Louisiana approves one percent retail sales tax
The Louisiana senate approved a one percent sales tax after the house, ending a long dispute over state taxes. Advocates stress uniform rates to protect home business and revenue, while concerns include cross border trade shifts and the challenge of tax collection on mail order goods. The piece discusses how other states handle use taxes and the idea of a single federal sales tax to standardize levies and redistribute revenue.
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Louisiana Senate
House
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Chicago
Chinese Drive Rek Backs Japanese North of Canton
Chinese forces push 40 miles north of Canton along the Canton Hankow railway capturing Akong and advancing southward. Reports say major air fields at Chuhsien and Lishui are recaptured with heavy Japanese losses in Lishui and Suining while Cherkiang holds Chuhsien airfield. Chiang Kai-shek’s troops press to control 220 miles of the Kiangs rail line as mop up proceeds.
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Chugkiing
Canton
Chuhsien
Lishui
China
Central
Canton - Hankow
Akong
Kutungshan
Kweitouling
Nangchanngau
Chek-iang Province
United Nations
Japan
Suicing
Ecommunique
Sungyang
Changshutan
Chihsien
Chekiang Province
Chiang Kai - Shek
Chokiang- Kiangs
Allied guns uniformity sought to streamline war production
Washington reports that Britain and the United States aim to standardize guns and ammunition across combat planes and other equipment. Officers note the balance between uniform parts and production limits, with three tank types and shared components across Baldwin and Chrysler engines, while truck and engine standardization lags.
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Bvy Willim Frye
Washington
Britain
America
Air Force
Sudy
Inlance
Baldwin Joromotiveworks
Chrysler
Faehole
Midway Well Activities Highlight Arkansas Oil Field Tests
In Lafay ette county Tidewater Associated Oil Amanda Bendan No 1 C NIE NW 82-17-24 Pattonfield shows 16 barrels hourly with 1400 psi tubing. total depth 9420 feet. Barnsdall No. 4 McClaine and McClaine No. in 14-16-24 and 19-15-24 discuss deeper drilling as the Midway field expands. Stamps Land No 1 and other West Midway tests attract interest as final outcomes loom next week. Nearby MeKamie gas distillate field reports eight wells with depths around 5900-8900 feet and various operators delineating shale and Buckner formations.
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Ark
Lafaytte
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Pattonfield
Patton
Midway
Barnsdall Oil Company
McClaine No. Gc SE
Barnsdall
McClaine CG NW
Stamps Land
Carter Oil Company
McClendon No. L
Riddel Petroleum Corporation
Lagne-Cave
Axis Planes Raid Cairo and Alexandria
Cairo and Alexandria were hit by Axis planes last night, with four deaths in Cairo and no casualties in Alexandria according to an Egyptian communique. Egypt seeks 30,000 volunteers for civil defense as attacks on Axis vehicles continue and air activity rises alongside a lull in land fighting.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Five Monarchs Attend Duke Kent's Funeral
London, Aug 20. Four kings George VI of England Wankow VII of Norway George IT of Greece and Peter II of Yugoslavia and Queen Wilhelmina of Holland attended a simple Windsor service for Duke of Kent. The Duchess of Kent cried as the coffin was lowered while Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother comforted her. The king sprinkled earth on the coffin as it descended into the vaults. The Duke, youngest brother of the king, was killed in Scotland in a plane crash en route to Iceland on a military mission.
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London
George VI
England
Wankow VII
Norway
George IT
Greece
Peter II
Yugolavia
Wilhelmina
Holland
Duke of Kent
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Duchess of Kent
Elizabeth
Mary
Iceland
British Again Blast Germans in Heavy Night Air Attacks
British bomber forces struck Nuernberg and Saarbruecken in heavy raids last night, with about 800 planes suspected in the operation and 30 aircraft missing. Northern France targets were hit by fighters, while US Flying Fortresses conducted daylight raids elsewhere. German bombers retaliated against northeast England causing eight deaths and rescuers pulling a baby survivor from wreckage.
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London
Nuernberg
Great War Industries
Hitler
Nazi Party
Sarrbruecken
Nurrberg
Air Ministry
France
RAI
Germany
Saarbruecken
French
Metz
Gdynia
Danzig
Baltic Sea
Kassel
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
Nan
Leimen-Schuckert
Alo
Tie Saar Valley
Saar Valley
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
England
Viyar
Son Born to Actor Dennis Morgan in Caesarean Birth
Hollywood reports a son born to Dennis Morgan's wife at Cedars of Lebanon hospital weighing eight pounds two ounces. This third child for the couple is named James Irving. The Caesarean birth was performed by Dr. Irving Leroy Ross and both mother and baby are in good condition.
