Deer Hunting Season Opens in Arkansas
Arkansas nimrods began the first of two six day deer hunting periods with a one buck limit and antlers longer than two and a half inches. Hunters must break camp within 24 hours after the first period and the season runs until December 4. State Game and Fish Secretary T A McAmis urged utmost safety.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Nimrods
Yaeaer
T. A. McAmis
State Game and Fish Commission
Patrols Move Toward Ravenna as German Positions Fall
Allied reports say Eighth Army patrols crossed the Ghiaia canal south of Ravenna moving into a pine forest four miles from the city. German withdrawals suggest Nazis may abandon Ravenna while Allied advances continue northwest of Forli amid stiff resistance.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Eighth Army
Oshiaia
Ravenna
Twoiles
Adriatic
Caral
Forli
Army star Glenn Davis tops college football scoring list
Glenn Davis of Army scored three touchdowns in a 59 to 0 rout of Notre Dame to move into first in the national scoring race. Leaderboard includes Paul Yates of Texas A&M with 48 points.
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New York
Notre Dame
Army
Glenn Davis
Paul Yates
Texas Aggies
Flour barrel yields 270 loaves of bread
One barrel of flour can make an average of 270 one pound loaves of bread.
Donnell Leads McKittrick in Missouri Governor Race Fight
Missouri voters face a close race as Gov. Forrest Donnell leads Attorney General Roy McKittrick by about 5,000 votes with 34,000 absentee ballots uncounted. Outcome could hinge on today’s results and official checks. a Donnell win would mark the only Republican statewide victory this year.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Forrest Donnell
U. Donnel
Senate
Donnell
Atorney
Roy McKittrick
McKittrick
Secretary of State
Republcan
Lawrence McDaniel
Washington
Sen
Truman
Bennett Clark
Phil Donnelly
Yanks Blow Up Own Field in China
In Kunming China on November 8 U S 14th Air Force demolition teams detonated the last bombs at Liuchow field before dawn and fled west in jeeps leaving a burned base. The action follows the abandonment of Kweilin and ends American airpower in southeastern China as a potential inland offensive zone against Japan.
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Kunming
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Liuchow Field
Kweilin
Colombia Enacts 48 Hour Week and Land Redistribution
Colombia imposes a normal 48 hour work week and expropriation rules for large land holdings. The government will compensate at tax-declared values. After acquiring large tracts, redistribution to boost farming production follows.
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Bogota
Colombia
New Airborne Lifeboat Demonstrated at Hamilton Field
At Hamilton Field California a 27 foot lifeboat demonstrated from a B 17 under doors of the airframe. Built by the Emergency Rescue Branch Wright Field the craft carries two 5 horsepower engines a water maker and cooking heater and carries more than 70 items including plasma blankets clothing and food for twelve men fifteen days. Three parachutes drop the boat then rockets deploy life lines to reach injured or non swimmers.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Air Force
Personnel Equipment Laboratory
Wright Field
Teachers to Open State Meet in L A
General sessions of the 26th annual Arkansas Education Association convention open in Little Rock with about 3500 attendees. President J E Daniel will address postwar plans and Miss Muriel Cox, director of the Chamb, will speak on personal conduct and fashion.
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L.A
Little Rock
The
Arkansas Education Association
J. E. Daniel
Muriel Cox
Chamb
Government offers land parcels to small farmers
Government plans to sell or rent tracts from 2 to 200 acres to small farmers. It promises to supply tools seed and credit for production and to credit tailing production while exempting the first 2.60 dollars of small owners property from taxes.
Truck strike at Little Rock stalls freight shipments
Little Rock on November 13 saw resumed negotiations among Motor Express Inc officials, Teamsters Union representatives, and War Labor Board spokesmen to end a three day strike by 40 employees that halted freight from the company depot.
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Little Rock
Motor Express, Inc
Teamsters Union
AFL
War Labor Board
Arkansas association convention opens with supervisor meeting
Kenneth McFarland from Topeka discusses school reform as county supervisors meet and Arkansas Association of School Administrators members gather for a luncheon preceding the convention’s formal opening in Boston.
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The
Arkansas Association of School Administrators
Freezing Social Security Taxes Faces Senate and House Battle
The 78th Congress enters with a clash over freezing the social security payroll tax from one to two percent. Legislation to hold the rate is pushed in the House Ways and Means Committee and by Senator Vandenberg in the Senate, but faces administration opposition and potential rider-based passage.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pearl Harbor
Union dispute halts freight at express depot
An official of one of three firms operating the express company under a temporary lease says the union had a wage contract with former owners for 70 cents an hour, while workers now seek 90 cents. Pickets ring the depot as about 250000 pounds of freight remain tied up.
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Express Company
Escaped Nazi Prisoners Recaptured at Philadelphia Pier
Two German POWs who fled a Nebraska camp in July to rejoin Nazi forces were captured in South Philadelphia aboard the Spanish merchant ship Castilla Ampudia. FBI agents reported they were found hiding in empty oil drums after an intensive search aided by Customs guards and the Volunteer Port Security Force.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Hitler
FBI
Draft legislation sides with case not pressed in session
A fragment notes lawmakers intend to draft legislation not to press their case during the forthcoming session. The item outlines a cautious approach amid ongoing disputes and signals plans to shape policy without renewed confrontation.
War Production Board strengthens tin can salvage drive
Washington reports the Salvage Committee will revive a campaign to organize neighborhood can collection as tin supply lags. Officials warn even postwar tin from Japan would take years to rebuild holdings, while pulp and paper shortages bite, prompting “paper holidays” in about 400 U.S. cities to conserve materials.
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Jane Eads
Jack Stinnett
Washington
War Production Board
WLB
South America
WPB
WPER
Canada
Boston
Savage Campaign
Two Escaped POWs Identified in Northeast After Flight
FBI officials report Karl Tomola, 46, infantryman, and Sonaane Kurzer, 22, bomber co pilot, escaped from Scotts Bluff Nebraska POW camp on July 11. They claimed to have worked on Canadian farms, crossed at Rouses Point New York, reached New York City, and came to Philadelphia area aboard Spanish and Portuguese ship routes. Kurzer was shot down off Algiers. Tomola captured in North Africa.
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Scotts Bluff
Neb
Karl Tomola
Sonaane Kurzer
John F. Sears
FBI
Sears
Rouse’s Point
N. Y
New York City
Philadelphia
Kurzer
Algiers
Tomola
North Africa
City Dwellers Bitter at French Farmers
City residents in Eindhoven express rising anger toward farmers after wartime shortages and occupation pricing. They claim farmers prospered during the Nazi era while city markets remained starved, citing occupation money and boosted Normandy harvests as evidence. An economics expert notes urban trips to rural areas increased for food during early occupation.
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Eindhoven
Holland
Normandy
U. S
Paris
Simple Test Aids Thousands Who Are Hard of Hearing
An easy no risk hearing test helps thousands who were temporarily deafened regain hearing. The ad links ringing and head noises to ear wax and promotes the Online Home Method test. It promises a money back guarantee if improvement is not heard and urges inquiry about Ourine Ear Drops at John P. Cox drug stores.
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John P. Cox
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NEA
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