Florida to New York by blimp and sea tanks in war time
A traveler recalls 20 below start in Pennsylvania then a car trip to New York and a Gulf Stream blimp ride off Miami. Amid wartime tension, Florida coast vacationers seek normalcy as oil tankers and submarine attacks shape the American home front.
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Tommy Vade
Pennsylvania Mountains
New York
Miami
Gulf Stream
America
Florida
Nat
Red
Near East
Iraq
Pensacola
New Orleans
Home
Hotel Beach
Port Arthur
Texas
Atlantic
Hempstead Red Cross Campaign Reaches Quota in 1942 Drive
Ed F McFaddin Hempstead county chairman says Hempstead county surpassed its 4000 quota in the 50 million Red Cross drive and will close at 6 pm Tuesday January 27. He urges remaining residents to contribute one half day’s pay at the Hope Chamber of Commerce to earn a place on the roll of honor.
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Ed F. McFaddin
Hempstead
McFaddin
Hempstead County
Lope Chamber of Commerce
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Payroll payrolls top two hundred seventeen thousand dollars
W E Callahan s employees will receive about 227000 for work done last week, marking a rise of 399 workers. Officials attributed the increase to fuel shortages and weather and illness that kept many employees idle the prior week.
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W. E. Callahan
Compiung
Hope Boy Promoted to Sergeant Rank
J L Cook Jr of Hope stationed with the 153rd Infantry at Camp Murray Washington has been promoted to sergeant. The promotion was effective January 1 and announced Saturday.
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J. L. Cook, Jr
Hope
153Rd Infantry
Camp Murray
Washington
War service lax to boost Guttenberg weddings
Guttenberg town clerk Peter Heinz announces that servicemen may wed Guttenberg girls without paying the usual two dollar marriage license tax. The note hints at more weddings as military members return.
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Sonny
Uttenberg
WN. J
Guttenberg
Peter Heinz
Cranium Crackers: Young Kings in War Time Rulership
On page one, a puzzle lists monarchs under siege or occupation. King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, 16, King Peter II of Yugoslavia, 18, King Faruk of Egypt, 21, King Michael of Romania, 20, and King Faisal I of Transjordan are described in exile or neutral status amid Axis or Allied pressures.
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Ananda Mahidol
Thailand
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Faruk
Egypt
Michael
Romania
Faisal I
Tray
Blood of the American Heart A Call to Give
A wartime appeal highlights millions of Americans offering blood plasma to aid soldiers. The Red Cross processes donations into dried plasma and ships it to army posts and ships, praising diverse donors from elderly women to truck drivers and clerks who quietly give a pint to save lives.
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Army
Navy
American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Rationing May Follow Heavy Runs on Sugar
Washington reports indicate sugar runs have depleted a full month’s supply in a week. Office of Price Administration sources say rationing will start within a month or less, with rationing books being designed and printed. Large industrial users remain limited to 1940 levels, and many stores impose per customer limits as the surge continues. The Pearl Harbor attack intensified demand, triggering rapid shortages.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Pearl Harbor Jast
Bobcats Defeat Wildcats 21-16 in Friday Night Battle
The Hope Bobcats overcome a 5-3 first quarter deficit to beat the taller North Little Rock Wildcats 21 to 16 before a good crowd. Hope led 8-5 at halftime and 18-10 in the final period as they pulled away, with McCullough leading Hope scorers at 2 points and Jordan and Prince adding five each for the Wildcats. The Bobcats travel to Arkadelphia Saturday for a game with the Badgers.
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Hope Bobcats
North Little Rock Wildcats
Bobcats
Hope
Wildcats
McCullough
Missouri Man Is Found Dead
Claude W. Harder, 60, of Allen Missouri, employed by Southwestern Praying Ground contractors, was found dead Friday night in a room rented from Mrs. Minson Stroud on Bonner Street. He lived in Hope recently and is survived by his wife and several children. Funeral arrangements pending relatives. body expected to be sent to Alton, his home.
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Claude W. Harder
Allen
Southwestern
Praying Ground
Minson Stroud
Bonner Street
Harder
Hope
W. E. Carnahan Construction Company
Praying Ground Contractors
Alton
Nandina Bush Prized Berries Replaced With Safety Pins
A four year old in Goldsboro cut off nandina berries from his grandmother’s bush. She reattached each cluster with safety pins, placing the plant on borrowed time. The Harvard library has doubled in size every twenty years for a century.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Harvard
Big Tank Battle Rages on Libyan Front
British main forces clash with German armor in a large Libyan battle along the Gulf of Sirte near Agedabia Saunu and Antelat. Rommel has reportedly massed significant tank forces, with Lt Ben Ritchie's Eighth Army poised, but outcomes remain unclear.
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Cairo
Britain
Gulf of Sirte
Agedabia
Rommel
Saunu
Antelat
Auto Stolen Friday Night Recovered
An automobile stolen here Friday night was recovered a short time later, the Hope police department announced Saturday. The car was owned by James Elliott of Hope.
