Community Club and Society Notes From Local Page
Dorothy Heard edits a community calendar listing meetings of the School Board and 4-H groups, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Girl Scout Troop 7, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. Also covered are Christian Service Society and Methodist Church Council gatherings, plus a Garden Club thank you note for the Victory Harvest Show fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Clube
Blusser
Ose
Army and Navy Relief Fund
Slusser
Mary Claude Fletcher
Local Social Notes From Brinkley and Nearby
Mrs John Vesey leaves for San Antonio to visit relatives for a few days Private Tom Wardlaw of Camp Robinson spends weekend with Mrs Wardlaw Corporal Franklin McLarty visits relatives before reporting to Fort Benning for officers training Mrs W C Tolleson and daughters relocate to Taupe from Hobbs New Mexico at J W Stockland apartment South Elm Street Private Winfred Huckabee of Camp Robinson visits parents Mr and Mrs W B Huckabee Mrs EF C Robertson weekend in Minden with Robertson Byers and Stafford families spend weekend in Hot Springs Friends of David Waddle announce he is a patient in Josephine hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Flora
Hte He
Drew
Brinkley
Charles Dana Gibsons
John Vesey
San Antonio
Cpl
Franklin McLarty
F. Benning, Ga
W. C. Tolleson
Taupe
Hobbs
New Mexico
J. W. Stockland
South Elm Street
David Waddle
Poaret
Josephine Hospital
Society
Scott
Wren Scott
Lexington
Kentucky
Duncan Field
Tex
Dale Jones
Si Ie
Ralph Moncrief
Shreveport
Gretruda Moncrief
Frank McWilliams, Jr
Dumas
Helen Hesterly
D. K. Bemis
Pope Briley
Texarkana
Hollywood Money and Happiness in Hard Times
Hollywood producer Bil Perlberg, earning over 100000 a year, discusses taxes, wealth, and changing spending as money grows brings obligations. He notes luxury fades, family costs rise, and figures shows salary shocks alter lifestyle and values amid rationing and recession.
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Hollywood
Robbin Coons
Wide World
Bob
Willian Perkberg
Bil
Perlberg
Senate Education and Labor Panel Hears Railroad Officials
In recess, railroad brotherhood officials testified before the education and labor committee as part of Joint Senate House talks. The conference panel weighs amendments to the teenage draft bill, with proposals on conscription for 18 to 19 year olds and related measures.
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Associated Press
Senate
Railroad
Education
House
War on Simplified Living Prompts Family Focus
A speaker argues that adopting simpler living can bring families closer and, if obligations such as insurance dependents charity taxes are managed, leaving $25 000 could leave him better off than before. He stresses the role of responsibility and planned finances in improving family welfare.
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Hollywood
Soddo
Bede Air
British Pursuing (Continued From Page One)
A doctor reported a man in very serious condition as British tanks pounded remaining Germans. At night the enemy nest was silenced, and surrendering forces claimed their main group was miles West and cut off despite orders to resist. Young prisoners spoke freely to ease nerves. An Austrian private, fresh from Crete, stood at a crossroads waiting for a unit that never came.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mateust
Crete
Knox Predicts Axis Subs Will Target North Africa Supply Lines
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned that German U boats would shift from the North Atlantic to strike American supply routes to North Africa. He noted the campaign there is going well but warned of heavy submarine dangers to convoys and ships, praising Rear Admiral Hewitt for value added. He also cautioned Rommel may still reinforce Africa and urged patience before declaring victory.
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Washington
i/P
Knox
North Africa
North African
North Atlantic
Africa
TW Ik. Hewitt
United States
Hewitt
Rommel
Soldiers Forge Wooden Leg for Army Mascot Dog
At Chanute Field in Illinois a black and white terrier mascot named Peg loses a leg but stays with the unit. Sergeant James Hyde of Northport Alabama commands the outfit and brings the dog bones and duck treats, while Peg endures a wooden prosthetic leg and remains a spirited presence in the quartermaster detachment.
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Chanute Field
James Hyde
Northport
Ala
Peg
Nashville Boys Awarded Army Air School Wings
Lieut. Rufus E. Beene and Staff Sergeant William C. Tyndall, both of Nashville Arkansas, were among an undisclosed number of flight and bomber pilots awarded the silver wings of full fledged Army airmen at seven Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center schools. Beene graduated from Lake Charles field and Tyndall from Ellington Field Texas.
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Rufus E. Beene
William C. Tyndall
Nashville
Ark
Gulf Coast Army Air Forces Training Center
Randolph Field
Benne
Lake Charles
Tyndall
Ellington Field
Texas
Peg the Wonder Dog Receives a Wood Leg in Army Camp
In a humorous wartime episode, Peg the dog is fitted with a peg leg crafted by Dominic Buttitta of the quartermaster repair shop. The dog quickly adapts, proudly showing off the wooden harness and hopping around, refusing to sleep without it and grabbing the leg in her teeth at waking moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellas
Dominic Buttitta
Pee
Fuumps
Hyehe
Hyde
Peg
Night grade crossing accidents in the United States 1939
Night accidents at grade crossings in the United States caused 2084 injuries and 444 deaths in 1939. In 69 percent of these accidents passenger cars were involved, trucks in 16 percent, pedestrians in 13 percent, and all other vehicle types only 2 percent.
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United States
Detectives Reveal Closet Standoff With Gamblers
Blythe fights off two men in Nancy Hale's clothes closet as a plan to ambush gamblers goes wrong. The scene ends with the pair revealing badges and claiming they are city police detectives, asking Duane Hogan to verify their identities.
