British Eighth Army Breaks Out Toward Tripoli
British Eighth Army advances from the hills onto a plain toward Tripoli as Afrika Korps flees to Tunisia along a battered road known as the hundred miles of hell. Allied air forces bomb Axis positions at Cabes Gabes Pont du Fahs and along the Tunisian coast while French and American units press attacks to hamper retreat.
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London
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Afrika Korps
Hell
Robert Patterson
Washington
Tunisia
Libya
Pont du Fahs
Kebir
Fondouk
Cabes
Gabe
Wildcat Coal Strike Near End Amid FDR Deadline
The Pennsylvania anthracite strike largely ended as thousands returned to work after 22 days. About 3,000 remained on strike with local unions weighing a back-to-work vote. Strikers demanded dues abolition and a $2 daily wage rise. the United Mine Workers did not authorize the action and the War Labor Board issued orders before the case moves to the President.
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United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Major cut in spending proposed in Texas Legislature
In Austin the 48th Texas Legislature saw its first major cut as Sen. A M Aikin Jr introduced an appropriation reducing public junior college aid by 14 percent to 286 500 a year from 325 000. The bill keeps a 50 per pupil distribution across 22 colleges including Amarillo Brenham Brownwood Beaumont Cisco Clarendon Corpus Christi Edinburg Goose Creek Gainesville Houston Hillsboro Kilgore Paris Ranger San Angelo San Antonio Temple Tyler Texarkana Victoria and Wichita Falls.
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Austin
U.P
Texas
Sen. A. M. Aikin, Jr
Aikin
Amarillo
Brenham
Brownwood
Beaumont
Cisco
Clarendon
Corpus Christi
Edinburg
Goose Creek
Gainesville
Houston
Hillsboro
Kilgore
Paris
Ranger
San Angelo
San Antonio
Temple
Tyler
Texarkana
Victoria
Wichita Falls
Lone bandit robs Morris Plan Bank in Fort Worth
A lone bandit wearing a rough appearance robbed the Morris Plan Bank at 11 30 A M, claiming to carry nitroglycerine and escaping on foot through the business district with $200 to $500 in currency. Weather notes for Amarillo West Texas New Mexico and Fort Worth are included with gusty winds and fluctuating temperatures.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Denver
Fort Worth
Morris Plan Bank
Preachers Lost Sheep Reappears After Storm Downtime
In Fairview Oklahoma Rev C L Moser used the lost and found column to announce his flock wandered off. Only 23 came for their feed in the morning. Shortly after, his phone rang with the same bleating greeting Baaa-a-a.
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Fairview
Okla
C. L. Moser
Army Takes Over In Solomon Islands
In a Navy communique Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch assumed command of American forces on Guadalcanal, replacing Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift. Marines in the area are largely withdrawn and army personnel assume leadership while some marine flyers remain on Tulagi. The report also notes U S air attacks on Munda and Bougainville targets and naval actions near Cape Friendship and Shortland Island.
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Washington
Navy
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Army
Guadalcanal
Patch
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Solomons
Tulagi
U. S
Munda
Bougain
War Production Chief Says Civilian Economy Nearly Trimmed
War Production Board head Donald M. Nelson warned that little more can be cut from the civilian economy without harming war effort. He listed four urgent problems including increasing munitions parts output, distributing scarce materials, simplifying consumer goods, and industrial concentration.
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Washington
U.pr
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
WPB
Girl Recalled to Stand in Flynn Case To Tell of Illegal Operation
Prosecutors in the Errol Flynn trial recalled 16 year old Peggy Satterlee to testify about an illegal operation she says she underwent at another man s urging. She dated the operation to July or August last year, about a year after a controversial watching trip with Flynn.
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Flynn
Errol Flynn
Peggy Satterlee
Miss Satterlee
Betty Hansen
Thomas Cochran
E. Willard Watson
Watson
Peggy LaRue Satterlee
Ditrict
Thomas W. Cochran
Los Angeles
Sirocco
Hardware men arrive for war time conference in Amarillo
Hardware and implement dealers from the Panhandle South Plains and Eastern New Mexico arrived in Amarillo this morning for a war time conference replacing the 34th annual convention. Hobart Thomas of Indianapolis S M Lyman Paul Mulliken and representatives of WPB OPA and ODT will speak. The conference opened this afternoon in Room 202 of the Herring Hotel and closes tomorrow noon.
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Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Amarillo
Hobart Thomas
Indianapolis
Ind
National Retail Hardware Association
S. M. Lyman
Kansas City
John Deere Plow Company
Paul Mulliken
St. Louis
National Retail Farm Equipment Association
WPB
OPA
ODT
Herring Hotel
Rail unions seek representation for 35 Pantex workers
A Dallas train delay postponed a National Labor Relations Board hearing on labor issues at the Pantex ordnance plant. The Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers seek to represent 35 railroad workers as Certain-feed Products Corporation declined to sign a contract with the unions.
