Hope and Jonesboro plan large expansions for water and power
Our Daily Bread notes Hope and Jonesboro, Arkansas, as owners of municipal utilities, unveil postwar expansion plans. Jonesboro proposes about 2 million dollars in six years including 12 thousand for a hangar, while Hope faces sewerage upgrades, street paving, and possible underground electric lines amid airport and air traffic considerations.
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Jonesboro
Hope
Arkansas
Fair Park
Southwestern Proving Ground
Arkansas Motor Coaches
Hornet Launch Reignites Navy Plan for Aerial Tokyo Blows
Newport News witnesses the aircraft carrier Hornet's launch amid cheers as Secretary Knox hints at large scale air raids on Tokyo. He notes prior strikes were only a sample of bigger raids to come and recalls Hornet’s past exploits from Midway to the Solomons.
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Newport News
United States Navy
Knox
Tokyo
Rising Sun
Santa Cruz Islands
James River
J. B. Woodward
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Midway
Solomons
America
Pearl Harbor
Thousands of Arkansas farmers face ruin in livestock crisis
Extension Service Director Aubrey Gates warned at a meeting that Arkansas livestock, worth about 19 million dollars, could be wiped out unless import price revisions allow stockmen to obtain feedstuffs. He said OPA rules prevent selling stock at profitable prices, threatening winter survival.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Extension Service
Aubrey Gates
Gates
OPA
Ration Calendar and Stamp Validity Through 1944
Lists ration categories with stamp book validity and quantities. Meat cheese and other items show Book 2 red stamps U V W valid to August 31. blue stamps R S T valid to September 20. sugar Book 1 stamp 14 for 5 pounds through October with stamps 15 16 for home canning. shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid to October 31. Gasoline and fuel oil details specify regional coupon values and dates including East No 6 A three gallons and No 7 three gallons. B and C coupons 2 1/2 gallons in 12 Northeast states and three gallons elsewhere. last year’s fuel oil period through September 30 and new season period 1 through January 3 1944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Italians Angered by Ciano Escape Across Frontier
Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister and Mussolini son in law fled Rome and crossed the Swiss Italian frontier reaching Munich amid Italian anger over his escape. Swiss dispatches say he and family evaded guards. Italian reports place their location uncertain with Germany or Spain as possibilities.
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Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Chiasso
Ciano
Atlantic
London
Munich
Rome
Dispatch
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Germany
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Massimo Magistrati
Bern
England's Profane Oath Act of 1745 fines by rank
The Profane Oath Act of 1745 set fines on swearing, applying a sliding scale by offender rank, with those above a gentleman facing the heaviest penalties.
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England
Jap Attacks at Salamaua Force Americans Back
Allied Headquarters reports fierce Japanese counterattacks along the Salamaua front in New Guinea forcing Allied troops to yield ground in places while American infantry land unopposed on Arundel Island near New Georgia. Allied air power, including Flying Fortresses, supports ground forces as raids continue across nearby targets.
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Dean Schedler
Southwest Pacific
Salamaua
New Guinea
Solomons
Arundel Island
New Georgia
Kolombangara
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Voco Point
Vila
Hansa Bay
Wewak
Madang
Kavieng
New Ireland
Shortland Island
Long Island
Vitiaz Strait
Dili
Timor
Vella Lavella
Solomons Island
Cupid to Busy to Allow Time Off
In Los Angeles two shipyard workers wed during their lunch break on the swing shift. Beverly Burgen of Peru Illinois and Darrell Maloy of Grand Junction Colorado exchanged vows with a minister aboard the yard. They returned to work after four hours of married life.
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Los Angeles
California
Niagara Falls
Beverly Burgen
Peru
Ill
Darrell Maloy
Grand Junction
Col
Pensioners Rejoin Wartime Jobs in Melbourne Factory
Melbourne reports hundreds of pensioners, many over 70, returning to wartime work after relinquishing pensions due at 65. In a Melbourne factory nine men total 621 years, illustrating the aging workforce. Also a Washington rule forbids using milk bottles for non milk purposes.
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Melbourne
Danes Scuttle Fleet as Nazis Seize Denmark
Nazis in Denmark impose martial law after the king abdicates threats. Danish vessels scuttle in Copenhagen harbor as fires burn among sinking ships. Refugees stream to Sweden with reports of deaths while German forces enforce control and internments.
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John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Denmark
Copenhagen
Sweden
Gersund
Christian
Swedish
Landskrona
Eric Scavenius
Sor
Adkins Hopes Diamond Mines Will Reopen
Gov. Homer M. Adkins urged that Arkansas diamond fields be reopened after opposing a British controlled policy. WPB rejected an equipment request to restart the Arkansas field citing sufficient imports and output not justifying war materials. Adkins pressed WPB chief Donald Nelson by phone calling the agency shortsighted and said the Pike county field should be developed with American resources.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
Washington
United States
Diamond Corporation
Adkins
Nelson
Pike County
Caudle Delays Star Hill Liquor Election Pending Appeal
Washington County Judge George F. Caudle cannot proceed with the Star Hill township liquor local option election set for September 7 while his election order appeal is pending in the Washington circuit court. Attorney General Guy E. Williams advised that Caudle may use discretion if a Supreme Court appeal is taken from the circuit court decision.
