Allies Confident of Ousting Axis From North Africa
DeWitt MacKenzie reports British and American headquarters confident as Axis forces retreat west through Libyan desert toward a link with Rommel. Allied air and ground units press the Tunis Bizerte area while Lt. Gen. Frank Andrews arrives to command Middle East forces and bolster bombing plans against Italy and Germany from North Africa. Diplomatic breach with Mexico and Soviet Russia ends with a notes exchange in Washington.
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Europe
Germany
France
Mexico City
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Russia
Washington
British Fighter Freddie Mills Seeks War Time Go With U S Champs
Freddie Mills, British light heavy weight champion and rising star, seeks a wartime match with Gus Lesnevich, the U S light heavyweight champ. Mills, known as the Bournemouth Bamber, rose from carnival rings to top form during WWII service with the RAF and plans to hammer Harvey later.
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Phil Scott
Tommy Farr
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Joe Louis
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Bournemouth
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Daniels
Lowi
Jack Powell
Reading
Ted Broadribb
Tommy Bare
Broadribb
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Tommy Marin
Jim Wilde
Jack London
England
West Hartlepool
Jock McAvoy
Tottenham Hotspur
Len Harvey
John Henry Lewis
British Board of Boxing Control
Milky
Jac Louis
Our Daily Bread Continued On War Time Pennies
In Washington a plea to curb penny hoarding urges redirecting coins to war stamps or exchange for non critical metals. The piece recalls children collecting pennies to help the war effort and mentions a scrap-reward incident thwarted by a watchdog group.
Aviary Movie Gosforth Opens with Childrens Entertainments
A small England cinema housed in a converted bark garden aviary shows moving pictures for local schoolchildren. Nichols Frazer owns the venue, named for his one year old daughter Muriel, who hosts friends Phere and others with a penny admission to raise funds for war needs.
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England
Nichols Frazer
Muriel
Halt Wasteful Gas Flows in Dorcheat Mackenzie Fields
El Dorado reports a December 16 meeting of the slate oil and gas commission to consider stopping the waste of about 10000000 cubic feet of sour gas. The panel will discuss shutting air loss tied to unfinished desulphurization plants at Me amie and Derecheal and set January to March production quotas including the Cotton Valley zone.
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Dorcheat
Needonia
Meamie
Tiee
Slate Oil and Gas Commission
Dercheal
Derecheat
Macedonia
Nne
Doreheat
Maredonia
Enemy Forces (Continued from Page One) Tunisia push near Gabes
Allied and Axis forces clash across Tunisia as Tunisian border battles intensify near Gabes and Bizerte. British Eighth Army presses Rommel near Agedabia while Mediterranean air and sea reinforcements flow to the front. France Laval openly negotiates with Germany and Soviet reports show renewed Caucasus and Stalingrad pressure.
Market Report St Louis Livestock and Stock Market roundup
Market results from St Louis show cattle and calves varying by class with steers and vealers mixed. top weekly prices listed for beef cattle, hogs weaker and sows slightly lower. lambs and sheep reading steady to higher with top lambs around 13.00 and good to choice wooled pricing near 14.00 to 14.50. New York trading mixed with profits cashed on Friday, gold mines favored. cotton futures pushed higher amid irregular trading. grains firm with rye leading gains on light selling and improved sentiment from agricultural discussions in Washington.
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New York
Grain and Provisions
Chicago
Ailde Liquidation
Senate
Shults No. 1 Abandoned with New Producer in Arkansas
Special to the Hope Star reports Lafayette county Midway field tests by Southwood Oil Company. Todnett No 4 SE NW of 18-15-23 showed good test results with saturation to 644 feet and 12 barrels per hour from 0.25 inch choke. Upcoming Hadnett No 5 is expected to top the oil sand by Saturday. drilling at 6270 feet. Southwood plans six new locations in section 7-15-23 and nearby areas, with road work and clearings underway. Barnsdall Oil’s Shultz No 1 in Hempstead county was abandoned at depth 6166 feet after no producing sands were reached. Four Barnsdall locations were announced for the field.
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One Reason South Seas Often Called Paradise
In Tahiti and Rupa, locals describe a world of beauty and custom. Men are noted to perform tasks while women entertain by tossing balls of fish and liquid foods to them, reflecting local gender roles and island life.
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Paradise
Neele
Tahiti
Rupa Hi
Lars Pulsie
Jap Lungling Base Bombed by U S Planes
American medium bombers attacked the Japanese army base at Lungling in Burma China corridor, unloading three tons of explosives on munitions dumps and barracks. The mission led by Lieut Morgan from Freedom Pennsylvania and Col Cooper to inspect the area caused fires with dense smoke. Lieut Daniels led fighters in a second raid, strafing warehouses a tank and a rest house, with one car wrecked and no opposition.
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Burma
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O. Tierberk
Butch) Morgan
Freedom
Merion C. Cooper
Jacksonville
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Patrick Daniels
Vint Calif
Daniels
Industrial Paychecks in State Increase in October
In Arkansas non war industrial establishments the average weekly paycheck rose to 23.99 from 23.04 for the week ending October. The number of workers employed rose to 45,359 across 1,104 firms from 45,068 in September, while losses to armed forces and out-of-state industries were noted and overtime pay persisted.
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Arkansas
Labor Department
Labor Commission
W. Z. McCain
Food demand warning from Baldwin amid war food shifts
Baldwin warned that meeting food demands will be hard amid potential weather shifts next year. He praised Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana farm families, noting weather could reduce rural workers and fertilizer supply. Regional FSA data show many families increasing war food production, with a push to diversify crops and raise livestock, poultry, and dairy.
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Baldwi
FSA Flont
Arkansas
Mississippi
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Aristate
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Baldwin
Wickned
Farmers Beat The Labor Shortage
Farmers tackle labor shortages by building innovative electrically powered devices on farms. A Tivoli style milk powder powered hay loader demonstrates rapid bale handling, while REA reports widespread farm electrification projects and repair shops arising to maintain equipment and boost output amid scarce labor.
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Greenville
British Subs Take Big Toll on Axis
British submarines reportedly sank an Axis destroyer and a tanker in the Mediterranean with another destroyer and a supply ship likely sunk. The tanker went down in the Aegean while damage to a convoy ship occurred near Sicily. the communique cited. In Brazil, Timoshenko story notes Anton Timoshenko, residing in Sao Paulo, aiming for a May campaign as a naturalized Brazilian citizen.
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Aegean
Sicilian
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Apimay
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Trussia
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Sao Paulo
Notice of sale and assessments in Hope Arkansas items
Legal notice from Hope Arkansas advertising sale of a shipment by Zuriol Products Company from Cincinnati Ohio to Melinda McFaddin in June 1942. Sale set for December 5 1942 at Missouri Pacific freight depot under bill of lading provisions. Also notice of revising assessments for Steel Improvement District and Curb and Gutter District in Hope to meet November 28 1942 to consider revisions and value changes.
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Ark
Zuriol Products Company
Cinecinnati
Ohio
Melinda McFaddin
Missouri Pacific Freight
City of
Arkansas
Missouri Pacis
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