Bombers strike Ginlam air base in Indo China raid
American bombers pounded the Ginlam air base near Hanoi as they destroyed hangars workshops and runways in a mission described as a warning against Japanese use of Indo-China facilities. One American fighter disappeared and two Japanese interceptors were shot down. The correspondent witnessed fires spreading through hangars and shops as planes escaped anti aircraft fire.
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Robert P. Martin
China
U.S
Ginlam
Hanoii
Indo-China
Gillam
Japan
Formosa
Singapore
Canton
Burma
Thailand
South China
Bruce Holloway
Knoxville
Tenn
Francis M. Brady
Indiia
William E. Bayse
Independence
Bayse
Vincent Alley
Greenfield
Utah
Hanoi
Red River
Milk Prices Revision Seen in Southwest
The Office of Price Administration foresees a sweeping revision of retail and wholesale milk prices in the Southwest as a six state milk investigation nears its end. Details await local board recommendations to Washington, with some prices likely to rise and others cut or held. Farmers urged not to abandon herds amid shortages and labor limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Southwest
Office of
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
CPA
Office of Price Administration
Wickard
Bombers and Fighters Target Kiska Japanese Forces
Air force units bomb and strafe the Kiska Island garrison as weather allows. They say cargo ships are largely unloaded only under fog and darkness, while Japanese efforts to repair sunken vessels backfire. Pilots note dwindling enemy airpower with two makeshift Zeros and growing Allied success in disrupting supply lines. Texas pilots John W. Livesay and J L Regan are among those who participated in low level strikes at Holtz Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andreanof Islands
Air Force
Kiska Island
U. S. Air Force
Aleutian Island
Sition
Kiska
Trout Lagoon
Holtz Bay
John W. Livesay
Fort Worth
Tex
J. L. Regan
Cooper, Tex
Budget Board Recommends Major Texas Cut
Texas board of control proposes about 10 million dollars in reduced appropriations for the next two years with governor Stevenson advocating over one million more in operating cuts. Figures cover judiciary, eleemosynary institutions, education, and state departments ahead of legislative session opening January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Board of Control
Coke R. Stevenson
Control Board
Flier Honored for Brave Turin Bomb Run in Cold
Sergeant Harry Morrissy of Cheltenham Pennsylvania a 25 year old crew chief in the Royal Canadian Air Force earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for bold action during a Turin bombing raid He jettisoned a hatch cover to keep flying in freezing Alps conditions completed the mission then disappeared on a later operation The report notes cooling unemployment in Northern Ireland and a Japan soroban contest by schoolgirls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry Morrissy
Cheltenham
Royal Canadian Air Force
Turin
Morrissy
Alps
18 Ships Lost in Raid on Germany
London reports the RAF bombed northwest Germany in rain and low clouds, losing 18 planes due to bad weather and low visibility. The raid targeted German land installations and marine facilities as part of ongoing Allied operations amid heavy wartime constraints.
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Germany
London
U.P
RAF
Air Ministry
Turin
England
Ing
Alexander the Great
Rickenbacker is Back Home From Pacific Ordeal
Eddie Rickenbacker returns to America after 24 days missing at sea. He arrived in San Francisco in mixed clothes with visible wear but walked from the ambulance to his hotel unaided. One companion died during the Pacific mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Eddie Rickenbacker
America
Pacific
Marine Sun
Rickenbacker
Attacks and Bombings Roil Karlsruhe and Pforzheim
The report notes assaults on the night of December 6 and earlier large scale bombings on December 2 targeting Karlsruhe and Pforzheim. Rail junctions on routes to Italy were attacked, disrupting transit and signaling heightened wartime danger.
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Karlsruhe
Pforzheim
Italy
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Birmingham
Alabama
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Rex
RINSO
SWAN
Flousata
Duz
P& G
Campbell's Tomato
Brooks
Ile
Chilling's
Bottle
Texas
Seer. & W. AD
Tee
Northern
Ireand
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Wisconsin
Adkisson Hatchery
W. 4Th Ave
Ann
Milnot
California
Campbell's New Process Tomato Soup
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Sunshine Large
Swan Soap
Uncle Sam
Pinkney
Snowhite
Wele
Lipton
N. Fillmore
6Th
Mississippi
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