Resignation of Cordell Hull Shakes State Department
The nation faces a difficult choice for Secretary of State as Cordell Hull retires due to age and health. James Byrnes Henry Wallace and Edward Stettinius are named as leading contenders with Byrnes and Stettinius viewed as practical liberals while Wallace is seen as an impractical reformer.
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Cordell Hull
Tennessean
Carthage
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Hull
America
Washington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Henry A. Wallace
Edward R. Stettinius
United States Steel Corporation
Wallace
Byrnes
South
Stettinius
Pageant at Hope High School Promises Colorful Show
The Hope High School pageant Uncle Sam Presents America runs Tuesday at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. About 300 students participate under Mrs Frank Mason with faculty help. No admission, open to the public. Characters include Voice of America, Goddess of Liberty, and a Preamble reading by several students.
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America
Hope High School
Frank Mason
Charles Hyatt
Voice of America
Peggy McNeill
Superforts Hit Tokyo Twice Within 4 Days
Not one Superfortress was lost as B-29s struck Tokyo from Saipan and India bases in a second daylight raid within four days. The campaigns targeted industrial areas and rail yards in Tokyo and Bangkok area, with rescue of one crew member reported after Friday’s raid.
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Washington
Tokyo
Bangkok
Thailand
War Department
Siam
Saipan
India
Thialand
Marianas Islands
Haywood S. Hansell
Hansell
21St Bomber Command
Marianas
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Curtis Lemay
Lemay
20Th Bomber Command
Bankok
H.H. Arnold
Jimmy Doolittle
Coldest So Far This Season At 27 Degrees
Old Man Winter dropped temperatures to 27 degrees Sunday night according to the Fruit and Truck Experiment Station. The station notes prior cold marks of 31 degrees on November 22 and 32 degrees on November 23.
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Old Man
Fruit & Truck Experiment Station
Bridal custom of the Bugis on Celebes Island
A historical note describes Bugis brides on Celebes Island drugged three days before their weddings to keep them from noticing other men. The practice is cited in a vague history date around 2205.
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Celebes Island
Rural County Communities in 6th War Loan Campaign
Local banners highlight Rural County participation in the 6th War Loan Campaign. Officials urge residents to buy bonds, support defense funding, and meet community targets across towns and rural districts.
Resistance on Leyte Decreases as U S Forces Press South
General MacArthur's headquarters reported the U S 32nd Division pushing south on Leyte with Japanese resistance steadily decreasing in the Ormoc corridor. While fierce fighting and rains slowed gains near Limon, US troops closed in. 24th and 7th Divisions saw actions as Japanese losses mounted at sea and air attacks intensified near Cebu and Tacloban.
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MacArthur
Philippines
U. S
Leyte Island
Ormoc
Limon
32Nd
Ormoc Road
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Leyte River
Cebu
Leyte
Yamashita
Tacloban
Capt Royce Weisenberger Promoted in Military Service
Capt Royce Weisenberger, former Hempstead county teacher and local bar member, serving as civil affairs director in an armored division in France, has been promoted to captain and major on active duty. He earlier resigned from the legislature to enter military service as a reserve lieutenant. Mining products of the Philippines include chromite iron manganese copper gold and silver.
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James Thrasher
General Patton
France
Europe
Patterson
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Edo Aircraft Corp
Long Island
Edo
Royce Weisenberger
Hope
Weisenberger
Hempstead
Manila Raid Sinks Japanese Cruiser and Damages Fleet
U S Pacific Fleet reports a fifth Luzon raid this month near Manila wiped out a Japanese heavy cruiser a destroyer and 14 other ships while 72 planes were lost. Rescue of a B 29 crew followed a 24 hour drift in life rafts with one plane mak ing a 1500 mile recovery.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Luzon Island
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Philippines
Santa Cruz
Tayabas Bay
Manila Bay
Nichols Field
Luzon
Guice Tudor
Beckley
W. Va
Japan
Thanksgiving Day Postoffice Closure At Hope
Hope Postoffice will be closed in all window departments all day Thursday November 30 in observance of Thanksgiving Postmaster Robert M Wilson announced. There will be no city delivery but rural mail delivery will continue as usual with rural postmen already observing a holiday. Incoming mail will be placed in boxes and outgoing mail dispatched at the Hope office as usual.
