Home Folks Remember Pearl Harbor War Bond Drive
Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin notes Hempstead county's Pearl Harbor anniversary bond drive. Citizens bought 12025 dollars in par value over two days with post office and banks contributing 3575 and 8450 dollars respectively. The piece urges continued purchases, linking bonds to military weaponry and a forthcoming 1 percent Victory tax. It cites Washington figures on war costs and stresses bonds fund fighting men.
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Pearl Harbor
Hempstead
Hope Post Office
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Sam Ag
Governusent
Army
Hempstead County
Lye
Yank Warbirds Down 6 of 7 Nazi Fighters in Libya
Cairo reports American fighter pilots shot down six of seven Messerschmitts over Marble Arch landing ground west of El Agheila in Libya. Allied claims say six German planes were destroyed or damaged, with one American loss. British patrols and bomber escorts supported operations across the Libyan front.
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Cairo
Rommel
Marble Arch
el Aghbeila
United States
el Agheilaine
U S
el Agheila
Eighth Army
Middle East Command
Libya
Lampedusa
Malta
Tunisian
100 Hostages Taken at Lyon by Germans
London dispatch reports Fighting French headquarters stating that Germany seized 100 Lyon residents as hostages in reprisal for a Dec 1 attack. Women among those chosen, with the hostages awaiting execution at the prison centrale. The claim marks a first hostage-taking in formerly unoccupied France since Hitler’s broader move.
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London
Lyon
France
Place Belle Cover
Centrale
To Make Corporation Dept Self-Sustaining
Governor Adkins announced a proposal to make the Arkansas Corporation Commission self-sustaining. He cited Missouri and Kansas methods of funding trucking and bus regulation and noted Arkansas charges only a small filing fee with an ad valorem tax on equipment, the latter returning to counties. Joint information offices will be set up at several sites to aid tenders and improve transport equipment efficiency.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Corporaion Commission
Missouri
Kansas
Mowr
Commission
Ernest Fletcher
Arkansas
Sulfa Drugs Work Miracles in Wartime
In New Guinea on December 8, doctors in field hospitals report sulfa drugs save many wounded. Captain Philip North of Fort Worth, Texas, notes soldiers receiving sulfanilamide within 24 hours after injury show fresh, uninfected wounds and better recovery. Soldiers carry tablets to sprinkle on wounds at once.
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Dean Schedler
New Guinea
Philip North
Fort Worth
Tex
North
Bombers Raid Turin In Fifth Attack Of Month
A large force of British bombers crossed the Alps from England and attacked Turin for the fifth time in a month. The raid targeted Fiat works and the Royal Arsenal, with heavy damage admitted by Italians. One RAF plane reportedly fell, killing its seven crew.
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London
Alps
Turin
Royal Arsenal
Fiat
Britain
Mussolini
Mary
Bomber Command
Troy
Italy
Germany
Channel
Switzerland
Genoa
Naples
Trawlers Lost. New Zealand Tragedy. U Boats Active
Bulletin reports three British trawlers sunk near Lagos in the West Africa colony of Nigeria. In New Zealand a fire at Seacliff hospital killed 37 women. Berlin says U boats sunk 13 ships totalling 108 000 tons in the Atlantic, including the ceramic liner, though Allied sources dispute. Ecuador's president Arroyo Del Rio departs for home after a 16 day U S visit. Exiled Czech circles report 85 more Czech deaths under German terror in Bohemia and Moravia.
