Battles in Tunisia Highlight East West Pushes
Daily column by DeWitt Mackenzie and Glenn Babb notes Allied and Axis forces clashing in Tunisia as Eisenhower’s campaign continues. It details standoff in the Djedeida-Teboulba-Mateur area, dangers of supply and reinforcement, and German counterattacks despite Allied advances and weather and air pressure from the British Navy.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Glenn Babb
MacKenzie
Middle East
Itler
Tunisia
United Nations
Hitler
Europe
Oth Bierha
Eral Eisenhower
Uniis
Anderson
Djedel
Ain
Djedeida-Tebolba Mateur
Nehj
Sicilian
Cameraman Montrose Reports Guadalcanal Front Life
Sherman Montrose, Acme News pictures cameraman who landed with Marines on Guadalcanal last August, returns to San Francisco after repairs. He writes eyewitness notes from the front detailing daily routines, air raids, sea landings, and life in the press tent as Marines fight near Henderson Field and the Solomons.
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Sherman Montrose
Acme News Pictures
Guadalcanal
Pao
San Francisco
Montrose
NEA
Charlie
Toja
Roscoe
Francis McCarthy
United Press
Jack Dowling
The
Chicago Sun
Yours Truly
Dowling
Jim Hurlburt
McCarthy
Henderson Field
Louie
Lauie
Maytag
Mytag Charlie
WAAC Starts Training Its Own Police in Uniformed Roles
Daytona Beach Fla December 4 WAACs introduced their first MP unit. The women soldiers will aid fellow WAACs, provide information and directions, and watch uniform appearance. They carry a whistle flashlight and brassard and may reprimand to maintain dignity if needed.
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Wayne Oliver
Daytona Beach
Fla
United States
WAAC
Negro Charged With Robbing Emmet Store
Prescot Leonard Brown, 35, ex convict, held in Nevada County jail on charges of robbing the Beatty Store of Emmet last month about 40 dollars and entering the home of John T. Titley No. 1. He is wanted by Hempstead County and Texas officers for similar crimes. Arrested by Bowie County officers in Texas last week and returned to Prescott. Part of the loot recovered, Sheriff Ward reports.
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Prescot
Leonard Brown
Navada County
Beatty
Emmet
John T. Titley No
Hempstead
Texas
Bowie County
Prescott
Ward
Nevada County
Local Boy Writes From Norfolk Va
Letter from MM2/C1 Ships Co Norfolk Virginia dated November 29 1942 recounts training as Diesel instructor and posts about the World's Largest Watermelon weighing 195 pounds grown in his hometown. He requests postcards showing the 193 pound watermelon and praises a Star editorial on War and Duck broadcast.
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Ettiear the
Ships Co
Star
War & Duck
B. M. Wimberly
MM2
Bradford
Norfolk
Hope
Openings in Navy Construction Corps in Arkansas
Applicants for the Navy Construction Battalion to be interviewed in Little Rock on December 3 4 5 and 6 by Ensign H A Estricher of the Civil Engineer Corps and Lt H D Bradshaw Navy Recruiting Officer for Arkansas announced. Men skilled in construction trades are needed in the Sea Bees who build and maintain Navy bases and air stations worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Little Rock
H. A. Estricher
Civil Engineer Corps
H. D. Bradshaw
Arkansas
Night patrols and a mistaken password on the road
A Marine develops film at night near camp. He walks back along a dusty road, hears a challenge, and improvises by singing, "I wonder What's became of Sally" to reveal the password. Sentries laugh, and he is escorted to his tent. The scene mixes fear and humor as combat weary soldiers cope with gate duties.
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Mill Valley
California
Sally
Market Report 5T Louis Livestock at National Stockyards
U S Dept market coverage from National Stockyards with mixed hogs and cattle notes. Hogs about 12 000 head, prices 10-20 lower, sows weaker. hogs 160 lbs and under detailed ranges. cattle and calves moderate demand, steers, heifers, yearlings offering with varied prices. Corn prices quoted near highs, wheat and oats noted with futures activity and regional grain prices.
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Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U.S. Dept
Witle
Roosevelt Orders Liquidation of Work Projects Relief
President Roosevelt ordered complete liquidation of the Work Projects Administration and crossing out of WPA operations in many states by Feb 1 1943 or as feasible. He said private employment growth and re employment efforts reduce the need for federal funds and that some projects may be taken over by other units or sponsors while others yield state or local support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philip Fleming
Federal Works
WPA
Roogevlet
Work Projects Administration
Federal Works Agency
Six U S Airmen Saved by Fighter Pilot Near Gabes Tunisia
Delayed dispatch reports a fighter pilot guiding a light bomber crew to crash recovery near Gabes. Lieut E F Humphrey spotted the downed men and, with Lieuts Lea Hawes and Frank H Donnelly, aided the six survivors: Allan House junior, Vernon Scoin, Geo F Doran, Ray Dacilla, Herbert Wieischenan, and others.
