Arkansas Business Figures Show Strong 1942 Prosperity
The University of Arkansas College of Business reports Arkansas retail sales rose from 43 million dollars in December last year to over 50 million this December, with 1943 projections near 470 million. It notes cautions about money versus real goods and highlights rising births at 42,000 in 1942 and a 6.5 percent population increase by 1950, arguing population growth fuels future wealth.
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College of Business
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
America
Three Arkansas Justices Close Court Careers
Three Arkansas Supreme Court justices retire from active service after long tenures as the court recesses for Christmas. Justices Humphreys Mehaffy and Green bow out, to be replaced by Carter Robins and MecFaddin elected last November for eight-year terms. Humphreys and Mehaffy retire on half pay after 26 and 10+ years respectively. Mehaffy was ill, Humphreys bids farewell with reflections on 26 years of service. The court handed down eight opinions in the last session, including rulings on wage penalties, negligent death, street improvements, auto accessories, and a back wages dispute.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
T H. Humphreys
T. M. Mehaffy
Karl Greenhaw
Mehaffy
Ben E. Carter
Texarkana
R. W. Robins
Conway
E. F. MecFaddin
Hope
Humphreys
Supreme Bench
Mehaify
Union Circuit Court
Floyd cc
Combs
el Dorado Mechanic
Bunn W. Robertson, Inc
Robertson
Isaac Dennis
White County
Missouri Pacific
Ben Dennis
White
Garner
Polk Chancery Court
Mena
B. B. Y Zuflin
Whittle
Affirmed
Pulaski
No Extra Gas to Be Issued for Christmas
Hempstead County War Price and Rationing Board chairman T. S. McDavitt announces no additional gasoline rations will be issued during Christmas holidays. He cites regulations preventing special rations despite inquiries from students and state employees wishing to travel home for the holidays.
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T. S. McDavitt
Hempstead County
Recommends Higher Pay for Teachers
The Arkansas Board of Control for the Deaf and Blind proposed larger budgets for 1943-45 to cover food costs salary raises and improvements. They cited boiler repairs at the Deal School and minor upgrades in the Vocational Training Division. The blind school operates on 551,195 while the deaf school budget is 4104,376 with food costs listed at 22,500. Meanwhile wild horses roam in North Carolina believed descended from Spanish exploration-era animals.
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Little Rock
Dee
Board of Control
Arkansas Schools For the Deaf and Blind
E A. Stanley
Deal School
School For the Blind
The
North Carolina
Winter Freezes U S with Below Zero Records
The Associated Press reports an early start to winter with sub zero temperatures across the United States. Major cities see lows from 1 below in New York to 45 below in Owl's Head New York, while Western states face warming trends. Commuters take precautions and officials warn of fuel shortages and transportation delays.
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Associated Press
New York City
Westchester County
Mt. Kisco
Yorktown Heights
Albany
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Duludly
Owl's Head
N. Y
Mercury
Bismarck
N. D
Port Washington
Long Island
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
L Street
Teeberg Athletic Club
Coney Island
Brighton Beach
Maurice J. Tobin
Stuart Sutton to Serve With Sheriff Hill
Hempstead county announces appointments for the incoming sheriff's administration. C. C. Stuart is named deputy collector and Claude Sutton is named jailer. Stuart has served as deputy clerk under Hill, while Sutton operates a livestock commission house and will continue his livestock auction.
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Prank J. All
Hempstead
C. C. Stuart
Claude Sutton
Stuart
Hill
Sutton
Livestock Commission
City Election Set for February 18 by Democratic Committee
The city will hold a preferential primary on February 18 with a runoff on March 4. Races include mayor, city attorney, and treasurer plus four ward seats to fill the unexpired term of E. F. McFuddin who resigned for the supreme court bench.
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Democratic Central Committee
Ity
Terhy
E. F. McFuddin
Supreme Court Bench
City Treasury
wy #iderinu
Hope
Indians Entering Fighting Forces Reach 400000
Washington reports to day that more than 11 000 of the United States 400 000 Indians have joined the fighting forces according to the Interior Department's Indian Service.
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Washington
Morehan
United States
Interior Department
Indian Service
Axis Reported Moving by Sea to Reach Tunisia
Axis forces reportedly shift from Tripoli by sea and land to reinforce Tunisia after a high level Hitler conference. Rommel’s Afrika Korps and Italian units may abandon Tripolitania for a large convoy assembling in southern French ports. Allied and neutral sources note patrols, air battles, and fond of engagements in Libya and Tunisia as Rommel delays with rearguard actions while French and American forces push toward Sousse and Bizerte.
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Axis
Tripoli
Tunisia
Associated Press
London
Tripli
Adolf Hitler
Neautral
Europe
Erwin Rommel
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Reuters
North Africa
Walther Nehring
Daily Mail
Madrid
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Vichy Wiife
Hitler
Galeazzo Cinno
Algiers
Libya
Sultan
el Agheila
Rome
High ‘Command
Bone
Philippeville
Algeria
Cairo
Rommel
Buerat el Hsun
Sirte
Tunis
Lizerte
Pichon
Sousse
Madjez-El- Bab
Bizerte
Geman
Kairouan
Thermans
Stax
El Dorado Gets Big Butadiene War Plant
Washington reports contracts signed for a large butadiene facility at El Dorado Arkansas tied to Lion Oil Refining. Rep Harris says the plant will have thousands of tons annual capacity, with materials needed from Rubber Reserve Co. and a high priority rating. McGraw Construction awarded the build.
