Nazis Suffer Heavy Losses In Medjez El Bab Assault
Allied communique describes heavy German losses in a moonlit attack on Lieut. Gen. K A N Anderson's First Army near Medjez El Bab southwest of Tunis. Axis tanks including two 60 ton Tigers destroyed. British Montgomery’s forces repel counterattacks. air forces record multiple enemy losses with Spitfires and bombers active over Tunisia and Malta.
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Ajtvuwoeil VV
Lanne
K. A. N. Anderson
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Takrounta
Entidaville
Djebel Gard
Montgomery
Hermann Goering
Tunisia
Western Desert Air Force
Gulf of Tunis
Messerschmitt
Bizerte
Sicily
Medjez-el- Bab
Berlin
Associated Press
Tokio
Shangri-La
Yokosuka Naval Base
James Doolittle
U.S. Army Air Forces
Army Fliers Tell Tokyo Raid Story After Secrecy
Three U S Army airmen Maj Charles R Greening Capt Henry A Potter and Capt James M Parker reveal how they fought through darkness and fog over the Yellow Sea bailed out at 10000 feet over China and made a perilous trek to safety after the Tokyo raid. They describe their rescue by locals and the long journey to the capital of Hunan province aided by a Chinese family and two American missionary priests.
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U. S. Army
Tokyo
Yellow Sea
China
Charles R. Greening
Tacoma
Wash
Henry A. Potter
Pierre
War Department
Doolittle
Greening
Chuchow Lishui
Hunan
Potter
United States vows reprisals against Japanese officials only
U S War official Robert P Patterson states no reprisals against Japanese prisoners will occur. He says reprisals will target Japanese government officials who instigated crimes, not individual soldiers or prisoners. The comment follows anger over executions after a raid on Tokyo.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Okyo
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
U S vows stern justice as war aims stay within UN standards
Congressional calls for immediate reprisals fade as officials insist on prosecuting the war under international norms. Gen Arnold urges air crews to remember fallen fliers while striking Japan, promising retaliation for Tokyo raids. Navy and Army voices express renewed bitterness toward Japan and resolve to force Tokyo’s defeat.
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Congress
United Nations
Tokyo
Pacific
United Nation
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Air Forces
Japan
Arnold
Roosevelt
War Department
War
Navy Departments
Navy
War Bond Sales Reach $1.74 Million in Amarillo
Amarillo reports yesterday war bond sales totaling 110 000 and campaign total 1 749 900 excluding bank purchases Publicity chair Mrs Bob McDonald announced Team standings show Joe Pendleton 400 000 W D Carter 339 000 Mrs Tom Wingate 265 000 Henry Munn 216 000 YY Parks 200 000.
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Amarillo
Bob McDonald
Joe Pendleton
W. D. Carter
Tom Wingate
Enry Munn
Yy Parks
Wheeler Calls for Showdown on Draft
Senator Wheeler of Montana will seek a Senate showdown on exempting all pre Pearl Harbor fathers from induction for the rest of the year. He laments House action on Kil day bill to shift drafts away from fathers and vows to press a measure to halt drafting fathers until 1944. The Truman committee notes Allies lost 12,000,000 tons of shipping last year, with Brewster estimating UN sinkings exceeded 2,000,000 tons in 1942.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Senate
Brewster
Maine
United Nations
Matron Smashes Bottle on Wiley Post Libra Freighter
Mrs. G. H. Macomber christens the Liberty Freighter Wiley Post and shatters a champagne bottle that splashes a large Hitler portrait painted on the ship’s prow.
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Wilmington
Calif
G. H. Macomber
Wiley Post
Adolf Hitler
Tunisian Campaign Costs Highlighted by Legion Leader
Roane Waring national commander of the American Legion returns from Tunisian battlefront and says Allied casualties are heavy and more losses will come. He notes Eisenhower's figures cover only Tunisian operations and Rommel remains dug in as North Africa moves toward Europe.
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Washington
U.P
Roane Waring
American Legion
Dwight Eisenhower
Rommel
Europe
North Africa
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas region
Cooler tonight and Friday morning with moderate to fresh winds across Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas and Pecos Valley see cooler conditions, while New Mexico reports cooler northeast late tonight and Friday morning. Temperatures over 24 hours: high 87, low 48, noon 77.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
South Dakota shot down 32 Japanese planes in 1942 battle
The Truman committee disclosed that the 35 000 ton battleship South Dakota killed 32 Japanese aircraft on October 26 1942 during a battle lasting under 30 minutes.
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South Dakota
Washington
U.P
Truman Committee
Marion Torrence Wins Globe News Tip Prize
Marion Torrence of 211 North Cleveland Street won first prize in the Globe News tip contest for a tip about milk theft from her private supply. Second prize went to Mrs. C. W. Kelley of 737 North Mirror Street for reporting a soldier being thrown from a horse that did not buck. Third prize was awarded to W. A. Brand of 900 Crockett for tipping that dirt was first broken for a new 33,000 foot water line. An honorable mention recognized several residents for miscellaneous tips.
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Marion Torrence
North Cleveland Street
Globe News
W. A. Brand
Crockett
Earl Nolen
Madison Street
J. N. Rutherford
North Mirror
R. B. Misener
North Harrison
A. E. Foster
Mississippi
Boyd C. Breeding
East 12Th
Willis Andrews
Buchanan
Bobby Bolin
West Sixth
Britain Accuses Nazis of Poison Gas Plans
London reports that Germany plans to use poison gas against Russia. Britain warns it will retaliate with mass gas raids on German cities, targeting munition centers and ports if gas is employed. The warning follows Churchill's memo about a potential Nazi gas attack in a bid to defeat Russia before a second front opens.
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London
Russia
Britain
Winston Churchill
Downing Street
Adolf Hitler
England
United States
Europe
Germany
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