British Offensive in Egypt Drives Axis Back in Africa
The article argues Allied gains in Egypt mark a decisive shift in the Mediterranean theater. It notes Hitler’s strategic failure to breach British control, with both Caucasus and Libyan routes blocked. It warns the war’s outcome hinges on removing Axis forces from northern Africa to deny momentum to the Axis.
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Dewitt
Kenzie & Ridon
Egypt
Mediterranean
Hitler
Middle East
Libya
Caucasus
Africa
Market Report from St Louis Livestock and Grain
National Stockyards report shows hogs 12 500 with行情 up 15-25 cents, cattle 8 000 and calves 2 000 steady to high, feeders and cows varying across grades, poultry and produce prices steady, wheat and corn down fractions, soybeans steady, cotton futures jittery with slight declines late trading. Multiple commodities and markets covered with price ranges and notable activity across hogs cattle poultry grain and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.S. Dept. Agr
Senator Lloyd Spencer Calls for Cooperation in War Efforts
In a 1949 letter from Washington, D C Senator Lloyd Spencer urges full cooperation with wartime conduct and supports restrictions on sale of limitor if advised by military leaders. He pledges backing for legislation favored by military authorities to safeguard freedom for servicemen returning home. Meanwhile reports from a London exile indicate Axis forces in southern Bosnia slay over 500 Yugoslav guerrillas as fighting intensifies near Jajce and Kupres.
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America
Lloyd Spencer
U.S
Arkana
Washington, D. C
London
Jajce
Kupres
Bosnia
Arkansas Livestock Show Likely To Halt For Duration
North Live Rock Arkansas officials announced the 1942 show closed with a record week and 19 000 more visitors than 1940. Miss Margaret Taylor 16 of Fort Smith was named rodeo queen winning a saddle horse and gear. Prizes totaled over 20 000 for exhibitors and 10 000 for rodeo performers. A fire last night wounded two midway workers while a soldier helped extinguish the blaze as officials consider halting the event for the duration.
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North Live Rock
Arkansas
Margaret Taylor
Fort Smith
Clyde Byrd
Show Association
el Dorado
Russians Hold Fast in Stalingrad as German Assaults Surge
Frontline dispatches report the Red Army holding the Volga city amid renewed German pressure after a heavy barrage. German attempts to seize streets near a factory were repelled in hand to hand fighting, while Russians reportedly gained ground around blockhouses northwest of Stalingrad.
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Rahean
Stalingrad
Moscow
Volga
Marat
Leningrad
Russia
Mozdak
Caucasus
School Bus Driver Seeks War Emergency Haul Authority
Little Rock Oct 26 a contract school bus operator asked the Corporation Commission for authority to supplement operations by hauling regular passengers over his route during the war time emergency. C L Burke Dewitt plans another run after the morning trip as hearings set for Nov 19.
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Little Rock
Corporation Commission
C. L. Burke
Dewitt
Guliett
Tidney
Nady
Roberson
Batesville
el Dorado
Searcy
Heber Springs
Co. i. Ward
Damascus
Conway
U. S
Commission
R.A. Young, Jr
Army to Aid in Clean Up Campaign Across District
Col. Rogers announced an Army salvage unit will assist in transferring metal to authorized salban dealers within a 19 county area. The district population is 484,345 per the 1840 census and preliminary talks with county chairmen and editors have been favorable for full cooperation in the cleanup effort across Ashley Hamburg Calhoun etc with county seats at Ashley Hamburg Brad y Warren.
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Col. Rogers
Ashley
Hamburg
Bradley
Warren
Caulhoun
Hampton
Chicot
Lake Viletage
Clark
Arkadelphia
Cleveland
Rison
Columbia
Magnolia
Dal Fordyce
Deslia
City
Drew
Monticello
Garland
Hot Springs
Grant
Sheridan
Hot Spring
Malvern
Jefferson
Pine
Court Backs Up Ruling on Overtime Pay
Washington, Oct. 26. The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its five to four ruling that a employer paying a weekly salary above the wage hour minimum may compute overtime on an hourly wage fixed by contract. It also declined to revisit an eight to one decision on time and a half overtime when no contract exists. Justice Byrnes authored the former Dallas Morning News case. Justice Reed the latter Overnight Motor Transportation Co. action. The court also denied review of a Life Magazine trademark dispute between Time Inc. and Violein Corp.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas Morning News
Justice Byrnes
Justice Reed
Overnight Motor Transportation Company, Inc
Baltimore
Charles Fahy
Dallas News
Life Magazine
Life
Time Incorporated
Supreme — Court
Violein Corporation of
Monticello
Ill
To Be Firm on Transportation Eligibility Plan Changes
The article explains a broadening of the eligibility base for mileage allowances. It extends preferred mileage to teachers and school officials who travel between institutions, including parochial and other recognized schools, and adds allowances for scrap material collection and certain Red Cross officials.
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Red Cross
Cotton ginnings show big hike in nation
Census Bureau reports this year’s October 14 cotton ginnings total 183,939, vineing bales, up from 6,857,017 bales last year and 7,927,189 two years ago. States list shows Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and others with varied gains and declines.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Fallow
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Forida
Georgia
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Sissippi
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Funeral Today for Okylona Resident
Funeral services for G. B. Cli gun, 74, who died at his home in Okolona last Saturday, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the family home in Okylona with Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home in charge. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hingun of Okylona.
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Cligun
Okolona
Okylona
Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home
Hingun
Business Clinic Opens First Meet Tonight
A business clinic convenes at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce Hall for merchants to discuss wartime personnel problems. The event precedes sales training for the week, with a 10 hour course and a training certificate recognized coast to coast. More than 50 have enrolled at Hope High School.
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Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Employment Service
Vernie Fills
Evelyn Shauffhauser
State Department of Education
Little Reel
Gram
The
Hope High School
Ideal Chamber of Commerce
Ima Dean
Wyble Wimberly
Tabernacle Revival Reaches Second Week at Hope Gospel
Evangelist and Mrs. Keetah Jones lead large crowds at Sun day services as Hope Gospel Tabernacle enters its second week. Rev J E Hamill calls it among the best ever, with Monday named musical night featuring Bird Campbell, Joseph Sharp, and fellow singers from the Tabernacle staff.
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Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Keetah Jones
J. E. Hamill
Bird H. Campbell
Little Rock
Joseph Sharp
el Dorado
Jones
The
Tabernacle
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