Townsend Plan Critics Rally Against War Finance
Readers hear a Little Rock gathering denouncing the Townsend Plan as a threat to national unity during wartime. The piece argues war demands tax revenue and bonds over radical pensions, noting 2,500 local men have joined the armed services and stressing support for the Second War Loan to back those abroad.
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Little Rock
Treasury
Imoney
Alf
Townsend Flan
Petice-Time
Townsendles
Post War Pattern Seen in Pan American Union Plan
WASHINGTON April 1 hemispheric leaders marked Pan American Day noting a half century old idea as a potential postwar model. President Roosevelt praised the union as a practical mechanism for continental cooperation and defense and hinted such a system could guide future world peace efforts through the United Nations. Readiness programs across the Americas highlighted the day with religious services civil aid and military ceremonies.
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Waseaingtom
United States
Toosevelt
Celebrinst
International Society of the
Roosevelt
Union
Buenos Aires
Libary
United Nations
Americas
Hampstead County War Loan Sales Reach $46,575 Total
Second local canvassing report shows Hampstead county war loan progress with $254,000 quota. So far $16,875 sold Monday and $29,700 sold yesterday, with May figures noted as Spragi said today. County Chairman Praglias provides the update on sales pace and remaining balance.
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Hampstead County
Loindri
Counly
Praglias
Spragi
June Knight Will Continue Divorce Suit
Houston, April. Mrs. Arthur Cameron, formerly June Knight, will pursue a Texas divorce, plan to confront Cameron in Arkansas court as service in Texas proved elusive. Judge Allred notes inability to serve him in Texas or elsewhere and confirms Cameron’s Arkansas residence unknown to opponents. Cameron contested by Mrs. Cameron, who aims to set aside the divorce for herself.
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Houston
Tex
April Bouty
Arthur Camerot
June Knight
Het Abana
Texas
Doday
Rowel
Dames
Allred
Bat
Arkansas
Cameron
Hin
Jadivna
Alfred
Arkunus
Township Votes Dry in 1942 Anti-Saloon Result
The article notes Mont Sander township voting to outlaw alcohol sales under 1942 act No. 1, with Beebe, Springdale and Fayetteville regions previously voting dry. Attorney General Ike Murry questions the act's timing and applicability, while the Revenue Department discusses filing reimbursements for liquor, beer, and wine licensees. The piece also cites New York City telephones and total U S telephones.
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Smith
Mont Sandel
Previouly Beebe
Springdale
Menu
Wahington County
Fayettevile
Mont Sander
Barling
Maura
Central
Old Sulphur
Lite Rock
Aitvot
Ike Murry
Lear Murry
Revenue Department
Photographers misdirections in Tunisia under Montgomery glare
Malden Mass photographer I Kovell, in Tunisia with a British unit, asks soldiers for directions. A puzzled sergeant challenges his motive, sparking a brief exchange. The moment captures wartime miscommunication and the odd, human side of frontline travel.
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Berskeant
Lavell
Lovell
Montgomery
OPA Delays Date of New Meat Prices
Washington April 14 The Office of Price Administration postpones the effective date of new retail meat prices for beef veal lamb and mutton by one month to May 17. Officials cite a re examination of ceilings under President hold the line order and promise immediate checks against current prices to decide if revisions are needed.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA O
Hitler Presses Axis Partners for Wider War Support
From Bern and Geneva reports in April 1940 the talks between Hitler and Mussolini yielded promises to mobilize Italian and Bulgarian, Romanian, and Bulgarian leaders for deeper Axis coordination. Officials hint at a program of coercive incentives to unite satellites under a common defense objective as North Africa risks a second front.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germaany
Alriga
Rumenia
Burke Leadies
North Africa
Boris
Bulgaria
Asis
Balgaru
Cirelos
Deutsche ‘Allgemeine Zeitung
Milne Bay Raid As Japanese Aircraft Strike in Pacific
Allied headquarters report a strong force of Japanese planes raided Milne Bay in daylight. The attack, tied to a wider offensive in the Southwest Pacific, followed by raids on Oro Bay Tawlagi and Port Moresby. MacArthur warned of dangers as Japan seeks aerial supremacy. Milne Bay had seen heavy action since January 17.
