Hitler Crisis Details Report of Forced Abdication
Stockholm dispatch reports a Free German Press Bureau account of Hitler being pressured to abdicate by Heinrich Himmler, Josef Goebbels, and Karl von Rundstedt. The six hour meeting at Berchtesgaden ended with Hitler agreeing to step back from military leadership to save morale and allow generals to lead.
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Hubert Uxkull
Stockholm
U.P
Free German Press Bureau
Hitler
Fuehrer
Fritz Brueckner
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Interior
Gestapo
Josef Goebbels
Karl von Rundstedt
France
Germany
Bruckner
Himmler
Goebbels
von Rundstedt
Obersalzberg
Reich
German Push Threatens Allied Lines on Luxembourg Front
Berlin claimed German forces crossed northern Luxembourg and neared the border with Belgium as Allied blackout on front details continued. Reports note German air power and paratroopers behind lines, U S tank losses, and coordinated countermeasures by Lt Gen Hodges while Ninth Air Command tallies 129 German planes shot down in 24 hours.
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London
Berlin
Luxembourg
Luxembourg- Belgium
Cindhoven
Holland
Namur
First Army
Malmedy
Normandy
Ninth Army Front
9Th Tactical Air Command
William H. Simpson
Ninth U. S. Army
Hodges
Hohe Venn
What Is the Price Range on Gift Robes Featured Today
Contest puzzle readers faced a smudged clue about the Hollywood Dress Shoppe on the weekly puzzle page. The question asked for the price range on gift robes, with the faded text clarified in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe News Merchants
Hollywood
Mail Delays Put Santa Behind Schedule in Amarillo
Postmen say Christmas packages will arrive late as three carloads were unloaded Saturday night in Amarillo terminals and more arrived over the weekend. Long lines formed at parcel post windows and traffic officer noted busier activity inside the post office than outside.
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Santa Claus
Amarillo
Chicago
Demand More for Haircuts in Amarillo
Journeymen barbers in Amarillo push higher prices saying the prewar 50 cent rate is outdated. By late last week shops settled at 65 cents and some now charge 75 cents after successful wage demands. Union secretary Alonzo Bingham cautioned a strike could occur tonight.
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Amarillo
Alonzo Bingham
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas regions
The report notes fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with tonight colder and a low near 22, then rapidly rising temperatures Tuesday. West Texas remains fair this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with colder conditions in the Del Rio Eagle Pass area and panhandle readings around 24 to 28 degrees, higher further south. New Mexico shows fair weather today through Tuesday with cooling this afternoon in the south east of the divide and temperatures rising Tuesday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Nagoya Hit Again as B 29s Strike Japanese Heartland
Allied air forces claim heavy Nagoya damage with the Mitsubishi Hatsudoki plant among targets as B 29 raids widen to Hankow China. Mindoro advances by American and Australian engineers shorten the distance to Manila while Fierce Leyte fighting continues with 2 012 Japanese killed.
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Eldon Ottenheimer
Associated Press
Nagoya
Hankow
China
Mindoro
Philippines
Leyte
Millard F. Harmon
Strategic Air Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
Japan
Tokyo
Asahi
America
Domei
Sulu Sea
Marianas
Mitsubishi
Hatsudoki
Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Haugland
Manila
Luzon Island
House committee critiques press coverage of Italian war
Members of the House military committee who toured the front lines say American newspapers fail to convey the Italian campaign's rigors. They blamed misperceptions at home and pressed for fuller reporting while noting Pentagon censorship allows writers to publish freely outside security concerns.
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Fifth Army
House Military Committee
John E. Sheridan
Democrat
Pennsylvania
Arthur J. McCrystal
Amarillo Soldier Fights Way Through Nazi Lines
From ice crusted foxholes the U S 90th Division fought ten days with minimal supplies. Major Gen James A Van Fleet's Texas Oklahoma division pressed the Siegfried Line in Dillingen, with Marines? No. The 357th and 358th Infantry units led by Captains Adams and McLean and Lt Col Bealke forced multiple German counterattacks. Private Lambright aided his unit by braving enemy fire to seize aid and grenades.
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Edward D. Ball
Dillingen
Germany
U. S. 90Th
U. S. Third Army
van Fleet
Texas-Oklahoma
Siegfried Line
Maj
William Dupuy
Sioux Falls
357Th Infantry
Saar River
Dupuy
Corp
Stanley Shedlock
Northampton
Mass
Reckeweg
Lambright
Jacob Bealke, Jr
358Th Infantry
James Spivey
Lufkin
Texas
Spivey
LSU Student Leaves After Sex Leaflet Sparks Threatened Strike
Gloria Jeanne Heller, an 18 year old Louisiana State University co ed, wrote and distributed a leaflet on sex and campus kissing. President Hatcher demanded her resignation or expulsion, prompting a student council threat of a general strike unless she is reinstated. The council says the action violates student code and Miss Heller calls it over sensitive to campus romance.
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Louisiana State University
Tel
W. B. Hatcher
Miss Heller
Hatcher
Lloyd Wheat
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Fueher
John Colquitt
Dalhart
Western Front
Allied Headquarters
Europe
Paris
Courtney H. Hodges
Supreme Headquarters
U. S
Third Army
Aachen
Neunkirchen
Saarbrucken
Alsace
Colmar
Selestat
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russell Stationery Co
John Mayna&l Lbr. Co
U. S. Weather Bureau
W. J. Morris
Insurance
Dial
Freeman Motor Co
War Department
Washington
India
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Ormoc
77Th Infantry
Palencia
Suzuki
James A
B. F. Adams
Little Rock
Ark
John M. McLean
Los Angeles
Port Arms
Albert Lambright
William Reckeweg
Texans
Baton Rouge, la
Gloria Jeanne Heller
Havana
Cuba
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