Pulse Feeler asks readers what to do with Hitler and Tojo
In Amarillo Pulse Feeler column readers and townsfolk name varied fates for Hitler and Tojo after a victory. Reactions range from execution by court to life in a zoo or burial, with one caller offering a dollar per reader question.
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Hitler
Tojo
Mary Jo Weiss
Polk Street
Amarillo
Jack Dickerson
Rhode Island
Mussy
Jack King
Paramount Theater
Col. E. A. Simpson
Legion
England
America
China
Russia
Harry Longabach
Earl Dougherty
Bury ‘Em
Amarile Globe
Amnesia Case Leads to Tentative ID in Amarillo
A woman roaming Amarillo is identified tentatively as Laura O Cox of Omaha Nebraska from two ration books found with her. She was lodged in the county jail at police request while authorities notify family in Festus Missouri. Police say she appears normal aside from memory loss, marking Amarillo's second amnesia case recently.
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Laura O. Cox
Omaha
Nek
Amalo
Laura
Cox
South Nineteenth Street
Neb
Festus
Prpparenty
Amarillo
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Karen Yale
Cold Canadian Front Affects Amarillo Forecast
A north cold front from Canada is forecast to reach Amarillo between 7 and 8 AM with no drastic temperature drop. Skies will be fair tonight and tomorrow with moderate winds increasing in the morning. Last night’s low was 29, expected to fall to 27 tomorrow.
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Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Canada
Waste fats exchange for meat points announced
Potter County Rationing Board chairman H. G. Wilson says fats and greases may be exchanged for meat points starting December 13. Fats must be brought to market in tin containers, with four meat points per pound of grease. London reports Vatican officials denying any overtures through the Holy See to end the world conflict.
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H. G. Wilson
Potter County
Wilson
London
Paris
Lhio
Vatican
Holy See
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And West Texas
The forecast calls for a cold morning in Amarillo and vicinity with a mild afternoon. Winds from the west Texas area turn strong with fair conditions later Thursday. New Mexico remains fair tonight and Thursday with cooler temperatures. Highs around 59 and lows near 41 at noon. another note shows a warmer trend this afternoon with a drop to 29 later today.
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Amarillo
Vicini
West Texas
Allies Rumors of Big Three Conference Stir War Talk
Speculation rises over a potential Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting in Iran after Cairo talks. Reports from Reuters Lisborn claim Chiang Kai-shek might also join, with OWI and British censorship sparking debate over embargoes and timing.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Iran
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cairo
Pim Leon Ae
Ee Thes
Cmaialii
Lisbon
Middle East
Reuters
Office of War Information
Office of Censorship
Elmer Davis
OWI
Washington
Chiang
London
Douglas Brown
Aes
AU Pet
Gade
America
Algiers
Europe
Allied Eighth Army advances with heavy air support in Italian campaign
British Eighth Army pushes beyond Sangro Ridge with the heaviest air backing of the Italian campaign. Lanciano and Castel Frentano fall as American Fifth Army advances west of Montiacqua amid mine fields and barbed wire defenses. RAF bombers, B 26 Marauders, and fighter escort strike positions from Pescara to Orvieto while a renewed German defense yields heavy casualties. Istanbul reports mass Romanian civilian exodus from Crimea to Romania as the Red Army advances in southern Russia.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
Sangro Ridge
Lanciano
Sangro
Pescara
Castel Frentano
Casoli
151
Adriatic
Quillian
Loyal
Berlin
Fifth Army
Rome
Venafro
Alfedena
Albania
Foligno
Orvieto
Italy
Istanbul
Crimea
Odessa
Bessarabia
Red Army
Russia
Rumania
U S Marines Land on Bougainville as Tokyo Reports
Tokyo radio claims new U S landings at Bougainville Cape Torokina with six landing barges under naval bombardment. The report says Japanese forces annihilated two landing companies, while Halsey’s forces shelled nearby gun positions to clear the way for the assault.
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Associated Press
Japan
Solomons
Tokyo
United States
Bougainville Island
Cape Torokina
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Bonga
Huon
New Guinea
Changteh
Hunan
Tokyo Radio
Hong Kong
Bougainville
Piva River
Admiral Halsey
Magine
Empress Augusta Bay
Jaba
Gripsholm Brings Home 1500 American Internees
The diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm arrived at its pier in Jersey City New Jersey bringing nearly 1500 Americans who had been interned by Japan for about two years. This action marks a significant postwar repatriation effort.
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Jersey City
N. J
Gripsholm
The Battle Is The Payoff On The Gafsa Square
In the afternoon at Gafsa the 5 pm orders surge a bored officer into action as D Company of engineers and two special raiding squads prepare to accompany Rangers. The colonel confirms the raid assignment, while fear and resolve mix as the men brace for an irrevocable battle start.
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Gafsa
Feriana
B Company
Rangers
QO. K
Henry
Serge
Captain Henry
D Company
Db Company
New German Planes Form Threat to U S Bombers
Lt Col Nathaniel F Silsbee told the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that new twin engine German fighters and fighter bombers such as the JU 88 MB 410 and ME 110 can outrange 50 caliber guns and fire rocket shells to disrupt bomber formations. He noted long range drop tanks will help escort fighters reach targets and defend bombers. Berlin rail and street traffic remains demoralized after RAF raids last week, editors of Berlin papers report.
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New York
Germany
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nathaniel F. Silsbee
Army Air Forces Intelligence Division
Washington
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