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Hollywood
Dennis Morgan
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
James Irving
Irving Leroy Ross
Postmasters Confirmed in Arkansas by Senate
Washington Aug 29 The senate has confirmed Arkansas postmasters Earl T Estes Calico Rock James Tee Party Des Ase Heiper Hoxie Isaac H Steed Star City Names appear in the official list with their respective towns confirming appointments for federal postal service duties.
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Washington
Senate
Arkansas
Earl T. Estes
Calico Rock
James Tee Party
Ase
Heiper
Hoxie
Isaac H. Steed
Star City
Hope Schools to Open September 7 Amid War Time Courses
Hope Public Schools announce opening on September 7 with a two day teacher conference and regular classes September 9. New war curriculum emphasizes mathematics science and pre flight Aeronautics for juniors and seniors, with vocational and evening classes planned under J H Jones and Mrs R E Jackson.
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Hope Public
U. S. Office of Education
Foy Hammons
Air Corps
Air Service
CAA
R. E. Jackson
Arkansas State Teachers College
J. H. Jones
State Department of Vocational Education
National Defense
Walned
Hhus
Jones Jae
Tragic Story of Philippines by Jack Stinnett
Washington reports on the Philippines during exile under Manuel Quezon. The piece portrays the struggle to keep government functioning from Corregidor and Manila while Quezon, an invalid, led from a wheelchair amid bombings and food shortages, with the narrative moving to continued coverage on Page Four.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Philippine Commonwealth
Luzon
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Passengers Will Be Released Soon From El Is Island
New York reports Byron I. Uhl district director of immigration said 0 Pissete remained of 162 taken to El Is island from the Gripshalm diplomatic exchange ship. Most Orient passengers were released. others held for further questioning after docking August 25.
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New York
Byron I. Uhl
Immigration
Pissete
el Is Island
Gripshalm
Orient
Hope Man Electrocuted at South Western Proving Ground
Frank Phillip Barr, 27, known in Hope, was electrocuted by a Yive wire while atop a pole line at the South western Proving Ground where he worked. Doctors could not revive him. Colonel Keith F. Adamson announced a special investigation. He is survived by his widow Julia Broening Barr a son his father R. H. Barr and sister Mrs Joe Cate of San Antonio Texas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Frank Phillip’ Barr
Hope
Southwestern Proving Ground
Barr
Keith F. Adamson
Proving Ground
Julia Broening Barr
R. H. Barr
Joe Cate
San Antonio
Texas
Pipeline Work Resumes on Scott County
Work on the Scott county Missouri section of the Texas to Illinois oil pipeline resumed after a tentative agreement with the union. A consent to a closed shop was stated for a member who already belonged to the union. Negotiations continued on raising wages for common laborers from 65 to 70 cents per hour and the effective date of the increase. Foreman noted the matter falls under War Emergency Pipeline, Inc. in government jurisdiction. In Little Rock, the pipeline agency's general manager said labor leaders would discuss claims while the work continued.
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Tumo
Scott County
Dhe
Ger OG
Foreman
War Emergency Pipeline, Inc
Little Rock
B. M. Hill
Beneral
Titles to Ouachita Land Must Be Proven
State title confirmation laws are urged to be strengthened as the federal government contemplates buying about 40,000 acres of Ouachita and Ozark National Forest lands. Forest Service officials say the 1942 legislature should authorize the attorney general to act on state land within national forests. State appraisers begin county by county reviews of nearly 1,000,000 acres in state ownership as applications for purchase rise.
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Little Rock
Ouachita and
Ozirk National Forests
U. S. Forest Service
Quachila Forest
Philip H. Bryan
Nations
State
Harve
Urges Mobilization of 18 19 Year Olds
Cincinnati August 29 Immediate mobilization of 18 and 19 year old youths urged by Max Singer national commander Veterans of Foreign Wars opening their 43rd encampment. Singer said active service of 18 and 19 year olds will be needed and training benefits gained now for protection.
