Mrs. Harding Talks Tonight at Amarillo Club
Bertia Harding arrives in Amarillo for her second Knife and Fork Club lecture. She plans Christmas in Washington with Col. Jack Harding, an Army husband. The author, born in Austria with royal lineage, speaks on "Power Behind the Pen" at 8 p.m. at the Amarillo Country Club.
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Bertia Harding
Amarillo
Washington
Col
Jack Harding
England
Air Force
Austria
Churchill outlines postwar Poland borders and German loss
Churchill argues for compensating Poland at Germany’s expense with land transfers to the west and north after victory. He envisions Poland losing eastern lands to Russia, shifting populations, and reshaping central Europe with a western Baltic corridor and gains beyond Koenigsberg.
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Poland
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Russia
Lwow
Ukraine
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Danzig
Baltic
Britain
WLB Declines Action in Texas Company Labor Dispute
The War Labor Board, citing no jurisdiction, refused to intervene in a port Arthur Texas plant dispute between United Laboratory Workers Union (independent) and Oil Workers Union CIO. The board vacated a Dallas regional order to employ lab workers in the pilot unit, leaving the broader clash unresolved.
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Washington
U.P
War Labor Board
Texas Company
Port Arthur
Tex
Dallas
WLB
United Laboratory Workers Union
Independent
Oil Workers Union
CIO
Holiday Travellers May Get Stranded
E O Walker district rail director warns Gulf Coast points are crowded and no special equipment will be available to haul tourists home. Travel to Florida Louisiana and other southern winter destinations may strand many people for the holidays due to crowded lines and limited transport.
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Dallas
U.P
Gulf Coast
E. O. Walker
Office of Defense Transportation
Walker
Florida
Louisiana
Larsen to Head ABC for 1945 at Capitol Hotel
Ross H Larsen, principal of Elizabeth Nixson Junior High, will become president of the American Business Club for 1945, succeeding Johnny Ekelund. The election occurred at the weekly luncheon in the Capitol Hotel after nominating committee reports and floor nominations.
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American Business Club
Ross H. Larsen
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
Johnny Ekelund
Capitol Hotel
Harry Miner
Ekelund
Hugh Sticksel
Doug Jones
Bob Haley
Don Loden
Frank Lawler
Mr. Miner
Americans Halt German Drive In Alsace After Hard Fighting
Allied forces report 763,819 German prisoners since D-Day with 77,000 captured in the current offensive. Seventh Army shelled the Siegfried Line while advancing along a 35 mile front and seizing a dozen French towns. Third Army units cleared Fraulautern and Saarlautern areas as Patton’s troops slowly press through Siegfried fortifications watching for surrenders when feasible.
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Eisenhower
Seventh
Associated Press
Thoburn Wiant
Wiant
Kayserberg
Ostreim
Colmar
Saarland
Fraulautern
Saarlautern
Ensdorf
Saarlautern-Rodern
Saar
Dillingen
Habkirchen
Blies
Third Army
Patton
Enemy Planes Over Amarillo Display Flight Chaser
American pilots at Amarillo Army Air Field chases two overseas enemy planes a JU 88 and a Zero. The planes from Germany and Japan are bound for Los Angeles for the Army Air Forces relief show Shot From the Sky. A Wright Field crew follows in the chaser plane to handle any mechanical trouble. The trio left Kansas City early today arriving on schedule at 12 30 this afternoon.
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Germany
Japan
Amarillo
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Army Technical Service Command
Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Kansas City
Amarillo Army Air Field
Bombers Hit Hannover and Kassel in Western Germany
More than 650 American bombers and about 550 fighters struck industrial and rail targets in the Hannover and Kassel regions as weather limited visibility. The mission resumed the air offensive supplying the Western Front, with bombers escorted by Mustang and Thunderbolt aircraft despite ongoing cloud cover.
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London
U.P
Hannover
Kassel
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Tall Girls Organize in Search for Tall Men
At the University of Texas a new club by the campus is forming for tall women to meet tall men. The Glamazons chapter recruits nearly a dozen coeds over five feet seven inches led by organizer Helene Wilke from Austin who is five feet ten and the first woman editor of the Daily Texan. The piece notes Volney O Connor of Gonzales as the campus tallest man at six feet nine inches.
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Austin
U.P
University of Texas
Glamazons
Helene Wilke
Daily Texan
Volney O'Connor
Gonzales
Senate Rejects Postwar Rivers and Harbors Bill
The Senate refused to approve a compromise report on a half billion dollar postwar rivers and harbors authorization bill and sent the measure back to a conference committee.
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Senate
Washington
Pacific losses mount in Leyte battle and Chinese advance
The report cites 33 801 Pacific dead and 30 000 more drowned as 10 convoys sought entry to Ormoc on Leyte. Inside enemy lines 18 500 are dead with 253 prisoners, while American casualties include 2 976 dead and 257 missing. Elsewhere three Chinese columns reach Hochih as they push toward a Japanese rail hub in Kwangsi.
