Patents at Work as War and Peace Policy
Our Daily Bread praises a government booklet titled Patents at Work issued by the Alien Property Custodian. The piece argues the publication frames wartime use of patent rights against Axis powers and outlines how patents from enemy and occupied nations are being vested in the U S government to prevent duress transfers and to leverage technology for victory and postwar rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Asis
Germany
Europe
South America
Supreme Court Rejects Trust Fund Distribution
The Supreme Court refused to force termination or immediate division of an $80,000 Mansfield trust benefitting 17 named entities including five churches and the Arkansas YMCA, preserving the estate valued around $400,000. The ruling affirms a Bradley chancery decree amid ongoing dispute over the trust’s termination.
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Little Rock
Dan
Supreme Court
Distiu
C. J. Mansfield
Warren Hambermare
Arkinsas Children's Home and Hospital
State Ym.c.a
Mansfield
Bradley Chancery
Raymond Rebsumen
Stead
Siloam Springs Presbyterian Church
Warren Presbyterian
Arkansas Children’s Home
State
Y.m.ca
Jefferson Circuit
University Broadcasting Corp. of
Pine Bluff
United States Vice Insurance Co
KOTN
Tomi Williams
Clark
B. T. Fooks Manufacturing Co
Fascden
Williamses
Prescott
Lillian McCourtney
Ban McCourtney
Jonesboro
Craighead Chanvery
Two Women Die in Blytheville Car Crash
Two Blytheville women died when a car left the road Sunday. The victims were Mrs. Margaret Knight, 31, and Mrs. Jewel Snyder, 33, both residents of Blytheville.
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Blytheville, Jun
Margaret Knight
Jewel Snyder
Blytheville
Administration Plans Partial Retreat on Farm Price Ceilings
The administration pursues a strategic retreat on agricultural price ceilings to avert a farm bloc clash. Attorney General Biddle drafts a legal opinion limiting cost calculations to hired labor, while Byrnes and Henderson push for possible upward adjustments. Hearings begin on manpower needs as McNarney testifies about Army size.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Biddle
Congress
Artitle
James ¥. Byrnes
Leon Henderson
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
OPA
Joseph T. McNarney
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Arkansas Cold Wave Brings Record Lows Across State
Little Rock reports a night of freezing temperatures with 10 to 22 degree lows across regions. Fort Smith and Rogers plunge near single digits while Rogers sees a 60 degree drop. Elberta peach prospects harmed though other fruit spared. Little Rock's Saturday high reached 81, a January record.
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Little Rock
North
Arkansas
South
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Fort Smith
Batesville
Rogers
Elberta
Offensive gains on Guadalcanal push back Japanese on island
U S Navy reports seven positions seized on Guadalcanal with about 210 Japanese killed and 40 captured. American forces advanced two to three miles beyond Point Cruz as air and sea assaults targeted Kolombangara in the Munda area, burning out the enemy base.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
Kokumbona
Point Cruz
Kolombangara
Munda
New Georgia Group
Last Day to Buy City Automobile Licenses
City treasurer Charles Reynerson warns Monday January 31 is the final day to purchase city automobile licenses without penalty. No extensions will be granted. The office stays open afternoons until 6 p.m. and at noon. A $1 penalty applies Feb 1 to Feb 10, then $2.50 after the tenth. Only 150 tags sold this year versus 918 in 1942.
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Charles Reynerson
Reynerson
Flashes of Life in Odd News Snippets
A batch of quirky items from across the country includes a white goat named Win in a Cambridge yard crop, a vehicle mishap near the river, a scooter crash in Kansas City, a Denver phone theft, and odd street scenes in Wise River and Chicago. The items mix humorous anecdotes with brief local incidents.
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Cambridge
Mass
Joseph Santora
Win
Budget and liquor bills move to Arkansas legislature
Little Rock January 25 The Arkansas legislature has finished its first two weeks in relative inaction and will accelerate this week with budget bills and committee consideration of liquor labor and racing measures. Joint budget committee members discussed consolidating insurance and banking departments and merging publicity and agricultural commissions with the planning board. Governor Adkins supports the plan and will tackle other matters this week. House and Senate activity remains low with 78 bills in the Senate and 111 in the House. Rep Elbert A Leasure will seek public hearings on his prohibition bill and push for a vote next week. The House Labor committee will hold a public hearing on the Smile picket restricting bill and the Let Jay measure to require unions to open financial records. Milum proposes a site hospital sponsor with bipartisan support. Continued on Page Four.
