News on American Solomons offensive analysis by Mackenzie
World War analyst De Witt Mackenzie weighs the American assault in the Solomons, praising the initiative and courage of Marines while cautioning about fierce Japanese resistance and possible heavy casualties. He foresees growing Allied resolve as reports filter in and emphasizes morale, leadership, and strategic aims behind the campaign.
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Solomons
Soviet Moscow talks signal allied plan on Siberia attack
London interprets Churchill Stalin talks as aligning Britain United States and Soviet Union on timing for action against Germany. Press notes Moscow conference discussed joint moves, while Japan and Russia potential roles loom. speculation centers on Norway invasion to protect Murmansk route and boost Arctic operations.
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Robert E, Bunnelle Setondon
Ministurchill
Premmier Stalin
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London
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Germany
Europe
Russia
Norway
Murmansk
Funeral for Henry Stroupe in Paris and Oakwood Cemetery
Henry Stroupe 82 onetime army officer and former University of Arkansas board member will be buried in Paris this afternoon after dying yesterday in a Siloam Springs hospital. Services begin at 4 p.m. at his daughter Mrs Heber Denman's Fort Smith home and 6 p.m. at Oakwood cemetery. He lived in Paris since 1899 and served in the Spanish American War, World War I, and on the Mexican border. Surviving include Mrs Denman and two other daughters, Zeniz McPhee and three sons Almon, Henry, and Sergeant Stroupe, now abroad.
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Henry Stroupe
University of Arkansas Board
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Siloam Springs
Fort Smith
Heber Denman
Oakwood Cemetery
Sioupe
Trachin
Logan
Denman
Gene Artillery
Zeniz McPhee
Little Rock
Almon
Henry
New Orleans
Ruth to Return to Yankee Stadium for Exhibition
Babe Ruth will appear at Yankee Stadium next Sunday for a batting exhibition before a Yankees Senators doubleheader. The event funds Army and Navy relief efforts. Ruth, last a Yankee in 1934, will warm up with fungoes before taking his turn at the plate in Ruthville.
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Nave Relef
Bambina
Local Boys at Camp Wolters Tex Army training start
Camp Wolters Texas August 17 three Hope Arkansas natives arrive to begin infantry basic training in the Army of the United States. Assigned to a rifle training battalion are Lt Amos N Beard son of Mr and Mrs Beard Route one Pvt Verdon D Walker son of Mrs Edith Walker Route four Pvt Wingfield Davis Stroud son of Mrs Beulah Stroud High street.
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Texas
Hope
Ark
Army of the United States
Amos N. Beard
Beard
Verdon D. Walker
Edith Walker
Wingfield Davis Stroud
Beulah
Moscow meeting shapes Allied strategy across Europe
The article notes British leaders Brooke and Wavell at Moscow talks, outlining an expansive Allied plan from Norway to Italy to ease the Red Army. It cites Churchill and Roosevelt�s discussions, U.S. war material promises, and Molotov�s visit shaping Anglo Russian ties after the June 11 pact signing.
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Europe
Norway
Italy
Red Army
Alan Francis Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Archibald F. Wavell
India
Moscow
Brooke
Home Army
Wavell
Burma
Caucasus
Iran
Iraq
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Roosevelt
Stalin
United States
Vyacheslav Molotov
London
Three Flyers Survive Crash in Massachusetts Hills
Three soldiers survived a fatal crash of a large army transport plane near Peru Massachusetts. Sergeant Robert Lee aided two passengers despite severe burns before directing state police to the wreck and signaling for help with gunfire. Corporal Alon Pearson and Private James Fern remain critically burned as officials investigate the disaster that killed 17 aboard.
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Robert Lee
Columbus
Ohio
Alon
Pearson
Somerset County
James Fern
Abingdon
Peru Mountain
Berkshire Hills
Pape Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Army
Lee
United States Military Aviation
Massachusetts
Greeks Mistake Nazi Troops for British
Greek patriots on Crete mistook German parachute practice for a British invasion and rushed Candia airfield to aid the defense. Reported to the Greek government in exile, hundreds were arrested and an undisclosed number shot as rumors of a British flotilla swirled with fishermen’s tales of moving ships.
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London
Crete
Candia
Mystery of Continued from Page One
A bomb rack stripped the ground drawing hundreds who chased it by auto and streetcar to Daly City. Firemen rushing from brush fires arrived as the bag settled. It struck one house and two autos but caused little damage.
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Daly City
Semi-pro pitchers join U S Navy in Fort Smith move
Two Fort Smith Giants pitchers Don Kennedy of Houston Texas and Joseph Hayden Jr of Brooklyn signed as Naval Cadets today and will report to Kansas City for final examination this week. They likely won’t be called to service until the season ends. Fort Smith won the first half pennant and will face the second half winner for the league title.
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Whey
Don Kennedy
Houston
Tex
Joseph Hayden
Brooklyn
Fort Smith
Hope Scouts Win Meet Here in Southwest Arkansas Rally
Troop 86 led with 96 points in the third annual Southwest Arkansas Scout rally at Exiday with Troop 80 from Nashville second at 41 points. Thirteen towns were represented and about 175 scouts competed. Field events were at the University of Arkansas Experiment Station and swimming at the Pines pool, with numerous events and placements listed for Knot Tying, Signaling, Obstacle Race, First Aid, and various swimming races. At the close, scouts received awards and shared 1000 pounds of Big Hope watermelons provided by the Hope Scout Commission.
