Armistice Declared In Leesville Red Blue Battle
U S soldiers halt a Leesville maneuver after clashes breach roadblocks. Blue forces 45000 rout Reds toward the Sabine River, tank actions disrupt streets and a general is briefly captured before being returned to action. Brig Gen Wainwright barely escapes detection.
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Texas Red Army
Leesville
Sabine River
Seventh Mechanized Cavalry Brigade
Texas
Seventh Mechanized
20Th
Kenyon Joyce
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Iceland Quiz Answers On Editorial Page
Answers list basic Iceland facts: population near 100000, capital Reykjavik, state church Evangelical Lutheran, monarch as Danish king, area about equal to Kentucky.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Denmark
Kentucky
Price-Fixing Loans Sought as War Shrinks Foreign Markets
Washington reports the administration will ask Congress for about 400 million dollars in price bolstering loans on 1940 crop surpluses. The move supplements 750 million in farm subsidies under a proposed agriculture bill. Officials warn exports may drop 30 percent next year as cotton wheat tobacco and pork demand fades abroad.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Militarists foresee big U boat campaign advance
Washington leaders forecast a major German submarine offensive against Allied shipping tied to a planned aerial blitz on Britain. Bases on the southern Norwegian coast would give U boats closer access to Atlantic lanes while avoiding mined North Sea routes. The report notes sheltered fjords as ideal submarine bases. The article ends with an unrelated line about Chinese shark fin gelatin production.
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Washington
Germany
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
Social Security Benefit Saved From Cent Loss
Monterey Tennessee story notes Gilford Dillard kept a 9 cent Social Security check to avoid a 10 cent bank fee. He said the bank would charge more to cash it, so he held the small payment rather than cashing it.
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Monterey, Tenn
U.P
Social Security Board
Gilford Dillard
Monterey
Dillard
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