From demi tasse coffee cups to shrinking doughnuts
War driven coffee rationing whispers in New York hint at restaurant changes. Extenders or demi tasse cups may replace the standard size, forcing bakers to condense the doughnut. The piece argues this could reverse a long American habit of dunking and keeping the doughnut’s main part.
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New York
Elsa Curtis
New York State Restaurant Association
Miss Curtis
Mr. John
Tam
Possible Finnish Peace Bid Sparks U S Skepticism
American diplomatic observers in Washington viewed European reports of a possible German peace offensive with skepticism while noting that talks toward a separate British and Russian peace with Finland remained a possible option. Sweden could mediate if such talks occurred, avoiding an explicit U S role.
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Richard G. Maslock
Washington
Germany
Finland
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
All
Japan
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Vinland
Einland
Arthur Schoenfeld
Hjalmar Procape
Russia
Artinn
Sweden
Ussr
Britain
Hitler
Mussolini
Seventeen Axis Parachutists Executed in North Africa
London reports seventeen Axis parachutists in civilian clothes captured east of Constantine in French North Africa were executed. The group, including Germans Arabs and Fascist Frenchmen, was condemned by a Constantine tribunal after parachute drops on January twenty one.
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London
French North Africa
Algiers
Constantine
Gulc
France
Morocco
Churchill reviews British 8th Army in Tripoli parade
Prime Minister Churchill, after Casablanca talks and a Turkish visit, inspected the British 8th Army in the field and led a triumphal parade through Tripoli. He then departed for an undisclosed destination as Belgium marked its 1830 independence.
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Churchill
Cairo
Casablanca
Tripoli
Mack Would Halt All Star Squabble in Baseball History
Philadelphia crowds honor pioneer Mack at 80th birthday dinner in Bellevue Stratford. He urges ending all star selection debates by proposing an all star array every 11 to 15 years with strict criteria. Notables praise him as a national symbol of clean living amid sports figures and officials.
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Philadelphia
Camile Mack
Bellevue - Stratford
Athletics
Shibe Park
Ty Cobb
Trig Spuker
Babe Ruth
Mack
John C. Bell, Jr
Pennsylvania
American League
William Harridge
Marridge
Mussolini dismisses Ciano as Italy’s foreign minister
London reports Premier Mussolini’s swift cabinet shakeup includes removing his son in law Count Galeazzo Ciano as foreign minister. Observers view the move as a sign of a cornered leader seeking to tighten control amid Axis setbacks in Russia and Allied pressure. Mobilization orders for Italian war industry and broader conscription parallel the broader crisis, with speculation Mussolini and Hitler may pursue new ventures.
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London
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciana
Italy
Atreia
Tr Duce
Russia
Casablanca
Rome
Reuters
Adolf Hitler
Navy Air
Hiller
Ciano
Haly
Hitler
Ituly
Germany
Kittens Survive Naval Shelling in French Morocco
A 15-year-old kitchen boy saved five kittens by placing them in a basket inside a stove oven during a pattern bombardment against Cape Fedala. After a direct hit left the kitchen in ruins, he found the mother cat dead but the kittens alive, though frightened.
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French
Morocco
Hotel Miramar
Cape Fedala
Flashes of Life and Long Distance Romance Headlines
A collage of short items from Atterbury camp humor to a long distance meeting between Denton and Tehran. Soldier haircut incident at Camp Atterbury sparks minor injustice chatter. Hossein Soroosh travels 47 000 miles to meet Peggy Lipscomb, now a Texas college student, in Austin. Mrs McMullen contesting battery charges over garden hose spat. Nebraskan salvage plans tout glycerine yield for shells. Scott Bluff cat Silver keeps warm by chimney as cold bites outdoors.
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Denton
Tex
Hossein Saroosh
Peggy Lipscomb
Saroosh
American College of
The Plain Peanut Has Gone to War
The peanut moves from diet staple to war supply. Roy E. Parrish, president of the National Peanut Council, declines. Raw peanuts aid emergency rations on British lifeboats, peanut oil fuels submarine cooking, and peanut butter appears on army mess tables. Millions of pounds are shipped to Allies through the Lend Administration while workers carry peanut butter sandwiches at home. Peanuts provide materials for explosives, margarine, soap, insulation, paper board, fuel, lubricants, artificial wool, flour, feed meal, packing oil, plastics, and fertilizer.
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Allapta
Roy E. Parrish
National Peanut Council
Savase - Lend Administration
America
Bill Calls for Reshuffling of U. of A. Board
In Little Rock on February 6 a measure to reshuffle the University of Arkansas board to meet constitutional amendment No. 38 was introduced by Sen. John Cloer. The bill would replace incumbent trustees with new terms and list the proposed dates for each. Other state legislative actions include budget committee plans, investigations of public bodies, and tax changes under consideration.
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Tittle Rock
State University
John Cloer
Springdale
A. M. Harding
Senate
Spectatuor
Starry Ponder
Walnut Ridge
Marvin Hathcoat
Harrison
Hugh Park
van. Buren
Louis
House
Strickland
FBI and Dies
Christian American Association of Houston
Tex
WacActhur Military College
Bassed House
Elbert Leasure
White
Hope Woman Dies Suddenly Friday Night
Mrs. Lillian M Reed 46 wife of R C Reed of Hope died in a Columbus hospital late Friday night. Funeral at Columbus Baptist Church at 3 30 p m Sunday with Rev Silvey in charge. Survived by daughter Dora Ella of Columbus, parents Mr and Mrs B D Mitchell of Columbus, four brothers Dewey Mitchell Seattle John Taylor and David Mitchell of Columbus, and sister Mrs Cora Abbott of Bay City Texas.
