Japs Try In Vain To Break Grip On Buna
Allied forces tighten the noose around Nipponese on the New Guinea coast as Buna operations continue. Allied bombers sink a Japanese destroyer at Buna while a cruiser and another destroyer are sunk earlier. a Japanese convoy of four destroyers is sighted north of Buna as air and ground forces pursue gains.
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Fates McDaniel
Australia
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific Command
Buna
Lae
Gona
Garison
Car Owners Must Sign Gasoline Coupons Under New Rules
Ration board officials announced new measures requiring gasoline coupons to bear car license numbers and state registration on the reverse for A B C S 8 1 or 2 coupons. Fleet and bulk coupon procedures mandate company name and office stamp or ink notation. Dealers must record their establishment name and address on inventory coupons and supply gasoline only when required notations appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Phebus
Frederick Ration Board
Phobus
AT&T chief objects to FCC rate reduction wartime needs
Walter F. Gifford, president of AT and T, questions the Federal Communications Commission order for a drastic rate cut, arguing it would hinder war effort by overloading lines and divert essential manpower. He says taxes are omitted from earnings figures, cites heavy advertising to curb long distance use, and notes AT and T profits and dividends lag behind past years. California has invested 14 million dollars in state parks and monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Gifford
A. T. and T. Company
Federal Communications Commission
Board of War Communications
Commission
Christmas cash buying boosts merchants in 1942
Merchants report a strong cash Christmas in 1942 with higher quality gifts and more buyers paying upfront. Furniture and large items show demand for double the prior value as customers use cash or clear accounts early. Credit payments are shortening and liquidation activity rises as shoppers prefer cash purchases.
Christmas shopping for soldiers in service brisk at shops
Merchants report brisk Christmas sales as the public seeks ready made replacements and care packages for service members. Items range from sewing kits to cakes and tobacco cartons, with compact appealing packages and guaranteed utility driving demand among soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen.
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Arborer
Umts
Charistmas
Women's Clubs E flange Clot The Ballenger Club Meeting
The Ballenger Club met at Mrs E C Renn's on November 16 with Mrs Russell Thomas demonstrating dress repair. Seventeen readers, donation to Emergency Hospital, and a 1949-44 president slate were reported. Twenty members and one visitor attended. December 14 jam for a Christmas party noted. Divorce granted for Robert D Phifer from Alice E Phifer with costs.
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Ballenger
E C. Renn
Russell Thomas
Claude Wargett
Preston Zimmerman
Mollie Zimmerman
Russell Hargett
D. S. Landes
D. 5
Chester Young
Elmer Remsburg
Harry Derr
Roy Poole
Edgar Harnett
Oliver King
Willis Derr
Thomas Culler
Wilbur Culler
William Howard
LeRoy C Horie
David Derr
A D Derr
E. C Renn
Anna der
Two Held In Deaths Of 47 In Hospital
State Police arrested two cooks at the Oregon State Hospital for the insane after 47 patients were reported ill and 4 died last week. Mary O'Hare the chief cook and A B McKillop an assistant were jailed without warrants. The district attorney plans involuntary manslaughter and obstruction charges. The men admitted sending a patient to a store room to obtain powdered milk used in scrambled eggs, which turned out to be roach poison. The poison resembled powdered milk and could affect many. the case centers on the October incident at the Salem hospital.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Hospital For the
Miller Hayden
Mary O'Hare
Cook
McKillop
O’hare
Walter Lansing
George A Nosen
Medford
Lansing
McKiHop
Lanswnt Cading
Decorations Awarded To General Sutherland
Washington reports General Richard K. Sutherland received the Silver Star and an oak leaf cluster to add to his Distinguished Service Medal for leading aerial surveys of front line fighting in New Guinea. The War Department announced nearly a score of awards for acts of courage by Army fliers in the Southwest Pacific.
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Washington
Richard K. Sutherland
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Southwest Pacific
Sutherland
Hancock
New Guinea
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Jap Bases In Burma Heavily Bombed During Weekend Raids
British and American air forces joined for large scale weekend raids on Rangoon Mandalay and Toungoo in Burma. The 10th Air Force hit Mandalay railroad yards and shops while RAF and British bombers targeted Rangoon and Toungoo, with strong results and no enemy air opposition, signaling increased operations in the theater.
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New Delhi
United States
RAF
Rangoon
Manaalay
Toungoo
Burma
Ran
Cina
10Th Air Force
Mandalay
Maingaladon
Ehef
Rannage Weighit
Aros
Areca
Birthday Party for Harold Staley Draws Friends
A Surprise birthday party was held at the home of Harold Staley’s parents on Wednesday November 16. Refreshments were served and gifts were presented by many guests including Gastley, Fox, Brunk, Butler, Hargett, Dinterman, Grove, Martz, Gastley, Dinterman, and Staley family friends.
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Harold Staley
Tacky
Eddy Day
Fox
Sonny Brunk
Connie Butler
Frederick
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Reno S Harp
Alice E Phifer
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General Sutherland
Wbase
Canada
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