Mozdok Falls and Prokhladnenski Hinge in Caucasus War
Mozdok and nearby Malgobek are reported recaptured by the Red Army as Nazi lines crumble in the North Caucasus. Advances threaten Nalchik and the strategic Prokhladnenski rail junction amid heavy winter fighting and soil-sapping rains.
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Mozdok
Malgobek
Stalingrad
Velikie Luki
Red Army
Prokhladnenski
Nalchik
Caucasus
Don Steppes
North Caucasus
Pravda
Flying Fortresses and Lightning fighters in Tunis air raid
Reporter recounts a major daylight bombing over Tunis and Bizerte as American bombers and escort fighters pressed a hot German defense. Fortresses carried wounded to base hospital after a fierce, sustained attack with minimal losses. Additional note on California raisin price regulation upheld by the supreme court.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
O. K. Washington
California
Supreme Court
United States Army Air Force
Bone
Algeria
Royal Air Force
LaGoulette
Rommel Faces French Forces as British Push Toward Tripoli
Allied reports describe Le Clerc advancing north from the Lake Chad area toward Tripoli with motorized troops and air attacks. Axis defenses hold Zem Zem and Wadi Bei El Chebir while Juin and Montgomery prepare major blows in Tunisia and Libya. American and British air power claim heavy enemy losses and ship strikes at La Goulette.
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Tripoli
le Clerc
Mediterranean
United Press
Bu Ngem
Wadi Bei el Chebir
Zem Zem
Tunisia
Sousse
Tunis
Alphonse Juin
Algiers
Libya-Tunisia
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Walther Nehring
Sicily
Italy
Africa
Crete
Greece
Egypt
Jacques le Clerc
Lake Chad
French Africa
Ickes Sees Texas Illinois Pipeline Ready by Feb 1
Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes announced that despite flood delays the Texas Illinois pipeline will likely be in operation by February 1. He cautioned that only a very small relaxation of fuel oil rationing could be expected.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Miss Rubye Capps Wins Globe News Tip Prize
Miss Rubye Capps wins first prize of five dollars for a Globe News tip about the first baby born in Amarillo this year. Second prize of three dollars goes to Douglas and A C Teter for a tip about their seven year old brother saving his mother from asphyxiation. Third prize of two dollars awarded to Mrs O M Reynolds for a tip about a three year old boy who broke his thumb in a wringer.
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Rubye Capps
Amarillo
Douglas
A. C. Teter
Johnson Street
O. M. Reynolds
North
Garfield Street
Jungle Fighters Press To Buna Pocket In New Guinea
Allied and Australian jungle fighters closed in on Japanese defenses at the Sanananda area north of Buna after wiping out the Buna pocket. Allied air forces hit Lae Madang Gasmata and supplied details of heavy Japanese casualties at Buna and Giropa, with at least 800 killed or captured reported.
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Associated Press
Buna
New Guinea
Sanananda
MacArthur
Hoperless
Lae
Madang
Gasmata
New Britain
Giropa
Port Moresby
Australia
William F. Boni
Buna Government
Giropa Point
Pacific
Japan Plans Attack On North America
Berlin radio quoted a Japanese army spokesman declaring 1943 aims to conquer China India and Australia and to strike at Midway Hawaii and possibly land on the North American continent. The Tokyo radio could not confirm the statement voiced by Col Na kao Yahagi via Yomiuri-Hoche.
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New York
Berlin
Japan
China
India
Australia
Midway
Hawaii
North American
Tokyo
Nakao Yahagi
Yahagi
Axis
Yomiuri-Hoche
United States
Alaska
Bank deposits in Amarillo hit record high
Amarillo deposits in the citys three national banks totaled more than 44.64 million dollars at year end exceeding previous records. The call issued by the controller of currency requires publication of the national banks assets and liabilities in the United States.
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Amarillo
United States
Weather summary for Amarillo and region
The forecast notes rising afternoon temperatures with not so cold tonight in Amarillo. West Texas may see showers late afternoon or tonight in the mountains of Big Bend and westward with mild afternoon and night in the Panhandle. New Mexico expects afternoon showers in the southwest with showers or light snow in the west tonight, little change in afternoon temperature, not quite so cold tonight in extreme north. Temperature range over 24 hours ends 6 30 AM maximum 43 minimum 24 noon 36.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
New Mexico
Southwest
Labor Demand Maps Show Amarillo in Adequate Labor Group
War Manpower Commission classifies 85 areas as plentiful labor regions and lists contract guidance for War Production Board procurement. Areas with supply equal to demand include Amarillo Texas. others show shortages, surpluses, or six month projections across Oklahoma and Texas. Russell Stationery listed with desks chairs and tables.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
War Production Board
Oklahoma
Chauteau McAlester
Texas
Beaumont
Dallas
Texarkana
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Houston
San Antonio
Waco
Abilene
el Paso
Lubbock
San Angelo
Wichita
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Eer Globe
Mda
Elista
Don
Red Star
Sydney
Army New York
Paul V. McNutt
Armed Services
McNutt
Factory Management and Maintenace
X x
MacNutt
Churchills
England
Mary Churchill
Churchill
Wadi Zem Zem
Libya
Juin
Pichon
Kairquan
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
City
Ranch Loans
Globe News
Perk Thurman
Bowyer Street
G. S. McCombs
West
Eighth Avenue
T. H. Mace
Nineteenth Avenue
J. H. Jones
Maryland Street
Otis Goforth
North Fillmore Street
M. R. Larson
Taylor Street
Ethel Jones
Louisiana Street
W. H. Adams
North Roberts Street
Henrietta Kunkel
John Maynard Lbr. Co
North America
Russell Stationery Company
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