News of New Gainea Victory Domes In Pacific Spotlight
DeWitt MacKenzie column reports possible major Allied victory news from New Guinea as Tokyo air hints at a Japanese raid on Allied forts in the Solomons. Montomery faces a fortified El Agheila bottleneck while Eisenhower and Anderson contend with a stubborn Tunisian beachhead. MacArthur’s troops push toward Buna Sanananda as a last Japanese evacuation convoy is repelled.
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Tunisia
Tunis - Bizerte
Tebourba
First Army
Stalingrad
Moscow
Volga
New Guinea
MacArthur
Port Moresby
Gona
Buna
Sanananda
Market Report Highlights Mixed NY Stocks and Agricultural Prices
New York stocks show slight irregularity after an early rally led by rails and industrials as war news shifts trading. Farmers and livestock in St Louis report mixed hog and cattle prices, while Chicago poultry butter eggs and grain markets reflect steady to firmer tones amid hedging and war-related demand.
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Ralls
ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U.5
Dept. Agr
Chicago
Rev Hamill to Lead Oklahoma Pastorate Departure Planned
Rev. JE Hamill will move his family to Oklahoma to take a pastorate after guiding the Tabernacle in Okmulgee. He has served as Presbyter of the Southwest Arkansas section and led civic efforts, church growth, a $30,000 new building, and a radio program. A new Tabernacle pastor is to be chosen with Rev. S. J. Scott invited to speak.
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Hamill
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Arkansas
Hope Kiwanis Club
Helmstead Boy Scout Court of Honor
Tabernacle
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Okmulgee
The
J. Scott
Oklahoma City
Hamall
Bowl Officials Urge Travel Cut Down For New Year Games
New York Dec 3 The Office of Defense Transportation urged sponsors of New Year bowl games to restrict travel to the essentials. Officials say plans to dispose of tickets in Florida are under way and about 435 percent of tickets sold went to Miami residents.
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Wey Mparyvly Vera
New York
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
Hiid
Florida
Oscar Dooly, Jr
RAF Renews Night Raids on Frankfurt and Western Germany
London reports the RAF conducted nighttime raids on Frankfurt and other western German targets after a 10 day lull. Six bombers took part, with losses around five percent. Berlin called the raids nuisance attacks, noting this was the 36th Frankfurt raid. Weather reportedly unfavorable and force strength below a so called strong raid.
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Reich
Frankfurt
Germany
Air Ministry
Berlin
Stutgart
Kab
Aide of Saboteurs Given 45 Years
New York December sentencing of Anthony Cramer, 42, Yorkville mechanic, for treasonably aiding two of eight Nazi saboteurs landed by submarine last June. He received 45 years and a $10,000 fine. Judge Goddard rejected the death penalty, noting lack of awareness of explosives or factory destruction plans. Defense to appeal.
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New York
Anthony Cramer
Yorkville
United States
Henry W. Godad
Bargld
Medlina
Goddard
U. S
Mathias Correa
Cramer
Werner’ Thiel
Edward J. Kerling
No Outside Work for Japs in Arkansas
Governor Homer M. Adkins rejects plans to employ 86 Japanese workers on the Norfolk Dam project in North Arkansas. Under a prior agreement with federal officials, relocated Japanese are barred from outside work without the governor’s approval, a policy he calls inadvisable and unwise.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Norfolk Dam
White River
War Relocation Authority
Grant family ties power a cavalry recruit at Fort Riley
Ulysses S Grant VY, 22, a great grandson of the Civil War general, trains at the Fort Riley cavalry replacement center from San Diego. He initially serves in a mechanized unit but hopes for a horse troop assignment. His platoon sergeant, John Goegh of New Orleans, shares similar Grant lineage.
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Ulysses S. Grant VY
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Cavalry Replacement Training Center
Fort Riley Reservation
San Diego
Calif
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Sergt
John Goegh
New Orleans
Parity Measure Redefined Passed by House
Washington December Third the House passed by unanimous consent legislation redefining parity to include all farm labor costs. President Roosevelt had opposed similar anti inflation proposals. A government professor warned of possible large cost increases, while Rep Pace noted uncertainty about effects. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Pace D-Gal
House
Senate
Lake Dick Farm to Become All-Negro Enterprise
The Lake Dick farm in Arkansas, established by the Security Administration in 1937 as an experimental cooperative resettlement project on 2,500 acres at Altheimer, will be converted to an all-Negro enterprise operated on a sharecropper plan. An FSA spokesman confirmed reports that Pine Bluff arsenal workers living in some dwellings on the Lake Dick project were told to vacate by January.
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Lake Dick Farm
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Pine Bluff Arsenal
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Farmers Must Have Proof for Deferment
Little Rock December 3 Agricultural workers seeking draft deferment must supply their local draft board with proof of their status and employment as required by wartime regulations. The notice urges farmers to carry documentation at all times to avoid delays or rejection of deferment requests.
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Little Rock
Dec
Dressed to Kill RAF Rear Gunner Gear List
A labeled kit lists the equipment of a Royal Air Force heavy bomber rear gunner. Items include helmet oxygen kit intercom lead parachute dog clips inflated life jacket tape ties parachute harness webbing and lamb’s nap leather collar.
No War News Hidden From German People Says Nazi Propaganda
German media under Goebbels suppresses bad war news and inflates triumphs. Reports from Voelkischer Beobachter and other papers bury defeats, miseries on the eastern front, and harsh winter conditions while urging fans to donate warm clothing for fronts. The piece notes selective reporting and orchestrated headlines in Berlin broadcasts.
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Germany
Applenty
Jean Graffis
NEA
Berlin
Fritz-in-the-street
French North Africa
Ditto Rammet
New Guinea
Solomon Island
Goebbels
Voelkischer Beobachter
Custorn
Sougly
Joseph Davies
Rullroie
France
Frankfurter Zeitung
Posen
East
Pat Goehbels
Deutsche Allgemain Zeitung
Wy Thal
Tiel Vary
Hobbs Promoted to First Lieutenant in Caribbean Duty
Lester Hobbs son of Mr and Mrs Z E Hobbs of Hove has been promoted to first lieutenant. He serves with the ground forces of the Army Air Corps stationed somewhere in the Caribbean Sea.
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Lester Hobbs
Z. E. Hobbs
Hove
Hobbs
Army Air Corps
Caribbean Sea
Production score card aids farm essential worker deferments
State Selective Service headquarters yesterday issued a production score card system for local boards to determine agricultural deferments under a November 18 order. The plan sets minimum standards for craft boards, many of which lack farming operation familiarity.
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State Selective Service
Mysterious Alaska Transit Test Marks Sevenths Month Feat
Our Daily Bread notes a long trek of 1881 miles pushed through rugged wilderness with scarce materials and manpower. The piece critiques an effort to stretch coffee supply chains with substitutes, calling the attempt an abject apology and suggesting mainstream preference for genuine goods.
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Alaska
Alcan
Ershtz
Nagis
Amierigatis
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