War on syphilis and wartime health policy debate
The piece urges stronger wartime public health action against syphilis, citing figures from a National Conference on Venereal Disease Control Needs in Wartime. It notes 284,000 cases among Selective Service enrollments, with 120,000 physically fit except for disease and now in cure. It criticizes postwar neglect of aggressive clinics and prevention.
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America
U. S. Public Health Service
Hot Springs
Associated Press
Richard H. Eanes
Medical Division of Selective Service
Selective Service
Sweden
England
Rickenbacker Search Underway By U S Air Forces
Honolulu reports American airmen patrol the Pacific skies searching for Captain Eddie Rickenbacker who disappeared after a late Wednesday flight with a large military plane. The War Department confirmed ongoing multi‑service search efforts from Oahu and nearby islands as crews rely on life rafts and aviation experience from the veteran ace’s past exploits.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sam
War Department
Rickenbacker
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Rickenbackly
Oahu
Hawaii
United States Army Hawaiian Department
Availa Army
Rick
America
Dewey Rickenbacker
Beverly Hills
Calif
Eddie
Elizabeth Rickenbacker
Ren
Atelanta
Pas ‘Elfic
England
Secretary of War
Wingland
U.S Army
Navy
Suspect Admits ordering Young Girl Death in Arkansas
Little Rock authorities say a 42 year old White man confessed to choking 10 year old Katherine Delores Smith at a cemetery on the city’s edge, blaming anger with her father. The body was found a month after she vanished from a local school. Continued on Page Four.
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Little Rock
Katherine Delores Smith
Byron Bugard
Bogard
Washington Considers Year Training for 18 19 Year Olds
Administration leaders rush reenforcements in a Senate clash over a one year training requirement for youths aged 18 and 19 before combat service. Senator O Daniel seeks that inductees under 20 not serve beyond U S borders until after one year of training. Possible switch to Norris plan for all under 19.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Continental
United States
Norris
Ind-Neb
Infant Dies of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Dies Daughter Ora Lyan
Ora Lyan Martin, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Martin, died here last night. Funeral services set for 4 o clock this afternoon at Springhill Church. Survived by sister Kate and brother Bobby. DISTANT PORT Iquitos Peru on the Amazon is an Atlantic seaport though distant from the Atlantic Ocean and near the Pacific.
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Ora Lyan Martin
Robert Martin
Springhill
Kate
Bobby
Iquitos
Peru
Amazon River
McCullough Stars In 19 7 Win Over Camden Panthers
Big J C McCullough scored three rushing touchdowns as Hope beat Camden 19 to 7. The Bobcats improved to 2 1 in conference play, with McCullough ripping 45 yard and 25 yard runs and a 5 yard score, while Camden countered with a Blount TD and strong line play. Hope heads to Hot Springs for their final out of town game.
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Big J.C. McCullough
Camden Panthers
Bobcats
Hope
McCullough
Camden
Chance
Huddleston
Blount
Cats
Camdden
Blount Boing
Bobcat
Panthers Bac
Hot Springs
Midway Field Adds Four New Oil Producers
Four new oil producers were added this week in Lafayette county, three in the Midway field and one in the McKamie gas distillate field south of Stamps. Arkansas Fuel Oil Company Turner No. 2 flowed at 12 barrels per hour on quarter inch choke with tubing pressure 150 pounds. Gravity 36.5. Top of porosity 6478 to 6443 feet. Southwood Oil Nos. 2 and 3 Hodnett produced 14 barrels hourly on quarter inch choke with tubing pressure 250 pounds. Saturation was encountered. Continued on Page Pou.
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Stamps, Act
Lafayette County
Midway
McKamie
Stamps
Midway Field
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Southwood Oil Company
Hodnett
NW NW
NE NW
Japs Reported Closing in for Battle of Guadalcanal
Japanese invasion forces, after heavy Allied bombing losses, were reported closing in on Guadalcanal for an all out assault. Naval spokesmen said the enemy had landed on Rusgeil island near Guadalcanal and could hold other nearby islets.
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Guadalcanal
Washington
Pacific
Rusgeil Island
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Sanior
Rabaul
Britain
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Springboard Office
Bougianville
Bain Harbor
New Guinea
Salomons
Milne Bay
Rabual
First Lady to Keep Busy in England
London October 24 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt rises early and meets crowds outside Buckingham Palace as she plans a Britain war tour. She discusses British women's war roles and visiting American troops, with over 100 reporters present.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
Roosevelt
Britain
British Isles
United States
Flashes of Life highlights odd wartime events and people
A collage of lighthearted and unusual wartime items from various places. A University of Oklahoma coed dating Army cadets. an African lion at an Army unit going AWOL and recaptured. a cavalryman home on furlough bragging little about boots. a Georgia farmer smashing pinball machines. a Iowa coed engineering student leaving college early to work in a defense plant.