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E. F. Humphrey
Flint
Mich
Lea Hawel, Jr
Seattle
iWash
Allan L. House, Jr
Vernon C. Scoin
Route One
Wilmar
Ark
Geore F. Doran
Muscatine
Ray Dacila
Houston
Tex
Herbert Ll. Wieischenan
Canby
Ore
Guadalcanal Rescue Flight Amid Fire Sights Ghostly Debris
In a delayed dispatch from November 15, William Hipple recounts aerial rescue duties over Guadalcanal as Japanese transports burn. He details debris and oil upon the sea, spotting wounded sailors and foiled Japanese attempts while Seaplane Lt. Sfubert Perry retrieves survivors from the water.
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William Hipple
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Sava
Tulgi Islands
United States
Sfubert
Patches
Arizona
Savo Island
Perry
Jip
Prescott High announces 25 football letters awarded
Prescott High School announces that 25 members of the Curly Woolvye team received letters. The Wolves finished three wins in seven games and closed the season by defeating the favored Hope Bobcats 13 to 0. Lettermen listed include Rabinson, Ward, Warren Porter, Watson Potter, Compton Crew, Bolton, Bright, Coleman, Guthrie, Reaves, and others.
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Prescott
Jesse Crow
D. Thornton
Prescott High School Athletic Department
Curly Woolvye
Wolves
Hope Bobcats
Rabinson
Ward
Warren Porter
Watson Potter
Compton Crew
Bolton
Bright
Coleman
Guthrie
Reaves
Caaflicott
Buchanan
Bratton
Dewoedy
Grant
Davis
Langley Atkinson
Atkins
Baker
Hamilton
White J. T
Ward Cotta Lungley
Block Plan of War Services Is Organized
Representatives from town sections met at City Hill Thursday to start the Block Plan of Organization for Civilian War Services. Zone and sector leaders will recruit block leaders to spread vital war information, rationing guidance, and cooperative activities to every home and promote neighborly war service. Attendees included James H. Jones Civilian Defense Chairman and several local women.
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Tis
Ace Oaralfely
James H. Jones
Hempstead
Funeral for Former Resident of Patmos
Funeral services for George Cliffs, former Patmos resident, who died at Port Beau La, will be held at New Hope Church south of Hope on Saturday at 10 30 a m. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Emma Jean and a son Derrel Cliffs.
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George Cliffs
Patmos
Port Beau
New Hope Church
Hope
Emma Jean
Derrel Cliffs
Welfare checks set monthly distribution record
The Welfare Department mailed the largest monthly total ever, 500301.50 dollars, to 31703 clients. The average check was 9.09 dollars, reflecting a record month compared with last December. The department disbursed 432 dollars to 41742 clients.
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Liiite Reoek
Welfare Department
Ayu Wo
Petain Deemed Nazi Prisoner Under Laval Influence
The Associated Press reports Marshall Petain, while officially a prisoner, has effectively lost power in Vichy France. Laval and his allies are said to be steering policy toward a new collaborationist regime, with former cabinet members confirming Petain’s diminished role and self-resignation amid escalating control by Laval’s group.
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Associated Press
New York
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Petain
Decidt
Cnerciat
Laval
Mental test at Arkadelphia December 11 announced
0.0. McKnight of Henderson at State Teachers College will give the CAA mental test at Arkadelphia Friday, December 11, for those interested in the full-time aviation program at Henderson and Ouachita Colleges.
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McKnight
Henderson
State Teachers College
CAA
Arkadelphia
Ouachita
William E. Parks Enlists in U S Marine Corps
William E. Parks, 21, son of Mrs. Lucyliza Beth Moore of Hope, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the Little Rock district recruiting headquarters in the city hall. He received transportation to the Marine Corps base at San Diego for recruit training after graduation from Prescott High School where he played football and boxed.
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Little Rock
Dee
William E. Parks
Lucylizabeth Moore
Hope
United States Marine Corps
Little Rock City
Marine Corps Base
San Diego
Calif
Parks
Prescott High School
Stile
Many Jobs Open at Employment Service Hope Works
The Employment Service at 201 East Second Street in Hope lists openings for linemen millwrights office machinery repairmen automobile mechanics construction laborers and production workers in defense industries. Also contains a humorous exchange about a social worker and a convict using a nickname.
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U. & Employment Service
East Second Street
Hope
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