War Council and China Aid Loom in Casablanca Fallout
The Casablanca talks weave Chiang Kai Shek into Allied planning as Churchill, Roosevelt, and military leaders plot a broad China focused strategy. Burma fronts show limited actions while RAF and US air forces pound Burman centers. China aid, air power, and lend lease peanut butter purchases exceed 200 million pounds as risk and resolve mingle in the far east theater.
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Chungking War Council
Minis- Churchill
Casablanca
Hich
Monrovia
Gnatal
Adana
United Nations
Chiang Kai Shek
Casa‘Blarca
Dill
Arnold
Rid
China
Sen
America
Britain
Japan
Mr. Roosevelt
Spanes
Burma
Churchill
Chiang
Far ‘East
Chungking
Urchill
Hitler
Wavell
Kirsk- Ty
RAF
Tenth Air Force
Yannnan
India
South Seas
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Indo - China
Malay Peninsula
Hangoon
Market Report at St Louis Stockyards Hogs and Cattle
Hogs 400 mostly steady with some good 180 to 250 lb hogs at 15.35 to 15.40. Cattle and calves mixed with steers and heifers 25 to 50 higher than prior Friday, cows strong to 25 higher, bulls 25 lower. Week’s top for steers 16.00 at 1295 lb, yearlings 15.85, heifers 15.00, cows 13.50. vealers 16.25. Sheep receipts none. week’s top wool lambs 18.50, clipped lambs 15.75 to 16.25. New York stocks mixed with modest upward trends. cotton futures closing around 19.15 to 19.78.
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St, Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Ill
CU. S. Dept
Annual School Election Notice Hempstead County 1943
Notice sets election date March 20 1943 for Hempstead County school districts with terms for directors of three and five years, vacancies, polling places, and petition deadlines. County Board of Education supports election arrangements and district participation. Also includes poultry and produce market notes and grain prices from Chicago.
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Hempstead County
Rocky Mound
De-Ann
Ozan
Iron Springs
Nolen
Summon Island
Stephenson
Shiroh
Fair Star
Centerville
Nazarene
Wesley Grove
Temple
Blevins
Columbus
Fulton
Patmos
Spring Hill
Saratoga
Washington
Piney Grove
Clow
Guernsey
Hope
State of
Arkansas
County Board of Education
Zone 3
County Board of Eduction
Prospector Abandons Hunt for Zinc Lode
Harrison February 13 Tom Matlock has abandoned the search for a lost zinc ore lode in Searcy county and moved mining machinery to the Maumee mine on the Bufalo riverbank to expand it. He still believes a great mother lode lies hidden where he drilled 25 years ago and plans to resume the quest later.
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Harrison
Tom Matlock
Searcy County
Maumee
Bufalo
Marshall - Yellville Ford
Matlock
Maumee Postoice
GOP Bids for Harmony of Two Parties
The AP reports Lincoln Day events feature calls for a bipartisan coalition of Republicans and real Democrats. Alf Landon and Gov. John W. Bricker about 1944, Rep. Joseph Martin and Secretary of the Navy Knox criticize bureaucracy and warn against partisan obstruction while urging unity to avert another Hitlerlike path.
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Associated Press
Alf M. Landon
John W. Breikes
Ohio
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
National Republican
Martin
Knox
Springfield
Lincoln
Landon
Omaha
Wallace
Hitler
Commodity price list for grains and feeds
Soybeans and wheat show no trading activity. Corn prices include No 2 yellow and No 3 options with various 1 4 and 1 2 fractions and sample grades. Oats list several No 1 and No 2 grades with fractions and sampler grades. Barley malting priced around 88 to 1.05 with nominal feed at 72 to 64.
Washington Battles Over Civil Service In Wartime
Washington reports reveal Civil Service staffing rose as 2,607,093 on payroll with 1,612,257 in war work. Increased hiring includes thousands of physically handicapped workers aiding war production. Debates rise over waste, with calls for reform met by defense needs and political chatter. Angola in east Africa is Portugal's largest colony.
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Civil Service Commission
IMI
War
James B. Burns
American Federation of Government Employees
David Loth
Loth
Washington
Civil Service
Congress
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Harry B. Mitchell
United States
Chautiers
Departments of War
Department of Labor
Angola
East
Africa
Portugal
Thompson bill to carry out constitutional provisions
Rep Thompson discusses continuing coverage of basic law provisions for trial by jury and the protection of civil rights. The article notes House Bill No 136 aimed to implement the Constitution and references the existing Workmen's Compensation Law as a comparative framework.
Flashes of Life Tax RePiles Cleveland-Four clients
Two masked gunmen robbed attorney Sigmund Brinsky’s office last night, making off with wallets totaling 17 dollars from five clients seeking help with tax returns. In Palm Beach Florida Grace Moore drew a small audience, one soldier among five guests. William Pritchard, a sergeant, praised Moore’s singing during a dinner at Jules Beach. Mrs Gilbert Miller of New York contacted Moore by phone in Pampano Florida to request a telephone concert for a soldier. Amour Inc. at Fort Greely Alaska offered a letter writing service with quirky rates, including 5 dollars to old loves and 7 cents to distant strangers. Souvenirs from New Guinea: Walter McGrane received two Japanese wrist watches, a billiard, money, a family seal, and a soldier’s identification from the bodies of two Japanese ship-ven men McGrane killed near Buna.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Sigmund Brinsky
Palm Beach
Grace Moore
William Pritchard
Jules Beach
Gilbert Miller
New York
Muore
Pampano
Fla
Fort Greely
Rose Leed
Chicago
Walter J. McGrane
Waller
New Guinea
Yrmen McGrane
Buna
Deduction for Bad Debts Rules in Tax Filing Part 2
Federal guidance explains when bad debts can be deducted for income tax. It covers debts arising from services rents and salaries, indorsers and guarantors, cash vs accrual methods, securities worthlessness, partial worthlessness, and reserve methods for business credit.
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Uictapayer
Adulost
Bath
Atiel
County reformer attacks Workmen's Act in Hope Arkansas
Emory A Thompson of Hempstead County files a 1943 letter opposing the Workmen's Compensation Act as binding on appeals, arguing juries should decide cases locally. He notes state premiums totaled about 3.15 million dollars with only 717,000 in benefits and cites a 400 percent profit for insurers while warning against loss of jury trials.
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Texas
Alex
Aries
Ngappen c
Hitler
Guebbles
Goering
Emory A
Thompson Hempstead County
Hope, Ark
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Market Report
Butler
GOP
Josseming
Npe
Blackland Army Flying School
Waco
J Tex
Morocco
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Bing Crosby
Jack Stinnett
Wide World
Rep. Thompson
Miss Moore
Harry W. Shiver
Citizens OF Hope
E. P. Young
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