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Australia
Marc Arthur
Milne Bay
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Oro Bay
Tawlagi
Port Moresby
Pacific
Papua
New Guinea
Kreis
Mresby
Wek-Nek
Ggnipounique
Western Pacific
Austrailia
Harbors of Italy Blasted by the Allies
Allied air forces bombed Spezia and harbors at Palermo and Messina in Sicily on Monday night. Radar reports say raids also targeted rail yards and warehouses in Northern Italy and Western Europe as fighter-bombers supported British and Commonwealth operations. Several raids, including attacks on Caen and Abbeville, accompanied by missions against German targets, left three Allied aircraft missing on the long-range sweep.
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London
Spezia
Vival
Maly
Lhis
Middle East
Palermo
Messini
Sicily
Spezio
Ligurian Sea
Genoa
Taly
RAF
Messina
Middle East Command
North African Strategic Air Force
Sie Harbars
Rommel
Tunisia
Germany
Ialy
Big Lily
Spezin
Italy
Al-lied
Cairo
Abbeville Land Caen
Pragve
St. Omer
France
Wheaglians
State Nurses Appointments Made by Governor Adkins
Three of the six member State Board of Nurse Examiners were announced by Governor Adkins. Dr. Joe F. Shuffield, Mrs. Terry Brady Hess, and Sister Mary Kevin Gallagher were named or reappointed. Mrs. Huss succeeds Mrs. Gelia Sullee, who resigned, with Pocahontas listed as home base.
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Lite Rock
Annivers
Adkina
Joe F. Shuffield
Mry
Terry Brady Hess
Little Rock
Mary Kevin Gallawher
el Dorado
Br. Shuffield
Gallagher
Huss
Gela Sullee
Pocahauty
WLE Moves to Block Employer Wage Raises
Washington April 14 The War Labor Board will deny voluntary wage and salary offers by about 10 000 employers affecting up to a million workers. The WLB ordered regional boards to deny proposals involving inter plant inequalities not justified by the Little Steel formula. CIO President Philip Murray urged unions to push for wage corrections through reclassifications and local incentive plans while local boards fast track hearings on regional wage standards.
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Wasnngton
WLB
Swallow
Elor
James I. Byrnes
CIO
Philip Murray
Byrnes
Murray
Manpower Commission
Oregon's Lower Berth Murder Trial Revived
In Albans, April, the long-delayed trial of Robert R. Lee Falkes for first degree murder resumes. Defense attorney Lero Lomax, twice hospitalized for bronchitis, returns to court after interruptions during cross examining Marine Private Harold Wilson. The case concerns alleged killing of Virginia James in Norfolk. The 243rd year notes Copernican system anniversaries.
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Lomax
Lomus
Harald Wilson
Japs Signal Plans For Air Attack On U S Mainland
Japanese officials assert preparations for a vast air assault on the American mainland with cooperation from German and other forces. Gen. Kenrya Saio claims the strike is ready, issued four days before the Doolittle raid anniversary and as MacArthur warns of renewed danger in the Southwest Pacific. Major figures include MacArthur, Curtin, and Knox.
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Associated Press
Japan
United States
Kenrya Saio
Bureau of Military Affairs
Laing
Juan
James. Doolittle
Yokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
John Curtin
MacArthur
Thomas A. Blamey
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knnox
Naval blimp crashes near Hollister injuring crew of nine
A Navy airship went down in the coastal hills west of Hollister California shortly after midnight. Nine crew were aboard with one head injury two broken legs and several others hurt. One man was killed. Search parties spread over the hills as the sheriff's office tracked the wreck and survivors by radio. Two crewmen were found near Chittoden Junction and others later, with conflicting reports from officials about casualties and the cause.
