Escape from Bataan Two Captains Lead Allied Dash Home
Captain William Lloyd Osborne and Captain Damon Gauze recount a dangerous 1500 mile escape through Japanese lines from Bataan. They describe brutal bombardment, malaria, and malnutrition as they join a mounted breakout led by Captain Marcus Wohlfield and endure retreat toward Limay with heavy casualties.
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William Lloyd Osborne
Infantry
Damon Gauze
Air Corps
Zamballes
Baker
Imay
Limay
Marcus Wohlfield
Wohlfield
Amarillo Airplane Assembly Plant Rumors Surface
Congress man Gene Worley cites futile efforts to confirm reports of a large airplane assembly plant in Amarillo. The F W Dodge Corp cites a plant costing over 5 million dollars, with unions directing workers to Amarillo for a new bomber facility. Further tracing efforts are underway to identify the source of these rumors.
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Washington
Gene Worley
A. F. of
I. C
Amarillo
Consolidated
The
Vultee
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Allies Rout Axis in North Africa as Rommel Retreats
United Nations and Allied forces reported sharp clashes across North Africa driving German and Italian columns back toward Bizerte and Tunis. Rommel's retreat from Bengali continued while French Tunisian troops mutinied against the Axis as Allied gains expanded from the Algerian frontier toward the Tunisian coast.
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Adolf Hitler
Libya
North Africa
Tripoli
United Nations
France
Marshal Petain
Gulf of Gabes
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
de Gaulle
Erwin Rommel
Bengali
Berlin
Rommel
Tripolitania
Atlas Mountains
Morocco
Barre
North African
Walther Nehring
Oran
Algeria
Eterans
Flanders
Mediterranean
Tabarka
Europe
North
Africa
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Balkans
Greece
Rome
Tunisia-Libya
Gabes
Gulf Port
Mareth
Poisoned eggs kill 47 at Oregon state hospital
In Salem 47 inmates died and up to 12 more were seriously ill after suspected poisoning of scramble eggs at the state hospital for the insane. Pathologists found sodium fluoride in viscera and eggs. investigators note a locked storage area with roach poison and other ingredients. Governor Sprague called it mass murder and ordered a full police investigation.
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Arthur Bremer
Salem
Ore
U.P
State Hospital
Charles A. Sprague
Sprague
A. B. McKillop
Mary O'Hare
McKillop
Miss O'Hare
John C. Evans
Walter Lansing
State Police
Frank Menne
University of Oregon
Evans
Joseph Beeman
State Crime Laboratory
Portland
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region
The forecast calls for mild temperatures this afternoon across West Texas and the Amarillo area with a sharp drop tonight bringing strong winds and scattered showers. El Paso, Big Bend, and Panhandle areas may see continued mild afternoon temperatures but will turn colder tonight with showers in Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico remains warm in Pecos Valley eastward but cooler overall, with snow flurries in northern mountains and higher elevations. 24 hour extremes show a minimum of 62 and maximum of 79 with noon reading at 52.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Continental Divide
Colder Damp Weather Forecast With Showers Possible
The bureau warns of cooler damp conditions with a chance of flurries and drizzle tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 79 with a 52 low in the morning as temperatures slip, but not to freezing. Local ads mention Xmas cards, gifts, and stationery stores amid scattered weather notes.
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Bureau
Dee Stationery
Polk
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van Atta
Damon Gause
Bataan
Leutenant
Liutenant
Warren Stirling
Stirling
Pattersor
Whipple
Gilbe
Beriberi
Donald
Bert Banks
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Bert
Ollie Lancaster
Daytona Beach
Florida
Claude Daniels
Bogalusa
Louisiana
Carl Mango
Erie
Pennsylvania
Wilmer Baker
Kenneth A. N. Anderson
Llied
America
Italy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
el Algheila
Martuba
Slonta
Spain
Francisco Franco
Axis
British
Gibraltar
Caucasus
Ordzhonikidze
Caucasus Mountains
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Stalingrad
United States Navy
New Guinea
Solomons
Guadalcanal
United States
Navy
Algiers
Neely-Greenhill- Lowndes Insurance
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Souther States
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