Dallas Christmas spree sets record with luxury gifts
Dallas shoppers spend lavishly on mink coats, diamond rings, sable sets and $100 handkerchiefs as wartime shortages push high end items. Stores report rising sales of jewelry, watches, perfume and other luxury gifts with mail orders from servicemen and heavy demand for gold and platinum pieces.
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Dallas
Stanley Marcus
Marcus
Pacific
Dallas News
Saipan
L. B. Weaver
Weaver
Texas
Albert Linz
Detroit Wife Admits Slaying Husband in Toledo Garage
Detective Ralph Murphy said Nina Housden of Detroit confessed to killing her husband Charles and dismembering the body found in the back seat of a car in a downtown Toledo garage. The torso was discovered after the woman guarded the vehicle for more than 24 hours, with a bloodstained paring knife recovered from the scene.
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Toledo
Ralph Murphy
Detroit
Murphy
Nina Housden
Charles
Highland Park
Mich
Dixie Highway
Here
Michigan
Dodger Star To Play For Hamline Cagers
War time eligibility rules allow Howie Stretch Schultz of the Brooklyn Dodgers to appear for Hamline University at Madison Square Garden. Schultz resumes college basketball after wartime service and will play against City College, ending his big league journey while preserving his college eligibility.
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Dodger
Hamline Cagers
New York
Howie
Stretch” Schultz
Brook Dodgers
Nan, Apears
Madison Square Garden
Ham One University
Eschultz
Hamline
St. Paul
City Col
Yanks Journey to Bethlehem Manger on Sixth Christmas
In Jerusalem on December 23, more than 500 American war veterans from France Germany Italy North Africa the Middle East and Persia gulf stations travel by plane to Bethlehem for Christmas at the Nativity Church They view the Manger site marked by a star and will depart after 9 p m to 3 a m relays arranged by Army officials and the Red Cross for the celebration of the Saviour's birth.
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Jerusalem
Prince of Peace
Bethlehem Manger
France
Germany
Italy
North Africa
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Army
Red Cross
Finals Set For Port Arthur Highland Park In Austin
Port Arthur and Highland Park will meet for the state schoolboy football final at 2 30 p m Saturday in Memorial Stadium Texas. Officials from both schools chose Austin as a neutral site after a 3 1/2 hour conference. Bidders included Houston San Antonio Austin and Fort Worth.
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Dallas
Port Arthur
Highland Park
Austin
Memorial Stadium
University of Texas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Pacific Battles Update From December Air Attacks
Reports say Nipponese airmen damaged warships including a large aircraft carrier in the Philippines area December 20 to 22. Attacks were claimed off Mindoro, in the Gulf of Leyte, and in the Sulu Sea amid unconfirmed Allied sources. The Maru hospital ship protest and northern Burma fighting details follow.
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Philippines
Japan
Mindoro
Gulf of Leyte
Sulu
Rationing Plans Change Meat and Vegetable Lists
The text outlines rationing status for meats and canned vegetables as well as expected point changes. It contrasts WFA and OPA positions on restoring items to the ration list and addressing shortages in meat and vegetable supplies ahead of the next pack year.
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WFA
Europe
OPA
Mighty Air Blows Into Belgium and Luxembourg
Allied air forces hit targets in Belgium and Luxembourg with seven hundred Britain based fighters escorting heavy bombers while 300 France based planes attacked German tank columns and vehicles. First reports tally at least 12 German tanks destroyed and 30 trucks carrying supplies for the front were destroyed. Marauders joined Lightning and Mustang pilots in strafing armored and infantry columns as Germans largely kept away from bombers and tried to deter American fighter attacks on invasion columns.
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Belgium
Luxembourg
Eighth Tactical Air Force
Ninth Air Force
German offensive pushes toward Libramont and Diekirch surge
Allied reports describe a major German thrust widening its salient from Marche toward Diekirch and Lib rampont with troops advancing to within 16 miles of the French border. American relief efforts drop supplies to Bastogne while counterattacks in Luxembourg press the enemy.
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Echternach
Diekirch
Omar Bradley
Luxembourg
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Silk moth loses flight and relies on humans for survival
The silkworm moth can no longer fly and now depends entirely on human care for its survival.
