Warships Damaged and Sunk in Guadalcanal Engagement
Navy reports a Japanese warship was sunk and three others damaged by American dive bombers and torpedo planes from Guadalcanal on December 3. Ten float-type planes were shot down. one US vessel was lost. Separate London notice lists three trawlers destroyed by Lagos fire on December 5.
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Washington
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Wiele
Wuagcalcanal
Navy Department
Santa Isabel
New Georgia Islands
South Pacific
United States
Urge Saving of Fuel Gas in Amarillo
Amarillo gas customers are urged to conserve natural gas amid a possible temporary shortage during extreme cold. R E Wertz, president of the Amarillo Gas Company, says a letter will be mailed with ways to economize. He cites War Production Board cooperation and the American Gas Association, notes high occupancy and doubled families, and explains limited pipeline capacity despite ample gas in the Panhandle Field. He asks customers to read the letter and cooperate to ensure gas for all.
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Amarillo
R. E. Wertz
Mr. Wertz
War Production Board
American Gas Association
Panhandle
War costs rise as budget for 1943 tops figures
Washington reports total war costs exceed 46.0 billion dollars in the year since December 8, with 1943 expenditures projected at 78.0 billion. Public debt has surged past 100 billion, and monthly war spending runs near six billion.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Japan
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
Bombers Hit Turin in Night Turmoil
British and American air forces intensified the Italy offensive with a night raid on Turin dropping heavy four ton bombs in an hour long mission from the British Isles base. Five days earlier American fortress bombers struck Naples with a massive bombardment.
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Italy
London
U.P
British Isles
Turin
North Africa
Naples
Italian chaos grows as Allies strike Turin and Milan
Elmer Davis reports rising disorder in Italy with no immediate revolution against Germany. Turin sustains heavy British raids including 8,000 pound bombs, while Genoa and Milan face intensified attacks. Churchill warns Italians to choose war or continuous bombing. Evacuations rise as Mussolini tightens controls to stop worker flight.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Italy
Turin
Genoa
Milan
Naples
Reggio
Winston Churchill
England
Africa
RAF
Karlsruhe
Pforzheim
Britain
Fiat Motor
Churchill
Air Ministry
Berne
Mussolini
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Amarillo and vicinity expect warmer conditions this afternoon and tonight with near freezing temperatures and wind. West Texas and New Mexico show warmth this afternoon with a cold night from the Rio Grande Valley eastward. temperatures overall about steady from the past 24 hours. The 24 hour high was 41 and low 24, with noon reading at 38.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Luftwaffe Put to Test
A wartime brief notes Luftwaffe forces facing renewed combat tests as Allied air operations intensify over Europe. The report mentions anticipated aerial engagements and strategic air power assessments.
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Luftwaffe
Allied planes prove effective in Tunisia and New Guinea
Allied air actions from Nov 28 to Dec 4 claim 42 Axis planes shot down with 17 American losses. P-38 fighters and B-26 B-25 and A-20 bombers led the tally, while medium bombers hit Lae and Gasmata. Ground fighting near Buna village and Soputa-Sanananda track saw steady Allied gains amid entrenched Japanese defenses. See JAP TROOPS Page 6.
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Allied Force
North Africa
Tunisia
Lae
New Guinea
Buna Village
Buna
Cape St. George
New Ireland
New Britain
Gona
Gasmata
Soputa-Sanananda
Reds Smash More Nazis on Rzhev and Stalingrad Fronts
Pravda reports German attempts to reinforce all fronts were met by heavy Soviet defense. Soviet dispatches claim over 4000 German fatalities in two days near Rzhev Vyazma Velikiye and Stalingrad, with multiple German losses in tanks guns and trucks. The Black Sea fleet resumed action near Novorossisk with naval artillery silencing batteries.
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Rzhev- Vyazma-Veliki Luki
Pravda
Rzhev
Moscow
Stalingrad
Don River
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Gas plant blast in Borger leaves one dead and several burned
A compressor explosion at an old Pantex gasoline plant near Phillips caused one death, three serious burns, and several minor injuries. C. E. Tennyson, 52, died from burns. F. H. Hall, L. J. Stamps, and E. L. Browning were seriously injured. Surviving family includes a missing son, Leslie. Hospital staff treated victims as guards kept roads closed. The cause and extent of damage remained undetermined at dawn.
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Phillips
Panhandle
Allies Push Defenses in Tunisian Triangle Skirmishes
Allied reports describe heavy fighting around Tebourba and Djedeida as American and British forces counter attacked to blunt German advances. Air support and artillery aided forward units under Gen. Anderson, with targets including Tunis and Bizerte. Mechanized action kept pressure on Axis columns despite German reinforcements.
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Africa
Morocco
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Tunisia
Tebourba
Radio
Tebourba-Djedeida-Mateur
Bizerte
Tunis
Axis
Tunisian
Adolf Hitler
el Agheila
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Southern States
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Berlin
Benito Mussolini
U. S
U. S. Army Air Forces
MacArthur
Australia
U.S
Tennyson
Leslie
War Department
Powell Funeral Home
Mateur-Djedeida- Tebourba
Dwight Dpd. Eisenhower
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