Large Bond Drive Yields Big Sales in Amarillo
Officials reported strong bond sales yesterday with a full theater crowd expected for the 9:15 premiere of Something For The Boys at the Paramount. Buyers can cast 100 votes per 25 bond and E Bonds dominate purchases totaling over 359 thousand dollars. Local businesses and organizations led by C I T Credit Corp and Kearns Grain contributed large sums toward Amarillo’s drive with totals surpassing 1.6 million in receipts and a remaining goal of about 4.5 million.
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Paramount Theater
Jack King
Amarillo
C. I. T. Credit Corp
Kearns Grain and Elevator Co
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co
Amarillo Sash & Door Co
Hub Clothing
Zales’ Jewelry Co
J. C. Key
Sears Rewbuck & Co
J. I. Case Co
Florence Hardin
Guy Saunders
Allied Forces Repel Multiple Nazi Attacks In Italy
Eighth Army units press north between the Lamone and Montone rivers facing fierce resistance near Alboreto eight miles northeast of Faenza. Fifth Army moves north and west of Modigliana, south of Faenza, while American forces fend off two raids south of Bologna. Air operations limited by weather with 470 sorties flown and three aircraft missing.
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Rome
Italy
U.P
Eighth Army
Spezia
New Raid On Tokyo Briefing Reports Minor Formation
San Francisco dispatch says Tokyo radio reported a minor formation of planes over the Tokyo area shortly before noon Japan time on November 29. The Weather Bureau predicts a warming trend with a low of 23 degrees tonight and notes a past low of 25, warning temperatures below 25 are dangerous for cars without anti freeze even in garages.
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San Francisco
U.P
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
Amarillo Officials to Attend State League Meeting
Several Amarillo city officials will travel to Houston next Tuesday for a Texas League of Municipalities meeting. City manager A. P. Hancock serves as league president.
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Amarillo
Texas League of Municipalities
Houston
A. P. Hancock
League
Bonnet Named French Ambassador to Washington
A French Council of Ministers decision reported by BBC appoints Henri Bonnet, former information commissioner, as ambassador to the United States in Washington. The move was disclosed via a French Telegraph Service dispatch summarized by BBC.
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London
U.P
BBC
French Council of Ministers
Henri Bonnet
Washington
Americans Break German Hold On Hurtgen Jungersdorf Koslar Front
American forces broke the German hold on Hurtgen Jungersdorf and Koslar as they drove across the Cologne Plain. First Army operations completed Jungersdorf occupation and advanced near Duren while Ninth Army cleared Koslar and pushed toward Julich. Seventh Army cut supply routes toward Haguenau and reached near Colmar, with Canadian forces entering Reichwald Forest near Nijmegen.
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Paris
Hurtgen
Jungersdorf
Koslar
Roer River
Cologne
Severaul First Army
Roer
Duren
First Army
Langerwehe
Kleinhau
Julich
Ninth Army
Germany
Kirchberg
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Seventh Army
Sarre‘guemines
Haguenau
Strasbourg
Colmar
Vosges
Rhine
Canada battles conscription crisis as parliament meets
Parliament held a secret session with Defense Minister A. G. L. McNaughton as Canada faces a deep crisis over overseas conscription. Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King appears to gain votes for a confidence measure, while Pacific Coast troops protest the policy. Demonstrations occur in British Columbia and other regions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific Coast
A. G. L. McNaughton
W. L. Mackenzie King
British Columbia
Vandals damage Llano Cemetery mausoleum in Amarillo
Amarillo police and cemetery staff seek a marauder who broke two stained glass windows and front doors at Llano Cemetery mausoleum, damaged vases, tore flowers from a new grave, and ripped a west side window. The 370 crypt structure measures 70 by 100 feet. Superintendent Albert Bruce suspects a rain soaked overall clue. Call police with information.
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Amarillo
Llano Cemetery
Albert Bruce
Bruce
Police Department
Jap Landing On Morotai
Japanese forces retreat in Burma while attempting a rapid push in the Philippines to delay China’s conquest. Tokyo reports Morotai landing with no loss and claims heavy Allied ships sunk, as American actions focus on Leyte and Ormoc defenses amid a broader Burma withdrawal. China warns of grave war situation and production mobilization proceeds under Donald Nelson’s oversight.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Burma
Philippines
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
Tokyo
Toyko Radio
Morotai
Douglas MacArthur
San Pedro Bay
Leyte
Ormoc
Japan
Spencer Davis
7Th Division
Mikado
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Nese
Philippine
Nippon
Pravda
Khabarovsk
Siberian
Donald Nelson
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Stettinius Approved as Secretary of State Nominee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended Edward R. Stettinius Jr. unanimously for the position of secretary of state. The confirmation news comes from Washington on November 29.