Massacre Report Ties 700000 to Nazis in Poland Camps
A Soviet state commission says about 700000 people from various nations including some Americans and Britons were killed by German forces in three camps in Lwow province, with civilians and POWs among victims. It cites grim acts by camp guards and claims Himmler directly participated in the crimes.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
United States
Britain
Lwow
Poland
Yanov
Sitadel
Lisenitzanthe
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Senators Pessimistic On World Situation
Senators Hatch and Ball spoke after a White House briefing with President Roosevelt saying they fear the international situation is grave. They urged the United States to join Allies in seeking solutions to the Polish border issue Greek intervention and Italian government stabilization efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hatch
Ball
R-Minn
United States
Greece
Nazis Carry Razors and Throats Slashed in Normandy
Temple veteran Pfc George W Blackburn said German paratroopers carried razors and several American paratroopers were found with throats cut after the Normandy invasion. Blackburn, a two time woun ded skytrooper at McCloskey General Hospital, has earned the Silver Star for destroying two German machine gun nests with grenades.
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Temple
Normandy
George W. Blackburn
Blackburn
France
McCloskey General Hospital
Greek Factional Strife Spreads Across Greece in Civil Conflict
Fifteen thousand to twenty thousand ELAS leftists stormed a rightist guerrilla stronghold around Ioannina, triggering wider civil war. British Indian troops fought ELAS north of Piraeus harbor as Britain denounced the attack, while General Zervas sought aid. The fighting endangered Athens meat supplies and disrupted the region as Scobie and McMillan assessed the crisis.
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Stephen Barber
Preas
Athens
ELAS
Greece
Piraeus
Ioannina
Caserta
Ronald Scobie
Harold McMillan
Middle East
Pireous
Kallipolis
Napoleon Zervas
Edes
Stephanos Saraphis
Yannina
Zervas
Christmas Hardships Across Europe Amid War Time Rationing
An Associated Press summary describes European hardships where Christmas routines are scarce. Citizens in Germany and Vienna face rationing and fear of material shortages while Switzerland remains relatively calm. Refugees and locals eye window displays as prices rise and war looms.
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Germany
Dublin
Eire
Stockholm
Bern
Switzerland
Associated Press
Appenzeller Zeitung
Vienna
National Zeitung
Basel
Philippines Leader Seeks Freedom Ties With Spiritual Bond
President Sergio Osmena urged freedom for the Philippines while stressing a spiritual bond with the United States. He cited the fallen Americans on Philippine soil as a lasting link and called for broader regional friendship, including South American nations, as independence approaches.
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Associated Press
Philippine
Commonwealth
United States
Sergio Osmena
Osmena
Pacific
Osmera
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Island
Voice of Freedom
Leyte
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
Roosevelt
Travel Facilities Taxed Over Nation
Christmas travel strained transportation hubs across the country. New York and Washington faced record-like congestion while Chicago and Kansas City reported severe crowding. Civilians and servicemen filled routes, with Eisenhower aides routed in baggage cars and MPs managing overflow at terminals. Extra police staffed Chicago facilities to prevent incidents.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Union Station
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Parsons
Kan
Mp's
New Orleans
Veteran Joins Ogden Arsenal Small Arms Crew
Ogden Utah December 23 Boyd Borgstrom a 23 year old Pacific war veteran released from the Marine corps after four of his five brothers were killed in action has joined the small arms crew at the Ogden arsenal.
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Ogden
Utah
Boyd Borgstrom
Marine Corps
Ogden Arsenal
Crosbyton Woman Killed In Wreck
Mrs. Pearl Warren of Crosbyton was killed in a head on collision four miles west of Dickens. Her husband Clarence Warren owner of a Spur tire store, suffered multiple injuries. Avery Brown and Ruby Mae Dixon of Spur received minor injuries. Warren's body lay at Chandler Funeral home in Spur.
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Pearl Warren
Clarence W. Warren
Crosbyton
Dickens
Avery Brown
Spur
Brown
Ruby Mae Dixon
Sgt. Hollyfield
Two Remain In Jail In Wheeler Slaying
CROSBYTON Dec 23 Mr and Mrs E C Wheeler charged in the murder of Eric Wheeler 65 Crosby county farmer remained in Crosby county jail tonight None of the trio had been arraigned for bail Mrs Wheeler stayed with a neighbor she has shock and heart condition since her husbands death Officers said no lab findings yet on evidence from the murdered man's house Wheeler was slashed to death with a razor.
