Move is Opposed By Jones
The White House directed Selective Service to draft farm workers aged 18 to 25, with Byrnes and Roosevelt authorizing tapping this group. The move faces opposition from War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, who argues agriculture can be sustained by older workers, while defense needs press for mobilization.
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Washington
Dane Sill
White House
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Bivrnes
Army
Navy
Byrnes
Hershey
Marvin Jones
Jones
Japanese Silk Industry Turning Out Warplanes
Propaganda dispatch notes silk reeling firms shifting to aircraft production. It claims workers aged 16 to 37 are toiling to build and rivet planes, enabling American stock and hosiery flaunted by society.
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Associated Press
Deniel News Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Worlk
FDR Nominates Gillette to War Surplus Board
President Roosevelt nominates Senator-elect from Iowa Pi Guy M. Gillette as the third member of the Surplus Property Board. Board colleagues Robert Hurley and Lt. Col. Edward Helier have already been confirmed.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Roosevelt
Surplus Property’ Board
Robert Hurley
Edward Helier
Senate
Bombs Dropped on Germany by U S Air Forces in 1944
Rome reports that American air forces including the 15th and 12th in Italy and the 8th in Britain dropped over 767000 tons of bombs on Germany and occupied countries during 1944. The year-end reviews were released today.
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Rome
U. S
Maly
Britain
Germany
Turks sever relations with Japan in unanimous vote
London dispatch reports the Turkish Grand National Assembly voted unanimously to break off diplomatic and economic ties with Japan, effective next Saturday, as announced by Ankara radio.
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London
Ankara
Turkish Grand National Assembly
Dapan
Artillery Fire Rakes Bastogne Area As Patton Advances
Allied forces under Patton pushed toward Bastogne driving German units from towns in the Bastogne sector. Third Army units seized Senechamps Mande Gerimon Bonnevue with heavy fighting near Tillet. Air reports note German convoys moving to flanks as Patton and Hodges mass for a broader strike.
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George S. Patton
Bastogne
Karl von Rundstedt
Belgium-Luxembourge
Supreme Headquarters
Rundstedt
Patton
Michamp
Bourey
Bois du Maister
Third Army
Senechamps
Mande
Gerimont
Bonnevue
St. Hubert
Tilett
Doughboys
Tillet
Harzy
U. S. Third Army
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Record Bombing Sweep Sets Winter Offensive Milestone
More than 1,700 American heavy bombers fighters from the Eighth Air Force hit rail and road centers across Germany for the 13th straight day. The raid involved 1,100 bombers and Liberators plus 600 escorts, with RAF planes adding a Berlin area strike last night.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Nurnberg
Ludwigshafen
Western Union Workers Vote on Unions
Western Union Telegraph Company workers will vote on Friday in a national ballot conducted by the National Labor Relations Board to determine whether the AFL or CIO will represent the 60,000 employees. Votes will be cast in Dallas Tulsa Houston San Antonio Fort Worth Oklahoma City Galveston El Paso Amarillo as part of a major union recognition fight.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
AFL
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
American Communications Association
NLRB
Washington
Dallas
Tulsa
Houston
San Antonio
Gulf Division
Western Union
Telegraph Workers Federal Labor Union
Commercal Telegraphers Union
Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Galveston
el Paso
Amarillo
Plastiras Forms New Greek All-Party Government
General Nicholas Plastiras agreed to form a new all party government in Athens aiming to end weeks of civil strife. He succeeds George Papandreou who resigned as British backed premier after efforts to restore harmony failed. British artillery fires on ELAS shells as Greece awaits a new leadership.
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Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
Plastiras
Demaskinos
George II
London
George Papandreou
ELAS
Papandreou
American B-29s Smash Japanese Industrial Cities in First Raid of Year
Waves of Liberators sweep Mindoro and Luzon as 29s strike Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu. Tokyo claims 17 bombers downed. MacArthur reports expansion to Formosa and forays near Luzon. Philippine-based Liberators hit Clark Field and Mindoro Sea convoy groups. Mindanao and Saipan air activity noted.
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Tokyo Radio
U. S
Luzon Island
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Japan
Tokyo Pregapanda
Mindoro Island
Luzon
Mindoro
Tokyo
Nagoya
Hamamatsu
Imperial Headquarters
MacArthur
Japanese Empire
Continent
Recording Experts Capture B 29 Engine Sound For Broadcast
The Associated Press Japanese Camel news agency reported that a group of recording experts successfully recorded B 29 engines. The sound will be broadcast within 24 hours to familiarize the public with the distinctive noise.
