Hope small businesses urge postwar policy plea nationwide
Hope Arkansas residents advocate for a congressional declaration on postwar economic policy. They sign a petition to Senators Caraway and McClellan and Congressman Harris, stressing small, home owned industries as America’s backbone. An AP dispatch notes small firms produce a third of US output and employ 45 percent of wage earners.
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Congress
Hope
Caraway
McClellan
Harris
Arkansas
America
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
United States
Allies Destroy 300 Jap Planes Since Mid-August
Allied air power in the Southwest Pacific reports another major strike at Wewak New Guinea. Lib erators and Lightnings claim at least 37 to 49 Japanese planes down as total Allied losses remain light. Ground actions at Salamaua Kila ridge show Allied forces repelling counterattacks and inflicting heavy enemy casualties.
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Dean Schedler
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Kila
Municipal Turnback Fund Compromise Reached in Arkansas case
Little Rock moves toward distributing 40000 dollars in municipal turnback funds after 15 months of litigation. City Attorney Cooper Jaceway secured council authorization to accept the compromise in a suit against State Treasurer Earl Page. The case sought to credit the turnback fund with surplus from bridge bond and road accounts.
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Little Rock
Cooper Jaceway
Earl Page
Pulaski Chancery Court
Page
Supreme Court
Jaceway
War Time Ration Schedule Updates and Validity Dates
The notice lists ration items with stamps and periods. Book 2 red stamps T U V W cover meats cheese and processed fruits through August 31 and blue stamps R S T through September 20. Sugar Book 1 stamp 14 allows 5 pounds through October. stamps 15 16 allow 5 pounds for home canning. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 valid through October 31. Gasoline divides by region with No 6 A three gallons East, No 7 three gallons elsewhere, and B C coupons totaling 22 gallons in 12 Northeast states. Fuel oil period 5 coupons valid through September 30. new season period 1 coupons through January 3 1944 worth 10 gallons per unit.
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East
Danish King Humiliated by the Germans
New York August 31. King Christian X of Denmark, 72, is described as humiliated as Nazi forces ring his palace and impose martial law. He orders Danes to quit fighting after a weekend revolt while Danish officers are arrested and his people face occupation.
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New York
Denmark
Christian
NEA
Sweden
Crossett Banker Gus H. Norman Dies at 62
Crossett Ark August 31 Gus H Norman 62 cashier of the Bank of Crossett and former city treasurer died at his home last night Survivors include his widow a daughter two sons a brother and three sisters Funeral services were set for this afternoon.
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Crossett
Ark
Gus H. Norman
Bank of Crossett
Crossett City
Word sybarite traces to ancient Sybaris wealth
The term sybarite derives from the Greek city Sybaris cited around 700 B C for riches and luxury, linking a modern label of luxury to its historic source.
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Sybarite
Sybaris
B. C
Russians Threaten Mariupol After Yelnya Victory
Red Army cavalry and tanks push from Taganrog toward the port of Mariupol and city of Stalino, threatening the seaport and oil center as Stalin boasts of major gains. The offensive cuts deeper into Rostov province with 15 towns recaptured and German forces reporting heavy losses.
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London
Red Army
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Mariupol
Stalino
Rostov
Qaganrog
Orel
Kharkov
Donetsko-Amvrasievka
Veselo-Voznesenskaya
DeMarigny Charged With Oakes Murder in Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny, husband of Sir Harry Oakes' daughter, was ordered held for jury trial on charges of murdering his father in law. Preliminary hearings ran July 12 after Oakes was found bludgeoned and burned at Westbourne estate. A defense witness challenged prosecution hair burn evidence.
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Nassau
Bahamas
F. E. Field
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
de Marigny
Harry
Nancy
Oakes
Westbourne
Eric Hallinan
Bahamas Supreme Court
Field
Ulrich Oberwarth
James O. Barker
Miami Police
Sir Harry
Richmond Va Largest cigarette mining center world
In 1943 Richmond Virginia stands as the world’s leading cigarette mining hub and the year records the lowest typhoid fever death rate in United States history.
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Richmond
U. S
Churchill says Russia unable to attend Quebec meeting
Prime Minister Winston Churchill stated in a Quebec broadcast that the recent war conference focused on Japan and that Soviet attendance would have caused embarrassment. He hoped for a future United Nations conference with Soviet participation and favored united action among the Allies against Hitlerite tyranny.
