Allied bomber raids hit airfields near Rome
Allied medium bombers attacked airfields around Rome including Ciampino and Centocello as German reports claimed damage to outskirts of the capital. Allied HQ said raids targeted hangars and dispersal areas with no losses on the Allied side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Rome
Algiers
Paris
Garbatella
Vatican City
Ciampino
Centocello
England
Germany
France
Amarillo Gunner Recounts Daring China Air Mission
Sergeant Walton, tail gunner on Liberator The Pelican, recalls ferrying supplies from India into China with the 14th Air Force. He describes near misses with mountain passes and anti aircraft fire, praising pilot Captain A B Danial and noting 25 combat missions, monsoon hardships, and his homesickness for Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
14Th Air Forces
Chennault
14Th
Ton
Walton
Himalaya
A. B. Danial
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Amarillo
Pelican
Florida
Haifeng
Canton
Burma
Mayor Praises Amarillo Bus Operators at City Hall
In a wartime year end address Mayor Joe Jenkins commended Amarillo Traction Company and Amarillo Bus Company for five cent fares and exemplary service. He praised drivers and staff for safety few accidents and polite conduct while wishing a better 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Jenkins
Amerillo
Amarillo
Amarillo Traction Company
Amarillo Bus Company
Australians Break Through in New Guinea and Solomons
Australian forces advance along a narrow ridge in the Ramu Valley below Madang with heavy bombardment from 25 pounders and American air support. They seize the crest, drive the enemy back, and capture Ago and Walingai near Finschhafen. In the Northern Solomons American bombers destroy harbor buildings at Kieta in a 56 ton air strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Huon Peninsula
Ago
Walingai
Finschhafen
Solomons
Kieta
Pea Luck Sparks Story From Amarillo to World
The Amarillo pea shortage draws global orders for peas and seed. In Centerville Texas a festival grows around black eyed peas and hound dogs. Olen Clements an AP reporter earns a big promotion after a Trinity River bottoms pea eating story. Grocers report dried peas. sheriff warns soybeans not proven luck bringers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Centerville
Texas
Navasot
Associated Press
Olen Clements
Southwest Pacific Fleet
Trinity River
Infant Son of C. W. Smiths Dies in Local Hospital
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith died in a local hospital. Funeral services are at 5 PM at Llano Cemetery with Rev. E. B. Fincher officiating. Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include two sisters Mary Louise Borden and Helen Lear Borden and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hensley of Amarillo. Returns Home Miss Mary Childs returns from Phoenix after Christmas. employed by Santa Fe Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Smith
Llano Cemetery
E. B. Fincher
Ellwood Park Presbyterian Church
Blackburn- Shaw Funeral Home
Mary Louise Borden
Helen Lear Borden
W. A. Marshall
J. M. Hensley
Amarillo
Miss Mary Childs
West
Thirteenth Avenue
Phoenix
Miss Childs
Santa Fe Company
Connally predicts end of war by 1945 both theaters
Senate Foreign Relations chair Tom Connally said he expected victory in Europe this year and Japan within a year. He noted Allied leaders Eisenhower and Hull had anticipated Germany’s defeat in 1944 and said evidence was mounting that Japan would share a similar fate.
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Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cordell Hull
Germany
Japan
Markets, Livestock Prices Across Midwest Reports
Markets report shows Dow Jones level and Merrill Lynch data with sector moves. Chicago and Kansas City livestock markets list hogs cattle calves and sheep with varied prices and weights across regional bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
Thawing Weather Forecast Today Signals Rising Temps
The bureau predicts gradual warming with fresh dry-region winds and a softer night. Last night dropped to 11 while yesterday peaked at 27. another hard freeze expected tonight. Highways are open with most snow and ice cleared except in shaded areas. drivers urged to be cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Highway Patrol
Whitaker Sees January Wheat Planting Possibility
Whitaker, a seasoned farmer, says wheat can be planted in January and yield well with adequate spring moisture. He also forecasts heavy barley and oats sowing and notes recent bad weather has hindered past planting efforts.
