Our Daily Bread on Postwar Prosperity and Peace by Force
The editor surveys business and policy views on postwar prosperity with quotes from United States Steel economist Bradford B. Smith and a foreign policy critique. It cites tax policy risks, a push for more investment, and the idea that commerce drives nations’ living standards, then weighs Douglas Johnson’s controversial peace-by-force proposal as a reality check to idealist schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide World News Service
Bradford B. Smith
United States Steel Corporation
Lord Abbott & Co
Investment Trust
Britain Seeks Clarification From Three Axis Allies
Britain issued notes to Finland Hungary and Romania amid mounting calls for war against those nations allied with Germany. Notes sent last week through U S consulates asked for responses by midnight Friday, with Britain leaving open whether replies would trigger war. The U S government was kept informed and the note contents were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Noles
Germany
Russia
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
U. S
Meee Y Her
County Schools Get 400 Districts Aid Totals 859275
The Education Department announced 400 needy districts in 73 counties qualified for 859,275 dollars in school equalization aid to sustain a six month term. Distributions by counties include Hempstead with 3400 dollars.
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Little Rock
Education Department
P Hempstead
Army plans expansion to two million in manpower
Washington reports a sharp rise in selective service inductions as the army aims to boost air and land strength to about 2 million officers and men. Draft boards will be called on after Christmas to supply more troops, with at least half a million new recruits expected next spring to meet expansion and replace those being released. The U S will, after more than a year, possess the largest and most modern tank ship fleet in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beause
Army
U. S
Christmas Seals Rise in Local Campaign
In a voluntary drive led by Talbot Feild, Jn County Chairmen Rey and J.B. Hamill, Christmas Seals are promoted as a cheap, helpful holiday mail solution urging every citizen to support the effort.
Learning Trade Now Emphasized by the U S Navy
Chief Petty Officer H C Ruth of the Texarkana recruiting office told the Hope Rotary club that the Navy has shifted to emphasize trade training. He cited a nationwide campaign with strong results in Iowa and Arkansas, noting selective enlistment since 1992, automatic promotions after four months, and open enlistment for Negroes as stewards and mess attendants.
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H. C. Ruth
Texarkana
Hope Rotary Club
First Christian Church
Ruth
Program i
S. B. McGeger
Navy
Towa
Arkimsas
United States
Rotarians
Ne J
Germans Study AEF Plan From Secret War Offense Threat
Berlin reports say a secret plan for an American expeditionary force of five million men for an offensive against Germany by July 1, 1943 is under study. An official Nazi spokesman disclosed the item. Chicago Tribune earlier noted plans drawn last September by a joint Army Navy board in response to a Roosevelt letter. Illinois police warn slow drivers to avoid delaying traffic.
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Berlin
The
Chicago Tribune
Army-Navy
Roosevelt
Stimson
Jap Reply to U S Questions Is Withheld
Washington dispatch reports Japan gave 25 minutes of remarks to the State Department on why troops were massed in French Indo China but withheld the content of the reply. Ambassador Nomura said Japan is always willing to talk, while envoy Kurusu would not reveal details or confirm negotiations. The envoys did not deliver a reply to Hull’s November 26 note outlining vital settlement principles.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Housevelts
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurtsu
Hull
United States
Pacific
British Stop 3 Axis Thrusts in Tobruk Area
Allied forces report repelling two heavy Axis assaults on Ed Duda near Tobruk while acknowledging loss of Gambut 40 miles east. New Zealand troops continue mop up along the frontier as Axis air strikes persist. Axis command claims only light ground operations and a static situation.
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Associated Press
Britain
Worts
E Duda
Tobrik
Tobruk
London
Alan Cunningham
Libyan
Middle East
Ed Duda
New Zealand
Ministers to Meet Monday Hope Ministerial Alliance schedules January meeting
The Hope Ministerial Alliance will convene at the First Baptist Church study Monday at 10 30 a m secretary Rev J E Hamill said. The gathering is described as one of the year’s most important with officer elections and plans to aid Christmas charity and other matters. President Thomas Brewster hopes all active Hope ministers attend.
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Hope Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Church
J. E. Hamill
Thomas Brewster
Hope
Fragmentary Birth Notice From Hugo Column
Alice Poen asks about a birth record entered in Hugo Colorado. The note references a birth on an unspecified day in an unknown month and year, noting she is the 11th child and born at 1 o clock. Further details missing due to damaged text.
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Hugo
Colo
Alice Poen
Houston Killed in Wreck Near New Edinburg
Joe M Houston 54 dry goods salesman of Hope was killed instantly when his car collided with a loaded log truck driven by William Davis of Pordyce near New Edinburg in Cleveland County. He had lived in Hope 41 years and was a civic leader and church steward. Surviving are his wife, daughter Mia, two sisters Estelle and Mrs Ben Taylor, and a brother J H Houston. Funeral at First Methodist Church Saturday at 10 with Rev Kenneth L Spore.
