It Is A Fight For Our Lives Declare War Formalized
The author argues that Germany and Italy have declared war on the United States but warns the conflict was already real. He envisions a world under dictator control, contrasts past dangers with current alliances, and urges united effort toward ultimate victory despite "bitter struggle" ahead.
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United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Europe
Siberia
Mediterranean
Africa
East Asia
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
Panama
South America
Atlantic
Morale in Hollywood and the war film role
Jimmie Fidler surveys how cinema should lift morale during wartime. He argues entertainment must provide forgetfulness through music, romance, comedy, and patriotism while depicting the enemy clearly. He notes industry focus shifts toward women and children, with screen heroes filling absent roles.
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America
Hollywood
Manhattan Portrait of Ludwig Bemelmans and His Double Pay
George Tucker’s profile tours Ludwig Bemelmans’s Manhattan apartment filled with art oddities and curios. The piece recalls Bemelmans’s wartime service and subsequent career, highlighting his habit of drawing and being paid for many ventures.
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A guide for parents on handling adolescence, urging a shift from strict obedience to cooperative guidance. It stresses balancing freedom with limits, fostering responsibility, and allowing outside activities while protecting growth and health. Patri promotes parents and teachers as advisers, not rulers, and references a leaflet titled Stam mering with mailing details for copies.
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Nature
Washington daybook on nondefense agencies faces tax pressure
Washington officials push to trim nondefense agencies amid rising taxes and public concern over waste. Proposals include executive raids on nondefense bureaus, blocking vacancies without showing collapse without replacement, and budget scrutiny targeting nearly a billion dollars in savings.
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Civil Service Commission
Bureau of
WPA
CCC
NYA
Department of Agriculture
Rayville Baptists to Stage Christmas Pageant
A Christmas pageant titled Nobody's Child and the Birth of the Savior will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist church in Rayville. The cast features 125 characters and a collection plate will be passed to defray expenses.
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Rayville
First Baptist Church of
Thomas Jefferson Lodge of Masons elects Nash as master
Lillie December 17 Special Thomas Jefferson Lodge of Masons No 113 elected J C Nash worshipful master for the ensuing year. Other officers elected include M C Bryan senior warden W H Hamberlin Jr junior warden C A Pryor treasurer W C Cherry secretary W D Upshaw senior deacon R S Burnside junior deacon Dennis Duke master of ceremonies J F Vickers C A Carroll stewards G L Risinger chaplain and C E Upshaw tiler.
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J. F. Vickers
C. A. Carroll
G. L. Risinger
C. E. Upshaw
Voter Tax Payments and Dusting Plans Highlight 1926 Parish News
The sheriff reports 2 042 poll taxes paid with an estimated 7 000 more needed before January 1 to ensure 1927 elections. Huff Daland Dusting plans a 50 000 acre season across Louisiana Texas Arkansas and Mississippi. Major oil deal transfers Winn parish holdings to Gardner Brown and Harter for 225 000 with nine producing wells on 60 acres near the LaSalle line.
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Sheriffs Office
Milton Coverdale
Huff- Daland Dusting Corporation
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
O. W. Clark
Winn Parish
Gardner Brown and Harter
LaSalle Parish
S. E. Harper
K. Allen and
O. B. Thompson
Winnfield
Four Maynard Sons Serve in Marines Near Home
Williamstown is home to James F. Maynard and his wife with four sons all serving in the United States Marine Corps. Remarkably, each brother is stationed within a few miles of their Williamson, West Virginia home, reflecting a family tied to the service and local defense.
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Post Office
James F. Maynard
United States Marine Corps
Radio Schedule Freeform Evening Broadcasts of 1940s Variety Shows
Radio grid lists December 17 schedule with serials and dramas from NBC CBS and ABC style panels. Programs include The Lone Ranger, Captain Midnight, The Three Suns, Eddie Cantor and Fred Allen hours, news briefings, musical ensembles, and guest features across the evening lineup.
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Abte
Nie-Biue
W. van Dye
Nbc-Hiue
Weet Heattergood Hainés
Dhe
Nbe
Hill
Basic
Chicago Dance Orchestra
Obs-West
Rmebs
Cbe
Nbc
Heida Hopper
Movies
Carol Marsh
Planio
Dhs
Stella Unger
Nbc-Red
Hbe
Frank Parker
Jack Armstrong
Mbs-West
Lowell Thomas
Tom Mix
Cbs
Mitnicht
Waring
Efaery Aces
Amos and
Andy
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mr. Keen
Nhe
Lanny Ross
Songea
Kyw
Lance Orch
Upton Close
Mister Meek
Mbs
East
Red
Joe Kelly
Edward G. Robinson
Cai Tinney
Plantation
Manhattan
Dean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
Oh -—Mba
Elmer Davis
Eddie Cantor
Red Basin St
Fred Allen
Dbs
Gabriel Heatter
Johnson Orchestra
Kay Kyser
Nbc-Blue
Raymond Gram Pena
Cannes
Glenn Miller
Tal Bs Ovens
Ymond Clapper
Juan Arvizu
Cbs Mystery Hall
Asey Mayo Finds Corpse Hidden Near Whale Inn
Asey Mayo helps Jennie deliver clams and reaches the Whale Inn to find it deserted until Jennie spots a corpse in a phone booth. The Cape Cod detective must unravel who left the dead body and why.
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Asey Mayo
Cape Cod
Jennie
Asey
Whale Inn
Nickel In Her Hand Ends In Cold Clues Aboard
In a tense scene Asey and Jennie examine a closet corpse with a candle halo, noting a nickel in the dead women's hand and initials on a bag. Jennie argues the victim resembles the red light woman, while Asey questions if twins are involved, as rain taps outside and a strange noise hints at more danger.
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Jennie
Asey
O.E.B
Four Corners
Syi
Oil men weigh Sabotage plan for Louisiana fields
New Orleans oil men rapid response plan to guard producing fields and refineries against sabotage. Lyle Cashion leads committee to draft defense regulations to be presented to the state conservation commissioner in early January. A second group will address plant problems and meet again to set anti sabotage rules for the Texas oil industry over the past six months.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lyle Cashion
Sta
Conserve Department
Texas
Autocycle Attack Shocks Tampa Morning Crowd
In Tampa Florida a feeble-looking old man drove a car that collided with a bystander. A youth nearby sprang forward and struck the front vehicle, then the elderly driver seized the attacker by the collar and delivered a quick, forceful shaken, before returning to his car and driving away.
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Tampa
Fla
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Marlene Dietrich
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Patri
Monroe News-Star
Postoffice Box
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Axis Tyranny
Washington Daybook
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John Q
War, Navy
OEM
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Price Administration
Rayville Baptists
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Lis Gee Ons Certo Mles
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