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Lillian. M. Reed
R. C. Reed
Hope
Jocel Hospital
Columbus Baptist Church
Silvey
Dora Ella
Columbus
B. D. Mitchell
Dewey Mitchell
Seattle
John, Taylor and
David Mitchell
Cora Abbott
Bay City
Texas
Russian Advance Surpasses Nazis in Summer Drive
Red Army troops sweep west and south through Ukraine and the Donets basin at a pace exceeding Hitler’s summer advance. They encircle German garrisons, threaten lower Donets, press near Rostov, and push toward Kharkov as Voronezh to Kursk operations widen the split in Axis defenses. Bridges over the Donets and rapid crossings mark a mobile, widening campaign amid heavy bombardment and German counterattacks.
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Gilmor
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Donets
Hitler
Rostov
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kursk
Izyum
Yuma
Donef
Kamensik
Proletarsk
Vasulin
Stockholm
London
London Telegraph
Berlin
Associated Press
Don
Novorossisk
Lake Ladoga
Murmansk
Krasny Giman
Voroshilovgrad
Vatusin
Red
Valga
Stalingrad
Ama
Sea of
Azov
Voronezh
Kharkov
Gulf Coast Cities Undergo Blackout
New Orleans reports a statewide blackout lasting about 30 minutes affecting Louisiana and three Mississippi coastal counties. State civilian defense coordinator Roland Coereham called the test a success though Army reports were not released immediately.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
South
Roland Coereham
Guadalcanal Battles Rage as U S Forces Tighten Grip
American troops push along the north coast near Tassafaronga while a broad sea air fight for Solomons control continues. MacArthur’s bombers strike Ambon and Talasea, sinking ships and downing enemy planes as naval forces guard Guadalcanal’s approaches.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons Islands
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Amibun
New Guinea
Talasea
Guadalccanal
Navy
Solomon Island
Tassafaronga
Tassafaronga Beach
Massian
MacArthur
Ambon
Lorengau
New Britain
Rabaul
Gasmata
Lae
U. S
Jury verdict in Flynn case anticipated today
After 20 days of trial the Tasmanian born film actor Errol Flynn faces a possible verdict on charges of statutory rape involving two teen girls. The jury of nine women and three men deliberated overnight and resumed at dawn with no clear sign of a verdict. Flynn and his accusers, Peggy La Rue Satterlee and Betty Hansen, expressed relief as testimony ended and Flynn predicted an acquittal.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
PWT
Leslie E. Stirl
Flynn
Peggy la Rue
Satterlee
Betty Hansen
Lili Damita
Irish Find Seaweed Good Food For Hogs Belfast
The Irish use seaweed gathered from the coast as hog feed replacing potatoes. After trial feeding, the Royal Dublin Society noted pigs gained healthful gloss and bloom of skin. Ground seaweed provides two and a half times the nutritive value of potatoes. The Statue of Liberty was unveiled on Bedloe's Island October 28, 1886.
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Belfast
Royal Dublin Society
Bedloe's Island
New York Harbor
School Report to Rotary and Goodbye to Pianist Nell Williams
Superintendent James H. Jones spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Hope public schools with enrollment and attendance near last year. Miss Nell Williams, the club pianist, announced plans to move to Knoxville Tennessee. the club honored her with a check and practiced a song for the 25th anniversary. Jones noted 1942-43 enrollment 204 percent of capacity? and daily attendance 2.34, with white and Negro breakdowns across elementary, junior high, and senior high. He warned staff shortages looming as salaries lag and war-time pay compares, citing a janitor now earning 75 weekly at a war plant. The district highlighted blacksmith courses, night commercial classes, and a forthcoming compulsory physics program for next year due to concerns about physical condition of students.
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Hope
James H. Jones
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Nell
Miss Williams
Therg
Jones
Shower Springs
Spring Hill
Guernsey
Army
Allied forces halt air operations over Tunisia amid heavy fighting
Allied officials report bad weather stalled aerial activity over Tunisia while British forces hold Hill 648 southeast of Boyarada. German and Italian troops claim a dominating height near Djebel Mansour as patrols and muddy conditions limit actions. RAF bombings target Pont Du Fahs. 10 American planes reported missing with four Lightning fighters forced down. air combat tallies show Axis aircraft destroyed versus American losses.
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Noirlea
Germaterattack
Tunisia
Boyrada
Mountai
Axi
Djebel Mansour
Tra
RAF
Pont du Fahs
Battlez
FDR Salary Limitation Sparks House Showdown on Debt Bill
Washington battles over Roosevelt wartime pay cap as Rep. Disney and allies push to attach a 25 000 salary rider to the debt measure. President opposed, independent officials warn of tax losses, and Republican leaders rally for a decisive vote on Capitol Hill.
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Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Disney
Okla
House
Gearhar
Calif
Doughton
D-Nc
Republican Committee
Gearhart
Colin F. Stachief
Congression
Treasury
Congress
Communist Party
America Enterprise
Californian
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