Allies poised for final push into Rhine defenses
War analyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports Nazis may outnumbered five to one on a 450 mile Rhine front. Allied air superiority and manpower could break German lines, with Eisenhower planning varied pressure to find weak spots as troops slog through mud and rain toward victory. Observers note northern sector from Aachen to Arnhem as a critical focus.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Eisenhower
von Runstedt
Rhineland
Rhine
Ieee
Lke
Shell- Aachen
Arnhem
American Legion aims to aid veterans reintegration
The draft board will help members find re employment for other veterans. The Legion already counts 300000 veterans among its ranks signaling prestige and appeal. Its revamped public relations system should improve public understanding of its efforts, strengthening its role as a proactive democratic group in difficult days ahead.
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Legion
American Legion
Allied Strategy Sees Left Flank as Key To Berlin Advance
The supreme commander may use the northern flank to threaten the Ruhr region and Berlin, with quick access to Antwerp and strong supply lines. The Ninth Army appears in the line near Hodges, signaling a possible surprise shift that unsettles German forces and hints at a major offensive plan.
Boake Carter Radio Commentator Dies at 46
Hollywood mourns Boake Carter a 46 year old radio commentator after a stroke following his Mutual Broadcasting System program. Born in South Baku to Irish English parents he rose from Philadelphia city editor to national figure famed for Cheerie. Carter wrote books and served in the Royal Air Force in World War II.
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Hollywood
Boake Carter
Mutual Broadcasting
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Elmerbelt
Carter
Kansas City
Belt
John Doyle
Cheerie
Paula Nicoll
Mutal Broadcasting System
Hopewell
N. J
Philco Radio and Television Corp
General Foods
Johnny Q
Royal Air Force
London Daily Mail
Allied push nears Belfort amid western front advances
American forces close on the Doubs river front as the French First Army presses toward Belfort. In the Great Allied advance, German bridges are blown and towns burned while the U S Ninth Army moves toward the Maas bend and Metz is besieged by the Third Army. French armor and infantry cut inland toward the Belfort gap as air forces unleash large bombardments and support the winter offensive toward Berlin.
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Aachen
Roer
Duren- Eschweiles
Duren
Juulich
Heinsberg
Dwight E. Eisenhower
Berlin
Germany
Atlantic
Supreme Headquarters
Ninth Army
Second Army
Holland
Maas
First Army
Third Army
Oremond
U. S
Metz
U.S
Vosges
Belfort
Switzerland
Louse as Parasite and Disease Vector
Lice are small wingless insects that parasitize mammals and birds. They can transmit trench fever and typhus to hosts.
31 Arkansans Wounded on New Casualty List
The War Department reports 31 Arkansans among 2074 Army members wounded in action in Europe. Names include Pfc. Anderson Allen of West Fork, Pvt. Roy Atchley of Blytheville, SSgt. William Beeson of Magnolia, and many others from towns such as Humphrey, Fayetteville, Nashville, Humnoke, Malvern, Searcy, North Little Rock, Cabot, Warren, and Wynne, detailing family connections.
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Washington
War Department
Arkansans
Anderson Allen
Melissa A. Allen
West Fork
Roy Atchley
John Atchley
Blytheville
William C. Beeson
Minnie Beeson
Magnolia
Orman G. Bell
Effie L. Bell
Humphrey
Weldon E. Boaz
Nellie Boaz
Fayetteville
Roy F. Branch
Eunice Branch
Nashville
William F. Burton
Betty F. Nobles
Humnoke
Kelvin M. Cunningham
Robert L. Cunninghaa
Malvern
Eli W. Dean
Venia T. Maxey
Watts
Vel E. Dodd
Vera EF. Dodd
Minturn
Cecil O. Forrester
Mary D. Forrester
Forrest City
Eugene Fulkersin
Mary Eliza Fulkersin
Gentry
Gussie H. Guin
Zona Guin
Cherry Valley
J. E. Helms
Lillie Helms
Eudora
Travis Henderson, Jr
Mary C. Henderson
Scranton
Cpl
Wayne S. Jackson
Leona Jackson
Harrison
Alvin A. Jones
Wilma G. Jones
Searcy
S-Set
William J. Karriker
Mary L. Karriker
Calton
Clarence McKinney
Beatrice McKinney
North Little Rock
Hudglan L. Moore
Hebert Moore
Quitman
Tech
John F. Morrow
Calvin S. Morrow
Big Flat
Champ C. Muse
Rhodia Muse
Carl R. Noble
Elsie V. Noble
Cabot
Max Y. Parker
Bessie L. Parker
Thurmandf. Reid
Thomas E. Reid
Newhope
James K. Shelton, Jr
Doris Q. Shelton
Junction City
Winnie Bob Smith
Wynne
Sol G. Standberry
Cora Bell Standberry
Danville
Manning Taylor
Mary L. Taylor
Warren
Orval G. Varner
Etta Varner
Colt
James H. Welborn
Husper
Joan B. Welborn
Arle
Two Arkansans Killed and One Wounded in Navy Action
The Navy Department reports two Arkansans killed in action and a third wounded. Killed are Marine Pvt. James T. Ford of Hughes and Marine Pfc. Don E. Keck of Eureka Springs. Marine Pfc. Arnold L. Fryar of Oden was wounded.
