National Paraly sis drive and wartime kitchen worries
Hempstead county appeals for final donations to the National Foundation Infantile Paralysis as the campaign nears its end. The piece notes past local totals and urges contributions to support paralysis treatment and research, with a nod to broader wartime health campaigns. It then shifts to a humorous take on households during war, criticizing a War Manpower Commission ruling about dishwashers and imagining its impact on home life and kitchen balance.
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National Foundation
Technics
Ade
Hempstead
Terrell S. Cornelius
Chiropractor Dr W H Murphy Dies at 44 in Hotel Room
Dr W H Murphy a 44 year old Little Rock chiropractor and treasurer of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners was found dead in his Lafayette Hotel room. A Breckenridge Texas native he served a fourth term on the board and is survived by son Horace See Sees an Army medical student at the University of Arkansas College of Medicine.
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Tittle
W. HH. Murphy
Lafayette
Murphy
Ative
Breckenridge
Texas
Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Hor- See Sees
University of Arkansas College of Medicine
Work Fight Bill Stalls as Laborites Oppose Changes
Washington reports the work or fight bill faces delays as Southern Democrats push a closed shop amendment and labor groups mobilize against it. Pro labor members plan an FEPC amendment to counter, linking the measure to racial and religious discrimination issues. Republican support for a permanent FEPC in 1944 is noted. Rep. May opposes FEPC amendment, saying it fits nowhere in the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean W. Dittmer
Washington
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
EPC
Penalty on Auto Licenses After 30th Deadline Approaches
State Revenue Agent I L Pilkinton warns citizens that the January 30 deadline for purchasing 1945 automobile licenses without penalty is near. After this date owners must buy a 1945 license and pay a $3 penalty for every ten days or fraction thereof of delinquency added to the license price.
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State Revenue
I. L. Pilkinton
End of Cold in East Is Foreseen
Weather forecasters predict a break in a cold wave that has gripped the eastern seaboard from Maine to Virginia. Subzero readings persist in parts of New England and upstate New York as milder air is expected to arrive later today. Marine warnings ease as gale winds subside. A Tennessee man who shot his wife’s toe off is being sued for divorce. The parting shot.
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United Press
Maine
Virginia
New York State
York
Block Island
Cape Hatteras
Tennessee
Last Chance Berlin Radio Warns Nazis Last Stand
London reports Nazi radio leaders urged Germans to act now as Goebbels and the Das Reich weekly article claim the Wehrmacht fights to save civilization from Bolshevism. The Red Army allegedly deploys 200 divisions in a winter push, aiming to transform Europe into a sea of blood.
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Robert Dowson
London
Siberia
Frederick the Great
Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Goebbels
Das Reich
Wehrmacht
Europe
Red Army
Britain
United States
Late Sgt James H. Schmitt Receives DFC and Oak Clusters
Mr and Mrs J J Schmitt and family of Emmet Route One receive the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for their son Sgt James H Schmitt Army Air Corps who was killed in action March 18 1944 The Distinguished Flying Cross citation praises his extraordinary achievement as a waist gunner on 20 heavy bombardment missions over enemy occupied Europe noting he destroyed one enemy airplane and aided in each mission The family also received Purple Heart awards several months earlier.
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J. J. Schmitt
Emmet Route
Air M
James H. Schmitt
Army Air Corps
Europe
Sgt. Schmitt
Schmitt
Rumors persist Earhart alive on Pacific isle
Pacific rumors wage that Amelia Earhart may survive on a South Pacific island. Navy officials questioned Capt. Irving M. Johnson who says there is virtually no chance she survived and that her plane likely went into the sea after running low on fuel. Johnson notes she was near Howland or east of the Gilberts when she vanished and that searches by air and ships found no trace of her.
