Allied Power Expands to Far East in Philippine War Drive
Mackenzie asserts Allied and Australian forces deal a decisive blow to Japan at sea near the Philippines. MacArthur moves to redeem vows to liberate the Philippines as Britain, India, and Australia mobilize, while Filipino guerrilla support and covert intelligence aid grow for operations toward Luzon.
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Japan
Philippines
Orient
United Nations
MacArthur
Australia
Royal Air Force
England
Far Iy
Hitler
Bri
Stilwell
Ogaine
Burma
Samisen
Lord Mountbarten
Ateel Ring
Sdo
Bataan
Alway
Philippines Sea Battle Update Confirms Major Japanese Losses
Admiral Halsey reports heavy Japanese losses as three light carriers possibly sunk and 17 more ships damaged while U S forces claim 14 flattops sunk overall. MacArthur and Spruance credited with directing carrier strikes that left the enemy fleet crippled and fleeing toward home shores.
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United States
MacArthur
Halsey
Mikado
Halsey-Mitscher
Philippines
Raymond A
Spruance
Ernest J. King
U. S
Nimitz
High Witch wealth of free representative governments
The passage discusses a vision of mature self government to guide colonial possessions in Asia and the Pacific. It emphasizes responsible parliamentary structures as a model for future governance in diverse territories.
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Asia
The
Pacific
Highway Aid Debate Shapes Arkansas Postwar Plans
The commission noted highway revenues must not be diverted as $25,000,000 in state and federal funds could be spent under the House bill versus $27,000,000 under the Senate bill. Harris and Congressmen Hays and Norrell said they would back both bills to craft final legislation benefiting Arkansas in conference.
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Th Commission
Arkansas
Senate
Harris
Commission
Brooks Hays
W.F. Norrell
House
Naval battle reports shrink Japanese task force near Formosa
Allied forces reported heavy Japanese losses in a battle south of Formosa. Navy communiques admitted the loss of one battleship two cruisers and one destroyer with damage to another battleship while U.S. carriers and ships inflicted the damage with no casualties to American forces.
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Leyte Gulf
Subae
Formosa
Nimitz
Princeton
MacArthur
Seventh Fleet
Philippine Sea
Naval actions round Formosa Sibuyan Sea and Sulu Sea
A Nimitz and MacArthur update recounts heavy losses for the Imperial Navy in battles southeast of Formosa and in the Sibuyan Sea. Carriers, battleships, cruisers and destroyers are reported sunk or heavily damaged as Third Fleet under Halsey Mitscher and Seventh Fleet under Kinkaid inflict major damage. Further details and amplification are promised as they become available.
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Imperial Pier
Adm
William F. Haley, Jr
Formosa
Marc A. Mitscher
Imperial Navy
Sibuyan Sea
Sulu Sea
Nimitz
Halsey Mitscher
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Liberation Begins in Oceania as Philippines Fight Resumes
The text recalls the 1846 U S presence and the fall of Corregidor then notes the puppet Manila government and Washington backed Philippine government as a symbol of freedom. It states citizens join the United Nations in liberation efforts, promising a bright chapter for 16 million people in Oceania.
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Manila
Washington
United Nations
Oceania
Archipelago
Fire deaths and Alaska land area noted in stats
About ten thousand people die yearly in US fires while Alaska spans 586400 square miles, figures attached to a broader discussion of fire safety and regional geography.
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Alaska
McClellan and Fulbright to Visit TVA Plant
Sen. McClellan and Rep. Fulbright of Arkansas will visit Knoxville Tennessee Friday for a tour of Tennessee Valley Authority installations due to interest in development.
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McClellan and
Fulbright
TVA
Washington
Sen. McClellan
Rep. Fulbright
Arkansas
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rent Control Extends to Two Arkansas Counties
The Office of Price Administration announces federal rent control will apply in Calhoun and Ouachita counties starting November 1 to curb rising rents tied to Camden naval ordnance plant work. A Camden rental area office will open. rents must align to September 1, 1944 ceilings. All rentals must register with details on services and utilities, with tenant relief on reduced equipment or services. Chateaubriand birthplace noted. a conundrum about a pun appears.
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Little Rock
Office of Price Administraaton
Ncftee
Calhoun
Ouachita
Camden
OPA
R. F. Milwee
Ilegal
Milwee
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Telegraph
Dewitt MacKenzie
Luzon
Iran
Cox and Gibson Drugs
Bob Elmore Auto
Hope, Ark
Wyli ‘5
Wylie
NEA
mid-Atlantic
20Th Century-Fox
June Haver
Page One
By Hershberger
Nimitzu
Our Daily
Oddies
Chateaubriand
St. Malo
Pease
Londonderry
Howard St RO
San Francisco
Cott
Unique
Constitutional Amendment Committee
Hell Building
General Assembly
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