French Advance In Cassino Area Reported
Allied HQ says French forces pushed into the left German fortifications near Cassino Italy advancing two to five miles despite stiff opposition. Acquafondata is northeast of Cassino and Mt Trocchio lies on the road to Cassino. American forces press toward Cassino with enhanced Juine-led flank support while Allied air cover disrupts supply lines and Yugoslav targets.
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Algiers
Europe
Italy
Cassino
Acqua
Ndata
Acquafondata
Cassizio
Alphonse Juin
15Th Army Group
Viticuso
Acquafoydata
Vill
Gustav Line
Mt. Trocchio
Fifth Army
Yugoslavia
Mostar
Moning
Adriatic
Sibenik
Eighth Army
Soviet Major Attack Opens Northern Front In Leningrad Region
Berlin disclosed a major Soviet assault across the Leningrad sector and two other northern front areas. Soviet forces pushed wedges into the Pripet Marshes as German positions near Pinsk and Kovel faced pressure. RAF bombed Brunswick with 2000 tons in 23 minutes as Mosquito feints disrupted German defenders.
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Leningrad
Old Poland
RAF
Brunswick
Pripet Marshes
London
Berlin
Red Army
Pripet
Pinsk
Kovel
Poland
Oranienbaum
Lake Ilmen
Nevel
Martin Hallensleben
Amarillo Field Singing Soldiers Parade Monday
Amarillo Army Air Field plans a Monday parade with thousands marching in fours from Maverick Club at Third and Grant to Third Street. Two Army bands join Central Junior High and Amarillo High School musicians for a concerted show as Major John Czingli leads.
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Amarillo Field
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Maverick Club
Third
Grant Streets
Polk
Ninth
Taylor
Army
Central Junior High School
Amarillo High School
John Czingli
Amarillo Army Airfield
Senate approves hobby loss tax amendment in bill
The Senate approved a Marshall Field named amendment taxing hobby enterprises at loss. It limits annual deduction to 20000 for five straight loss years, affecting horse racing stables and other ventures. The 37 to 26 vote follows committee action, awaiting House action.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Finance Committee
Barkle
Kentucky
Barkley
Field
Chicagoan
New York Daily
Chicago Sun
McCormick
Tribune
Danaher
Connecticut
Marshall Field
Treasury
Thomas
Oklahoma
Imperial Potentate To Visit Khiva Temple
Potentate Morley Mackenzie of Canada will visit Clovis with Khiva Temple officials this morning to Amarillo for Khiva’s annual meeting at 7 30. The gathering will hear of Khiva’s hospital fund efforts and a proposed new hospital in Khiva territory.
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T. W
Bill” Gilstrap
Khiva Temple
Imperial
Morley Eland Mackenzie
Canada
Clovis
United States
Mexico
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Amarillo
Khiva
East Fifth Avenue
Mackenzie
Imperial Potentate
America
North
Shriners Hospital
Morley McKenzie
Gilstrap
Potentate Gilstrap
Fred Galle
C. Willard Smith
Jerry Briscoe
George Hammock
Ross Rogers
John McCarty
Permanent Air Field Sought For Amarillo
City officials and Chamber of Commerce executive committee plan a joint meeting to consider making Amarillo’s air field a permanent base and expanding English Field facilities for postwar aviation. Mayor Jenkins proposed deed transfer of Army land to the War Department, amid Dallas expansion of airports and CAA engineer Travis asserting one airport may never be enough for Amarillo.
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Amarillo My Air Field
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Cunningham
Oran Thomas
John Boyce
Pinky Vineyard
Col. E. A. Simpson
English Field
Joe Jenkins
Amarillo
Dallas
C. A. Travis
CAA
Berlin official confirms alleged British propaganda link
A Berlin foreign office spokesman acknowledged “some th” to the story that British parachutists recently landed in Romania for propaganda aims. The Basler Nachrichten reported the remark, noting the plan to push Romania to capitulate as Italy did.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Runia
Basler Nachrichten
Romania
Italy
Liberators Likely Sink Key Japanese Vessels Off South China Coast
In a sea sweep off the south China coast, U S Air Force units probably sank a 1100 ton gunboat and a 2700 ton freighter. American forces also damaged installations on Weichow Island in the Gulf, according to a communication from Lieut Gen Stilwell's headquarters.
