Pulse Feeler Calls for Civilian Travel Rationing Debate
A reader poll from Amarillo captures mixed views on civilian travel limits. Travelers cite hard connections and holiday crowds, while others argue rationing harms families or could be managed by timing and emergency priorities. Pulse Feeler invites questions for $1.
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E. V. Harber
P. L. Colting
Brooklyn
West Coast
Tom Brooks
Galveston
Mildred Burch
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Duke Nally
Loot from Campbell burglary packed at police storage
Police at the West Fifth Avenue storehouse pack unidentified loot taken from the Campbell home. Burglary victims from several cities identify valuables worth thousands of dollars. Ralph Campbell and his wife Claudine remain in the punty jail.
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Campbell
West Fifth Avenue
Campbells
Ralph
Claudine
German officers executed in Baltic front tension at Copenhagen
The Free Danish news service reports five German officers executed and 40 soldiers killed after they refused to deploy to the Russian front during an exchange with sentries and SS Guards at the Copenhagen artillery barracks.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Soviet offensive severs center front with Gomel capture
Russian forces reported a major advance as Gomel fell and surrounding White Russian territory was seized. The operation created a 37 mile gap in German lines north of Gomel while new drives pushed toward the upper Dnieper and Minsk corridor.
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London
Red Army
Gomel
Center
Ukraine
Lower Dnieper
Nikopol
Kremenchug
Minsk
Upper Dnieper
Zhoblin
Zhoblin-Kalinkovichi
Moscow
Stickup on South Pierce Street Seizes Cash and Clothes
Fletcher Cox reports two negro robbers forced him to a secluded spot on South Pierce Street and searched his suitcase. They took $11 from him. Ophelia Williams later filed a report of clothing valued at $300 stolen from two suitcases.
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Fletcher Cox
Grant Street
South Pierce Street
Cox
Ophelia Williams
North West
Fourteenth Avenue
Nazi threats to raze Grenoble in retaliation for France strike
Swiss paper Journal de Geneve reports that Nazi occupation authorities threaten to raze Grenoble if sabotage continues. The ultimatum signals Germany’s retaliation against Petain’s stand after his refused attempt to issue a new democratic constitution. Grenoble, an Alpine fortress city, hosts strong underground activity.
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Bern
Switzerland
Journal de Geneve
Grenoble
Germany
Fof
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Alpine Valley
Isere River
Lyon
Two Inch Snow Falls in Panhandle With Frigid Night Ahead
The Panhandle saw two inches of snow last night with .30 inch moisture. Temperatures will drop to 15 above zero making unprotected cars freeze. snow drifted up to 32 miles per hour but then abated. The cold snap follows a warm day and may bring at least five more snows this winter. Wheat replanting is reported as moisture helps germination and some seed has been lost in prior planting.
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Panhandle
Bureau
Clayton
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Winburn
Post Office
Taylor
Snow Moisture Bodes Well for West Texas Wheat
The recent moisture across West Texas brings beneficial snow and mist for crops, especially wheat and range grass. Panhandle snow will aid wheat in areas like Amarillo, Pampa, and Ochiltree County, but officials caution that planting may still require more moisture.
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Texas
Lubbock
Panhandle
Ed Crabtree
Potter County
Amarillo
Pampa
Ochiltree County
Nine More Jap Ships Sunk by U S Submarines
American submarines report sinking nine more enemy ships in the Pacific including seven medium freighters one medium tanker and one medium plane transport vessel bringing total sunk or damaged by U S forces to 745 Japanese vessels since the war began Of these 505 are credited to submarines with 355 sunk 36 probably sunk and 114 damaged Navy officials say volunteers are being sought for submarine training at New London Conn as submarine production increases.
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Washington
Pacific
United States
Navy
Far East
Navy Department
Volun
New London
Conn
Naval Academy
Good Neighbor Day Sets Train of Pledges Across Blocks
The article describes a community fundraising effort called Good Neighbor Day stretching block by block from dawn Monday to dusk. Neighbors visit homes within reach and deliver about one dollar per family member to the Community and War Chest at 607 Taylor Street with pledges to weigh the mail and record contributions.