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Stettinius Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
News Tip First Prize Awarded to J C Cole
J C Cole of Amarillo College wins five dollars for the best News Tip of last week reporting a man pulling his own teeth with a string. Katherine Shapiro receives three dollars for a story about a man who swapped cars in a garage. Third prize of two dollars goes to the tip about a hitchhiker returning a stolen truck, with the winner donating the prize to the Red Cross.
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J. C. Cole
Amarillo College
Katherine Shapiro
Ong Street
Red Cross
Pat Custer
Madison Street
Ray Crumpacker
Prospect Street
Richard Morris
Polk Street
Mary Louise Garner
West
Fifth Avenue
Charles E. Smith
Lincoln Street
M. C. Pittman
Sixth Avenue
C. W. Paris
North
Fourth Avenue
Betty Jane Husted
Mary Eubank
Buchanan Street
Dorothy van Pelt
Taylor Street
Dessie Evans
Jackson Street
Christian Kennedy
Line Avenue
Jack King
A. L. Storrs
North Wilson Street
L. H. Pendley
Maryland Street
J. F. Delaho
Eugene Vaughan
Cleveland Street
Harry Potter
West Sixth Avenue
Joe Bob Smith
Travis Street
A. P. Smith
Fillmore Street
Grady C. Nutt
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
Fair tonight and Thursday with continued cold conditions. West Texas expected to stay fair through Thursday with lows from 26 to 32 in the Panhandle and South Plains tonight. colder in the Panhandle Thursday. New Mexico also fair through Thursday with warmer east portion Thursday and today highs 40 to 60, lows 10 to 35. Highs 49, low 25, noon 44 for a 24 hour period ending 6 30 A M.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Antwerp Open to Large Allied Convoys
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Antwerp is open after capture intact and is now receiving large convoys of ocean going ships. The report notes the port’s swift accessibility for Allied movement and wartime logistics.
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Antwerp
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Manpower Shortage Move Planned Here
Amarillo faces a serious manpower shortage with nearly 1,000 additional workers needed in war product plants such as shells at Pantex. A survey by the area War Manpower Committee may place Amarillo in Group II, with action possible this week depending on Washington.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Area Management Labor Committee
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Borger
Pampa
Berger
R. M. Smith
Pantex
Washington
Fred Wells
The
War Manpower Commission
J. E. Dyer
R. D. Evans
Phillips
J. W. Poe
H. L. Gowin
E. L. Shofner
R. A. Young
Dumas
S. M. Goodlett, Jr
C. R Sears
Pravda Brands Polish Exile Government as Hostile
Pravda declares the Polish government in exile a hostile force making future negotiations impossible. It accuses Polish reactionaries of plans to split the Allies and trigger a new war. The piece notes Mikolajczyk’s withdrawal as premier undermining rapprochement with the exiled regime and hints he and Peasant Party leaders abroad could go to Lublin.
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Moscow
Russia
Pravda
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajczyk
Strike Grows In Brussels Paralyzes City Transit
Pro test strikes against Premier Hubert Pierlot's government shut down Brussels street car service and spread to the postal and telephone systems and several iron foundries and factories. Guards doubled at government buildings and police manned strategic corners as up to 40 street cars ran.
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Brussels
U.P
Hubert Pierlot
Pierrot
Amarillo Airport Plan Seeks Expanded CAA-Backed Facilities
The Civil Aeronautics Administration proposes two new Amarillo airports and major improvements to English Field as part of a 5 to 10 year national plan. Total airport funding for Amarillo would reach about 1.34 million dollars with private flying airports to be built if Congress approves the bill and Texas matches funds with a state airport agency.
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Amarillo
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administration
The
CAA
Fort Worth
English Field
Texas
Texas Highway Commission
Aviation Committee
Shattering Bomb Dase Douses German Oil Complexes
More than 1000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with an equal number of escort fighters attacked Misburg oil refinery and Hamm freight yards in northwestern Germany after a heavy British bombardment of Nurnberg Ansen and Neuss. The Misburg strike marked the tenth and perhaps final blow to the vital oil works as Mustang Thunderbolts and Lightnings swept to deter Luftwaffe defenses.
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London
U.P
Misburg
Hamm
Germany
Nurnberg
Ansen
Neuss
Luftwaffe
Churchill Warns Against War Over Confidence
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned the House of Commons against any indulgence in the belief that the war will end soon. He said no one knows when the war with Germany will finish or how long until Japan is defeated, and he suggested he might change his forecast by dropping the word early from his earlier timetable.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Japan
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