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Washington
Lion Oil Refining Company
el Dorado, Ark
Harris
D-Ark
The
Rubber Reserve Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
McGraw Construction Company
Denver Ex-County Man L C Drake Dies at 70
Lawrence C. Drake aged 70 died at his Denver home after living in Hempstead county in youth. Member of Bois d Arc Camp No 28 Woodmen of the World, he leaves a widow a daughter Mrs K K Patton of Los Angeles Calif and three brothers A F Drake Little Rock Tam J Drake and Jarome Drake of Patmos.
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Lawrence C. Drake
Bynum J. Drake
Denver
Hempstead County
K. K. Patton
Los Angeles
Calif
British Drive Halfway to Akyab in Burma
British troops advancing through dense jungle and swamp on the eastern Bay of Bengal front are reported nearly halfway to Akyab, with no Japanese resistance beyond a Calcutta aerial raid. RAF Blenheim escorts bomb Magwe. one enemy plane downed, one British fighter missing. Continued details promised on Page Two.
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India
Akyab
Calcutta
Chittagong
Bay of Bengal
RAF Blenhensis
Magwe
Irrawaddy River
Akyah
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company Indicted for Defrauding U S
Washington reports a federal grand jury indicted Anaconda Wire and Cable Company Marion Indiana and five officers for conspiracy to defraud the United States and to present false claims in the production and sale of wire and cable for armed forces. The case cites defective materials and hidden testing panels. Russia reportedly complained that nearly half of shipped wire to Russia was defective.
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Washington
Biddle
Fort Wayne
Ind
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Marion
United States
Department of Justice
FBI
Justice Department
Thorn. Johnson
Anaconda Mills
Frank E. Hart
Anaconda
Don R. Carpenter
Chalmer Bishop
Frank Kunkle
Tom C. Clark
Russia
Gas Explosion Injures Mother and Son in Closet
Mrs. Robert Martin and her young son were hurt when a gasoline jar stored in a closet exploded early Saturday night. The blast blew the closet door down and shattered a window. Fire Chief Jamie Embree warned gasoline fumes can travel 200 feet to an open flame and trigger an explosion. rubbing fabrics with gasoline can cause static sparks.
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Robert Martin
Martin
Jamie Embree
Steps Planned to Increase Gas Supply
Washington reports James F. Byrnes announced after a conference with key officials that steps would be taken to increase the supply of patrol eum and improve rationing methods. The statement added that no hope for easing restrictions on gasoline and fuel oil. The meeting included Secretary Ickes, Ralph Davies, Leon Henderson, and Joseph B Eastman.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Loeay
Administration
Patroleum
Director of Economic Stabilization
Ickes
Ralph Davies
Leon Henderson
Joseph B. Eastman
Definse
Byrnes
Allies Hammer Jap Positions Near Buna
Allied tank and infantry smashed today as dwindling Japanese forces trapped in a horseshoe pocket in the Buna Mission area of New Guinea. A commander was reported killed in action. The attack used light American-made General Stuarts manned by Australians and aimed to dislodge remnants on the right flank. Consolidated B 24 bombers hit Mandung area as Japanese troops reportedly landed nearby. The Buna pocket is among the last major resistances on the Papuan peninsula, with heavy Allied casualties and a general attack under way.
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Australia
Buna Mission
New Guinea
Tomar Fore Horn
Cape Endaiadere
MacArthur
Mandung
Buna
Viiaz Straits
Mandang
Finschafen
Miiado
Flashes of Life and Oddities From Coast to Midwest
A collage of brief items: a Los Angeles sermon recounts a biblical servant doubling money and a fresh collection surge. Farragut Idaho installs no smoking signs in a recreation hall after a new recruit cites an executive order. a county ambulance lawsuit over a fatal crash continues in California. in Kansas a mistaken medical tour reveals a fractured hip. Chicago notes Brigadier General Leo Boyle ruling out a Women’s Auxiliary for the Militia citing the state constitution and the humorous potential acronym WIRMS.
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Farragut
Idaho
Recreation Hall
Farragut News
Imate
Chicago
Leo M. Boyle
Iingis
Llinais
Reserve
Red Army Drives Deep Into Don Front In Major Offensive
Moscow dispatch reports the middle Don front offensive pushing westward into Ukraine, recapturing hundreds of villages, injuring German lines, and seizing air bases. The drive furthers Soviet aims near Rostov, with heavy losses for German forces, airborne supplies under threat, and significant captives and matériel captured. Airdrome strikes and Soviet air superiority claimed as the campaign builds.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Ukraine
Donets
Hitler
Don‘ Cossack
Don - Volga
Stalingrad
Rostov
Eddy Gilmore
Vilages
a.Sa Iet
Sou ‘Ern
Russia
Onslaugl
Rzhev
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U. S
Sheriff Hill
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L. C. Drake
Burma
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Hesel
Hubby
Sue Jahsyson
Herson
McPherson
Kas
Charles Green
Main Street
Germ
Vorone
F. T. Golikov
Voronezh
Great Britain
Don Elbow
N. F. Vatutin
Moscow - Rostov
Millerovo
Astav
Mmunique
Munkovo
Kalitvenskaya
Deyteva
Emomunique
Premeir
Joseph Stalin
Boty Lin
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