Incessant Nazi Blows Fail To Dent Positions
Allied reinforcements rush through Atlas defiles to aid British and American forces holding the Mateur Tebourba Djedeida line in Northeastern Tunisia. German counterattacks fail to crack the position as Tebourba remains under Allied control.
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London
Atlas Mountains
Mateur-Tebourba- Djedeida
Tunisia
Tebourba
Tunis
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Djedeida
Tripoli
Gabes
Sfax
Associated Press
Mateur
Reuters
North Africa
Naples
Partridge Area Plans Revealed In Panhandle Visit
Eltinge Warner publisher of Field & Stream will select Hungarian partridge areas in the Panhandle next week. He arrives in Amarillo Tuesday afternoon and will speak at a hotel gathering with motion pictures about the conservation project. Potential release zones include west of Friona and west of McLean, with Cat Creek south of Canadian in Hemphill County. The open field bird favors cultivated plains and less brush and water. Four sound hunting films will be shown: Quail Quest Sky Game On The Wing Bird Dogs The Retrieving Cheetah.
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Panhandle
Canada
Eltinge Warner
Field & Stream
Amarillo
Warner
Friona
Texas Game and Fish Department
McLean
Cat Creek
Canadian
Hemphill County
United States
Nebraska
New York
Amarillo Hotel
FSA Appeals Gasoline Ration for Cotton Labor
The Farm Security Administration will appeal its gasoline ration request to state director Mark McGee in Amarillo on Monday. Potter County War Price and Rationing Board denied the six car request, says five cars appealed, to recruit migrant farm labor for long staple cotton near Roswell Carlsbad Las Cruces El Paso Pecos.
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Farm Security Administration
OPA
Mark McGee
Amarillo
Potter County
FSA
McGee
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Kiwanis Club
Roswell
Carlsbad
Las Cruces
el Pas
Pecos
Jesse B. Gilmer
War Manpower Commission
Navy Torpedo Planes Strike Japans Solomons
Navy reports American aircraft from Guadalcanal attacked central Solomons Thursday. Dive bombers and torpedo planes hit enemy surface units about 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal between New Georgia and Santa Isabel. Earlier communiqués cited losses including destroyers and cruisers amid continued South Pacific action.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
New Georgia
Santa Isabel Islands
South Pacific War Zone
Associated Press
South Pacific
Allied and Axis clashes across Tunisia and Solomons
December 5 1942 reports rush of Allied reinforcements to Tunisia as Axis armor presses. American Navy dive bombers strike Central Solomons surface units. Russian advances on the Don from Stalingrad tighten Red grip. Pearl Harbor damage total revealed a year later.
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Italy
Churchill
Cairo
North
Africa
Rome
Naples
Mediterranean
Sicily
Carl Spattz
North Africa
Tunisia
Bizerte
Edson Raff
Tripolitania
Don
Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Sandies Win Bi district Clash 6 0 Over Coyotes
Amarillo Golden Sandies defeat Wichita Falls Coyotes 6 to 0 in bi district football. A 79 yard drive produced the touchdown ending the Coyotes 23 game Class AA win streak. Sandies advance to quarterfinal vs San Angelo Bobcats at Amarillo next Saturday.
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Coyote Field
Wichita Falls
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Wichita Falls Coyotes
Sandies
Coyote
San Angelo Bobcats
Butler
Amarillo
Ross Larsen
Sandie
el Paso
San Angelo
Enlistment Ban Shifts War Mobilization Under McNutt
President Roosevelt ordered stop to voluntary enlistments in the armed forces for men 18 to 38 and redirected recruitment through the Selective Service System under Paul V. McNutt. The Navy and Army will rely on civilians and officer candidates from the ranks, with Hershey’s duties moved to McNutt’s control.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Paul V. McNutt
War Department
Mt Nm
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Manpower Commission
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Pearl Harbor Day Plans Complete for Monday
Amarillo marks the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor with an 11 25 a m observance at Third and Polk. The program features air raid drill rehearsal, WAACs path, a War Bond auction, concerts, displays, and a prayer pause, with clubs selling bonds and stamps at Sixth and Polk and several venues hosting activities.
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Amarillo
Pearl Harbor
Texas
North Amarillo
San Jacinto
Jack Anderson Wins Contest
In Amarillo the first prize of a $25 war bond went to Jack Anderson of 4232 West Fourteenth Avenue. Second prize $5 in war stamps was won by Helen McCabe of 1216 South Fillmore. Third prize $2.50 in war stamps went to Mrs. W. D. Kirkpatrick of Rt. 1 White Deer.
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Jack Anderson
West Fourteenth Avenue
Helen McCabe
South Fillmore
Amarillo
W. D. Kirkpatrick
Rt. 1
White Deer
Elsie Mosley
R. Morganstern
M. E. Post
le Roy Carver
George Lusk
Mabel Martin
Stratford
Jack Pierson
Boise City
Harrison Garrison
Santa Claus Delights Amarillo Crowd At Courthouse Reception
Thousands of children and parents packed the courthouse lawn for Santa’s first appearance with a police escort. A colorful city event followed by carols from a consolidated choir and performances by Senior High and Sam Houston bands.
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Santa Claus
Court House
Amarillo
Julia Dean
Sam Houston
Weather Summary Amarillo and West Texas Sunday Freeze
Hard freeze prevailed Sunday across Amarillo and vicinity with continued cold daytime conditions. West Texas saw snow flurries in the Panhandle and intermittent rain elsewhere, with cool spells continuing in the Panhandle and El Paso area. Temperature readings noted yesterday include a high of 41 or 42 and a low of 27, with sunrise at 6 41 a m and sunset at 6 35 p m.
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Amarilloq
West Texas
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Patt Powell
Coyotes
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Powlerhouse
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Ray Daniels
Dwight Hoskins
Ray Daniel
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Russell Stationery Company
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