Hitler's Disappearance Shakes German Morale and War Outlook
Analysis by Mackenzie DeWitt MacKenzie argues Hitler's absence would paralyze the Reich, with Goebbels pushing a narrative of health while Himmler may hold power behind the scenes. The piece notes German devotion to the dictator and the risk of morale collapse if his incapacity becomes public.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Goebbels
Reich
Germany
Himmler
Gestapo
Europe
Dangerous Static Aims to Blot Crass Talk on Phones
West Orange men have created a gadget that injects artificial noise into long distance calls to blot crude talk. The item signals hope it will not be adopted for rural party lines and disturb preserved American tradition.
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West Orange
N. J
Market Report Highlights Hog Cattle Prices at St Louis Auction
Market totals show hogs 16 500 head with higher prices for 180 270 lb range. Calves and cattle receipts around 40 percent cows, steers 16.00 top, 11.75 13.75 for mids, vealers 14.50 and 12.00 13.25 for others. Lambs and sheep listed with limited activity and steady to higher price tones.
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ST. Louis
Patton Offense Advances. 5,600 Prisoners Taken
As Third Army presses toward the Reich border, heavy artillery blocks remain near Metz and Maizieres. In six days of the offensive through yesterday, 5,600 German prisoners were captured, while Dieuze area counterattacks were repelled by the 26th Army units.
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Reich
Metz
Maizieres
Patton
Dieuze
Twenty Arkansans Die on New Army Casualty List
War Department lists twenty Arkansas soldiers killed in action with sixteen in Europe. Names include Lieuts Jason H Barron and Glynn P Hill Jr and privates Oran Copeland Odas Donaldson Ernest Jones and Lyal Wood among others. Additional four killed in the Southwest Pacific area and eighteen Arkansans in Asiatic and Central Pacific sectors are named.
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Washington
War Department
Arkansas
Marvin Allen
Rose Allen
Sheridan
Jason H. Barron
Eunice M. Barron
North 38Th St
Fort Smith
John F. Briggs
Lucille Briggs
Paragould
Earl Caldwell
Lula Caldwell
Batesville
Oran E. Copeland
Singleton Copeland
Odas Donaldson
Helen M. Donaldson
Alma
Rueben H. Gilreath
Aity Gilreath
Enright
Glynn P. Hill, Jr
Glynn P. Hill
DeValls Bluff
Arlie L. Hopkins
Minnie M. Hopkins
Ernest FE. Jones
William Alford Jones
Sim J. McDaniel
Simm J. McDaniel
Woodlawn
Hot Springs
Pic
John P. Nichols
Mary W. Nichols
Moss St
North Little Rock
Set
Jule E. Stancil
Lula Dell Stancil
England
Dale F. Rider
Bernice Rider
Hoxie
Richard E. Swank
Anna Cockram
Leachville
Ray S. Walker
Hattie G. Awalker
Helena
Arkansans
Asiatic
Chester W. Pearce
Charles W. Pearce
Searcy
Benjamin J. Shackelford
Virginia Shackelford
Haze
Valley
Warren B. Winkler
Lucy Winkler
Wilmot
Central Pacific
Jerrell R. Lesley
Lula C. Lesley
Mammoth Toe
Norman N. Agnew
James R. Ag
Phony Phone causes police raid in Chicago
Ward C. Rogers, head of five telephone message centers in Chicago, knocked a telephone to the floor while sleeping. The central operator heard moans and alerted police who found Rogers claim of only snoring and heavy breathing due to a cold. Police dispatched two squads to investigate.
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Chicago
Ward C
Rogers
Romulo Urges Filipinos to Aid Yanks
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo broadcasts from Leyte island urging Filipinos to support the war effort. He says America fights for them and for millions like them, stressing self interest alongside gratitude in a just and necessary war.
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Romulo
Associated Press
America
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippine Commonwealth
Voice of Freedom
Leyte Island
Philippines
United States
Hot Springs Flier Missing in Raid Over the Kuriles
War Department reports Lt. Alfred E. Muldoon 27 missing in action over northern Kuriles since Nov. 6. He served as a medium bomber pilot with the 11th Air Force and previously worked in Hot Springs New Era composing room. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Muldoon and husband of Mrs. Beare B. Muldoon. He participated in raids on Japanese territory.