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Hope Police Department
James Elliott
Hope
Cars collide on Fifth Street. drivers uninjured
Two cars collided here on Fifth street early Saturday morning. One vehicle driven by Woodrow Parsons of Hope overturned and was badly damaged while the other, driven by Lloyd J. Walker of Hope, escaped with no injuries. Navy launched eighteen destroyers and thirteen submarines in 1941.
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Woodrow Parsons
Hope
Lloyd J. Walker
Fifth Street
Parsons
Navy
Star Publisher Home From Trip
A. H. Washburn publisher of The Star and Thomas Jobe of the staff returned Friday night from a tour of New York and Florida. Washburn spent Christmas with his parents in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, and was joined there January by Jobe. They drove south for a week at Miami and returned via New Orleans.
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A. H. Washburn
the Star
Thomas Jobe
New York
Florida
Mr. Washburn
Wilkes-Barre
Mr. Jobe
Miami
New Orleans
Three Little Words Ruined His Racket
Baltimore patrolman follows a tall shabby man who uses a card stating I am deaf and dumb to get money in taverns. The suspect is taken to court where Magistrate Elmer Hammer sentences him to three months in the House of Correction.
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Baltimore
George Parke
Parke
Edson in Washington on OCD chaos and mayoral clashes
A dated column critiques the Office of Civilian Defense and the role of Fiorello La Guardia and Eleanor Roosevelt. It argues OCD lacks real national authority, burdens local leaders, and calls for local residents to act, highlighting distribution failures and intercity cooperation issues.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
la Guardia
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nizzoner
Joe
Mrs. Roosevelt
Defense Council
OCD
Tacat
Salk
Citles
Pioneer Emmet Resident Dies at 75 in Prescott
Joe A. Beaty, 75, pioneer Nevada county merchant and lumber dealer, died at a Prescott hospital Friday night. Funeral services will be held at his son's home in Emmet at 10:30 Sunday morning, with Rev. Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Beaty cemetery near Emmet. Survivors include his wife, eight daughters, three sons, a brother, two sisters, and several grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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Joe A. Beaty
Nevada County
Prescott
Emmet
Thomas
Beaty Cemetery
L. E. Wesson
Claya Beaty
Hassie and
May Beaty
Magnolia
Lee Harris
W. A. Atkins
Hope
Carl Todd
Sulpatpa
Okla
C S. Stroope
Camden
Joe Beaty, Jr
Ernest
Amarillo
Texas
George Edward Beaty
Texurkana
W. E. Garrett
Dave Snell
Must Be Smart to Buy Old Car
A look at buying used cars advises buyers to be discerning and cautious. Arthur Kallet warns buyers to inspect use, condition, and titles, prefer a 60 day guarantee, and check the frame and motor in daylight.
No Change in Stamp List for Hempstead County
Families in Hempstead county will retain the same blue stamp foods for February 1 to February 28 as in January. The list includes butter pork (non-metal/glass packaging) fresh grapefruit pears apples oranges vegetables including potatoes corn meal shell eggs dried prunes hominy grits dry beans wheat flour enriched wheat flour self rising flour enriched self rising flour and whole wheat Graham flour.
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Hempstead
J. Frank Franey
Surplus Marketing Administration
USDA
Capital Rests Wartorn Nerves
Washington observers note wartime focus dominates Capitol Hill as Congress and the administration push defense funding and related measures. A wandering journalist traces bills on education for youth and park land changes amid a nation at war, noting only rare nonwar topics appear in a week of sessions.
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Jack Stinnett Washingon
I Wartine
Washington
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Park
Tennessee
Georgia
Congress
Congressional Record
Battle on Batan Peninsula Stages West Coast Clash
Japanese invasion forces land on Batan west coast as MacArthur’s defenders fall back under heavy bombardment. Allied reports say six weeks of fighting have worn US Philippine troops but counterattacks push Japanese from some positions. Dutch air sweeps strike Japanese ships off Balik Papan as Russia and Britain weigh the wider war.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
War Department
MacArthur
Sub
South China Sea
Batan
Philippine
London
Cripps
Moscow
Russia
Japan
Balik Papan
Dutch Borneo
Sir Stafford
Germany
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers Do You Know How To Behave
In wartime booing officials in newsreels is out of place. Civilians should curb courtesy to men in uniform. It is improper for a man with a newspaper to withhold the front page from a companion. When reading separate sections, read aloud only items of mutual interest. If gifting a newspaper subscription, inform the recipient. On store approvals, avoid habitual purchases on approval. otherwise decline. The Better What Would You Do solution favors option (h).
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U. S
Consumer Union
Arthur Kallet
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Alex. H. Washburn
E. F. McFaddin
Hope Boy
Willis Thornton
Price Office
Missouri
C. W. Harder
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China Sea
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Marianas
Caroline Islands
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Archip
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Truk
New Britain
Solomon
Java
Australia
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Coral Sea
NEA Telemap
Malaya
Burma
Sumatra
U.S
Indo-China
Australian
Star
Edson
Joseph A. Beaty
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Valdai
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