Allied Push Near Kharkov as Rommel’s Axis Fight Flares
Russian forces reportedly advance within 79 miles of Kharkov while British Eighth Army closes on Homs and Tarhuna near Tripoli. Cairo radio notes vanguards near Tripoli as Rommel’s column pursued. London endures its worst daylight raid in two years with casualties and citywide air defense.
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Hitler’s Pals Pay the Bill
Allied fortunes shift as British forces advance in Libya and Axis gains appear in Tunisia. Montgomery’s Eighth Army reports Rommel’s retreat with prisoners, guns, and vehicles. Soviet front darkens for Hitler with mass captures and breakthroughs from Leningrad to Kharkov and the Caucasus. The Pacific theater notes destroy 1 032 Japanese at Guadalcanal and heavy casualties near Sanananda Point. See WAR Page 10.
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UMW warning to strikers over return to work
The United Mine Workers warned striking anthracite miners they face honorable expulsion if they do not return to work by noon tomorrow to comply with President Roosevelt's order. District 1 leaders say the stoppage shows discontent over delayed negotiations as thousands stay out. M. J. Kosik defends the majority of workers. Lieut. Roy Greenhill is named Amarillo's outstanding civic worker of the year by the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce for his scrap drive and public service efforts.
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Flynn Praised for Australia Post Nominations
Washington reports G Howland Shaw told the Senate committee Edward J. Flynn is well suited for minister to Australia due to intelligence education and experience as a New York World's Fair commissioner. Flynn denied charges linking him to a Japanese businessman bribery foreman job promise and other alleged misconduct. In Amarillo, reckless driving charges rise with daily court appearances. 13 traffic cases, $39 in fines, and nine other cases netting $80.
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Australia
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Corporation Court
Agriculture Ministry Delegates Milk and Food Rationing Authority
Secretary Wickard signs order authorizing the Office of Price Administration to ration evaporated and condensed milk jams jellies preserves fruit butters pickles relishes processed fish and shellfish and meat-containing products. German submarines sink more Allied shipping in January than in December at this stage, Elmer Davis notes. Weather bureau predicts strong winds easing. temperatures rise but remain cold with a morning low of 15 and yesterday’s high of 26. A potential hit or near miss may occur within the next dozen hours.
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Atlantic
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Office of War Information
Actress Simone Simon Traced By Cold After Costume Change
Hollywood dispatch reports screen actress Simone Simon caught a cold after changing from a two piece sarong to a one piece sarong for new sequences in her current picture. The studio announced the illness yesterday as she rested at home. Also referenced is John Maynard Lumber Co and Russell Stationery Co with local address details.
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Simone Simon
Peggy Satterlee Testifies On Flynn Yacht Trip Details
Hollywood January 20 Peggy Satterlee testified under cross examination about an alleged intimate yacht trip with Errol Flynn aboard the Sirocco to Catalina Island. She described milk laced with rum, kissing Flynn, and being pushed from deck to shore as Flynn allegedly confronted her.
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Mickey Jane
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Warner Brothers’ Movie Studios
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Chile Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Axis Nations
The Chilean government severed diplomatic relations with Axis powers today in Santiago. A U.S. merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in December in the South Atlantic off South America. survivors were landed in Miami Florida.
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Weather Roundup for Amarillo and Vicinity
Slowly rising temperatures today with not so cold tonight. Strong winds 35 to 40 mph this afternoon. West Texas and Panhandle South Plains show similar warming and wind. New Mexico reports rising temps with windy east part. 24 hour range ends 6 30 A M with max 26 and min 15. Noon temp 40.
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Fill Your Gas Tanks Tomorrow and Ration Dates
A dated ration reminder lists key January February and March deadlines for coupons and ration books. It notes January 21 as the last day for No. 3 gasoline coupons and the start of ration banking January 27 with future T coupons and ODT issued limits. It also mentions February 1 non portable typewriter rentals and February 7 coffee coupon end dates plus March 15 income tax deadline.
Soviet Receives About 2600 U.S. Planes in Lend-Lease
Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius Jr. announced the United States has sent roughly 2,600 airplanes to the Soviet Union. This is more than the total shipped to the United Kingdom or any other theater.
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United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Frank Buck to appear in Amarillo State Theater shows
Frank Buck of Bring Em Back Alive fame headlines a coast to coast lecture and film tour in Amarillo. He will perform at 7:30 and 9:30 PM with interludes between film sections, admission 25 cents for children and 55 cents for adults. Buck arrives this afternoon for a 3:30 PM appearance.
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Jack King
Interstate Theaters
Frank Buck
Pantex Plant Labor Hearing Set at Post Office Building
A National Labor Relations Board hearing will be held at 10 oclock tomorrow morning in the post office building to settle a dispute at the Pantex Ordnance plant. The Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers seek designation as bargaining agents for railroad system workers. the unions claim a majority favor representation. Certain feed has declined to sign with the unions. Vv City Ranch Loans Southern States Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
National Labor Relations Board
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Shipping Crisis as Japan Loses 445 Vessels in Pacific
Axis reports claim Japan is turning to junk boats and bamboo rafts to alleviate transport shortages as American submarines sink ships near harbors. The tally shows battleships carriers and destroyers hit, with convoy protection strained and Japanese campaigns in Aleutians Solomons and New Guinea costly.
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