DuPont 140 Years and the Nation's War and Peace
A review of William S Sutton's DuPont history traces the firm's rise from gunpowder origins near Wilmington to a diversified, peace-time chemical leader. It argues the company’s main legacy lies in civilian industry, rail, mining, and paint, with war work as official wartime supply. The author notes profit dynamics in Civil War powder sales and highlights DuPont's broader impact beyond combat uses.
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DuPont
William 5. Sutton
Charles Scribners Son’s
New York
Eleuthere Trence du Pont de Nemours
Wilmington
Del
United States
Powder Trust
DuPont Companies
DuPonts
Navy
Army
General Motors Corporation
America
du Pont
Mojors
War Department
England
Henry duPont
du Pont Ledger T
Henry
Egypt Shakeup Signals Major Action in Middle East
London reports a strategic Egypt shift as Churchill’s Egypt stopover coincides with new Middle East command changes. General Alexander takes over from Auchinleck while US air force contingents arrive, fueling optimism and anxiety about a potential second front and Rommel’s threat near Alexandria.
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London
Inc
Britain
Churchill
Sas
North Africa
United Nations
Alexandria
Hitler
trans-Caucasus
Egypt
Joseph Stalin
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Middle East
Claude J. BE. Auchinleck
United States
Alexander
Erwin Rommel
Auchinleck
Call Men With Children Urged for Induction Plan
In Lille Rock on August 18 Selective Service Director I L Campbell announced Arkansas boards are rapidly filling single registrants and that some boards may begin calling married men with dependents by late October. September calls will come mainly from about 4 000 men who registered June 30, with many to be inducted by October 20. The plan hinges on a recent order classifying many as 1-A. The number of married men with dependents called soon depends on a proposed change allowing 18 and 19 year olds to be inducted. currently, draftees reach service after their 20th birthday. Arkansas has about 30,000 men aged 19 and younger, with a high proportion physically qualified and without dependents. The report also notes an Alaska reference and a mountaineering line twice in error.
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Lille Rock
I. L. Campere
Arkansas Selective Service Boards
Congressional Activnron
Cunpere
Arkansas
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie Ashley Schmuale
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie Ashley Schmuale 82 of Fulton will be held at the home in Fulton at 2 30 Thursday afternoon with Rev W H Smead of Texarkana officiating. Burial will be in Fulton cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mrs J K Harrel Mrs James Walters and Mrs J C Pate all of Fulton and many relatives throughout Hempstead county. Active pallbearers: TJ Login CH Wilson T H Seymour Gus Davis Brooks Shults J C Orton M Moore and D K Dickerson.
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Mattie Ashley Schmuale
Fulton
Palton
W. H. Smead
Texarkana
Bygvial
J. K. Harrel
James Walters
J. C. Pate
Hempstead County
TJ. Login
Ch. Wilson
T. H. Seymour
Gus Davis
Brooks Shults
J. C. Orton
M. Moore
D. K. Dickerson
Auxiliary Police to Meet Tonight in Hope City Hall
The Hempstead County Quailary Police, a Civilian Defense division, will assemble at 7:30 tonight at Hope city hall. Dewey Baker, president, announced the meeting. Ward organizations were completed by the Auxiliary Police last week.
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Hempstead County
Hope City Hall
Dewey Baker
Final push in Solomons may spark weeks of fierce fighting
General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia reports that the Solomons battle hinges on completing a major, multi-force operation across land sea and air. Tokyo cautions of possible further attacks as U S forces secure sea lanes vital to expanding the advance. An Auckland telegram cites "extremely bitter" fighting ahead with ships already deployed for a likely protracted showdown. Air patrols north of Australia, including Kavieng in New Ireland, are noted in the latest communique.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japan
Salomon Islands
Navi Mastery
South Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Auckland
New Zealand
Kavieng
New Ireland
U S Bombers Raid Axis Base Over Dieppe Raid Day
United States Flying Fortresses bombed an Abbeville fighter base during Dieppe operations. Two squadrons of B 17s escorted by RAF and RCAF fighters attacked, with many bursts seen on runways and dispersal areas. All bombers returned safely amid praise from a RAF commander.
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London
United States
Abbeville
Dieppe
United States Army
Targer
RAP
RCA
United States Army Air Force
RAF
RCAF
Kingegmbe
Russell Lanpstrom
Unite States
French
Europe
Brita
Royal Canadian Air Force
France
Britain
Rangers
Rouen
Channel
Band to Play at Saenger
The Hope High School Band conducted by Kenneth Crank will open the fall season at the Saenger theater on Wednesday night, August 13. The program features national melodies and marches including Star Dust, Sousa selections, and U. S. Field Artillery.
