Allied Bombers Hammer Muenster and Pas-de-Calais Raid
American heavy bombers hit Muenster Germany and the Pas-de-Calais zone in France as part of a sustained week of air raids. Four fighters were missing and anti aircraft fire was severe despite snowstorms. The mission marked a rare perfect record with no bomber losses in today’s operations.
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London
Muenster
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
France
Paris
Luxembourg
Frankfurt
Britain
U. S
Netherlands
Pas-de- Calais
Europe
Red Army advances near Kherson and Tarnopol amid Dnieper push
Soviet communique reports the First Second and Third Ukrainian fronts capturing over 380 localities and reaching 37 miles from Kherson. Zhukhov, Konev and Malinovsky strike across southern Poland and western Ukraine while German resistance stiffens at Tarnopol and along the Dnieper bend.
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London
Moscow
Red
Dnieper
Kherson
Bereslav
Tarnopol
Monitor
Russia
Gregory K. Zhukhov
Poland
Proskhrov
Ukraine
Ivan
Konev
Ladizhenka
Uman
Zlatopol
Novomirograd
Kirovograd
Third Ukrainian Front
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Dolinskaya
Dnieper Bend
Silver Fortresses See Little Resistance On England Mission
The first all silver Fortress group returns from a Reich air invasion with no damage and plans to fly in their shiny coating to save weight. Lt America Procopo of Roslindale Massachusetts calls the mission ideal and says the silver ships have what it takes as older planes shed paint for weight savings.
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United States
England
Germany
Reich
America Procopo
Roslindale
Mass
War hero Odell Conoley visits Amarillo before Parris Island stop
Maj Odell M Conoley USMC 28 of Amarillo Texas receives Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during Pacific campaigns and visits his mother before heading to Parris Island. He holds Navy Cross First Marine Division President's Citation South China service ribbon American defense ribbon Southwest Pacific ribbon and two battle stars. He played football at Texas A&M and was Amarillo Sandie star. He refuses interviews and will travel on to duty locations after brief family visit.
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Marine Corps
South Pacific
Globe
United States Naval Service
Odell M. Conoley
Usm.c
Buchanan Street
Amarillo
Tex
Conoley
J. N. Conoley
Parris Island
S. C
Vicki
Robbie
First Marine Division
Peiping
Pacific
Asiatic
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Marines
Texas A. & M. College
Amarillo Red Cross War Fund Seeks Donations
Amarillo has reached about one third of its $112 500 Red Cross War Fund quota with roughly $41 000 in the bank. Soldiers and major firms led early contributions as volunteers canvass homes and offices urging faster gifts with checks or pledges via downtown headquarters and a 7251 volunteer line.
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Amarillo
Red Cross
Southwestern Public Service Company
Kincheloe Receives Ten-Year Term for Son's Killing
John Kincheloe was sentenced to ten years for killing his son Clark at his Dallam County home during Christmas 1941. The case, moved to 47th district court after a prior reversal and retrial, involved prosecutors from Dalhart and Amarillo. The defense hinted at possible post trial motions as they weigh another appeal. Paramount: Standing Room Only.
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John Kincheloe
Clark
Dallam County
Kincheloe
47Th District Court
Dallam
John ~Ots
Dalhart
Hugh Umphres
Ammarillo
Jim Lumpkin
Amarillo
Paramount
Tankmen Smash Japanese in Burma Breakthrough Attains “Valley” Win
Lt. Gen. Stilwell announced the Hukawng valley drive in Burma neared completion as Chinese and American tanks crushed Japanese armor. He claimed 2,000 enemy deaths in the operation and said Maungkwan and Wallanbrum were secured with mop up underway. Carlson forecast Pacific war to last at least two more years. Allied forces held positions around the Bismarck Sea as raids and bombardments continued in Ponape Kusaie and eastern Marshall atolls.
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London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Royal Military College
Sandhurst
Rhine
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Britain
West Point
Sir Bernard
8Th Army
Dunkerque
Germany
Europe
Italy
Bernard
Associated Press
Puan W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Burma
Maungkwan
Wallanbrum
Stilwell
Gether
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Maungdaw
Akyab
Bismarck Sea
Central Pacific
Navy
Ponapei
Kusaie
Caroline Islands
Marshall Islands
U. S
B F Williams the Plains Sage Dies at 94
Dalhart Texas reports the death of B F Williams known as Uncle Ben the sage of the Panhandle aged 94. He died at his stock farm home eight miles south of Dalhart where he lived since 1902 continuing in charge into his 90s.
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Dalhart
B. F. Williams
Uncle Ben
the Panhandle
Stock Farm
Here
Urbana
Williams
Clarksville
Ark
Dalhart Lodge
Ben
Panhandle
Cook County
Old Mobeetie
Phillips Buys Gas Property in Central Moore County Sale
Shamrock Oil and Gas Company announced yesterday the sale of 36 000 acres of sweet gas property in central Moore County to Phillips Petroleum Company. The deal includes 25 gas wells and a gas supply contract with Panhandle and Eastern Pipeline Company. Shamrock retains about 5 000 acres in the same area.
