Tito-led Yugoslav Partisans Break Nazi Drive in Slovenia
Guerrilla forces under Gen. Josip Broz Tito launched a counteroffensive against German troops in Slovenia, reporting the destruction of a Nazi drive that began October 12. The communique claimed six divisions and over 60,000 troops engaged, with guerrillas inflicting casualties. Cairo radio said heavy demolitions made Trieste and Fiume unusable by Germans, while Tito cited liberated towns in Hercegovina amid German countervictories.
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Trieste
Fiume
Nevesinje
Zimlje
Visin
Hercegovina
FBI Invites Pistol Packin Party to Amarillo Conference
FBI agent L E Kingman passes invitations for the Panhandle Pistol Packin Papas event at Municipal Auditorium Amarillo on Tuesday November 30 1943 the last Peace Officers Conference of the year Speakers include Sheriff Dale Lane Borger Amarillo Chamber of Commerce president Jack Cunningham FBI Dallas R G Danner Dusty Miller Amarillo attorney and Dalhart district attorney John Honts No pistol packing mamas.
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L. E. Kingman
Amarillo
FBI
Municipal Auditorium
Dale Lane
Borger
Jack Cunningham
Grenoble Citizens Attack Nazi Arsenal in Retaliation
Dispatches from Grenoble report French citizens attacked a German arsenal in the city killing 10 Nazi soldiers and blowing up a powder magazine. Fifteen Frenchmen were killed. The raid followed arrests of 300 to 400 people after Armistice Day demonstrations on November 11.
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Bern
Switzerland
Grenoble
France
la Suisse Today
Hope to produce penicillin by artificial means
Cincinnati officials state artificial production of penicillin may be achieved by 1944. Surgeons General Office officials express reason to hope penicillin supply will meet all essential demands by that year. Victory gardens supply 42 percent of 1943 vegetables and over half of civilians’ fresh vegetables, says National Garden Bureau director James H. Burdett.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Surgeon General
Victory Gardens
Chicago
James H. Burdett
National Garden Bureau
Personal ads and lost items clutter Hart Texas readers page
Notices include a married man seeking farm housing near a school bus route in Hart and letters offering services and rewards. Lost items involve a needle on Polk Street a Pekingese dog Penny and a bulletin about a bulldog. Military history snippet re Kherson and Diana temple appear among reader items.
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Hart
Texas
Hollywood Oddities Highlight Unorthodox Film Props
JIMMY FIDLER tours Hollywood noting weird enterprises serving cinema from antique car rentals to stage insects for studios. Celebrities and zanier quirks populate the scene as industry insiders chase unique publicity and practical needs for movie making.
Army unveils compact 10 in one invasion ration
The Fourth Service Command says a new square box ration packs ten meals for a squad, replacing the five-person 40 in one version. It fits in jeeps and mules, cutting material needs. Contents include canned meat, vegetables, cereal, milk, jam, pudding, coffee, sugar, cigarettes, candy, and fruit bars.
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Atlanta
U.P
Spalding Tickets Sell Fast for Philharmonic Concert
Albert Spalding, famed American violinist, is set as soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra next Tuesday. Nonmembers can buy single seats starting Monday at the Southwest Public Service Company lobby booth for 3.30 dollars adults 2.20 dollars and students 1.10 dollars. Members urged to pick up reservations by Monday at 1000 Western Avenue. Concerts start at 8 o clock this season, earlier than last year.
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Hollywood stunt plans at Royal Gorge thrill Colorado town
Old time residents of CAN ON CITY Colorado fear danger as Hollywood crews prepare a scene for Sensations of 1944 featuring a human fly walking a tight rope high above the Royal Gorge. Technicians doubt the stunt after viewing the Arkansas River far below and the canyon width.
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U.P
Rockies
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Peanut Hulls Offer Cork Substitute In Georgia
Georgia Experiment Station reports a cork substitute from waste peanut hulls after four years of research. Director H. P. Stuckey says hulls could rise from $2 to $7.50 a ton as cork substitute, aiding war disrupted cork imports. Georgia mills, supplying a third of world peanuts, seek buyers for hulls. The note adds a 1761 Lyons veterinary school fact and an OV Globe-News Want Ads tease.
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Georgia
Georgia Experiment Station
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One Application Heals Itching with Blue Star Ointment
Agonizing itching from eczema rash tetter ringworm pimples scabies or toe itch can be relieved by one application of Blue Star Ointment. Use as needed while nature helps heal. Money back if first application fails to satisfy.
Postal Sleuths Track Their Man
Knoxville clerks traced a misaddressed post card from Louise to Felix a college student. The CN note pointed to Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City Tennessee and the postmaster delivered the card promptly, locating Felix for the visitor.
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Tenn
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Louise
Carson- Newman College
Jefferson City
Sleep walker plea fails to gain extra fuel oil
In Jacksonville a woman applicant asked for more fuel oil arguing a sleep walker in the family required a warmer home at night. The ration board, after dispute, ruled somnambulism is not grounds for extra fuel oil.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ration Board
M. G. Boyce
Fuel Oil Department
Break in Oxygen Forces Gunner Out on German Mission
Tech Sgt. William F. Vance of Des Moines Indiana, ball turret gunner aboard the Fortress Romance, lost oxygen over the German coast during a flight to Muenster. He regained consciousness after the mission returned, showing no ill effects.
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England
Muenster
William F. Vance
Des Moines
Vance
There'll Be More Women In Congress
Washington reports that House leaders expect more women in the next Congress as many seats open due to military service. Republicans and Democrats voice optimism about an increased female presence, with leaders from Massachusetts and New Jersey noting room for women in both parties.
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