Lae Front Advances as Allied Forces Close In
C N Valerius of Texarkana and Barnsdall Oil explained seismic and electrical methods reshaping oil exploration at a Rotary Club talk. He cited the seismograph as key to locating formations under cover, detailing Longview and Woodbine plays and how surface geology trapped oil in East Texas.
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C.N. Valerius
Texarkana
Barnsdall Oil Company
Midway
Hope
Lafayette County
Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Valerius
David White
Gulf States
Longview
East Texas
Fort Worth
East Texas-Louisana Line
Woodbine
Louisana Line
Mr. Valerius
William S. Blackman
Barnsdall Company
Terrell Cornelius
Lloyd Spencer
Freddie Patten
D. V. Case, Jr
Horace Cabe
Gordon
Hope Club
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons
Wartime ration details explain stamps by book and section with valid-through dates. Notes cover meat, cheese, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil, including regional differences and season changes through late 1943 and into 1944.
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Rocky Mountains
Midwest
Hempstead county Third War Loan quota stated at 381500
A Hempstead county wartime notice sets the Third War Loan quota at 381500 dollars begun September 9. Frank Knox Secretary of the Navy urges Americans to buy war bonds as essential ammunition supporting ships and weapons for the fighting front.
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Hempstead
Frank Knox
Migrating Warble Birds Cross 600 Miles Over Gulf
A report notes warble birds migrate across six hundred miles of open water in one night over the Gulf of Mexico. It also mentions the northern shrike impaling its prey on a fence barb before consumption.
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Gulf of Mexico
Russians Close In On Kiev And Mariupol
Moscow announced major Soviet advances across northern Ukraine threatening Kiev and cutting off routes to Poltava. Simultaneously forces captured Mariupol and nearby towns along the Sea of Azov, signaling a deep advance toward Dnieperopetrovsk and Kharkov while probing German defenses.
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London
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Monitor
Barvenkovo
Volnovakha
Chaplino
Ukraine
Dnieper River
Dnieperopetrovsk
Voolovakha
Stalino- Marivupol
Maruspol
Stalino
Kharkov
Zaporozhe
Red Army
Bakhmach
Zenkov
Kiev
Red Star
Rommy
Psel River
Priluki
Romny
Poltava
Dnieper
Smelce
Donets
Russia
Kharkov- Zaporoz
Berlin
Petrovka
Meriopol
Lawyers Agree on Issues in Police Raid
In Little Rock, lawyers for the state police and B. R. Muncrief of Hot Springs agreed two questions remain in Muncrief suit over seized equipment from an August 7 raid. They debate if a teletype ticker is a gambling device and whether Pulaski circuit court has jurisdiction. A Garland County grand jury session on Sept. 27 is expected to hear the matter.
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C. Yates MC
Daniel
Southwest Pacific
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Lae
Allied Artilles
Associated Press
Olen Clements
New York
Lagaardia
Moresby
Markham Valley
Nadzab
MacArthur
Markham
Singana Plantation
Little Rock
B. R. Muncrief
Hot Springs
Muncrief
Pulaski Circuit
Scott Wood
John T. Weary
Hope
Grover Owens
E. L. McHaney
Lawrence Augen
Wood
Garland County
Veazy
Hempstead Receives Bridge Bond Funds
The state treasurer set to distribute 40000 in bridge bond retirement funds from a Pulaski chancery court decree to cities and counties. After deductions for Little Rock attorneys, allocations listed include Fort Smith 1108.86, El Dorado 480.66, Hot Springs 647.72 and several counties: Columbia 262.40, Garland 370.73, Hempstead 178.40, Jefferson 513.43, Ouachita 263, Sebastian 606.31, Union 466.23, Washington 422.73.
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Little Rock
Earl Page
Cooper Jaceway
Leffel Gentry
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Hot Springs
Pine Bluff
Camden
Fayetteville
Hope
Magnolia
Columbia
Garland
Hempstead
Jefferson
Ouachita
Sebastian
Union
Washington
Purchasing power growth from 1932 to 1943
The text notes America's purchasing power rose from 48 billion dollars in 1932 to an estimated 140 billion dollars in 1943, highlighting a substantial expansion over the period.
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America
Italy May Declare War on Germany in 24 Hours
Bern reports imminent declaration of war as Nazi actions prompt fears Italy will rejoin the Allies. Badoglio tensions with Berlin rise after surrender, while Rome and Verona clash and Axis naval forces trade blows in the Mediterranean.
