Letter From Overseas A Christmas look at the London Daily Mail
A reader in Hope, Alabama shares a Christmas letter describing a London Daily Mail issue, noting its small size amid wartime paper shortages. The writer compares layouts, prices, and newsprint constraints, reflecting on British papers and wartime costs while recalling Sergeant James S. Lee’s connection to home.
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England
Lee
London Daly Mail
Daily Mail
Lord Northcliffe
Eiigland
Northcliffe
London Daily Mall
New York Daily News
Daily Air
Leo
London
Amerigang
Canada
Britain
Nor ‘Imal Times
Legislature Opens to Debates on Amendment Bill in Arkansas
Little Rock Arkansas legislators moved past opening ceremonies to deliberate on Gov Homer Adkins proposed amendment tied bill to implement a 323 constitutional change. The measure seeks staggered board term expirations to align with the amendment and speed passage by Friday. Opposing proposals include banning land ownership by Japanese and repealing betting laws while a House investigation into liquor tax collection advances.
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Little Rock
Dum
Arkansas
Homer M . Adkins
Adkins
Senate
House
Cleer
Springdale
Adking
B. Frank Williams
Osceola
Revenue Department
Juan
Cox
Ouachita
Robert W. Griffith
Smith and Hooker
Jefferson Baker
Chivot and
Pickering
Ashley
Biales
Polk
Baker
Chicol
Congress Again to Take Up Sales Tax Measure
Washington January 13 A plan to revive a national sales tax gains attention as Rep Robertson proposes considering the principle to raise funds for a $16 billion tax package. Lawmakers debate pay as you go and revenue methods while committees prepare for rapid action amid wartime financing needs. Senate scrutiny touches on nominees and party leadership changes as Flynn campaigns for Australia posting and Walker contemplates the party chair.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rep
Robertson
D-V.u
Housewell
House
Ways and Means
Jas
Congress
Senate
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petilla
Yestersday
Roosevelt
Mmory
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Murray
D-Mont
Ickes
Knutson
Gabath
Kep. Carlson
Rans
Treasury
Congressional Interal
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Australia
Flynn
Chicago
National Committee
Frank C. Walker
Auto License Deadline Set for Friday Night
Friday night January 15 is the final deadline to obtain automobile licenses without penalty, with extensions unlikely. Hempstead county courthouse revenue officer I L Pilkinton said about 2,800 licenses have sold and 700 to 800 cars remain. The revenue office will stay open Thursday and Friday nights if crowds justify the extra service.
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I. L. Pilkinton
Hempstead
State Revenue
Mgr. Pilkinton
Rte
Paper Missing Call Star by 6 30
Notice requests subscribers who miss the paper to call The Star by 6 30. Special delivery will be made between 5 30 and 6 30 and after 6 30 complaints will be addressed the following day.
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Star
Nazis Press for Release of Armistice Group
Washington reports the State Department disclosed Germany seeks release of its North African armistice commission captives by trading American diplomats held in France. The U S notes no link between German information and the broader exchange, while gathering details on German assets in Africa and the Algiers consul for transmission to the respective governments.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
North African Armistice Commission
France
Vichy
United States
Africa
Algiers
U S Fortresses Destroy 34 German Planes at Castel Beni
Allied headquarters reported that U S warplanes destroyed 34 Nazi aircraft in a raid on Castel Beni airfield near Tripoli. B 17 Flying Fortresses led the attack, destroying 20 planes on the ground and downing 14 in air battles.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
United States
Castel Benito
Tripoli
Tripolitania
Libya
Chinese Retake Key Base on Peiping Hankow Line
Chinese High Command announced recapture of a major Japanese base on the Peiping-Hankow Trunk Railway in Southern Tianan Province. The communiqué credited the victory to Central China forces, reporting 600 Japanese slain at Hwangchwan east of Linyang and ongoing fighting near Mengma in Western Yuhnan close to the Burma border.
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Chungking
Sinyang
Tianan Province
Peiping-Hankow
High Command
Communitique
Hwangchwan
Linyang
Yuhnan
Burma
Mengma Jan
Beginner's Luck in Air War Volunteers claim early success
In New Guinea Lieut. Robert White of Kansas and Lieut. Ernest Harris of Tennessee credit beginners luck as they score the first two Zero victories of their combat careers. Their unit in a January Lae harbor raid claims major success with 138 Japanese planes shot down or crippled and a four day Allied counterattack.
