Fall of Catania and Orel Hint at Allied Strategy
Mackenzie analyzes two Sicily and Orel advances as a linked pincers move by Allies and Soviets. He notes Orel as a ключ railway hinge near Moscow and Sicily as a gateway to potential invasion of Italy, stressing ongoing fierce fighting and caution against premature conclusions.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Ism
Ore
Cakania
Sicily
Orel
Hitler
Moscow
Sea of Azov
Etna
Sne Wast
Messina
Russia
Thi
Germany
Backache and Leg Pains Sign Kidney Trouble
Warns that backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble as kidneys remove wastes from blood. Persistent symptoms can bring headaches dizziness and fatigue. Recommends Dean's Pills, a long‑standing remedy claimed to cleanse poisons from the blood.
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Nature
British Sweep Mount Etna to Catania in Sicily Campaign
Allied forces under Gen Bernard Montgomery pressed along the Sicilian coast driving through Etna heights toward Catania. German bridges and mines were blown as paratrooper troops defended terrain and a Dittaino river crossing opened the flank for a pivotal assault that began July 15 and culminated in a costly conquest at Catania with renewed Allied momentum along the east coast.
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Catania
Mt. Etna
Etna
Sicily
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dittaino
Regalbuto
Centurive
Primsola
Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Berlin
Associated Press
Market Report From St Louis Stockyards and Chicago Grains
At St Louis Stockyards hogs totaled 9 500 with steady to 5 lower prices. Bulk 180 270 lb hogs 14.25 14.40, top 14.45. 270 310 lbs 14.00 14.30. 100 130 lbs 12.60 13.40. Cattle and calves totals around 3 000 with openings steady. steers 14.75 15.75. stocker and feeder steers 9.50 11.50. cows 9.50 11.75. Sheep 4 500 with spring lambs 13.75 14.25 to packers, 14.50 to other interests, mid grades 12.50 13.50. Chicago grains show oats leading demand near seasonal peaks. futures mixed with strength in oats due to cash demand and crop forecasts. Wheat and rye move varied. cash wheat ranges listed. Continuous trading notes war developments keeping activity light.
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Chicago
Hill Folk Resist Sales Tax Says Local Merchants
Revenue Commissioner Murray B. McLeod said North Arkansas hill county merchants report half their customers refuse to pay sales tax and fear paying when they cannot collect. Merchants favor education showing tax funds return to local areas. McLeod noted tax applies to barter trades like a case of eggs. The piece also covers Allied advances in Sicily with Catania in British hands and ongoing bombardments along the northeast coast.
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Little Rock
Murray B. McLeod
North
Arkansas
Hill County
McLeod
New York Cotton Prices Slip on Late Day Liquidation
Light hedge selling and price fixing support eased as traders awaited the government crop estimate due Monday and 1943 loan news. Afternoon levels fell 5 to 25 cents a bale with Oct near 19.89 and Dec around 19.74. Futures closed 40 to 60 cents lower, with Dec and other months posting fresh daily lows amid late session liquidation.
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New York
New Orleans
Poultry and Produce Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Chicago August 5 report notes poultry live shipments 23 trucks with prices at ceilings. Potatoes arrivals 20 on track and 691 on shipments 691 with fair demand. market about steady. Us No 1 whites 4.6 to 4.05 cents. Idaho russets 3.95 to 4.05. Idaho Bliss Triumphs 2.95. Nebraska cobblers 5.00.
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Chicago
Tdahy Ieng
Idaho
Stocks drift in slow New York session
New York stocks eased slightly in one of the year’s slowest sessions with a weak start and fractional losses across most of the list. In late trading leaders recovered modestly while total volume reached about 600 000 shares. New Orleans cotton futures fell on hedge selling and favorable war news with closes mostly lower for several active months.
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New York
Ickes Stands on Plan to Cut Gasoline
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes declared that the oil transportation problem is nearly solved and urged diverting gasoline from the Middle West and Southwest to the East. He told congressmen that war needs, falling crude capacity in the Midwest, and reduced gasoline output require conservative use of petroleum products and tighter rationing to prevent shortages. He noted more oil can be moved than consumed as war demands grow.
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Chicago
Harold L. Ickes
Middle West
Southwest
Ickes
Midwest
Washington
Mid
West
Texas
Louisiana
New Mexico
United States
Cotton futures ease as spot prices drift lower at close
The 12 Spot cotton market closed quiet with 40 cents per bale decline. Prices at close show 8 Low middling to 15.97, middling 20.22, and good middling 20.67. Receipts stood at 560 with total stock 169,459.
Smackover Woman Killed in Truck Accident
Smackover, Aug. 5. Mrs. Juanita Springer Harper of Smackover was killed in a truck accident near Nashville Tennessee yesterday. Her father G. C. Springer was notified today. She had worked at a Nashville defense plant about three weeks. Survived by her husband two sons and two daughters. Body to be sent to Converse Louisiana for burial.
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Smackover
Juanita Springer Harper
Nashville
Tenn
G. C. Springer
Harper
Converse
Walnut Ridge Crash Kills Three Training Cadets
Two training planes crashed near Bono Arkansas and Pocahontas while on routine training missions. Second Lt. Leon S. Spitzer 19 Atlantic City New Jersey and A C Alfred M. Tua 22 Clifton New Jersey died in the Bono crash. A C Dean Preston 22 Midlothian Illinois was killed near Pocahontas a few hours later.
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Wanut Ridge
Army
Leon S. Spitzer
Atlantic City
N. J
Alfred M. Tua
Clifton
Bono
Ark
Dean Preston
Midlothian
Ill
Pocahontas
Rains Break Heat in North Arkansas
Associated Press reports cooling rains spread over North Arkansas ending a long heat wave. Rogers recorded 1.12 inches overnight with July totals at 0.3 inches. Heber Springs postponed a homecoming parade due to heavy rain. Batesville also reported rainfall.
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Associated Press
North Arkansas
Rogers
Heber Springs
Batesville
Public hearings to discuss a new eight year term limit proposal
Washington reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings next month on a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to eight years. Chairman Van Nuys plans to create a subcommittee led by McCarran to begin hearings after Congress reconvenes in mid September. The move draws mixed reactions from lawmakers including Bailey and Hatch, with administration stance not yet clear and debate over whether the measure could reach the required two thirds.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
van Nuys
D-In
McCarran
D-New
Congress
Roosevelt
Bailey
D-Nc
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Hatch
DNM
Army Air Corps Uses 25 Types Of Ground Transport
Each fighting pilot must have support of 15 to 25 men on the ground and each pursuit or bombing airplane requires more than twenty ground vehicles. To handle the job the Army Air Corps has 25 varieties of specially developed motor transport equipment.
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Army Air Corps
Paratroop Concept Traced to 1935 Soviet War Games
The Nazis are believed to have adopted paratroop use from the Russians after observing their 1935 war games. The note suggests early Soviet demonstrations influenced German airborne planning and tactics prior to World War II.
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Stalingrad
Your McCormick-Deering
Arkansas Machine Specialty Co
V. C. Johnston
North Walnut—Hope
Market Report
ST. Louis Livestock
Aisin
Kellogg’s
Lifebuoy
Lux Soap
Arm & Hammer
Clabber
Franks
Stubart
Jor
Ivory
Rinso
Phg
Walnut Ridge
AIR Corps
Bob Elmore
Auto Supply
TAX! Service
Toxi
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