Arkansan Pair Wins Plant to Prosper Sweepstakes Title
Herman C. Gerdes of Lafe Arkansas and his wife, 29 with three daughters, won the 1940 Plant to Prosper sweepstakes after competing against 41,239 farm families in Tennessee Mississippi and Missouri. They receive 500 dollars, a tractor, and a silver loving cup for their farm plan while state and tenant winners from Arkansas Tennessee Missouri and Mississippi are named.
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Gerdes
Arkansas
Virgil R. Lawrance
Newbern
Tennessee
Earl J. Bohs
Farmington
Missouri
E. V. Carter
Festus Hendrix
Parsons
J. D. Twitty
Libourn
William Katzenberger
Blytheville
Ark
Katzenberger
Mississippi
Tom H. Mitchell
New Albany
Tom Berry
Rives
J. B. Twitty
Lisbourn
Move Tuberculars to New Hospital Angola
Two dozen convicts with tuberculosis moved to a new tubercular hospital on a high bluff above the Mississippi River. Warden D. D. Bazer and General Manager Henry W. Frith said the location is healthier than Camp H, as the current Camp B hospital becomes the general prison hospital and guard quarters move to other facilities. Frame guard buildings will be torn down due to fire risk.
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Angola
Mississippi River
D. D. Bazer
Henry W. Frith
Camp H
Camp B
Seven Killed On Ocean In Rescue Vessel Scene
Continued from Flint Page, a passenger recalls a lifeboat moment aboard a rescue ship. Percy Linden, a London advertising man returning from Canada, spent most of his time calming three babies aged about 18 months who were brought aboard in coal baskets. The survivors arrived apparently none the worse for their ordeal.
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Percy Linden
London
Canada
Company Presents Taxes Checks For Ad Valorem Bills
Sheriff Milton Coverdale’s Ouachita parish office welcomed O. H. True head of United Gas Pipe Line Company property tax department. He deposited three checks totaling 31559.08 to pay current ad valorem taxes in full for the pipeline company and its associated Union Producing Company and United Oil Pipe Line Company.
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Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
O. H. True
United Gas Pipe Line Company
Union Producing Company
United Oil Pipe Line Company
Sterlington Boy Enlists in Navy at Shreveport Station
Thomas Virgile Burch aged 18 of Sterlington enlisted in the United States Navy at the Shreveport Navy Recruiting Station. He was transferred to the Naval Training Station at Norfolk for six weeks of recruit training before joining the fleet. The enlistment adds to Shreveport station totals for December.
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Shreveport
Thomas Virgile Burch
Sterlington
United States Navy
Clinton D. Elliott
Burch
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Roosevelt Vetoes Court Measure in Debate on Administration
President Roosevelt argued against the bill, warning it would reverse a major twentieth century trend toward streamlined administration. He said courts cannot handle mass controversies and urged administrative tribunals for production-driven issues while preserving rapid regulatory actions in finance and defense.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Maritime Commission
Department of Commerce
the Treasury
Guardsmen Benefit Dance Planned for January 3
The Second Battalion National Guard unit bound for a year of training at Camp Hulin Texas will host a benefit dance at Cherokee Terrace Hotel Frances on January 3 starting at 10 p.m. Proceeds support the unit. Advance tickets are sold by Jack Willis Joe W Aulds and C C Bell Jr and available from any guard member.
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24Th Coast Artillery
National Guard
Camp Hulin
Tex
Cherokee Terrace
Hotel Frances
Jack Willis
Joe W. Aulds
C. C. Bell
Purse Snatched From Back Porch in West Monroe
West Monroe police report two youths refused a yard work job at 214 Coleman Avenue then snatched a purse from a servant’s coat on a back porch shortly before noon.
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West Monroe
Coleman Avenue
Denied reports of German troop movement to Libya
War bulletins from Berlin and Belgrade deny claims that 50 000 German troops reached an Italian port bound for Libya. Britain pledges compensation for all adults killed or injured by enemy action with higher rates starting December 24. In Vichy decrees 15 judges lose posts under laws barring Jews from government offices.
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Berlin
Libya
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Italy
Albania
London
Britain
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Vichy
France
German plan to seize Bor copper mine in Yugoslavia
Multiple items from December 18 report German plans to take over the French owned Bor copper mine in eastern Yugoslavia with Kirabeau bank in Paris holding major shares. Other dispatches note British war aims, protests against bombing of Basel, Roosevelt aid stance, and Italians punished for listening to a British broadcast.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vreme
Germany
Bor
Europe
Kirabeau Bank
Paris
Rome
Padua
Supply Ship Sunk Off Belgian Coast By British Torpedo Boat
An admiralty communique said a British motor torpedo boat sank a large armed supply ship off the Belgian coast early today.
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London
Admiralty
U S Consul Protests Radio Jamming in Shanghai
United States Consul General Frank P. Lockhart protested the jamming of American owned XMHA radio broadcasts in Shanghai. Station manager E L Healey said interference traced to Japanese warships anchored in the Whangpoo river. He said the action aimed to force the station to reduce its broadcasts.