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Little Rock
UPI
Joint Budget Committee
Planning Board
Adkins
Elbert A. Leasure
White
House Labor Committee
Witl
Senate
Roy Milum
Barrison
Milum
U S Turns Over Alton Camp to Legion County
The idle Alton CCC camp six miles south of Hope is transferred to the Hempstead County government and the American Legion as a community service center. Congressman Harris reports federal approval and outlines plans to relocate buildings to Fairpart and Dyke's Springs, with the site to be purchased for a permanent public camp for boys and recreation.
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Alten CCC
Hope
America Legion
Hempstead
Oren Harris
Star
Washington
Federal Security Agency
County
American Legion
Terrell Cornelius
Jocn Legion Post
Allen Camp
Dyke's Springs
Rust of Hope
James R. Henry
Henry
Texas
Cornelius
Federal
M. A
Archie Stephens
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Alton
Stephens
John Vesey
Vesey
Heney
Legion
The
Fred Luck
55 County Men Called by the Draft
Hempstead county men received draft notices to report for induction on February 3. Names include Willie Ponder, William Elledge, Dale Williams, George Smith, Howard Hawkins, Harrel Hornaday, James Rowe, William Kinard, Edgar Edwards Jr, Carlis Erwin, James MeJunkins, Carl Lindhorn, Lawrence Easterling, Harold Alwrite, Dexter Clark, Jesse McAdams, William Scott, Floyd Leverett, Lloyd Leverett, Dwight Walton, Alvin Sanders, Fink Taylor, Roy Wilhite, James Huckabee, Bob Bain, Lloyd Hicks, Homer Rhodes, William Patterson, William Jamson, Thurman Anderson, Joseph Arman, Arvel Baker, Jack Greenlee, Franklin Rogers, Langley, Hartsfield, Kinser, Je.
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Hempstead County
Willie Ieee Ponder
William Thorns Elledge
Dale LaGrone Williams
George T. Smith
Howard Wayne Hawkins
Harrel Hornaday
Poster
Monroe City
James Omer Rowe
William Loyd Kinard
Edgar Edwards, Jr
Carlis Kermit Erwin
James MeJunkins
Carl John Lindhorn
Lawrence Easterling
Harold Lewis Alwrite
Dexter D. Clark
Jesse Willard McAdams
Willian Perry Scott
Floyd Donald Leverett
Lloyd Donald Leverett
Dwight Rider Walton
Alvin Winston Sanders
Fink Weldon Taylor
Roy Clyde Wilhite
James Nolan
Huckabee
Bob Franklin Bain
Lloyd Thomas Hicks
Homer Stone
Jack Hamilton Rhodes
William Bryant Patterson
William Carl Jamson
Thurman Graham
Albert Lee Anderson
Joseph Rodney Cash
Thurmman Price Arman
Arvel Houston Baker
Jack Truett Greenlee
Sheridan Marine Is Reported Killed In Action
The Navy announced 46 casualties to Navy forces including three dead two wounded and 41 missing. The totals bring Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard casualties since December 7 1941 to 21 812 with 6 998 dead 2 805 wounded and 11 511 missing. Corporal Radford D Mays Marine is listed as dead with mother Mrs Lela Mays named.
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Washington
Jin
Navy
Navy Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Exi of
Uten
U. S. Navy
Arkassus
Mays
Radford D
Marine
Lela Mays
Sheridan
Reds Smash Through Nazi Lines Near Rostov Base
The Red Army reports a successful breakout in the North Caucasus, capturing Peschanokopskoye and Starobelsk, advancing toward Rostov and Kharkov. Cossacks aided gains, with 1,100 officers and men captured, 260 trucks seized, and numerous towns taken as Soviet forces push along rail corridors toward the Rostov-Baku line and Voroshilovgrad area.