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Hot Springs
Alfred E. Muldoon
11Th Air Force
Kurile Islands
Pacific
War Department
Crystal Springs
2 Aeares B. Muldoon
Bonnevale
Eisenhower Needs More Supplies As Tank and Truck Losses Grow
Undersecretary of War Patterson told a news conference that General Eisenhower's forces are losing about 500 tanks and 900 trucks each month. He warned that artillery ammunition production must rise to 3,600 tons daily, with shortages in tent cloth radar gear and other essentials despite overall production growth and new Army contracts. Patterson emphasized the supply picture is improving but not fast enough and battlefield stockpiles are being burned through with no reserves.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhowser
Patterson
Eisenhower
Army
Jbetter
American Gas Association
Missouri Pacific to Extend Line for Camden Plant
Missouri Pacific Railroad asked authority to build a five mile extension from Camden to a planned $60,000,000 navy ordnance plant in Ouachita county Arkansas. The Interstate Commerce Commission was asked to approve the line project connecting Camden with the ordnance site.
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Missouri Pacific
Camden
Washington
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Ouachita County
Ark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ordnance Plant
Roosevelt seeks $400 million for federal agencies
President Roosevelt asked Congress to add about 400 million dollars to already approved funds for more than twenty federal agencies. The Navy would receive 339,112,455 dollars, mainly for the bureau of yards and docks, with other allocations including 13,990,000 for the Treasury, 10,010,000 for the Army, 15,000,000 for the Federal Works Agency, 11,036,682 for the Interior, and 7,401,000 for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy Department
Bureau of Yards
Treasury Department
Army
Federal Works Agency
Interior Department
National Advisory
Ex Elevator Boy Sworn in as New Indiana Senator
William E. Jenner, 36, former Army Air Forces captain who once worked as an elevator boy on Capitol Hill, was sworn in today as Indiana’s short-term senator. He was escorted to the Senate rostrum by Senator Willis to take the oath. Jenner is the first discharged veteran of this war to serve in the Senate.
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Washington
William E. Jenner
Army Air Corps
Capitol Hill
Indiana
Willis
R-Ind
Senate
Army Air Forces
Jenner
Past Rose Bowl clash noted as year-ago meet in Pasadena
A year ago Southern California and Washington were set for a Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Years Day. Three years back Gus Lesnevich, 173, defeated Tami Maurico, 173, by decision to keep his light heavyweight title in a 15 round bout. Ten years ago Minnesota topped the AP football poll with Stanford second and Alabama third.
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California
Washington
Pasadena
Gus Lesnevich
Tami Mauricio
Minnesota
Associated Press
Stanford
Albamia
Navy Rail Line Plans Tied to Reservation Service
The navy proposed building a railroad connection to its 70,000 acre reservation to link with the naval rail system and support operations. The project would create a direct link for transporting materials and personnel to the guarded site.
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Navy
Truck Lines Resume as Strike Ends
Forty union employees of Moor Express Inc in Little Rock returned to work after a three day wage dispute ended with an agreement reached last night. Company officials said workers will receive the same wages as other lines in the area that employ organized labor. The union, affiliated with the AFL Teamsters, sought an increase from 70 to 90 cents an hour.
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Little Rock
Moor Express, Inc
Teamsters Union
AFL
Donnell's Lead for Missouri Senator Narrows
Gov. Forrest C. Donnell trails Roy McKitrick by 3837 votes in a statewide tally. With seven counties still to report and one county pending on mail ballots, McKitrick leads 35395 to 30594 as absentee results come in.
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St. Louis
Forrest C. Donnell
United States
Roy McKitrick
McKitrick
Donnell
Our Daily Continued From Page One
The article argues for allied interdependence with the Soviet Union and questions Russian diplomatic policy while praising Russian courage. It stresses that American leadership and aid are essential and urges balancing honesty about Russian policy with admiration for Russia.
Recount Begins in Washington County Ballots
Washington County election officials started a recount of votes cast for president and a Third District congressman after a petition by Republican Tom Sullins and two Republican electors alleging irregularities in Fayetteville Prairie Grove and Prairie township precincts. Roosevelt led Dewey by about 20 votes, while Democrat Circuit Judge J W Trimble led Sullins in the county.
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Fayetteville
Washington County
Tom Sullins
Prairie Grove
Prairie Township
Roosevelt
Dewey
J. W. Trimble
Sullins
Ethel Barrymore Improves in New York Hospital
Actress Ethel Barrymore, admitted with lung congestion, passed a comfortable night at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital. She missed her first New York stage appearance in 50 years due to grippe, and performances of Eximbbezzled Heaven were canceled pending her return to the cast.
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New York
Eth Barrymore
Fifth Avenue
Miss Barrymore
Grippe
Irrelevant Fragments on Geography and Diet
The text notes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics occupies one sixth of the earth's land surface and states Syria became independent in 1920. It also offers a cooking tip to use the minimum water that prevents sticking.
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Union of Socialist
Sovi
Syria
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