U S Gains Strength in Pacific Via Marcus Island Raid
DeWitt MacKenzie reports the Marcus Island operation signals growing U S strength as part of a planned large scale offensive. The raid is framed as a step in a two front strategy with allies driving from the south and from the Aleutians toward Burma, aiming to pressure Japan and boost Allied morale.
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Dewitt Macken
Japan
Marcus Island
Uncle Sam
Grand Ives
Markcus
Pacific
Southwest
Aleutian Islands
Burma
United Nations
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Arcus Island
Market Report ST LOUIS LIVESTOCK National Stockyards
Hogs active with wider gains for heavier and lighter weights, top near 15.30 for loads, cattle trading slow and uneven with sausages bulls steady and vealers firm. Sheep opened steady with native lambs to packers 13.50 to 14.00, grain markets weak ahead of Labor Day holiday and June prices noted for wheat oats rye.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Ill
Cotton prices drift lower on favorable weather signals
In New York on September 2 cotton prices eased as rain forecasts improved and mill price fixing waned. Late afternoon levels fell 15 to 25 cents per bale with futures sliding 5 to 20 cents.
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New York
Jay High
Midlding
Grain futures slip as cash markets lag in September contracts
Grains weakened toward the close as September futures pulled back about two cents. Reports said cash grain deliveries on September contracts were not as active as expected, dampening price strength.
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Chicago
Island King Dom in Peril and Pacific Strategy
The public feared Japan's danger as radio reports claimed the island realm faced peril. Speculation centered on drawing the Japanese fleet out, with the navy eager for a favorable chance to strike the home fleet. Occupying Marcus Island would be valuable but costly, depending on wrecking Japanese resistance.
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Japan
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Market Report Narrow Gains Dimmed By Wavering Leaders
Assorted stocks rose in early trading in New York but leaders wavered near the close as initial fractional gains faded. Overall dealings declined to about 50,000 shares in a day of uneven final prices.
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New York
Market snapshot shows mixed commodity prices and cotton futures
Chicago reports firm poultry and steady potato arrivals amid unchanged ceilings. Idaho and Oregon russet burbanks sell 3.45 to 3.50 while Colorado Bliss Triumphs bring 3.15 to 3.25. New Orleans cotton futures weaken with Oct near 20.52 and spot cotton 20.28 to 20.73 for various grades.
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Chicago
Colorado
Bliss
Wisconsin
Idaho
Oregon
Wisconsin Chippewas
New Orleans
German gains widen Russian by pass near Poltava
The newest German advance centers in the sagging front north of Poltava enlarging the Russian by pass salient and heightening the flanking danger to the Stalino bulge. The victory sparked a 124 gun salute in Moscow as Soviet reverses since August 5 moved through Orel Belgorod Kharkov Izyum Sevsk Rylsk Taganrog Yelnya Dorogobruzha.
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Poltava
Stalino
Ukraine
Bryansk
Orel
Belgorod
Point Values for Canned Goods and Produce List
The article lists point values for various foods including beans 18 points, baked beans 18, beets 8, carrots 8, pumpkin or squash 21, tomatoes 21, and frozen fruits 12 points per pound, with specifics for No 2 cans and fresh produce.
Nazis Display Nervousness on Invasion
London report notes Axis radio broadcasts signaling Allied invasion armadas massing in the Mediterranean and Britain for a two directional assault. Paris and Berlin broadcasts discuss battleships and landing craft near Gibraltar and a possible Anglo American invasion across the channel with two large armies poised to clash in France.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Mediterranean
Britain
Paris
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
DNB
Berlin
Russian
Fronta
Europe
France
Low Countries
Italy
Denmark
Balkans
Farmers Are Continued From Page One War Material From Pulpwood
The article details pulpwood as a wartime substitute for scarce materials in 1942. It notes pulpwood containers save shipping space and pulpwood paper underpins manuals, factory planning, and many war products. It explains blueprint paper for battleships and nitro cellulose derived smokeless powder powering artillery and rifles.
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Galloway
Calorie? Points List For Dried Foods And Legumes
A shopper’s guide lists dried foods with points per quantity. Lima beans nine points for 12 ounces, cut corn nine points for 10 ounces, peas nine points for 12 ounces, spinach twelve points for 14 ounces. Dried items include prunes raisins currants four points per pound, beans two points per pound, peas and lentils one point per pound.
Notice in Hempstead Chancery Court Wafer vs Royalty
The Hempstead Chancery Court warns Farmers Royalty Holding Company Farmers Mutual Royalty Syndicate G T Blankenship and Mrs G T Blankenship to appear within thirty days to answer the plaintiffs complaint. Clerk J P Byers witnesses the clerk’s seal on September 2 1943.
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Farmers Royalty Holding Company
Farmers Mutual Royalty Syndicate
W. R. Pruitt
G. T. Blankenship
J. P. Byers
Germans Battle RAF With Large Night Fighter Force
Neutral Swedish reports say Germany massed nearly 140 night fighters to oppose RAF bombers in Berlin raid on Tuesday night while admitting the British delivered a heavy bomb load to the capital. The London Daily Express cited about 1 00 fighters and 1 50 tons of bombs in Berlin assault.
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Stockholm
Berlin
RAF
Reich
London Daily Express
The
Express
Witty Exchange On Twins And Frogs
A humorous dialogue features a wife with a twin sister and a joke about telling twins apart. It shifts to a note on biology noting 28 varieties of tree frogs in the country.
Three Helped Foil Prison Break Freed on Parole
Three convicts who aided in thwarting an attempted break at the Tucker prison farm cannery were paroled by the state board. George Winfrey LaVerne Wood and D H Arnold credited with helping save ward en Eugene Workman and others during the August 1 1942 riot.
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Little Rock
Tucker Prison Farm
State Parole Board
George Winfrey
Laverne Wood
Crittenden County
D. H. Arnold
Columbia County
J. S. Pollard
Eugene Workman
Cannery
Winfrey
Wood
Portland resident Jim Maloney a former heavyweight hopeful
Jim Maloney now 40 and managing a night club in Portland Oregon. He abandoned hopes of a world heavyweight title after a knockout by the late Ernie Schaaf. Also notes a slate-gray dipper bird that can dive underwater with water-resistant plumage.
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Portland
Ore
Jim Maloney
Ernie Schaaf
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Price Administration
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OPA
Office of Price Administration
Southern Kraft Division
International Paper Company
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Ark
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Hope
Ozen Lbr. Co
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Wingfield & Hendrix
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Burton Bros. Tie Co
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C. S. Keener
Ashdown
Wide World Photo
Hempstead Chancery Court
S. S. Wafer
Elizabeth Wafer
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Arnold
James Cannon
Jefferson County
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