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Hope High School
Saenger Theater
Kenneth Crank
Overture
Smetsky
Colorado
Halimivs
Atilea
Fulion
Wl Capitan
Sousa
Ketchhey
U. S. Field Dery
Brazil War Fever Grows as Axis Sub Sinks Off Bahia
Rio de Janeiro reports two Axis submarines located off the coast, one destroyed by a U.S. plane. Brazilian forces recall all leave, prohibit reserves’ furloughs, and tighten security as the nation nears war. Coastal shipping deemed clear by a spokesman, 185 saved of 836 aboard five ships.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
Atlantic
Exnani A
Brazil
Jaul Lacey
Diario Carioca
United
Avlantic
Trindale
Joao Pinto Pacca
Eurko Gaspar Dutra
Getulio
Chile
Argentina
Axis
British Lose 2 More Ships In Mediterranean Convoy
The admiralty announced the sinking of the anti aircraft cruiser Cairo and destroyer ForeSight during the latest convoy operations to Malta. Earlier losses include the aircraft carrier Eagle and cruiser Manchester, bringing total British warship losses in the Malta reinforcement effort to four. The communique declined to reveal convoy ship counts or Malta arrivals, citing strategic importance. At least 66 Axis aircraft were destroyed that night. eight British planes were lost with four pilots saved.
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London
Criro
Eeeeeiele
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Eagle
Manchester
Malta
Cairo
Nippon Cruiser Sunk by U S Submarine in Aleutians
A United States submarine reportedly sank a Japanese cruiser or destroyer in the western Aleutians, with conditions preventing exact ship type identification. Navy communique No 108 notes this is the first such sinking not previously announced and raises total enemy ships sunk or damaged in the area to 23.
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Washington
United States
Aleutians
Navy
Navy Department
Aleutian
City orders probe into Main Street fire damage
Little Rock authorities order a fire department inquiry into yesterday’s blaze that destroyed Kress’s and a shoe store on Main street. The inferno burned for three hours, starting in the Kress basement at 6 34 a m and forcing firemen to retreat for air due to dense smoke and scarce masks.
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Little Rock
City Council
Kress's
Main Street
Kress
Greenville businessman changes son name after dispute
A Greenville businessman renamed his first-born to honor his former partner after their dissolution. The rival partner then named a newborn for the former partner, prompting a dramatic sequence at city hall. In other items, police shot a five-foot rat after a domestic disturbance at Mrs. Carl A Heinze’s home, and in Grand Island a woman complained to the local water commission about the ice quality in her trailer.
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Associated Press
Greenville, N.C
Greenville
City Hall
Carl A. Heinze
Yessuke
Grand Island
Neb
C. W. Burdick
City Light
Omaha
Nazis Advance of High Cost, Men, Equipment
Moscow dispatch reports German reserves pouring into the Don bend and Caucasus for a planned drive on Stalingrad and the Baku rail line. Soviets claim 1.25 million German casualties since May 15, with heavy losses in tanks, guns, and aircraft, while continuing counterattacks in Krasnodar and around Stalingrad.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Don Bend
Caucasus
Voronezh
Pyatigorsk
Stalingrad
Baku
Caspian
Russia
Adolf Hiller
Europe
Don
Maikop
London
Don River
Rostov-Baku
Mincralyne Vody
Georgievsk
Grozy
Grozny
Caucaus
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Bryansk
Information Bureau
Trassing
Don Basin
Firs
Post War Fight Seen by Sen Caraway
Senator Hattie W. Caraway warned the Arkansas Farmers Union that Congress faces a bitter postwar battle to regain wartime powers granted to the executive. She said many fear peace will bring efforts to retain those controls and that Congress will strive to reclaim its authority.
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Little Rock
VPI
Congress
Hattie W. Caraway
Tank Plane Led Assault Still Raging
Roosevelt ordered government seizure of the 5 A Woods Machine Company plant at South Boston to end a management labor dispute blocking war production. The action follows a War Labor Board order for arbitration and union maintenance, with the plant a key producer amid rising government seizures in the current emergency.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stimson
5. A. Woods Machine Company
South
Boston
Mass
War Labor Board
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
WLB
H. C. Dodge
General Cable Corporation
Bayonne
N. J
Dieppe Raid Ended In Debacle Says German News
German DNB agency reports a large Allied landing on the Dieppe coast failed with heavy losses and over 1,000 prisoners. It claims no armed British American or Canadian forces remain on the European continent and notes German coastal artillery sank several landing boats while transports withdrew after their missions.
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DNB
Dieppe
Britain
Ons
Cotton Duster Dies In Farm Plane Crash At Altheimer
Rob J. Jock, 32, of Morrisville Wisconsin, was killed when his cotton dusting plane struck a power line on the Ben Altheimer plantation near Altheimer. He worked for the J. C. Dockery Cotton-Dusting Company of Stuttgart.
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Rob
J. Jock
Morrisville
Ben Altheimer
Altheimer
St. Jock
J. C. Dockery Cotton-Dusting Company
Stuttgart
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Saenger
Rilo de Janeiro
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Nippon
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Comunique
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