Second Front in the Middle East Could Decide War
War analyst Mackenzie argues a decisive second front may open in the Middle East as Allies plan a new command for Iran and Iraq under General Maitland Wilson. He notes Churchill’s Egypt visit, Rommel’s push, and the need for high command to decide on invasion timing amid mounting Axis effort and Allied air superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacKenzie Fld
Iran
Iraq
Ny Maitland Wilson
Egypt
Rommel
Hitler
Middle East
Hich
France
Dieppe
High Command
Caucasian
Caucasus
Hell
Mediterranean
Arkansas Act Prohibits Unauthorized Practice of Law
Long draft law from 1941, titled Act No. 135 of 1944 General Assembly, seeks to curb unauthorized practice of law, defines acts constituting practice, sets penalties, outlines reporting duties for judges and attorneys, and requests referendum approval by voters in the November 3, 1942 election. The text names the Supreme Court, Bar Rules Committee, and various state offices, with penalties ranging from 100 to 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Arkansas
Tural
Erson
Pearance
Ms Compens Corporation
Com- Commission
United Tes
Corporamission
Department of
Chamber of
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Arkansas Bar
Supreme Court
Bar Rules Committee
Circuit
Ofes
Market Report from St Louis Livestock Yard Aug 2
National Stockyards listing hogs 13,000 opened steady to Friday. Prices 180-240 lbs 14.95-15.00, few 15.05. 140-160 lbs 14.15-14.65. 100-130 lbs 13.15-13.90. Sows 13.60-14.25. Cattle 6,000. calves 2,000. Steers 13.10-15.25. grass heifers 8.50-9.75. cows 9.00-10.25. Bulls 9.50-19.25. vealers 12.00-15.50. Slaughter steer 10.00-15.75. heifer 9.25-14.75. Feeder steers 9.00-13.00. Sheep 6,000. old 26. young 32. Potatoes arrivals 171. on track 283. total shipments 509. Market steady to firmer for Idaho russets. western and northern stock mixed demand. Butter prices steady. creamery quotes and car lots listed. receipts heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U. S. Dept
Sun
Idaho
Town Cobblers
Minnesota
Bliss
Chicago
Grain and Provisions Prices Slip on Weak Wheat Demand
In Chicago wheat prices eased as government loan holdings and strong northwest receipts weighed on sessions. Futures fell near a cent, while torn and rye rallied modestly before closing mostly down. Minnesota terminals reported heavy arrivals of barley, wheat, and oats, with short covering and milling demand helping steady some losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwest
Minneapoli
Wall Street and Poultry Prices Mixed at Markets
New York stocks showed slight selling in steel and rail shares while aircraft and other industrials attracted some buying, leaving close with minor net moves after a largely stable day. Trading totaled about 374000 shares as activity cooled after morning strength. Chicago poultry and produce markets listed varied prices across many categories with weights and live birds moving on demand and size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ealings
Desert Warfare Threaded by Long Supply Routes
The text contrasts British needs for reinforcements from the United States and Britain via the Cape of Good Hope with the desert combatants. It notes uncertainty about fortunes on each side and predicts the first to receive aid may launch a new offensive, highlighting the strategic bottleneck and uncertain outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Cape of Good Hope
New York Cotton Closes Lower After Dull Trading
In New York on August 24 cotton trading slowed after a weaker start. Afternoon quotes fell 45 to 80 cents, with futures ending 30 to 45 cents lower. Notable closes include Oct 17.98 Dec 18.17 and May 18.45, with Middling spot at 19.28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Municipal Court Docket August 24 1942 Disturbing The Peace Drunkenness
City docket lists Lemmon Porter Robert Cooper Charles Shirley for disturbing the peace and drunkenness with fined or forfeited sums. The State docket includes Robert Cheatham for disturbing the peace fined ten dollars. Other defendants forfeited cash bonds or costs in various cases. Five cases slated on distributing literature without permission of the Chief of Folie Jehovah Witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon Porter
Robert Cooper
Charles Shirley
Gus Andrews
Julius Booker
Jess Els
R. M. Fincher
James A. Finnigan
Osborne Foote
Ray Gilbert
Lester Lee
James Richardson
W T.moxley
John Schultz
Robert Cheatham
Wiron Wilkerson
F. Arnold
Folie
Nazi Who Tipped Off Russian Attack Dies
New York reports Prof Karl Boemer once the Berlin dispatches’ authority and later imprisoned for revealing Germany’s looming invasion. Arrested weeks before Operation Barbarossa, he was released to serve at the front and wounded as a lieutenant on the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Karl Boemer
Berlin
Soviet
Russia
Gestapo
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Ieutenant
Record Meat Crop in U S by Franklin Mullin
Chicago reports the United States will see the greatest flood of meat animals as the record spring pig crop moves to markets. Livestock men expect hogs to drive expansions while easing demand for other meats, with future prices and possible rationing or ceiling adjustments under discussion to aid processors and retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Mullin
Chicago
Vichy Protests U S Air Raid on Rouen
Vichy France protested the U S Army Air Forces Rouen raid, claiming protected status for non German military installations in occupied France. The bombing led by Brig Gen Ira C Eaker targeted Rouen railway yards near Dieppe reconnaissance efforts, with civilian casualties reported at 48 dead, 101 injured, and 48 houses destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
United States
United States Army Air Forces
Rouen
Pierre Laval
France
Dieppe
Ira C. Eaker
U. S
Baptist Minister Faints After Service in Little Rock
