Air Base Use Debate Highlights Postwar Policy
Air officials from TWA and Braniff urge open access to U S air bases worldwide after the war. Executives argue bases were built with capital and ingenuity and should be available for U S use in cooperation with other nations.
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United States
M. M. Beard
Tyler Street
TWA
Pulse Feeler
Bill McGrath
Ray Bloker
McGrath
W. W. Coyle
Mid-West
Russ Petitte
St. Louis
Braniff
Frank Austin
British Drive Into Minturno Deepens Nazi Front North of Garigliano
Allied forces on a 10 mile front north of the Garigliano River push toward Minturno and claim control of Suio Tufo and Argento as German resistance wavers. American and French units pressure Cassino while Allied air power bombs Centole and Ciampino fields south of Rome.
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C. R. Cunningham
Algiers
5Th Army
Garigliano
Minturno
DNB
Appian Way
Rome
Cassino
Suio
Tufo
Argento
Mount Aurunci
Castelforte
Fifth Army
Rapido River
8Th Army
Adriatic
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Centocelle
Ciampino
Pergua
Bisi
Rieti
Viterbo
Rnal
Sulmona
Colleferro
Pescara
First American raid on Caroline Islands reported
U S South Pacific airmen struck at Rabaul and Kusaie Island in the Caroline Islands while bombing raids extended to Mili Atoll in the Marshalls. More than 100 Solomons based bombers attacked Rabaul, with 18 enemy planes down and 15 probably destroyed. Despite heavy losses, officials called the mission devastating and among the fiercest raids on Rabaul. Ground forces repulsed a Japanese counterattack at Cape Gloucester and expanded beaches at Arawe and Bougainville. Also noted are 1944 auto license tabs arriving in Texas and related filing details.
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United Press
Caroline Islands
U. S. South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Kusaie Island
Carolines
Truk
Kusaie
Caroline Island
Marshall Islands
Gilbert Islands
Pearl Harbor
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Tokyo
Mili
Douglas MacArthur
Baul
U. S
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
Bougainville Island
China
Mitchell
Campha
Indina
Red Army Captures Novgorod In Leningrad Offensive
Stalin announced the capture of Novgorod as Govorov’s Leningrad offensive pressed, driving two spearheads toward the Baltic coast. Russian forces isolated Novgorod from Oranienbaum and Peterhof while advancing toward Krasnogvardisk and Dyetskoye Selo, threatening German lines east of Leningrad.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Novgorod
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Moscow
Borid A. Govorov
Peter the Great
Oranienbaum
Peterhof
Gulf of Finland
Tavestia
Govorov
Pravda
Raven Mountain
Krasnoye Selo
Tallin
Baltic
Estonia
Vologda
Moscow-Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Moscow- Leningrad
Krasnogvardeisk
Gatchina
Pskovy
Reval-Vologde
Tsarskoye Selo
Czar’s
Ropsheha
Dyetskoye Selo
Pulkovo
Red Army
Bond Drive Settles Down to Hard Work
Amarillo shifts to routine bond sales after a week of events that began with a military parade and concluded at noon with the all civic club meeting at the Crystal Ballroom. Five war heroes and two Hollywood stars highlighted a series of public rallies and a USC Auditorium show before officials and the community promote E bonds. Col. E A Simpson served as master of ceremonies as the campaign builds momentum.
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Amarillo
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
USC
Col. E. A. Simpson
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Polish underground penetrates East Prussia and fights near Warsaw
The Polish Telegraph Agency said Polish underground forces entered East Prussia in Germany and inflicted heavy casualties on Nazi troops in a series of battles lasting several days. Guerillas also fought Nazi troops in Praga, a Warsaw suburb.
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New York
East Prussia
Germany
Praga
Warsaw
Two Student Pilots Killed in Pampa Flight Crash
Pampa Army Air Field officials report two aviation students died Wednesday when their twin engined plane crashed 20 miles north of Perryton Texas during a routine combat training flight. Everett N. Reede 24 Tulsa Oklahoma and William F. Kinzy 22 Burbank California are named victims.
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Pampa
Pampa Army Air Field
Perryton
Tex
Everett N. Reede
Tulsa
Okla
William F. Kinzy
Burbank
Calif
Thief Crushed By Subway Train After Wallet Theft
Two men jostled Joseph Bruno on a crowded New York subway platform. One grabbed his $100 wallet and fled but the thief died after stepping into the path of a speeding train. Bruno’s wallet lay between the rails.