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Robert Geiger
Pacific
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
Navy
Irving M. Johnson
Johnson
Miss Earhart
Earhart
Aviatrix
Fred Noonan
Howland Island
Gilberts
Howlland
U. S. Navy
South Seas
Earhart Foundation
Ellice
Gilbert Islands
Hawaii
Japs Lose Naval Fight Off China
Unconfirmed reports claim a nine hour naval battle off the China coast near Shanghai involved about 50 American and Japanese ships. Japanese forces allegedly withdrew toward home as Third Fleet aircraft attacked Okinawa following raids near Formosa.
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Marovor
East China Sea
Shanghai
Sao Tang Pao
Chungking
Yungkia
Wenchow
Pingyang
China
Formosa
Pacific Fleet
William F
Halsey
Third Fleet
Okinawa
Angkia
Korea
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Theilippines
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Takao
Enem
Soldier shoots bull after missing password in France
First Sergeant Edgar W. Henley of Hone Ark in the 79th Infantry Division of the Seventh Army fired on a German bull that infiltrated a company area at night. Witnesses say he acted in self defense after the animal refused to reveal a password, the dawn patrol finding potatoes and onions the next morning.
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79Th
Seventh Army
France
Edgar W. Henley
Hone Ark
Germany
Henley
Senate Thinks It Has Votes to Beat Henry
Washington January 26 Critics shift to a frontal attack on Henry A Wallace nomination as Senate debates stripping lending control from the Commerce Department. Up to 50 votes believed to defeat the nomination if divorce bill advances. Wallace testifies that he would act only with specific congressional authority and seeks limitations on lending power.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Cormmmerce Committee
Department of
Senate
Wallace
Department
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
Jones
Wayne Taylor
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Allied Agencies
Bailey
D-Nec
Commerce Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
George
D-Ga
Commerce Department
Yester
Congress
Italian Front Limited to Patrol Action
American patrols probed German positions along the Fifth Army front with heavy clashes reported near Bologna in the Monte Belmonte area where prisoners were taken. Similar actions occurred at Castel Nuovo Monte Palazzo and Villiana near Vergato, nine miles southwest of Bologna, as two German raiding parties were repulsed near Querciaola and a German patrol was repulsed near Cotignola after a sharp engagement.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Bologna
Monte Belmonte
Castel Nuovo
Monte Palazzo
Villiana
Vergato
Rging O Uerciola
Senio
Cotignola
U S Envoy to Swiss Hopes to Cut Arms
Lauchlin Currie administrative assistant to the president will travel to Switzerland to curb shipments of war supplies to Germany. The move follows a review of economic relations and a State Department and FEA joint effort to tighten controls on Germany's supplies. Currie will represent both the State Department and the Foreign Economic Administration in Switzerland.
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Washington
State Department
Lauchlin Currie
Switzerland
Germany
Foreign Economic Administration
United States
Currie
White House
FEA
You Cant Lose At Last The Old Race Track Exclamation
A playful remark claims the old race track finally lives up to the boast You cant lose amid a period of inactivity with no racing action noted by observers.
Russians Push to Brandenburg Border in Eastern Front Drive
Moscow dispatch reports East Prussia cut off as Red Army advances toward Konigsberg and Elbing. Germans claim tank battles near Poznan Bydgoszcz Torun while Red Star notes crack in Oder defenses and three trench lines west of the river. Berlin warns border danger as Moscow says front remains on fire.
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London
East Prussia
Moscow
Brandenburg
Prussian
Berlin
Eddy Gilmore
Konigsberg
Elbing
Poznan
Bydgoszcz
Torun
Bydoszcz
Gleiwitz
Upper Silesia
Pregel
Deime
Red Star
Red Army
Belin
Breslau
Oder River
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Red
Silesia
Oder
Red Star Dispatch
Allies Drive to Ruhr After Roer River Breakthrough
American Ninth and British Second armies cleared the Roer west bank for 40 miles from Holland to below Dueren. Brachelen and 97 Siegfried line pillboxes fell as German survivors retreated east of the river. Allied units halted a German offensive in Alsace while sealing off penetrations and capturing 23 villages amid heavy snow.
