Warsaw Falls to Russian Troops in January Breakthrough
Warsaw, with 1.3 million inhabitants, was captured by Russian forces under Field Marshal Zhukov. Stalin announced the victory as other Russian armies advanced along the 600 mile front from the Baltic to the Balkans, with Krakow under assault and vanguards ten miles north.
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Radom
Yugoslavia
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Rominten
Czechoslovakia
Czestochova
Air and ground war widen as Allied forces strike
Bombing raids by China-based B-29s devastate Formosa and coastal shipping while U S and Japanese forces clash across the Pacific. In the Philippines Luzon defenses hold a major Japanese counterattack as Allied carrier airpower expands. Soviet advances push toward Krakow and Silesia as Warsaw falls and Red Army gains momentum across Poland.
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The Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
The AP lists distances to key fronts: Russian front 282 miles from Kokino, Western front 301 miles from Duren, Hungarian front 364 miles from the Huren River, Italian front 544 miles from the Rene River. Lew Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Associated Press
Kokitno
Duren
Huren River
Rene River
Lew -Greenhill
Lowndes Insurance
Light Rain Falls Over West Texas Today
Light rain was general across West Texas this morning with .09 inch recorded at the Weather Bureau. Rain is expected to continue through the afternoon and end by late tonight as temperatures dip slightly from last night’s 37 degrees, with little change anticipated tomorrow.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Three Children Die in Fire Trapping Family Home
A morning blaze in the 1700 block of South Arthur trapped Senaida Torres age four Jose Torres age two and Regina Torres four months. The children of Pvt Regina Torres their father overseas in the European theater perished in a converted railway box car living quarters. Fire Chief Earl Curry said the fire began near a gas stove with neighbors and Rev L A Ortiz trying to reach the children before flames gutted the interior. Bodies remained at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home awaiting burial arrangements.
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Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Eden denies wartime split of Germany by France and Russia
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons Britain had not been party to any accord with France and the Soviet Union on detaching Ruhr Saar Rhineland and parts of Pomerania and Silesia from postwar Germany. He said the matter was discussed among Allies and would be settled jointly.
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Anthony Eden
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Russia
Germany
Ruhr
Saar
Rhineland
Pomerania
Silesia
John H. Martin
Britain
Eden
de Gaulle
Moscow
Ardennes Battle Shifts as Allies Press German Forces
Allied press reports heavy fighting in the Houffalize area with German panzer units attempting to break out while offensive actions shift toward St Vith. German forces are squeezed back across their frontier as U S Seventh Army advances near Strasbourg and Hatten. British Second Army drives toward the Roer bridgehead amid renewed Allied pressure along multiple fronts.
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Echternach
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Sittard
Roer
Alexander M Patch
Seventh Army
Rhine
Strasbourg
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Drusenheim
Gambsheim
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Hatten
Hagenau Forest
War Food Adminsiter urges victory gardens this year
Marvin Jones of Amarillo calls for renewed victory gardens stressing their greater importance this year. He promises ample seeds and fertilizer while noting insecticides remain scarce.
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Marvin Jones
Victory Gardens
Amarillo
British Labor Demands Pledge on Greek ELAS Purge
In Parliament Laborites pressed Foreign Secretary Eden to vow Britain would not back a purge of Greece's ELAS rebels in support of Plastiras. Eden avoided the pledge and urged waiting for Churchill's forthcoming Greece address. Shinwell warned of fierce opposition if the government backed a purge.
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London
Commons
Anthony Eden
ELAS
Greece
Emanuel Shinwell
No Letup in Bomb Rain
London reports a heavy American daylight bomber raid on German targets following a massive RAF night assault by over 1,200 bombers. U S Eighth Air Force escorts guided the mission as fighters protected the formation. Targets were not immediately identified.
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London
U.P
Germany
Ruhr
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Weather summary for Amarillo and vicinity
The bulletin notes partly cloudy skies with light rain tonight, then clearing Thursday. Temperatures fall slightly with limited change. West Texas: rain this afternoon and tonight, colder in El Paso and Big Bend tonight, partial clearing Thursday, winds fresh to strong. New Mexico: snow flurries this afternoon and east tonight, clearing Thursday. High 54, low 37, noon 40. Precipitation .09 inch. Office machine repairs. Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Fl Paso
Big Bend
New Mexico
Divide
Signalman Barks Orders To General MacArthur
A World War II era dispatch describes a signalman ordering a landing craft cleared from a beach as an Army lieutenant calls for pickup. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore, greetings exchanged amid the beachhead scene.
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General MacArthur
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