Patton Dies in Heidelberg After Car Crash
Gen George S Patton Jr longtime Allied war leader and Third Army commander died in Heidelberg Germany after a Dec 9 crash that fractured his neck earlier. Pulmonary complications and spinal injury worsened his condition with Mrs Patton at his side.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Third Army
Normandy
Czechoslovakia
John M. Willen
Seventh Army
Africa
Sicily
France
Belgium
Austria
Patton
A. W. Kenner
Europe
Frankfurt
130Th Station
End of Tire Rationing Sets Stage for Surplus
Washington reports tire rationing ends January 1 but supply remains tight. OPA and CPA project 66 million passenger car tires produced next year, 13 million more than any previous year. Spares on new cars, white sidewall tire production, and tire exports will stay banned.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Pearl Harbor
Admiral Turner cites Kimmel failure to follow clear orders
Admiral Turner testified before a Senate House committee that Admiral Kimmel did not comply with clearly issued orders seen as capable of preventing Pearl Harbor losses. Turner stated the Pacific Fleet was prepared for attack and could have reduced disaster had Kimmel acted on the war warning he helped draft.
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Washington
R. K. Turner
E. Kimmel
Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Turner
Senate
House Committee
Pacific
Navy Department
Cooper
Tennessee
Navy War Plans Division
Harold R Stark
Naval Operations
Royal Ingersoll
Japan
Theodore
Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
United States
Roosevelt
Amarillo Weather and War Testimony Report
Amarillo drivers face a sharp cool front with lows near zero to 10 degrees and little wind. A separate news item cites Turner describing WWII carrier attack risks, with 185 US fighters and 112 Japanese planes discussed, amid broader note of no White Christmas hopes for the Panhandle.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Panhandle
Watermelon payment approved for farmer Rastus Nicks
Washington reports the Senate approved paying Rastus Davis $100 for 300 melons seized from his patch near Winona Texas. The board found soldiers accidentally took melons while moving between Camp Fannin and the patch, but the Army bore no liability. President Truman was expected to sign the bill.
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Washington
Rastus Davis
Senate
Rastus
Winona
Tex
House
Henry L. Stimson
Camp Fannin
Senate Claims Committee
Stimson
Congress
Truman
Veterans favored in new home priority program
The CPA announced a Jan 15 start for a housing plan prioritizing dwellings under 10000 dollars for veterans with top rent at 80 dollars monthly. The program covers 10 scarce materials, FHA will process applications, and builders must offer homes to veterans during construction and 30 days after.
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Washington
John D. Small
Civilian Production Administration
Small
CPA
Traffic court fines listed for Amarillo moving violations
Yesterday in Amarillo several drivers were fined for moving traffic violations. Names include Mrs G B Duncan of Pantex Village $3 for running a red light and R L Yokum of Williams $3 for running a red light. Other violators include O W Roth $6, Alan Coming $3, Amos We $3, Lewis E Williams $3, R R Douthie $13, S P Phipps $3 and a taxicab driver for red light. Four additional cases bring total fines to be determined.
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Amarillo
R. R. Douthie
Williams
S. P. Phipps
Window Shopping Causes Downtown Amarillo Accidents
A traffic officer warns that motorists window shopping in downtown Amarillo leads to more crashes. He urges shoppers to view displays from the sidewalk rather than from moving vehicles to reduce danger.
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Amarillo
Guards Put On Scottish Whisky Trucks To London
In London on December 21 authorities assign armed guards to Scottish whisky wagons heading to the capital. Whisky now fetches 15 to 21 dollars per quart in the city amid anti hijacking efforts, with insurers Neely Greenhill Lowndes and E A Regal Co. Real estate and loans listed.
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London
Amarillo Area Weather Summary
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change. Saturday from Amarillo to vicinity will be mostly cloudy and colder. West Texas will be fair this afternoon and tonight with colder conditions in the Panhandle and South Plains. Overnight lows 18 to 23 degrees, higher plains colder Saturday. Highs around 59, low 20, noon 55.
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South Texas
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Houston
Beaumont
Wink
Pampa
Texarkana
Lubbock
Big Spring
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Lufkin
Sulphur Springs
Gainesville
Pyote
Dallas
Fort Worth
Guadalupe Pass
Waco
Brownsville
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Forrestal to stay on to oppose military unification plan
Secretary James Forrestal will delay his resignation to fight the administration plan to merge the armed forces. He intended to leave around January 1 to return to private business in New York but now plans to stay “a couple of months.” He will speak as a private individual on the merger issue, not as an official. President Truman acknowledged opposition but urged clear separation of personal views from government stance.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
New York
Navy
Congress
Forrestal
Truman
Army
Tulsa Youth Critically Injured in Highway Crash
In Clinton Oklahoma a car overturned on a highway 14 miles west of Clinton injuring three riders. Harold Lloyd Pitts 20 of Tulia Texas was in critical condition with skull and arm fractures and internal injuries. He was hitchhiking to Bristol Indiana to spend Christmas with his mother Mrs Winifred Angelo Myer.
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Clinton
Okla
Harold Lloyd Pitts
Tulia
Bristol
Ind
Winifred Angelo Myer
Allied Council seeks return of German agents worldwide
The Allied Control Council through its political directorate asked all United Nations members to help repatriate German agents and other undesirable Germans from their countries. The notice ends with ads for kitchen cabinets, paints, and record forms from local suppliers.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
United Nations
Germany
Set Date for Hearing On Palestine Question
The British American committee of inquiry on Palestine will open its hearings in Washington on January 7, Judge William Hutcheson of Houston, U. S. chairman, announced today. Arrangements for the hearings were completed yesterday in a transatlantic telephone conversation with Sir John Singleton, the British chairman.
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Washington
Committee of Inquiry On
Palestine
William Hutcheson
Houston
U. S
Hutcheson
John Singleton
It's Personal With These GIs In China
American troops in China face extended stay due to new policy. Lt Gen Wedemeyer announces the plan to maintain peace in the Pacific means most troops stay longer than Jan 1. He notes two repatriation ships, the Marine Devil and the Marine Angel, have had sailings canceled.
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Shanghai
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Truman
Pacific
United States
MacArthur Denies Threat to Quit Amid Tokyo Radio Controversy
Gen Douglas MacArthur denied a Tokyo radio report that he threatened to resign if not left alone and if Russians were allowed greater occupation role. He labeled the broadcast untrue while a radio commentator insisted the source was reliable, noting the ongoing dispute over Russian participation and Hokkaido occupancy.
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Tokyo
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
American Broadcasting Company
MacArthur
State Department
Tighe
Larry Tighe
American’ Broadcasting Company Corporation
Hokkaido
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George Smith Patton, Jr
Tunisia
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Loire
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Saar
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Danube
Siegfried Line
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Metz
Coblenz
Trier
Luxembourg
Petton
Green Hornet
George
Georgie
MISS
Amarillo College
Edwards
Louise Walker
Fred Walker
Jackson
Mercury
Downfall
Oklahoma
Jack SoRelle
Fillmore
Britain
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Insurance
E. A. Regal Co., Real Estate and Loans
Weather Bureau
Tulsa
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Russell Stationery Company
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