Dive Bombers Lash At All Highways City Under Strain
Allied communiques describe heavy losses inflicted on Japanese forces as dive bombers and armor push along Luzon highways toward Manila. Manila clings to defences with combat feared to intensify as Pacific battle widens and Japanese advances press coastal Malay fronts.
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War Department
Manila
Berlin
Vichy
Philippines
Luzon
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Daring British Raiders Almost Catch Rommel
British Commandos nearly killed or captured Gen Erwin Rommel in a Libyan raid synchronized with the November offensive. Col Geoffrey Keyes led the mission and was killed. Rommel avoided capture by attending a birthday party. the raiders hid for days and endured hunger before reaching Cire ne after 41 days.
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Cairo
UPI
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Geoffrey Keyes
Roger Keyes
Zeebrugge
Col Keyes
Rommel
Sidi Rafa
Hitler In Full Retreat Boasts of Victory in '42
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler in a New Year broadcast urged troops that 1942 would break Soviet power, while the Russians counterattacked across the Caucasus and Crimea. Axis retreats were noted along Moscow, Leningrad, and Sevastopol fronts as Zhukov’s forces retook Kinets and other positions.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
London
Adolffler
Germany
Auibyshev
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Crimea
Caucasus
Strait of Kerch
Mussolini
Rome
Il Tevere
Napoleon
Waterloo
Air Archibald Montgomery-Massinger
Imperial General Staff
Kerch
Feodosiya
Vastopol
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Crimean
Sei Vastopol
Rel
Tula
Gregory Zhukov
Hkozelsk
America Welcomes 42 With Whoopee Parties
New Year celebrations mix joy with war warning as air raid wardens join crowds in Times Square and West Coast cities urge indoors events. California and Seattle limit outdoor gatherings while Philadelphia and others ban sirens to avoid alarm confusion. New York clubs offer novelty services and incentives as 1942 begins amid wartime sobriety.
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United Press
America
New York
Times Square
West Coast
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Fresno
San Diego
California
Seattle
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Pea for Victory Day Set in Amarillo
Sheriff Bill Adams promotes a New Year pea feast in Potter County with black-eyed peas served in homes cafes and at the Northwest Texas Hospital ward and jails. Salvation Army aid will include pea dishes and requests to have peas as a main dish. The event marks Amarillo's fourth annual Pea for Victory day amid a V for Victory push.
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Amarillo
Bill Adams
Potter County
Adjutant Johnson
Salvation Army
Army
Northwest Texas Hospital
Sheriff Adams
Night trash collection begins in Amarillo district
Amarillo begins night trash collection Saturday with trucks operating from eight o clock after 6 pm disposal guidance to merchants. City manager A P Hancock cites cleaner streets and reduced scattering. department plans steel covered trucks with tarpaulin tops and improved containment to be implemented as finances allow.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Mr. Hancock
Dallas
Lufkin
Texas
E. H. Shaufler Retires After 58 Years in Railroads
E. H. Shaufler, assistant to the general manager of the Western Lines of the Santa Fe Railway, retires after a career that began in 1883 as a messenger boy. He held roles from motorman to general manager, helped build the Duquesne Line, led freight operations in several systems, and worked with Arthur E. Stilwell on plans reaching toward the Pacific coast.
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E. H. Shaufler
Western Lines
Santa Fe Railway
Shaufler
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Duquesne
Pittsburg
Alleghany
Union Traction Company
Philadelphia
Europe
Virgin Wilds
Mexico
Kansas City, Mexico
Orient Line
Shauffer
Wichita
Santa Fe
Lee Shaufler
Weather Outlook Across Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast shows cloudy skies with occasional freezing drizzle or snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures range from a high near 29 to a low around 22, with colder conditions in the Panhandle and South Plains. A 24 hour temperature span recorded a minimum 22 and maximum 60, with noon reading 27 and trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Sange de Cristo Mountains
Central Mountain Ranges
Churchill predicts Singapore will hold under Japanese attack
Ottawa report says Prime Minister Winston Churchill predicted Singapore would surely hold against Japanese assaults and hoped the Japanese would confront worse than they bargained for at Manila. He spoke for 45 minutes at Rideau Hall, praising the mixed Canadian-British-Indian garrison at Hong Kong and the Canadians who defended the Far Eastern outpost.
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Ottawa
U.P
Winston Churchill
Singapore
Manila
Churchill
Rideau Hall
Earl of Athlon
Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Hong Kong
Far Eastern
Firemen's Schedules Rearranged Here
Schedules are being rearranged so no Amarillo fire department member will work more than six days a week except in an emergency. City Manager A P Hancock announced the change. The firemen's back pay claim, based on a Galveston decision, was denied by the city commission on corporation counsel's recommendation. Firemen issued a statement saying they had nothing further to say.
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Amarillo
Park Meters Arrive Here on Polk and Taylor Streets
The city will install parking meters late this week or early next on Polk and Taylor Streets and three or four cross streets. About 300 to 400 meters are on hand with 700 more due soon, delayed by defense activity. City manager A. P. Hancock says personnel for the meter department is already employed and maintenance will be performed by police.
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Polk and
Taylor
A. P. Hancock
Boy Gives $23 Savings for Defense Bond
Nine year old Freddie Strohm Jr turned over the $23 he saved for a bicycle to Uncle Sam to buy a defense bond. The gesture was reported from Kansas City Missouri where the story noted the patriotic sacrifice during the defense drive.
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Kansas City
U.P
Freddie Strohm, Jr
Uncle Sam
Indians Turn Against Axis As Native Americans Aid War Effort
D. McNickle reports at a science association meeting that Axis propaganda lured Latin American Indians toward Nazism, while about 360000 U.S. Indians back anti Axis powers. Creek Tribe offers 400000 for defense bonds though illiteracy hampers enlistment. many Indians join the army's signal corps, aiding radio communications with diverse languages to foil enemy codes.
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Rad L. Hampton Dall
U.P
Sie Oksda
D. McNickle
Government Indian Bureau
American Association For the Advancement.of Science
Hitler
Central
Indian Service
Army
Signal Corps
McNickle
Europe
Amarillo War Relief Drive Seeks Urgent Red Cross Funds
Amarillo faces a tight deadline to raise 889.58 for its Red Cross quota. Drive director Ross Rogers urged local residents to donate by six tonight or call 2 6571 to confirm mailing their checks, noting Port Arthur and Lubbock exceeded their targets while Amarillo trails.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Port Arthur
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Texas
Polk Street
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Cardinal Dougherty
Emilio Aguinaldo
Pampanga
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Tayabas
Batangas
Tokyo
Corregidor Fortress
Malaya
Ipohtin
Trengganu
Batavia
Menado
Celebes Island
Jebel Akhbar
Cirene
Central Park
Russell Stationery Company
Boy
U. S
Prest
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Oklahoma
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