Potter County Faces Slump in Sixth War Bond Drive
The Sixth War Loan drive shows lagging sales with Potter County at 3 182216 to date against a 6140000 quota. The paper urges residents to remember Pearl Harbor and buy bonds. theaters offer free admission with bond purchases and veterans speak at schools to bolster support.
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Potter
Pearl Harbor
France
Italy
Potter County
Victory
Texas Theaters
Paramount
Jack King
Interstate Theaters
Amarillo
Wolflin
King
Amarillo Army Air Field
We Suffer Severely On Western Front
Washington reports World War I battle casualties totaling 552 018 through November 22 with Army losses at 474 898 and Navy at 77 120. Key figures show 91 625 killed and 268 099 wounded for the Army, plus 29 738 killed and 33 469 wounded for the Navy.
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Washington
Patterson
Earl Harbor
United States
Navy
TMG Business for Dogs Slump Signals Tag Season End
Amarillo dogs tag season ends as vaccination and tag issuance lag. Henry M. Beverley, assistant city tax assessor, says two local veterinarians reported October workload. about 1,500 dogs have been licensed to date this year under city ordinance.
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Amarillo
Henry M. Beverley
Stettinius Rebukes British Use of Troops in Greece
The United States endorsed Greece’s right to political freedom, backing Churchill’s Dec 5 statement that Greeks decide their government’s form. Stettinius avoided endorsing British troop intervention to block a Communist path, signaling a clash with Britain over postwar Greece and Italy policy.
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Associated Press
Athens
United States
Greece
Eden
Stettinius
Churchill
State Department
Europe
Britain
Carlo Sporza
Rome
House of Commons
England
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Japan Shaken By Earthquake Report Across Pacific
A massive earthquake centered near Japan was reported by British seismologist J. J. Shaw as one of the greatest ever recorded. Swiss observatories corroborated an extremely violent quake toward Japan, with potential catastrophic consequences if it struck populated areas.
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West Bromwich
Eng
Japan
Pearl Harbor
J. J. Shaw
Aleutians
Kuriles
Zurich
Nurneburg
Associated Press
Shaw
Storm Defenses of Saarbrucken Reach Front Line
Third Army vanguard closes to four miles of Saarbrucken as fighting intensifies in the Westwall pillboxes. Maj. Gen. John S. Wood advances toward Montbronn destroying about 10 German tanks. Hodges on the First Army front pushes toward the Roer, with Inden and Bergstein attacks expanding their salient near the river.
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Paris
George S. Patton
Saarbrucken
Saar Basin
Westwall
Saar River
Third Army
Saar
Berlin
U. S
Siegfried Line
Germany
Patton
John S. Wood
Fourth Armored
Montbronn
Sarreguemines
U. S. First Army
Cologne
Courtney H. Hodges
Roer
Rhineland
Bergstein
Duren
Mrs Delia McKenzie Wins First Tip Prize
The Santa Fe train explosion tip contest awarded Mrs. Delia McKenzie a $5 prize for the best entry. Albert Bruce received $3 for a tip about vandalism at Llano Cemetery mausoleum. Mrs. T. Reilly earned $2 for a heater gas incident tip. Dozens of others submitted tips from multiple local addresses.
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Delia McKenzie
Tolar
N. M
West Eighteenth Avenue
Albert Bruce
Llano Cemetery
Mr T. Reilly
North Seminole Street
Frank Lopez
Fillmore Street
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Fair conditions prevail tonight and Friday across Amarillo and vicinity and neighboring areas. West Texas and New Mexico report fair skies this afternoon tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Warmer this afternoon in New Mexico. high this afternoon 55 to 65 degrees. low tonight 20 to 30. 24 hour high 42 low 30 noon 41.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Chiang Kai-shek Rejects Democratic Coalition Offer
Communist delegate Chou En-lai said Chiang Kai-shek rejected a proposed democratic coalition and offered counter proposals after meeting in Chungking on November 22. Officials stressed noncoalition stance will not bar non Kuomintang members from government participation.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chou En-lai
Yenan
Chou
Chiang
Kuomintang
Chinese National Party
Miss Wilma Cochran Reported Missing In Amarillo
Amarillo police have no trace of 19 year old Wilma Cochran of 704 Harrison Street who vanished since Monday night. She was last seen in a local night club with two men described as civilians. Cochran is 5 feet 10 inches, 145 pounds with red hair and brown eyes.
