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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1943
Page
7
White House transcript reports that the grand jet engineer ordered engineers to stay on the job and cancel the planned strike due next Thursday morning. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen grievance chairman had not received official instructions yet.
London dispatch reports Nazis repurposed hundreds of barges as fog pots to obscure targets from Allied air strikes. Portable smudge pots and decoy sites mislead bombers, with lake drains and fake airports built to divert attacks but the real targets still suffer damage.
RAF and American heavy bombers struck Bangkok with fires visible 100 miles away. The railway station yard and arsenal area were hit in the fifth Bangkok raid. Japanese planes raided Chittagong, losing five aircraft. American forces pressed the Burma front with three days of bombing in the Kukwang Valley from Dec 22 to Dec 25.
London reports that wartime censorship will grow stricter as American and British troops build up for Eisenhower led invasion. Capt. Eugene F. Nute takes over as press censor and expands the European theater staff, nearly doubling it to thirty and expected to rise further.
Yugoslav Patriots penetrated the Zagreb area and destroyed Velika Goritza air base less than 10 miles southeast of Tito’s headquarters. A second Yugoslav force foiled a German attempt to occupy an unnamed island off the Croat coast. Garibaldi Division units aiding the Yugoslavs reported a conspicuous success in Montenegro with a radio station and large war materiel captured.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said the war in Europe could end in 1944 if all United Nations double their efforts and unite behind the war. He echoed General Eisenhower's forecast while warning against undue optimism.
Market desks show the Dow Jones industrials at 131.21, down 0.03. Grain prices in Chicago for wheat oats rye near steady with slight shifts. Kansas City and Chicago livestock markets report active hogs and steadier cattle, with varied prices across weights and grades.
Reuters report from Stockholm quotes the Danish Press Service stating the British High Command is believed to have obtained detailed German fortification plans for the Jutland area.
Allied headquarters report that Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz may be named commander of all American strategic bombing of Germany. He advocates concentrating large air power on single objectives and could coordinate over 1,000 western planes with 500 plus in the south to hit Nazi Europe in one day.
Chinese forces pushed from recaptured Kunkan to the Huto River where it joins Lake Tungting and the Yangtze. Mopping up operations against Japanese remnants continued, with attacks on the east bank beginning yesterday. Chiang Kai-shek's central China forces have regained over four fifths of the area lost in the November advance.
Mrs Henry Ford on Bonita Avenue Pleasant Valley toppled from a box while renaming woodwork Christmas enamel splattered on her. She suffered only a sprained ankle as friends noted the accident and cautioned her to be careful.
Premier General Hideki Tojo told the 84th session of the Japanese diet that there have been minor changes in certain sectors but the army and navy are maintaining and consolidating strategic positions. He said Japanese troops are delivering crushing blows to Allied forces in every encounter as they fight toward the war’s successful consummation.
Indications holdover around 6 000. Cattle 14 000 calves 800 wealers steady at 15.00 down fat steers 13.75 16.50 top 7.00 for strictly choice 1030 lb long yearlings next highest 16.90 choice steers 16.25 746.65 stock cattle fully steady 10.50 12.00 best fed heifers 15.75. Sheep 9 000 asking higher of 15.00 or slightly above good to choice few wooled westerns around steady good to choice yearling wethers 13.10 year ling ewes 12.25 two year old ewes 7.50 medium to good western fed ewes 6.50.
An old fashioned remedy with mutton suet is promoted for coughs nasal congestion and muscle aches. The ad claims modern mothers can follow grandma's example for cold relief using Penetro salve with contemporary medication. Price 25 cents single and 35 cents double supply. Demand Penetro.
Mrs Ruth Marie Bell 51 wife of R C Bell of Nara Visa died at 9 30 this morning in an Amarillo hospital She was brought here Sunday in critical condition Survived by husband and her mother Mrs Ella Wilson of Nara Visa The body will be sent tonight to Tucumcari Services arranged by Dunn Funeral Home Tucumcari
Wives of two First National bank officials are patients at Northwest Texas hospital. Mrs. Clifford Patterson, wife of the president, spent Christmas there with flu which developed into pneumonia but recently showed improvement. Mrs. Dale Smiley, wife of the cashier, and their daughter Sue also hospital patients with flu. Captain Charles R. Woodburn and wife return home for Christmas holidays. he serves in the Field Artillery stationed at Camp Livingston Louisiana.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones will discuss the food and feed situation on Lone Star Radio Network from 9:15 to 9:30 tonight. The program originates in KGNC studies and references a harsh winter storm impacting cattlemen due to feed shortages and severe losses expected in today's blizzard.
After heavy fighting on Guadalcanal, a Naval Construction Battalion held a brief gathering to present a campaign record. A school teacher in the unit earned attention for describing a phase: The Marines were shooting Japs, The Army boys were shooting.
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