Winter Birthday Carnival Lights Up Huron Park Night
Huron hosts a Winter Birthday Carnival next Thursday at J. W. Campbell Park with ice skating, ice races, and a queen contest. Nominations due Jan 23, ballots used at the Birthday Ball to raise Infantile Paralysis funds. Music by Tommy Martin’s orchestra. prizes total 25 dollars plus potential merchandise prizes.
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Huron
J. W. Campbell Park
Robert Fair
Evening
Huronite
Campbell Park
Tommy Martin
James Meaghan
Beadle County Infantile Paralysis Committee
Saunders Wins Distin nished Service Medal and Returns Home
Brig. Gen. Saunders learns of his Distin shed Service Medal from newspapers as he arrives in Aberdeen on furlough after serving in the Solomons. He credits war news while noting cold weather and plans two weeks at home with his wife and two sons Maurice and Richard.
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Brie
LaVerne G. Saunders
Saunders
Associated Press
Washington
Solomons
Aberdeen
America
Pacific
General Saunders
R. S. Wallace
George Sahl
Huron
Marvin Hughitt
Murch
George Deklotz
John P. Sauer
University of South Dakota
Maxion
Walker
Maurice
Richard
Army replaces Marines in Solomons under Patch command
Undersecretary Patterson says Army ground troops, led by Major General Alexander Patch, have taken over the Guadalcanal operation from the Marines with headquarters moved from New Caledonia. Patch also takes command on Tulagi as air and sea conditions improve and anti submarine measures intensify.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Solomons
Alexander Patch
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Patterson
Patch
Alexander A. Vandexrift
Navy
Tulagi
Smal
Four Die In Burlington Station Fire
Firemen cleared the burned Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger station ruins seeking two missing persons after a blaze early yesterday. Two bodies were recovered and identified as conductor P. Carlin and telegrapher W. C. Plunkett of Eagle Grove. remaining missing are Doris Kenning, a telephone operator, and L. E. Hervey, Ottumwa civil engineer.
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Burlington
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
P. =. Carlin
W. C. Plunkett
Eagle Grove
Doris Kenning
L. E. Hervey
Ottumwa
Coal Miners End Wildcat Strike Back To Work
In Wilkes-Barre amid Roosevelt’s back-to-work deadline, about 34 000 miners joined a return to work while a core group remained idle. Leaders vow to oppose a $0.50 monthly union dues hike and seek wage increases, framing the move as a courtesy to the President. The 48 hour grace period was set after Roosevelt’s demand to end the strike harming war efforts.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
UMW
Hugh Cavanaugh
South Wilkes-Barre
Glen Alden Coal Company
Thirty Five Die In Plane Crash Near Dutch Guiana
The Army contract transport plane crash on January 15 near the Dutch Guiana coast killed 26 passengers and nine crew with no survivors. Major General Harold L. George said next of kin have been notified and home addresses are unavailable. Names mentioned include Major Erte M Knight of Pleasant Valley Pennsylvania and William Hodson of New York formerly of Minneapolis.
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Washington
Army
Dutch Guiana
South America
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
George
Guiana
Erte -M
Flynn Victim Frame-Up Questioned in Senate Inquiry
In Washington on January 21 the foreign relations panel prepared for New York witnesses, including Mayor LaGuardia, to testify on Flynn’s qualifications amid perjury accusations. Flynn denied wrongdoing over past sheriff duties while witnesses alleged lies and called for more testimony. Admiral Ingram reported five Axis submarines sunk in the South Atlantic.
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Washington
Edward J. Plyrm
New York
LaGuardia
Flynn
Bronx
New York City
Sidney Baron
Brooklyn
Samuel Foley
William B. Herands
Robert Moran
Paul J.kern
Baron
Ed Flynn
Tweed
Dutch Schultz
Schultz
Arthur Flagenheimer
Vie
Pangster
Rio DE Janeiro
Jonas H. Ingram
United States
South Atlantic
New Price Boss Seeks Consumer Backing for OPA Plan
Prentiss M. Brown, new OPA administrator, pledges to protect consumers as he takes charge from Leon Henderson. He eyes Congress funding measures and subsidies for transport and energy, with plans for higher prices and consumer support while weighing personnel changes and possible reshuffles.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Opa
Brown
Congress
Michigan
Leon Henderson
James F. Byrnes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Clyde Herring
Frank E. Hook
Ginsburg
David Ginsburg
The
Bee
Washington Page
Lend-lease ships to Russia total over three thousand tanks
Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius reports shipments to Russia include more than 3,200 tanks, nearly 2,600 planes, and 81,000 military vehicles as of January 1 1943. He notes losses en route but says aid to Russia will grow in 1943 and has made progress in 1942.
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Washington
Russia
Edward R Stettinius
Stettinius
Tojo reopening delayed as labor in Tokyo reports cold
The Japanese parliament planned to convene to outline government policy but was postponed after Tojo fell ill, stirring talk that a broader move to total mobilization and military control of the economy is underway. The government has already taken control of stock exchanges and pressured major banks.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Prejral Tojo
Congress
Tokyo Radio
Tojo
Japan
Caution Urged In Thawing Frozen Pipes
Fire Chief S A Goethel warns householders to take extreme care thawing pipes frozen in sub zero temperatures. Firemen responded Wednesday evening to a Palmer home on 22 Montana Avenue Southwest where insulation paper near the wall caught fire while thawing pipes using paper as a heat source.
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S. A. Goethel
Martin” Palmer
Montana Avenue
Palmer
Wrecked Trucks Strewn As Rommel Retreats From Tripoli
Allied advances push within 35 miles of Tripoli as Rommel abandons the burning city. Tarhuna and Homs captured. Axis retreat toward Tunisia widens. British and Allied air and ground forces press along the coast and toward the Tunisian frontier while Russia drives toward Kharkov and Rostov.
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Roger Greene
Associated Press
Mussolini
Erwin Rommel
Tripoli
8Th
Italy
Eritrea
Talian Somaliland
Abyssinia
Cirenaica
Tripolitania
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Tarhuna
Homs
Rommel
Tunisian
Zuera
Berlin
Tunisia
Pont du Fans
Tunis-Bizerte
Pont du Fahs
Gulf of Gabes
Bizerte
Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharikov
Pittsburgh
Sea of Azov
Rostov
State considers more shotgun shells and season tweaks
The North Dakota State Game Department urged concurrent legislative action to release more shells for fall hunts and to allow August 1 to November 30 dog presence. Proposals include shifting game bird seasons to start between Sept 1 and March 10 and authorizing special regional seasons. Senate approved nearly 2 million dollars in appropriations for salaries and state institutions as a joint session reviewed a sweeping codification of state laws.
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Bismarck
State Game Department
WPB
Germament
Senate
House
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Kenneth N. Walker
Glendale
Cal
Rabaul
New Briteil
Albert A. Schmid
Philadelpia
Rath Hartley
NEA Teleghoto
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