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Amarillo
Wilma Cochran
Harrisson Street
Three Year Pearl Harbor Box Score Report
Washington on December 7 marks the wartime box score reporting U S military gains and losses. The credit side lists 2 300 enemy ships sunk including 360 Japanese warships and 75 probably sunk, 37 000 enemy planes destroyed, 8 170 000 square miles liberated, 750 000 Germans captured on the Western Front, 277 000 Japanese killed with 250 000 ma rooned, Army expansion to 8 000 000 and Navy growth to 3 800 000, production figures for planes tanks guns and ships. The debit side records approximately 550 000 U S combat casualties 229 warships sunk 42 000 Army air force planes lost and a public debt of 224 600 000 000.
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Washington
U. S
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Pacific
Pacific Isles
Army Air Force
Long rough bloody road battles push Allied advance in Pacific
Allied forces break the Palanas River line near Ormoc on Leyte as 24th Army Corps moves toward the coast. American cavalrymen cover over 125 miles in amphibious tractors to raid Tadgas and Balogo. In Manchuria the 20th Air Force claims damage and pilots downed by Japanese defenses. Tokyo reports B 29s over Tokyo in a nerve war raid, while Japan disputes the impact.
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Eldon Ottenheimer
Associated Press
Leyte
Philippines
Manchuria
Tokyo
China
Far East
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Army Corps
Palanas River
Ormoc
Tadgas
Balogo
al Cooking
24Th Corps
20Th Air Force
Mukden
Dairen
Chinese Fall Back as Japanese Drive Threatens Kunming
Chinese high command admitted losing Tushan, 75 miles southeast of Kweiyang, amid indications of a Japanese offensive toward Kunming. Fall of Kunming would hurt the India China supply route and strike a blow to the U S 14th Air Force.
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Chungking
Tushan
Burma Road
Kweiyang
Kunming
India-China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Yu River
Nanning
Bombers Hit Merseburg Raid and Berlin Night Assault
British bombers struck Merseburg synthetic oil plants and two railyards with 7000 tons of bombs after daylight raids by 1600 American bombers and fighters on the oil plant and a rail center. Berlin saw the 172nd RAF night raid as 21000 aircrew participated in 72 hours of coordinated bombing.
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London
Germany
Merseburg
Berlin
Leuna
Osnabruck
Giessen
Bielefeld
Air Ministry
Reich
Britain
Belgium
France
Dorsey Assault Charges Dismissed by Superior Judge
Hollywood December 7 Superior Judge Arthur Crum dismissed assault charges against Tommy Dorsey the band leader his wife Pat Dane and gambler Allen Smiley The case stemmed from a birthday party incident in Hollywood Also in London December 7 an air ministry statement said Germanys new stratosphere rocket bombs were fired from The Hague and RAF Spitfires destroyed a V 529 launch site in the Dutch capital yesterday
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Hollywood
Arthur Crum
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
London
U.P
Germany
The
Hague
Air Ministry
Philbrook Resigns as Pantex General Manager for Celotex
Howard G. Philbrook who has led Pantex Ordnance Plant since January 10, 1943 resigns effective January 1, 1945. He will become general manager of Celotex Company in Chicago starting February 1 after a month off for a visit with his father. Celotex, a builder materials firm, reports about 25 million dollars in annual business.
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Howard G. Philbrook
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Celotex Company
Chicago
Celotex
Bror Dahlberg
Philbrook
Danberg
Pantex
Ordnance Department
Chamber of Commerce
Will Rog
United States
Rawson G. Lixars
Certain-feed Products Corporation
War Production Board
Springfield Ordnance District
Stone and Webster
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King Features Syndicate
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Gene Newkirk
Jefferson Street
W. H. Johnson
Johnson Street
Betty Beets
North Johnson Street
Jim Weaver
Pierce Street
R. M. Burgess
West
Fourth Avenue
Ralph Burrow
North Polk Street
Guy Barnett
Buchanan Street
Earl Nolan
Jackson Street
Paul Boyer
North
Lincoln Street
M. D. Webb
Fifteenth Avenue
Eugene Johnson
North Bivins Street
John Boyle
Sid Jones
North Aldredge
Leo McMahan
Hill Street
U .S. Weather Bureau
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
John Maynard Lbr.,Co
W. 5Th
W. 13Th
Social Security Record
Russell Stationery Co
Dorseys
Ers
Talmage
Philbrooks
Elizabeth Ingraham
Detroit
H. Grenville Philbrook, Jr
MacArthur
Paratroops
Southwest Pacific
Douglas A. Philbrook
Marines
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