Christmas Social Calendar Highlights Busy Week in Hope
Social calendar notes December events in Hope with United Daughters of the Confederacy meetings at Mrs. Charles Haynes and Mrs. Gus Haynes hosting. Rose Garden Club gathering at Cantley home. Hope Chapter 324 Eastern Star. First Presbyterian Executive Board. Circle meetings of Women’s Society. Iris Garden Club luncheon. the Haltom Keith wedding in Hope with Mabel Keith as bride and Leroy Haltom, Army private, tying the knot at a Pentecostal church residence.
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Pat Chyburne
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles Haynes
Gus Haynes
R. E. Jackson
Veteran's Hospital
Jocal
Contract Bridge Club
Ted Jones
Dick Bronch
Hope Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
First Presbyterian Church
C'Elock
Women's Society of Christian Service
Iris Garden
C. P. Talleson
Rob Jones
Lo'clock
Coming and Going in Camp Wolters and Nearby
Bill Routon reports to Camp Wolters Texas with the United States Army corps after visiting Mrs Milton and relatives. Captain Bason returns to Nome Alaska. Mrs Hattie Anne Feild travels from Little Rock after attending Mrs Sophia Feild Hunter funeral.
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Bill Routon
Camp Wolters
Texas
United States Army
Orps
Milton
Captain Bason
Nome
Alaska
Hattie Anne Feild
Little Rock
Sophia
Feiid Hunter
Liberia Grants Bases to the United States
Liberia on the strategic west coast of Africa grants all base rights to the United States for the duration of the war. The State Department announced the agreement giving the United States the right to build operate defend air ports and assist in defending Liberia against possible attacks.
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Washington
Liberia
Africa
United States
State Department
Postpones Action on Spa Racing Meet
The State Racing Commission pushed back its decision on Oaklawn Jockey Club’s bid to hold the spring meet at Hot Springs from Feb. 22 to March 27, delaying the matter until December 19. The report also notes the U S steel capacity has risen by over 81 million tons annually since 1918.
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Little Reek
Bec
State Racing Commission
Oaklawn Jockey Club
Hot Springs
Wickard Opposes Eternal Controls on Food Industry
Secretary Wickard urged against permanent government controls on the food industry while stressing readiness to act quickly on wartime food policy. He warned that delay harms the war effort and that rationing or reservation orders should be implemented without hesitation if needed. He cautioned against reforms for reform's sake and emphasized sound policies in public interest.
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Chicago
Wickard
Karl
Russia
Lausanne
Air Cadet Killed in Crash at Walnut Ridge
Walnut Ridge officials announced that Cadet Charles E. Thiede of Torrington, Connecticut, was killed instantly when his training plane crashed in a wooded area about one mile east of the Army basic training field Tuesday.
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Walnut Ridge
Charles E. Thiede
Torrington
Army
Tony
No one held accountable for Pine Bluff steam explosion
Governor Adkins announced that after an investigation the Arkansas Board of Control found no one responsible for the steam explosion at the Pine Bluff Boys Industrial School. The incident caused the death of inmate Robert Ihrer last week.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Board of Control
The
Arkansas Boys Industrial School
Pine Bluff
Robert Ihrer
Paroles Granted by Little Rock Board
Parole board granted paroles in 51 of 83 applicants heard yesterday. Town of Plankville bans bare legs on streets. Policeman notes seam and seamless hose as evidence of bare legs. Question raised on enforcement. US population density comparison with Alaska mentioned.
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Little Rock
State Parole Board
Plankville
Aussies Learn Foraging In Bush by Australian Troops
Melbourne reports a new self sufficiency instruction for Australian troops taught to forage in bush country like Aboriginal people. Lessons cover tree water, frog water, edible plants, native grubs and eggs, bark to stun fish, and sustaining four men for weeks if cut off from supplies. Also notes Alaska has more unreserved public domain than all states combined.
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Melbourne
Australia
Alaska
Edge of Darkness: Karl and Karen Seize a Birthday Escape
Karen and Margit plot a midnight birthday meeting with Karl amid snow and danger. Karen travels alone to a remote cottage where Karl reveals a promising future in Lausanne while rumors of Russian troops loom, testing their love and resolve.
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Margit
Karen
Karl
Journey for Margaret shines in wartime child drama
Hollywood praise for Journey for Margaret presents a sobering tale of London blitz victims. Margaret O'Brien delivers a sensational performance as a traumatized waif found in a bombed home. The narrative follows a U S correspondent seeking passage back to his wife amid wartime sound psychology cues. Robert Young Loraine Day Fa Bainter lead a cast noted for strong work, though the child’s scene lingers as the emotional centerpiece.
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Hollywood
Robbin Coons
Wide World
The
New Pictures
Margaret
London
New York
Robert Young
Loraine Day
Fa Bainter
Margaret O'Brien
Hitler
Amnesia Romance and Swashbuckling in Current Screenings
Greer Garson and Ronald Colman head a tender amnesia romance in Random Harvest as memory returns and love endures while Susan Peters is a standout in The Black Swan. Tyrone Power, MaRines training noted, co stars with Maureen O Hara in a Technicolor pirate adventure.
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Greer Garson
Ronald Colman
Colman
Garson
Susan Peters
Sir Henry Morgan
Tyrone Power
Marines
Mureen O'Hara
Laird Cregar
George Sanders
Hollywaad
Besi
Swedish Fishermen Tax Break Boosts Fishing Industry
The government will grant fishermen a 20 percent exemption from the war profits tax on surplus income. The move aims to spur the fishing sector as fish becomes a larger share of scarce meat and foodstuffs under rationing.
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Stockholm
Jeep Versus Mule In Climbing Test At Pikes Peak
Soldiers at Camp Carson unit test the climbing ability of the Army mule against a motorized jeep on nearby Pikes Peak. An attempted census counted 4 500 uses of wood, not a complete classification.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. VP
Camp Carson
Pikes Peak
Utrendin Births Amid Record US Births in 1949
United States birth statistics show a birth rate of 18.8, up from 17.0, with more than 2,500,000 babies born the highest since 1921's 2,600,000. Births exceed deaths by about 1,090,000.
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United States
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