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Shanghai
United States
Frank P. Lockhart
XMHA
E. L. Healey
Lockhart
Whangpoo River
Power Output Sparks Protests Over Censorship
News commentator Car roll Alcott calls for broadcasting to the Japanese censor amid repeated protests in the past three years. Officials have largely dismissed the concerns, leaving the dispute unresolved and drawing new attention to press freedom debates.
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Carroll Alcott
Dutch tanker Pendrecht torpedoed west of Scotland
The 10 746 ton Dutch tanker Pendrecht reported being torpedoed by a submarine about 850 miles west of the northern tip of Scotland. Mackay Radio said the ship, trading between U S gulf ports Rotterdam and Germany, sent the alert at 9 40 a m EST with location 59 07 N 17 39 W. The vessel was completed last year and was briefly in Los Angeles when Germany invaded Holland.
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New York
Pendrecht
Scotland
Mackay
United States Gulf
Rotterdam
Germany
Los Angeles
Holland
Bombing largely none in UK as fighter pilots down German bomber
London reports a quiet second day with virtually no bombs dropped on the United Kingdom. The air ministry and home security ministry communique says a German bomber was shot down off Dover by British fighters without loss to the defenders. No other incidents reported.
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London
United Kingdom
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
Dover
Wurzel
Bunnelle
Tom Yarbrough
Airman and Doctor respond to snow signal in Alaska
Anchorage December report recounts Pilot Reyn Dickson and a doctor heading toward a remote cabin after a man signaled for help by spelling h e l p with spruce boughs. Pilot Ray Peterson, en route with eight passengers, witnessed the scene from Merrill Pass and noted the danger of landing.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Reyn Dickson
Ray Peterson
Merrill Pass
Peterson
Infant son of Branks Snyder dies in West Monroe
Funeral services were held for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Branks Snyder at Olive Branch church near Junction City Arkansas after dying at a local sanitarium. Interment followed at Olive Branch cemetery. Survived by grandmother Mrs. Lula Snyder of West Monroe. Dixie Funeral Home directed arrangements.
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Branks Snyder
West Monroe
Olive Branch Church
Junction City
Ark
Olive Branch Cemetery
Lula Snyder
Dixie Funeral Home
Present Singers Tonight at Mount Gilliad Church
West Monroe hosted by Mount Gilliad Negro Baptist Church offers top gospel singers during services from tonight through Sunday. Public invited. seating reserved for white attendees, pastor Rev. F Thompson said.
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Mount Gilliad Negro Baptist Church of
West Monroe
F. Thompson
North Africa and Balkan War Fronts Fire as British Drive Advances
British mechanized spearheads press toward Tobruk from Bardia while Greek artillery hits Tepeleni and Klisura. Italians retreat under Greek pressure as El Wak is raided in East Africa. Roosevelt’s lend-lease plan gains support. Laval’s role in Vichy collaboration persists amid Abetz visit.
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Libya
Bardia
Tobruk
Tepeleni
Argirocastro
Klisura
London
Palermo
Tepeeni
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Rome
Salum
Fort Capuzzo
Athens
Porto Edda
Elisura
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Italian Somaliland
Gold Coast
West Africa
el Wak
Pogradetz
Congress
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Blitz and bomb near misses in a suburban car ride
A writer recalls a perilous wartime drive through a city blitz. Gunfire, exploding shells, and near misses shaped the trip as they navigated red lights and a terrified crowd. Bomb damage, shelter near misses, and personal scares mark the uneasy ride.
Senators Brand Charitable Unit Maneuver Sparks Tax Debate
The George Frances Ball foundation controls a $5,000,000 fund aimed at charitable, educational, and religious aims yet defers usage. Critics warn the structure lets Ball evade income and inheritance taxes, delaying philanthropic spending and forcing others to shoulder higher tax bills.
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Ball
George Frances Ball Foundation
British Defeat Highlighted by Italian Intelligence Lapse
A British officer examining Italian war dossiers says the Italians anticipated most movements until the offensive but were unaware of the surprise plan. In the desert, leaves were canceled a week early for maneuvers as 50,000 Italian soldiers loomed nearby.
Japan offers last chance in Dutch East Indies talks
Netherlands officials refuse to discuss credits as Batavia resists selling crude oil needed for high test aviation gasoline. Yoshizawa seeks to expand political influence under Tokyo's greater East Asia concept, described as a persistent, skillful negotiator. The okapi is noted as a relative of the giraffe.
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Netherlands
Batavia
Yoshizawa
Japan
Tokyo
East Asia
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Gordons
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Treasury
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World
Poupeye
Popeye
Yam Soner
Hugh Dalton
Fabian Society
Geneva
Switzerland
Bazel
Basil
Infant Snyder
Siegle
Theater DeSiard St. Last
Monroe
Frank
Cerna T
Ieee Te Tera Fe
Ficer
North Africa
Otto Abetz
Abetz
Stete Petain
Laval
Bern
Petain
Nebraska
Senators Brand Charitable Unit
Bette Davis
Herbert Marshall
James Stephenson
Frieda Inescort
Gale Sondirgaard
Terry Toon
River Thames
Tin Pan Alley
Alicea Faye
Betty Grable
Jack Oskie
John Payne
Pat O'Brien
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