Halloween Conserve Day Urged Amid War Shortages
Chicago alderman proposes Halloween be spared for Conservation Day due to wartime labor and material shortages. He urges patriotic youths to avoid property damage and focus on supporting the war effort. The piece also discusses clearer draft outlook, predicting limited drafting of married men and a large future military pool. Continued on Page Four.
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Albert Graves
Chicago
America
Locail
Fewer Ballots Expected in U S Next Tuesday
Washington estimate shows 34 to 35 million Americans likely to vote in next Tuesday's elections amid war and apathy. Officials warn turnout may dip below 1940 and 1938 levels, with absentee voting complicating counts. Roosevelt urges turnout. party leaders call it crucial.
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Washington
Associated Press
Get
Congtess
House
Roosevelt
Termihy
California
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Ballot items listed for November 3 amendments
A readable OCR shows a star ballot with amendments for junior colleges hospitals game and fish state boards and other entities. The text includes For Amendments 32 33 34 35 and mentions ay names and votes against or for various proposals. The legible phrases reference amend wording and political questions without clear outcomes.
Dutch Queen and First Lady Chat During War Work Visit
Mrs Roosevelt and Queen Wilhelmina met at the Dutch embassy for a morning chat about war work amid a full Saturday schedule. The visit included Dr Edward Benes, Mrs Benes, and Czech foreign minister Jan Masaryk, with Mrs Roosevelt later touring St James's Palace and noting Red Cross POW parcel handling.
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London
Orb
Frantclity
D. Roosevelt
Wilhelm
Netherlands
Edard Benes
Caecia - Slovak
Benes
Jan G. Musaryl
St. Jame's Palace
Mrs. Roosevelt
Red Cross Prisoners of War Bureau
Burial Starts for 29 Victims of Tornado
Berryville reports 29 dead and more than 200 injured after a Thursday night tornado that leveled 130 homes and left over 400 people homeless. State and local welfare agencies mobilized, with Army Medical Corps help and two canteens serving relief workers and residents.
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Berryville
Ozark-mountain
Red Crags
State Heath Department
Army Medical Corps
Harrison Hospital
John G. Pipkin
Pipkin
T“Hey
State Defense Council
Price Ceiling Cuts Grand Champion Steer Price
Kansas City October 4 The Brand championship steer from the American Royal Lovestock show drew 502.50 to the young owner Clarence Bradley of Calhoun Massachusetts as federal price ceilings kept bids low. No bidder topped 50 cents a pound, compared with last year’s 3.14. OPA attorney Jerome Walsh said price ceilings curb wholesale prices while live beef sale remains unrestricted.
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Kansas City
Clarence Bradley
Calhoun
Jeerome Walsh
OPA
Walsh
Hot Springs Trojans blank Hope Bobcats 20 to 0 in league clash
Hot Springs dominates at home scoring on a short plunge after a long drive and later a 15 yard penalties aided TD, Owens and Baldwin key scorers. Hope threatened twice with long runs but kept from scoring as Hot Springs adds 20 points. Other Arkansas games saw Little Rock Wildcats win 20-14 over Pine Bluff Zebras and El Dorado routing Little Rock Tigers 12 to 2.
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Hot Springs
Hot Springs Trojans
Hope Bobcats
Trojans
Bobcats
Hope
Owens
Thornton
McCullough
Associated Press
Little Rock
Wildcats
Therm
Pine Bluff Zebras
Cal Griffith
Wildcat
Zebras
el Dorado Wildcats
Little Rock Tigers
Camden
Malvern
Fort Smith
Muskogee
Okla
Russellville
Subiaco Academy
Blytheville
Tree
Fordyce
Monticello
Benson - Beebe
Batesville
Searcy
Little Rock Catholic
Bauxite
G. Dierks
Ashdown
Fayetteville
Rogers
Osceola
Parkin
German Spy Registers for Draft in U S
FBI agent testified at Haupt treason trial that five days after secret arrival Haupt discussed failing to register for the July draft. Haupt had registered June 22 nearly a year late, claiming he was in Mexico digging gold. Officials seek to prove Haupt aided six defendants in supporting the Nazi plot and carried out sabotage school instructions.
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Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Herebert Hans Haupt
Hans Max Haupt
FBI
Haupt
Mexico
Groug
Gregg
Washington
Biggest Hallowe'en Goblin Is Nation's New Excise Tax
Washington reports the nation faces heavier excise taxes aimed to raise $50 million in November. Prices on cigarettes and cigars rise with a half cent per pack for cigarettes and 50 cents per quart for 100 proof whiskey. Consumers may see higher costs as manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers adjust prices though the Office of Price Administration warns against extra charges beyond the tax.
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Hallowe’en Goblin
Kennelth
Dixon Washington
Treasury
Algie
Ofice of Price Administration
OPA
CPA
Medical Supplies Sent to Berryville After Tornado
Springfield dispatch reports October 31 shipments of serum and medical supplies rushed to Berryville Arkansas by Red Cross volunteers and police patrols. Dr Wallis Smith said the tornado was worse than first reported as nurses and Red Cross motor corps went to assist victims.