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Taylor Street
Pinky Vineyard
Weather overview for Amarillo and West Texas
Much colder tonight with temperatures around 15 degrees and sustained cold into Saturday. Panhandle and South Plains face snow and rain, with colder conditions statewide. 24 hours ending 6:30 AM showed a high of 50 and low of 27 with .30 inch precipitation. Wipas Asphalt shingles and insulation advertised by John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio- Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
del Rio-Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Continental Divide
Eighth Army Expands Bridgehead Across the Sangro
Allied reports say British Eighth Army widened a Sangro River bridgehead despite fierce German counter-attacks in Italy. Air and ground assaults, weather delays, and renewed actions near Castel di Sangro and Alfedena accompany pushes toward Pescara as US 45th Division joins the front.
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Eighth Army
Algiers
U.P
Sansro
Italy
Eighth
Pescara
Rome
Castel di Sangro
Alfedena
Ce' » di Sangro
Richard D. McMillan
United Press
Montgomery
Sangro
Aviation Training Executive To Attend Conference Here
John H. Wilson, executive director of the National Aviation Training School in Kansas City, will speak at the regional aviation conference in Amarillo on December 7 and 8 about operating an airport. Rex Baxter and R A Stone confirmed the acceptance by telegram, noting multi state interest and strong outsider participation. The event aims to showcase broad regional involvement.
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John H. Wilson
National Aviation Training School
Kansas City
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
R. A
Bob” Stone
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Baxter
Amarillo
Wilson
Massive Allied Bombardment Strikes Northwest Germany
Air clashes across western Europe as American Fortresses and Liberators join RAF forces in a large daylight raid on northwest Germany. Frankfurt and Berlin targetings continued. heavy losses reported for the RAF, while German defenses and city damage mount. Attacks extend into Pas de Calais as Allied air power maintains around the clock pressure.
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London
U.p)i
Germany
Royal Air Force
Frankfurt
Berlin
United States
Eighth Air Force
Pas de Calais
France
Ger
RAF
Air
Switzerland
Carl A. Spaatz
Europe
Mediterranean
Offenbach
Arthur T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Archibald Sinclair
Nazi Germany
Sweden
Axis Europe
New Pacific Attacks Reported On Marshalls Gilberts Invasion
U P reports Navy headquarters led by Admiral Nimitz describes a carrier division shooting down 46 Japanese planes during the Gilberts invasion phase. Bombers from carrier and land bases attacked Jaluit Atoll while Lib erator aircraft hit Imiej i Island. Tokyo radio predicted a decisive clash as the fleet marshals toward Tokyo.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilberts
U.S
Marshalls
Jaluit Atoll
Makin
Jaluit
Imieji Island
Japan
Tokyo
FCC
U. S
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Raymond A. Spruance
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Mili
Allied planes raid Formosa in daylight first time
CHUNGKING Nov 26. Allied air units based in China carried out a daylight raid on Formosa, landing in Sinchiku vicinity. Tokyo radio claimed three raiders shot down and two probably destroyed, saying the attack occurred less than 1,500 miles from Japan. Chinese high command reported heavy Japanese losses, with over 8,400 killed in battles in the Rice Bowl area between Nov 19 and 24.
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Chungking
U.P
China
Formosa
Radio Tokyo
Sinchiku
Rice Bowl
Money Raised For Tukey's Operation
The Bannister family of Los Angeles appealed for a 500 loan to fund a delicate operation to save their two year old son Errol Stephen Bannister after a fall. Earl J. Ryan of San Diego offered the funds, enabling the surgery scheduled for Monday at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles.
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San Diego
Calif
James S. Bannister
Los Angeles
Earl J. Ryan
San Diego Union
Errol Stephen Bannister
Amarillo
White Memorial Hospital
Soldier James A. Foster Served After European Duty
Pvt. James A. Foster of 908 Crockett Street is listed as a patient at McCloskey General Hospital Temple after returning from the European Theater. The Army announced today. A county jail holiday noted no new bookings since Wednesday with two releases earlier.
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James A. Foster
Crockett Street
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Army
Jeep O Gram for soldiers in Globe News Christmas issue
Deadline is tomorrow to send a Jeep O Gram to service members for the Christmas Globe News. Messages may be brief or flowery and will be printed in the holiday edition for readers overseas.
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Globe-News Jeep
The
Globe News
New Soviet Push Opens
A new Soviet push begins and sets the stage for further actions across regions as officials announce goals and mobilize resources. The development signals intensified state effort and strategic planning in the broader political landscape.
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Dnieper
Poland
Brest- Litovsk
Vilna
Lithuania
Odessa
Leningrad
Kiev
Nicolai ‘Vatutin
Korosten
Zhitomir
Novo Belitsa
Sozh River
DNB
Dick Mimeograph
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
W. 5Th
Tidningen
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Incurance
Tukey
Vic City
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