexico show partial cloudiness with scattered snow flurries in northern mountains and the eastern edge, especially Friday and Saturday, with no major temperature shifts. Precipitation totals limited, sunrise at 6:49 AM and sunset at 7:11 PM, circulation data and newspaper notices follow.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Marines Roll On New Britain Advance Report
Allied forces push eastward into Japanese held territory on New Britain capturing Natamo Point and Natamo Village near Bergen Bay with Marine units aided by Allied air power. Bombing and air raids in the Pacific mount as operations prepare for possible invasion.
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New Guinea
Bergen Bay
New Britain
Natamo Point
Natamo
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty Islands
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Torokina River
Japan
Rabaul
Navy Department
Pacific
Allied Prisoners Face Nazi Trials
Stockholm based report cites Berlin sources saying American and British prisoners in Germany are in a preparatory stage for trials in retaliation for Kharkov proceedings. No indication of imminent start. The piece recalls a December German radio threat against Allied airmen held as war criminals.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
Kharkov
Russia
Germany
U S Suspends Caribbean Oil Shipments to Spain
The United States will suspend oil shipments from the Caribbean to Spain for February as part of a broader review of Spain's stance in the war. Spain has a tiny fuel oil and gasoline quota from the region, limiting its ability to build reserves. The reconsideration also notes Spain’s failure to release Italian ships, curb German agents, and cut war material exports to Germany.
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Washington
United States
Caribbean
Spain
Germany
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Leo Dean
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
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Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Seventh Army Air Force
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Wewek
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