Congo Is Crossroads Congo Is Crossroads
The arrival of American troops in the Belgian Congo brings comment from Premier Pierlot on Americas nonmilitary second front supplying Allies. America ships planes tanks and supplies to Egypt the Middle East and the Far East via a Congo route that acts as a vital cross roads of air river and land communications in the war.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Belgian Congo
Hubert Pierlot
America
Second Front
United Nations
Egypt
Pierlot
Congo
Africa
Middle East
Far East
Equatorial Africa
Cape of God Hope
Sudan
Uganda
Tanganyika
Nile
Eritrea
Red Sea
Arctic
South Africa
South Pacific
Indian Ocean
Missionary Wife Recalls Japanese Picnic and Hoarding Hob Nails
Mrs. W Eugene Sallee Baptist missionary in China for 37 years describes five hundred Japanese soldiers picnicking in her yard and trying to seize belongings. She and cousin Mrs Josephine Ward were interned at Kaifeng in Henan Province on December 8. Sallee, sister-in-law of Dr. George W Truett, landed in New York on the Gripsholm.
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Dallas
W. Eugene Sallee
China
New York
Gripsholm
George W. Truett
Mrs. Sallee
Miss Ward
Man Slugged Robbed On Lincoln Street At 2 A M
C. D. Roberts of the Victory Hotel 305 South Lincoln Street reported to police he was slugged kicked and robbed of $20 by two men. He said the assault occurred about 2 am in the 300 block on Lincoln Street as he left the hotel to get soup and was accosted en route to a restaurant.
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C. D. Roberts
Victory Hotel
Lincoln Street
Roberts
San Jacinto Kiwanis Club Reinstates Thursday Noon Meetings
The San Jacinto Kiwanis Club voted to return to Thursday noon gatherings after six weeks of experimental evening meetings. A special election will be held Thursday to fill the vacancy from Charles Copeland’s resignation as first vice president. The article notes the “Old Oaken Bucket” event and WPB’s push for wooden pails and tubes with over 15 percent metal.
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San Jacinto Kiwanis Club
Charles Copeland
Insurance Certificate Granted To New York Firm In Texas
Austin Texas July 30 1942 To Whom It May Concern This certifies The Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York Newark New Jersey has sworn stated compliance with Texas laws as a condition to do business here A Certificate of Authority is issued entitling the company to operate in Texas for the year ending February 28 1943 O P Lockhart Chairman of the BoardSeal
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Austin
Texas
Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of
New York
Newark
New Jersey
O. P. Lockhart
Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor in New Comedy
Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor star in Her Cardboard Lover at the State Theater on Saturday. Set in Palm Beach Florida the light romantic comedy follows Miss Shearer as a visiting lover eager to outmaneuver a supposedly ne’er-do-well. George Sanders Frank McHugh and Elizabeth Patterson support. The plot includes a songwriter Terry and a comical rivalry with Tony, with the happy ending after a string of humorous escapades.
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State Theater
Norma Shearer
Robert Taylor
Florida
George Sanders
Frank McHugh
Elizabeth Patterson
Palm Beach
Miss Shearer
Tony
Terry
Taylor
Sanders
Hoover Film at Liberty on Friday and Saturday
J Edgar Hoover's Undercover Doctor stars Lloyd Nolan and Janice Logan on a double bill with Raiders of the Range featuring Bob Steele and the Three Mesquiteers at the Liberty Theater Friday and Saturday.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Lloyd Nolan
Janice Logan
Bob Steele
The
Liberty
Laugh Show at Lyric Theater Delights Friday Saturday
A double program at the Lyric features a laugh show with Tramp Tramp Tramp and fast western action in Lone Rider Ambushed.
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Lyric Theater
Lyric
Youth Draft Age Proposal Sparks Senate Debate
Chairman Reynolds of the Senate Military Affairs Committee said he would seek a formal War Department recommendation on drafting 18 and 19 year olds. He noted decisions by military leaders would guide his stance as Senator Gurney's proposal to lower the induction age from 20 to 18 gains attention.
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Washington
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Gurney
South Dakota
Cowboy contests feature rodeo events at Tri-State Fair
Jones Brothers Amateur Rodeo at the Tri-State Fair Grounds features events drawn from ranch work. Cowboys will rope and tie calves and steers, ride broncs and demonstrate cutting horse skill, with steer riding and team-tying tests. Bulldogging is excluded, while a rough string of broncs and a quick quarter horse race highlight the program. Two ranch-raised cowgirls, Nancy Binford and Fern Saw, will compete in a matching roping contest.
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Jones Brothers
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Ralph Jones
Jones Brothers Rodeo
Southwest
Nancy Binford
Amarillo
Fern Saw
Mice Trapped By One Way Bottleneck
Mrs J E Burwell reports on the better mouse trap in Cross Roads New Mexico. A neighbor heard sounds in a flour bin and opened it to peep inside. She found two mice in a juice bottle neck and watched as a man killed them at a neighbor's house. The odd episode began around 2 pm with admission noted as 55 cents.
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J. E. Burwell
Counterfeit Half Dollars Flood Los Angeles
Secret Service agent Arthur F. Grube says about 25000 dollars in counterfeit half dollars have been passed in Los Angeles over the past three weeks, with defense plant workers among the recipients.
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Los Angeles
Arthur F. Grube
Secret Service
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