Buna Campaign Move Aims To Regain New Guinea
Substituting for DeWitt Mackenzie Glen Babb notes the Buna drive is only starting against Japanese resistance in New Guinea. He outlines island geography, tells of Papua and Dutch New Guinea divisions, and predicts Lae Salamaua and Rabaul as future targets amid Allied setbacks and renewed Australian calls for aggressive follow up to recover Papua.
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Glen Babb
DeWitt Mackenzie
Buna
MacArthur
New Guinea
Septeber
Oresby
Texas
Oklahoma
Papua
Guinea
Salamaua Ind
Lae
Buna-Gona Battleffields
Iso
Carstens
Meruke
Port Moresby
Tokyo
Merauke
Buna-Gona
Sried
Rabaul
New Guinea - Saloons Islands
Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
Australia
United Nations
Hitler
Melbourne “Herald
Solomos
Asia
Market Report Hogs and cattle market and New York stocks
Market data cover hogs with weights over 130 pounds and cattle with 5,500 head traded, prices ranging as listed, and sheep with 3,500 head. New York stocks show a lower day after profit-taking, with trading subdued ahead of the president’s budget message and congressional moves on price controls. Grain markets rise on wheat and corn strength, while oils and tobaccos receive mild support. Poultry and produce show firm butter and egg prices in Chicago. Cotton futures fall after recent gains as selling and realization pressure rise.
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T. Louis Livestock
U. S. Dept
New York
Kelsey - Hayes
Congress
Chicago
Mineapolis
Turning point in Pacific war around Buna and Guadalcanal
The Allied push in the Buna Guadalcanal area reshapes the war in the South Pacific. Americans and Australians steadily reclaim vital ground, forcing repeated assaults on fortified beachheads as they outpace a determined Japanese defense. The article notes the heavy costs and the potential need to repeat such hard-fought advances across archipelago battles.
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Fied
Pacific
Buna Operatin
Baelleau Wood
Buna - Gona
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Says Touhy As Innocent As an Infant
Chicago, Jan. 5-1. Roger Toughy's lawyer quotes the Bible in an amended habeas petition to free Toughy from Stateville prison. He argues Toughy, age 44 but sentenced to 89 years for kidnapping, would reach 70 and enter a second childhood, claiming it illegal to imprison an infant.
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Chicago
Roger Toughy
Toughy the Terrible
Joseph Harrington
Toughy
Stateville
FBE
Harrington
John
Jake the Barber
Eight Die in Gasoline Explosion Near Massena NY
Eight persons perished when a gasoline can ignited a fire at a small restaurant and filling station near Massena New York. Seven were night shift war workers and five were bus passengers. Four injured, one seriously. Bus driver and two car occupants also died. No damage estimate available. The event occurred January 5.
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Massena
N. Y
New York
Argument Ends in Fatal Shooting in Little Rock
Little Rock on January 5, Tom O Neal, 50, was shot and killed near his home. Detective Chief O N Martin said a man booked as J C Baldwin, 57, had been jailed on a murder charge in the case. The killing stemmed from an argument over O Neal and another man walking across Baldwin's lawn. Vermont was the first state admitted after the Constitution's original adoption.
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Little Rock
Tommy O'Neal
O. N. Martin
J. C. Baldwin
Martin
O'Neal
Baldwin
What You Buy With War Bonds Gliders and air force use
Treasury urges buying War Bonds to fund gliders for airborne command units. Three glider types exist with a disclosed capacity, the shown model costing about $19,000 each. Purchasers are asked to contribute at least ten percent of income each payday to support the war effort.
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Treasury Department
Hope Melon Truck Crops Exempt From Restrictions
Hope Watermelon, cantaloupe and cucumber area in Little Rock face fertilizer sale and transport restrictions. Arkansas Farm Bureau executive board adopted a resolution exempting these crops citing 25 years of commercial production and difficulty shifting to other crop types.