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Crosbyton
E. C. Wheeler
Wheeler
Eric Wheeler
Crosby County
Croby County
Eleven Fined For Hotel Dice Game In Downtown
Eleven men paid $15 fines each at the police station after gambling with dice at a small downtown hotel. Deputies Raymond Land and J A Wright and Officer John Truly arrested the group. Police noted alcohol use rose as holidays approached and also jailed six intoxicated individuals earlier. A 27 year old Lubbock county farmer was held on a drunken driving charge at 1200 Ave H.
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Raymond Land
J. A. Wright
John Truly
Lubbock County
Ave. H
Ex-Orchestra Leader Glenn Miller Reported Missing
Maj. Glenn Miller peacetime dance band leader is reported missing in action in France. His wife’s parents in Duarte California said the notice came by telephone from their daughter. Miller had been in England directing armed forces entertainment groups and went to France about two weeks ago.
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Duarte
Calif
Glenn Miller
France
Fred W. Burger
Births Reported At Lubbock Area Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Kelley of 1112 Fourteenth on a daughter weighing 7 pounds 6 1/2 ounces born at 4:52 PM Saturday at Lubbock General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Goodson of Lamesa welcome a son 6 pounds 5 1/2 ounces born at 9:43 PM Saturday at Lubbock General hospital. Seaman 1/c C. W. Hudgens of 406 Ave. E reports a daughter 9 pounds 2 ounces born at 9:40 PM Friday at St. Mary’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Parham of 1615 Twenty-third welcome a daughter 6 pounds 6 ounces born at 2:33 PM Friday at West Texas hospital. The father is employed by the Rural Electrification administration.
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T. A. Kelley
Lubbock General Hospital
C. T. Goodson
Lamesa
Seaman
C. W. Hudgens
Ave. E
St. Mary's Hospital
J. D. Parham
West Texas Hospital
Rural Electrification Administration
Swedish Papers Report Robot Bomb Threat From Berlin
Swedish papers Afton tidningen and Expressen quoted Berlin rumors that Japan could be attacked by robot bombs within two or three weeks. The bombs would be delivered from an armada of Allied merchant ships built to release the devices.
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Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Expressen
Berlin
Undelivered Mail Found In Alley In Philadelphia
Three bundles of undelivered mail about 1000 letters were found in an alley. Detective William Stone suspected a temporary postal employee discarded the mail and went home after Christmas cards were not delivered.
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Philadelpha
William Stone
Jewish servicemen volunteer to relieve soldiers at San Marcos
At San Marcos Army Airfield on December 23 Col. J. M. Hutchinson announced that men of Jewish faith volunteered to relieve their fellow soldiers for Christmas wherever practicable as a goodwill gesture.
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San Marcos
San Marcos Army Airfield
Col
J. M. Hutchinson
Colonel now an ace in Europe air war
Colonel Dave Schilling of Transverse Michigan, commanding an ace fighter group in Europe, shot down five German planes today, increasing his total to 34 1/2 aerial kills and 2 415 on the ground.
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London
Dave Schilling
Transverse
Mich
Europe
Surface canals and pipelines face higher bombing risk
Surface canals and city water supply pipelines, visible from aircraft, face increased hazards as bombing techniques develop.
Japanese POW sends Christmas greetings home via shortwave
Mrs. F L Swagerty of Slaton received word from the War department that her son Pfe Frank Swagerty, a Japanese prisoner of war, sent Christmas greetings to his loved ones on a short wave broadcast. Byrd A Bowen, 63, of Ashmore Texas, died at his residence at 6 30 Saturday night. Funeral services will be conducted by Bryan Donald and Son Funeral home.
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F. L. Swagerty of
Slaton
War Department
Pfe
Frank Swagerty
Byrd A. Bowen
Ashmore
Tex
Bryan Donald and Son Funeral Home
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Manger
Domei
Manila Harbor
Hochin
Kwanksi
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Tigyaing
Mandalay
Southeast Asia Command
Marche
Libramont
Namur
Hotton
Liege
Soy
Laroche
Arlon
Mersch
Sedan
Bastogne
Mohret
Liege-Arlon
Merry Christmas
Corcorran
Lubbock
Plainview
England
Neutral
Grollman’s
Coney
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