Kokoda Fall Undermines Axis Propaganda Across Europe
The fall of Kokoda shifts Axis messaging after weeks of Tokyo based dispatches claiming a Japanese base near Port Moresby. German propaganda loses maps and Kokoda references, while neutral press notes its fall, triggering renewed chatter in continental Europe about Berlin’s war narrative.
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Charles
Foltz
Madrid
Kokoda
Europe
New Guinea
Stalingrad
Tokyo
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Australia
France
Spain
Por
County Judges Open Meeting in Mineral Wells
Opening sessions of the three day annual convention of the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association were held. Speakers included Major Gen. Bruce Magruder of Camp Wolters and State Comptroller George Sheppard, with Dr. C. C. Hedges of Texas A&M, Max McCullough, regional OPA administrator, and L. J. Cappleman of the Agricultural Marketing Administration. Sixteen states now enforce statewide motor vehicle inspection laws.
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Mineral Wells
Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Bruce Magruder
Camp Wolters
George Sheppard
C. C. Hedges
Texas A. & M. College Chemistry Department
OPA
Max McCullough
L. J. Cappleman
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Glitter Rules Clamp Hollywood Salaries to 25 000 Net
Treasury officials in Washington reveal a salary stabilization plan capping Hollywood earnings at 25 000 net per year. Deductions for agents costs living expenses personal business expenses and rent on Beverly Hills mansions are disallowed. If a star exceeds the limit any film company contributing to that total becomes a violator. Lead questions focus on whether stars will work enough films and how the revenue bureau battle unfolds.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Washington
Navy
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hollywood
Treasury
James F. Byrnes
John L. Sullivan
Beverly Hills
Sullivan
Revenue Bureau
Polling Place Fight Arena in Atlanta Drug Store
Police found a locked polling place on Peachtree Street with two men fighting in a drug store. An improvised dice table with money and dice appeared in the prescription department as three women poll workers reported the scene. The proprietor and a companion were arrested after police deemed it unsafe to leave the women unattended.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Nazi Spy Ring in Chile Charged by Inter-American Committee
The Inter-American Committee for political defense voted five to one to publish a lengthy U S memorandum accusing a Nazi spy ring in Chile of sending detailed military information to Germany and attempting to bribe a diplomat to gain Panama Canal data. The memorandum cites intercepted messages and notes Chilean opposition and Argentine abstention.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Inter-American Committee For Political Defense of
U.S
Chile
Germany
Panama Canal
U. S
Claude G. Bowers
Santiago
Sumner Welles
Argentina
Axis
Welles
South America
Juan Antonio Rios
United States
Inter-American Committee
U. S. Federal Communications Commission
Old Dobbin Could Face Trouble Under Columbia City Law
City of Columbia prepares to revise ordinances after the rubber shortage. it is illegal to lead ride or drive a horse on streets. City Attorney A. D. Sappington notes it is unlawful to wash a horse on a street or to hitch it to a fire plug or lamp post.
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Columbia
Dobbin
A. D. Sappington
British Merchant Vessel Torpedoed Off South America
The navy reported a medium-sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic near the northern coast of South America in mid September. Survivors reached an east coast port for safety.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
South America
Lavoptic Eyewash Promoted For Irritated Eyes
Lavoptic eyelash mixture of boric acid and ingredients praised for soothing burning itching and gritty eyelids. The ad claims 25 years of success and refunds if not satisfied. Available at all drug stores.
Farm Workers Apply In Amarillo For War Certificates
Fifteen district offices in the southwest will assist migratory farm workers in obtaining a certificate of war necessity to keep operating their trucks after November 15. John C. Massenburg of the regional Office of Defense Transportation says workers can secure certificates at district offices across Amarillo and other cities including Lubbock El Paso San Angelo Waco San Antonio Houston Dallas Austin Albuquerque Tulsa Oklahoma City Shreveport Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Dallas
Southwest
John C. Massenburg
Defense Transportation Motor Transport Manager
ODT
Amarillo
Lubbock
el Paso
San Angelo
Waco
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Albuquerque
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
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South Australia
Max E. Wade
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Taylor
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Silvertown
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Pearl Harbor
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