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Italy
Germany
Bern
Benito Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Berlin
Rome
Badoglio
Corn and Wheat Crop Forecast by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department forecasts this year's corn crop at 2,985,267,000 bushels and total wheat production at 834,957,000 bushels based on crop conditions as of September 1.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Albania Ports Seized as Germans Expand in Balkans
German news agency reports Valona Durazzo and Elbasan occupied as Allied fleet moves toward Albania. Geneva dispatches indicate a major battle looms. Ragusa also captured. Swiss and Reuters notes confirm Allied convoy toward Albania and imminent landing fears amid broader Balkan gains.
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London
DNB
Valona
Durazzo
Elbasan
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Berlin
Associated Press
Ragusa
Yugoslavia
Albania
Chiasso
Ionian Sea
Reuters
East Adriatic
Greece
Zog
England
Dalmatian
Abalnia
Balkans
Solon Fears Draft to Slow Production
Senator Downey warned that expanding the fighting force could not occur without hurting production at home. Selective Service official Keesling added the Wheeler bill delaying fathers draft might, under certain Italy-driven circumstances, do no harm though strategic plans are outside his scope.
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Washington
Downey
Calif
United States
Selective Service
Senate
Italy
Francis V. Keesling
High Command
Fort Marion Fla Oldest U S Fort Still Standing
The oldest fort still standing in the United States is Fort Marion in Florida, begun in 1672. The article notes a salary figure of about $660 a month plus a small drawing account for Mussolini.
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United States
Fort Marion
Fla
Mussolini
Allied Forces Take Taranto Naval Base in Italy
Allied forces landed at Taranto, base of the Italian navy, with British Navy aid. The occupation followed a landing started yesterday evening as part of the broader Italian campaign. Taranto lies about 270 miles southeast of Rome and near the heel of the peninsula.
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Allies
North Africa
Taranto
Italy
Royal Navy
Rome
Germans take Brenner Pass in Alps after heavy fighting
Bulletin reports German forces seized control of the Brenner Pass line through the northern Julian Alps following severe battles with Italian garrisons with casualties. Italians reportedly retreat to the west near Caporetto as German claims say.
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Madrid
Brenner Pass
Julian Alps
Alps
Caporetto
Italy
Germany
George Ware Accepts Army Commission
George W Ware longtime head of the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station since 1927 leaves to accept a Captain’s commission in the Specialist Reserve Section of the Army He reports to Fort Custer Michigan on September 23 for basic training then attends a Military Government School for a foreign assignment He plans to return to the station after discharge and has been active in agricultural church and civic affairs Boise Idaho story note about bulbs blooming without water or sun later found in a garage sack with 12 inch stalks
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George W. Ware
Fruit and Truck Branch
University of Arkansas
Army of the United States
Ware
Organized Reserve Corps
Army
Fort Custer
Michigan
Allied Military Government
Boise
Idaho
Dewey Sorenson
Several German Thrusts Reprised in Naples Battle
Rome has capitulated to the Germans under an attack by Field Marshal Von Kesselring, claims a German communique from Hitler's headquarters. The surrender followed the German assault commanded by Rommel in northern Italy with local resistance preceding Rome's fall. Short fighting was reported in Trieste, Bozen and Cremona.
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London
Rome
von Kesselring
Hitler
Erwin Rommel
North
Africa
Italy
Reuters
Berlin
Trieste
Bozen
Cremona
Allies press drive in Italy as Rome under threat
Allied reports say American Fifth Army broke German resistance around Naples and seized bridgeheads for a push toward Salerno while Ventotene fell. Rome faced heavy shelling as Germany moved to seize the capital and set up a puppet regime, with Badoglio government in power in Rome.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Rome
Fifth Army
Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Gulf of Salerno
Clark
Ventotene Island
Bay of Naples
Gulf of Gaeta
Henry K. Dewitt
United States Navy
Italy
Capua
Cancello
Algier
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Alex. H. Washburn
By Henry C. Cassidy
Switzerland
Turig
Milan
Zagred
Croatia
Verona
Belognae
Spezia Pisa
LAVIA
Vatican City
Sardinia
Toronto
Ponza
Carolina Vva
Melito
NEA
Nales
Foggia
Adriatic
Victor Emmanuel
Umberto
Victor Emmanuel Long
Radio
Mediterranean
Corsica
San Juan Cathedral
Puerto Rico
Solon
Bulletins
Admiralty
Cyril
Boris
Bulgaria
Filov
Nikola Mihov
Simeon
Vancouver
B. C
Hanyin Cheng
Miss Cheng
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wei Tao-Ming
George Ware
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