Stettinius Named For Hull's Post
President Roosevelt named Edward A. Stettinius Jr. secretary of state after Cordell Hull announced his resignation due to illness. Stettinius, 44, previously Under secretary of State and former chairman of U S Steel, will lead U S foreign policy amid critical wartime diplomacy with Britain Russia and the other United Nations. Hull, 73, has been ill since October 2 and will serve as elder statesman if health allows.
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Washington
Edward A. Stettinius, Jr
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Hull
Stettinius
U. S. Steel Corporation
Dumbarton Oaks
United States
Britain
Russia
United Nations
Drink Canada Dry Sign Provokes Drunk Laugh
A drunken man mumbling at a street corner is challenged by a police officer. The drunk points to a sign that reads Drink Canada Dry and asserts it cannot be done, prompting a brief exchange.
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Canada
Britain’s World War II Casualties and War Costs
A Washington London white paper reports five years of war leaving Britain with 738000 casualties including 563112 military and 176081 killed plus 57298 civilian deaths. It notes one in three houses damaged, vast ship loss, and Britain supplying most Commonwealth munitions while wartime expenditures surged from 4 to 23.6 billion dollars.
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Washington
England
Britain
London
Great Britain
Commonwealth
United States
Canada
White Paper
White
Doctor Lies To Lad On Eyesight Ends His Blind Future
A 24th Division patrol medic lied about recovering sight after eye injuries from a mortar in Leyte. The wounded boy endured isolation on scant rations until a Japanese machine gun halted their march, and he was shot through the heart before evacuation.
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Doctor
Lad
24Th Division
Limon
Ormoc
Leyte
Solons Hear Of Plot to Control Texas University
In 1940 a conspiracy to control education in Texas through safe regents and trustees was formed. Senate investigators heard Dr. Homer P. Rainey’s role shift from sinner to saint as supporters testified. Maj. J. R. Parten claimed a meeting four years earlier blacklisted liberal thinkers and sought to fire Rainey, urging regents to resign.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Homer P. Rainey
Saint
Maj
J. R. Parten
Houston
University of Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Dr. Rainey
Major Parten
Regents
Houstonian
16 Year Old Boy Clears Missing $610 Case in Portland
Portland detectives cleared a mystery over 610 dollars taken from a pint jar in a family home. They questioned a 16 year old relative who was found with a new car, a new ring, and 85 dollars. He said he found the jar in the cellar sawdust and believed the money came with a fuel load.
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Portland
Ore
Bevin Says War’s End Belief Caused U S Shell Shortage
British Labor Minister Ernest Bevin told a Leeds press conference that American shell shortages stemmed from the belief that the war was over after Allied advance through France and Belgium to Holland. He warned that lifting service restrictions under pressure could have harmed troops at the front. He insisted the government would not yield to such clamor.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Leeds
France
Belgium
Holland
America
Hitler
O Daniel Loses Small Role in Federal Patronage
Washington reports that after the November election Senator W L O Daniel of Texas will lose his limited authority in selecting federal job holders. Previously he was consulted as a courtesy on patronage, but the Texas Regulars defeat ends his influence and he may not be consulted by Senator Connally on patronage matters.
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Washington
W. L. O’daniel
Texas
O'Daniel
O’daniel
Tom Connally
Connally
Mouse Nesting in Piano Sings for Food
Austin headline reports Robert Call a Black band leader says a mouse living in his piano learned to sing. The mouse performs about ten minutes per concert and will sing for bread crusts or peanuts offered by listeners.
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Austin
Robert Call
Call
F D R May Take Rest Anywhere on Vacation Plans
President Roosevelt said he might go away for a vacation and could surprise everyone. He indicated plans were in flux and he might travel to any point in the country, north east south or west, with no fixed destination announced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
German POW says he learned English in Clinton Oklahoma
In Ponca City Oklahoma a German prisoner of war told Robert L Donelson Jr that he spoke fluent English because he had lived in Clinton Oklahoma for 20 years. The soldier did not disclose his name.
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Ponca City
Okla
Robert L. Donelson Jr
Osage
Clinton
Want Ad Promises Quick Sale for You
A classified notice claims a want ad can speed a sale for the seller, offering simple posting and broad reach through the newspaper’s classified section.
Legal Beer Foamed Its Last in Denison Two Years Ago
Denison ended legal beer sales on Nov 28 after Grayson County voted 2 265 to outlaw beer on Oct 24 1942. The dry result followed Denison’s wet vote in 1939 and prompted a scramble to dispose stock. Police report fewer drunken incidents though illicit beverages persist with home brews and imports from Oklahoma and Dallas.
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Denison
Grayson County
Sherman
A. F. Nossaman
Whitewright
Paul Borum
Oklahoma
Highway 75
Dallas
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