Greeks claim major advance on Valona front in Albania
AP reports Greek spearheads reach Tepeleni near Klisura with advances along Valona road and additional push toward Begati and Albanian oilfields. Italy redeploys 15 000 troops as dawns the threat, while British describe continued pressure and a Libyan Tobruk bombardment amid wider North Africa actions.
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Associated Press
Athens
Valona
Albania
Tepeleni
Klisura
Begati
Lake
Ochrida
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Italy
Berat
Tepelini
British Bombers Hit Invasion Ports And Ports Targets
Allied air ministry reports daylight and night raids on German held Channel coast targets near Boulogne and Ostend as well as at Brest Le Havre and Novara. Bombs hit Porto Marghera Regensburg Ostend and other air bases with several aircraft lost.
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Associated Press
London
Venice
Air Ministry
Vet Fliers
Brest
le Havre
Torient
Porto Marghera
Italy
Regensburg
Ostend
Channel
Britain
Vannes
Chartres
Evreuz
Morlaix
British Press Association
Dover
Costly fire destroys hangar and two planes in Salt Lake City
Sparks from a welding machine caused a $165000 blaze that wiped out a Vgged Airlines hangar and two port planes. Two mechanics were injured, one seriously, including Dwight Newby of 418 W. 10.
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Salt Lake City
U.P
Vgged Airlines
Ex-Sandie athlete charged with auto theft in Fort Worth
Joe Townes a 25 year old former Amarillo high school star who played reserve center for the San Diego team in the 1934 state final is jailed in Fort Worth on auto theft charges. He hopes the Texas National Guard unit will take him back and says he would accept 30 days in the brig at Camp Bowie if allowed to rejoin. Townes wired his commanding officer and the car dealer for funds to return, while the dealer pressed charges and an investigator was sent. Assistant District Attorney Hellman said charges could be dropped if the unit agrees to take him back.
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Fort Worth
U.P
Joe Townes
Amarillo
Townes
Sandie
Corpus Christi
144Th Infantry
Texas National Guard
Clovis
William L. Reynolds
Stewart Hellman
Frenchy of Tascosa Buried Beside Husband in Casimero Romero
The former Tascosa resident known as Frenchy, whose real name was believed to be Elizabeth McGraw, is buried beside her husband Micky McCormick at Casimero Romero Cemetery after dying in Channing at age 87. She lived in Tascosa since 1880 and died Sunday. rites were held in Channing and burial followed there.
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Tascosa
Frenchy
Casimero Romero
Micky McCormick
Elizabeth McGraw
Baton Rouge
St. Louis
Dodge City
Mobeetie
McCormick
U. S. Sought Pacific Island Bargain in Lend-Lease Talks
Washington reports debate over using sparsely populated Pacific islands as collateral for Britain lend-lease aid. Hawaii delegate King cited Gilbert Ellice Phoenix Tokelau groups as strategic for Panama Canal defense. Senator George preferred leases over full ownership of Caribbean islands to avoid social and economic burdens.
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Washington
U.P
United States
mid-Pacific
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Singapore
Britain
Samuel Wilder King
Hawaii
Congress
South Seas
King
House Navai Affairs Committee
Gilbert, Ellice
Phoenix
Tokelau
South Pacific
Marshall Islands
Italian Army Shake Up in Albania Sees Cavallero Take Command
Premier Mussolini moved Gen Ugo Cavallero to lead Italian forces in Albania as Gen Ubaldo Soddu retires for health reasons. Cavallero remains chief of staff after succeeding Marshal Badoglio who also resigned. Authorities deny British rumors of riots and report conditions behind the lines are satisfactory. Three Italian regiments cited for gallantry await high decorations.
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Romf
Mussolini
Ugo Cavallero
Albania
Ubaldo Soddu
Greece
Cavallero
Cloudy and Colder Forecast Tonight in Local Weather
Tonight will be cloudy and colder with a low around 25 to 30 degrees. Tomorrow, expect partly cloudy skies and a north wind. Rain last night totaled 27 inches city record and 23 inches at the airport, with heavier totals reaching Tucumcari at 52 inches.
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Pampa
Clarendon
Clayton
N. M
Waynoka
Roswell
Five-candidate CU football coaching interviews begin
Colorado University athletic director announces five prospects to visit Boulder for interviews this week. W. B. Woodson of Arkansas State Teachers College starts the slate, followed by James Yeager of Iowa State, Blair Cherry of Texas, Russell Murphy of Cornell, and Stanley Williamson of Oklahoma University.
