Not Eager for Peace at Any Price Pulse Feeler
J Jack Rogers asks what readers think of the Peace at any Price group in the East. Local reactions range from stinging to pro war stances with several residents condemning the effort and supporting forceful action. Pulse Feeler offers $1 for opinions on peace advocates.
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Pulse Feeler
J. Jack Rogers
West 15Th Avenue
East
M. C. Destry
Germany
Italy
Kate Bates
Japan
Carl Seidman
Texas
RAF Pounds Berlin and Ruhr in Massive Final Day Bombing
Allied forces mount a dual strike as RAF heavy bombers hit Berlin with 2,400 tons of high explosives and incendiaries while U S Eighth Air Force targets southwest Germany in daylight raids. The Berlin attack, eighth in 42 days, devastates large parts of the city and signals a collapse of the capital's nerve center status.
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London
U. S
Rene
Ger
RAF
Aimee
France
Berlin
Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Ministry
Germany
Reich
Lugwigshafen
U.P
Royal Air Force
United States Eighth Air Force
Bricker to Visit Texas in January, Exum Says
Hugh Exum of Amarillo, Republican chair, announced Gov. John Bricker of Ohio will visit Texas mid January. Bricker plans stops in Houston San Antonio Dallas and other places, but not Amarillo. Exum will travel south to confer with Bricker. Wendell Willkie was the last GOP candidate to visit Texas in late November.
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Hugh Exum
Amarillo
Republican Executive Committee
Texas
John Bricker
Ohio
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Exum
Bricker
Wendell Willkie
Texas Game Commission Plans Helicopter Patrols
Texas State Game Fish and Oyster Commission orders ten helicopters for patrols. Region No 5 Captain A E Hitzfelder, in charge of 23 counties from the Colorado River to the Rio Grande, says this marks the first use of aircraft to spot violators of state game laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Game Commission
San Antonio
Texas
Rio Grande
Weather Overview Amarillo to New Mexico and Texas Panhandle
The forecast notes partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow across Amarillo, West Texas, Del Rio and Eagle Pass areas with moderate winds. Panhandle lows 20 to 25, South Plains 28 to 32, New Mexico northern mountains brief snow flurries, otherwise fair through Friday. A sale at Hollywood Dress Shoppe offers coats suits and dresses at half price.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Russians Push Across Western Ukraine in Major Offense
Soviet forces under Gen. Vatutin surged into the outskirts of Zhitomir and swept toward Korosten, forging a widening front across 100 miles of Ukraine. Reports say German resistance weakened with rear-guard counterattacks dwindling as Soviet columns advanced within nine miles of Kabatin and five miles beyond Korosten. Concurrently the Third Ukrainian Army moved toward Dnieproges dam and Nikopol, while the First Baltic Army neared Vitebsk. in Italy, Canadian troops reached Ortona and American bombers hit Rimini and Ferrara as winter fighting continued.
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United Press
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Zhitomir
Old Poland
Balkans
Korosten
Vatutin
Korosten-Zhitomir
Zhitomir Junction
Kabatin
Dnieper
Korosen-Zhitstomir
Kiev
Zaporozhe
Dniep‘er
Dnieproges
Nikopol
Krivoli Rog
Leningrad-Odessa
Chernyakhov
Belopole
Kazatin
Berdichev
Romania
Leskov
Kaly
Adriatic
Ortona
Rimini
Ferrara
Italy
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Fescara
Trans-Peninsula
Rome
Two Amarillo Sons Fall in War Conflicts
In Amarillo, Mr and Mrs J N Morgan learned their son Frank Morgan a submarine petty officer was reported missing in action in the war telegram. Four hours later a second telegram confirmed Capt Carthel N Morgan was wounded in Italy. The Morgan family also includes Captain Morgan's wife and son Burk at 212 West Thirty Fifth Avenue.
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Amarillo
J. N. Morgan
North East Third Avenue
Carthel N. Morgan
Italy
Frank Morgan
War Department
Captain Morgan
Burk
West Thirty Fifth Avenue
Amarillo High School
Amarillo College
West Texas State College
Borden Company
FDR Seen As Certain Candidate For Fourth Term
Washington observers expect President Roosevelt to seek a fourth term on a wartime win the war platform. Republicans see a pledge to end isolation and outline postwar expansion in security, employment, recreation, education, health and housing. Some Democrats privately back the renomination if the war continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Hatch
New Mexico
Weather Outlook Warmer Thawing and Windy
The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather slightly warmer with light winds. Yesterday’s high was 37 and the morning low 21. A brief Tokyo dispatch says JAP REcalLED but no deterioration in Soviet Japan relations is noted. Admiral King expects Germany to be defeated in 1944.
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Bureau
Associated Press
Fpunao Miyakawa
Russia
Berlin
Tokyo
Washington
Ernest J. King
U.S
Allied High Command
Germany
Frozen Chicks Requisitioned For Soldiers
Government order takes all frozen chickens in storage as of 12 01 AM for six months to supply soldiers. Owners must report stocks to army centers within ten days and cannot sell until 70 million pounds are procured. Army buyers sought more for two Sunday dinners monthly and convalescent hospital use. Fresh chicken remains available to civilians and prices are regulated by the Office of Price Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Army
War Shipping Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
New Year Day Peas and Roosevelt Update
Grocers report New Year Day jollity with black-eyed peas in short supply canned, plentiful dry stock. The old southern belief links peas with luck for the year. In Washington, President Roosevelt remains ill with a dead cold, no fever, doing some work while confined to quarters.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
White House
Biters of Lone Star Are Best
A military study of Army aviation cadets in San Antonio shows Texas and Oklahoma cadets have the lowest tooth decay with an average of nine defective teeth, followed by Arizona Montana and New Mexico at eleven. Washington cadets show the highest with twenty one defective teeth per cadet, with Vermont Massachusetts Maryland at twenty and Wisconsin Utah Oregon New York and Maine at nineteen.
