Chaplin Disabled by Injury During Paternity Trial
Charlie Chaplin, in Beverly Hills, injured his left ankle in a fall while trying to enter his home Saturday night. Dr N Edward Gourson performed surgery to repair torn muscle, leaving Chaplin confined to a wheelchair for at least two weeks as Joan Berry’s paternity suit heads into final arguments tomorrow in Los Angeles.
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Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
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N. Edward Gourson
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Bombing Preview For Japan In 1944 End-Year Actions
Allied forces report heavy air raids across Japan in late 1944 with 106,900 enemy planes and over 2,000 ships destroyed or damaged. Mindoro Leyte and Iwo Jima were targets as B-29s and Mitchell bombers struck Tokyo Nagoya Yokohama and other industrial centers. General MacArthur notes additional Nipponese raids on Mindoro while Allied infantry push toward Mandalay as British forces enter Rathedaung and advance toward Yeu.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Rathedaung
Akyab
Burma
Chindwin
Mandalay
Yeu
Two Italian POWs Escape From Hereford Camp
One escapee still at large after noon, while the other was captured seven miles west of Hereford. The FBI lists Cp Amato Lurcardi as at large, age 19, 5 feet 7 inches, 157 pounds, gray eyes, light complexion, black hair, wearing prisoner of war or khaki uniform. Three other escapees were captured near Carlsbad, New Mexico Friday afternoon. Also reported, typhus breaks out in Amsterdam per Voice of the Netherlands via London.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Amato Lurcardi
Carlsbad
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Weather wave warning and cold snap in Amarillo area
Weather Bureau forecast for Amarillo and vicinity warns of a cold wave with partly cloudy skies. Tonight will be much colder with a low around five degrees, Tuesday remains cold with partial cloud cover. Panhandle and South Plains see lower temperatures from sixteen to twenty with colder conditions east and warmer northeast on Tuesday. Local business notices include real estate loans and vehicle ads from Regal Co Real Estate Preeman Motor Co and Russell Stationery.
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Panhandle
New Mexico
Prisoners Massacred by German Tank Fire Near Malmedy
SHAEF reports approximately 115 captured American officers and soldiers were lined up and gunned by German tanks and guards on Dec 17 near Malmedy during the opening of the counterattack. The massacre followed the capture of a artillery battery and included mass fire from tanks and infantry as prisoners tried to flee.
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Waimes
Germans Press New Drive Near Bitche In Ardennes Front
Allied dispatches report German forces attacking along a 10 mile front around Bitche with five assaults, two in battalion strength, as Patton’s Third Army pursues gains northeast of Bastogne. Luftwaffe and Allied air battles surge with 53 German aircraft claimed destroyed.
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Diekirch
Third Army
Bastogne Secion
St. Hubert
Amarillo Placed in Group 2 While Borger Moves to Group 1
War Manpower Commission reclassifies Amarillo to Group 2 and Borger to Group 1 amid intensified munitions output. The change triggers mandatory employment ceilings and closer daily scrutiny of schedules, with a Thursday Manpower Priorities Committee meeting in Amarillo to review referrals and adjust priorities.
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Ira Tonkinson
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Lubbock
Office of Defense Transportation District
Fred Wells
al Spalding
Bombing Blitz Targets Rail Yards Across Europe
Night raids by American and British air forces hit northern Italian rail yards at Milan and Osterfeld in the Ruhr. Berlin and Oslo operations followed with Mosquitos raid on Gestapo HQ in Oslo and rail yard strikes near Vohwinkel. Several bombers reported missing from the day's operations.
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School Bell Rings Tomorrow for Amarillo Public Schools
Amarillo public school students return to classes tomorrow at the regular hour in the final stage of the first semester. Superintendent Dc M. Rogers announced two weeks of classwork remain before exams and the semester closes January 19.
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Amarillo
Dc. M. Rogers
Globe News Tip Contest Downsized Over Holidays
Despite Time Magazine praise the Globe News Tip Contest produced only six tips last week. Three prizes are still awarded with mailed dollar prizes to the remaining tipsters. Jewelen Arm wins five dollars for a fatal accident tip followed by Ruth E. Baker two other prizes and three one dollar recognitions to local readers.
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Globe News
Jewelene Arm
North West Sixth
Ruth E. Baker
Congress Hotel
Dorothy Hill
West Eighth
Ben Conger
Lincoln
J. C. Frazier
West Seventh
Geraldine Farrow
Madison
Happy New Year Dollar Davy Opens 1945 Bargain Blitz
Amarillo merchants prepare for a fresh year sale drive with top bargains announced for tomorrow's Dollar Davy event. Shoppers are urged to review today and Sunday's ads, then craft their lists as clerks stock new deals despite stores being closed on New Year.
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Amarillo
Red Army Slashes Budapest Battle as No Mercy Policy Grows
Soviet forces push through western Budapest streets seeking to wipe out the surrounded German Hungarian garrison in a no quarter campaign. More than 2,700 enemy troops killed in 24 hours as two thirds of Buda falls under control. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky armies advance, capturing towns in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
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Budapest
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Danube
Red Army
Poland
Germany
Nat Takes A Beating At The Nat New Year Riot
New Year's revelers at The Nat caused an estimated several hundred dollars in damage as doors windows and fixtures were smashed. Military police struggled to restore order among about a thousand attendees. Other city New Year activities included a break in at Superior Manufacturing and lively downtown crowds with Morse code signals from a locomotive whistle. No serious accidents. 17 people jailed.
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Maddox
Amarillo
Superior Manufacturing Company
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Santa Fe
Jeff
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