Push in Africa Marks Beginning of Victory March
War analyst Glen Babb reports as DeWitt MacKenzie tours war zones that Hitler’s Munich defeat signals a grim mood spread from Berlin. Goebbels fails to rally Germans while Allied advances in Africa threaten Rome and Madrid, with U S Marines and British forces poised to push toward Tripoli.
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DeWitt Macikenzie
Glen Babb
Mackenzie
Dolf Hitler
Munich
Fuether
Matler
Emel
Berlin
Libya
Alto
Italy
Pershing
Ineteen
Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Goebbels
Rommel
Aigiers
Oran
Casablanca
Radia
Theediterranean
Africa
Morocco
Algeria
France
Rome
Europe
United States
United Nations
Bor
Winston Churchill
Mers Elebir
Joseph |Talin
Grain and Livestock Market Report Chicago Nov 8-9
Rye prices rose briefly on Nov 8 as futures firmed then fell with wheat on weaker trade and loan stock fears. Wheat Dec closed 1.25 7 8, May 1.28 38 1 2, Corn Dec 83 3 4-7 8, May 88 3 4-7 8. At St Louis, hogs 15,000, cattle 6,000, vealers up to 16.25, sows and lambs mixed. poultry prices listed. New York stocks firm on peace-backing gains. cotton futures rise late, with notable moves in GM, Chrysler, AT&T, Radio, and Sears among others.
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Chicago
ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Hmctu. S. Dept. Agr
New York
Jnew
General Motors
Chrysler
International Telephone
Standard Oil (Nu
Radio Corp
American Cable and Radio
Dome Mines
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Dow Chemical
Union Carbide
Johns Manville
J L. Case
International Harvester
Man Charged After Highway Death Near Blytheville
Blytheville police booked Franzy Atwood on a manslaughter charge after the highway death of 18 year old John Riggs yesterday. Deputy Sheriff Herman Spicer said the car was driven by Atwood and Riggs was killed instantly when struck by the vehicle.
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Blytheville
Franzy Atwood
John Riggs
Riggs
Luxera
Sherott Herman Spicer
Arwood
Algiers Taken Pushes Allied North Africa Advance
Allied forces report initial landings in French North Africa have stretched from the bulge of Africa through the strait of Gibraltar to the Mediterranean. Dakar and Tunis stand as major coastal targets yet to be secured as operations widen. Sir Andrew Cunningham returns to command British naval forces aiding the assault with combined American and British units moving toward strategic cities and communication hubs for a broader campaign to expel Axis powers from Africa.
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French North Africa
Bulge
Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Dakar
Senegal
Tunnisia
London
Eighth Army
Europe
North Africa
United States
Britain
Andrew B. Cunningham
Washington
Cunningham
Italy
Taranto
Matapan
Mediterranean Cays
Algiers
Ammmerican
Oran
Vichy
North Africa Landing Opens as Casablanca Attacks Grow
Allied forces struck Casablanca and other North African ports as Vichy reports noted attacks on Rabat Port Lyautey and Mogador while U S and British navies entered Algiers harbor. authorities claimed French defenses split after Algiers fall with Barreau and Juin in command of eastern Tunisia and Morocco.
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Vichy
Rabat
Jean Bart
Casablanca
Port Lyautey
Kenitra
Mogader
Agadir
Safi
United States
Marrakech
Morocco
Tunisia
France
Barreau
Jean Esteva
Tunis
North Africa
Marshal Petrin
Henri Giraud
Mar
Gocco
Giraud
Girard
Alglers Harbor
Berlin
Admiralty Building
Bavers Hor-General
1942 Cotton Yield Lower Than Last Year
Washington reports 1942 cotton production at 13,329,000 bales on Nov 1 conditions, down 489,000 from a month earlier and below last year’s 10,774,000 bales. Texas Oklahoma Arkansas show most losses. severe weather, labor scarcity, and ginning delays cited. Average lint yield per acre, 274.9 pounds, also down from prior estimates and 231.9 pounds last year. Rendered state by state totals include Missouri 458,000 bales, Arkansas 745,000, Oklahoma 313,950.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Oklahom
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Crop Reporting Board
Missouri
Census Bureau
Axis Forces Fall to Allied Break at El Alamein
Allied reports recount the collapse of Axis defenses at El Alamein after 24 hours of fighting led by Montgomery. British and American aerial attacks left Axis forces with shattered units and thousands of prisoners, including the Pavia and Trento divisions, while Rommel’s strength was reduced to about 20,000 men.
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Matruh
Pavia
Rommel
el Alamein Line
Trento
Bologna
Brescia
Folgore
Trieste
Hommel
B. JL. Montgomery
el Alamein
Wang
Alexandria
States report more Bangs disease free counties
The Agriculture Department announced that 10 counties in 4 states have been added to those officially accredited as practically free of Bang's disease in cattle. An additional 18 counties in three states were reaccredited for three years. The total Bang's disease free areas reach 360 across 24 states, housing over five million dairy and breeding cattle. Hempstead, Ark., is listed among the newly accredited counties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bang
Department
Wen
Hempstrud
Ark
Woolson’s Son Nears Commission at Merced Flying School
Cadet Robert Cruce Woolson of West Fork Arkansas completed basic flight training on October 31 with Class 43 A at Merced Army Flying School in California. He is 22, son of Mrs Elizabeth Woolson superintendent of Julia Chester Hospital in Hope Arkansas. Woolson attended Morgan Park Military Academy in Illinois as captain of the pale team and studied at The Citadel before joining the Air Force.
