Allied Forces Staunch German Push on Cologne Plain Front
Lt Gen Hodges’ Army faces a major German defense in a single sector near Puzzle with up to a dozen divisions opposing three Allied Armies on the Cologne Plain. Germans defend deep west wall fortifications, aiming to disrupt a western front breakthrough. The British Second Army captures Haven north of Geilenkirchen as Allied push toward Venlo accelerates.
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Courtney H. Hodges
Puzzle
Cologne
Caen
Normandy
Nng
West Wall
Haven
Beige
Geilenkirchen
Holland
Maas River
Venlo
Goebbels Denies German Superiority Amid Claims
London dispatch notes Goebbels, Reich propaganda minister, denies Nazi claims of racial superiority while arguing Germans endure exceptional conditions. He lauds German stoicism as a weapon and asserts soldiers' bravery outweighs Allied material advantage with a firm political will he calls superior to enemies.
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London
Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Goebbels
Das Reich
Raid on Japanese positions across occupied China ends
American and Chinese air forces attacked Japanese positions in occupied China this week. A Chinese military spokesman said damaged supply lines temporarily removed a threat to Chungking and Kweiyang. He noted Japanese gains in Kwangsi were being consolidated and predicted no new offensive for two to three months.
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Chungking
China
Kweiyang
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Liuchow
Ishan
Hong Kong
Hainan Island
Burma
Yunnan
Kandy
Ceylon
Bhamo
Lend Lease in Another Name
President Roosevelt told Congress that lend-lease and reverse lend-lease should end with the war but the United Nations partnership must endure to secure a lasting peace. The 17th report notes Britain and dominions provided 3.35 billion in services and supplies in two years to June 30, while the UK reported 2.44 billion in reverse lend-lease to American forces. Australia, New Zealand and India contributed 911 million. U.S. lend-lease shipments to the British Empire topped 10.5 billion, with 18.5 billion channeled to other United Nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Britain
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
India
U. S
British Empire
Jackrabbits and items offered and lost
A reader offers jackrabbits for pickup in exchange for hauling old lumber. Gloves lost near the Post Office are to be called in. A table leg lost from a pickup near Seventh Avenue and Polk Street is reported. Ten keys on a double chain are found and held for the owner at Globe-News. A reader seeks home laundry work at 1116 South Arthur Street.
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North Taylor Street
Seventh Avenue
Polk Street
Bureau of Reclamation
Amarillo Building
Globe-News
Tack
South Arthur Street
Saipan B 29 Gunners Use Remote Control System
Saipan reports describe B 29 crews firing 50 caliber guns remotely from central fire control through a sighting computer. Gunners operate primary turrets but may shift control. cooling issues for engines remain a major challenge amid Tokyo raids led by Brig Gen Emmett O'Donnell Jr. Brig Gen Hayward Hansell Jr. notes improvements in engine cooling raise efficiency.
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Vern Haugland
Saipan
Tokyo
Emmett O'Donnell, Jr
Hayward Hansell, Jr
San Antonio
21St Bomber Command
20Th Air Force
U S and Britain Publish Drafts on World Air Transport Rules
The American and British delegations at the International Civil Aviation Conference released separate drafts of their joint proposal, showing unity on principles but dispute over operating and economic details. Both proposals include the fifth freedom allowing airlines to carry traffic between foreign states, alongside the four freedoms.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Bill Kane Stricken With Heart Attack
Amarillo oil lease broker Bill Kane suffered a heart attack Thursday at Bill McSpadden's ranch near Canyon and is in serious condition at St. Anthony's Hospital. Lee McSpadden had heart stimulant medicine that may have saved him. Kane was transported by ambulance from Canyon.
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Bill Kane
Amarillo
Bill McSpadden
Canyon
St. Anthony's Hospital
Lee McSpadden
Kane
Shoes From Wartime Pig Skin To Be Sold Ration Free
The OPA announced that shoes made from wartime pig skin may be sold ration free in the future. The plan aims to use bacon rind pigskin for uppers with plastic or rubber soles and limited men’s sizes. The move could produce as many as 15,000,000 pairs annually.
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Washington
OPA
To Convert Camp Hulen To Prisoner of War Camp
The War Department informed Senator Connally that Camp Hulen Palacios would be converted into a prisoner of war center. No further details were provided but the Gulf Coast post known for National Guard encampments is expected to hold German prisoners.
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Washington
War Department
Connally
Texas
Camp Hulen
Palacios
Gulf Coast
Texas National Guard
Nominations for Surplus War Property Board Face Probe
The Senate Military Committee voted to investigate the backgrounds of two presidential nominees for the Surplus War Property Board. Former Connecticut Governor Robert A. Hurley and Lt. Col. Edward Heller hold two of the three $12,000 posts, with Hurley proposed as chairman. A public hearing is set for next Tuesday to review the appointments. The committee will also weigh a House report criticizing a Narragansett Machine Co. loan. Hurley was vice president of the firm, and Heller served under the War Department official who approved the loan.