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Angelus
Flakk
Burbank
Charles Kern
Kern
Iowa City
Betty Lumberg
Keokuk
Iowa
University of Iowa Colege
Fort Madison
RAF Bombers Strike Italian Bases Again
RAF bombers struck Turin Genoa and Savona in a heavy overnight raid on Italy's northern industry centers. The Italian communique said damage in Genoa and Turin was not serious but Savona saw more notable destruction. Casualties reported from shelters and surrounding areas. three bombed cities faced explosive and incendiary bombardment during a long-range mission.
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London
Italy
Turin
Gneva
Savona
Ligurian
Genoa
RAF
Vado Ligure
Columbus Man in Tank Force School at Fort Knox
Pvt. John I. Caldwell of Columbus Arkansas has been selected for Vehicle Mechanics Course No. 50 at Armored Force School Fort Knox Kentucky. He serves with Headquarters Company 11th Armored Division under Lt. Edgar J. Flemister and is the son of Mr and Mrs T J Caldwell of Columbus Arkansas.
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Camp Polk
John I. Caldwell
Armored Force School
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Caldwell
11Th Armored Divisio
Edgar J. Flemister
T. J. Caldwell
Columbus, Ark
German Flank Breached by Red Defenders
Red Army troops breached the German left flank northwest of Stalingrad and repulsed a tank‑supported assault on a northside factory. The Red Star said 700 German soldiers fell in fierce fighting with additional enemy losses as a neighboring force killed 300 Germans. Soviet forces also claimed ships hit targets on the Black Sea and a 10,000‑ton transport sunk.
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Europe
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Star
Caucasus
Taupse
Bort
Black Sea
Smolensk
Central Front
Two More Held in Hollywood Assault Case
Los Angeles authorities report Morrie Black 22 and Joseph Gerglon 29 bound over to superior court on statutory rape charges involving 17 year old Belly Hansen of Lincoln Nebraska. Arnold Knapp 18 received a continuance. Errol Flynn’s preliminary hearing was postponed to November 2 after a new complaint alleging rape of Peggy La Rue Satterle surfaced. Miss Hansen remains in juvenile custody as details unfold.
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Los Angeles
Belly Hansen
Lincoln
Neb
Errol Flynn
Morrie Black
Joseph Gerglon
Arnold Knapp
Flynn
Peggy la Rue Satterle
Miss Hansen
Miss Satterle
Sommunicado
California
Two Local Youths Join Army Air Force
J. W. Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ray, and James Hazzard, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hazzard, enlisted in the Army Air Corps. They will receive preliminary training at Little Rock, it was learned here today.
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J. W. Ray
W. W. Ray
James Hazzard
B. M. Hazzard
Army Air Corps
Little Reek
Twelve Killed in Crash of Two Airplanes
Palm Springs California reports say a civilian defense airspotter saw two twin engined planes near 8000 feet collide before one plunged and burned into a mountainside killing 12. Ralph Rainger among the dead. Army officials silent pending inquiry as San Francisco denies a military aircraft involvement.
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Palm Springs
Calif
American Airlines
California
San Francisco
Fourth Air Force
R.M. Martin
Martin
Army Board of
March
Ralph Rainger
Charles A. Rhinestram
Plan to Carry Out Wartime Health Education Program
Hot Springs reports Surgeon General Parran urged hiring day workers to run a broad health education program due to wartime personnel shortages. States adjust budgets for full-time health educators in 1943, with examples from automo- bile salesmen, social workers, teachers, and reporters. WAVES face health and hygiene issues in venereal disease campaigns. Capus Waynick proposes a national commission to suppress prostitution and urges governors to form state commissions.
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Hot Springs
Thames Parran
United States Public Health Service
Parran
Public Health Department
Arlington Hotel
Women's Division
Navy
Fey Ibai
S. Stephenson
Lieut
George Masi
Peron
Roosevelt
National Commission For
Capus Waynick
Re- Nevea
Allies Strike Axis Line in Egypt Land Sea Air Offensive
British fleet attacked Axis posts near Matruh on the Egyptian coast and a supply position behind El Alamein as American air and desert forces join in a broad offensive. Allied forces press a 40 mile inland battle from the coast toward the Qattara Depression, signaling a decisive winter campaign to control the Mediterranean.
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Matruh
el Alamein
el - Alamie Id Line
Sprain
Alies
Afrcan ‘Corps
Mediterranean
Army of Desert
United States
Mediterranea
U.S. de
Escor
Gimil
Lqasf Pi Lek
Eordocenmetee
Aes
Qattara
Amel
B. L. Montgomer
Eigh
Empire
Alamein
Gene J
Harold Alexander
Brit
RAT
Rommel
Berlin
Middle East
Libya
Alexandr
Malta
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Tank Force School
Hollywood
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John Adams
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