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Little Rock
Washington County
George F. Caudle
Star Hill Township
Washington Circuit Court
Guy E. Williams
Caudle
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Williams
Arena Expansion Aims to Raise Pine Bluff Capacity
Construction begins Wednesday to enlarge the Arkansas Livestock Show arena in Pine Bluff from 4 400 to 5 000 seats for the annual exposition. A curious fact notes the average human hair life is about three years.
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Pine Bluff
Arkansas Livestock Show
Pretty WAC Corporal Is Found Slain
Army officers say 32 year old WAC corporal Maoma L. Ridings was murdered and found partially clothed in a seventh floor Claypool hotel room in Indianapolis. She had been stationed at Camp Atterbury since March. Investigators noted a woman in black seen near her room and a scream call but offered no solution.
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Indianapolis
Ind
WAC
Corp
Maoma L. Ridings
Warm Springs
Claypool
Camp Atterbury
Corp. Ridings
Noel Jones
Jones
Lillian McNamara
Ridings
Marie Little
Lawrence Ridings
Bullockville
U S to Lay Out 35 Billion Dollars in Four Months
The U S treasury said Uncle Sam would spend about 35 billion dollars in the last four months of 1943. Revenue from income taxes and all other sources would total about 14 billion dollars. There is only one person to each square mile in Nevada.
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Washington
U. S. Treasury
Uncle Sam
Nevada
Bulgaria Faces Regency Dilemma After Boris Death
As Bulgaria mourns King Boris the five member regency struggles to unite anti German and pro British figures led by metropolitan Stefan Ioanna Kyril and Bogdan Philov vie for influence while a military cabinet pro German is considered. The situation prompts fears of German dominance and possible Soviet influence if orders fray.
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Frank J. O’brien
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Boris
Adolf Hitler
Bogdan Philov
Simeon II
Sofia
Stefan
Gstapo
Ioanna
Kyril
Philov
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Peter Gabrovsky
Gestapo
Gabrovsky
Classification to Start on September 8 at Hope HS
James H. Jones, superintendent of schools, announces that all students who did not classify in May or new students entering Hope Junior-Senior High School must report to the high school office to classify before school opens. This must be done by Wednesday, September 8 with changes in schedules before opening. Students who classified last spring report Monday, September 13. Schedules for those students will be distributed in homerooms that day. The High School Book Exchange is open and textbooks should be purchased before opening. State textbooks issued Monday morning, September 13 for grades 1 through 8.
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James H. Jones
Hope
Southern Front Crumbles as Taganrog Falls to Reds
Soviet forces capture Taganrog signaling a collapse of the German southern front. Stalin’s order lauds a bold cavalry and mechanized breakthrough that routed German defenders and opened the path toward Stalino. Evacuation of Taganrog, with 70,000 residents, underscores a broader German retreat in the Donets basin.
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London
Josef Stalin
Taganrog
Stalin
Moscow
Associated Press
Sea of Azov
Red Army
Stalino
Hitler
High Command
Berlin
Donetsko-Amvrosievka
Donetsko- Amvrosievka
Donets
Stalingrad
Rostov
Mius
Mariupol
Russia
Caucasus
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Lyubotin
Kursk- Kiev
Allies Bomb Orte Rail Hub In Italy Raid
Allied air forces struck Orte 40 miles north of Rome and Torre Annunziata near Naples with heavy bombers and fighters. The raid targeted rail yards, gun positions, and freight facilities, destroying dozens of enemy planes and causing major fires in the railway centers.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Orte
Rome
Torre Annunziata
Bay of Naples
Italy
Calabrian
Cape Pellaro
Boston
Baltimore
Reggio Calabria
San Giovanni
Messina
Cosenza
la Mezia
Angitola
Vesuvius
Florence
Sulmona
Terni
Three Arkansans Wounded in Africa
A War Department list includes three Arkansans wounded in North Africa and the Southwest Pacific. Pvt Arvil O Davidson husband of Mrs Georgia L Davidson route 1 Manila and Pfc Loyd L Earnest son of Robin B Ernest Kingland were wounded in the North African area. Corporal Loyd D Turney son of Mrs May Turney route 2 Harrison was wounded in the Southwest Pacific area.
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Washington
Arkansans
War Department
United States
Pvt
Arvil O. Davidson
Georgia L. Davidson
Manila
Loyd L. Earnest
Robin B. Ernest
Kingland
Sicily
Loyd D. Turney
May Turney
Harrison
Southwest Pacific
Legend of Mount Rainier volcanic eruption in Washington
An Indian legend recounts a great volcanic eruption at Mount Rainier in Washington, describing ancient upheaval and its impact on the region according to indigenous lore.
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Mount Ranier, Wash
Navy to Receive Bigger Draft Share
Washington reports that over the next four months more than one third of drafted men will enter the Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard. The Navy plans to boost its share as part of its buildup and expects significant manpower in the near term.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guards
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von Hannecken
Kalundborg Radio
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Europe
Hess
The
Daily Mail
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Africa
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