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Cincinnati
Americas
Max Singer
Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Singer
Flashes of Life by The Associated Press
In Richmond Titmus, a Jinatype operator, sits back for a shave but the barber declines. The barber notes economics in minutes and pay. In Albuquerque a 125 score misses marks a Cadet hero. a rumor ties a pre graduation dance to a bombing plot. In Salt Lake City confusion in the Chamber of Commerce as a Navy applicant cites sickness with the city as his reason.
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Associated Press
Richmond
John Titmus
Herb “Chalsky
New Haven
Cann
Chalsky
Oncanan
Salt Lake City
Chamber of Commerce
Navy
Russians Battle Desperately to Save Stalingrad
Russian forces repelled German tank and infantry assaults around Stalingrad as the siege intensified. Soviet troops defended the Volga city amid fires from Nazi bombardment and a push toward Astrakhan, with heavy losses reported on both sides and Axis claims of progress in the Caucasus and Kaluga regions.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Great Volga
Berlin
Caspian Sea
Kalmuck Steppes
Elista
Astrakhan
Volga
Lineinaye
Caspian Inlet
Kaluga
Moscow
Don
Valga
Fedor von Bock
Caucasus
Rzhev
Gregory K. Hitekov
Pravda
Britain
Germany
Nuernberg
Saarbruecken
London Air Ministry
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
Kassel
Gydnia
Old Poland
English Channel
Dieppe
France
Europe
English
Sunderland
Harold Alexander
G.H.Q
el Alamein
Tokyo Radio Makes Usual Claims In Solomon Islands Battle
A Japanese spokesman claimed 44 U S ships were sunk or damaged in the Solomon Islands battle, including three large warships, but the report lacked corroboration from other sources and contradicted U S Navy communiques.
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Tokyo
United States
Solomon Islands
Tokyo Radio
U. S. Navy Department
Farmers Plan Parity Rallies Across Hempstead County
Farmers Plan Parity Rallies to inform farmers how to help maintain parity prices under the price control law. T. A. Cornelius says meetings start Monday in Hope courthouse at 5 pm with Tom Dotson of the Arkansas Farm Bureau. Dotson will explain impacts of repealing the 110 percent provision on cotton beef cattle and hog prices and urge support for fair price control.
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Mos
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
T. A. Cornelius
Tom Dotson
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Hope
Farm Bureau
Dotson
Wickard
Department of Agriculture
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hempstead County
Warm Bureau
Arkansas
Cornelius
Piney Grove
Beard
Viabel
Devon
Patmos
Bleving School
McCaskill
Bingen
Sloman Goodlett Gin
Gilbert's
Cross Roads
Meatless days eyed to boost wartime meat supply
President Roosevelt signaled possible meatless day each week to reduce civilian consumption and free meat for military and Allied needs. U.S. sources include Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand, with the United Nations relying on overseas supply routes and rationing plans under the War Production Board.
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Ovid Martin Washington
UPI
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Atlantic
United Nations
Argentina
Australia
New Zealand
North Atlantic
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Foods Requirements Committee
Foods Committee
103 Pound Melon Shipped From Hope to Fort Morgan
W. Thomas of Hope sent a 103 pound watermelon to his daughter Mrs. Paul B. Holt and Sergeant Holt at Fort Morgan Colorado. The fruit was selected from melons weighing in the high hundreds.
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W. Thomas
Hope
Paul B. Holt
Sergeant Holt
Fort Morgan
Colorado
Four U S Planes Strike Jap Destroyers Near Solomon Islands
Navy says aircraft based on Guadalcanal and Santa Isabel Island attacked a squadron of four Japanese destroyers. One large destroyer sunk, another severely damaged and probably sunk, and a third badly damaged. Follow-up actions confirmed significant enemy losses with fires visible ashore. Milne Bay fighting intensifies as Australians and U S troops press against Japanese forces with heavy support.
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Washington
Vpj
Navy
Solomon Islands
Ofer
Santa Isabel Island
Florida Island
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
United States
Solomon Archipelago
Dougla
MacArthur
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Geneva
Contac
Mil Bay
Battle of the Solomons
U. S. Navy
Tulagi
Twilight Meditation to Start at First Christian Church
A new service named Twilight Meditation will begin next week at the First Christian Church. Each Tuesday at 7 o clock a 60 minute period will allow personal prayer and worship without a fixed program. Mrs Alva Reynerson, the choir organist, will play soft Hammond Electric Solos.
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First Christian Church
Alva Reynerson
Chor
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