Dr. Joe Henry Hankins, pastor of the First Baptist Church, fainted at the close of evening services in Little Rock and was taken to Baptist Hospital. He had resigned his pastorate earlier that day, saying he was nearer a breaking point than he realized. Hankins, a Pine Bluff native and Ouachita College graduate, had served several Texas pastorates before coming to Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Joe Henry Hankins
First Baptist Church
Baptist Hospital
Hankins
Pine Bluff
Ouachita College
Hawkins
Texas
Nazis Advance continues to loom over South America
Observers watch Argentina clarify its stance as Austria relations with the Axis dwindle. Chile protests Berlin over Brazilian ship sinkings while urging a break with the Axis. Uruguay opens ports to Brazilian ships and may join Brazil in war. Montevideo hints Uruguay’s air force is aiding submarine hunts off the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloely
Argentina
Chile
Axis
Berlin
Uruguay
Brazil
Montevideo
Nelson Takes Back Authority Over War Production
Washington officials report that Production Chief Donald M Nelson will withdraw some delegated authority from the Army Navy and Maritime Commission to tighten war production. He plans to integrate all schedules under the War Production Board to align with needs and resources. Officials say a revision of priority powers may place ratings under WPB fighter controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neddhamashington
Donald M. NeLlson
Armed Services
Welth
Forday
Nellson
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Defense Rests in Bahr Spy Trial in Newark
In Newark New Jersey on August 24 the Bahr espionage conspiracy trial saw the defense rest without calling witnesses. Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr testified he aimed to inform US officials about his Gestapo mission to spy on African war production, saying he acted to escape Germany and had no chance to meet government men aboard the Drottningholm in New York harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N J
Herbert Karl Friedrich Bahr
Gestapo
Babr
United States
Germany
Drottningholm
New Yorks Harbor
Bahr
Sister Kenny Leaves Little Rock for Minneapolis
Australian nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny who originated the hot pack treatment for infantile paralysis has left Little Rock after surveying its use. She plans to return in October to observe further progress of the reported cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Elizabeth Kenny
Minneapolis
Minn
North Little Rock Man Heads State CIO
Otis G. Nation of North Little Rock has been elected head of the Arkansas CIO. He succeeds Gene Day of Fort Smith who moved to California. The annual Arkansas Industrial Union Council meeting urged abolition of poll taxes.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Otis G. Nation
North Little Rock
CLO
Arkansas
Arkansas Industrial Union Council
Gene Day
California
U S Convoy Forms New Iran Iraq Command Under Wilson
The Allies create an independent Iran Iraq command led by Gen Sir Mowry Maitland Wilson. Britain divides the Middle East into three zones with Tedder remaining in overall RAF control. Wilson, 60, praised by Churchill, previously led forces in Egypt and Syria and aided Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran - Iraq
Mowry Maitland Wilson
Russia
Caucasus
Archibald P. Wavell Asong
Churchill
Wilson
Egypt
Moscow
Britain
Middle
Near East
India
North Africa
Sir Arthur William Tedder
RAF
Western Desert
France
Greece
Syria
Many Attend Grid School at Arkansas Summer Session
Thirty five high school athletic directors attended the opening session of the University of Arkansas summer coaching school at the Arkansas School for the Deaf Gridiron. Head Coach Fred C. Thomsen, predicting attendance near last year’s record, led a day of continued coaching sessions with instructors including George R. Cole Clyde H. Van Sickle Eugene Lambert Lynn H. Grove John E. Tucker and Bill Walton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Mock
University of Arkansas
Arkansas School For the Deaf
Arkansas
Fred C. Thomsen
Thomsen
George R. Cole
Clyde H. van Sickle
Eugene Lambert
University
Lynn H. Grove
Royalty Deed Filings Recorded in 1942 Oil Grants
Filings show Eunice Triplett and spouses transferring parcels to Gene Goff and J B Zick in sections 10 and township 15 west. Several Royalty Deeds dated August 1942 were recorded August 21, with notes on intact filings and references to Book T-7 pages 520 and 621. No filings were recorded on August 19 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Triplett
RO. Snow
D. R. Snow
Gene Goff
See
J. B. Zick
Hye
J.B. Zick
Ames Hailey
New Caledonia Practically Adopts American Doughboys
American soldiers in New Caledonia form strong ties with locals as shops close for siesta and families host dinners. The piece notes reversed seasons, climate, local cuisine, nickel mining, and Japanese internment, while detailing dating customs, marriage limits, and the warm hospitality shaping wartime life on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin
Spencer
New Caledonia
America
Heure Siesta
Australia
United States
Captain Cook
Peng
Societe le Nickel
Canada
Noumea
Capitel
Pacific
Hhese Eleth
Seliers
New Caledonians
Familles
States
Dr F C Crow Named by Chiropractors
Dr F C Crow of Mape was named by the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners secretary as having been appointed to the Committee on State Political and Legislative Relations of the National Chiropractic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Cg, Crow
Mape
Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
National Chiropractic Association
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Galveston
Arthur Fant
Mr. Fant
21St Street
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Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Geese
Turkeys
Toms
Ald
Young
U.S
Kenny
North
Little Rock Man Heads
State
CIO
Page
Lafayette
F. C. Crow
AIR Force
Marines
Coast Guard
Sciatic Tomy
Saaku
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