Battle of Stalingrad Versus Verdun Recalled by Babb
DeWitt MacKenzie writes from the war zone with Glenn Babb noting the 99th day of the Stalingrad siege. He discusses German strategy, Russian counteroffensive potential, and possible impacts on Moscow and Ukraine, citing Churchill’s account of a map with a pending Russian blow.
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DeWitt Macone
Enn Babb
MacKenzie
Glenn Babb
Stalingrad
Moscow
Hitler
Volga
Stalin
The Edge of Darkness Chapter XIV Encounter
Sixtus Andresen, a retired Trollness schoolmaster, confronts Captain Konig over access to a blockhouse. In a tense exchange, the old man asserts his independence and questions the captain’s plans as war closes in on their village.
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Sixtus Andresen
Konig
Norway
Sixtus
Trollness
Dane
Kenig
Forbidden House and Courtless Fear in Exile
In 1942 NEA Service prose, a dramatic scene unfolds as Konig loses control in a confrontation with a jailed philosopher Sixtus, who is ordered expelled from a house by a brutal captain. Soldiers tighten their grip, dragging the old man toward the porch as threats and violence erupt amid red autumn leaves.
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Sixtus
Untitled Historical Note on Arrow at Moscow Battlefront
Fragmentary line suggests latest events support the idea that the arrow was shot toward the south or west into the front west of Moscow, indicating a directional inference about battlefield activity. The text implies ongoing analysis of combat actions near the Moscow front.
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Moscow
Allies Rapidly (Continued From Page One)
Allies plan a coordinated offensive to trap Axis pockets in a sequence. They aim to isolate Mateur and Bizerte by a Dijerdeida salient from Tunis, then sever lines to Italian forces as part of a broader breakout.
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Hitler
Mateur
Bizerte
Dijedeida
Tunis
Market Report From New York and St. Louis Livestock Summary
Market activity shows scattered firm spots in New York with leaders drifting slightly lower and war stock as well as peace stocks mixed. St Louis National Stockyards reports hogs uneven and steady to higher for heavy weights, lighter weights down, sows steady, and cattle and calves opening slow with steady to fair prices on several classes. vealers and stocker steers show moderate activity while sheep receipts are light and market not established.
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New York
Tnday
ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
WW. S
Eisenhower decorates Gen Marle W Clark in North Africa
In a simple ceremony, General Dwight D. Eisenhower personally awards Lieutenant General Marle W Clark the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership and successful execution of a secret mission prior to the Allied invasion of North Africa. Allied forces meanwhile push through Tunisian ports amid minefields as paratroopers seize an airfield near Tunis with little resistance.
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Tripolitania
Tunis
Algeria
Bizerte
Africa
Eisenhower
West Point
Clark
Grain market notes rally on December spread and grain bids
Chicago grain prices rose amid broader outsider interest and December contract liquidation. Rye led gains with over two cents, wheat and corn advanced on scattered buying as oats lagged due to selling by Northwestern-linked houses. Cash and futures quotes shown for wheat corn oats and rye, while New York market moved with scattered bid ding and war related notes fading.
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Chicago
Low
Gabe
High
Close
Small Papers Continued From pe One
A list of local papers and editors in various U S towns including Arkansas Kentucky and Missouri names such as Henry Humphrey G W Marble Oscar B Stauffer Pryor S Campbell W R Painter Cowgill Blair and John H Wolpers appear in this directory style notice.
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Ark
Henry Humphrey
Gazette and News
Texarkana
G. W. Marble
Tribune Monitor
Orl Scott
Kas
Oscar B. Stauffer
State Journal
Topeka
Pryor S. Campbell
Republican
Cherryvale
Kansas
W.R. Painter
Democrat
Carrollton
Cowglll Blair
Glove
Nerald
Joplin
John H. Wolpers
Daily American Republican
Poplar Bluff
Club Inspected (Continued From Page One)
Attorney General Robert T. Bushnell met with State Fire Marshal Stephen C. Garrity Suffolk County District Attorney William J. Foley and others to unite inquiries into the disaster. Three Boston lawmakers urged Gov. Saltonstall to close all night clubs and restaurants operating below street level. In Arkansas Norman E. Lisk learned his sister and her husband Robert Coleman of Clinton Massachusetts died in the blaze among more than 400 victims.
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Robert T. Bushnell
Stephen C. Garrity
Suffolk County
William J. Foley
Boston
State House of Representatives
Leverett Salton Stull
Arkansan
Lille Rock
Arkansas
Norman E. Lisk
Metropolis Life Insurance Company
Robert Coleman
Clinton
Mass
Hitler Appeal and Axis Losses Reported in War Update
The piece notes a Hitler Appeal test as a possible prelude to a Soviet counterstroke. Reports claim sealing operations near Bryansk about 220 miles south of Moscow and a German radio bulletin alleging planned Soviet attack southwest of Voronezh. Midday figures cite 68,250 Axis dead in Stalingrad with about 66,000 captured, while central front deaths reach 24,300 and prisoners total 400.
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Bryansk
Moscow
Voronegh
Russia
Stalingrad
Central Front
Market Fluctuations Extend Through Mixed Trading Session
Declining dividend payments and cautious traders marked a volatile day as 1942 declarations lagged behind last year. Stock activity showed little movement with slow transfers, aside from sizable penny and blue chip blocks. Futures for cotton edged higher on the mid November farm parity revision, with close readings mixed across contracts.
Better Calf Club Initiated by Breeders
The Arkansas Jersey Cattle Club and county agents launch the Bull Calf Club Plan to improve dairy herds through well bred calves for 4 H and FFA members. About 300 calves expected first year. applications to county extension offices with selection at first come, first served. Proceeds from calf sales after two years go to breeder and boy.
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Jersey Breeders
Arkansas
FFA
Oliver L. Adams
Alate
Paul Carruth
Arkansas Jersey Cattle Club
Little Rock
Adams
Prade
Little Shows Gain in Population in Arkansas
The Census Bureau estimates Little Rock area gained population from April 1940 to May 1942 with Little Rock Pulaski County at 176000 and an 12.8 percent rise. Little Rock and North Little Rock municipal figures show 88030 and 21137 respectively, while Little Hook is cited as a growing community.
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Washington
Bueau
Little Hook
Ark
Little Rock
Pulask County
North Little Rock
Vast Welfare Plan Proposed in England
Jwondon December 1 1930 the most sweeping government social security plan proposed in Britain would double expenditure to 1.3 billion dollars create a ministry of welfare and extend health insurance employment and pensions The plan covers public assistance for births including unmarried mothers marriages and funeral grants up to eighty dollars and aims to cradle to grave coverage.
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Jwondon
Bir
Wile Haim Beveridge
Britain
William
Hempstead County Herd Victory Highlights Arkansas Jersey Breed
Williams of Sheverings in Hempstead County claims a top overall victory for a bull bred by Magnolia A. & M. College, recognized by the Arkansas Jersey Cattle Club as a notable achievement in national cattle competition.
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Williams of
Sheverings
Hempstead —County
Magnolia A. & Mi College
Arkansas Jersey Cattle Club
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Myou
Fuehrer
Ukraine
Caucasus
Maikop
Red Army
Leningrad
Finland
Winston Churchill
Kremlin
Churchill
EDGE
William Woods
Waltum
Shttus Andreren
NEA
Christas
Oxfords
Ecru
Market Report
Frisco
Office of Defense Transportation
J. W. Nquase
Saint Louis
ST. Louis-San
Poultry and Produce
Rec
England
Willy
Dean
Sheetal
HOPE
Chas
A. Haynes Co
Albert
Prince Albert
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