Letter From Home Elo Boys in Service Panhandle War Update
A 1944 Panhandle community letter reports unseasonable cold and ice from December through January, ongoing war news, and home front shortages. It details local plant awards, weddings, births, and casualty lists, plus notes on Tarawa, air force missions, and political updates amid the war effort. It mentions drafts boards, old library building, and local social activities despite wartime constraints.
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Aleutians
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
North Plains
Amarillo
Bill Adams
Pat Flynn
Dallas
Dallas Athletic Club
Texas
Gene Worley
Shamrock
House
Congress
the Panhandle
Saturday Evening Post
Tack
Amarillo Field
Frank Kinney
Charles E. Rosendahl
West Texas
C. W. Seibel
Stork
L. L. Raef
Nelson Doughtys
Nelson Lee
Beverly Jeanne
Tarawa
Gilberts
Ira McLaughlin
Hediey
Mannie Rubin
Himalaya
Rabaul
Donald Moore
Seventh Air Force
G. W. Gerken
J. L. Hancock
Carthel Morgan
Italy
Une
Pfc
Jim Milward
J. R. Brown
Sandie
Friona
Sandies
West Texas State
Canyon
Tom Bill Welchel
el Paso
Southwestern
Georgetown
Russian indemnity claim prompts reader questions
Pulse Feeler pays readers a dollar for questions about Russia demanding 200 billion dollars from Germany. Respondents weigh whether such indemnities are justified, with views ranging from repayment for wartime suffering to opposition that money cannot compensate for human loss.
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Russia
Germany
Snow Flurries and Cold Predicted by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau forecasts light snow flurries this afternoon and tonight with a low around 18 degrees. Wind will be brisk, keeping the spell cold for about three days with no thaw until Friday. Ice and snow may persist through Sunday following a first fall on Dec 9.
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Bureau
Conhue
Weather Bureau
Allied Bombing and Soviet Advances Across Europe Reach Critical Points
In Italy and Germany Allied air raids target key industry and rail yards as U S Flying Fortresses hit the Villar Perosa ball bearing plant near Turin and a German rail hub. British Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic coast while U S heavy bombers strike the French invasion coast. Soviet forces push into western Ukraine and advance toward Poland threatening major rail junctions and the Dnieper Bend on the Kiev Warsaw front.
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Olevsk
Poland
Kiev-Warsaw
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Novograd-Volynski
Nicolai F. Vatutin
Vatutin
Dnieper
Sopin
Vinnitsa
Zhmerinka
Odessa-Lwow
Dnieper Bulge
Rumania
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Berlin
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Italy
U. S
Villar Perosa
Turin
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Apennines
Reed backs Marshall critique of labor and says FDR would agree
Senator Clyde M. Reed condemns strikes in essential industry as treason and endorses Gen. George C. Marshall as having the integrity to speak freely. He contrasts Marshall with William Green and declares he supports Marshall fully. The piece also notes the War Production Board authorizing unlimited razor blade production and lifting bans on straight razors.
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Washinton
U.P
Clyde M. Reed
Kansas
George C. Marshall
Roosevelt
Marshall
Reed
Bill Green
General Marshall
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Jan
War Production Board
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Vicinity
Colder with occasional snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Very cold tonight with lows near 18 degrees, and continued cold Wednesday. West Texas mostly cloudy and colder, Del Rio Eagle Pass area warmer this afternoon. Panhandle lows 15 to 20, South Plains 20 to 25, elsewhere 25 to 30. Snow flurries possible in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico partly cloudy with a few scattered snow flurries mainly in the mountains. 24 hours ending 6:30 AM: high 48, low 28, noon 37. Asphalt shingles and insulation ad.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio-Eagle Pass
Pecos River
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Allied Air Strikes Pound Japanese Holdouts Across Pacific
Allied forces press the offensive from the Aleutians to the Southwest Pacific. U S Army bombers raid the Kurile Islands while carrier planes sink or damage ships off Kavieng. Ground forces tighten grip on New Guinea and New Britain as Saidor, Rabaul, and Kavieng areas see heavy air and naval blows.
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Aleutians
Pacific
Japan
New Guinea
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Kurile Islands
Marshall Islands
Mid-Pacific
North Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Kiska
Attu
Navy
Frank Knox
Marshalls
Washington
Southwest
Saidor
Huon
Rabaul
Army Navy E Ceremony Moved to Amarillo High School
The Army Navy E presentation for the Amarillo and Exell Helium plants will be held January 19 at 8 in the high school auditorium due to its raised platform and convenience. Rear Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl will present the flag from his personal plane on January 18, with officials including Michael W. Straus and R. R. Sayers attending.
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Amarillo
Exell
USC
Charles E. Rosendahl
Michael W. Straus
the Interior
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
R. A. Cattell
Petroleum and Natural Gas Division
R. E. Brown
Navy
Army
Richard Donovan
Co. W. Seibel
Admiral Rosendahl
Cattell
Arnold Reveals 100000 WACs Needed in Air Forces
General Arnold disclosed to Secretary Stimson that the Army Air Forces require over 100000 additional women in the Women’s Army Corps to serve on domestic airfields and thousands more overseas, on top of the 20900 WACs already in service. Roosevelt canceled his news conference due to grippe recovery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Grippe
Arnold
U.P
Army Air Forces
Bulgarian Crisis Hints of Change as Bulgarian Regime Faces Collapse
London reports say Bulgaria may see a change in government as Premier Dobri Bosilov's cabinet appears near collapse. Communication with Sofia is interrupted and Istanbul sources warn of possible revolts in Bulgaria and Romania if the Red Army advances continue. An Allied landing along the Adriatic and a Soviet breakthrough are also anticipated by observers.
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London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Turkey
Dobri Bosilov
Istanbul
Sofia
Rumania
Red Army
Russia
Adriatic
Aksam
Budapest
Amarillo Banks Hold Over Sixty-One Million In Deposits
Banks in Amarillo report 61,553,624.78 dollars on deposit at the close of business last Friday, per a comptroller call. Figures reflect heavy Christmas spending and a surge in new accounts as banks record their heaviest business yet.
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Amarillo
Bougainville Night Raids and Jungle Life Described
War Department details show Bougainville fighting as jungle warfare. Soldiers endure nightly air raids by Charley and Bob as rain floods foxholes while officers lose insignia and greet danger with caution.
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Washington
Bougainville
Charlie
Bob
Ohio Buckeye Division
War Department
Solomon Group
Ohio
Philanthropy as a Racket in a New Sinclair Lewis Novel
The novel satirizes philanthropy as America’s eighth largest industry, depicting how benevolence can be turned into a business with profit motives and public image concerns, reflecting social critique through Lewis’s sharp wit.
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Sinclair Lewis
America
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