Destroyers valiant edge in North African drive
General characterization of U.S. tank destroyers and newer 105 millimeter guns as crucial to North African operations. Mentions Gen. Ryder and Lt. Gen. Eisenhower, with discussion of armored units, German counteractions, and Allied air and ground tactics shaping the campaign.
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R. Triplett
Tunnisia
Éut
K A WN Anderson
Ding
U.S
Roman
Alexandria E Nile
Arme
RAF Reconnaisance
Eighthemy
Rom
AEF
North
Tund
North Africa
Heinz Guderian
Charles W. Ryder
Dwight D. Risephower
Toulon Scuttling Shapes Allied Sentiment in Mediterranean
Reports from Toulon depict a staged German occupation after Vichy surrender as ships sink and coastal areas are cleared. Berlin and Swiss radios cite 60,000 Vichy forces with 10,000 ready to return home soon while French and Allied observers weigh the impact on resistance and prospects in Africa and Russia.
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Toulon
Warsips
Italan
Mediterranean
Vichy
E Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Anch
Tound
France
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Africa
Lished
London
ieWe
Russia
Marseille
Homer Glanton Is Made a Sergeant
Local man Homer Glanton is promoted to sergeant at Camp Carson Colorado in a recent military posting. The ceremony marks a notable ascent in his service with distinctions noted by officials at the facility.
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Homer Glanton
Bomer T. Glanton
Camp Carson
Colorado
Ww & Burgent
Mrs Chiang Arrives in United States
Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, famed wife of China's leader, arrives in the United States for medical treatment after injuries from a 5 year old front-line crash. The White House notes she will meet President Roosevelt after treatment and continue to influence allied war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chiang Kai - Shek
China
America
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Mei-Ling Soong
Massachusetts
Wellesley College
Ching
Madam Chiang
British Subs Sink 9 Axis Supply Ships
British submarines sank nine Axis supply ships and damaged three more trying to cross the Mediterranean from Italy to reinforce German and Italian forces in Tripolitania and Tunisia. The admiralty announced today.
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London
Mediteranean
Itay
Tripolitania
Tunisia
Admiralty
House Group Extends War Rubber Ration to Nation
The committee plans nationwide rubber rationing starting next Tuesday to support the war program. Hearings resume next week in Kansas City Missouri as President Truman says facts to be developed will show the necessity for broader controls.
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Kansas City
Truman
Coffee Ration Eases for Swiggers Sunday in Seven-Day Freeze
Washington reports a seven day sales freeze ends with a one pound coffee limit per household every five weeks starting Sunday. The new rule applies to anyone 13 years or older, with a Jan 3 coupon renewal and a maximum of about one cup per day. Government officials assure shelves will be stocked to provide enough coffee under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Dixon
Washington
Roosevelt - LaGauardia Save-The-Grounds
North Carolina
South Carolina
Office of Price Administeration
Retail Sales rise in Arkansas independent stores
Washington reports census bureau data showing November 1941 dollay sales in Arkansas independent retail stores up 13 percent from October 1941 and 14 percent above September 1942, highlighting sustained growth in small merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arkansas
Census Bureau
County War Price and Rationing Board List of Inspectors
Official notice listing inspectors for the Mileege Rationing Program effective December 1, 1942. Includes names Co. W Tarpley Light Roy Gales Syd Bundy and others in Board No. 29 serving the county during wartime price control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County War Price and Rationing Board No
Soil Conservation Boosts Harvest Yields Reported
Terre Rouge-Boolean Soil Conservation District chair Riley Lewallen notes bigger harvests due to terracing and winter cover crops. He cites the Doyle Bailey farm two miles east of Hope on Highway No 4 as example, reporting more than double the corn and cotton yields from conservation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iaid Riley Lewallen
Terre Rouge-Boolean
Doyle Bailey
Hope
Highway No. 4
Market Report from Louis Livestock and New York Stocks
Market notes show hogs weaker, weights 50 to 100 lower, sows down 15 to 25, cattle and vealers mixed with steers strong, yearling prices listed, week’s top values noted for various weights. Sheep receipts none, lambs up to 95 higher, bulk lamb prices 34.50 to 15.00. New York stocks see slight buying in peace stocks amid war turn expectations. grain and provisions scan higher wheat and corn on hog production program support. Cotton futures declined on liquidation. December cotton around 60-61 cents with shifts through May and July contracts.