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Quebec
Winston Churchill
Japan
Russia
Soviet Union
Churchill
Churenill
Italy
Germany
Ilsuler
Boris
Bulgaria
Britain
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Canada
France
Sister of J D Barlow to be exchanged in wartime swap
The State Department says Dr. Alice Barlow Brown is among Americans slated for exchange with Japan. She will travel from the Far East to Mormugao in Portuguese India and then aboard the Gripsholm to New York, stopping at Rio de Janeiro en route. Dr. Brown, a longtime medical missionary, has lived in Peiping and Chicago and aided World War I relief efforts.
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Department of State
Washington, D. C
J. D. Barlow
Alice Barlow Brown
Far East
Mormugao
Portuguese India
U. S
Japan
New York
Gripsholm
Brown
China
Bishop Roots
Peiping
Yen Ching University
Dr. Brown
Nancy
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Chicago
State Department
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
All except two U S Cities of 100000 population and over
A historical note states that nearly all municipalities with populations above 100000 have community chests, with only two U S cities lacking such programs. The line highlights broad adoption of civic funding efforts across large urban areas.
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U. S
Panhandle of Texas Earns Its Name
The northern tip of Texas is called the Panhandle because map outlines resemble the handle of a large pan. The phrase reflects a longstanding geographic nickname used in local and regional references.
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Texas
Panhandle
Train Wreck Kills 26, Injures 150 near Wayland NY
Twenty six people died and about 150 were injured when the Lackawanna limited passenger train collided head on with a switch engine near Wayland New York. Rescue crews battled steam and debris as volunteers assisted and hospitals received patients.
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Wayland
N. Y
Lackawanna Limited
New York
Delaware
Lake Shore Limited
Inew York Central Lines
Little Falls
Limited
James E. Leroy
Buffalo
B. J. Shields
Richard L. Franz
Marshfield
Ore
Robert xXaiser
Kenmore
Gibson
Corning
Rochester
Oswego
Erie
Lehigh
RAF Bombers End Fourth War Year Concentrating on Rhineland
Allied air operations mark the fourth year of war with heavy bombing of the German Rhineland including Muenchen-Gladbach and Rheydt. RAF and US formations strike railway yards and airfields near Rome and Civita Vecchia, with 21 enemy planes downed and 15 Allied aircraft missing amid intensifying air combat over Italy and France.
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German Rhineland
Noland Norgaard
North Africa
U. S
Italy
Aversa
Naples
Viterbo
Rome
Civita Vecchia
Sardinia
Leghorn
Terni
Chemical Works
E. D. Ball
London
RAF
Rhineland
Muenchen-Gladbach
Rhpydt
Duisburg
Rheydt
France
Low Countries
Dusseldorf
Germany
Duesseldorf
Niers
Vienna
Hamburg
English Channel
Thief Steals $100 From Kansas City Theater Safe
Kansas City theater manager R. R. Burdick reported a thief took $100 from the theater safe and later received a two cent postage due envelope that contained $80. The report notes 80 per cent honest. The Grand Canyon in Arizona is described as a remarkable record of river erosion.
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Kansas City
R. R. Burdick
Burdick
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Denmark Armistice Crisis Deepens as Strikes Spread
At least 2000 killed or wounded as Danish soldiers sailors and civilians clash with German occupation troops. Von Hannecken tightens control while nine cities strike against dictatorship. King Christian remains prisoner as Free Danish leaders in London consider a government in exile.
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John H. Colburn
Stockholm
Denmark
Christian
Sorgenfri Castle
Hermann von Hannecken
von Hannecken
Eric Scavenius
London
United Nations
Christmas Moeller
Moeller
Sweden
Germany
WAC Corporal Maoma Ridings slain in Indianapolis hotel
Coroner reports autopsy shows Corporal Maoma Ridings was killed by a blow from a heavy instrument with wrists and throat slashed to mimic suicide. Found five hours after checking in for weekend leave from Camp Atterbury. A “woman in black” is sought. suspect a deranged 18 year old confessed killer.
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Indianapolis
Maoma Ridings
WAC
Ridings
Camp Atterbury
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt
Adkins Bets In War Bond Drive Offer Sparks Wager
Arkansas Gov Homer Adkins challenges Nebraskas Gov Dwight Griswold to a wager over Third War Loan drive results opening Sept 9. Adkins offered a white faced calf from Hot Spring county farm against Griswolds pig, betting Arkansas would top Nebraska in the percentage showing.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Adkins
Hot Spring County
Griswold
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