FDR Urged to Drop Revision of Social Security
Out of Memphis comes a booklet from the University of Mississippi and the National Cotton Council titled Cotton Counts Its Customers. It lists the ten largest cotton uses, from automobile tires to shirts and towels, arguing cotton’s value lies in its many industrial uses beyond government price supports.
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Memphis
University of Mississippi
National Cotton Council of Ameica
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National Cotton Council
America
Cation Council
Colian
King Cotton
Congress
County Turnback Tax Totals Reported for 1942 Allocations
Lille Rock December 5 UPI The treasurer Burl Page issued the quarterly gasoline turnback of 305,268 and an annual turnback of 32,079 to counties. The 1942 quarter gasoline allocator was 48,648 versus 1941 with about 4,000 less. The bus and truck ad valorem allocation rose 7,000 from 1941 and 10,000 from 1940. Distribution reflects county miles of improved highways.
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Lille Rock
Dun
UPI
Burl Page
Falcon Man Wins $80 War Savings Band Award
J. A. Russell of the J. A. Russell Gin Co. in Falcon near Buckner wins the Mid-South Cotton Growers Association War Savings Band for best cotton quality. His record sheet shows high grade quality and uniform staple length.
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Ark
Hope Star
Sergeant Hendrix in North Africa Sees Overseas Duty
Sgt. John D. Hendrix, son of Mr and Mrs R L Hendrix of South Main street, serves with the American Army in North Africa. He joined in May 1942, trained at Fort Bliss and Camp Kilmer, later deployed with the Quartermasters Corps. Address: Sgt. John DD Hendrix APO 668 New York City.
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R. L. Hendrix
South Main Street
Amy
North Africa
Dewey Hendrix
Hendrix
The
Fort Bliss
Texas
Camp Kilmer
New Jersey
Quartermasters Corps
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New York City
Twenty Die in Rail Crash Near Hanover Germany
Twenty persons killed and twenty seriously injured when an express train traveling to Hanover and Wunstorf in Prussia collided with a second express halted by a traffic signal. Reuters, quoting a German broadcast, reported the incident.
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Hanover
Wunstorf
Prussia
Reuters
DNB
Russians Close In On Second German Force West of Stalingrad
Russian pincers are reported closing on a second German force west of Stalingrad as counterattacks by fresh Nazi units attempt to reach a trapped pocket in the Don bend sector. Moscow said Cherinishkay and the air base at Chernishkoavskaya fell to the Reds, with 17 planes and large shells seized.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Don Bend
Chernishka
Don
Volga
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
London
Middle Don
Velikie-Luki
Rzhev
Moskow
Northern
Caucasus
Counties Call for Share of Sales Tax Revenue
Revenue Commissioner M. B. McLeod urged that counties receive a cut of sales tax returns once collections reach a high level. He argued it would not harm schools and would spur county cooperation in boosting the tax effort. County judges seek a share at the 1943 legislature, while schools currently receive 40 percent and no county share.
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Sife
M. B. McLeod
McLeod
Few Claims Allowed by State Commission
The comptroller's office reports that the 1941-43 Claims Commission allowed only $333,405 of the $1,081,070 claims against the state during the biennium. Thirteen claims totaling about $4,000 of the $67 considered were referred to the 1843 legislature for action by the next Commission.
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Little Ruck
Comptroller’s Ofice
Tunisian Front Deepens As Axis Hold Tight Lines
Allied observers report Hitler’s efforts to block the Mediterranean have stretched Tunisian fighting into a major front. German Italian forces, growing from Bizerte toward the Tripolitanian border, clash with Allied units as weather and terrain complicate operations.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Tunis
Tunisia
Sardinia
Sicily
Greece
France
Pont de Faris
Galsa
Arizona
Voters in Mena schedule first local option liquor election
In Mena ward one the first legal local option election under the Anti-Saloon league law will be held January 26. Petitioners filed January 1 with 37 signatures above the required one percent. The ward contains 210 electors and will decide on wine whisky and beer sales simultaneously, with two of Mena’s five liquor stores in the ward. Local observers expect a heavy turnout and view the vote as a guide for future local option outcomes.