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Joe M. Houston
Drygoods
Hope
New Edinburgh
Cleveland
Houston
Sturgis Brothers
Dallas
William Davis
Pordyce
First Methodist
Hempstead
Lafayette
Walker Gry Hoods Company
St. Louis
Rice Stix Drygoods Company
Mia
Martha Purvis
Estelle Houston
Ben Taylor
J. H. Houston
New Albany
Kenneth L. Spore
R. D. Franklin
C. C. Lewis
Tom Kinser
D. 0. Talbot
H. M. Olsen
C. C. McNeil
del Towler
Henry Haynes
W. G. Allison
R. V. Herndon
Charlie Spraying
O. A. Graves
R.I. White
Don Smith
L. M. Lile
R. M. LaGrane
George Brannon
J. D. Barlow
C. D. Lester
Dolph Carrigan
W. B. Mason
Ruel Norwood
Oscar Atuoff
C. B. Abrams
Oscar Wilkerson
May Reserve Banquet Tables for Governor's Banquet
The Chamber of Commerce will continue to reserve tables for the Governor's Banquet next Tuesday night but will not reserve single seats at specific tables. Call 940 to reserve. tickets serve as gate identification at the Proving Ground. Guards will assist parking near the cafeteria. south gate entry from Highway 29. Only Chamber directors appear on the program and seated at the speakers table. Tickets are available at Clilons National Bank, the Chamber of Commerce, and First National Bank.
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Chamber of Commerce
Proving Ground
Highway
Clilions National Bank
Chamber of Comdacree
First National Bank
McNary Pushes Hearings On Strike Bill In Senate
Senator McNary of Oregon proposed delaying all pending strike legislation until hearings could be held on the hastily approved House bill. Senator Conally of Texas planned to push action Monday on a bill to empower seizure of struck defense plants and ease union conditions there. President Roosevelt had no comment on the Smith bill as senators work to unravel the tangle.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Conally
Texas
Roosevelt
Home Building Firm Formed in Hope to Ease Shortage
A Hope group forms the Home Construction company to build modern, landscaped houses financed through the Federal Housing Administration. They plan to erect several homes on Brookwood Welker and Fifth street with supervision by George Peck, housing inspector and material dealer, and sales via Vincent W. Foster of The Mutual Agency.
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Home Construction Company
Hope Men
Federal Housing Administration
Brookwood Welker
Fifth Street
George Peck
Vincent W. Foster
The
Mutual Agency
Peck & Foster
SPG Workers Paid 270000 at Southwestern Proving Ground
More than 7,000 workers on the Southwestern Proving Ground will receive disbursements totaling over 270000 this weekend. The figure covers W. E. Callahan Construction Company employees and excludes payments to others on the project under government architect engineers. In a World section note, the West Indies are cited for fish eye delicacy.
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Callahan Construction Company
Southwestern Proving Ground
W. E. Callahan Construction Company
Government of
Architect Engineers
Thought God thundereth marvellously with his voice
A short Biblical verse from Job 7 5 describing God’s marvelous thunder and mighty deeds beyond human comprehension.
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Job
Russian and German fronts surge as Red Army advances
AP dispatches report a wide Red Army push on both northern and southern fronts. Soviet forces claim gains near Rostov on Don and Donets basin while press reports indicate a counteroffensive toward Moscow and advances in the Ukraine, with German lines reported breached and rear guards holding out in parts.
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Associated Press
Russia
Ukraine
Moscow
Kun
Dmitroy
Ussr
Red
Marshall Semeon Timotko
Vile Donets
I Azov
Red Army
Mariupol
Rostav-on-Don
Rostov-on-Co
Ukrai
Fantey
Stajinogorsk
Ex-Hempstead: Man Succumbs
Ex Hempstead man dies after hog-related incident. He had served in federal service for 28 years and was born at Washington Hempstead County.
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Hempstead
Simms
Washington, Hempstead
Finns Reclaim Hange Naval Base in Finnish Recapture
HELSINKI reports the surrender of the Hange naval base by Russian forces and the end of occupation. Finnish troops complete the base's recapture with Russian evacuations and 300 prisoners taken. In Pueblo Colorado Damian Dy reports a remarkable fishing tale from a gulf trip where a tarpon weighed in at 1 pound on the first cast.
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Helsinki
Hig! Sonm
Hange
Pueblo
Colo
Damian Dy
Gulf of Mexico
Cranium Crackers On the Bookstalls
The page surveys recent books by famous authors. It quizzes readers on Gunther's three continent works and a best selling chronicle by a noted news commentator. It asks about Reveille in Washington's era classification and cites Willa Cather and Jan Struther titles premiering on bestsellers lists.
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John Gunther
Washington
Willa Cather
Jan Struther
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Paria
Jie
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Hristman Seals
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United States Army
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
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NEA
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Stanley Grogan
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SPG
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Little Rock Hospital
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