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Merced
Calif
Washington County
Arkansas
Merced Army
Robert Cruce Woolson
West Fork
Ark
Elizabeth Woolson
Julia Chester Hospital
Mope
Woolson
Morgan Park Military Academy
Leage
Efe
Citadel
Charleston
South Carolina
Air Force
U S Offensive Result of Much Planning
A Washington report details months of secrecy behind the allied North Africa invasion. Leaders Ike Eisenhower and Mark Clark oversaw complex staff work while hundreds across London and Washington contributed. Navy planning and a large Gibraltar fleet were coordinated to mislead the Axis and achieve surprise.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
America
North Africa
African
Io T
Gibraltar
United Nations
Dwight D. Lisenhower
London
Asis
North
Africa
War Department
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Atlantic
Eisenhower
Mark W. Clark
Oman
France
Neion
North African
AEF
Fliller
New York
Ews
Sen
Hull Formally Continued From Page by guard at New Orleans
Official word from the State Department said France under the Vichy government broke off relations with the United States. Tul noted ships in American ports placed in protective custody pending evaluation of new developments. A Honolulu area note mentioned Fukaoo island in the South Seas with a population of 475 and a funding figure of $500 for the allied war effort.
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New Orleans
Tul
State Department
France
United States
We Fukaoo Island
South Seas
Efort
Has Proof of Allied Victory in North Africa
Cairo dispatch reports Associated Press war correspondent Frank L. Martin returning with a Nazi flag as proof of the Allied victory in the western desert. He witnessed Rommel’s retreat and British Eighth Army advances, carrying a captured submachine gun and a desert souvenir.
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Paul Kern
Lee
Cairo
Associated Press
Frank L. Martin
Western
Desert
Martin
Eighth Army
Rommel
Africa Corps
Cairn
Edward Kennedy
Columbia
Remonel
French Consul at Boston Resigns Post
Francois Briere, French consul at Boston since 1937, resigns his post citing that the American offensive in North Africa is a first step for the liberation of France. He communicated his decision to the French ambassador and under-secretary of state, stressing confidence in the United States to aid France.
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Sumner Welles
M. Briere
French Africa
France
Cominy
Stiles
Lend-Lease to Egypt Reaches 636 Million During War
President Roosevelt announced total lend-lease shipments to the Egyptian fighting zone reached 636,952,000 with over 1,000 lines shipped in the last nine months. British victory credited in part to American allied resources, notably American-made tanks. Exports span March 1941 to Sept 1942 and include ordnance aircraft tanks motor vehicles miscellaneous manufactures agricultural products and industrial materials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Egypt
White House
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Stetlinius
Japs Call U S Push Ungentlemanly Act
A Japanese radio described the U S appeals as an ungentlemanly act in the North Africa campaign. War Information officials relayed Tokyo broadcasts monitored by the Federal Communications Commission. The report touched on Allied actions and echoed broader wartime tensions.
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U.S
Auxiliary Police to Meet Wednesday At Legion Hall
Trempstead County Auxiliary Police announce their November meeting will be Held at 6 oclock Wednesday night November 11 at the Legion Hall on Walnut and Second streets the U S Employment Service building Corbin Toster secretary treasurer said the meeting moves from city hall council room to the new location.
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Trempstead County Auxilary
Legion Hall
U.S. Employment Service
Walnut
Second Streets
Corbin Toster
Auxiliary Police
Nazi Push Halted by Red Tanks in Caucasus Front
Soviet communique reports German infantry losses and air raids as Red Army tanks halt Nazi advances. In Nal chok region a battalion wiped out over three days of fighting. prior claims say 1,000 Nazis died. Stalingrad area sees limited fighting with heavy artillery duels and 200 German infantry killed. Bryansk air unit destroys 20 German planes. five days yield 670 German deaths. Axis pressure peaks near Nalechik while Georgia military highway region steadies.
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Moscow
Caucasian
Stalingrad
Germany
Iself
Bryansk
Red Army
Tuspse
Black Sea
Axis
Nalechik
Caucasus Mountains
Opposition Looms Over Joint Congressional War Committee
Congress faces strong Democratic resistance to a proposed joint House Senate committee on war conduct. A Republican plan backed by Rep Dirksen aims to coordinate war agency actions and keep Congress informed. Senate GOP leader McNary agrees the public should know what is happening, while Democrats warn the move would slow the war effort.
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Wishington
House
Senate
Tewue
Congress
Rep
Dirksen
R-M
Cleew
Resigance
Martin
R-Mass
Postoffice to Remain Open on Armistice Day
Armistice Day plans announced by Postmaster Robert M Wilson keep Hope postoffice open with full service but no rural delivery due to war strain on facilities. Local banks will close, stores open limited hours, and downtown parade plus patriotic program proceed at the Saenger auditorium at 11. The event will be run by Stempstead county post of the American Legion.
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Hope Postoffice
Robert M. Wilson
Wilson
Washington
Hope
Saenger Identor
Stempstead County
The
American Legion
Ty Er
Allies Change Whole Picture of Middle East
British Eighth Army under Montgomery and Allied landings in French North Africa shift the Mediterranean outlook toward optimism. A faster Axis cleanup in Egypt accelerates supply routes to India, Australia, and Russia, with air power opening safer naval lanes. Victory in North Africa would influence all theatres as Allied forces push Axis forces back.
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Paul Kern
Lee Caire
Eighth Army
Egypt
French North Africa
Mediterranean
Gene Flict
Nazi Africa
India
Australia
Russia
Lion
BL. Montgomery
Rummel
OPA Meeting for Grocers Thursday
The Office of Price Administration calls all Hope retail grocers to a 7:30 p m Thursday meeting at Hope city hall to explain maximum price regulations. The Hope Chamber of Commerce assists with arrangements and urges attendance from merchants in nearby towns and rural areas.
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Office of Price Administration
Hope City Hall
OPA
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Mope
Estat BE
Syurlin
Neice
Tueil Chamber
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