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Holister
Calif
Hollister
Nane
San Franseio
San Benity County
Sheriff's Office
Chittoden Junction
12Th Naval Dirlet
San Francisco
San Benitae County
Lust Suimmier
Consent judgment awarded in civil actions at Hempstead circuit court
Court stayed in session briefly to hear a consent judgment. Prentice Jacob, a Black plaintiff, got $4,000 against Union Sawmill Co in a personal injury suit. Delaware case and others mentioned but unclear details.
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Hempstead
Prentice Jacob
Union Sawmill Co
Captured Prisoners Returned to Cummins
Claredon April 14 state prison authorities say Charte Hatfield and Annie Vickery, both short term offenders, were captured 14 miles west of here by Deputy Sheriff T. Plum 46 hours after fleeing Cummins farm. They were picked up on the highway after leaving the prison grounds by floating a log across the Arkansas river. Hatfield, from Lawrence County, forgery and uttering last December, was serving two years. Vickery, from Pontotny County, was serving three years for assault with intent to kill, sentence from October 1941.
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Claredon
Charte Hatfield
Annie Vickery
Congress
T. Plum
Clarendon
Cummins Farm
Plumb
Arkansas
Hatfield
Lawrence County
Vickery
Ponnett Country
Asault
Reds Using U S Planes in Raids on Germans
Moscow reports no major shifts on the Russian front as spring air operations broaden. United States planes flown by Soviet pilots are active in several missions and U S production is increasing. In ground fighting, Balakleya remains a focal point with heavy losses on both sides, while Soviet scouts probe German positions south of the Don and artillery targets near Leningrad.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
United States
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Russia
Balakleya
Volkhov Front
Balakley
Leningrad
Pool of Blood Probed in Kansas City Trial
The Kansas City trial of George W. Welsh, charged with slaying his 24 year old sister, took a new turn as police inspected a yard bloodstain and a flesh fragment from Leijn Adeel Welsh. Witness Ira Johnson testified about a police report and a later visit to Mrs. Murphs home near the Welsh residence. The defense sought the report as investigators recalled fresh clues from the crime scene in March 1941. The case remains active as testimony continues in circuit court.
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Kansas City
Leijn Adeel Welsh
George W. Welsh
Ira J. Johnson
Fran
Albert A. Ricse
John T. Barker
Cadbaci
Johnsott
Michel Murph
Welsh House
British Pressing Rommel Fends Off Tunisian Stand
Allied forces in Tunisia push toward Rommel's mountain defenses near Enfidaville and Djebel Bou Hadjar as air power destroys Axis aircraft. Eighth Army drives north, while radio reports claim limited Luftwaffe airfields remain and German tech personnel are being evacuated.
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Wes Gallagher
North
Africa
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Tunis
Bizerte
Eighth Army
Sousse
Rommel
Enfidaville
Djebel Bou Hadjar
Kairouan
London
Lighth
Hergla
Entdaville
George 8. Patton, Jr
Lake Kelbia
Eigth Army
Algiers
First Army
Tunsia
Beja
Medjeez - el - Bab
Sid Insir
Reuters
Traitor to Be Executed on April 27
Max Stephan, a German born traitor, is set for execution April 27 at Milan Federal Prison. Judge Arthur J. Tulle rejected a mid May date and urged clemency appeals to Roosevelt. Stephan was sentenced in 1942 to be hanged after a 1941 conviction by a federal jury. his attorney sought delays via Supreme Court petitions. Native islander divers and shellfish lore appear in this damaged text portion.
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Detrail
Max Stephan
Federal Correctional Institution of Milan
Mich
Arthur J. Tulle
United States District Court
Jodi Stephan
United States Marshalls
Tuite
Atorney
Nicholas Salowich
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Anne
Stepnen
Milan
Stephan
U. S. Supreme Court
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U.S
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Eureka
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