Gap Ripped In Defenses At Gasmata
Allied sources report the heaviest bombing raid yet against the New Britain coast. MacArthur sent 100 Liberators and Mitchells to a three hour strike targeting Linden Harbor Ringling plantation and Gasmata area creating heavy, widespread damage with fires. Two enemy fighters were shot down and no Allied losses were reported.
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Brydon C. Taves
Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
New Britain
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Linden Harbor
Ringling Plantation
Gasmata
New Guinea
MacArthur
Lakunai
Solomons
Bougainville
Ramu
Bogadjim
Lakona
Bonga
Huon Peninsula
Allied air fleet hits Athens areas in massive strike
More than 1300 Allied warplanes attacked the Athens region with fighter escorted bombers hitting Euleusis Kalamaki and Tatoi airfields and the Piraeus harbor. Thirteen German planes were shot down while two Allied aircraft were lost. British Eighth Army advances near Caldari on the Adriatic as Canadian Indian and New Zealand troops push the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Cunningham
Algiers
Balkans
Athens
Piraeus
Greece
Euleusis
Kalamaki
Tatoi
Aegean
Italy
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Ortona
Pescara
Fifth Army
Berardi
90Th Panzer Grenadiers
Guardiagrele
Moro
Frisa
Montgomery
Should the Air Be Free After Peace Comes
Reader K J H asks if future airways should be free to all nations amid postwar travel. Opinions vary. some favor equal privileges with international policing, others seek limited access with safety controls and fare regulation. Pulse Feeler rewards readers who send in questions with a dollar.
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Pulse Feeler
The
Red Cross
England
America
Portugal
France
Japan
Russia
Balkan
Milton Yeager
Frank Potts
Dallas
Frances Keaton
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Alaska
Canada
Panama Canal
Allied raids force Axis pullback from Uljan Island
British dispatch says air raids killed 456 Germans and wounded 1500, prompting evacuation of Uljan Island off the Dalmatian coast. Jugoslav Partisans claim a heavy defeat for the enemy at Zara on the mainland, with great losses reported but few specifics.
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London
U.P
Uljan
Dalmatian
Jugoslav
Zara
Blizzard Alters Forecast With Unseasonal Cold Snap
Weather fronts shifted last night as a planned blizzard failed to materialize. Temperatures plunged across the region with lows around single digits, Paris 9, Sherman 10, Wichita Falls 12, Gainesville 10, Corsicana 16, Abilene 14, Fort Worth and Dallas 14, Pampa 6 above. A warm break is forecast for tomorrow.
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Paris
Denison
Sherman
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Corsicana
Abilene
Fort Worth
Dallas
Pampa
Weather report for Amarillo area and surrounding regions
Fair and cold with gradual warming expected Thursday. Winds from the west to north, partly cloudy in West Texas regions including the Panhandle South Plains Big Bend and Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Temperatures tonight dipping into single digits to mid teens with a slow rise by Thursday afternoon.
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Amarillo
Vicinty
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Six hundred soldiers sign up for Yuletide homes
Six hundred soldiers register at the USO clubs seeking Christmas day stays with Amarillo families. Only 14 invitations issued so far, but Home Hospitality officials expect more. Call Auditorium USO or Downtown USO or Mrs Ordway to offer a home, with Army arranging transport.
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USO
Amarillo
Home
Auditorium
G. G
Ordway
Finnish Peace Proposals Broadcast From New York
A BBC broadcast recorded by CBS quotes Finland’s foreign affairs commission chief urging rapid peace efforts. He argues a small nation facing a numerically superior foe must pursue peace rather than wait for an undefined end to the war.
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New York
Soviet Union
BBC
CBS
Foreign Affairs Commission
More Gasoline May Go To Help Fight Japs
Price Administrator Chester Bowles warned of another civilian gasoline cut as war with Japan heats up. He said four in ten gallons on the Pacific Coast already go to war and that east of the Rockies more than three in ten go to the Armed Forces. He noted possible increases as troops and weapons rise and revealed a growing gasoline ration coupon theft and counterfeiting racket.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Japan
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Bowles
More Beefsteaks Likely Next Year
The Agriculture Department reports a better outlook for more beefsteak next year due to steady stocker and feeder cattle movement into the corn belt and other feed lots. They note a smaller than expected winter feeding slump compared with earlier forecasts.
