Wartime Arkansas Act 11 taxes and regulates business names
Our Daily Bread criticizes Arkansas Act 11 enacted January 29 1943 effective June 10 that requires filing a true name and partners names for any business conducted under an assumed or designated name with a $1 filing fee and $25 to $100 daily penalties for noncompliance. The columnist mocks the law as wartime overreach arguing it serves little practical purpose and cites credit considerations and public records as flawed justifications. The piece also notes Ernest Haycox and serials in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's.
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Emory A. Thompson
Emory
Arkansas
Joe Doakes
You and
Associated Burglars
Southern Italy Points Blasted by Allied Planes
Allied air and naval forces blasted southern Italy focusing on railway links to the north. American ships bombarded Gioia Tauro while RAF and Canadian air units hit Naples area targets and rail yards. German fighters contested the skies as 10 Allied planes were lost. Aversa and Benevento rail lines were damaged and a Rome Naples link temporarily cut.
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Belman Morin
North
Africa
Italy
Hells Triangle
Naples
Gioia Tauro
Gulf Gioia
Messina
Scalea
Aversa
Benevento
Villa Literno
Monserrato
Sardinia
Ates
Rome
Mitchell
Subisiary
Ration Calendar Lists Stamp Validity for Meat Cheese and More
The notice details Book 2 red stamps T U V W valid through August 31 for meat and cheese, Book 2 blue stamps R and T through Sept 20 for processed fruits and vegetables, Sugar Book 1 stamp 14 five pounds through October, stamps 15 16 also five pounds each for canning, Book 1 stamp 18 shoes valid through October 31, gas coupons varied by region, and fuel oil coupons with last year period through Sept 30 and new season units through January 3 with ten gallons per unit.
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East
British Children Work for Victory
Thousands of British school children, usually on holiday, are now working voluntarily for the royal army ordnance corps. They count pack and stencil stores for overseas dispatch to Sicily and other fronts, with praise from superiors for their rapid, enthusiastic efforts and notable productivity gains.
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London
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Sicily
Midlands
War Office
Victory Pattern Appears Cut in Quebec Parley
Quebec reports a stalled war conference with a mosaic of logistics and strategy now cemented. Roosevelt will speak in Ottawa and then Washington as talks near conclusion. Hull and Eden review political aspects while Churchill and Roosevelt push toward final decisions.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
Ottawa
Canada
Washington
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Stephen Early
Churchill
Here
Cordell Hull
U. S
Anthony Eden
Britain
Allied Chiefs of Staff
Mr. Roosevelt
Arkansas Captain Seeks Proof of 195 Pound Watermelon
Editor the Star details Captain Clinton E Meadows of Fort Lewis Washington asking readers to verify claims of Arkansas hempstead County melons. The note cites a 195-pound watermelon postcard as proof and mentions the Star sending the photo card as verification. Meadows appeals for conclusive evidence to silence skeptics about Arkansas' boast.
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the Star
Arkansas
Uncle Sam
Buck
Hempstead County
Ebbetts Field
Brooklyn
Texas
Clinton E. Meadows
14Th Cavalry Group
Fort Lewis
Wash
Hope Star
Dick Powell
Hollywood
Captain Meadows
West
Reds Point for Knotop Heart of the Ukraine
Soviet forces push toward Konotop and Lebedin in the heart of Ukraine as Moscow reports heavy tank and infantry assaults. Kharkov encirclement advances, while Berlin broadcasts claim wide front attacks and heavy German losses. Great Dane dogs are more German than Danish.
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Heart of
The
Ukraine
Lebedin
Kharkov
Akhtyrka
Sumy
Moscow
Konotop
London
Berlin
BBC
Leningrad
Murmansk
New York
NBC
Monitor
Bryansk
Smolensk
Red Army
High Command
Associated Press
Mius
Rostov
Belgorod
Noted Author and Lecturer Dies in New Haven
Dr. William Lyon Phelps, 78, longtime author and lecturer and former Yale English professor, died at his New Haven home after a long illness. The prominent man of letters had, in a prior interview, warned that Allied nations must remain allied by choice or the war could be the world’s last large conflict. He attributed Britons and Americans’ superficial rifts to climate and urged friendship and understanding.