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Lewisville
Southwest Arkansas
University of Arkansas Experiment Station
Pines Swimming Pool
Horace — Adkins
Jiggs Copeland
Alfred Dye
Ieee
Bly Basye
Figgs Copeland
Hazzard
Glenn Hart
Ellis Perryman
Morse—Horaee
Willard Rogers
Kennedy
Williams
Max Stewart
Neil
Johnnie Brannan
Halliburton
Hart
Formby
Haart
Basye
Copeland
May
Calhoun
Glen Hart
Arthur Halliburton
Chandler
Johnie Brannan
Webser
Harb
Ball
Big Hope
Hope Scout Commission
Manpower Is New Problem for Congress
Washington staff report that Congress may be asked to create a national manpower authority with statutory power to direct workers to essential war tasks. The idea follows limits of the existing War Manpower Commission, which relies on cooperation rather than enforcement. Some plants already draft workers through government-financed payrolls in anticipation of future needs.
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Washington
Congress
Collision of Nazi Troop Trains Near Groningen
London reports from the Soviet Information Bureau that a heavily laden German troop train collided with another at a station near Groningen in the Netherlands, causing serious damage and halting traffic. Five prominent Dutchmen were executed by a Nazi firing squad for hostages after saboteurs blamed for the Aug. 7 wreck were not captured, with threats of further executions if fugitives are not surrendered.
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London
Anela
Netherlands
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Groningen
Holt to Open Law Office in Capital
Little Rock Aug. 17 Attor ney General Jack Holt, defeated in last Tuesday's Democratic Senatorial primary, said he planned to open a law office in Little Rock after his term ends January 1. In a off the record talk with newsmen, Holt said he retains political ambitions but declined to specify them. He noted his two month campaign included five or six speeches daily and credited a strict buttermilk diet for his improved condition.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
Holt
Lody
Malvern Man Is New State WPA Director
Harry Baker of Malvern is named the state Works Progress Administration director, succeeding Floyd Shear who joined the State Utilities Commission. Baker has led WPA efforts in Arkansas since 1993, with the announcement coming from Washington over the weekend.
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Malvern Man
New State
WPA
Little Rock
Harry Baker
Malvern
Washington
Floyd Shear
Adkins
State Utilities Commission
Baker
Arkansas
Market Report from St Louis Stockyards and NYC Cotton
Market notes show hogs 15 000 head with prices 10 to 15 lower for 180 pounds up, cattle around 6 500 head with steers strong and yearlings higher, sheep about 6 000 with good to choice lambs 14 50 to 15 00, cotton prices mixed with nearby futures little changed, shipments and produce prices listed for poultry and dairy items across Chicago and New York markets.
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Grain and Provisions Market Slips Amid Policy Talk
Chicago grain and provisions markets show renewed selling with corn leading losses as September delivery contracts fall. Prices dipped on expectations of meat rationing and livestock price ceilings, while favorable crop conditions and government feed wheat offerings supported some declines. NY stocks rose modestly on rail optimism as investors chased gains and new yearly highs.
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Chicago
Camden Attorney to Fill Court Bench
Little Rock August 17 Bruce Street Camden attorney will succeed the late L S Britt EL Dorado as 13th district circuit judge His appointment announced by Governor Adkins also named Robert A Kitchen El Dorado attorney chancellor of the 7th district succeeding the late Walker Smith Streett will serve until January 1 when a successor to be nominated in a special primary will take office The state Democratic Committee will vote here tomorrow to set the election date but party officials believe September 29 will be chosen Kitchen will serve until January 3 1945
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ST Bruce Street
Camden
L. S. Britt
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Adkins
Robert A. Kitchen
Walker Smith
Streett
State Democratic Committee
Kitchen
Private Clark Gable Arrives in Miami Beach
Film star Clark Gable arrives in Miami Beach as a United States Army private. He travels by train with no fanfare and passes through the rail station in civilian privacy, Army officials note.
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Clark Gable
Miami
Miami Beach
Fla
Joe Doakes
Gable
Liv Gable
Colon Troubles Free Book Facts On Chronic Ailments
A compact notice promotes a free book about colon and rectal ailments and stomach conditions. It names McGreary and mentions a large 1224 edition in a promotional line. The item reads like an advertisement from a period newspaper.
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Bob
Decision on REA Line Looms Near Malvern Plant
Little Neck Aug 17 71 The next days may reveal what happens to the 200 mile REA power line from Oldham to the aluminum plant near Malvern Thomas Fitzhugh REA Ark-Lia cooperative attorney said he was in Washington and surprised by reports that private power interests could buy the line and dismantle it The REA has not sold the line though a WPB engineer will visit the plant to explain why the line was not ordered connected first as recommended by the aluminum company’s civil engineer but overruled by the Pittsburgh headquarters.
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REA
Oldlahome
Malvern
Thomas Fitzhugh
REA Ark-Lia
Fitzhugh
Washington
Ile
Gotps
REA Une
RHA
South West Power Pool Energy
Fitshugh
WPB
Aluminum Compatry
Socil
Pittsburgh
Koussevitzky Sparks Tanglewood Revival With Youth Center
George Tucker recalls Dr. Serge Koussevitzky guiding the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood after the Berkshire Festival was cut back by government hints. A student orchestra of 105 performed Haydn and Shostakovich as audiences cheered, boosting box office and sparking renewed social interest. Many asked if local students could rival the Boston Symphony.
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George Tucker
New York
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston
Koussevitzky
Berkshire
Tanglewood
Lenox
Boston Symphony
Berkshire Music Center
Ion
Dr. Koussevitzky
Leonore
Dmitri Shostakovitch
FDR and Farley Clash in NY Democratic Gubernatorial Race
In a first face to face clash during the campaign, President Roosevelt and State Chairman James A. Farley were seen as packing opposing candidates as party leaders prepared for a conference tomorrow in New York.
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Roosevelt
James A. Parley
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