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Louis Livestock National Stockyards
US 5
Dept. Aur
Chicago
May
New York
Mch
Jly
APL Contests Refund to Consumers in Arkansas
Little Rock reports the Arkansas Power and Light Company plans to challenge a late issued order awarding a 625000 refund to 96000 domestic commercial and industrial customers for 1992 usage. Attorney says the commission lacked jurisdiction to retroactively reduce rates, claiming the rebate serves as a past consumption rate cut not allowed under the 1933 act.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Priee and Light Company
Ulliles Commission
Commission
Engineerng
Publicity Man for Democrats to Quit Post
Charles Michelson, 74, longtime Democratic publicity chief, resigns from the national committee. He says he will leave after saying he has quit, with party funds tight and office space reduced. Michelson, famed ghostwriter for campaigns, has a storied career across Hearst and World bureaus and once sought to meet President Coolidge.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Charles Michelson
Democratic Natonal Committee
Republican Party
Michelson
Hoover
Jon
Ocharley
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
National Committee
Flynn
Mayflower Hotel
Virginia City
Nevada
A. A. Michelson
Miriam
Charley
Avizpia
Virginia City Chronicle
Seaweek
Hearst
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
New York Journal
Morro Castle
Old
New York World
Washington
Coolidge
Recent Army Enlistments Total Sixteen From Hope
The U S Army Recruiting Station in Texarkana Ark announced today enlistments totaling sixteen men from Hope in the past few weeks. Names include William B Smith Houston DB Burton Tom P Cook Virgil J Ragland Tom G Enelland Levi C Marlin Donald J Parker William P Roberts dv Willing Bryan Albert C Threington Truman Arvinghim London Yotum Horace Cox James E Wortman George Sarueehenatly Virgil i Menult.
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Hope
U.S. Army
Téxarkany
Ark
William B. Sraith
Houston DB
Burton
Tom P. Cook
Virgil J. Ragland
Tom G. Enelland
Levi C. Marlin
Donald J. Parker
William P. Roberts
Dv Willing Bryan
Albert C. Threington
Truman Arvinghim
London Yotum
Horacea Cox
Arkansas Legislators Split on Labor Legislation
A survey of the 1943 Arkansas General Assembly shows lawmakers cautious on labor issues with 52 percent avoiding commitments and 24 percent saying no labor legislation is needed. Notable exceptions include Rep. C. H. Herndon calling for repeal of all labor restraints during wartime and support for harsher measures against strikes. Other lawmakers express varying views on labor rights, right to work, and wage laws as winter session looms.
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Fdller
Associated Press
Campbell Litlie
avertZa
Arkansas
General Assembly
Tam
Allways
C. H. Herndon
Mount Ida
Shumpol
Forrest Rozzoll
Little Rock, S
Merle B. Smith
Fine Bluff
House
President's Son in Command in Africa
United States Pwelfikh, Air Force Headquarters in Algeria reports increased war business. The commission notes refunds, if court approved, would amount to about one average monthly bill. It would take several months to prepare and distribute refund checks while litigation continues.
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Sir Lient
Ellatt Roosevelt
James H. Doolittle
United States Air Forces
North Afriva
United States
Pwelfikh
Air Force Headquarters
Algeria
Minnesota plans farm prize awards to boost output
Gov. Harold Slusgen outlines a national style award system for outstanding Minnesota farms. The plan would honor farms with pennants and badges, aiming to recognize achievements and encourage production amid labor shortages and expanding war needs. Selection rests with Victor Christgau and local agricultural networks.
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Africa
France
China
Minnesota
Victor Christgau
Lillie
20 000 Japs Continued From Page Ode Battleship Savo Island Rescue
Pilots from the Muscu line corps led by Coffin attacked a Japanese battleship near Savo Island off Guadalcanal. Torpedoes crippled the blue-hulled ship, preventing it from shelling Henderson Field. The action occurred during the November 12-16 Guadalcanal engagement, potentially altering the sea battle outcome.
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Cellin
Fran Annapolly
Iis
Savoiskind
Guadalcanal Island
Cole
Coffin
Navy
Henderson Field
Taukoffs
Youths Prove to Be Best Deer Hunters in New Mexico
Carlsbad New Mexico reports two of the state's top big game hunters from the 1942 season. Bob Rudolph, 13, dropped a four-point duck at 140 yards during a hunting trip with his father and two friends, the only one in the party to bring meat. Fourteen-year-old Ray Lorehard brought down a four-point deer at 200 yards with a 30-30 rifle in his first use, firing three shots with all hitting the target.
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Carlsbad
N. M
New Mexico
Bob Rudolph
Jemoeer
Ray Lorehard
Expert Penman, 93, Still Writes Diplomas
Hiawatha source recounts Bechtel, 93, famed penman who has drafted school diplomas for 22 years and added a verse to each. He values penmanship over typewriters, runs a quiet insurance career, and crafts agreements with careful handwritten care amid a long career, though the text is partly garbled.
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Hiawatha
Kons
Almi
Adam
Bechtel
Steudiest
Sunnels
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Ociated Press
McKenzie
Middle East
Mrs. Chiang
Toulon Harbor
HEA Service
Telaphore
Java
Hearne
Roy Gales
Syd Bundy
East Third St. Hope
C. W. Tarptey
East Thir Hope
Texaco
East Third
Shower Hope
Collier
Laurel Hope
Third
Walnut Ope
Hamm Motor Co
Walnut Hope
Arkansas Machine Shop
City
Main Hope
Western Auto Sup. Co
St Hope
Cox's
Fulton
Honea
Blevins
Moses
Apxansas
Bundy & Son Lery
Sta. 3Rd
Shaver Hope
Archer
Grady Browning
Ray Luck
Morlar
Chas. Hurrell
Leo Compton
Kab
Ted Jones
Fierbie Cox
Cyrus Money
Fonzie Moses Uo Leor Bundy
Calvin Archer Bay
John Britt
A. M. Hulsey
Henry Willis Eddy Merryman
Market Report
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Wall Street
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APL
Main Street
West Fifth Street
Middlebrooks Grocery
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