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New Haven
Conn
William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Phelps
Sergeant Leads Field in PGA Meet at Beverly Course
Staff Sergeant Jim Turnesa shot 67 to take the early lead in the Chicago Victory National golf championship at Beverly Course. Finishing at 68, Sam Byrd and Byron Nelson trailed by one stroke, with notables like Craig Wood and Jim Demaret at 69 and 71 respectively.
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Chicago
Jim Turnesa
Halloran
Staten Island
N.Y
Pat
Beverly
Minneapolis
Jim Demaret
Detroit
Sgt
Jim
Turnesa
Nelson
Jim McHale
Baltimore
Simon Pyres
Willie Goggin
Chick Harbert
Ky Laffoon
Lloyd Mangrum
Mike Turnesa
Harbert
Jag McSpaden
Capsized Normandie holds vast cargo of water mud and debris
Inside the capsized Normandie the wreck contains about 100000 tons of water 10000 cubic yards of mud and hundreds of tons of debris according to investigators.
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Normandie
State Solons Denounce U.S. Bureaucracy
Five Arkansas lawmakers at a dinner in Little Rock denounced federal bureaus led by the Office of Price Administration. They criticized war era controls, urged Congress to reclaim power, and warned against government turning into a policing force.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Wholesale Grocers Association
Office of Price Adeaieaatetion
John L. McClellan
McClellan
Congress
Fadio Cravens
Fort Smith
Office of Price Administration
Oren Harris
el Dorado
America
CPA
Leon Henderson
Brooks Hays
Wilbur Mills
Kensett
OPA
Kiska Occupied by United States and Canada
A joint Roosevelt MacKenzie King statement announces the occupation of Kiska in the Aleutians by U S and Canadian troops. The landing began August 15 amid fog. no Japanese forces were found and evacuation is believed to have occurred after Attu's fall.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Kiska
Stephen Early
U. S. Navy
Washington
United States
Aleutians
Attu
Yank Canadian Forces Meet No Jap Resistance at Kiska
American and Canadian troops occupied Kiska in the Aleutians after landings on August 15. The navy reported no Japanese found, suggesting they fled under heavy bombardments and ship bombardments that pummeled the island. The campaign saw 106 bombing runs Aug 1–14 with 15 offshore bombardments and heavy fog aiding evacuation efforts.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutians
Rocky Island
Pacific
Army
Navy
Thena
North Pacific
Attu
Gertrude Cove
North Head
Little Kiska
Jap Forces in Full Retreat on Salamaua
Allied communique says Japanese collapse on Salamaua front as American and Australian troops push from Tambu Bay and Bobdubi toward the air base. Japanese stocks, guns and hundreds of dead left on the field while Wewak air force losses amid heavy Allied air strikes reduce enemy strength.
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Salamaua
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
al Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Francisco
Bayern Bay
Buiambum
Mount Tambu
Komiatum
Orodubi
Francisco River
Bobdubi Ridge
Wewak
Solomons
Vella Lavella Island
Conversion of New Georgia’s headhunting cannibis
The article notes practices dating back over thirty years in New Georgia involving headhunting cannibis. It recalls early 17th century sailors tarred ropes and caulked ships with tar and pitch. It mentions Munda as a name derived from an ancient Spanish town notable as a battleground.
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New Georgia
Munda
Spain
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Alex. H. Washburn
Legislature
Ernest Haycox
Saturday Evening Post
Collier’s
Europe
Victory
Hope
Witeriddaka Greenland
Australia
Kiske
Wake
Paramushiru
Guedelcanal
South America
Kiev-Bryansk
Great Britain
U.S
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Tambu Bay
Bobdubi
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