Truce Halts Greek Civil War Yet Quarrel Persists
DeWitt MacKenzie assesses a temporary Greek ceasefire amid leftist insurgency and British involvement. He notes self determination gains in Allied public opinion, hints at a postwar plebiscite on monarchy, and recalls King George II's troubled rule and Metaxas dictatorship shaping Greece’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Greece
Oarranean
United Nations
Churchill
Thn
England
Bettewall
Britain
Balkan
Mitchel Field
New York
George
London
Eece
Een Marie
Romania
Athens
Marie
Little John) Metaxas
Taxas
Europe
Italy
Hope Star 1899 1927 staff notes and historic debate
The fragment outlines publication details for the Hope Star with names C. E. Palmer and Alex H. Washburn, dates 1899 1927 and a note on wartime leadership and a plebiscite. It mentions address 212 214 South Walnut Street Hope Arkansas and Associated Press association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star of Hope
C. E. Palmer
Alex H. Washburn
The
South
Walnut Street
Hope, Ark
War Era Notes Mark Woodlawn Anti-Horse Thieves
Washington Star summary notes the Woodlawn Horse Society, founded after the Civil War to curb horse thefts, faces abandonment due to lack of interest after a poorly attended Christmas Day meeting. The piece also discusses wartime administrative delays at OWI and a Faulkner-led Veterans reintegration effort to place discharged veterans into federal jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnettashington
Washington Star
Woodlawn Horse Pany
Fairfax County
Potomac
Southwest
Washington Monument
Woodlawn
Oy¢S
Harmon Roberts Colchester
Office of War Information
Washington
War Department
Navyartment
State Department
White House
Department
OWI
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
OWMR
Federa
Perry Faulkner
Faulkner
Veterans Administration
Civil Service
Selective Service
War Manpower
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Civil Service Point
Faulkner Committee
Labor Opens Fight Against Service Act
Labor groups launched a campaign against national service and work-or-fight laws as a 48 hour week in essential war industries was proposed. House Military Affairs chair May urged enacting a work-or-fight bill tying 18 to 45 year olds to essential jobs or induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean W. Dittmer Ashington
Organized Labor
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Lewis G. Hines
American Federation of Labor
House Military Committee
Hines
National Service
Hamilton
Vienna
Farmer
Socialist Party
May
Little Steel
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Driver Turned Coach and Butcher in Local District
A man left driving to take over as basketball coach after school and to sweep the gym after Friday games. He also works Saturdays as a butcher at a St. Joseph meat market, illustrating a varied local schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driver
St. Joseph
Marine Sgt. Knighton borrows Honolulu orphan girl for date
In Salt Lake City on Jan 16 Marine Sgt. Arthur F. Knighton Jr rented a Honolulu orphanage girl, took her window shopping, and treated her to dinner to prepare for meeting his two year old daughter he has never seen. He wrote his family that he is ready for the real thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Arthur F. Knighton, Jr
Honolulu
Knighton
Belgian City Advance After Relief of Resistance
Tense battle history of the Moselle valley drive by Patton's Third Army as units entered a Belgian town unopposed after air attacks left ruins. Temperatures near zero persist with light snowfall and a march into five border towns in 48 hours threatening Trier and the southern Belgian front.
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Patton
Third
Moselle
Siegfried Line
Trier
Germany
Allied Forces Repulse German Counterattacks Across Luxembourg Front
American units push through Luxembourg border areas capturing Neiderwampach and repelling multiple German counterattacks near Tettingen and Berg. Seventh Army advances north toward Bastogne and Hatten while engaging heavy resistance and tightening control north of Strasbourg and near Gambsheim. No update from French First Army south of Strasbourg.
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Talion
Tettingen
Germany
Luxembourg
Berg
99Th Infantry Division
Neiderwampach
Bastogne
Seventh Armroops
Hatten
Haugenau Forest
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Zorn River
Ained
Errlisheim
Offendorf
Gambsheim
First Army
NO DUTCH TREAT Somewhere in Holland
The Dutch express satisfaction with liberation by making Allied visitors virtual family members and forcing liberators to share what little they have.
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Holland
Flashes of Life No Shrimp In War Mail Sparked Curious Reactions
A Germany based letter from Capt. Gerard Grafton asking for no more shrimp led to 400 cans of shrimp sent by relatives in Mississippi Tennessee and Arkansas. In Tulsa Oklahoma a weather driven mailbox blaze melted the box and exposed a mail bag overshoes rubbers wool shoes and an urn.
