British Nip Nazi Forces in Libya Move West of Mateur
Allied dispatches report Royal Air Force planes and American artillery drove German units from high Mediterranean positions 15 miles west of Mateur in Tunisia’s northeast defense arc. Shifts focused on Rommel’s Afrika Korps as British Eighth Army pressed at Misurata and Sousse, Sfax and Kairouan airfields faced raids while Rommel regrouped toward Fondouk and Wadi Zem Zem.
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Royal Air Force
Mateur
Tunisia
Radio
Morocco
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Misurata
Buerat el Hsun
Gulf of Sirte
Cairo
Wadi Zem Zem
Gheddahia
Gulf Coast
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rommel
Walther Nehring
Sfax
Kairouan
Sousse
Tripolitania
Walter Nehring
Indjech-Cherichera
Fondouk
Pichon
Jacques le Clerc
Lake Chad
Libya
Tripoli
Tunisian
London
Tax Payments Here Hit Peak For December
City tax collections for December reached a record 176000 with no delinquents. A P Hancock city manager and Perry Burks assessor-collector credited higher income and pre January 1 payments. Burks noted gains of 127000 over 1940 and 107000 over 1941, and predicted over 50 percent of the year’s tax will be collected early as residents paid remaining balances before year end.
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A. P. Hancock
Perry Burks
Burks
Pacific War Updates Aboard South Seas Fronts
Allied forces attack Lae Salamaua Madang and other New Guinea targets as Sanananda Point and Timor see tank led advances. Bombing runs from Burma to Mandalay and Monywa target rail yards ports and airdromes as RAF joins in. A San Bernardino man makes a quip after a false alarm turn in.
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New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Madang
Gasmata
New Britain
Timor
United Nations
Sanananda Point
Buna
South Seas
Burma
U. S
Mandalay
Temple City
Naba Junction
Monywa
Rathedaung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Markets and Livestock Prices Across Midwest and Chicago
Markets show gains in Dow Jones components at midday with mixed livestock activity. Kansas City reports hogs and cattle strong to higher with top hogs at 14.55 and cattle steady to higher. Chicago USDA data shows hogs up to 14.65 with cattle easing slightly and calves mixed, while sheep markets vary with lambs trading around 15.50 to 16.00.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City Mo
WARI
AMA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Fire Victims To Louisiana
Accompanied by grieving parents Mr and Mrs D W Sellers the bodies of two baby boys burned to death in a trailer home on River Road will be sent to Alexandria Louisiana for services and interment. Daniel Webster Sellers Jr age 3 and Larry Lee 11 months died trapped in the blaze as the father worked away in Carlsbad New Mexico. The caskets will depart on the Fort Worth and Denver at 12 25 this morning, with funeral arrangements in Alexandria.
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D. W. Sellers
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Alexandria
Daniel Webster Sellers, Jr
Larry Lee
River Road
Carlsbad
Giraud and Glassford Hold Dakar Conference
General Henri Honore Giraud, high commissioner for French North and West Africa, arrived in Dakar with staff to confer with the U S mission led by Vice Admiral William A Glassford Jr and Pierre Boisson governor general of French West Africa. Giraud will inspect West African troops and bases. The Brazilian steamer Prudente de Marones near Punta Arenas, after wrecking last year, has been refloated.
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Dakar
Henri Honore Giraud
French North and West Africa
United States
William A. Glassford, Jr
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Giraud
Prudente de Marones
Punta Arenas
Plea of Guilty Hampers Case
The state argued Rex Beard pleaded guilty in his Abilene murder trial to hamper the prosecution. Beard, convicted in robberies and jailed escape, was sentenced to death for Deputy Willis’s killing. His attorney called prior convictions inadmissible. the DA said the plea aided proving motive.
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Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Rex Beard
Abilene
Beard
West Texas
Charles Wade Willis
Taylor County
Willis
Charles McDonald
Wichita Falls
McDonald
Esco Walter
Amarillo Doctors Awarded Fellowships in Surgeons College
Two Amarillo physicians Dr. Jason H. Robberson and Dr. R. R. Swindell have been named fellows of the American College of Surgeons. The war prevented an annual meeting, so certificates were mailed. Fellows must meet strict criteria including credentials interviews and detailed reviews of 50 major operations.
City Urges Clean Streets As War Effort Emphasized
City officials echo Globe News editorial Keep It Clean stressing health on the home front. A. P. Hancock notes Amarillo has limited street cleaning capabilities due to snow and vehicle storage issues, yet sidewalks must stay clean. Health dept. cites a 1909 ordinance fining ten dollars for spitting on sidewalks or in public buildings.
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Globe News
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Health Department
Jack Wyatt
City Health Department
Beautification Step for Indian Maiden Catherine Tekakwitha
The Vatican newspaper L Osservatore Romano announced a decree naming Catherine Tekakwitha a heroine and virtuous figure. Pope Pius XII ordered the decree published by the Congregation of Rites, dated January 3.
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Bern
Switzerland
Vatican City
L’'Osservatore Romano
Catherine Tekakwitha
Prus XII
Congregation of Rites
Right Hand Turns on Red Traffic Signals in Amarillo
Amarillo motorists will be allowed right hand turns on red starting Jan 23 except at Polk Street intersections Sixth Seventh Eighth and Ninth avenues where turns on red are banned. The city commission approved the ordinance on second reading to save gasoline and reduce congestion. Plans also move to enlarge the water supply with six acres of Bush estate land and three new wells connected by 33 000 feet of 30 inch pipe at a cost over 420000, including a government grant of 102000 for an overhead steel tank. Coaching water projects aim to meet demand from military personnel and war workers. Amarillo Army Air Field uses municipal water. Roy Stewart dies chasing his dog in Hollywood. USO dances tonight and Thursday hosted by Victory Command Company B and Company C respectively.
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Amarillo
Polk Street
City Commission
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Bush Estate
McDonald Water
Canyon Highway
Roosevelt
Bonham Street
Palo Duro
Word Ranch
FWA
Amarillo Army Air Field
Municipal Water Department
Splendid Cough Syrup Easily Mixed at Home
Homemade cough syrup recipe promises quick relief and big savings. It suggests combining sugar and water with Pinex for a pint of medicine that soothes throat membranes, loosens phlegm, and aids sleep, with a money back guarantee.
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Middle East
Pacific
Fire Department
San Bernardino
Cal
U.P
Hyram Loveday
C. Neal Neday
K. Rubber Welding Service
Hawkinson Tire Tread Service Tire
Tyler
Texaco Products
6Th
Louisiana
Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Financial Industrial Fund
NEW York Stock Exchange
Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Alleghany Lud Steel
Allis Chalmers Te
Am Smelt & Ref
Aviation Corp
Baldwin Locomotive Tee Vn
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden
Calumet
General Electric
Gen. Motors
Ohio Oil
Packard Os Epalkey
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
Penney
Cenfer
Boxwell Brothers Patten
Amarillo—Dumas
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Eakle
Bldg
Hollywood
Roy Stewart
Stewart
The
Victory Command
USO
Company C
S.s.s.co
National Poultry Imp
Montgomery Ward
of Women's
Ward's
Polk
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