Russians Better Fighters Says Nazi Newspaper
Swiss papers quoted Lieut. Col. Soldan of Hitler’s Beobachter saying Russian soldiers equal or surpass German troops. He warned of hardships in the East, noted Soviet underestimation and rapid Russian industrial resilience during the Finnish winter context.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Soldan
Soviet Union
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
East
Red Army
Russia
Chiefs Camp founder Cheley dies. motto lives on
Chief Cheley founder of Cheley camps in Colorado died after a sudden heart attack. His motto life after us resonated with Amarillo families who sent children to camp. The community recalls his leadership, YMCA and Boy Scout work, and yearly Cheley candles and holly wreaths tied to Christmas memory.
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H. Cheley
Cheley Camps
Colorado
Cheley
H. E. Smith
Amarillo
Cheley Camp
A. N. Oivers
Ray Johnsons
A. L. Morgans
D.S. Kruser
Arthur Wares
W. S. Normans
Allen Earlys
G. G. Ordways
R. L. Saunders
James Bushs
E. A. Rowlevs
Jay Taylors
Jason Robbersons
Herbert Willborns
E. L. Roberts
M.T. Johnsons
Frank Storms
J. G Dickinsons
United States
Randall County Scout Council Holds Regular Meeting
The Randall County District of the Llano Estacado Council of Boy Scouts held a noon meeting in Canyon to discuss the emerging program and the annual district meeting. Hosea Foster serves as district chairman.
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Randall County Scout Council
Randall County
Llano Estacado
Bo Scouts
Canyon
Hosea Foster
Randal County
Texas Highway Patrol Expands Panhandle Substations
The Texas Highway Patrol opens new sub stations in Clarendon Hereford Borger and possibly Perryton in the Panhandle while existing posts at Childress Shamrock Pampa and Dalhart already operate. The expansion aims to place patrolmen across the region alongside 1940s rail operations noting 72 000 trucks.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Clarendon
Hereford Borger
Perryton
Childress
Shamrock
Pampa
Dalfart
Delicious Edible Gifts This Yuletide
Yuletide gift ideas from a corner grocery include currant and crabapple jellies and three styles of prepared steamed puddings fig date and plum. Mince meat products two pounds or one pound jars with recipes for Mince Meat Fruit Cake and Mince Meat Cinnamon Muffins.
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Carol Brueck
Hawaiian Married Folk Will Stay Married
NBC broadcast from Honolulu reports territorial courts in Hawaii have reconvened but will not hear divorce trials or any hearings requiring subpoenas for the duration of the war. Jury trials and related proceedings are also dispensed with, delaying marital dissolutions.
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Hollywood
Hawaii
Honolulu
NBC
War Not Due To Delay West Sixth Widening
County Commissioner John H Winters states the Sixth Avenue widening and Highway 66 improvement proceed as planned unless an emergency alters plans. He denies rumors that the widening program will be canceled, citing State Highway Engineer DeWitt Greer.
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West Sixth
John H Winters
Sixth Avenue
DeWitt Greer
Allies Pledge Continued Fighting On Island Front
Dispatches describe heavy fighting as Japanese forces push in a mountainous southern island sector. Hongkong rejects surrender, while London reports a sizable Japanese landing and a serious battle with a small British and Indian garrison defending the Crown colony.
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Tokyo
London
McKinley School Cub Pack Hosts Annual Yule Party
McKinley School Cub Pack No 24 sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association held its annual Christmas party and hamburger feed at the school last night.
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McKinley School
Parent-Teacher Association
San Jacinto PTA Party Postponed Until After Holidays
San Jacinto Parent-Teacher Association postpones Friday night entertainment after the holidays. President Mrs. C Morrison announces the change.
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San Jacinto Pta
San Jacinto
C. Morrison
Manila Under Siege Report From Pacific Front
Japanese forces attacked Luzon centers including Tarlac and Cavite as Manila faced raids and air alarms. Refugees flooded the capital while Filipino and U S forces resisted at invasion fronts. Gen Douglas MacArthur warned death penalty for looters in closed Japanese establishments.
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Tarlac
Manila
Cavite
United States
Philippines
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Axis Pressure Shifts as Portugal Awaits Britain Move
Dispatches report Berlin and Rome pushing propaganda to draw Portugal into the Axis as Britain allegedly pressed for Azores. In Russia, Red Army nears Ruza 50 miles west of Moscow with heavy strikes on German rear lines and multiple Allied reports of trucks, trains, and depots destroyed amid advances toward the capital.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Britain
Azores
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
South Pacific
Cape Verde Islands
Atlantic
Berlin
la Suisse
Timor
Ruza
Moscow
Hitler
Japanese Invasion Claims and Philippine Resistance Details
The report states seven Japanese transports took part in landing operations as Filipino soldiers, though outnumbered, attacked and escaped encirclement. It mentions a Japanese liaison officer Hara in Vigan and the rumor of a Formosan earthquake bombquake. No independent confirmation of major Japanese breakthroughs on Luzon is provided.
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Wness Ware
la Chica
Hara
Vigan
Disguse
Marela
Formosa
Philippine
U. S
Luzon Island
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