Navy Day origins and Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick voyage
Our Daily Bread explains Navy Day on October 27 tracing to Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday and the 1903 Navy League. It recounts Roosevelt’s speech, the big stick policy, the 16 battleships fleet, Congress’ initial funding, and the around the world voyage ending in Japan.
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United States
Navy League
America
Tate Theodore Roosevelt
Minnesota
Monroe
Teddy Roosevelt
Navy
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
Bob Evans
Royal Palace
Tokyo
Congress
Iean
Frampton Roads
California
Charles M. Thomas
Thomas
Charles Sperry
Honolulu
Australia
Bataan
Manila
Japan
Draft age debate expands as Congress weighs lowering to eighteen
President Roosevelt supports extending the draft as Army requests prompt consideration of lowering the age to 18. Majority leaders in Congress now face pressure to act, with the Army advocating enlistment of 18 and 19 year-olds.
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Roosevelt
Army
Congress
Mrs Roosevelt and WAAC Director Arrive in England
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and WAAC Director Oveta Culp Hobby arrived in London invited by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to study British women's war activities and visit U.S. forces. They were greeted by officials, including Anthony Eden, and accompanied by Malvina Thompson and Ambassador Winant. The first lady toured stations and met leaders before leaving with the royal couple.
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Alfred E
Wall
London
Eleanor Roosevelt
Britain
Oveta Culp Hobby
Waacs
Railroad
Atlantic
Buckingham Palace
United States
Great Britain
Hobby
Malvina Thompson
Roosevelt
George VI
Malving Thompson
Ts. Roosevelt
Churchill
Axuiliary Territorial Service
Royal Naval Service
John G. Winant
Anthony Eden
Pearn
Mrs. Roosevelt
Hope Brevets John L. Wilson Jr to Staff Serjeant
John L. Wilson Jr of Hope has been promoted to Staff Sergeant. He is stationed with the U S Army somewhere in Alaska.
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John L. Wilson, Jr
Hope Haseen
Young Wilson
U. S Army
Alaska
Hope Is Good Place to Live in Says Spore
The Rev Kenneth L Spore gave an appraisal of Hope as he knows it during four years at First Methodist Church. Speaking at the Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Barlow, he praised local professionals, businesses, churches, and the press. He praised Hope as a pleasant place to live and urged newcomers be welcomed quickly, noting the town’s friendly neighborly spirit aside from a cold first impression. Guests included Clyde Wendrickson Rev Hamill Jess Davis and Rev H C Jones who will conduct a revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle.
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Hope
First Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Barlow
Kenneth L. Spore
Ray Anderson
Spore
Arkansas
Fellowship of Good Neighbors
Nea
Bates
Mr. Spore
Clyde HH. Wendrickson
Je, Hamill
Jess Davis
All of
H.C. Jones
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Hope Camden Clash At Hammons Stadium Tonight
Hope and Camden meet at Hammons Stadium in a key conference game. Hope seeks a second league win while Camden aims to break its winless record. With J C McCullough back and Deach Foy Hammons moving Chance to blocking back, the Bobcats look for improved offense and a tough test for Hope.
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Hope
Deach Foy Hammons
Bodlark
Little Rock
Arkanas High School
Pine Bluff
el Dorado Wildcats
el Dorado
Wildcats
Welden McKnight
Zebras
Hot Springs
North Little Rock
Camden
Russellville
Fort Smith
Jonesboro
Forrest City
Benton
Litte Rock
Memphis
Hgih
Blytheville
Batesville
Time magazine reports Bowmanville prison riot by Germans
Time Magazine said 400 German POWs at Bowmanville Ontario barricaded the camp’s main hall on October 10 in defiance of reprisal orders. They held out for two days until subdued by student commandos, as censorship efforts in the United States and Canada weighed how to publish the story. One German was bayoneted and another shot during the confrontation. four hundred others barricaded the hall before being subdued.
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New York
Tn ‘Ime
Bowmanville
Ont
Mai
Auick Qurr
United States
Washington
Time Magazine
White Schools Dismiss for Tuesday Regional Meeting
Schools in Arkadelphia and across Arkansas will dismiss on Tuesday October 27 for a regional teachers meeting at Henderson State Teachers College. The State Department of Education and Arkansas Education Association plan one day School Victory Rallies during October to address wartime demands while schools remain in session Wednesday October 28.
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All Hope
Arkadelphia
Henderson State Teachers College
Parent-Teacher Association
State Department of Education
Arkansas Education Association
Court Order Halts Redemption Deeds in Arkansas
Little Rock Oct 23 Land Commissioner Bush Binley was ordered by Chancellor Frank H Dodge to stop issuing tax redemption deeds under act 282 of 1939 while a test suit on the law’s validity proceeds. The restraining order follows a suit by the land use committee led by J R Scott DeQueen taxpayer to decide if the 1939 land use act superseded the later land use measure and allowed county assessors to reduce assessments on tax foreclosed property without stated reasons.
