Arkansas Supreme Court limits sales tax on Memphis stores
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the State Revenue Department may not collect the 2 percent sales tax from Memphis Department stores, constraining sales tax as a revenue source. The decision highlights interstate shopping effects and discusses use taxes, home sales, and the broader impact on state revenue.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
State Revenue Department
Memphis
Supreme Court
Towa
Chicago
Arkansas
Trade plan wins House approval under reciprocity pact
Washington April 27 The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14 to 0 to approve the administrations reciprocal trade agreement. A Republican amendment urged by Dewey sought to suspend trade with nations dealing with international cartels. Democrats backed renewal of State Department authority to negotiate, while Republicans pressed limits and a 90 day congressional vote window. The plan, from 1854, allows concessions in return for favors, including tariff adjustments criticized as injuring American business.
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Reedy
Washington
Represata- Bewey
RAM
Karman
Doughton
Knutson
Mike Minns
Rep
West
Texas
West Wis
Dewey
Kinitson
Confess
Tor Inn
Japanese radio warns as U S pushes through Aleutians
The Associated Press reports Japanese radio quotes a New York Times-bound correspondent saying the United States is feverishly building large airfields across the Aleutians. Claims describe hangars runways and ammo dumps sprawling toward Tokyo with a major site at unclear bluff.
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Associated Press
United Slars
Alaska
Tokyo
Asa- A
Aleutians
Soviet Polish Breakfurts War Plans Shake UN Proates
Washington April 27 A diplomatic rift emerged as the Soviet Union cut relations with the Polish government in exile. Observers fear postwar UN planning meetings are set back while debate centers on whether Britain and the United States can recognize a Moscow based Polish provisional regime. Moscow denounces London but hints at broader strategy.
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Wade Werner Washington
Russi
United Nations
Gecard
Fewyhat Io
Moscow
Maren
Must
Free Polynel
Tives
Polynd
Tendon
Kendanaviers
Poland
Poveian
Vo M. Molotay
London
Britain
United States
Patish
Nazis Demand More French Workers for Atlantic Wall
Bern reports Germany asks for 220000 French workers to build coastal fortifications and complete the Atlantic Wall. French sources say the project is not yet ready and that Pierre Laval, starting his second year as head of the Vichy government, is expected to approve. Observers note large numbers of French laborers already in Nazi service.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Frenne
Pierre Lieval
Ivbinmenk
Germain Ver
Strikes Threaten To Tie Up Soft Coal Industry
Washington April 27 The wartime labor policies face a possible nationwide disruption as a wave of strikes threatens coal production. UMW leaders meet with John L. Lewis as the Labor Board seeks to halt the stoppages while hundreds of telegrams flood UMW headquarters. The panel led by Morris Llewellyn Cooke will consider issues as strikes spread across Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky affecting captive mines used by steel companies. The board extends existing agreements toward a final settlement, while wage and travel time demands loom large.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers
New York
John L. Lewis
Labor Board
UMW
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Thhem
Pennsylvania
Southeastern Kentucky
Orest
Las Bain
Uwineis
Inchtina
WLB
Onersky
Morris Llewellyn Cooke
Philadelphia
Cooke
Inbar
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Lorcomotive
Walter White
Business Advisory Council
Commerce Department
Wi8
Thomas Kennedy
General McNair Leaves Bed After Wounding in Tunisia
General Lesley J. McNair, commander of American ground forces, left a hospital bed three days after a German shell injury in Tunisia. He wore the Purple Heart awarded by the Second Corps for wounds from a near-miss shell while observing a doughboy advance. He suffered a forearm wound and a fractured shoulder from fragment impact.
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Nermhorn
Kurrisit
Jieul
Lesley JL McNair
Tontiay
Mer Vilie
McNair
Tunisia
Duisburg Bombed by 1000 Tons of British Bombs
London reports Britain's largest bombers conducted a major raid on Duisburg, claiming over 1,000 tons dropped on the German port. Four engined bombers faced strong defenses. 16 enemy planes were shot down. Seventeen bombers were reported missing.
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Duisburg
London
Britain
Reich
Wall Ministry
Colagie
Dustries
Distwighvs
Stettin
Rostwek
Berlin
Alr Ministry
Germany
Hea
Raie
Westermitny
Ohrhausen
Maelheim
Death Penalty Decreed For Train Slaying in Oregon
Robert Folkes, a 20-year-old dining car cook, was sentenced to death for the first degree murder of Mrs. Martha Virginia James on a southbound train. Circuit Judge Lewelling set May 28 as the execution date in Oregon’s lethal chamber, with Folkes in solitary confinement at the state prison after transport from Albany. Folkes expressed remorse for Mrs. James’s family but not for the victim, while his attorney prepared to appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court.
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Salem
Tve
Robert Li
Lee Olkex
Oregon State Prison
State Supreme Court
Nexro
Alban
Ore
Martha Virginia James
Norfolk
Danauiey
Wona
Albany
Oregon
Folkes
Liew
Tiry Howard
James Husband
Richard I. Daanes
Lovey Lonmin
Bolkts
Orexon
Red Cross Is Praised by Hope Officer
A letter from England by Lt. McCabe, now in North Africa, describes Red Cross food and beverages boosting morale for soldiers. He praises American volunteers and notes pride in serving alongside Allied forces while contrasting experiences with England and American enterprises.
