Hot Springs Politicking Sparks Calls for Election Probe
The piece attacks political boss Leo P. McLaughlin in Hot Springs Garland County arguing his machine directed county votes in gubernatorial and senatorial races. It urges a non partisan body to monitor poll tax and election machinery and calls for federal court action to prosecute alleged voting abuses.
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Leo P. McLaughlin
Hot Springs
Lea
Jack Holt
Garland County
Len P. McLaughlin
Arkansas
McLaughlin
People of
Leo
Valers
Indicates Story of Enemy Signs May Prove False
Washington reports say the War Department received indications that a story about enemy markers pointing to defense installations may be false. The piece claimed air visible signs and drone photographs existed, but newspapers and officials questioned the hoax.
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Washington
War Department
Michel Field
Department
the Star
Virginia
Star
New Jersey
Fish and Game Commission
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Army
UN Battles Atlantic Sinks Outpace Shipping Growth
S. Burton Heath notes the United Nations struggle in the Atlantic as Axis submarines, mainly German, sink vessels faster than replacements. He argues persistent shipping shortages threaten the war effort and that the situation is deteriorating.
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United Nations
Arkansas Democrats Eye Runoff Amid Heavy Early Voting
Statewide polling showed 200000 votes predicted as Arkansas Democrats cast more ballots than in the July 28 primary. Reports from cities like Hot Springs Fayetteville and Little Rock indicated higher turnout by 11 am. The contest pits Attorney General Jack Hall against former Congressman John L. McClellan with party leaders and multiple state offices on the ballot.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
UW. 8
Hot Springs
Polly Today
Lloyd Spencer
Hope
Jack Hall
Jeader
4RO
John L. McClellan
Hattie W. Caraway
Dave Terry
Clyde Ellis
Hree Supreme Court
Holt
McClellan
Leo P. McLaughlin
Garland County
Election Party at Star Building Tuesday Night
The Star will host a public-election returns party Tuesday night beginning at 9 and running until 3 or later if needed. Complete results of the Democratic run-off will be displayed and broadcast, covering all county and district races with AP wire reports on state candidates. Election officials should report boxes to The Star after counting. avoid calling for information Tuesday night.
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Star
Associated Press
Red troops urged to save Russia as Caucasus drive mounts
Soviet and party organs appeal to Red Army to halt German advances on Don and Kuban as the Caucasus battle deepens. Berlin reports Novorossisk and Tuapse attacked. Krasnodar and Maikop clash amid fierce fighting and shifting front lines.
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Russia
Caucasus
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Communist Party
Maikop
Krasnoar
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Kuban
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Lavestia
Vand
Pravda
Ovlene
Red Fleet
Black Sea
Novorossisk Land Tuspse
Caucasian Mountains
Kuban River
Novorossisk
Gremans
Armavir
Krasnodar
A. S
William H. Blandley
Volga
Urals
Mailsop
Tuapse
Red Air Force
Memphis Killer Confesses to Murder of Woman
Memphis Police announce Marshall Spigener 44-year-old convict has confessed to killing Mrs. Jewell Roberts 27-year-old widow whose body was found in a downtown hotel. Spigener arraigned on first degree murder and pleaded innocent. Coroner says autopsy indications strong she was choked. Spigener previously jailed for Grace Bennett murder in 1927 and paroled last July.
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Memphis
Tenn
Marshall Spigener
Jewell Roberts
Joe Boyte
Spigener
C. W. Miller
Roberts
Grace Bennett
Nashville
Arkansas
Tucker
Mississippi
Nazis Execute 100 in France
Associated Press reports intensified German measures and executions as Allied invasion fears grow. Ninety three Frenchmen were killed in Paris and at least six Czechs faced execution in occupied territories. Nazi threats targeted resistance, with Laval reinforcing police and troops in Vichy. Dutch hostages increased to 200 amid broader reprisals.
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Associated Press
Europe
Paris
Czecho-Slovakia
France
Vichy
Laval
Aneta
Netherlands
Holland
Bern
Switzerland
Chilki
Blood Flows in India as Civil Disorders Spread
British troops aided police as 13 more people died and 30 injured in Bombay during Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign. Casualties rose to 28 dead and 200+ injured nationwide, with clashes widening from Bombay to Calcutta and fears of Hindu Muslim rioting. Troops and police used force to restore order amid strikes, shop closures, and street bonfires.
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Preston Grover
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
General Motors
Ford
Calcutta
Dadar
Parel
Matunga
Roger Lumley
Ahmedabad
Laval seeks police protection in Vichy
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports Laval has called up police and troop reinforcements to shield the Vichy government from a rumored coup detat. Laval was in Compiegne to greet 1,000 returning French war prisoners released by the Germans in exchange for French workers entering German industry.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
Gompiegne
Steel blockade claim sparks Senate hearing on west coast ore
Henry J. Landahl of Seattle testifies to a Senate defense committee that Morgan U. S. Steel blocks Pacific coast iron ore development to protect its interests. He says a $50 million RFC loan application by Morgan U. S. Steel group may be buried by RFC chair Jesse Jones. Landahl cites 1909 efforts by Pacific Northwest capital to build the industry and cites halted negotiations with Vickers and the British government.
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Washington
Henry J. Landahl
Seattle
Senate
Special Defense Committee
Morgan U.S. Steel Corporation Group
Landahl
Pacific American Steel Iron Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Jesse Jones
Morgan-U. S. Steel Group
United States Steel Corporation
Pacific Northwest
Vickers Armaments
England
Americans Hit Key Jap Bases In China Raid
Chungking dispatch reports American fighters escorted bombers in a low altitude strike on Hankow and surrounding targets. Hankow, described as Japan s largest inland base on the Yangtze, saw at least two large fires started. The raid follows an earlier Tamil Indo China action and suggests Japanese reinforcements moving toward Thailand and Burma may be used against India or Yunnan.
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Chungking
Hankow
Joseph W.stilwell
Japan
China
Yangtze River
Haiphong
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Saigon
Indian
Yunnan Province
Flashes of Life: Navy Recruit Eight Sisters Story
Philadelphia Paoli recalls eight sisters as he explains why he joined the Navy. A recruiter notes eight smiling girls in the hallway, underscoring a humorous motive for service.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Samuel Paoli
Navy
Planes Pound Jap Bases in Solomon Area
Allied bombers widened assaults under General MacArthur as Marines and sailors landed on the Solomon Islands. RAF and US air forces targeted Rabaul and Japanese ships near Timor while land fighting centered on Tulagi and Guadalcanal. Admiral King noted losses including cruisers and destroyers, stressing costly but necessary operations as Council sides report gains in the Solomons.
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Salomon Islands
MacArthur
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Solomons
Dutch Timor
Solomon Battle
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Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Solomon Group
New Guinea
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Ashort
Admiral King
King
Fay
Robert L. Ghormley
South Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
United States
Solomon Islands
John Curtis
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