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Boulder
Cole
Arkansas
University of Colorado
Marty G. Carlsen
Carlson
W. B. Woodson
Arkansas State Teachers College
Conway
Ark
James Yeager
Towa State College
Ames
Draftee Refuses War During Train Flight
Standly John Chrupeala, a Massachusetts draftee en route to Camp Hulen, leaped from a moving troop train eight miles south of Hillsboro Texas. He wrested control of the car to steer into a ditch before doctors subdued him and he was held for observation at a sanatorium while shouting he did not want to kill anyone.
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Hillsboro
Tex
U.P
John Chrupeala
Massachusetts
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Chrupeala
Here
Major Moses Challenged on Night Duty at Shelby Reservation
Major William G. Moses, camp signal officer from Birmingham, Alabama, was halted by an interior guard on a pitch black night at the Shelby reservation. The guard demanded recognition and joked about reciting the Ten Commandments after the officer replied his identity.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
William G. Moses
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby Reservation
Moses
Repatriation Plan Aims 600 Americans From France and England
Washington reports one more effort by the state department and Red Cross to repatriate destitute Americans in Europe. About 600 will return, 500 from German-occupied France and 100 from unoccupied France, via Lisbon, with funds from a small emergency pool. Debtor travel funds cover minimum passage home. expedient ships to New York and other routes to follow.
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State Department
American Red Cross
France
Red Cross
Spain
Portugal
Lisbon
United States
Paris
New York
Riviera
England
Pete Cawthon Offered Job As Philadelphia Coach
Bert Bell president of the Philadelphia Eagles and co-owner Art Rooney of Pittsburgh offered Pete Cawthon a coaching proposition after a weekend meeting. Cawthon, who resigned as head coach, planned to return home after considering the offer.
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Philadelphia
Bert Bell
Philadelphia Eagles
Art Rooney
Pittsburgh
Pete Cawthon
Aseen
Dream of Money Comes True
PITTSBURGH January 24 Ida Randall dreamed of three one dollar bills and then held a bankroll in a vision. She searched her home basement and found a roll of bills totaling 260 dollars in musty bank notes behind old trunk lining.
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Pittsburgh
Ida Randall
National Bank
Police and Pickets Battle at Saginaw Plant War Orders
In Saginaw Michigan fifty police clashed with pickets at the Wilcox-Rich division of Eaton Manufacturing where about one third of output goes to national defense. About 250 faced police as tear gas and gas shells rose amid tossed missiles. four officers injured and state troopers summoned. The walkout, tied to a representation dispute with the UAW CIO, would spread to Detroit Battle Creek Marshall and Cleveland, affecting about 5000 workers.
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Saginaw, Mich
Eaton Manufacturing Company
United Automobile Workers Union
Eaton Company
Saginaw
Gymn Wor
Wrestieg Fougny Tamils
Tustmaracd
George H. McNicoll
Captain McNicoil
Detroit
Battle Creek
Marshall
Cleveland
AFL, Automobile Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
His Job Runs In the Family
A United Press correspondent in the Bardia zone meets a London corporal guiding 10,000 Italian prisoners toward the rear. Asked how he likes the job the soldier replies five and adds it runs in his family since his brother is a warden at Dartmoor prison.
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Tobruk
United Press
Bardia
Dartmoor
Britain
Stan Laurel Wed for Third Time With Same Bride
Hollywood reports Stan Laurel and Virginia Ruth Rogers Laurel eloped to Las Vegas for a third wedding after two prior nuptials and a divorce. The couple, described as wonderfully happy, spent the weekend there and returned to Hollywood.
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Hollywood
U.P
Stan Laurel
Virginia Ruth Rogers Laurel
Las Vegas
Better Planes Plan to Speed Aircraft Progress
The Carnegie Institution reports Congress and Roosevelt that bold expansion of research facilities is under way at Langley Field Virginia Moffett Field California and Cleveland Ohio to accelerate aircraft development. The committee notes several promising studies including a heat removing cylinder finning that could triple engine horsepower and enable a four engine super bomber capable of long range missions. It also notes it has halted public distribution of technical progress details and individual lab reports.
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Waskineulon
Jen
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Roosevelt
Langley Field
Mofffett Field
Calif
Cleveland
Europe
King George Meets Roosevelt Emissary Hopkins at Buckingh am Palace
King George receives Harry Hopkins, personal emissary of President Roosevelt, at Buckingham Palace. Hopkins remains with the King for over 30 minutes in London.
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London
U.P
George
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
Hopkins
Amarillo Area Weather: Cloudy and Cold With Clearing Later
Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity calls for cloudy, colder tonight with 25 to 30 degrees and a partly cloudy Tuesday. West Texas southern counties fair tonight and Tuesday, northern portion cloudy tonight and clearing Tuesday, with slightly colder readings. New Mexico mostly fair tonight and Tuesday, central and east portions partly cloudy tonight. Temperature extremes over 24 hours end 6:30 A M show a minimum 40 and maximum 63, with noon reading 37 and precipitation 0.27 inch.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
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