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Berlin
High Command
Atlantic
North Africa
London
Bohemia and
Moravia
Strike Closes 6 Bethlehem Steel Departments at Johnstown Plant
In Johnstown Pennsylvania six Bethlehem Steel Company departments producing plates for warships halted operations after a walkout tied to a wage freezing interpretation of President Roosevelt's directive. About 1500 workers across slab plate 40inch 34inch blooming mills and open hearth left, while other plant sections operated normally as union and company officials negotiate.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Company
CIO
United Steelworkere
Prsident Roosevelt
Eugen Maurice
Maurice
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
R. E. Hough
Hough
Americans Sink 1, Damage 3, Down 10 Planes
Navy reports from Guadalcanal describe one Japanese warship sunk and three others damaged in the December 3 action by American dive bombers torpedo planes and fighters. Ten Japanese float planes were shot down, with further damage to cruisers destroyers and a possible sinking of a vessel by December 4.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solome
Navy
Guadicanal
Navy Department
Santa Isabel
New Georgia Islands
South Pacific
Plares
Stroyers
Gualcanal
Stroyer
United States
U S Freighter Fights It Out With Enemy
A medium sized American merchant vessel in the South Atlantic exchanged fire with two enemy raiders, sinking one and badly damaging the other before sinking beneath the waves. Only 36 of the crew of 41 survived the 20 minute battle and three days in an open lifeboat. Five Navy gunners also survived aboard the vessel. The raiders used coordinated fire from a central control system.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Navy
State Timber Cut Faster Than It Grows
Arkansas war lumber demand pushes pine and hardwood cuts to near or above growth. Governor Land notes naval needs drive white oaks use and a two billion board feet drain last year. This year cuts are about ten percent lower but timber stocks have grown over the past decade, easing long term worries.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Morester
Fred H. Land
Lang
Becaus
Call a Doctor Prolong Life of State Oil Fields
Editorial urges Arkansas to adopt secondary recovery methods for its oil fields to curb field sickness. It argues Gov Adkins and the Legislature should foster new techniques without burdening central taxpayers, citing expert opinions and historical actions. It references Joseph E. Pogue, Paul D. Torrey, the American Petroleum Institute, and a prior gas safety incident under Gov. Adkins.
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E. Palmer
el Dorado Daily News & Evening Times
Joseph E., Pogue
Chase National Bank
Arkansas
Pogue
Ihe
Oklahoma
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Paul D. Torrey
Houston
Texas
Torrey
Adkins
Department of Public Utilities
C. C. Bailey
Oil and Gas Cammis
First Year War Costs America 46 Billions
Washington reports one year of total war cost the United States 46.0 billion dollars, far above prior war expenditures. Budget officials project 75.0 billion dollars in war costs for 1943. Since December 8, treasury records show 46.3939 billion spent on war activities through December 5, with the net worldwide participation cost at 40.50 billion.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Tapan
Treasury
Fire Devastates Ruston Hardware Building in Louisiana Blaze
A fire at Ruston Hardware on West Mississippi Avenue and North Trenton Street destroyed the hardware firm and gutted the adjacent Morgan and Lindsey variety store. Richie Company worker Travis Melton suffered a broken leg. flames halted only after 2 a.m. Smoke lingered, with extensive damage to the area and disrupted telephone lines.
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Ruston
Ruston Hardware Company
Mississippi Avenue
Trenton St
Morgan and Lindsey
Richie Grocery Company
Travis Melton
Richie Company
Tanvern
Swan
Minden
Mom'se
Ruston Department
Hardware Company
Morgan and Lindsay
Planes Said Softening Axis at Tebourba Before Final Push
Allied reports say heavy artillery and growing air fleets are softening the Axis at Tebourba as British American forces prepare a major drive on Bizerte and Tunis. Air activity is rising, with bombers and fighters targeting ships, docks, and depots while supply lines and North African ports brace for a massive buildup.
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Tebourba
Associated Press
London
Bizerte
Tunis
America
Flashes of Life and Name Changes Across Cities
In Towanda a Guernsey heifer named Marie reacts to music via an improvised barn radio, while in Seattle two UW students raise funds with a kissing booth for Jeep purchases. In Chicago a secretary’s comb request leads to a joke gift, and in Los Angeles Richard Dean seeks a legal name change from George Richard Leickness claiming better numerology.
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Towanda
Marie
Holmes
Tholmes
Staunchion
Ma Ie
Los Angeles
BBC
Richard Dean
George Richard Leickness
Dean
Hewarts
Keith Trenton
Allied Bombers Foil Japanese Reinforcement at Buna
Allied headquarters report a new Japanese attempt to reinforce Buna was broken up by Allied bombers who destroyed a destroyer with two direct hits and forced the rest to flee north. At New Guinea, Allied forces held Buna village and mission against counterattacks, with about 40 Japanese wounded near Buna airdrome. The communique cites Japanese attacks on Allied hospitals as a violation of the laws of war, noting bombings that killed doctors and wounded personnel in Soputa and other areas.
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Gunia
New Guinea
Buna Village
Buna Mission
Buna
Commu
Pougins MacArthur
Compnyunique
Soput
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