India to Be Key Base in Grand Allied Campaign
New Delhi dispatch reports that India will serve as a major base to defeat Japan, with Burma as a route to China and a strategic jumping off point for Chiang Kai-shek. Officials claim India’s security is insured and internal disorders are being managed as Allied command anticipates a future grand offensive after Hitler’s defeat.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New Delhi
Europe
Africa
Asia
India
Burma
China
Chiang Kai - H Shek
Aus
Stafford Cripps
Sion
Dia
Hitler
Mediterranean
Japan
Market Notes From St Louis Hog and Cattle Quotes
National Stockyards, Illinois report shows hogs active with 10 to 15 cents higher on several weights, top at 15.25 for 180-270 lb hogs. cattle and calves steady to varied, with steers 12.85-14.10 and vealers 50 lower to 16.00. stockers and feeders 9.00-13.75. Grain and provisions show rye futures leading gains while wheat and corn rise modestly. Chicago poultry and New York stocks cap the day with mixed results and a Cotton market rally closing higher.
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St, Louis
National Stockyards
U. S. Dept
Chicago
New York
Uly
MacArthur Says Airpower Key to Victory
Gen Douglas MacArthur praised airborne and air supported campaigns that outpaced island by island reconquest in the Pacific. He cited the Papuan victory and transport by air of infantry regiments and artillery as proof of a new form of campaign. Allied air power pressed Japanese targets across New Guinea New Britain and the Solomons while British RAF bombers attacked Schwebo and Akyab ending without losses.
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Pacific
Siift
Douglas MacArthur
Francis Forde
MacArthur
New Guinea
Rabaul
Gasmata
New Britain
Lae
Salamaua
Solomon Sea
Shortland Islands
Guadalcanal
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Hekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Kavii
Ballale Island
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
India
Schwebo
Burma
Akyab Island
Woollcott Funeral to Be Thursday at Columbia
Alexander Woollacott 86, noted author and critic, died Saturday night of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the McMillin Theater, Columbia University with no religious ceremony. Cremation will follow. associates note he never trained with any church.
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New York
Alexander Woollacott
Mcmillin Theater
Columbia University
Woollcolt
Free 122 page book on colon and rectal ailments
An advertisement from the McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri invites readers to request a free 122 page book about colon and rectal health and related stomach conditions. The ad provides the address 18 Elms Boulevard and urges interested individuals to write today.
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McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Electricians and Doggers Wanted in Hope
The U S Employment Service at 201 East Second Street Hope announced immediate openings for electricians and doggers. Positions include electricians helpers and sawmill doggers with prompt start dates.
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U. S. Employment Service
East Second Street
Hope
Local Men Study Four-Engined Ships
Two local servicemen, Private First Class Robert H. Baker of Emmet and Private First Class Jewell W. Still of Prescott Route Five, have completed basic training and enrolled at Keesler Field Mississippi in an airplane mechanics school. They will undergo 16 weeks of B-24 Liberator training to qualify for active duty maintaining four engined bombers.
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Keesler Field
Misssissippi
Army
Robert H. Baker
Robert Baker
Emmet
Jewell W. Still
Charley Still
Prescott
90 Day Divorce Law Repeal Proposed in Arkansas
Little Rock reports a bill by Rep. Lee Baker to repeal the 90 day divorce rule, restoring a one year residency. Baker cites fraud in chancery courts and local nonresident cases. Also noted: MacArthur day planning by Speaker Griffith and a death by own action verdict in Clarksville for Charles A Lowe, 64, former Arlington hotel operator. Dakar harbor referenced at article end.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Lee Baker
Chicot
Chancery Courts
Baker
Council of State Governments
Baltimore
Robert W. Griffith, Jr
H. K. Toney
Jefferson
James R. Campbell
Garland
Rupert Cowdrey
Sebastian
Clarksville
Charles A Lower
Lowe
Texas
Arlington Hotel
Train Murder Mystery Deepens in Oregon Blood trail and unidentified suspect loom over case
Portland report on the killing of Martha Virginia Brinson James aboard a California bound train. Police hold two men for questioning, John Doe warrant issued for a third unknown passenger. No motive or evidence of robbery found. Ensign Richard F. James, her husband, and family ties noted.
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Portland
Ore
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Ing
Klamath Falls
Harold R. Wilson
Buckley
Wash
John Futches
Oakland
Calif
John Doe
James
Norfolk
Eugene Norton
Daly City
Wilson
Wailer Funches
Funches
Tangent
Salem
John Beeman
State Police
Budget and liquor measures in Arkansas debate
The article reports on budget allocations including a $450,000 building program and $10,000 for hospital food, with Governor Adkins seeking cross party help and resisting personal frictions. It notes plans tied to War Production Board demands to mine high grade bauxite near the Confederate home, and Governor Adkins and Attorney General Williams opposing suspending laws, urging legislative control.
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Adkins
Milum
Ime
War Production Board
Here
Guy Williams
Williams
Arkansas Defense Council
Governor Adkins Proclaims MacArthur Day in Little Rock
Governor Adkins Loday proclaims tomorrow Douglas MacArthur Day honoring the Bataan hero. Ceremonies urged across institutions including the University between 11 a.m. and later hours to honor the Little Rock born warrior. The note adds that Casablanca means White House in Spanish.
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Little Rock
Adkins Loday
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Shouls
The
University
Fwan
One of Every 3 Tanks Planes Go to Allies
Administrator Stettinius told Congress one third of U S tanks and combat planes built last year went to the Allies through lend lease or direct purchase. He said total lend lease value since 1941 exceeds eight billion dollars, with 79 percent for the United Nations and reciprocal aid saving shipping space and millions. The United Kingdom Australia New Zealand and others supplied materials to American forces as well.
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Washington
Edward RB. Stettinius, Jr
Congress
Stettiblus
United Nations
United States
Steltinius
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
China
Southfrica
France
Belgium
Stettinius
Stalingrad
Libia
Tunisia
English Midlands
Tiflis
Bearded Private Tells 27 Japs Kill Story On Plane
Washington tale recounts a garrulous private aboard a Pittsburgh to Washington airliner who bragged of Guadalcanal exploits and flight plans, then became silent as the plane hit mountains and lurched, ending with his arrival at the capital airfield.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Guadalcanal
War and tax debates show broad strain across nations
A 21000 miner strike in Pennsylvania protests higher dues, while Australian wartime coal shifts reveal global disruption. Clergy oppose tax collection role of churches, warning of state control, as Treasury officials note no formal protests yet. Amid this, U S birth rates rise nationwide with a sharp climb noted since 1993.
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Thomas Boorde
Anacostia Baptist Church
R. G. Bancum
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Bih
Treasury
Mnster
Congress
Dividend Income Tax Guidance and Reporting
This clipping explains dividend income for federal tax purposes. It notes that most dividends are taxable, outlines when distributions may be return of capital, and details reporting rules on Form 1040. It also covers special rules for savings and loan shares and cash basis taxpayers.
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Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Birth Rate Rise Linked to Wartime Marriages and Military families
Wartime population patterns show birth rates climbing from 1g to 22 per thousand during the war, with Washington reaching 25.5 per thousand. Experts cite military concentration and many wives stationed with husbands as primary factors, noting surveys find higher rates among military families and fluctuating explanations for wartime birth surges.
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United States
Washington
Waining
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Memphis
Market Report
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Doggers
Dakar
Lwest
Cust
Casablanca
White House
Jack Stinnett
Wide World Features
C. &. Vaniuever
Oworn
John P. Cox
Pennsylvania
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