Feodosia Seaport Recaptured Under Stormy Night Assault
Russian Gen Mikhail Pervushin reported the Feodo sia seizure by landing troops under heavy weather. German forces offered resistance only after ships began landings, as Soviet troops pushed inland, fighting a seven hour battle with about 2000 Germans and forcing a retreat from Feodo sia by day’s end.
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Moscow
Mikhail Pervushin
Crimean
Feodosia
Feo- Gosia
Peirty
Feodoaia
Feeeioria
Morgenthau to Broadcast Sunday War Speech on Public Financing
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr will deliver a 15 minute nationwide radio address Sunday night titled The Job Ahead. He will discuss the public's role in financing the war effort. Ankara, capital of Turkey, has 155,544 population per the 1940 census.
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Morgenthau
Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Ankara
Turkey
Deaths Across Nations Mark Early New Year Losses
Obituaries report Dr. John G. Clinkscales aged 86 former mathematics professor at Watford College dies at home in Spartanburg. Other notices list injuries from traffic accidents in San Antonio and Newton Massachusetts, including Lt. James S. Rice and J. Weston Allen. Also noted are the deaths of tenor Charles Hackett and Bee Venom Therapy specialist Dr Bodog F. Beck. Met Museum plans an art curfew from 4 P.M. to April 1942 for safety.
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John G
Clinkscales
Spartanburg
San Antonio
James S. Rice
Brooks Field
Muther Strom
Jack Allen Hagens
Austin
J. Weston Allen
Newton
Mass
Massachusetts
Waverly
Charles Ponzi
Sacco
Vanzetti
Cummings
Washington
U. S
Department of Justice
The
Hague
Bodog F. Beck
New York
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
WPA sewing projects in Panhandle produce thousands of garments
Five Works Progress Administration sewing projects used about nine and a third miles of material to manufacture 8243 garments in the last fiscal month. The Potter County operation at 604 North Filmore Street leads production with 26 workers in Randall County, Swisher, Hutchinson and Gray. The program aids needy clients and supports local families with clothing and even small home purchases, while restricting new assignments to speed production due to winter needs.
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Works Project Administration
Irene H. Beck
Potter Hutchinson
Gray
Swisher
Randall Counties
Swisher County
Potter County
North Fillmore Street
Texas Defense Guards
Amarillo
Panhandle
Prinr
Ees
Agerwies
Wood wool substitutes gain foothold in Swiss economy
Artificial wool from wood is expanding in Switzerland as blockaded Europe substitutes wool and cotton. Switzerland now produces about 30 tons daily, still far from prewar 135 tons, but more plants are being built and industrialists expect the industry to persist after the war.
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Bern
Switzerland
Europe
Nazi Air Raid Splatters Fire On Southeast English Coast
Two German planes opened the new year with machine gun attacks along the southeast coast injuring a woman and a guard while a train and railway station were hit. RAF fighters pursued the raiders and the government said damage was slight. Also released figures show farm vehicles rising with 4,144,136 passenger cars and 1,047,084 motor trucks in use.
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New York
Brooklyn
Naval
Coast Guard
London
RAF
Home Security Ministry
The
Giobe-News Want Ads Set To Boost Regional Economy
The Giobe-News announces a strong year for want ads in Amarula and the High Plains. The service aims to connect those who have with those who want, especially for goods scarce due to the war effort.
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Amarula
High Plains
Giobe-News
British strike at Bardig Halfaya in Eastern Libya
British Eighth Army units attacked the Bardig Halfaya pocket in Eastern Libya with South African forces, taking several fortified positions and 600 prisoners. RAF raids targeted Axis units near Agedabia and on the Tripoli road as Rommel’s remnants lingered south of Agedabi.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tobruk
Bardig-Halfaya
Libya
Bardia
Agedabia
Bengasi
RAF
Tripoli
Trwin Rommel
Mistirata
Homs
Romel
Agedabi
Rommel
Collie Shepherd Aids Michigan Hatchery Operations
HONOR Mich Sandy a trained two year old German shepherd collie mix helps at a trout rearing pond east of town. caretaker Herman Galvin says Sandy can herd trout as easily as sheep and once killed 42 water snakes in one month. He also drives off gulls and guides fish into seined pockets.
