Manila Starving City Hopes For American Army Arrival
Eye witness account from General MacArthur's headquarters describes Manila as a dying city under Japanese rule. Nearly 1,000,000 residents face starvation as rice imports are banned and rents, salaries, and prices collapse. Children rummage through garbage while smugglers and a buy and sell racket flourish.
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Manila Daily Bulletin
Manila
Gen. MacArthur
Alfonso Denega
MacArthur
Luzon
Japan
East Asia
Soldiers' Feet Frozen in Their Wet Shoes
War correspondent Jack Bell describes fifty American soldiers of the 75th Division in Belgium enduring freezing feet after days of snow. Cold, wet gear and inadequate boots leave men with swollen toes, frostbite signs, and desperation to return to duty despite conditions.
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Jack Bell
75TH
Belgium
Paul Behrends
Los Angeles
Wallace Tangle Draws Big Mail
In Washington the confirmation fight for former Vice President Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce heats up with a flood of mail. The Senate post office handled an estimated 100000 to 150000 letters on the nomination as Congress faces intense pressure.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
Senate Post Office
De Mille Quits Radio Show Over Union Fee Row
Cecil B. De Mille resigns from his 5000 dollar weekly Lux Radio Theatre program after refusing to pay a one dollar union assessment. Lionel Barrymore steps in as producer for Lady in the Dark while De Mille defends American citizenship over salary amid a California closed shop dispute.
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Hollywood
Cecil B. de Mille
de Mille
Lionel Barrymore
Lux Radio Theatre
California
M P Becomes A R Engineer In France With US Forces
Ohio corporal Ralph L. Cooper climbs into a locomotive under shellfire near a blazing railroad yard in France. He hauls 100 carloads of ammunition, repeatedly starts and moves the train, and returns for more as shrapnel explodes around the cab. Tanks later assist the yard clearance. He credits his father’s locomotive experience for the feat.
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U. S
France
Ohio M. P
Cpl
Ralph L. Cooper
Rutland
Want Ads and Shop Notices Blend in Local Classifieds
Want ads list fat cattle for butchering from Pascal Farley and a rubber stamp pad supplier for The Sun. Flowers for all occasions offered by Mrs. Allen T. Short with phone 100 as sole Hannah's agent.
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Pascal Farley
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah's
State Highway Dept to Take Over Two Grayson Roads
The Texas Highway Commission designates Carpenters Bluff to Pottsboro and Van Alstyne to Gunter as farm to market roads with state maintenance and future improvements. County Judge J. J. Loy accepted, noting Grayson County’s debt-free lateral roads. The plan links broader state road designations and awaits federal bridge cooperation on Lake Texoma.
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Texas Highway Commission
Carpenters Bluff
Denison
Pottsboro
J. J. Loy
D. C. Greer
State Highway Department
Blacktop
van Alstyne
Gunter
Eastwest
Sherman
Judge Loy
Grady Gentry
State Highway Commission
Mineral
Lake Texoma
Gordonville
Grayson
Highway Commission
New Yorker Gives $1000 for First Russian Entry into Berlin
David Kay, a 44 year old New York businessman and Polish native, offered $1000 to the first Russian soldier or unit to enter Berlin, with a Paris award already posted for the first American reaching Paris after the invasion. If no single winner emerges, the fund will be divided among the first penetrating unit. Authorities have not yet named a Berlin recipient.
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New York
Paris
Berlin
David Kay
Lublin
Poland
Kay
Van Wie Pleads Innocent In Bigamy Case In San Francisco
Francis H. Van Wie the self described man with 12 wives pleaded innocent to two bigamy complaints in San Francisco court. The 58 year old street car conductor known as the Ding Dong Daddy of the D Line faced a crowd as District Attorney Edmund Brown noted his marriages. Bail was reduced from 2500 to 1000 as the judge called him a kindly sentimental soul while wife No 11 and wife No 12 attended the proceedings and filed annulments.
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San Francisco
Francis H. van Wie
van Wie
Leo Cunningham
Edmund Brown
Jerry Desmond
Los Angeles
Mary Josephine van Wie
Evelyn Brown van Wie
Myrtle Deering van Wie
Stephenville Nursery Develops New Berry
Stephenville is home to the Ross Wolfe nursery which offers a million Rossberry plants and launches a statewide ad campaign. The berry tastes like raspberry, is reddish brown, and grows up to two inches long. Vines are hardy and yield giant berries, spreading like grapevines and renewing each spring after pruning.
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Stephenville
Ross Wolfe
Not Active Said the German to the Swiss
A witty exchange contrasts Germany lacking coastline and navy with Switzerland’s government. The German questions how Switzerland can have an admiral while Germany appears landlocked, while the Swiss retorts about Germany’s own minister of justice.
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Germany
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J. E. Smith
Jersey
Whitewright
Taylor Autrey
Rick
Robert Robinson
Kirkpatrick
Tom Barbee
Blackland
Trenton
Sam Stateville
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Square Deal
West
Houston
Guy Ellis
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Mgr
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Luther Burbank
W. Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville Nursery
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Rexall
War Production Board
War Producttion Board
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