British Forces Break Through Italian Lines in Egyptian Desert
Churchill announced dramatic British gains in Egypt with over 4,000 prisoners captured and heavy bombers striking Italian bases. British forces reached the Mediterranean coast near Sidi Barrani and Maktila after a dash across 75 miles of desert aided by Free France and possibly Polish legionnaires. Further advances and new captures followed as the offensive widened along a front from Sidi Barrani to the Libyan border amid mixed Italian reports of light clashes and halted vehicles.
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Air Ministry
Cairo
Middle East
Western Desert
Sidi Barrani
Churchill
Maktila
Egypt
Free France
Mediterranean
Bugbug
Hitler Vows World Victory to Munitions Workers
Adolf Hitler spoke to cheering munitions workers in Berlin pledging Germany will be victorious no matter the cost. He framed the war as a clash between haves and have-nots and attacked capitalism and democracies while praising German labor. He warned Britain and the Allies of continued relentless resistance and asserted no capitulation while asserting German strength across Europe.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Britain
Gerwy
Slovakia
Hungary
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Reich
Greater
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Wilhelm Keitel
Armed Forces
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Europe
Judge Marvin Jones Returns Home From Mexico Inauguration Trip
Judge Marvin Jones of the U S Court of Claims came home from Mexico City where he attended the presidential inaugural. He will stay in Texas mainly Amarillo until Christmas before returning to Washington to resume duties. Jones resigned from Congress a month ago and will still handle congressional work from the Amarillo office until it closes this week.
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Marvin Jones
U. S. Court of Claims
Mexico City
Texas
Amarillo
Congressional
Washington
Jones
Congress
Altavena Clark
Judge Jones
U. S
Mexico
Avila Camacho
Camacho
Food Stamp Plan To Start In Amarillo Next Week
The U S Department of Agriculture will inaugurate a new food stamp plan Monday in Amarillo to boost purchasing power for needy families. A local office at 115 West Fifth Avenue will issue orange stamps worth 25 cents and free blue stamps with each orange stamp purchase. Stamps are used at participating stores to buy food, while blue stamps cover designated surplus farm products. The plan replaces bulk surplus distribution with in-store redemption through grocers, with reporting in person required for all county residents.
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Amarillo
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Fifth Avenue
Bill Chumbery
Secretary of Agriculture
News Tip Prize Won By Maxine Campbell
Maxine Campbell of 2800 Ong Street wins the weekly News Tip contest with a 13 heart bridge hand and will receive a $5 prize. Mrs. A K Goodman of River Road School earns $3 as second prize for her tip about a classroom snake. Mrs. Pauline Holcombe of 320 B East 22nd Avenue takes the $2 third prize for Christmas money. Other tipsters noted include Mrs. Chester F Luthrell and many named residents who submitted stories but did not win.
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Maxine Campbell
Ong Street
A. K. Goodman
River Road School
Pauline Holcombe
East 22Nd Avenue
Chester F. Luthrell
West 19Th Avenue
C. L. Blackwell
North Georgia
A. M. Higgins
Polk Street
W. H. Elliott
Florida
Bill McBride
Glen Hatfield, Jr
West
Tenth Avenue
J. W. Mason
North East
Fourth Avenue
C. C. Farley
Madison Street
George Gross
Maryland Street
C. B. Gilbert
Johnson Street
Edith Rutherford
North West
Second Avenue
Mattie Castle
North East Seventh
Charles Weaver
Seminole Street
E. B. Mauldin
East 18Th Avenue
R. L. Harman
Lincoln Street
Ted Williams
Monroe Street
W. A. Har Igrave
Independence Street
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Forecast calls for a mix of partial clouds and light snow across Amarillo and vicinity with slightly colder temperatures tonight and through Wednesday. West Texas sees rain in the south and occasional snow in the north with much colder air. New Mexico expects snow in the north and rain or snow in the south with colder conditions. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ranged from 33 to 77 with noon at 35.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Greeks Start New Drive Against Albanian Front In War Push
Athens reported a new Greek offensive along the 150 mile Albanian front to break Italian defenses before 80,000 reinforcements arrive. Jugoslav sources said Italian transports evacuated Fascist troops from Porto Palermo while Albanian guerrillas hindered northern retreat. Heavy fighting north of Pogradec targeted outposts at Mokra Heights above Lake Ohrid as Greek flying columns struck retreating Italian columns north of Argyrokastron. Royal Air Force aircraft attacked Valona to impede Italian redeployments.
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Athens
Jugoslav
Porto Palermo
Porto Edda
Ubaldo Soddu
Pogradec
Mokra
Lake Ochrida
Elbasan
Argyrokastron
Durazzo
Shkumbi
Tepelini
Himara
Royal Air Force
Albania
RAF
Valona
British Unable To Stop Ship Scuttling
London Dec 10 A Diomede prize crew failed to prevent the German freighter Idarwald from sinking. All 45 of its crew are prisoners aboard the Diomede. The Idarwald had left Tampico Nov 29 en route to run the British blockade. A naval note also said 13 merchant ships totaling 52 229 tons were sunk by enemy action in the week to Dec 1, while the Canadian destroyer Saguenay was torpedoed with 21 missing and 18 wounded but reached port for repairs.
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London
Cuba
Tampico
Mexico
United States Navy
Washington
Admiralty
Atlantic
Trish
Saguenay
Baby Burns In Fire At Pampa Residence
Ernest Roy Dorman, 3, died in a house fire that razed his parents home in Pampa. He slipped back inside unnoticed while his mother visited a neighbor and was trapped in a closet behind a divan where investigators found his body after the blaze started in the kitchen.
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Pampa
Ernest Roy Dorman
Ernest Roy
British aid to China announced in Commons
London December 10 10 million pounds in financial aid to China was announced in the House of Commons by Richard A Butler undersecretary for foreign affairs. The funds amount to about 40 million dollars and mark a government gesture toward China amid ongoing international concerns.
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London
China
House of Commons
Richard A. Butler
Gifts and Eats Build Now John Maynard Lbr Ca
A compact item notes Gifts and Eats building project underway with John Maynard Lumber Co of California involved in construction or supply chain steps. The brief mentions a timely development in a local business or contractor activity. The message highlights a key local firm and a regional supplier contributing to the project timeline.
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John Maynard
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