German Claims of Last Great German Drive Dismissed
Washington officials call captured German claims of hoarded weapons for a final spring offensive propaganda. War experts warn Germany could mount local counterattacks as Allied pressure tightens. Don Whitehead notes Nazis refer to a vergeltungsschlacht and insist shortages are tactics for a future blow.
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Washington
Italy
Germany
Stimson
Don Whitehead
Associated Press
Soldiers Gifts Sought for 3500 at Amarillo Fest
Legionnaires and Amarillo War Dads urge donations of small gifts for soldiers unable to return home for Christmas. Aims include 3500 gifts for the Soldier Festival and G I Christmas Tree at USO Auditorium on December 23. Collection boxes span city stores. gifts should be wrapped and donors may include name and address.
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Legionnaires
Amarillo
USO
G. I
Amarillo Field
Negro Ministers Open Christmas Fund Drive in Amarillo
For the seventh year negro ministers in Amarillo have launched a Christmas cheer fund administered by the Inter-denominational Ministerial Alliance. A. J. Williams, secretary, says the fund buys baskets for needy cases across negro congregations. Cyphers is the alliance president. Call 2-2408 or 2-3055 to contribute. Also notes a Roman pure food law banning sale of dull fish.
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Amarillo
Ministerial Alliance
A. J. Williams
Cc. C. Cyphers
Bombs Continue Pounding New Britain In Pacific War
Allied air forces have launched a second straight month of sustained attacks on New Britain and nearby targets in the Solomons and New Guinea. From Oct 12 to Dec 12, more than 3 000 tons of explosives were dropped, with 350 tons on Rabaul and 248 tons on Gasmata, signaling a strategic push toward opening sea lanes to the Philippines and shortening the distance to Truk.
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Harold Streeter
Associated Press
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Solomons
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
Pacific
Philippines
Manila
Truk
Bombardment shifts across Rabaul fort to threaten invasion
The massed weight first hit the eastern end of the 300 mile long island at the Rabaul air and naval fortress. In late November the attack moved to the western end where the bombardment remains devastating and seen as threatening an invasion by MacArthur's forces when given the go ahead.
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Rabaul
Chesapeake and Ohio Wins Harriman Medal for Rail Safety
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway is awarded the E. H. Harriman Memorial Gold Medal for outstanding rail safety amid wartime needs. It notes 27 years without a passenger fatality, 115,350,000 passengers, and a 70 percent drop in employee casualty rate in five years. The piece emphasizes democracy and the sanctity of human life under civilian government.
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E. H. Harriman
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ohio
Harriman
Edward H. Harriman
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
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