This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
6
ERE offers miniature doll house furniture scaled to actual size pieces. A five inch upholstered sofa lounge chair and ottoman entice, with bright oilcloth chairs for the dining set. Pattern 274 supplies patterns and directions for all pieces and accessories, 15 cents each, send to the address.
Greece torn by civil strife as forces set to press against Japanese on Leyte. A powerful quake shakes Tokyo district. Western Newspaper Union dispatch notes editorials remain the agency's viewpoint.
The article outlines Greece’s leftist uprising and British intervention to protect Suez access, with Allied strategy in Europe focusing on Saarbrucken and Aachen as Eisenhower drives toward the Rhine. It notes Nazi manpower limits and troop movements in Hungary and Italy. It ends with a Meat Institute forecast that meat income will hit a record share of farm earnings in 1945, driven by cattle and calf marketing.
General MacArthur pressed the Leyte campaign as the 77th Division hit the beaches below Ormoc under naval gun cover. Artillery pounded positions to draw reinforcements while U S fliers destroyed a Japanese convoy bearing about 4,000 troops headed for Leyte.
An Enshu Sea quake centered about 100 miles southeast of Tokyo caused landslides and flooding along a 150 mile belt on Honshu. Tidal waves affected coastal districts, while Japan avoids disclosing damage to shipping and war industries as officials refocus on munitions production. McNutt urges rapid mobilization of women, plant transfers, and suppression of civilian labor expansion to fill 300,000 needed workers for arms, radar, ships, tanks, and B 29 production.
New Jersey State College of Agriculture reports a nationwide potential for artificial breeding after a study of 1200 cows bred from outstanding bulls. The cattle produced 9.3 more milk and 14 percent more butterfat, Dr. J. W. Bartlett said.
The article argues that Edward Stettinius inherits Cordell Hulls trade policy focus on international commerce. It notes the shift from aloof diplomacy to a businesslike, wartime economic coordination including embassies, economic affairs, tariffs, treaties, monetary and labor divisions, and petroleum. It emphasizes a developing foreign policy rooted in American prosperity and public demand for foreign affairs awareness.
A column lampoons wartime policy with jabs at Harry Hopkins and lend-lease grants while noting a banana import ceiling cut. It reports October civilian government staff down 2,282 in war agencies but up 4,358 elsewhere, closing with a sly dig at congressional influence.
A man bursts into a police station at midnight seeking help locating his wife who has been missing since eight this morning. He recalls only that she left with their brindle bull terrier, a 53 pound dog with distinct markings and a small ear nick, and gives no further identifying details. The sergeant promises to find the dog first.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.