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Honor
Mich
Sandy
Here
Herman Galvin
Galvin
Auto delivery ban announced in wartime order
Detroit reports government prohibits sale and delivery of new passenger cars and trucks as part of war effort. Industry leaders like Alvan McCauley and R. J. Thomas voice cooperation while noting early action may aid defense production and labor, with UAW CIO officials predicting the move.
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Detroit
Automobile Industry
Alvan McCauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Macauley
United Automobile Workers
CTO
Walter P. Reuther
Aw-Cio Defense Employment Division
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Pioneer Amarillo Woman Dead
Lena Flynn aged 68 wife of James P Flynn of 609 Louisiana Street died at 3 30 pm yesterday in a local hospital She had lived in Amarillo 22 years and belonged to Sacred Heart Catholic Church and its Altar Society Survivors include husband one sister Mrs William Rhyner Oshkosh Wis and five brothers George Andrew John Nicholas Pheil Oshkosh and Leo Pheil Fond du Lac Wis The body is at N S Griggs and Sons Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Lena Flynn
James P. Flynn
Louisiana Street
Japs Cruising Off South America
Buenos Aires reports that a Japanese submarine halted the steamship Copiapo off the west coast of South America. Lloyds lists the Copiapo as a 7,279 ton Chilean passenger and freight steamer registered in Valparaiso. The report is the first indication Japanese submarines may be operating along the South American coast.
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South America
Buenos Aires
UP Radio
Argentina
Copiapo
Lloyd's Register
Valparaiso
South American
U S Reserve Reappoints Jay Taylor
Washington January 1 Henry F Grady former assistant secretary of state named chairman and federal reserve agent of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Deputy chairmen of ten banks were reappointed with Jay Taylor of Amarillo Texas serving as deputy chairman for 1942. Branch directors appointed for three year terms include Neil R Johnson Norman Oklahoma at Oklahoma City Dallas El Paso F M Hayner Las Cruces New Mexico H Renfert Galveston and J M Odom Austin at the San Antonio branch.
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Washington
Henry F. Grady
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco
Dallas
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Neil R. Johnson
Norman
Okla
Paso
F. M. Hayner
Las Cruces
N. M. Houston
Speed Cops To Help In Saving of Tires
The Council of State Governments urged governors to cut highway speed limits to save tires and lives. Executive Director Frank Bane said slower driving would reduce tire wear and prevent rubber waste by motorists.
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Washington
Council of State Governments
Frank Bane
Axis loss tally tops 14000 planes in war to date
British official reports show Axis aircraft losses amounting to 8,935 in the Middle East and Western Europe and 3,961 elsewhere through 1941. Coupled with Russian claims of over 5,000 German planes destroyed in the East, Axis losses exceed 13,900 in action since the war began.
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London
Axis
Middle East
Europe
Friona Girl Hurt in Canyon Amarillo Crash
Miss LaNelle Brigance aged 17 of 13 miles northwest of Friona was seriously injured when her car rear ended a butane truck on the Canyon Amarillo highway. Passenger Neil Talkington 19 of Friona was slightly hurt. truck driver Pred Williams of Plainview reported the event occurred as the truck slowed for a preceding car. An ambulance was sent from Canyon with John Conway Jr of Floydada contributing to the response.
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Canyon-Amarillo
LaNelle Brigance
Friona
Miss Brigance
Canyon
Neil Talkington
Italians Pay Tribute To Luzon Defenders
Italian newspapers honor the American Philippine defense of Luzon. Corriere Della Sera lauds Filipino guerrilla warfare that delayed Manila’s occupation and notes Japan faces a long task to seize Cavite and the archipelago.
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Luzon
Bern
Switzerland
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Manila
Cavite
Central Baptist Church Holds Day of Prayer Services
Prayer services were held yesterday at 10 AM and 2 PM at Central Baptist Church in observance of President Roosevelt's proclamation designating January 1 as a day for peace prayers. A watch party and prayer service concluded shortly after midnight the night before.
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Central Baptist Church
Roosevelt
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