Reds Winter Drive Gains Momentum Across Europe Fronts
Soviet forces press winter offensives from Latvia to Hungary and Slovakia. Troops tanks and dive bombers push against 400000 Germans pinned near Liepaja while another thrust isolates Budapest outposts and threatens East Prussia. Russian gains also reported near Ungvar Tokaj and Miskolc as evacuations and bombardments unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Musel
London
U.P
Baltic
Latvia
Moscow
Liepaja
East Prussia
Memel
Berlin
Vistula
Warsaw
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Budapest
Miskolc
Hungary
Radio Paris
Vienna
British Eighth Army Takes Zuccherificio Observation Post
Allied Headquarters reports the British Eighth Army seized the fortified sugar factory buildings at Zuccherificio two miles south of Ravenna after strong artillery fire. Prisoners were captured and additional localities were retaken west of Forli toward Bologna. The air forces flew about 1800 sorties with 27 planes missing, including U S and Allied raids on targets in upper Silesia and Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Zuccherificio
Ravenna
Adriatic
Forli
Bologna
Fifth Army
Mediterranean
U. S
15Th Army Air Force
Blechhammer
Upper Silesia
Strategic Air Force
Yugoslavia
Grady Man Determined To Go Deer Hunting
Grady N M resident G O McCrary was accidentally wounded at the start of a hunting trip. The bullet was removed, he returned to the mountains, shot his deer, drove home and dressed the animal before receiving care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady
Clovis
N. M
G. O. McCrary
Demos Seek Senate Foreign Relations Committee Majority
The administration aims to secure a solid pro peace machinery bloc on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Congress forms. Democrats plan to fill five vacancies, likely three, with Reynolds, Gillette, and Clark leaving. Possible picks include Hatch Lucas McFarland Maybank for the majority and Bridges for the Republicans, with a second GOP seat possibly going to Burton Gurney or Wiley. Wiley is the only one noted as critical of administration policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reynolds
North Carolina
Gillette
Iowa
Clark
Missouri
Burton
Ohio
Gurney
South Dakota
Wiley
Wisconsin
Red Fez Tops Army Musician Uniform in Amarillo
Private Kenneth C. Bernbaum of the South Plains Army Air Field in Lubbock wore a red fez with his U S Army uniform during Khiva Temple ceremonial in Amarillo. A Shriner since October, he was born in 1916 in Oakland and is a Mason since 1938.
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Sue Wise
Amarillo
Sixth
Polk
Khiva
United States Army
Kenneth C. Bernbaum
South Plains Army Air Field
Lubbock
Bernbaum
Temple Islam
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
University of California At Berkeley
Yankee Soldier Reflects on Service and Courtship
The speaker recalls National Guard service in 1933 34 and 1940, notes a long marriage begun in 1940, and recounts meeting his wife at a 1939 dance. He downplays being a mere pickup, hints at enduring traditions, and mentions possible future book ideas about a Yank in different mythic settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Olympus
Training American Artillery Units in Southwestern China
Charles E. Shelly 24, a Central High School graduate, serves at a field artillery training center in Southwestern China run by U Forces. American instructors train Chinese units on pack artillery under Y-Forces head Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn. Shelly moved from Amarillo to Colorado before volunteering. his wife is Mrs. Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Shelly
Central High School
Elizabeth Nixson Junior High
China
Sergeant Shelly Honored with Bronze Star and Asiatic Campaign Ribbon
Shelly of Craig Colorado receives military honors for service with Yoperation staff. He is entitled to wear a Bronze Star and the Asiatic Campaign Ribbon for his contributions.
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Shelly
Craig
Colo
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Reds
Transocean
Slovakia
Ungvar
Tokaj
Tisza
Ordway - Saunders Co
PARTY
Our Boys’ Department
Polk ST
Demos Control Peace Group
Samuel Slater
Pal
Bert
Doan
Ingersoll Clocks
United States Time Corporation
Ingersoll
Will the
Amarillo Hotel
T. C. Webb
Western Electric Hearing Aid
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Maynard Drake
Travis
Waterbury
Middlebury
Connecticut
Rockefeller Center
New York
N.Y
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