Bowen Buses Tied Up As Texas Drivers Strike Statewide
Amarillo reports 200 Bowen drivers walkout halting service from midnight. Bowen Lines, large Texas network from Dallas Fort Worth to Amarillo Abilene Corpus Christi and Houston, faces back pay dispute per War Labor Board. Union claims no comment. management cites late pay checks and clerical delays.
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A. G. Bachman
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Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
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San Angelo
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Corpus Christi
Houston
Tyler
Eagle Mountain Marine Air Station
B. R. Wayne
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War Labor Board
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Bowen Garage
Bowen Lines
Lone Star
Cigarette Ration Plan Aims 15 Daily Per Civilians
Chicago report says the National Association of Tobacco Distributors will implement a voluntary rationing system within two weeks. Civilians would receive about 15 cigarettes daily, based on a prewar average of 17. A card system will require declarations and exclude transient trade venues like hotels and transit hubs. No major supply improvement expected this year.
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Chicago
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Office of Price Administration
NATO
OPA
Cars and Trucks Wearing Out Decrease in License Fees
Potter County tax records show 1944 highway license fees totaling 249 4483 down from 258 440.35 in 1943. Passenger licenses brought 155 166.20 versus 163 831.47 prior year. commercial trucks 65 264.33. December receipts 890.13. Distribution: county treasurer 146 6878. officers’ salary 6 433.60. state highway department 96 54245.
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Potter County
Frank Hoyt
State Highway Department
Bombers target Nazi oil, Krupp plants in Western Germany
London reports 600 Liberator and Fortress bombers with 650 Mustangs and Thunderbolts striking western Germany. Attacks focused on Bohlen synthetic oil complex near Leipzig, the Magdeburg Krupp tank and aircraft plant, and rail yards at Dresden and Dessau.
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Germany
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Magdeburg
Dresden
Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Dessau
Kripp
Bohlenau
Les
Leipzig
Roosevelt to send national service bill message to Congress
President Roosevelt plans a special message to Congress backing national service. He convened a White House conference with service chiefs and lawmakers to discuss the proposal, but a date for transmitting the message to the Capitol was not disclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Capitol
Universal Service
Quail Season Ends Today Four More Days for Ducks
Hunters face closing dates with four extra days for ducks and geese. The duck season ends at sunset Saturday January 20 after quail ends today.
Churchill vows continued fight toward unconditional surrender
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons that Allied forces will press on until Germany capitulates unconditionally, joining Roosevelt in a united front on the Atlantic Charter. He rejected peace by negotiation and said the war will be prolonged until surrender is achieved.
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London
U.P
Churchill
Commons
Germany
Roosevelt
John R. Davies
Davies
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with cooler Wednesday and strong winds. West Texas sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and brisk winds. New Mexico expects light snowfall in the north mountains late this afternoon and tonight, otherwise partly cloudy with cooler temperatures. High 49, low 28.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
North Mountains
Sen Francis Maloney Dies in Connecticut
Senator Francis T. Maloney a Democrat from Connecticut died at Meriden Hospital after a stay since New Year’s Day. He suffered from grippe and a heart attack.
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Sen
Francis Maloney
Connecticut
Meriden
Conn
Francis T. Maloney
Mericen Hospital
British Start Drive At Meuse in Holland
British Second Army strikes above Aachen in the Dutch sector a month after Von Rundstedt’s Belgium attack. RAF support hampered by haze as Americans push toward the Siegfried Line. Houstalize falls, narrowing the Bulge. Patton and Hodges armies advance toward Trier and Bastogne with 11th Armored joining Third Army.
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Sittard
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Belgium
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Saar
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Siegfried Line
Bulge
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Hitler
Great Britain
Ernest N. Harmon
Houtfalize
Bastogne
WMC Classifies Essential Worker Categories in War Mobilization
The War Manpower Commission splits its 35 essential activities into two divisions, calling one set critical. The guidance targets men 26 to 29 for selective service, with core jobs kept at work to avoid wartime production disruption. Critical categories include aircraft and parts, ships and parts, ordnance and accessories, ammunition, metal shapes and forgings, machinery, and essential rubber products.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
New Armored Division Engaged With Third Army Front
The 11th Armored Division under Brig. Gen. Charles Kilburn fights on the Third Army front in the Bastogne area in Belgium. It becomes the tenth U S armored division identified on the Western Front.
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Third Army
Belgium
11Th Armored Division
Charles Kilburn
Silver City
N. M
Bastogne
Fleet raids hit Hong Kong and Chinese ports in new strikes
U S Navy reports in China Time that Third Fleet air forces attacked Hongkong Swatow and Amoy for a second day. Adm Nimitz disclosed the Indo China strike left 11 Japanese ships sunk 28 damaged and oil facilities destroyed. MacArthur’s columns pushed toward Camili ng Manila as Japanese resistance remained strongest near Baguio.
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Swatow
Amoy
China
Third Fleet Air
Chester W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Rembert James
Nimitz
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Camiling
Manila
MacArthur
Amortis-Rosario
Baguio
Japan
Tokyo
Kuniaki Kotsu
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Russians Break Through on 600 Mile Front Across East Europe
London dispatch reports Scholssberg fell and Soviet forces drove holes in Nazi lines along a 600 mile front. Konev's First Ukrainian Army reached Kielce, closing toward the Warsaw Krakow rail corridor as Stalin declares winter offensive decisive. Berlin says ten sectors move toward Yugoslavia. 4,790 prisoners taken at Budapest.
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Warsaw
Ivan Konev
Krakow
Poland
Krakow - Warsaw
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Eleven Amarillo youths tied to city joyride car thefts
Sheriff reports 11 youths, mostly juveniles, linked to stealing and driving cars around Amarillo. One burglary charge against Harold Weatherly for entry at Southwestern Motors. five juveniles face driving without consent. Three juveniles from other states held. grand jury to hear three more.
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Amarillo
Sheriff's Department
Bill Adams
Harold Weatherly
Southwestern Motors
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Adams
Cold North Winds Sweep City Workers Report
A worker shivered at his office at 7 AM saying the wind felt from the north. Temperatures hovered at 28 degrees as the Weather Bureau predicts continued winds today and stronger gusts tomorrow, with cooler and cloudy skies ahead.
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Weather Bureau
British War Casualties Top One Million
British Empire casualties from September 1939 to November 30 total 1.043554 million, Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament. The item also includes brief trade and loan notices mentioning lumber firms and car dealers Freeman Motor Cr and E A Regal Co.
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London
Churchill
Commons
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