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Hope Postoffice
Robert M. Wilson
Act of Congress
Hope
Norwegian Trees List Includes Pine to Beech and Alder
The passage names tree species found in Norway such as pine spruce birch willow aspen rowan ash elm lime oak beech and black alder indicating wide conifer and broadleaf varieties in the region.
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Norway
Stettinius Named Next Secretary of State
President Roosevelt nominated Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to succeed Cordell Hull as secretary of state after Hull resigned due to ill health. Hull would remain as adviser on foreign policy during a planned transition, with officials citing his long service and need for recovery.
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Ped
Ashington
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Hull
Stettinius
Senate
Conally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Associated Press
Cordell Hull
State Department
Jack Sell
Flora Lewis Washington
James F. Byrnes
Henry A. Wallace
Edward R. Stettinius
Connally
D-Texas
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
First Army Near Cologne as Week of Fury Rages
Allied forces press toward Cologne with First Army in Langerwehe and near Duren, while Patton’s Third Army advances to St Avold and Saarbrucken. Ninth Army fights around Julich and Barmen as Ninth Air Force strikes along the Roer line.
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William Frye
London
First
Langerwehe
Cologne
Roer River
Georges S. Patton
Third Army
Lorraine
St. Avold
Saarbrucken
Germany
Sarreguemines
Third
Saar Basin
Hurtgen
Frenz
Duren
Rhineland
Ninth Army
Roer
Julich
Barmen
Koslar
Kirchberg
U. S. Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Sne
Karlsruhe
Ninth Air Force
Linnich
Second Army
Tripsrath
Geilenkirchen
Venlo
Maas
Holland
Courtney Hodges
First Army
Aachen
10Th Armored
U. S. Third Army
Orsholz
Merzig
90Th
Saarlautern
Saar
Meidwilling
Furweiler
Hemmersdorf
Metz
Jan Dare
Driant
Bold Stoke-on-Trent hero wins Victoria Cross at Arnhem
London dispatch details John Baskeyfield a lance sergeant anti tank gunner who held a lone six pound cannon against German tanks and self propelled guns at Arnhem. He destroyed two Tiger tanks and a self propelled gun, dragged his shattered leg back to the gun, and was killed while firing a final shell. The king ordered the Victoria Cross for his parents.
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Howard Cowan
Hal Boyle
London
John Baskeyfield
Stoke On Trent
England
Arnhem
John
Holland
Baskeyfield
N.C.O
Britain
State Court Breaks Up Taxi Combine
The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered North Little Rock to let North Little Rock Transportation Co. pursue a taxi permit, ruling sections 7 and 8 of act 213 of 1939 unconstitutional for creating a monopoly. It reversed a circuit court ruling and directed remand of records. The decision also covered related cases on airport land condemnation, insurance premiums, and land disputes across several counties.
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North Little Rock
Checker Cab Company, Appellees
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Checker Cab Company
Fayetteville
Washington Circuit Court
Clyde
Robbie Lee Selle
Ayetteville
Home Insurance Company
Bayme
Supreme Court H
Saline
High Tribunal
Howard N. Thomas
Thomas
High Court
Pope Circuit
Elizabeth Standridge
Russellville
Seymour
Ind
Western Union Telegraph Co
Doctor Cannon Improves After Major Operation at Touro Infirmary
Dr. G. E. Cannon, head of Josephine Hospital, shows steady improvement at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans after a major operation on November 15. Medical staff report continued progress as of today.
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G. E. Cannon
Touro Infirmary
New Orleans
Josephine Hospital
Moose Rides Tree to Ground After Reaching Leaves
A moose cannot reach tender leaves at the treetop and chooses to abandon climbing. It instead walks astride the trunk and rides the tree down safely, surprising onlookers.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Pacific
Syd McMath
Rotary
DeAnn
Ozan
Justice McFaddin
Bingen
G. S. Crews
Spring Hill
Joe Porterfield
O. A. McKnight
Stephenson's Schoolhouse
Emmett Powell
J. W. Powell
Paul Dudney
W. B. Nelson
T. A. Cornelius
Guebwiller
Grosmagny
Battenheiem
Mulhouse
Dennemarc
Lohr
Battenheim
Rhine
7Th Army
Saales
I Mommenheim
NEA Telemap
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