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Whitaker
Less Whitaker
Frank Morgan Missing, Amarillo Sailor Reported MIA
Frank Morgan of Amarillo a navy radioman and petty officer is missing in action. His parents Mr and Mrs J N Morgan of 520 North East Third Avenue learned of the loss this morning. He is 26, a Amarillo High School graduate who married Geneva Smith last June. His wife is in Bristow Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morgan
Amarillo
J. N. Morgan
North East Third Avenue
Morgan
Navy
Japan
Pacific Fleet
Geneva Smith
Mussolini Reported Dead in German Clinic
A Madrid dispatch cites a non Spanish diplomatic source claiming Benito Mussolini died in a German clinic about ten days earlier from old stomach ulcers and mental derangement. The report notes Mussolini had been deposed and imprisoned, later rescued by the Germans and led a Nazi sponsored regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Benito Mussolini
Germany
London
Mussolini
Marshall Pietro Badogno
Italy
Sergeant Jerome Schneider Killed in Action in Italy
Mrs. R. L. Townes of 106 Florida Street learned that her brother, Sgt. Jerome Schneider, was killed in action in Italy on December 5. He was 22 and had lived in Indiana. an older brother, Sgt. Clarence Schneider, was killed in World War I. The Townsend Club plans its new year at a 2 PM Sunday meeting in the county courthouse with important business and an entertainment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Townes
Florida Street
Jerome Schneider
Italy
Sergeant Schneider
Indiana
Clarence Schneider
Townsend Club
W. Wyatt
War effort gains from Southwest industries list
The chamber of commerce names local plants aiding the war, including Star Machine & Foundry, Superior Manufacturing, Plains Welding, Amarillo Iron Works, and more. Economists say these peace-time operations will stress industrial importance of the Southwest and bolster wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Chamber of Commerce
Star Machine & Foundry
Willborn Brothers
Superior Manufacturing
Plains Welding & Machine Works
Jeoffrey Manufacing Company
Amarillo Tent & Awning
March Electric
Nunn Electric
Finklea Electric
Plains Sheet Metal Roofing
W. P. Reed
Lydick Roofing
R. F. George Machinery Company
Amarillo Welding & Machine Shops
H. D. Allison Welding Shop
Amarillo Iron Works
Amarillo Foundry
United Electric
Broome Electric
Southwesternse Fixtures
Globe-News Want
British Raids on Sark Fail Twice in Three Days
British forces conducted two unsuccessful commando raids on Sark in the Channel Islands over three days, according to German reports relayed by DNB. The notes place Sark about 15 miles off Cherbourg and 100 miles southeast of England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sark
Channel Islands
Cherbourg
DNB
New England
Planes Grounded Across Regions Amid Weather Delays
Most airliners remain grounded since Sunday at Amarillo English Field due to adverse weather between Amarillo and California and between Amarillo and Kansas City. Local conditions are clear but crews say the weather elsewhere causes delays and stranded passengers vent. The piece notes the potato originated in Peru.
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English Field
Amarill
California
Amarillo
Kansas City
New Mexico
Kansas
Penetro Soothe Cold Aches By Warming Suet Remedy
A vintage ad promotes Penetro as a home remedy evolved from old mutton suet practices. The base uses mutton suet and claims double action to relieve nasal congestion and provide warming relief where rubbed. Two sizes priced 26c and 35c respectively.
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L. A. Howard
Cleveland Street
J. C. Penney Company
Welton
Ramu
Madang
Bogadjim
C. W. Smiths
Washington
U.P
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Searce
Stoc
Menanges Ks
Financial Industrial Fund
Ee Globe-News
NEW York Stock Exchange
Telan
Armour and Co
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomot
Bendix Aviation
Rene Steel Oe Steeres
Consol
Motors
Curtis Wright
Deere & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Int
Harvester
Kennecott Coper
Long Bell
Glen Gulf Olis
North Amer
Ohio Itees
Packard Ei Eeaees
Pan. Amer
Airways
Paramount
St. Joseph Lead
Shell Union Ol
Socony Vacuum
Standard Bran
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil Calif
Standard Oil New Ss
Stand Oil NJ Seme Bens Tae
Studebaker Teeta Wee
Swift and. Co
Etee
Texas Co
Tex
Ralph Seewee
Union
United Aircraft
Usubber
US Steel
Wilson & Tee
White Motors
Thee
Warner Bros. Wee l
Western Unit
Woolworth Grain
Jly Lot
Gene Mullican
Gene
East Sixth Avenue
American Restaurant Magazine
Mullican
Texas State Restaurant Association
Potter County
Ass — Ves
Stockholm
Social-Demokraten
Bern
Herbert Backe
Oriental Cleaners
Sgt
Abbott
Lilly
Squibb
Carol
Bush
Taylor
C. R. J. and
P. Railway
Liberal
Dalhart
Pratt
Railroad Retirement Board
Wichita
Dallas
War Man Power Commission
C, Cunningham
Fifth Avenue Shop
Sark Fair
Peru
Ano
Mountain Grown
Folger’s Coffee
Felger
Grayce Haigler
Missouri
Felger’s
Folger’s
Maree Shaw
Illinois
Esther Norman
Moline
Inois
Minnesota
Folger
Mrranr
Roumem
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