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Ormoc
Leyte
Kwangsi
Hochih
Kweichow
Chungking
Montgomery Ward faces nationwide labor showdown with WLB
The War Labor Board pressed Montgomery Ward to satisfy August 1943 and May 1944 orders, threatening a walkout in all stores during Christmas. Samuel Wolchok, head of the retail employees union, claimed readiness to mobilize Ward workers nationwide if the government fails to enforce the board’s terms. The CIO union represents about 60,000 to 65,000 Ward employees across roughly 500 stores and plants.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
WLB
Detroit
CIO
Samuel Wolchok
Retail Employes Union
Wolchok
Stiff Fight For Foothold In Italian Front
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army established a bridgehead west of Canale Navi gli o northeast of Bagnacavallo and held it against strong German opposition. They had crossed the Lamone River two days earlier near Ra venna and expanded the foothold to about 1,500 yards. On the Fifth Army front British troops cleared Tossignano and Borgo Tossignano southwest of Imola despite German resistance.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Canale Naviglio
Bagnacavallo
Lamone River
Ravenna
Pagnacavallo
Faenza
Arrange Last Rites For Harlie B. Cook
Rites honoring Harlie B. Cook Amarillo Oil Company tax and insurance commissioner and civic leader will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Burial follows at Llano Cemetery. He was 53, lived at 2404 Ong Street, and was active in the American Business Club Chamber of Commerce Khiva Temple Masonry and Community Chest campaigns.
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Harlie B. Cook
Amarillo Oil Company
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
R. Thomson
Llano Cemetery
Cook
American Business Club
Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo Country Club
Khiva Temple
Clayton
N. M
Ong Street
Reminder Christmas Tree Display At Southwestern Public Service
A Christmas tree installation in the display window of Southwestern Public Service Company signals the annual Community Christmas Tree Programs. Boxes for gifts and money have been placed in 40 downtown stores to aid the effort, with improving responses but still a need for more contributions.
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Southwestern Public Service Company
El Paso Not To Be Ceded To Mexico Says Dallas Mayor
A Dallas mayor in Honolulu objects to reports that El Paso could be ceded to Mexico as part of a Texas Mexico boundary settlement due to Rio Grande shifts. Governor Stevenson’s mail notes the concern.
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Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Dallas
Honolulu
Mexico City
el Paso
Mexico
Texas- Mexico
Rio Grande
Prize for Prisoners Was Good, So He Took 30
Pvt. William C. Steele of Wichita Falls Texas says his company captured 30 Japanese prisoners on Kwajalein and the colonel offered a quart of whiskey for each prisoner. Steele was wounded while trying to burrow deeper into a slit trench on Leyte.
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Hamilton Field
Cal
William C. Steele
Wichita Falls
Tex
Leyte
Kwajalein
Denison Dam pioneer George Moulton dies at 75
Denison obituary notes George Moulton 75 who originated the idea for the Denison Dam and died yesterday in Denison. The milestone project reshaped regional water control and development.
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Denison
George Moulton
Denison Dam
Lost watch and missing puppy notices in town
A boy's Golden Sandstorm wrist watch lost near the post office on December 11. Ted Moss’s watch owner offers a reward while his son fights in the South Pacific. Also a four month old reddish brown Shepherd puppy Buddy is missing. call 22770. A reader seeks to care for a child during the day at 1119 Tyler. A fox terrier puppies offer for Christmas gifts. call 2-3457. Ruth offers ironing at 2207 Brook Street.
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Ted Moss
South Pacific
T. H. Moss
Tack
Buddy
Tyler
Shingles Given Away at 909 North Buchanan Street
Local note offers shingles free to anyone who will come collect them from 909 North Buchanan Street.
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North Buchanan Street
Nelson returns from China mission to War Production effort
Donald M. Nelson has returned to Washington from a second mission to war weary China. He will report to President Roosevelt at once but will not comment on the trip before meeting the President. Nelson, former War Production Board chairman, has acted as a personal assistant with cabinet rank to accelerate war production and flew back via Australia.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
China
White House
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Australia
Eight Meet Flaming Death in Crash.
In Castor Louisiana a moving van and a Louisiana and Arkansas Lines mail bus collided and exploded, killing at least eight people including Ocie McDowd and his 17 year old grandson. Two victims’ identities remained unknown as investigators combed the wreckage.
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Shreveport
U.P
Castor
Ocie McDowd
Ringgold
McDowd
Louisiana & Arkansas Lines
Smoke Alarm Triggers MP pursuit for cigarettes
In Lincoln Nebraska a cigarette distributors truck near the post exchange at Lincoln Army Air Field triggered a military police alert when a radio jeep flashed the news to MP headquarters. Soldiers and civilians rushed to procure smokes as MPs moved to secure supplies.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Army Air Field
Rev. J. E. Lovett Dies at Weslaco
The Rev. J. E. Lovett aged 77 and a retired Methodist minister died in Weslaco after a career that began as a circuit rider in Oklahoma fifty five years ago. He served churches in Corpus Christi Victoria Elgin Brownsville Harlingen Rio Grande City and Weslaco Texas.
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Weslaco
J. E. Lovett
Oklahoma
Texas
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Elgin
Brownsville
Harlingen
Rio Grande City
No Introduction Needed When Strangers Meet
A Kansas City officer approached Mrs. Leo Faulk of Roswell New Mexico in Union Station and guessed her name. He then told her his connection to her husband in Europe and claimed he knew her from their shared tent and had seen her picture often.
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Kansas City. Mo
Union Station
Leo Faulk
Roswell
N. M
Europe
Refiring Aggie Official is Honored at Banquet
Arthur B. Conner retired as director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station after a long association with the college since 1911. Friends and co workers praised his work at a banquet with A L Ward of Dallas as principal speaker crediting him with saving West Texas by producing grain sorghums.
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College Station
Arthur B. Conner
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
A. L. Ward
Dallas
Conner
West Texas
Gardeners Line Up for Free Fire Extinguishers
Oklahoma City residents crowded the street as the fire department distributed free extinguishers bought by Civilian Defense Corp but not for sale due to government allocation. Fire Chief G R McAlpine noted the crowd grew after rumors that the items could be used as garden sprayers.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fire Department
G. R. McAlpine
Civilian Defense Corp
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