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James M. Long
Paris
Entiire West
Roer
Holland
Duren
Ruhr
Rhineland
Ninth Army
Brachelen
Dusseldorf
Alsace
Robert C. Wilslon
Schillersdorf
Saverne Gap
Starsbourg
Wilson
Haguenau
Oder River
Neuberg
Schweighouse
Bischwillern
Hanguenau
Germany
Grass Fires Call Out City Firemen Yesterday and Today
Hope Fire Department was called out by two grass fires, one late yesterday north of Hope Bricks works and another today noon near Charles Reynerson's home on South Main Street.
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Hope Fire Department
Hope Brick Orks
Charles Reynerson
South Main Street
Isolated Anti Aircraft Unit Uses Ox Carts For Supplies
The 376th Antiaircraft Battalion, cut off by heavy snow, used two ox drawn carts to haul supplies, organized by First Sgt. Robert M. Sargent. Sgt. Albert Ricci delivered with humor despite jeers from peers. Pvt. Henry Hartwig, after a jeep accident, explained his status clearly to hospital staff. The 26th Field Artillery Battalion’s service battery started a going-home fund, with soldiers contributing 50 cents weekly for a 30 day rest in the European theater. Sgt. Hadwick Cepelnik dispatched two crew to a crash site to prevent others from taking credit, and prepared a signed statement confirming the ME-109 was shot down by his unit.
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Hal Boyle
Air Force
376Th
Robert M. Sargent
Winchester
Albert Ricci
Brooklyn
Jeld Artille
Hadwick Cepelnik
Albert
Sat
Cepelnik
Sidney Kessler
N. Y
Rman
Get- Gng
U S Troops Advance Within Forty Nine Miles of Manila
The 40th California Division, securing Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg, pushes south to within 49 miles of Manila and 20 miles of Manila Bay as American air power and ground forces tighten the noose. Calumpit and the San Fernando River emerge as likely British line of defense with potential delays from river crossings.
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William B. Dickinson
MacArthur
Luzon
40Th
Califfornia
Clark Field
Fort Stotsenburg
Manila
Manila Bay
Tokyo
FCC
Corregidor Island
Manilas Bay
Callumpit
Pampanga River
San Fernando River
Calumpit
San Fernando
Manilla
Douglas MacArthur
Claris Field
Western Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Clark Feld
Japanese Patrols and Light Harassing Sniper Fire In Its Capture Af Clairk Field
Fort Sirotsenburg
Angeles
Magallang
40Th Division
France plans Rhine patrols after war says De Gaulle
De Gaulle told 200 reporters France will post troops along the Rhine from end to end after the war and seeks a permanent Allied role in Rhine security. He noted France aims to control the Rhine basin as an industrial unit with Allied participation and warned against excluding other powers. He rejected immediate recognition of the Lublin committee and pressed for Polish self-determination.
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Paris
France
N. de Gaulle
Levader
France Kart
de Gaulle
Rhine
Perhaym
Lier
Lublin Committee
Eee
Pol
Poland
Rave Ie Pola Pronce
Were
la Bostance
Fish Tin Exilies
London
Tonia
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James Thrasher
War Manpower Commission
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Neela Hae
Dad
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cologne
W.H. Murphy
Chiropractors
Baltic Sea
Frankfurt
Cottbus
Stegard
Bresland
Warsaw
Bialystok
Prague
Radom
Czestochowa
Czechoslovakia
Baltic
Steinau
Torlac
Cuyappo
Balanga
Corregidor
Bamban
Mabalacat
Bataan
NEA Telemap
Sgt
J. H. Schmitt
Pacific Isle
By Frank Tremaine
Bull
Henry
U.S
West Front
Henry Hartwig
Hartwig
New York City
Horme
Pat Lewis L. Ortham
Bethel
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