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Springfield
Berryville
Ark
Wallis Smith
Distress Red Cross
Red Cross Moto Corps
Case of Fry or Fight Against Odds Told by Marine
Private Eugene Moore of the U S Marines, a former Huron high school football player, survived a tank blaze and hand to hand combat against Japanese forces on Solomon Islands. He escaped with burns and head wounds, aided by fellow Marine Kenneth Koon who later topped 41 Japs. Moore plans hospital recovery and visiting his parents in Summitville Indiana.
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Oakland
Calif
Eugene
Moore
U.S. Marines
Huron
Solomon Islands
Charles Moore
Gayutu Island
Lacy
Kenneth Koon
Marine
Summitville
Ind
York
Solomon Island
Koon
William Koon
Here
Marines
Wa Pontla
Minh
Rock Wool Factory
Reds Hold Nazis of Stalingrad in Caucasus
Soviet reports describe Red Army defense of the Nalchik plateau in the central Caucasus with multiple German attacks repelled. Stalingrad siege and counterattacks near the city continue as Soviet units claim progress and heavy losses for the Germans.
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Stalingrad
Caucasus
Europe
Henry C
Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Nalchsk
Central Caucasus
Nalchhsk
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Star
Hie
Mozdok
Tuapse
Wild cat oil test advances in Hempstead county Arkansas
In Midway oil field activity slows in Lafayette and Hempstead counties as Barnsdall Oil Company drills Shulis No 1 center of SW NEW 20-14-24 and reaches below 8000 feet. Southwood Oil Company's Hodnett No 4 SESW 16-15-24 is at 4000 feet, with spudding planned at Hodnett SE 8E 16-15-24 next week.
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Stumps
Ark
Hope Star
Hempstead
Barnsdall Oil Company
Midway
Lafayette County
Southwood Oil Conpany
Allies Hold Onto Egypt Desert Gains
Cairo October 1 Allied forces maintained gains in the Reypulan desert yesterday and repelled Axis splinter attacks with enemy losses. Allied airmen held air superiority blasting enemy airfields fortifications and targets. Heavy bombers crossed the Mediterranean to Crete and four enemy planes were shot down over the Egyptian battlefront. Four large enemy aircraft were destroyed at El Adem airfield by twin engined fighters.
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Cairo
Reypulan
Mediterranean
Crete
el Adem
Senator McClellan Warns We Can Lose War at Home and Abroad
Senator elect John L. McClellan warned a Hope victory rally that the war could be lost on three fronts the firing line Washington or the home front urging full War Bond quotas and sharp cuts in nondefense spending He urged no compromise and stressed sacrifice by all citizens backed by civic groups and a school band program and a Coca Cola wartime film screening before the address
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John L. McClellan
Hope City
Washington
McClellan
E. F. McFaddin
Hope
George W. Ware
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
American Legion
Hope High School
Ted Jones
American Legion Color Board
A. A. Albritton
Robert M. Wilson
Martin Pook
Coca Cola
Treasury Department
Flashes of Life Please Return Contribution
Camden mayor P N McCorkle led a key collection drive, returning home then back quickly to search for his own key which turned out to be Ty. In Hollywood George Paris offers coffee with a quirk priced 5 cents first cup and 100 dollars second. On Wasp, Lt Cushman okayed a letter home before Japanese torpedoes struck. Northwestern student Sayre swam Lake Michigan for a 25 cent wager, canoe capsized, he recovered in hospital. Pasadena police spot seven lit table lamps in a dim-out window and three air raid wardens were cited to appear in court.
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Associated Press
Camden
8. C
P. N. McCorkle
Hollywood
George Paris
Charles Sayre
Northwestern University
Lake Michigan
Waller Gibbs
Sayre
Pasadena
Calif
Oul
Japanese Fleet Withdraws From Guadalcanal Battle
Allied forces gained stronger control as Japanese ships retreated from Guadalcanal. MacArthur's bombers hit a Japanese ship and damaged others, while Knox praised U S Marines and soldiers for holding ground and warned of potential future Japanese actions in the Solomons and surrounding areas.
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Pacific
Washington
Uncle Sam
Guadilana
Japan
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Knox
Guadalcanal
United States
Rising Sun
Gauadalcans
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Fiji Islands
Navy
Solomon
the Solomons
U. S Navy
MacArthur
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Arma‘dan
South Seas
U. S. Pacific
Solomon Islands
Heer
Caroline
Caroline Islands
Buin Harbor
United Nations
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S. Burton Heath
Stimson
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Army
Coast Guard
Taft
AEF
YANK
U. S. Army
Britain
Aaqinet wAmend
Aten, JL
Agus
Anant Ana Aco
It Aguiar
AMENG
Trojan
Azores
Lishuu
Fayal
San Jorge Islands
REDS
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Midway Oil Field
Egypt
Desert
Sen. McClellan
Melbourne
Stockholm
Reuters
Oslo
Spokane
Wash
Kent M. Cushman
Wasp
U.S
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