Report Capture Is Imminent As Axis Retire From Tripoli
The vital Castel Benito airport near Tripoli is reportedly in British hands, enabling air strikes on Tripoli port and city. Axis forces retreat from Libya toward Tunisia as Rommel tries to regroup for a Mareth Line stand, with heavy RAF and US bombers harassing the Germans and Italians along a wide front through Tunisia.
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Castel Benito
Tripoli
Radio
Cairo
Eighth Army
Afrika Korps
Tunisia
Hell
Ben Gardnane
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Mareth Line
London
Allied drive to seize Tripoli advances in Tunisia battle
London dispatches report Allied forces pressing across Tunisia as German columns vie for position near Ousseltia and Bou Arada. American planes and British ships attack Axis units, sink ships off Tripoli, and bombard Tripoli harbor as the fall of the city to the British grows imminent.
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Pont du Fahs
Ain Meshour
Kairouan
Ousseltia
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Tunisian
Africa
Sicily
Robert P. Patterson
Washington
Tripoli
Algiers
Desert
Madrid
Axis
Hell
Afrika Korps
Axis Espionage Agents Operate From Argentina
Reports show four internal groups with illegal shortwave transmitters operating from Argentina as Axis espionage hubs in the Western Hemisphere. Many agents came from Chile and Brazil after diplomatic shifts. Argentina remains the sole among 21 republics with Axis ties. Three memoranda to Argentina from the United States spurred police arrests of 38, with six indicted.
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Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Germany
Italy
United States
John Jacob Napp
Dietrich Niebuhr
Potter County Board to Meet After Noon Monday
The Potter County Rationing Board convenes Monday afternoon to hear that State OPA Director Mark McGee has reversed its action on additional preferred mileage for numerous entities. McGee praised the board for its common sense policy during his visit, stating Texas boards would be urged to adopt the stance. Many appealed cases were reversed by McGee.
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Potter County
OPA
Mark McGee
McGee
Texas
Roosevelt Nominee Rutledge Delayed by Hearing Request
Washington date reports that a Washington lawyer delayed Senate judiciary subcommittee approval of President Roosevelt's nomination of Wiley Blount Rutledge of Iowa to the U S Supreme Court. Edmond C. Fletcher asked for a hearing before the subcommittee to question the appointee.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Roosevelt
Wiley Blount Rutledge
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
Edmond C. Fletcher
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Fortune teller misreads fate of local ration book
In Elkhart Indiana a sugar and coffee ration book was returned by a quiet little old lady who asked for a re issue stating she would not need it. She then explained she thought she would die but the fortune teller was wrong and she still needs her book.
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Elkhart
Ind
Amarilloans Held by Japs and Center Plans Spring Courses
Amarillo residents learn that L F Sheffy will likely repeat his History of the Great Plains at West Texas State College Amarillo Center if demand exists A spring catalog lists 45 courses across 15 departments with student driven scheduling An assembly at 8 PM at the Center auditorium 2101 Harrison Street will outline content and enroll interested adult education students Also reports surface about Lost Battalion prisoners in Java and a Tokyo transcription noting Amarillo soldiers missing since last June.
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L. F. Sheffy
The
Great Plains
Amarillo
West Texas State College
Sheffy
Plains
Center
Harrison Street
Tokyo
United States
Allene White
Sam Houston Junior High
Roger, Jr
George Killian
Set
G. B. Killian
Weather Breeding Day Bursts With Heat And Wind
The bureau notes extreme heat for the time of year and strong winds of 35 to 40 mph. Last night’s low reached 47 degrees, a chill uncommon for midsummer. Expect a hot day again with cooler conditions tonight and continued windy, mild weather aside from the gusts.
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Bureau
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The Amarillo area enjoys continued mild conditions with tonight turning less warm and windy. West Texas trends warmer in Del Rio Eagle Pass with fresh to strong winds. Panhandle and South Plains see similar wind. New Mexico reports scattered light rain or snow in higher areas, otherwise little change. Temperatures ranged from 47 to 68 degrees with noon at 67.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Permit Issued for 7000 Addition at Star Machinery Shop
The city hall building inspector issued a permit for a 7000 addition to Star Machinery & Foundry. The work will extend the machine shop at 1209 Lincoln Street.
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Star Machinery & Foundry
City Hall
Lincoln Street
First baby born at Las Vegas magnesium plant hospital
The first newborn at the new basic magnesium war plant hospital in Las Vegas weighs seven pounds and is named William Thomas War. Both parents are defensive workers. The baby has been nicknamed submarine world and invasion by locals.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Basic
William Thomas War
Underpass Closure Pending Repairs on Tenth Avenue
City manager A P Hancock announced that the Tenth Avenue underpass will close to traffic until repairs by Santa Fe are completed. Lights and barricades will be installed tomorrow morning by E R Thompson, superintendent of streets, at the underpass between Grant and Garfield streets.
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Tenth Avenue
A. P. Hancock
The
Santa Fe
Grant and
Garfield Streets
E. R. Thompson
Reds Continue Advance Nazis Admit Reverses
The German high command for the first time revealed grave reverses in Russia. The Stalingrad area was described as closely encircled with Russian forces breaking through westward. A broad Russian offensive was reported along the southern front, with heavy Soviet attacks in the Leningrad region and near Lake Ladoga. The Soviets claimed encirclements and advances from Leningrad to the Caucasus, saying more than 500,000 Germans were killed or captured and substantial enemy matériel destroyed since the November offensive.
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Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Lake Ladoga
Lake Lagoda
Neva
Kharkov
Ukraine
Voroshilovgrad
Donets River
Rostov
Salsk
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Armavir
Voroshilovsk
Tikhoretsk
Stalingrad-Salsk-Tikhoretsk
Kremlin
Nikolai Lenin
Josef Stalin
Alexander Scherbakov
Moscow Soviet
Voronezh
Red Army
Ostrogozhsk
Starving dogs prompt Milwaukee deaths inquiry
In Milwaukee on January 22 police led by Lieut. Walter McCaigue entered a south side house where 81 year old Mrs. Lucille Long and 83 year old Mrs. Rosina Trounce lay dead on a cluttered couch and cot as 17 gaunt dogs, chained to beds, jumped at the bodies. Miss Eileen Long, 17, said she had money to buy food but there was none, and she did not know what to do when the women died. Neighbors had complained of late night barking and the women’s odd behavior. Some dogs had been taken by the Humane Society but were later returned via court order before the scene and Miss Long was hospitalized.
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Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Walter McCaigue
Eileen Long
Lucille Long
Rosina Trounce
Miss Long
Mrs. Kelly
Ida Kelly
Humane Society
McCaigue
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