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Red Cross
Hope
Crass
England
Badyginduck McCabe
Johnie McCabe
South Main Street
Lt. McCabe
North Africa
Berserk father shoots child and himself in Michigan home
In Buy City Michigan a father of six opened fire in his barricaded home at 8 am. He killed five year old Vivian and wounded four others including Kathleen Genevieve Bernice before fatally shooting himself. Police tear gas and neighbors failed to stop him after a quarrel with his wife Josephine.
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Buy City
Mich
Sixhildren
Vivian
Mercy Hospital
Kathleen
Genevieve
Bernice
Neighters
Lisk
Cecil J., Jr
Josephine
Putralmin Roy Robb
Robb
Benjamin Nadolski
Plan to Name Field for Spa Mayor Spiked
Washington reports a plan to name an air field in Hot Springs Arkansas after a local hero died in action. Senator McClellan said the effort was to honor an Arkansas son killed in the war and urged naming fields for fallen soldiers rather than civilians. He noted no specific candidate and stressed national wartime tribute.
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Washington
Stat Springs
Ark
Lea
Melightor
Una
McClellan
D-Ark
MelLaughtin
Arkansas
Namie
Idl
Hot Springs
Aetuin
Frenchmen Executed for Sabotage in Nimes
Dispatches from Vichy report two young Frenchmen were executed in Nimes for sabotage against railways and violence toward authorities. The events underscore ongoing wartime repression in occupied France.
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Bern
Vichy
Nimes
Allies Hold Hills Around Mubo Near Salamaua
Allied Headquarters report Australian and American forces hold hill tops above Mubo New Guinea less than 18 miles from Salamaua. Bombing and strafing support repelled Japanese positions on an important ridge while planes kept up daily low sweeps from Salamaua toward enemy lines and supply routes.
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Australia
Avirfield
Mubo
New Guinea
Sala
Douglas MacAurthur
Mube
Eas
Mali
Orguviace Dipanesa Resistamte
Papuan
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
Wau
Bistourck Sea
Lae
Guinea
MacArthur
Oren Harris to Speak at Altwy CCC Dedication Tonight
Congressman Oren Harris will be principal speaker at the dedication ceremony of the Altwy CCC camp. Speakers include Archie Stephens, Rev. Thomas Brewster, Mayor Albert Graves, and John P. Vesey. Benediction by Rev. Robert Moore. Public invited.
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Oren Harris
Toni
BP Oo
Mur
Jivrris
Archie Stephens
CCC
Washington
Thomas Brewster
Albert Graves
John P. Vesey
Robert Moore
Pye
Beir
Oil Refinery in Burma Hit by Allied Planes
Allied heavy bombers struck the Thi liwa oil refinery south of Rungowa causing multiple direct hits on tanks and installations a large storage tank exploded with a fire seen for miles. Medium bombers targeted the Heho air base while raids hit railroad installations at Maymyo and Ywangan as ground fighting wound down to patrols in the Atukan peninsula.
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New Pelhu
U.S. Air Force
Thiliwa
Rungowa
U. S
Maymyo
Ywuaanig
Atukan Peninsula
Hite
Allied forces push toward Tunis and Bizerte front
Allied units drive to within four miles of the Tunis Pont Du Fahs road and destroy about 80 German tanks. British First Army clears 11 miles of the Medjez-El-Bab to Tehourba road and nears Toum station, with French near Lake Achkel. Patton’s American columns strike Green Hill and Bald Hill while air forces fly over 1,000 sorties in a rapid, intensified offensive.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tunis-Pont du Fahs
First Army
Medjez - El-Bab
Tunis
Mediterranean
Lake Achkel
Lake Bizerte
Bizerte
Medjez-El- Bab
Goubéllat
Pont du Fahs
Grosse
Rome
H Duce
Eight Army
Jelia
Sedjenane
Air Activity Reaches New Fury in Russia
Soviet report says intensified air combat on the Soviet German front. Russians strike deep into the Kuban and Caucasus, Russian losses cited but German air strength weakened in the Kuban. Red Air Force conducted repeated raids on German airfields and lines of communication, with hundreds of German planes reported lost.
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Russia
Edby Gilmore
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Ship
Army
Taman
Crimea
Kerch Strait
Red Army
Red
Hitler
Germans Steal 36 Billions in Europe
Washington reports from the Board of Economic Warfare claim German looting of occupied Europe exceeds all prior conquests. They estimate $36 billion plundered by end of 1941, with wealth, industrial assets, and manpower transferred to Germany. Military gear and art, public property, and livestock were seized across Europe, including Poland, with some equipment sold to Japan amid ongoing warfare.
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Washington
Europe
Board of Economic Warfare
Germany
Dabaruberg
Board
Poland
Austelia
Cuechoshivakia
Soib
Eurropean
Japan
Fish Fry Replaces Regular Rotary Meet
Rotarians are urged to attend the Fish Fry at the Irish Bry on Lewisville road at around 6 p.m. There will be no Rotary Meeting this Friday. Only attendees of the Fish Fry and public meeting will receive attendance credit. President Bill Wray hopes for full participation.
Nevada Singing Meet at Badeaw May Day Event
The Nevada County Annual May Singing will be at Badeaw on Sunday May 2. Everyone is invited to bring songs and a well filled basket and enjoy the day with us.
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Nevada County
Badeaw
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