Allied Blow in North Africa War Coverage
War analyst Dewitt MacKee by Wide World profiles North African front events. Glenn Engren reports from Britain on how Nazi propaganda seeks to shape opinion, with speculation on Rommel and Luftwaffe plans and Allied responses in Africa, Italy, and the Balkans.
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Dewitt Mac
Glenn eKengren
Africa
Italy
Balkans
Repaganda
Germany
Rommel
Fuehrer
Berlin
Hig Rmies
Himmler
Montgomery
Britain
Egypt
Bia
Nvoy
Hospital Gowns to Be Even Thinner
Franklin Carry reports on wartime fabric shortages driving hospitals to lighter gowns and substitutes. Metal savers and wooden beds replace steel, plastics and transparent bassinets appear, while nurses face restricted hems and surgeons abandon colored gowns amid a push for efficiency and resource conservation.
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Frank Carrybr
Ee Thess Swanky Hospital
American Hospital Association
Blytheville Marine Killed in Action
Blytheville reports the death of L. L. Jarrett, a 24 year old Marine serving two years, killed in action. Navy notification sent to his family. He was the 13th of 15 siblings and one of five brothers in the armed services. survived by his widow. Corp.
Planes Press Guadalcanal Assault Amid Naval Bombardment
The Navy issued a terse note confirming a landing preceded by sea bombardment on the air field and shore installations. Japanese transports were protected by warships, suggesting likely artillery support. Officials report Japanese losses in the Solomons campaign and note American destroyers rout earlier landings. The Owen Stanley region in New Guinea faces slow progress due to rugged terrain delaying supplies.
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Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Owen Stanley
Market Report from St Louis Livestock and Grain
Market overview from National Stockyards Illinois with cattle calves and sheep receipts, uneven demand, hogs lighter weights sold 140 to 160 lbs and sows weaker. Grain and provisions show corn oats and soybeans down with cash wheat mixed, poultry and produce prices steady, New York stocks mixed with Southern Pacific dividend noted.
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St, Louis Livestack National Stockyards
Ill
Dept. A. J.J
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
Bliss
Idaho
U.S
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Telumphs
DNB Reveals Series Raids by Commandos
Berlin reports a string of British commando raids along the French and Channel Island coasts last month. It says raids aimed to pressure for a second front and to prepare Normandy landings. Noted actions include a Sark night raid and a dieppe attack reference amid prisoner chaining controversy.
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Berlin
Rance
Normandy
Sala
France
Diepe
Channel
Sark
Arkansas civilian defense plan reorganization announced
Little Rock October 15 news reports the state defense council restructures two phases of civilian defense. Floyd Sharp executive officer names John Pipoin welfare director to lead emergency welfare service, the seventh division. Nuisance agents were to be recalled from regular firemen and workers and trained in schools.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Floyd Sharp
State Defense Council
Elfare
John Pipoin
Emergency Welfare Service
Sharp
Hitler Shakes Up Military Leadership Amid Stalingrad Pressure
Stockholm dispatches report Adolf Hitlers reshuffle of key generals including Franz Halder and Field Marshal Fedor von Bock as the Eastern Front worsens. Tension rises over Halder's removal and Von Bock's status, with conflicting reports from Berlin and Geneva.
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London
Stockholm
Halder
Franz Halder
Fedor van Lied
Stalingrad
Bock
von Bock
Ed Jodiah
Eg Th
Two Convicts Paroled After Commutations in Arkansas
Governor Adkin commuted long term sentences in Jefferson county. Cleveland Aiken, sentenced Oct 12 1939 to 15 years, reduced to nine. Leo Corn, Det. 42 1938, for carnal abuse, had term cut to seven years. Note mentions 7,000,000 tons of steel used in 1949 automotive manufacture.
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Little Rock
Goveror Adking
Jefferson County
Cleveland Aiken
Leo Corn
Be Held at Exarakan and Surrounding City Dates
An outline lists event dates at Exarakan on November 27 98 and Dorado from November 30 to December 1 with Lille Rock on December 3 and 4 and Fort Smith on December 7 8 with locations noted as gnc.
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Exarakan
Dorado
Lille Rock
Fort Smith
Gnc
German scientist Berger's brain waves aid Navy study
Navy officer Lieut. Comdr. Robert S Schwab reports on electroencephalography, showing how Berger first photographed brain waves to assess normal versus diseased brains. The method helps Navy screening for applicants and personnel with brain injuries, emphasizing it as a supplement to careful history.
