Germany on Down Grade
DeWitt MacKenzie reports on the 1918 outlook through Adolf Hitler’s era, Haig’s wartime orders, and the collapse of the Rhineland. The piece argues Germany is on the down grade with upheavals, disease, famine, and Allied momentum threatening Europe, while Japan’s gains in the Orient have limited effect. Haig’s Union Jack symbolizes Allied resolve and projected victory.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Haig
Rhine
Cologne
S*herland
Rhineland
Germany
Japan
Orient
Hitler
Protozoa Turn Microbes Into Meatballs for Fish
At a AAAS convention in Dallas scientists discussed protozoa that convert microbes into meatball like food for fish and other small animals. Topics included Mare’s serum sterility cure and protozoa aiding cow digestion while a whistle detects moisture and a high frequency current drives it.
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Dallas
Jan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
B. J. Luger
P. M. Gehenie
St. Louis University
Garrett Hardin
Stanford University
R. E. Hungate
University of Texas
Flynn says postwar mood unlikely after war
New Orleans January 1 Edward J Flynn chairman of the Democratic National Committee visits Fordham University before the Sugar Bowl to Missouri. He argues the United States will not face a postwar economic downturn this time citing Europe and Asia reconstruction needs and U S resources. He says defense bonds civilian defense and two party system will remain central.
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New Orleans
United States
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Fordham University
Missouri
France
Europe
Asia
Oary
Flynn
America
Fort Sill Dogs Roam Wildlife Refuge Near Wichita Mountains
Fort Sill in Oklahoma sits beside the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, a major recreation and defense feature for soldiers. The park includes 80 to 90 lakes forests and mountains and hosts large herds of longhorn cattle and buffalo along with deer numbering in the hundreds.
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Fort Sill
Okla
U.P
Army Selectee
Field Artillery Post
Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge
United States
Ernest Greenwall
Sentries Win Painful Victory Over Cactus
San Diego January 1 Saet James Harrington on guard duty heard a noise in the dark. He investigated and shouted for help as a wildcat sound and anguished screams drew two corporals. They found him entangled in a cactus patch after a brief struggle and freed him.
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San Diego
Saet
James Harrington
Harrington
Mary's Little Lamb Is Not a Lamb It's Hitchhiking Goat
ERLANGER January 1 A goat followed a driver to work and turned out to be Nancy the owner’s goat hitchhiking on a car. Other items report tobacco grafts protecting tomatoes from Curley blight serum from mates treating male sterility and colchicine experiments in embryos influencing rooster maturity and plant growth.
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Mary
James M. Wallace
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Riverside
Calif
Frank R. Bussey
Jule K. Lamar
University of Texas School of Medicine
Galveston
Houston
Philippines government moves to Port Darwin Australia
Japanese broadcasts report the Philippines government relocating to Port Darwin Australia and Japanese troops advancing toward Lucena near Manila. Other reports claim forces landed at Lamon Bay racing toward Manila, with high speed tanks, residents fleeing the city, and renewed bombing. Wounded troops arrive as defenders tire. Tokyo broadcasts note Corregidor bombings and Tojo New Year message urging steadfast fighting. Georgia governor Talmedges ribs from a fall on slick floors in Atlanta.
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Tokyo
United Press
San Francisco
Philippines
Port Darwin
Australia
Lucena
Manila
Shanghai
Lamon Bay
Luzon
Columbia Broadcasting System
Army
Imperial Headquarters
Japa
Nse
Kuantan
Stratgest Point
Malayan
Munique
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Hideki Tojo
CBS
Japan
East Asia
Atlanta
Eugene Talmage
Georgia
Soldier of Soil Works Overtime in Texas for Food Drive
Houston features a wartime Texas farm effort under the Food for Freedom drive. Texas farmers must boost output to feed Britons and domestic needs as defense boards set county quotas and promote efficient methods to cut losses in milk and crops. Dan Clinton notes heavy weather damage in 1941 but remains hopeful.
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Texas
Houston
Gulf Coast
United States’ Army of Defense
Wickard
United States
Great Britain
Dan Clinton
Harris County
United States Department of Agriculture
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Agricultural Extension Service
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
Agricultural Marketing Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Forest Service
County Defense Board
County Board
Jones
Funeral services for Mary Lewis former Met soprano
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Mary Lewis 41 once a Metropolitan Opera star and one of America's most publicized singers of the 1920s. She died yesterday at Le Roy Sanitarium after a four month illness. Lewis had lived in retirement since the 1939 death of her husband Robert L Hague former vice president of Standard Oil.
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New York
Mary Lewis
Metropolitan Opera
America
le Roy
Miss Lewis
Robert IL. Hague
Standard Oil Company
Japanese Drive On Changsha Reports Swelled Forces
Chungking dispatch says reinforcements increased Japanese strength north of the Milo River to about 50,000 in the Changsha offensive. Chinese forces claim heavy Japanese losses and continued stubborn defense. Despite gains, Changsha's situation in Hunan province is described as grave due to the strategic silk center.
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Chungking
China
Milo
Changsha
Tunan
Noted Bridge Expert Is Building Planes
Mrs. Oswald Jacoby, once famed as a top women bridge player, is now helping build airplanes for North American Aviation in Dallas. Identified only as Mrs Mary Zita Jacoby until last night, she says her husband is in Washington with the division of contract distribution and she wants to contribute to war work.
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Dallas
Tex
North American Aviation Company
Oswald Jacoby
Mary Zita Jacoby
Washington
Party Lines Are Pain In Plane Spotters Neck
In FUGENE Oregon on January 1 Lieut Ray Siegenthaler who runs the airplane observation filter center complains that every time a spotter and his crew try to relay information they face persistent interference and delays hindering aviation surveillance efforts.
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Ore
Ray Siegenthaler
Open City critique of Manila by Pravda official
Pravda denounces Manila as an open city, calling it cowardice not to transform it into a fortress like Tobruk, Leningrad, or Moscow. D Zazlavsky compares open city status to a defenseless lady bug and cites Petain tactics in Manila’s defense. A separate item notes a party line receiver issue with spotter reports.
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Petain
Manila
Zazlavesky
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