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Moore County
Phillips Petroleum Company
Shamrock Qi and Gas Company
Panhandle and Eastern Pipeline Company
Shamrock
Medal of Honor for Sgt Charles E Kelly in Italy
Sgt Charles E Kelly of the 36th Division receives the Medal of Honor from Gen Mark Clark in Italy after a career of bold scout patrols and suicidal gambits against German positions from Salerno to Cassino. The 145 pound Pittsburgh native is lauded for his 40 German kills and fearless actions at the window and with a bazooka during intense Allied operations.
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Lynn Heinzerling
ITH
Fifth Army
Aeuly
Texas
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Sgt
Charles E. Kelly
United States Army
36Th Division
86Th
United States
Europe
Willie B. Slaughter
Mexia
Robert L. Chudej
Temple
Herdam
Alamo
Republic of Texas
36Th
Salerno
Cassino
Clark
Xxi
San Pietro
Irene Kelly
Mac Connelley
Altaville
Allied Air Blitz Strikes Florence Toulon Padua Venues
Allied air forces in Italy launched a major three target raid, hitting Florence for the first time in the war, the Toulon naval base in France, and Padua railway yards near Venice. Fortresses bombed Padua after a 35 minute dogfight with German fighters, while Florence and Toulon saw lighter opposition. Capt. William A. Bynne of Yonkers credited with downing two Messerschmitts as air crews reported heavy smoke and large enemy losses with minimal Allied losses.
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Naples
Italy
Florence
Toulon
France
Padua
Venice
Regensburg
William A. Bynne
Yonkers
N. Y
Special Air Force
Half of Comics War Casualties
The Sunday News-Globe reduces its colored comics from sixteen to eight pages to save newsprint for the war effort. Readers' favorites remain, and the paper promises a full return with more when peace comes. The change is attributed to wartime shortages and Hitler's aggressions.
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News-Globe
War Production Board
Hitler
Germans Leave Murder Rumor From Kiev Documents
Radio Moscow said Nazi occupation forces killed or tortured about 2,000,000 aged women children and war prisoners in Soviet territory. The documents found in a Kyiv building alleged secret state documents justify the figure up to December 1941. British submarines attacked enemy convoys near Germany and Norway sinking supply vessels and damaging five more.
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London
Kiev
Radio Moscow
Gestapo
Germany
Norway
For Want of a Car a Steak Was Lost
Amarillo bus officials report rationing tokens for meat being used as fare by riders. An official notes people may prefer riding the bus to eating, while some passengers drop meat tokens into electric meters to pay.
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Amarillo
Hitler's Chiefs Duck and Run
Naples reports Adolf Hitler moved the capital to Breslau while German government work continues near the Silesian center. Breslau sits 175 miles southeast of Berlin with major rail yards mills and an aircraft factory, housing 630000 residents in dense tenements near industry.
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Naples
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Breslau
Germany
Britain
Foggia
Italy
Old Poland
U. S
Hendrick van Loon Dies Noted Historian at 62
Greenwich obituary reports Hendrick Wilhelm Van Loon aged 62 died at his Old Greenwich home in Via Paramount, Standing Room Only. He was a historian and author known for his scholarship and writings.
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Hendrick Wilhelm van Loon
Greenwich
Conn
Old Greenwich
Weather overview for Amarillo and Southwest states
Weather summary notes Sunday partly cloudy and colder with temperatures below 40 and a 20 degree low Sunday night. West Texas remains partly cloudy with colder conditions Sunday night into Monday and strong winds easing. Panhandle colder, others much colder. New Mexico partly cloudy and colder northeast, highs near 50 to 70, with variable morning temperatures and sunset at 7 52 PM.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Army Band Presents Concert Tonight Under Palmer Direction
The 530th Army Band will give a concert tonight at 8 o'clock directed by Chief Warrant Dayton W. Palmer. The Skyline Chorus features among the selections including American Red Cross choral pieces, Pavanne from the American phonette, Oklahoma, Steal Away spiritual, Sullivan operatic gems, and a parade of the Wooden Indians piece. Sequoia tone poem and Old Vienna waits are included with a variety of marches and a novelty number.
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Forium Uso
Dayton W. Palmer
Skyline Chorus
American Red Cross
Pavanne
Gould
Oklahoma
Rodgers
530Th Army Band
Flanders
Nichols
Sequoia
LaGasser
Vienna
Waits
Gedowsky
Sullivan
Ae Whistler
Connecticut Regimental
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Odell Conoley
South Carolina
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Miss
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Maj
Augustus Lewis
U.S.M.C
Brest
San Diego
Cal
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Africa
Eighth Army
Hn Kincheloe Ets
New York
Evans Carlson
Carlson
Makin Island
Manchuria
Plains Sage
Phillips
Mr. Kelly
Rapido
Air Force
Standing Room Orly
Silesian
DU. S&s Weather Bureau
Army Band
A. B. Dick Mimeograph
Supphiery Russelly Stationery Company
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