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Associated Press
Camel
Shortage of Gloves and Overalls Hinders Amarillo Bricklayers
In Amarillo a shortage of work gloves and overalls slows bricklayers on Pantex and nearby sites. Red Smith, president of the Amarillo Bricklayers Union, notes cold weather worsens the impact as mortar freezes and workers seek durable clothing, with railroad shop men also reporting a cloth shortage.
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Amarillo
Red Smith
Hitler refuses Vienna open city status evacuation ordered
Paris radio reports Adolf Hitler declined Vienna officials appeal to declare the city open to spare it from bombing. He ordered civilian evacuation. The broadcast also says the provisional Hungarian government in Debrecen has urged Budapest authorities to stop fighting to save what remains of the ancient capital.
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London
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Vienna
Budapest
Debrecen
Fair and Windy Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
The Weather Bureau predicts a fair and windy day tomorrow with cold wave conditions missing us from the north. Last night was frosty at 21 degrees, rising to 47 by noon, and tonight and tomorrow will be similar with 25 to 30 mph winds. Lumber available from John Maynard Lbr. Co. at 800 W 5th.
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Weather Bureau
Nazi Spies Face Likely Military Trial In U S
Nazi agents William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, landed by U boat on the Maine coast, may be tried today as the Roosevelt administration weighs a military trial. Hitler ordered summary executions, but Attorney General Biddle's decision is expected on the course of justice for the captives.
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New York
U.P
William Curtis Colepaugh
Erich Gimpel
Maine
Adolph Hitler
Gimpel
Colepaugh
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Tighten Control Over Montgomery Ward Seizure
The Army tightened its control over Montgomery Ward and Company properties in seven cities, ousting 11 officials and asserting full authority in operating the mail order facilities. Federal investigators examine alleged interference as federal attorneys file affidavits and seek an injunction and declaratory judgment. A federal court hearing is set for next Monday.
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Chicago
Army
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday with winds 25 to 30 mph. West Texas and New Mexico expect mostly fair skies this afternoon through Thursday with a cooler Panhandle Thursday afternoon. Temperatures range from 25 to 30 tonight with highs near 44 over 24 hours ending 6:30 AM and a noon low of 47, with northeast colder today.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Japs Claim Two Subs Sunk In Pacific Broadcast
Tokyo radio reported by AP claims two enemy submarines sunk in the southwest Pacific during a broadcast to South America.
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Associated Press
Radio Tokyo
South America
Southwest Pacific
Ardennes Front Holds While German Forces Recede
In the center of the Ardennes the defense stiffens as German troops retreat to stronger positions. The withdrawal concentrates on the northwestern and southwestern shoulders while the southern flank yields ground to shift reserves to threatened sectors.
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Ardennes
U S Break With Franco Government Urged by Representative
Rep John M Coffee Democrat of Washington said he would introduce a resolution in the new Congress calling for a diplomatic break with Franco’s Spain. He cited a London message from ex prime minister Juan Negrin to a Madison Square Garden meeting stating Republicans have waged war since 1936 and lament Allied recognition of Franco.
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New York
U.P
John M. Coffee
Washington
Congress
Spain
Juan Negrin
Negrin
London
Madison Square Garden
Food Rationing Office Relocated to Third Floor
The county courthouse food rationing office moved from the first floor to the third floor to consolidate services in rooms 301 and 311. The change aims to ease public access and relieve crowded conditions in the county school superintendent's office.
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Th County
Roosevelt and Churchill to Meet Later This Month
Diplomatic sources say Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt plan a late January meeting, possibly in Britain, before arranging talks with Premier Stalin at a more convenient location.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
London
Britain
Stalin
Deanna Durbin Granted Divorce in Los Angeles
Jan 3 Deanna Durbin was granted a final decree of divorce from Vaughn Paul a former film producer and now a Navy lieutenant in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Deanna
Los Angeles
Deeanna Durbin
Superior Court
Vaughn Paul
Navy
Le Canard Enchaine mocks German prisoners in Allied dining scene
Paris reports the humor weekly Le Canard Enchaine portrays Nazi prisoners seated at an American mess table. An irate U S soldier-waiter points a finger and warns that if the Wehrmacht continues massacring prisoners no dessert will be served.
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Paris
le Canard Enchaine
U. S
Tiny girl found after three hour search near Amarillo
Laverta Chrispens, three, wandered from Calvin Caseys Palisades Dairy Farm seven miles south of Amarillo while her mother was away. After two hours locals searched fields and canyons, two planes joined the effort but located the child only when W. E. Bennett found her on the road and brought her to the dairy for warmth and care.
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Chrispens
W. E. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
W. G. Chrispens
Calvin Casey
Palisades
Amarillo
Laverta
Alreay
Bennett
Texline
Marita
Yvonne
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