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Greenville
Miss
Gerard Grafton
Germany
Memphis
Arkansas
Gerard
Tulsa
Oxkla
Local Rushville School Superintendent Steps In
Rushville superintendent E. Lott filled in for a teacher out sick last week. Due to illness the janitor was unavailable and Lott managed in the classroom to keep operations running smoothly.
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Rushville
E E. Lott
Yanks to Land on China Coast by June
United Press reports Chungking radio quotes Sao Tang newspaper saying American troops will land on the China coast at least by June or possibly before March. The radio notes U S forces must be ready to welcome and fight shoulder to shoulder with the Chinese ally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chungking
Sao Tang Ac
Eae
U. S
Forts Pound Rail Yards in Germany
More than 600 Liberators Fortresses joined nearly 700 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters in a massive daylight strike against four southern German rail yards. The targets included Ingolstadt north of Munich, Augsburg near Munich, Einingen near Stuttgart, and Freiburg south of Strasbourg, following RAF night attacks on Nazi oil supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo S. Disher
London
Germany
Strategic Air Force Headquarters
Ingolstadt
Munich
Augsburg
Einingen
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Strasbourg
Costa Rican Toy Making Initiative Spreads Nationally
Costa Rica celebrates Christmas with handmade wooden and tin toy production. From a hobby, a small workshop area grew as at least 500 families craft toy jeeps tanks cannons airplanes ships and scout cars using North American magazine designs as models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose
Costa Rica
North America
Meanings of Ailinlapap and wartime labor figures
Ailinlapap means very large island with Ailin as island and lap as large. The peak labor force for B 29 airfields in China was 436 000 Chinese farmers and about 4 000 000 service men never. Dr Robert Maynard Hutchins notes US war cost at 234 551 000 000. The world's largest war plant is the Chrysler Dodge plant in Chicago 82 acres and nearly 4 000 000 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Robert Maynard Hutchins
U. of Chicago
Chicago
Chrysler Dodge
Yanks Repulse Raiders Over Gulf and Leyte Actions
The report notes continued American air defense over the gulf with no enemy aircraft seen after initial engagements. At Leyte, light naval units reportedly sank an enemy barge off the northwest coast, possibly aiding evacuation of Japanese remnants.
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Gulf
Leyte
Market Report St Louis Livestock Sale Highlights
National Stockyards Illinois January 14 receipts mostly native and fed lambs with strong to steady prices. Cattle and calves show steady demand with top steers 14.25 to 14.50 and vealers up to 15.40. Sheep and lamb prices firm with top around 15.50 and good to choice noted. Industry notes mention ongoing trade and market activity.
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ST. Louis
Automobile Recovered After Missing From Repair Shop
An automobile stolen from a repair shop was recovered before the owner or police knew it was missing. The driver sped past railroad signals, backed into a concrete warning post, then was held by switchmen until police arrived in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Automotive industry speeds war goods production
The automotive sector is described as rapidly manufacturing war goods. The report notes sustained high output and widespread capital investment to meet military needs, with major plant utilization and expansion plans cited by industry officials.
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Mackenzie
Oll
Stewart's Jewelry Store
Hope Star
Alex. H. Washburn
Hope
Kansas
NEA
Newspaper Perprise Ass‘n
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard, Miller and
Lafayette
National Advertising Representative
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Sterick
North
Michigan Ave
New York City
Madison Ave
Detroit
Mich
W. Grand Blvd
Oklahoma City
Terminal
New Orleans
Union St
Navy
Percy Radford
Chatre Hause
Radford
George Hause
Gladys Radford
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
USAAF
Santa Monica
Calif
Labor
Fight
Berlin
Miles
Sweden
Oland
Teornholm
Pregel R
East Prussia
Ermanyt
Warsaw
Oqland
Lublin
Poland
Hitler
United Press
Yanks
Nhatrang
Khanhhoa
Phonrang
Mandelay
Burma
Macwe
O Chiengmai
Uttaradit
Hainan
Martaba
Thailand
Hues
Tourane
Padang
Binh Dine
Indo
Borneo
Market Report
Ping Magazine
Bob Elmore Auto Supply
Harry W. Shiver
Cleve Andres Food Market
Doug Bacon
of City Eanlectric Co
Briants
Howard Byers
Gifford Byers
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