Christmas Day Raid Opens Campaign on Rabaul
Army Flying Fortresses from Guadalcanal bombed Rabaul on Christmas Day scoring three direct hits on a large transport ship and several near hits on three small cargo vessels. Fighters did not engage the bombers, seen as a step in a twin-air campaign from Australia and Guadalcanal to erode the Japanese stronghold.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Navy
Solomons
Australia
Ion
Munda
Japan
Truk
South Pacific Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Munday
Buin
Bougainville Island
Australia-New Guinea
Giraud Named High Commissioner in French Africa
General Henri Giraud was named unanimously by the French imperial council to succeed Admiral Darlan as high commissioner of French Africa and commander in chief with full military and civil powers. The decision followed Darlan's assassination and a funeral attended by Eisenhower and Allied leaders.
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Algiers
Henri Honore Giraud
Imperial Council
Jean Darlan
French Africa
Giraud
Darlan
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Dakar
Yves Chatel
Algeria
Jean Marie Bergeret
Henri Giraud
West Africa
Germany
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Navy
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
Britain
de Gaulle
London
Reuters
Italy
Axis
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Eisenhower
Middle Don Offensive Narrows Gap to Rostov
Russian troops pushed within 105 miles of Rostov in a Middle Don offensive that has claimed 116000 German casualties in 11 days. Red Star said a separate push southwest of Stalingrad sealed the fate of 22 German divisions between the Don and Volga. The Russians also disclosed advances near Millerovo and Kotelnikovski as they moved toward Kharkov, claiming 812 populated areas freed and extensive captures including 351 planes and 178 tanks since December 16.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Rostov
Don
Red Army
Stalingrad
Kostelnikovski
Red Star
Volga
Verkhnetarasov
Moscow-Rostov
Don River
Middle Don
Don Steppes
Moscow Rostov
Ukraine
Kharkov
Millerovo
Kamensk
Krivorozhe
Yefremovsko-Stepanovsk
Kotelnikovski
Middle Caucasus
British Guards Drive Germans From Hill Crest in 48 Hour Tunisian Battle
Allied communique from North Africa recounts a fierce Christmas Eve to Christmas Day engagement near Medjez El Bab. British Brigade of Guards seized the hill crest despite mud, rain, and German counterattacks, with heavy artillery support. Submarines sank two merchant ships and possibly a destroyer while air forces pounded targets at Sfax and Gabes. The ridge north east of Medjez El Bab is deemed vital to Allied plans as troops pressed toward Tebourba and Tunis.
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London
Medjez-El-Bab
North Africa
Guards
Tunisia
North African
Sfax
Tunisian
Gabes
Tunis
Medjez-el- Bab
Tebourba
Halians
United States
Prominent Higgins Resident A M Winsett Dies at 69
Ansley Maxwell Winsett a longtime Higgins rancher merchant and postmaster died in an Amarillo hospital at age 69. He helped found Higgins earlier in the town’s history and was active in Baptist circles Modern Woodmen Masonry and cattle business. Services set for Higgins Baptist Church with pallbearers and burial in Higgins Cemetery.
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Ansley Maxwell Winsett
Higgins
Amarillo
Winsett
Emma Ewing
Baptist Ch
Modern Woodmen
Boxwell
Qpel
Ins
Higgins Baptist Church
Revselcomb and Hancock
Roy Landers
R Ward
Cecil Fitzgerald
Quarkes Newcomer
Sid Slack
Lansing
Murial
Higgins Cemetery
Do It Would Have Worked The Rooster Engine Trick
A Mexico ranchman told a Native American a supposed method to start a car by placing a rooster in a bag on the hood to heat the engine. The scheme failed after a goat ate sparkplug wires and part of a fan belt, leaving the car unable to start.
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Lup
N. M
Mexico
Weather forecast for Rillo and Texas region
Windy and much colder conditions spread across Rillo and vicinity with intermittent snow in the mountains eastward Texas and Mexico. Continued cold and windy Sunday with intermittent precipitation and temperatures around mid thirties to forties, sunset near 6 43 PM.
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Rillo
Mexico
Texas
Wse
Paula Follows Captain Cherry After Pacific Rescue
Paula Cherry, three, stays close to her father Captain Bill Cherry after his rescue from the Pacific alongside Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. The family visits Amarillo with Cherry siblings and parents, recalling the harrowing voyage, raft ordeal, seagull rescue, and recovery, while Paula fears separation from daddy.
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Paula
Bill Cherry
Captain Cherry
Pacific
Eddie Rickenbacker
Captain
Amarillo
Lou Murry
J. C. Cook
Durwood Finley
Wellington
Ter
Pauline Cherry
Cherry
Proposed Gunnery Range May Evict 270 Families
About 270 families in Harding, Quay and Union counties New Mexico face eviction as the Army Air Forces plans an aerial artillery gunnery range. The project would seize 270,000 acres, remove cattle and livestock from the land, and end local tax revenue. Ranchers met with Sen. Carl Hatch and an official from the Clovis bombing school seeking careful study of alternatives and fair relocation options.
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Harding, Quay
Union
New Mexico
Army Air Forces
Tucumcari
Carl Hatch
Clovis
Harding County
Carl Guthman
The
Roy Record
Nara Visa
Clayton
Dalhart
Tex
Harding
Quay
Amistad
Centerville
Sedan
Thomas
Rosebud
Claphan
Sam Rayburn
U-boats Sink 40,000 Tons of Merchant Ships
German broadcasts report seven merchant ships totaling 40 000 tons sunk in the Atlantic including a fully laden 7 000 ton tanker en route to North Africa sources say the U boats achieved this loss as of December 23 1943.
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Berlin
DNB
Atlantic
North Africa
White Christmas Near Miss as Snow Arrives Late
A late snowfall hit yesterday and last night with more flurries possible today. The forecast warned of severe cold and hazardous driving for the forenoon. Glass windows at the White Auto Store and others shook as strong winds hit Polk Street.
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Weather Bureau
Polk Street
Battlefronts Rapid Moves Across Fronts Amid War Updates
Russians claim gains in four winter offensives and close to Rostov within 105 miles. In the Solomons Guadalcanal air operations target Rabaul extending the air war. Allies push to 12 miles of Tunis while British forces reach Sirte 210 miles from Tripoli. The Imperial Council meets with Eisenhower to choose a Darlan successor.
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Rostov
Tunis
Sirte
Tripoli
Imperial Council
Eisenhower
Darlan
MP's Are Charged In Night Club Riot
GREAT FALLS Montana December 26 A Cascade County deputy attorney said a night club riot at the Oasis Club in Black Eagle began after military policemen attacked high school football player Charles Curwan and his friend Roy Gardner. The MPs fired five shots wounding four civilians and beating another, endangering about 75 Christmas revelers.
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Great Falls
Mont
U.P
Cleveland Hall
Cascade County
Black Eagle
Hall
Charles Curwan
Curwan
Roy Gardner
Army
Gardner
Food rationing broadcast announced for countrywide reach
Washington reports an important wartime broadcast at 7 P M on four networks to reveal a possible point rationing system for canned foods. Claude Wickard and Elmer Davis will address households about a program likely to start within a month, with citizens required to declare existing stock.
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Amarillo
Office of War Information
Claude R. Wickard
OWI
Elmer Davis
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