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Chungking
U. S.S. Air Force
China
South China
Weichow Island
Joseph W. Stilwell
Drive To Hike Discharge Pay Given Boost
A bipartisan bloc pushes to raise mustering out pay for servicemen beyond pending proposals. House and Senate plans range from 100 to 700 dollars, with a Monday showdown expected. Veterans group opposes the size, urging six months of payroll after discharge and pension adjustments with cost of living.
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Washington
Jan
Lemke
North Dakota
Senate
House Military Committee
Omar B. Ketcham
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ketcham
Veterans Legislation
House
Peru detains conspirators in pro Nazi coup plot
Peru's government said several conspirators including Germans and Japanese were detained and would be deported while others were ordered to leave the country in connection with a new year's pro Nazi coup plot in Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Mystery weapon project teased by Ryan Aviation unit
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics official Lieut. Raymond Deitzer says Ryan Aeronautical Co has a new project “the hottest thing on wheels and wings” to end Far Eastern turmoil, but exact nature remains undisclosed in the Flying Reporter plant magazine.
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San Diego
Cal
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Ryan Aeronautical Co
Ryan
Raymond Deitzer
Clayton Pilot Conquers Fort in Greek Raid Heroic Flight
Lieut. Col. Karl Barthelmess of Clayton New Mexico led a formation of 300 Flying Fortresses during the January 11 raid on Piraeus Greece. His aircraft took a shelling and collision but he finished the mission and directed bombing on shipping and harbor targets despite severe damage. The damaged Fortress was deemed unfit for further flying by the maintenance crew.
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Hannover
Air Ministry
Norway
Black Sea
Junkers
Berlin
Aftonbladet
France
U. S. Moe
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Italy
U.P
Richard Barthelmess
Karl Barthelmess
Clayton
N. M
Piraeus
Greece
Barthelmess
Point Kroneri
John A. Wallace
Griffin
New German Troops Massed on Bulgarian Turkish Frontier
London reports via Stockholm that German troop concentrations have formed along the Bulgarian Turkish border. Sofia dispatches claim Bulgaria doubts Turkey's neutrality as Sofia braces amid bombings and evacuations.
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London
Stockholm
Sofia
Bulgaria
Ismet Tnonu
Turkey
Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cattlemen Urged To Trim Herds
Denver Jan 15 California cattleman Mub Russell urged U S livestock men at the American National Live stock Association convention to cut herd sizes drastically to avert business failure and supply more beef without government orders.
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Denver
California
Mub Russell
Maricopa
Cal
American National Livestock Association
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Regions
Partly cloudy and slightly colder late Sunday afternoon and Monday with moderate to fresh winds. West Texas to Panhandle and Pecos River area expect similar cooling with Sunday night conditions. Central areas east of Rio Grande report fair weather and higher afternoon temperatures. Sunrise 8 55 AM Sunset 4 50 PM. Circulation January 15 144 The Amarillo Daily News. 25 463.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos River
New Mexico
Rio Grande River
Singeratanes
Mossaeen
Cess
Allies Boost Pacific Push Toward Tokyo In 1945 Plan
Washington reports Lt. Gen. Kenney and Admiral Halsey press plans to move Allied forces closer to Tokyo. Bombings of Marshall Islands bases like Mili and Kwajalein signal softening for potential invasions and a chain of bases edging toward Truk, the Philippines, and Japan. Halsey says only Tokyo must be captured.
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Washington
Tokyo
Pacific
William N. Kenney
South Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Mili
Wotje
Kwajalein
Marshall
Solomons
South Pacific Soldiers May Get Furloughs
The War Department plans large scale home furloughs from the Southwest Pacific Area within 60 to 90 days as ship space improves. Texas men long in the theater are expected to be among the first rotated home for rest and reassignment. Representative Overton Brooks cites Major General Ulio on overseas rotation and rest policy.
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Washington
War Department
Southwest Pacific
Texas
Overton Brooks
Louisiana
House
Department
J. A. Ulio
Brooks
Ulso
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Russell Stationery Company
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