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Little Rock
Hope Watermelon
Canteloupe
Executive Board
The
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Board
Southwest Arkansas
Adkins Urges U S to Relax Gas Rationing
Little Rock governor Adkins called for loosening gasoline rationing in the southwest to ease transportation congestion and reduce burdens on highway debt service. He criticized the four gallon weekly Lisle allowance as inadequate and urged federal action after a Senate inquiry into shortages of fuel and petroleum products.
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Little Rock
Jan
Gooseiynor Adkins
Southwest
Malone
R -Conn
Adkins
Lisle
When Your Husband Goes to War What to Do on Rent and Home
A wartime guide for wives facing separation outlines managing rents and leases, storage, and housing options. It covers eviction rules, mortgage relief under the Soldiers and Sailors' Act, and how to negotiate with landlords while preserving a home for the return of their husbands. It discusses staying in familiar space, avoiding drastic moves, and the realities of shared housing or living with relatives during the war.
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Pjvc
Free Legal Aid
the Legal Aid
Park Place
New York City
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief
Japs Unable to Land Supplies Knox Asserts
Secretary Knox said Japanese destroyers near Guadalcanal did not land supplies but dumped some drums. American PT boats and planes sank drums found. eight destroyers damaged or sunk, with no confirmed landing. Knox noted ships at Rendova and near Shortland, and defended anti aircraft defenses, while denying a 1 million ton monthly shipping loss figure.
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Washington
Jan
Knox
Guadalcanal
Sol
Ommons
Shortland Ishind
Ao Flight
Army Flying Fortress
Navy
Rendova Island
Rendova
Stortland
Gudalcanial
Que
Santa Cruz Island
South Pacific
Knox Salid
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Eror
FDR Urged to Extend End Lease Authority Debate Looms
Readers split over whether to extend end lease authority and reciprocal trade powers as expiration nears. House Republicans vow to oppose broader extensions while Administration backs continuation. Key leadership choices loom with Sam Rayburn, John McCormack, Joseph Martin tipped for top posts. Senate Republicans eye McNary. Democrats favor Burkley. Also notesUniversity of Puerto Rico as Southernmost under stars and stripes.
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Feaders
Jung
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Joseph Marlin
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Alben W. Burkley
Kentucky
Victory Tax Guide For 1943 Withholding Rules
Government notice explains the Victory tax introduced by the 1942 Revenue Act. It details withholding from wages after December 31, 1942, the calculation of withheld amounts, and the requirement for employers to issue yearly statements by January 31, 1944 or within 30 days after employment ends.
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Internal Revenue
British Army Contains Men of 6 Continents
Edward Kennedy reports from Cairo on the Army of the Nile as a multinational force drawn from six continents and many climates. Anglo‑Saxon core with English as the common language, including troops from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, and diverse volunteers.
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Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Arab Legion
French Foreign Legion
Washiti
New Caledonia
New Zealand
England
Carole Landis Weds Capt Wallace in London Church
Carole Landis, U.S. film star, and Capt Thomas C. Wallace U.S. Army Air Forces of Pasadena Calif were married today at the Church of the Assumption in London. Wallace, an original member of the RAF American Bugle squadron, has been in Britain about two and a half years.
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London
Carol Landis
Blond Flim Si
United States
Thomas C. Wallace
Pasadena
Calif
Army Airforce
Church of the Assumption
Miss Landis
Britain
Wallace
Royal Air Force
Shared slang and cross cultural riffs among troops abroad
Soldiers and many friendships form while social contact with Indian soldiers is minimal. Americans mix freely with Anglo-Saxons, adopting and reshaping slang and expressions. Arabic loanwords appear in routine speech, including look and reconnaissance terms, with terms like petrol and out in the blue entering common usage.
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Aly
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Sly
New Orleans
Bec
Touhy
Vermont
U. S
Ethel Gorham
AP Features
Ethel Gorhain
FDR
Soouthernmost
Stipes
University of Puerto Rico
Fiedras
Carole Landis
Movies
Bob Elmore
Hope
Ari
Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Arkansas
Federal Home Loan Bank
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