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Mena
Meun
Wits
Allies Plan Final Push to Clean Out Japanese
Allied forces prepare to attack the Sananda na point in southeastern New Guinea as MacArthur HQ says troops regroup for a major assault. Air strikes hit Japanese airfields in northeastern New Guinea while bombers pound machine gun nests near Buna and Sanaanda.
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Samanda Point
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Sanananda Salient
Buna
Lae
Associated Press
Buna Giropa Point
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RAF Bombers Strike Nazis Ruhr Valley
RAF bombers battered German industrial targets in the Ruhr for a second straight night, the ministry said. Two British planes were reported lost, with about 40 planes in the force. The 1943 raids began Sunday with American heavy bombers targeting St Nazaire, France, and German fighters suffering heavy losses as the new tactic emerged.
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Ruhr
Airy Ministry
Germany
Continent
St. Nazaire
France
Daily Express
Express
U. S. Air Force
U S Planes Hit Axis Targets in Tunisia Air Campaign
The United States Army Air Forces bombed railroad yards at Kairouan and targets near Cherichera in southern Tunisia in support of French and American ground forces. American bombers and escorts claimed four German planes shot down, while one Boston bomber and one fighter were lost. In the north, weather kept opposing forces largely inactive.
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Tunis
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Gabes
Sousse
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North Africa
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Kairouan
Cherichera
Fondouk
Japanese Massing for New Assault Reported in Southwest Pacific
Melbourne reports a government official said Japan massing the largest armada yet sent to the Southwest Pacific and submarines operating off the Australian northeast coast. Navy Secretary Knox noted enemy ships at Rabaul but no unusual concentration. An Australian war council meeting was called, with possible moves toward Guadalcanal or reinforcing the New Guinea front. Dallas recalls to city limits for Negro soldiers after district disturbance.
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Pacific
Australian
Washington
Navy
Knox
Rabaul
New Britain
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
John Curtin
Munda
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Australian War Council
Bua- Sanananda Point
Portuguese Timor
Flashes of Life and Odd News Bits From Various Towns
A selection of brief oddities and human interest items reported by the Associated Press. Highlights include Leon R. Sawyer of the U.S. Geological Survey finding four early New Lyepwriters under White River water and noting they can be restored with minor repairs. Other items cover mistaken mail anecdotes and light mishaps from Portland, Piedmont, Topeka, and New Albuquerque.
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Leon R. Sawyer
U.S. Geological Survey
White River
Ground gains near Guadalcani airfield reported
American troops on Guadalcanal seized high ground near the airfield after repulsing six Japanese counterattacks. A navy communique states 150 Japanese were killed and 20 captured in patrols elsewhere on the island. The advance, centered around Mount Austen, aims to shield the airfield from enemy bombardment.
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Washington
Navy
Umber
South Pacific
Flying Fortresssc
Boeing 17
Munda
New Georgia
Guadalcani
Moun Austen
Guadalcana
War Production Board officials push grain alcohol for synthetic rubber
WPB officials told a Senate Agriculture subcommittee that grain alcohol production would meet industry needs including the synthetic rubber program. They said surveys to locate additional grain alcohol plants in the Midwest would finish next month and be held in reserve for construction as needed to supplement output from plants in Omaha and Muscatine. Senator Gillette faulted delays and urged speeding up to maximize synthetic rubber from grain alcohol amid bureaucratic hurdles and priorities disputes.
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Bor
Senate Agriculture
Walter G. Whiman
WPB
Chemicals Branch
Midwem
Omaha
Muscatine
Iowa
Kansas C. Mo
Gilles Iowa
Chaim
Gillette
Sen
Whitman
Gillettee
Wheeler
D- Mont
William M. Jeffers
Ex Beer Baron in Fen Sentenced in Sugar Conspiracy
New York January 41 Waxey Gold, known as a prohibition era beer baron, was sentenced today to a year in prison for participating in a sugar market conspiracy.
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New York
Wextor
Waxey
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