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Little Rock
Bush Binley
Frank H. Dodge
Land Use Committee
J. R. Scott
Flashes of Life Across Cities From The AP
A collage of short items reports on Philadelphia weighing a $15,000 spend to buy 150 Texas cattle for emergency meat supplies, Eskimo Ulak Hope hitching a ride outside Alaska and a cab fare dispute, St Helen meat ration anecdotes with crusty meals, and Milwaukee fire trucks following a man in a 1924 Stanley steamer.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cally
Charles Grakelow
Milwaukee
H. W. McGee
Stanley
McGee
Quality Replaces Quantity in U S War Production
President Roosevelt announced a strategic shift in wartime output focusing on hit power and range over sheer volumes. He cited lower than targeted tank and plane production, changes driven by combat experience, and a move to conserve steel and other materials for essential munitions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wrattle
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy
William D.leahy
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Emory
RAF Hammers Genoa in Heaviest War Strike Across Alps
London reports a major RAF bombing raid piercing the Alps to Genoa, Italy. Rome notes great damage at the northern port and Genoa harbor facilities. Turin also struck. The raid involved a strong force of bombers, crossing Switzerland and France with anti aircraft fire and brief alerts in Geneva and Lyon.
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Wes Gallagher
London
RAF
Alps
Genoa
Rome
Turin
Hit
Industrise Pe Genoge Haly
Mediterranean
Air Ministry
Hitler
Reich
Geneva
Europe
Brsh
Italy
Britain
Germany
Mada
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Lyons
Africa
Ansaldo
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Commons
Opposition to Drafting Younger Men Faces Senate
Senator Johnson of California publicly opposed drafting 18 and 19 year olds, arguing the move would send children to death abroad. He warned against “calling at children to fight our battles” and said such a generation could not be left to rebuild after peace, while acknowledging their willingness to fight. The Senate prepared for a final roll call on the measure as debates continued.
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Washington
Johnson
Calif
Senate
O'Daniel
U S Bombers Hit Key Mines in Hopeh Province
United States Army bombers struck far north in China causing serious damage to the Linsi mine installations near Ku Yuen in Hopeh province. The communique from General Stilwell's headquarters says high explosive and incendiary bombs caused extensive destruction and all planes returned safely.
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Chungking
United States Army
China
Vnsi
Hopeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army Air Force
Linsi
Xanan Mining Administration
Ku Yuen
Edin
Manchuria
Kailan Mining Administration
Chniwangtao
Tientsin
Far East
Japanese evacuees need work permits in camps
Washington reports War Relocation Authority chief Dillon Myer told Arkansas lawmakers that Japanese evacuees in Arkansas Relocation Centers will not receive outside work leaves without a verified labor shortage and employer responsibility. About 10,000 evacuees nationwide may be placed in private jobs to ease shortages. food in camps costs about 45 cents daily, not luxury fare.
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Washington
Dillon S. Myer
The
War Relocation Authority
Arkansas
U. Ss. Employment Service
Gay
Homer M. Adkins
Dillon
Jess
Army Quartermaster Corps
Myer
Arkanase
Senator Caraway
Ad Kits
WRA
Jerome and
Rohwer
South
Gast
California
Arizona
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Genral Biddle
Terry D - Ark
Delux
Fleet of British Battleships Sent to Indian Ocean
The British navy disclosed a powerful squadron heading to the Indian Ocean under Admiral Sir James Somerville. The force includes at least three battleships, the carrier Illustrious, cruisers and destroyers, viewed as a move to pressure Japan on Burma and other fronts. Allied leaders signal intent to retake Burma, with Gen. Wavell, Stilwell, and Auchinleck meeting in New Delhi as echoes of a planned Burma drive grow stronger.
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Africa
Associated Press
Great Britain
Indian Ocean
Burma
Peg
London Quarie
Illustrious
Adr
James Somerville
Alwa
United Nations
New Delhi
India
Archibald P.well
Wavell
Josep W. Stilwell
U.S.A
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
G. Wavell
Toyka
Nichi Nichi
Stilwell
Tate
Siberi
Bala
Douglas MacArthur
Seaduarters
Unit Nations
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Lower Solomons
Navy
Kokoda
Owen Stanley Range
Robbery Not Motive in Brutal Slaying
Evanston Illinois October report states a physician found Mrs. Galvin and her maid slain by blows to the head after gunfire, leading Capt. Gilbert to conclude robbery was not the motive. Mrs. Galvin, 45, and Miss Sibirski, 30, were killed in their suburban home. a diamond ring was found with the son who discovered the bodies.
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Evanston
Daniel Gilbert
Thomas Carter
Jmian Galvin
Paul Ve Galvin
Fdna Sibirski
Carter
Galvigo
Mis. Sibirski
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S. Burton Heath
Chains
Peggy Satterlee
Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Seattle
Ulak Hope
Dlak
St. Helen
M. Bon Bardi
Bombardi
U.S
Virgin Islands
Denmark
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