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Washington
U.P
Agriculture Department
Department
Burglary at Gene's Cafe Totals Over $400
More than 400 dollars was taken from Gene's Cafe at 116 East Sixth Avenue last night after the till was moved to the kitchen and pried open with a meat clever. This marks a second burglary. the prior new register was damaged.
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Gene
East Sixth Avenue
News Register
Butch the Sea Battle Veteran Dog Has Ribbons To Prove It
The two year old terrier Butch in San Diego rests with his master Sea bee Walter P. Perry of Amarillo after earning two campaign stars for actions in the South Pacific and over Guadalcanal. The dog wore campaign ribbons from American Samoa, New Zealand, the New Hebrews, and San Diego, and served as an alert during submarine activity. Perry recalls Butch’s sea voyage training at Port Hueneme and his wartime exploits aboard a bomber and at sea, including a near drowning incident and a flotilla barge accident. Also notes China’s Ta Kung Pao claim Formosa should become a Chinese naval base after the war.
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Butch
Guadalcanal
San Diego Hospital
Walter P. Perry
Amarillo
American Samoa Islands
New Hebrides
New Zealand
San Diego
Port Hueneme
Cal
Perry
South Pacific
Tojo Predicts Decisive Sid Year Ahead
Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo, in a speech to Imperial Rule Assistance leaders and cabinet ministers, said the war will likely end in the coming year and warned of mounting difficulties. He called the third year decisive for victory or defeat as Diet sessions near.
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Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Tojo
Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society
Diet
OWT
Goebbels Announces 1944 Propaganda Shift
Berlin radio quoted Joseph Goebbels saying Germany faced harsh trials this year and will adopt a defiant line for 1944. He praised German soldiers and homeland resilience amid intensified Allied air terror and nerve warfare, noting wounds from recent months but determination for final decisions.
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London
Berlin
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Germany
Bulgaria Sends Peace Feelers to Allies as War Looks Lost
New York Times dispatch from Cairo reports Bulgaria officially sent peace feelers to the Allied governments via Russia Britain and the United States in a bid to exit the war. Premier Dobri Bosilov offered to negotiate on the Atlantic charter basis in exchange for guarantees to keep territories seized from Yugoslavia and Greece.
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New York
The
New York Times
Cairo
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Dobri Bosilov
Next 100 Days Loom Crucial War Steps In Europe
London dispatch reports Allies and Germany poised for climactic battles in the coming 100 days as Tehran conference plans demand full Allied use of resources. Germany shifts to political generals, deploys reserves to the Balkans, and moves to blunt Partisan forces ahead of invasions. King Peter seeks peace with Tito, Eden signals imminent Allied action against the Nazis.
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London
Germany
Junkers
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Finland
Italy
Balkans
Radio
Vichy
Bucharest
Brasov
Peter of
Jugoslavia
Josip (Tito) Brozovich
Anthony Eden
Russia
Eden
Commons
Internal Revenue Offices Open Until Midnight
Rush at Amarillo division offices as income tax return deadline looms at midnight. Division chief Ralph Kenniston said help would continue until closing to file returns. Nearby, Eden announces mass transfer of 40,000 Polish refugees from Iran to East Africa India Palestine South Africa and Mexico.
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Amarillo
Internal Revenue Department
Ralph Kenniston
London
Iran
East Africa
South Africa
India
Palestine
Mexico
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
All or Nothing Kiev Gamble Races German Drive
German Marshal Fritz von Mannstein launched a decisive push toward Kiev after seizing Radomisl, a key Dnieper road hub 48 miles from the capital. About 12,000 troops with 150 tanks pressed the offensive amid new tank tactics and decoy assaults as Cherkasi fell and street fighting intensified.
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Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev
Radomir
Radomisl
Mannstein
Dnieper
Ukraine
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Venafro
Orte
Globe News
Blizzard
Eaes
Russell Stationery Co
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Seabee
Wrigley Chewing Gum Company
Herring Hotel
China
Formosa
Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
By Robert Musel
Internal Revenue
By Henry Shapiro
Moscow
Red Star
Cherkasi
Red Army
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