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Boston
Ays
States Navy
Robert S.schwab
M.C
USNR
American Academy of Physical Medicine
Hang Berger
Schwab
Berger
Navy
Tax Proposal to Fund State Hospitals Seeks Voter Backing
The Arkansas proposal seeks a constitutional amendment to authorize a new public hospital tax of up to one mill. Voters previously approved a county tax for building hospitals. this initiative would fund existing state hospital institutions. The measure, Referendum No. 98, would be decided at the November 3 general election.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
September Cotton Consumption Increases in US Report
The Census Bureau reports September cotton consumption at 960,149 bales of lint and 114,387 bales of linters, up from August levels and compared to September last year. On hand data show consuming establishments with 1,304,661 bales of lint and linters combined, public storage holdings at 9,724,038 lint and 1,123 linters, spindles active at 22,956,224.
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Washington
Nsus Bureau
Saboteurs Buried in Old Potter's Field
Washington October 18 The Evening Star reports six Nazi saboteurs executed August 8 were buried in a potter's field in the District of Columbia. Painted wooden tombstones bearing numbers 276 to 281 mark the graves, with officials refusing to disclose the bodies' disposition.
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Washington
Columbia
Willkie Returns to Private Life After War Tour
Former presidential candidate Wendell Willkie steps from public service back to private citizen life after a 50 day, 14 county tour through the Middle East, Russia, and China. He backs a second front, cites Allied and military inputs, and plans to report to the American people while awaiting rest at his Indiana home. He asserts Germany may not conquer Russia and says victory hinges on quick, decisive peace.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Wendell Ty. Willkie
White House
Roosevelt
Middle East
Russia
China
Willkie
Moscow
Germany
Egypt
Willie
United States
Wi Cais
Chungking
Andia Minke
Indiana
Manager for Purchase of Extra Tires in Arkansas
Py TL H Dulea of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was appointed general manager of the government tire purchase program in Arkansas. J. Wodarrtt of the Arkansas REC office named Martin Do. Tenney and J. Waolter Keller were added as tire consultants and chief appraiser. Lite Rock and Pete Smith were designated warehouse points for storage and collection. The plan requires owners to contact nearest railway express agency for pickup, with cash or war bond payment after tire inspections.
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Little Rock
H Dulea
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Arkansas
J.wodarrett
Arkansas Rec
Martin Do. Tenney
J.waolter Keller
Lite Rock
Pete Smith
Defense
Railway Express Agency
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Hen Vale
Express Agency
U Boat Sinks Ship Far Up St. Lawrence
Metis Beach Quebec October 15 A westbound merchant ship of about 4000 tons was torpedoed and sunk last Thursday night off the Summer resort on the St. Lawrence river. The loss was reported by Navy Minister MacDonald in Ottawa and raises Allied shipping losses to 492 in the Western Atlantic since 1944.
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Metis Beach
Quebec
Anticosti Island
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Bec
Ottawa
Navy
Axis Lose 81 Planes Over Malta in Week
Axis losses over Malta mount through the week as air battles cripple German and Italian aircraft. Concurrently, Allied command reports a new blow at Tobruk harbor with heavy bomber attacks yesterday, marking a fresh strike against Axis supply routes to Africa.
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Axis
Malta
Cairo
Der
Africa
Germany
Italy
U.S. Army
Tobruk Harbor
Young People Jailed for Theft of Auto in Idabel Okla
Idabel officers detained four couples and eight occupants after a car theft incident involving Holland Smith of Texarkan. The group wandered about town for hours before police became suspicious and stopped them five miles from Idabel. The stolen auto belonged to Smith, with investigation continuing.
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Idabet
Okla
Holland Smith
Texarkan
Cana
Idabel
Smih
Idabel Police
Saig
Jast Texarkana
Lack of Power Hurts State War Expansion
Arkansas Governor Adkins announced the WPB power branch would not allot power to new war plants in the state. He said new surplus would be reserved for vital war work, the Texas-Illinois pipeline, and for serving small industries. He noted eight to nine months of continued survey to attract suitable industries while power remains constrained until new generating plants come online.
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Little Rock
Del
Arkansas
Adkins
WPB
Jyar Plaints
Army
Navy
War Production Board
Arkansag Ower and Light Company
Steffington
New Orlean
McKamb
Ark
Norfork Dam
Pretender to Throne of Portugal Marries in Brazil
Ug rince Dom Duarte Nuno Duke of Braganen pretender to the nonexistent Portuguese throne marries Princess Maria Janciscn de Ortenns in Petropolis Brazil. He is 28 and a direct descendant of Brazils former rulers. Cathedral chimes mark the ceremony the first royal wedding in the western hemisphere in 78 years. The event stirs hopes for restorations of vanished kingships in several places.
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Petropolis
Brazil
Ugrince Dom Duarte Nuno
Duke of
Braganen
Portugal
Maria Janciscn de
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