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New Guinea
Robert White
Kansas
Gily
Ernest Harris
Morristown
Tenn
White
Harris
Atlack
Lae Harbo
Morris
Monarchist Frenchmen jailed amid Darlan probe
In Algiers several monarchist Frenchmen were arrested along with others as the investigation into Admiral Darlan's assassination deepens. Names remain unofficial but widely known. inquiries focus on political motives while treating the case as a criminal pursuit by military authorities.
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North Africa
Jean Darlan
Paris
France
Algiers
Darlan
Tiwag
Spanish
Morocco
Henri Honore Giraud
West Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
Italy
Admiral Dartan
Robert Murphy
Roosevelt
Freddie Bartholomew joins the Army Air Forces
Freddie Bartholomew the British born actor sworn into the Army Air Forces after becoming a U S citizen last month. He is expected to train at a California base in aircraft maintenance. Born in London his stage career began at ten and film work since age 40.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Army Air Forces
Bartholomew
United States
Army
California
Freddie
London
Foes push budget control measure in Arkansas Senate
Senate anti administrationists in Little Rock moved to seize budget control by a resolution requiring all Senate bills to be sent to the governor within 48 hours of legislative completion. Introduced by Senator Maner of Hot Springs, the plan drew swift criticism from the administration and was postponed to Monday amid questions about timing, veto overrides, and how late bills would affect constitutional rules for appropriations.
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Little Rock
Senate
Maner
Hot Springs
Ed Dillon
Hornet Raid Claim Sparks Pacific War Talk
New York report says a Tokyo radio broadcast alleged the USS Hornet carried planes that raided Tokyo on April 18 and that the Hornet, sunk October 26, funded by North American bombers for the attack. OWI noted Tokyo aimed to retaliate against Washington’s release of the Hornet’s end. The broadcast, not aired in the U.S., claimed the attack left a lasting mark on 100 million Japanese.
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New York
Hornet
Santa Cruz Islands
Tokyo
Asia
Japan
Office of War Information
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Air
OWI
Washington
James H. Doolittte
United States
Turkey Dinner for Auxiliary Police in Hempstead
The Hempstead County Auxiliary Police will hold a turkey dinner at the American Legion at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday night January 13. Corbin Foster, secretary treasurer, announced the event.
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Hempstead County Auxiliary Police
American Legion
Corbin Foster
Flashes of Life: Art Scandal and Odd Local Notes
AP roundup from New York and various U.S. locales reports an art clash at the Met with John Gulias, a Prix de Rome winner, plus scattered notes from Kansas, Colorado, and Spokane. Anecdotes include a missing ration book, a soldier’s career steps, a hawk incident, abandoned goldfish at a Red Cross office, a birthday cake alarm, and a Chicago theater agent fearing a stolen typewriter with Romanian script.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
John Gulias
Brent
Colorado Springs
Colon
Wildlie
Yechnigton Spencer
Kansas City
Red Cross Women’s Motor Corps Office
Corps
Enemy Throws Tanks Planes Into the Battle
Moscow dispatch reports German forces pouring tanks and warplanes into the Caucasus to cover the Maikop oilfields and Black Sea flank while Soviet forces press a 100 mile front. Red Army recaptures villages near Rostov and advances around Stalingrad, with air and ground actions near Krasnodar and Rostov.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
G Mans
Caucasus
Maikop
Black Sea
Red Star
Russia
Rotov
Mineraln Vody
Lower Kalmyck Steppe
Salsk
Angh
Rost
Lower Don
Caucasu Izveska
Nea
Don
Aii
Stalingrad
Red Army
Ditrict
Th City
Volga
Caucasus Army
Krasnodar
Gman
Rostov
Novorossisk
Moscow Radio
London
Monitor
First Bill to Ban Racing Up Before Senate
The first bill to abolish horse and dog racing was introduced by Senator H. 2 B. Hardy of Greenbrier. It faced initial opposition from Senator Ernest Maner of Hot Springs who blocked second reading, with a vote attempt by Senator Dick Mason failing. The measure would ban races and prohibit Arkansans from being involved in any race holding or conducting. The Senate recessed for Governor Adkins' inauguration.
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Little Rock
Senate
B. Hardy
Greenbrier
Ernest Maner
Hot Springs
Maner
Dick Mason
Camden
Bill Ward
Marisona
Hardy
House
Adkins
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Mighty London Paper
Voretiants
Mapstood
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Ts. Jim Lee
Blevins
Nee Ree
James S. Loe
U.S
Telephoto
Air Service
Pacific
Pal
Opeka
Shawnee County Rationing Board
Coffeyville
Kas
Joly L. Braucher
Spokane
John Jerome White
Spokane Athletic Round Table
John Jerome Milldy
Axis
Nick Boila
Rumania
Europe
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