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Dallas
Pantex
National Labor Relations Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ordnance Plant
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Bombers Hit Burma Rail Installations and Akyab Raid
American heavy bombers attacked railroad installations at Thazi near the Irrawaddy estuary in Burma. Royal Air Force bombers struck a Japanese airfield at Toungoo and raided targets on Akyab Island, per Allied dispatches.
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New Delhi
Thazi
Irrawaddy River
Burma
U. S. Air Force
Royal Air Force
Toungoo
Akyab
Akyab Island
Amarillo Allows Grade C Pasteurized Milk Shortage Measure
Amarillo approves an emergency amendment to permit Grade C pasteurized milk for sale amid a milk shortage. Grade A and fortified milk remain for children. City officials promise continued strict inspections with army cooperation. Capt. Charles Wainwright and industry reps discuss labeling and safety.
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Amarillo
Uncle Sam
Charles Wainwright
Veterinary Corps
Amarillo Army Air Field
Vineyard
Mr. Wyatt
Byron Singleton
Corporation Counsel
Starved Japs Fight For Life In Jungle
Allied reports place a 15,000 Japanese army trapped in Papuan coastal jungles New Guinea as fighting intensifies. MacArthur's forces declare further reductions of enemy positions while UN planes strike from Burma to the South Seas hitting Lae Finschhafen Madang Cape Gloucester and other targets. In Burma US heavy bombers hit rail targets at Thazi and RAF planes strike Toungoo Akyab Schwebo and other installations.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Burma
South Seas
Australia
Lae
Finschhafen
Madang
RAF
Toungoo
Akyab Island
Schwebo
Purse Snatchings Burglaries and Car Theft Reported in Amarillo
Last night in Amarillo two men snatched a purse from Mrs. V. C. Smalley of Victory Hotel on South Lincoln Street. Burglaries were reported at H. L. Finch service station on North Fillmore and at Grande Courts on North Fillmore. Howard Blaker reported his car stolen from in front of radio station KFDA on Mississippi Street.
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Amarillo
V. C. Smalley
Victory Hotel
South
Lincoln Street
H. L. Finch
North Fillmore Street
Grande Courts
Howard Blaker
Mississippi Street
KFDA
County crime office nets 3118.89 in cash fees
County Attorney Tom Seay's office reports a net cash profit of 3118.89 for last year from collected fees, not including fines or uncaptured fees. Cash fees totaled 9813 with office expenses of 6694.44, about twice the 1941 cash fees, attributed to a crime increase. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Tom Seay
Mrs. A C Roddy dies in train car crash near Amarillo
Mrs. A C Roddy, 47, was killed when her Ford coupe was struck by an east bound Santa Fe passenger train between St Francis and Amarillo Field at 7 45 this morning. She died at Amarillo Field Hospital two and a half hours later. Survivors include husband and three children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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A. C. Roddy
St. Francis
Amarillo Field
Roddy
Post Hospital
Santa Fe
Lurine Roddy
Pantex
Amarillo
Amarillo Field Hospital
Texas Highway
Potter County
Methodist Church
Laverne
Maurice Cowan
Lubbock
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Plane Crash Kills 35 in Dutch Guiana
Washington reports 26 passengers and 9 crew members died when a four engine transport plane crashed in Dutch Guiana on January 15. The craft, civilian operated under army contract, had been en route overseas and departed the U S about a week earlier. Notable victims listed include Maj Eric M Knight author of This Above All and PBS official P E Foxworth among others.
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Washington
Dutch Guiana
Army
Air Trange
Maj
Eric M. Knight
P. E. Edward Foxworth
PBS
New York
Charles H. Brown
California Arabian Oil Co
William Hodson
State Department
O. E. Henryson
H. D. Haberfeld
FBI
United States
B. H. Dally
Harold Sk. George
The
Transport Command
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C. A. Christoph
Fillmore
Edward Sullivan
L. J. Prien
West Eighth Avenue
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Preacher
Solomon Islands
Frederick C.othman
Hollywood
Joe Jenkins
Bob” Epperson
Pinky” Vineyard
Borden's
A. F. Madison
Plains Creamery
Jack Wyatt
Neely -Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
A.C. Roddy
Bureau
Russell Stationery Company
S. S. Dorrance
Charles W. Campbell
Robert B. Walker
John P. Girline
Thomas L. Gallagher
Russell A. Baughman
Robert M. Stofler
Ellis M. Roberts, Jr
Carl A. Matteo
Charles S. Shively
Max Solomon
Charles
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