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Frank E. Carey
Washington
Army Aviation
Union
San Antonio
William W Senn
Army Dental Corps
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Montana
New Mexico
Vermont
Massachusetts
Maryland
Wisconsin
Utah
Oregon
New York
Maine
Quezon Predicts Philippine Independence by 1946
New York December 29 Royal Arch Gunnison quoted Manuel Quezon president of the Philippines saying independence will be proclaimed not later than 1946. He also noted confidence among cabinet members may lead some to the Southwest Pacific with MacArthur as the war moves forward. The Pacific invasion would proceed alongside the European drive, rearward slightly.
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New York
Royal Arch Gunnison
Mutual Broadcasting System
Manuel Quezon
The
Philippines
Quezon
Philppine
Southwest Pacific
OPA Considers Used Car Ceiling Amid Rationing Talk
OPA indicated possible rationing and ceiling prices for used cars but Washington dispatches suggested no immediate decision. An official ruling would come with advance public notice, while local boards report no official action on such plans.
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OPA
Dispatches
Washington
Am Ada
Alanah
Viliciai
WML
Shington
Washington Dispatches
Jay Shipping Is Hit By American Bombers
Communiques from Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell report air raids on Japanese targets in French Indo China and Tungting Lake area. In a 36 plane raid on a forward base in China on Monday, American pilots destroyed four Zeros, probably five more, and damaged two others. One U S. plane was shot down with the pilot safe. Another aircraft was destroyed on the ground.
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Chungking
Indo-China
Tungting Lake
Central
China
Joseph Stilwell
U S
Amarillo Prepares for New Year Bells and Closures
Amarillo readies New Year celebrations with events as Khiva Temple holds its final ceremonial of the year drawing nobles from 40 counties. Banks and city county offices plan closures on New Year day while post office service continues.
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Amarillo
Ama‘rillo
Khiva
Donald Moore Bags Zeros Over Rabaul
Lt. Donald Moore of Amarillo shot down two Zeros during a sweep over New Britain after becoming separated from his formation. The 22 year old Marine Air Corps pilot forced landed on a partially completed Allied airstrip after diving into a flight of seven Zeros on December 17. He trained in the Royal Canadian Air Force at 19 before joining the U S Marines and earning his wings in Jacksonville Florida. He went overseas in May and is a graduate of Amarillo High School.
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Donald Moore
Amarillo
New Britain
Associated Press
Moore
Earl D. Moore
North Grant Street
Marine Air Corps
Rabaul
Royal Canadian Air Force
U.S. Marines
Jacksonville
Fla
Amarillo High School
Pope Declares Vatican Bombing Deliberate
Pope Pius XII stated the November 5 Vatican bombing was deliberate and cloaked in mystery to provoke outrage in the civilized world. He praised the pontifical state armed corps for rapid damage response while government monitors relay his remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fius XII
Vatican
Vatican Radio
U. S
Armed Corps
Pontifical State
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rome
Ballot Issue Faces Congress in Bid for 1944 Reforms
Washington reports that by December 30 1943 votes of service men and women in uniform sparked the first political debate of 1944. Representative Worley plans to reconvene the House elections committee January 1 to tackle federal versus state control of voting procedures for service members. Rep Ramspeck urges federal legislation arguing states cannot provide the necessary ballot machinery. Also notes the formation of the KABOOW Club led by Cari Wood to oppose bureaucratic influence postwar, and a rental services ad for hospital beds and wheelchairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Worley
House Elections Committee
Congress
Senate
Rep
Ramspeck
Georgia
House
Allied Forces Intensify Cape Gloucester Campaign in New Britain
Allied forces push coastal defenses at Cape Gloucester as U S Marines expand beachheads with artillery and air support. A flamethrower assault reaches near the enemy airbase with heavy Japanese casualties. Allied air and naval actions target Gasmata Cape Hoskins and Bougainville as Australians reach Blucher Point near Finschhafen.
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Associated Press
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Britain-New Guinea - Bougainville
Pacific
Bergen Bay
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
Blucher Point
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Alexishafen
U. S
Bougainville
Kieta
Solomons
Little Buka Island
Sadao Iguchi
Tokyo
Japan
Greater East Asia
Yugoslav Partisans strike into northern Italy reach Gorizia
Yugoslav Partisans launched a bold 25 mile advance into northern Italy destroying a German transport column near Gorizia on the railway to Trieste. Tito announced new Partisan victories in Croatia with Vanica and Kordun provinces swept of German invaders in a push that enlarges liberated Hinterland to about 41 000 square miles.
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London
Italy
Gorizia
Adriatic
Trieste
Josip Broz
Tite
Croatia
Vanica
Kordun
Yugoslavia
Tito
Spain denies Mussolini recognition by Franco government
German Berlin reports claim Spain recognized Benito Mussolini's new Italian regime but DRID reports authoritative sources deny any recognition. They state Generalissimo Francisco Franco's government has no intention of recognizing the puppet regime.
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Mussolini
Spain
DRID
Run
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Berlin
Francisco ‘Franco
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