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Blythe
Nancy Hale
N&ancy
Scooter
Duane
Pop
Duane Ho‘gan
Duane S
Hogan
Nancy
Son
Bruisers
City ‘Police Bureau
Hitler Meets Petain and Mussolini in Rome
London reports Hitler Mussolini and Laval met in Rome and discussed a possible bold strike to halt Allied advances in North Africa. Berlin says Laval left Vichy for an unannounced destination, with Italy and Vichy seeking a counter stroke as Allied control of the southern Mediterranean grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E .c. Daniel London
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Pierro Laval
Rome
London
Fuhhrer
Italy
Vichyrance
North Africa
Tunisia
Roosevelt
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
Duce
Reuters
Nodispatch
Berlin
Laval
Vichy
Paris
Mediterranean
Oran Captured Continued From Page One
Allied forces pressed in North Africa as Casablanca defenders rejected an armistice. General Nogues moved French troops toward Rabat while Eisenhower’s command pursued expulsion of Vichy influence from Africa, preparing for the assault on Axis Europe. American troops appeared to land on North African shores as the campaign intensified.
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Atlantic
Americas
Cammnand
Africa
Nile
Europe
North
Henry Giraud
Vichy
Giraud
Charles DeGaulle
Carl
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Oran
Santa Cruz
Interior
Sills
Harrison
United States
Gas Registration Forms For Nevada County Rationing
Nevada County War Price and Rationing Board announces gas registration forms for the rationing program effective November 22. Motorists may obtain applications in advance at stations and garages and register November 12 13 and 14 at designated county schools. Registration is open to any applicant at Central Bluff City Emmet Prescott Junior High Cale Boughton Rosston Falcon Bodean Willige ville.
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Nevada County
Ration Board
R. White
White
B. HW. Munn
Central
Bluff City
Emmet
Prescott
North Africa clash deepens as landings press south
Reports from Tangier claim American forces have landed at Mogador and Agadir in southern Morocco while other reports describe tank spearheads and parachute troops. Vichy and Allied accounts differ on Casablanca and Oran, with claims of bombardment, landings, and prisoner captures amid conflicting communications.
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Vichy
Casablanca
Jean Bart
North Africa
Vansparis
Americans Press Drive to Encircle Inchon Beachhead
American forces push four miles east of the eastern beachhead as they seek to encircle the landing area. In New Guinea, Allied troops inflict heavy casualties around Oivi as planes and ground forces assault Japanese positions. Heavy bombers strike an enemy transport off New Ireland, forcing it to beach near the Salomons with cargo and troops aboard.
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Holl Point
Navy
New Guinea
Oivi
Buna
Douglas MacArthur
New Ireland
Salomons
Inv Yision
Improvement of State Hospital is Sought
Little Rock on November 10 1943 Governor Adkins outlined a major legislative goal to improve the state hospital for nervous diseases. He pledged to use all resources to inform the legislature and public about crowded conditions. A separate note references fears and bans on wearing the feathers of royal birds, linking to past contions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Adkins
Ag Kine
Armistice Day views on Teutonic militarism and policy
Our Daily Bread discusses Nazism as a tool for imperial aims and argues Teutonism cannot be dictators of global politics. On Armistice Day the piece honors the dead and maimed, pledging firmness to eradicate militarism, while critiquing manpower mobilization and WPA linked job schemes.
Former Arkansas Congressman R Minor Wallace Dies
Magnolia reports the death of 86 year old R Minor Wallace who served Arkansas seventh district in Congress from 1901 to 1911 and previously sat in the Union County state general assembly. Funeral services planned for today. The piece also notes Census Bureau estimates of major crimes in the United States with about two million yearly. 400,000 arrested, 140,001 stand trial, 110,000 convicted, 75,000 serve prison terms.
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Magnolia
A. Minor Wallace
Arkansas
Congress
Union County
State General Assembly
United States
Census Bureau
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Alg
Dorothy Heard
Oglesby 1
Tris
Fred
Tue
Contract Bridge Club
Kent Brown
Stack
Thed
Solin Cain
I McFifidin
Welack
David T Bas
Muryan
Dulsy Dorothy
Toll Murphy
Orloge
W. W. Duckett
Pal Cleburn
United Daughters of Ta Confederacy
O'tracle
C. Hydianthy
Aine Franks
Weeneh's Club
Dora Gunter ‘King
Zuella Collier
Pthed
Women's Society of Christian Service
W. Johnson
Edwin Ward
Edwards
Otw
Dph Bartak
TS. McDavitt
Kenneth L. Spore
Parterfield
Christian Church Council Group 2
Women's Council
First Methodist
Malcolm Portenfield
Oliver Adams
Ieader
Mack Cox
H. C. Reynerson
Olives Adamy
NEW Saenger
Brian Donlevy
Wake Island
Mee
Monty
McDowall
Rialto
Judy Ann Canova Miller
Jerry Calona
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
The
Pvt
Tom Wardlaw
Joseph T. Robinson
Mrs. Wardlaw
Winfred Huckabee
Camp Robinson, Arkansas
Mrs. W. B. Huckabee
Mrs. EF. C. Robertson
Minden
Mr. Robertson
Ernest Byers
Orville Stafford
Hot Springs
Harry W. Shiver
Chicago
Bobby Detweiler
Army Air School
William ¢. Tyndall
Army Air Corps
Rufus E, Beene
Paul David Preston
Battle Royal
Petain
Mussolini
Ann
Holly
Savage
Blond
Ann Savage
Prescott News
Frain
State Hospital
Hayevir
Comemon
Pepe
Our
R. Minor
Vicks
Saenger
Ap Drew
Blondie
Hanatown Mesa
Sun
Rialto Matinee Daily
Roxy Hart
Western Mail
44Th Street
Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co
T&p
P. O
Hawnee
Moore’s City Market
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