Weather woes and hopeful signs amid flu and bus tensions
The writer reports a cautious winter forecast with a White Christmas possibility, notes partial snow by the 25th, and describes flu symptoms easing. He mentions police watch on bus segregation tensions between Polk and the Heights, interference by a white woman and a Black woman, and Chief Sid Harper urging tips and patience.
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Middle West Plains
Panhandle
Sid Harper
Polk
the Heights
Postwar life notes mix of gossip, housing and astrology
A blend of social questions and curiosities covers wartime topics from expectant mothers and astrological marriages to postwar housing booms. It notes figures on maternity care costs, celebrity paternity rumors, and a Chicago mother with many military in-laws, while offering quirky facts on bed warmth and military perfume trends.
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Hollywood
Marion Verkler
Chicago
Please Contact Reliable Care for Baby Care Near 13th Harrison
A request seeks a dependable young woman living near 13th and Harrison Streets to stay with a baby on occasion. Call 2-1447 to respond.
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Tack
13Th and
Harrison Streets
Sergeant Knits- And Proud of St
U P reports Sgt Elbert H Siezenmorgan of the Army Air Field Newport Arkansas enjoys knitting and embroidery claiming Churchill and King Edward were knitters He is a Terra Haute Indiana native avid in fishing hunting and sports He began fancy needlework at six and made sweaters tablecloths doilies and more His work comforted him during a pneumonia siege OPA sets December auto rationing at 15 500 units the lowest in nearly two years A photographer at 23000 feet above Salinas California captured Mt Shasta 331 miles away
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Ark
U.P
Elbert H. Siezenmorgan
Army Air Field
Winston Churchill
Siezenmorgan
Churchill
Edward of
England
Terra Haute
Ind
Salinas
Calif
Mt. Shasta
Jimmie Fidler Reveals Hollywood Set Tales
Jimmie Fidler recalls how RKO under Charles Koerner turned around a year of losses with bold backstage pranks and candid anecdotes. He notes rival vibes, star prospects, and on set incidents from Marine Raiders to Are These Our Children, highlighting industry shifts and contract fortunes.
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Marine Raiders
Marine Corps
Russell Wade
Hollywood
City Tax Collections Hit One Third of Year total
Current city taxes 34.17 percent collected by Dec. 1, assessor-collector Perry Burks said. Last year at the same date 27.58 percent had been collected. Large taxpayers typically pay in January to avoid October county discounts. In a separate item, Japanese raid on American base in Assam, India, Dec. 13, destroyed two bombers and six fighters with slight damage.
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Texas
Consumers’ Research Bulletin
Chicago
Matt Win
Times
U. S. Army Ordnance
Rer Harbor
Hollywood Boulevard
Santa Claus Lane
Santa
Hollywood
Rko-Radio
Charles Koerner
RKO
Koerner
MGM
20Th Century-Fox
Perry Burks
New Delhi
India
Assam
Market summary and livestock prices report
The latest Dow Jones figures show mixed movement with Industrials down and Utilities down, while the Financial Industrial Fund offers liquidation at $1.85. Chicago livestock markets record hogs at 13.75 to 12.75 per hundredweight, cattle and calves steady to high, vealers 13.00 to 15.00, and lambs bidding up to 14.85 with strong native and western offerings.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Chicago
C Patten Is Taken by Death
C Patten a longtime principal at Patten School died this afternoon of a heart attack while driving through the West Third Avenue underpass. His car skidded and toppled beside the curb. He retired about three years ago. Patten School is at 1008 North West Eighteenth Avenue.
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C. Patten
West Third Avenue
Patten
North West Eighteenth Avenue
Other Wise Man To Be Presented Tonight
The drama presented by a student cast and a 150 voice choir opens at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium with no admission charge. Parents and local officials praise the pageant as beautiful and impressive with strong performances by students and the choir.
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Charles M. Rogers
B. I. Barfield
Lela Crossett
Julia Dean Evans
Traffic Fines Total Only Four Dollars
Traffic fines in the city corporation court at city hall remain light as three motorists appeared this morning and each pleaded with the judge. The total fines amounted to four dollars.
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Corporation Court
Ickes Slashes Civilian Gasoline Allocations for 1944
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes announced reduced civilian gasoline allotments for all U S regions except the Southwest for the first quarter of 1944, set at 1 117 million barrels daily versus 1 160 million. He urged Pacific Coast consumption to stay within certified levels to ensure wartime fuel needs.
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Washington
U.P
Harold L. Ickes
Southwest
Office of Price Administration
Ickes
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Senate committee backs 60 day delay on subsidy clash
The Senate banking committee calls for a 60 day postponement of the food subsidy showdown to pursue a compromise. It rejects both the farm bloc flat repeal bill and Senator Taft’s compromise, and authorizes Majority Leader Barkley to seek an extension to continue the Commodity Credit Corporation life and the subsidy program from Dec 31.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Farm Bloc
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Kentucky
Commodity Credit Corporation
Casualties of Armed Forces Now Total 131,098
The latest casualty total of the U S Armed Forces stands at 131,008 with Army totals through November 30 listing 98,594 casualties including 15,334 killed and 35,049 wounded. Navy reports through today show 32,504 casualties with 13,983 killed and 5,868 wounded. American elements of the 5th Army in Italy total 13,419 casualties, including 2,010 killed and 8,583 wounded.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Navy
5Th Army
Italy
Capitalist H J Stark and Nelda Childers Married in Orange
Orange. H J Lutcher Stark noted Orange capitalist married Miss Nelda Childers daughter of Mr and Mrs James Patton Childers in a ceremony held here today.
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Orange, Tex
H. J. Lutcher Stark
Orange Capitalist
Nelda Childers
James Patton Childers
Orange
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