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Rostov
Henry Co. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
North Caucasus
Peschanokopskoye
Starobiesk
Kharkov
Ukraine
London
Voronezho
Caucasus
Starobelsk
Leningrad
The
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Armavir
Rostov - Baku
Mostov
Moscow-Donbas
Kondrashevaskaya
Millerova-Voroshilovgrad
Voroshilovgrad
Allies to Set Up Administrative Plan in Africa
London Jan 25 Allies discuss a joint British American administrative system for North Africa to blend diverse French political elements. De Gaulle opposes a non French regime but a temporary central authority may be formed with de Gaulle and Giraud represented. The aim is to resolve French political disputes after expelling Axis forces in the region.
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Aelman Mori
London
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
United Nations
Giraud
Aother
Blue Room Opens for Billy Mitchell Squadron in New Guinea
In New Guinea on January 24, the Blue Room, a new officers club for the Billy Mitchell Bomber squadron, hosted a dance with nurses present. Lieut Bill Thaankill oversaw the build out of a reef themed room with blue lights and a Mitchell B23 silhouette. Group commander awarded Purple Bird medals to pilots who had crashed at least one plane, honoring the war effort and taxpayers' costs.
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Vern Haughland
New Guinea
Bill Thaankill
Chicago
Muels
Lieut
Joby Watkins
Moguttia
Ark
Marshall May Command All Allied Forces
London reports a formula for a supreme council to direct the United Nations war effort in 1943. Gen George C Marshall is speculated as possible commander in chief of Allied forces in Europe, with officials noting preparations and imminent announcement. Also discussed are roles for Sir Percy Noble and broader plans to curb the U boat threat and coordinate French leaders De Gaulle and Giraud within the big four alliance.
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London
Supreme Council
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Walter Farr
Washington
The
Daily Mail
Gen
Marshall
Farr
Churchill
Percy Noble
Admiralty
Noble
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
NAG
Africa
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Driver Absolved in Highway Fatality at Greenville
Greenville Arkansas, Jan 25. Woodrow King 25 of Black Rock Ark was absolved of blame by a coroner s jury after investigation into the death of Sam Martin 42 who was run over and killed by a truck King was driving on highway 67 here Saturday night Martin a former resident of Greenville was walking along the highway.
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Greenville
Woodrow King
Black Rock Ark
Sam Martin
Martin
Highway 67
Rommel Blasted as Allies Seize Nazi Prisoners
London reports the British Eighth Army and U S air support pushing Rommel toward Gabes while Allied forces threaten his Gulf of Gabes escape line. United States troops at Maknassy captured 80 Axis prisoners amid aerial and ground sweeps.
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Associated Press
London
Eighth Army
U. 5
Bom Prs
Marshal Rommel
Tripoli
Gulf of Gabes
United States
Maknassy
Tunisa
Gulf Gabes
Ouselila
Pont du Fal
Kairouan
Cai
Ousselt ‘Ja
Rommel
Arnim
Tunisian
Meédenine
Zuara
Sousese
Morocco
Tripolitania
Africa
Tunisi
Maknassi
Gafsa
Mahares
Ousseltia
Nea Maknassi
Mier
Soussee
Menine
Charges Against Brinkley Settled in U S District Court
Little Rock June 25 Dr John R Brinkley hospital business settlement in U S District Court with his widow and four others receiving three year probation after fines of 5000 each for using the mails to defraud Dr H Dwight Osborne pleaded guilty to mail fraud Mrs Brinkley Dr J H Davis Dr G B Chandler Dr A Lewis Kline and Chief Nurse Vera Wederbrook pleaded no contest Judge T C Trimble said Brinkley was the principal but the doctors working for him violated the law and Mrs Brinkley was a partner
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Little Rock
John R. Brinkley
U. S. District Court
H. Dwight Osborne
Brinkley
del Rio
Tex
J. H. Davis
G. B. Chandler
A. Lewis Kline
Vera Wederbrook
T. C. Trimble
Miial
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Alex. H. Washburn
James A. Burks
Benton
American Republic Insurance Co
High
Honey Sealt
North Little Rock
Pulaski
Pope
Bank of Atkins
Cora Davis
Harve Thurn
Harrisburg
Associted Press
Kansas City
Aresola
Wal
Mumine
Denver
J. L. Mathews
Wise River
Mont
Fred Gill
Simin
Florence McGuire
Florence
U.S
Alton Camp
Sheridan Marine
Blue Room
New York City
Fayetteville, Ark
University of Arkansas
Giles Emmett Ripley
Ripley
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