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Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Edward Heller
Senate
Hurley
Reynolds
Democrat
North Carolina
Chandler Democrat
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Narragansett Machine Co
Pawtucket
R. I
Heller
War Department
Juicy targets in Japan eyed for first B-29 raids
Brig Gen Haywood Hansell Jr of San Antonio spoke at Saipan in a secret conference ahead of Tokyo raids. He said initial raids are experimental and many juicy targets exist, but dismantling Japan’s economy will be a long, hard effort requiring careful selection by economic experts.
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Vern Haugland
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Haywood Hansell, Jr
San Antonio
Tokyo
Japan
Hansell
20Th Air Force
21St Bomber Command
Eighth Air Force
England
Germany
Claire Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
China
Cleveland
Grirming
Emmett O’donnell, Jr
Marianas
Japan Claims Navy Victory in Philippines
Japanese broadcasts reported by the Associated Press claim Allied ships were sunk or damaged in Philippine waters this week. The imperial communique cited by the FCC says planes intercepted a convoy east of Mindanao Island and, over three days, sank two transports and a cruiser or destroyer and damaged an aircraft carrier.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Federal Communications Commission
Mindanao
Bowdle Celebrates 91st Birthday With Thanksgiving
Mrs. Margaret E. Bowdle marked her ninety first birthday during Thanksgiving yesterday. She has lived 15 years at 1001 Sunset Terrace with daughter Mrs. C. W. Seibel. Born in Virginia to a Quaker family, she survived five wars and has five children, two of whom reside out of town.
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Margaret E. Bowdle
Bowdle
C. W. Seibel
Sunset Terrace
Virginia
Man Burns In Tulsa Street Fire After Dozing
Udell Day 27 of Keystone Oklahoma built a fire on a Tulsa street to stay warm. He fell asleep and his pants ignited burning them severely. He was hospitalized with serious burns.
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Tulsa
Okla
O.R
Udell Day
Keystone
Day
Chinese Deepen Wedge In Central Burma
Southeast Asia Command announced Chinese troops moved into Bhamo central Burma from south and northeast. The communique said Japanese defenses were breached at two southern points and a Chinese column advanced in the northern suburbs. Bhamo had been surrounded by Allied forces for about two weeks.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Bhamo
Burma
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Tokyo B-29 Force Expands Across Asia Pacific Front
The 21st Bomber Command activated March 8 with bases at Smoky Hill and later Peterson Field under Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey. Commanded by Hansell since August, the unit flew 18 missions including a Bangkok shake down raid and multiple strikes on Formosa and occupied Asia targets.
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21St Bomber Command
Smoky Hill Army Air Base
Salina
Kan
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
Roger M. Ramey
Ramey
Hansell
Japan
Bangkok
Siam
Tokyo
China
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Formosa
Luzon
Philippines
Allied Push Advances as Germans Struggle at Roer
Field Marshal Montgomery's spokesman says German forces press hard while determined to halt the Allied advance to the Roer. French troops reach Strasbourg sealing the Rhineland escape for remaining German 19th Army units, once about 70,000 strong. British forces push into Blerick near the Dutch border.
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Roer
Strasbourg
Rhineland
19Th
Blerick
Patton Led Third Army Through French and German Fronts
Allied forces reported gains across the Lorraine front with elements of the U.S. Third Army extending to Leyviller and Sarrebourg areas while advancing near Metz. French troops met stronger resistance as they pushed north of Mulhouse in Alsace, with dozens of villages and key towns captured in the Vosges and along the Saverne gap as the drive toward the Rhine continued.
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First Army
Weisweiler
Hurtgen Forest
Mulhouse
Upper
Alsace
Vosgee
Belfort
Sixth Army
Rhine
Strasbourg
U. S
Third Army
George 8. Patton Jr
Leyviller
Saarbrucken
Fenetrang
Sarrebourg
Luxembourg
Lorraine
Metz
Paris
Jacques le Clerc
Romelfing
Doesnheim Hartmatt
Steinbourg
Dettwiller
Otterswiller
Schweinhelf
Romansviller
Waldowisheim
Willgotteim
Saverne Gap
Vosges
Saales
Ste Marie
Bon Homme
Quiet Thanksgiving for Amarillo as Sheriff Reports Few Incidents
Amarillo residents enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving with the sheriff reporting only two arrests yesterday and last night, indicating a peaceful holiday period for the community.
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Amarillo
Sheriff's Department
Potter County Grand Jury Sees No Indictments Yet
The Potter County grand jury met in morning session and had not returned any indictments at recess. The district attorney's office presented several cases to jurors and additional indictments may be returned this evening.
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Potter County
District Attorney's Office
Swedish Ship Hansa Missing Near Gotland
The 563 ton Swedish passenger ship Hansa is hours overdue off Gotland as Swedish military aircraft report sighting debris bodies and a lifeboat with apparent survivors 25 miles from Gotland. The disappearance recalls a German warning that Baltic and Gulf of Bothnia shipping could be sunk without warning.
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Stockholm
Hansa
Baltic
Gotland
Gulf of Bothnia
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