Amarillo Marine Tells Of Solomons Fighting
Private Jack Sims of the Marines battled Japanese forces in the Solomons, surviving grenade and gunfire injuries while directing a machine gun. He returned home on leave, aims to rejoin for aviation, and remains determined to continue fighting despite new injuries and doubts about discharge.
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Jack Sims
Solomons
Marine Corps
Marine Sims
Jim de Forrest
Florida Island
Solomon Group
Sims
San Diego
Canadian Air Force
Marines
Axis ships sunk and damaged in Mediterranean routes
Allied air and sea operations damaged Axis shipping along Mediterranean supply lines to North Africa. British and American forces push toward Tunis and Bizerte while Rommel’s forces retreat. Malta resupply succeeds with one U boat sunk. U.S. fighters claim 96 Axis planes destroyed in six weeks, 24 ships sunk in the week to Dec 18.
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London
Mediterranean
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Walther Nehring
Tunisia
Tunisian
Kairouan
Pichon
Sousse
Medjez-El-Bab
Mateur
Tunis
Bizerte
U. S
U.S
Soviet Winter Offensive Push Reaches Ukraine Front
Soviet forces drive into the Ukraine breaking the Rostov Moscow line as the Red Army enlarges its gains in the Don region. Russian troops seize towns and prisoners while German withdrawals become increasingly disorganized amid frigid winter combat.
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M. S
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Rostov-Moscow
Middle
Don
Pravda
Middle Don
Rossosh
Minlleroyo
Rostov-on-Don
Caucasus
Stalingrad
City
Russia
Rostov-Voronezh-Moscow
Don River
Higgins to Build Cargo Airplanes for Army Contract
The War Department announced a contract with Andrew J. Higgins of New Orleans to build a large number of cargo carrying airplanes on a cost plus fixed fee basis, with total outlay estimated above 5 million dollars. Details on quantity, value, and performance were not disclosed and Higgins attorneys had previously hinted at 1200 planes, though not confirmed.
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Washington
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans
Army
War Department
Department
Higgins
Glider Graduates Told They Will Pilot Troop Carriers
Lieut. Col. Robert T. Crowder told a large graduating class at Dalhart Texas that the glider pilots will be pioneers in the field and that their exploits will be read about soon. Six former RCAF fliers were among the graduates who will pilot large troop carrying gliders.
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Army Air Forces Advanced
Dalhart
Tex
Panhandle
Axis
Robert T. Crowder
RCAF
Ration of Food Fats Oils and Butter Seen
Washington December 23 The Bureau of Agricultural Economics foresees civilian rationing of fats oils including butter margarine and shortening at 15 percent below demand due to greater military and lend lease needs. It estimates supply at 48 pounds per person next year versus 51 pounds average for 1940 42 and a projected demand of 57.1 pounds in 1943.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lend Lease
Bureau
British Planes Strike Sabang and Akyab Fronts in World War II
Reporting from London and Allied lines, British naval planes attacked Sabang at the north end of Sumatra on December 20, with explosions and fires observed. RAF and carrier aircraft backed by Allied air forces pressed the Japanese base at Akyab in Burma as MacArthur’s troops advance toward Buna. Flying Fortresses sank a camouflage ship off New Britain bound for New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Japan
South Sea
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Bay of Bengal
Sabang
Admiralty
London
Ceylon
Akyab
Burma
Sir Achibald P. Wavell
India
United Nations
Myittha
New Guinea
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
U-Boat Toll Declines as U.S. Shipyards Boost Merchant Fleet
New York report notes Axis submarines once menacing Atlantic supply routes now face tougher seas as U.S. yards churn out record merchant tonnage. From 111 sinkings in June the loss rate drops, with 19 cargo ships sunk in November totaling 566 since Pearl Harbor, while American builders reach 6,890,000 deadweight tons toward an 8,000,000 ton 1942 goal.
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New York
United Nations
Atlantic
United States
Pearl Harbor
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
British sabotage party wiped out at Bordeaux report
Berlin reports the German High Command says a British sabotage party was wiped out at Bordeaux on December 17 before carrying out its task. No corroborating British report. The item appears in German broadcasts and mentions an alleged commando operation near the Bordeaux submarine base.
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Berlin
Bordeaux
Fine Leather
Russell City
Ranch Loans
States
Stationery Company
Bombers Hit Railroads Across Continental Northwest Europe
British air strikes targeted railroads across Ghent to St Lo with heavy bombers and intruder patrols. Hurricanes Boston Whirlwind fighters supported night raids, following daylight sweeps over railways and barge routes in northwest Germany and the Low Countries.
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London
U.P
Thames Estuary
Royal Air Force
Ghent
Belgium
St. Lo
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Low Countries
Fort Worth Sheriff Seeks Woman Held in Amarillo Jail
Tarrant County sheriff plans to fetch an 18 year old blonde woman from Amarillo where she is jailed after she walked into police headquarters and asked to be locked up until her case in Fort Worth and Dallas is cleared. She admits passing several worthless checks in both cities with dates and amounts.
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Tarrant County
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
Six Weeks More of Mud in Tunisia
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports the mud hindering air and ground operations in Tunisia is expected to persist for about six more weeks. Officials describe slick soil complicating runways and slow movement of troops tanks and trucks on roads.
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Tunisia
Allied
North Afrika
Weather Summary For Amarillo And Nearby Areas
Mild this afternoon with little change tonight in West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures show slight rise this afternoon then colder tonight. 24 hour range ends with a maximum 51 and minimum 30. Noon reading 53. Neely-Gryeenhil-Lowndes Insurance.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
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