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Washington
Navy Department
Arkansans
James T. Ford
Ella C. Ford
Hughes
Don E. Keck
Benjamin E. Keck
Eureka Springs
Arnold L. Fryar
George W. Risenhoover
Oden
Oldest and youngest top U S Senate and House chairmen named
The piece lists the 11 top Senate and House committee chairmen with ages and years in Congress. Glass of Virginia and Dough ton of North Carolina are the oldest at 81, Reynolds and Faranagan are among the youngest, and averages range from 19 to 23 years. It notes Smith and McCarran records and other long-serving figures Sabath Flannagan Spence and May.
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Senate
Glass
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
Rep. Doughton
Ways and Means
Senate Committee
Reynolds
Thomas
Utah
House Committee
Faranagan
Smith
Agriculture and Foresty Committee
McCarran
Nev
Judiciary Committee
Rep. Sabath
Ill
Rules Committee
Flannagan
Spence
Kentucky
Banking and Currency Committee
May
Hope Negroes Contribute $155 to Hempstead County War Fund
Ed Mayer reports to County Chairman James H. Jones and Treasurer Roy Anderson with a list of donors totaling 155 dollars from Hope’s Black citizens. The roster includes numerous residents such as Robert Howard Roxie Hadley Jessie Taylor Lena Burns Josephine Johnson and many others.
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Hope
Hempstead County
National War Fund
Ed Mayer
James H. Jones
Roy Anderson
Mayer
Robert Howard
Roxie Hadley
Jessie Taylor
S. Db
Delaney Lloyd Sutton
Dera, Simpson
Lena Burns
Josephine Johnson
Louise J. Verger
Mattie J. Nelson
Laura B. Powell
Rubye Wiliams
Marie Warren
Willie M. Thomas
Gertrude Frierson
Mary Johnson
Vera Bell
Carrington
Edna, Phillips
Dessie Lee Cheatom
Jim Knox
Dinky Modisett
Olivia Wilson
Jewel Lee
Erma Gamble
Dera Stauchter
Antie. Bass
J. M. Williams
Willie Malone
Dane Hardy Savanah Pigram Roosevelt
Jamison Danely Taylor
L. F. Stuckey Hallie Hudson
J. A. Edwards
W. S. Callamay
Essie D. Brantley
Freeman Knox
A. Bradley
Willie B. Mullen
Eugene Gill Ozie Peoples
Theo Mckadden
Queen Ester Scoggins
Girtha Armstrong
Penny Mae Harris
Effie Blake Elizabeth Muldrow
E. C. Stuart Ek, D
Ruth Mayers
Chaster Wilson
Fred Scott
Ella Frierson
Lewis Gro
Mkt
Sallie
Lou Mall
David Gillis
Lewis Cafe
Della M. Porter
A. R. McKinley Co
H. Verger
Doris Verger
Robt
Coleman & Columbus
Coleman Lou Nicie Booth
Reece Cannon
Mary Hall
Ed Williams
Hicks Funeral Home
W. D. Shinault
Syphenia Smith
Buck Powers
Mozelle Frierson
Martha Shaw
W. Cooper
Dr. R. C. Lewis
Donation
Mary Norwood
John Shaw
J. D. Glenn
Harry Jones
Cora Specks
Gertrude Jefferson
Albert Allen
Charlie Armstrong
E. D. Young
Will Roberts Deal
Florence Odell Thomas Saline Isaiah Mattie Cheatham
Birdie Noble Mattie Lumkin
Mary Lee Gates
Beatrice Foster
Zenobia G. Norwood
Hattie Bishop
H. CC. Corbin Bettie Meeks Davenports
Pfc Chester Hunt of Patmos Wounded in France
Pfc Chester Hunt son of Mr and Mrs L E Hunt of Patmos was wounded in action in France September 8. He has been informed by his parents and was awarded the Purple Heart October 24. He is now hospitalized in England.
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Pfc
Chester Hunt
L. E. Hunt
Patmos
France
England
Landis May Retire as Diamond Czar
Rumors spread that Baseball Commissioner Kene saw M Landis ready to retire as a major league officials group met to discuss the vacancy procedures under the new pact. Landis, who has led since 1921, may not seek reelection when the agreement ends January 12, 1946, as illness narrows his activity.
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Chicago
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Navy medical officer reports hospital ship casualties
On the hospital ship American Immunity Washington 284 Japanese and 384 Americans were wounded in the same engagement. The Japanese recorded 14 tetanus cases with 10 fatalities, while the vaccinated Americans had none.
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Washington
Navy
Denial of FDR Swearing at Vote Machine
Five election officials denied that President Roosevelt used profanity when a voting machine jammed during his ballot casting in Hyde Park New York on election day. They said he spoke calmly about the malfunction and was delayed briefly before proceeding.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Time
U. S
Thomas L. Leonard
Beause
Tom
Leonard
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Otto Drugs
Texarkana Book Store
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Jim Hawthorne
Joe Cooper Clayton Muldrow
Willie Stuart
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Bill Cheatham
W. Abbott
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R. G. Byers
J. I. Leiblong
J. J. Leiblong
Anonymous
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Finis Warldrow
Jim Johnson
Otis Blackwood
Geo. Dodds
Jno. P. Vesey
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W. R. Alexander
Clarice Cannon
Harry L. Lemley
Kendall Lemley
Our Daily
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Antwerp
Simpson
Will-T
U. S. Ninth Army
Hodges
U. S. First Army
Ninth
Ward & Son
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