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New York
U.P
Joseph Bruno
Theman
Bruno
Bond Battalion sales surge at Amarillo bond drive
The Bond Battalion tour in Amarillo raised funds at a noon rally with stars Lynn Merrick and Raymond Walburn and seven war heroes. A single sale reached $100,000, while local attendees bought over $5,000 in bonds in the morning. The opening show last night tallied more than $36,000 in sales.
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Amarillo
Lynn Merrick
Raymond Walburn
All Civic Club
War bond drive earns wide support from veterans and students
War Finance chairman Cal Farley reports strong participation from veterans and Negro communities in bond and stamp drives. He notes schoolchildren and nine year old sellers boosting sales with numerous speeches and high enthusiasm across Amarillo schools. See BONDS Page 2.
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Amarillo
Cal Farley
War Finance
British Coast Guns Sink German Vessel
British coastal batteries sank a large German ship off Cap Gris Nez as German guns fired on the Southeast English coast in a heavy trans channel exchange. The battle began with fog bound ships, lasted about three hours, and included 80 British rounds between 5 and 8 AM.
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London
French
Cap Gris Nez
Straits of Dover
Lish
Boulogne
Calais
North Sea
McNutt Tests Veterans Job Placement in Seven Cities
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt announced seven demonstration offices would open January 26 in seven cities to test government job placement techniques for veterans. He addressed the American Legion and said the bureaus would serve as clearing houses and testing grounds, with a national program to follow by April 1 if results are favorable.
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Chicago
Paul V.mecnutt
American Legion
McNutt
Nazi frontiers vow city razing for resistance
From the Swiss Italian border reports officials warn they will raze any town where residents fire on German troops in the Province of Bellia in Northern Italy and that occupation authorities will fire on gatherings of more than two people. In Atlanta the fourth service command ordnance base shop and a warehouse at the Atlanta Ordnance Depot were destroyed by fire of undetermined origin causing estimated losses between two and two and a half million dollars with no casualties.
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Biela
Italy
Gazetta del Popolo
Turin
Atlanta
Fourth Service Command Ordnance
Briggs Hides, But Doesn't Run Away
Washington reports Interior Secretary Ickes confidant George N. Briggs, tied to the Hopkins letter forgery case, is in seclusion after suspension. Briggs, a former newsman, helped review correspondence and aided grand jury inquiries as handwriting and document experts probed the forgery amid shifts to temporary addresses in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Ickes
George N. Briggs
Harry Hopkins
Briggs
Senator Langer
R-Nd
Hopkins
Wendell L. Willkie
Sanger
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
Will MacArthur Retain Command In Pacific?
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced MacArthur will keep his command in the Pacific past the usual retirement age of 64 on January 26. Stimson said plainly that MacArthur would not retire, noting he was retired in 1937 and recalled for active duty, so the statutory limit does not apply.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Stimson
Wilson urges full and continuing preparedness for future wars
Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of the War Production Board, told the Army Ordnance Association that the United States must prepare with ready industry to prevent future conflicts. He admitted the remarks could be seen as war mongering but called the plan a challenge and invitation to action.
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New York
U.P
United States
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
Army Ordnance Association
Link Nazis Again With Bolivian Revolution
A secret Buenos Aires conference hosted by Count Karl von Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, is said to have preceded Bolivia’s December 20 revolution. The report cites unidentified diplomatic sources and remains unverified.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Karl von Luxburg
Argentina
Bolivia
Gird For Fight on Food Price Subsidy
Washington January 20 admin forces gird for a last ditch bid to salvage President Roosevelt's 1.5 billion food price subsidy program as Senate debate opens tomorrow. The banking committee approved Bankhead's bill to liquidate the subsidy by June 30 but faces many amendments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Banking Committee
Bankhead
German protest over engineers’ arrest in Far East
The German Ambassador in Tokyo filed a strong protest with Japan over the arrest of several German engineers and technicians linked to I. G. Farbenindustrie in the Far East. The dispatch also notes weather summaries for Amarillo and vicinity, West, New Mexico, and nearby locales with mild, fair conditions and single day temperature readings.
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Stockholm
Goeteborg
Handlsch- Stoefartstidning
Tokyo
I. G. Pardenindustrie
Far East
Amarillo
West
New Mexico
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