Prison reform urged by segregating first offenders
Gov Homer M. Adkins proposes moving first offenders to separate camps at Tucker and Cummins Prison Farms after a parole board study. The plan, praised as common sense, aims to rehabilitate inmates and reduce recidivism while ensuring law enforcement and discipline remain. A Fashion Note discusses men's view on women's slacks.
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Tucker Prison Farm
J. 5
Pollard
Parole Board
Cummins Prison Farm
Tucker i
Cummins
S. Burton Heath
Americans Bomb Japanese Bases in Solomons Rekata Bay Raid
War bulletin describes January 7 air strikes by Liberator Bombers on Rekata Bay Sarita Isabel Island and Bougainville. Flying Fortresses hit Bougainville with Zeros shot down, two US planes lost. Marauders and P-39 escorts attacked. fires started, two US planes downed, Rekata Bay near Guadalcanal noted as a newly attacked site.
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Washington
Rekalu Bay
Solomons
Navy
Bougainville
Niska
North Pacific
Kiska
South Pacific
Flying Fortress
U. S
Rekata “Bay
Sarita IsaBeli Island
U.S
Rekata Bay
Chinese Puppet Government Declares War
Tokyo reports Premier Hideki Tojo announced that Wang Ching Wen’s Nanking government has declared war on the United States and the British Empire. The broadcast says the move advances Japan’s Greater East Asia war aims, while British radio notes limited local impact for expatriates in Shanghai.
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Tokyo
Jun
Hideki Tojo
Wang Ching Lwen
China
Nanking
United States
Greater East Asia
CBS
New York
Shanghai Alane
Toja
Japan
Asia
Highway Debt Funds Fall Short of Mark
Little Rock officials report the highway maintenance and debt service account was nearly 700000 short of its 70250000 bond year target for 1942 43. They fear all remaining 1941 refunding law requirements may be unmet this year. Last year the debt service and maintenance needs were met with about 47000 credited to new construction. The shortfall is blamed on a 10.5 percent drop in gasoline tax receipts since last April and weak automobile license tag sales in December.
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Little Rock, Jan
Biddle Seeks Expedited AP Trust Action Petition
Attorney General Francis Biddle today led no petitions in federal court and asked that the government's trust action against the Associated Press be expedited. He sought a court consisting of at least one Circuit Court of Appeals judge and two other federal judges.
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New York
Francis Biddle
Circuit Court of Appeals
Senators View Plans for Post War
Washington lawmakers weighed postwar world options after President Roosevelt urged unity. Senators voiced cautious, varied views on nationalism versus internationalism and possible world governance, while Admiral Stark warned that shipping will dictate war endurance and the path to victory in 1944.
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Richard G. Maslock
Washington
Roosevelt
Hurold R. Stark
Stark
Austin
Harold E. Stussen
Minnesota
United Nations
Senate
Grdiges
Inh
America
World Organization
Wheeler D Monti
Stassen Ip
Slassen
Wallace
World Council of Nations
Congress
Hope Boy Completes Army Flight Training
Tilman Bearden son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Bearden of Hope completed the Army primary flight training course at Thunderbird Field Glendale Arizona. Also mentions a bridge game note with a grand slam.
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Tilman Bearden
Hugh Bearden
Hope
Army
Thunderbird Field
Glendale
Arizona
Heaviest Allied Bombing At Bizerte Strikes Axis Ports
Allied air forces launched one of the war’s heaviest strikes on Bizerte, bombing the Axis supply port across three raids. American B 25 and B 26 aircraft hit docks and targets along lines to Gabes while German planes and ships faced heavy losses. Spaatz named commander of a new Allied air force in North Africa as Eisenhower reports.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
United States Air Force
Bizerte
Sloday
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
U. S
Carl Spaatz
Spaatz
James H. Coollifle
Wiliam L. Welsh
London
el Gatrun
Murguch
Libyan
Jacques le Clerc
Camel Corps
RAF
Three Negroes Jailed for Series Thefts
Police report the arrest of Allen Vaughn Jimmy C Hubbard and Allen Helty for a citywide theft series. Vaughn confessed to robbing a music box at a local Negro night spot last Monday night with $14 recovered. Hubbard and Helty face petty larceny charges and all suspects remain jailed awaiting trial.
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Allen Vaughn
Wase
Jimmy C. Hubbard
Allen Helty
Gunter Lumber Company
Black man sentenced for Christmas Eve wife slaying
Henry Thompson, 44, a Black man, was convicted of first degree murder for the fatal robbery slaying of Mrs. Henry Veteto, wife of a Rison sawmill worker, on Christmas Eve and received a passing sentence from a Ch. edi. court jury yesterday.
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Rison
Aris.Astan
Henry Thompson
Your
Ole Negra
Henry Veteto
Tornado Sets Schools Back Generations in Berryville
Berryville during October's tornado lost its two story brick school, heating plant, cafeteria, gym, and agricultural buildings. Temporary one room log and frame schools from Camp Champlain were moved to the grounds. Classes use wood benches, scarce blackboards, and rough desks while carpenters repair shelters and restore basic instruction amidst wartime shortages.
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Berryville
Camp Champlain
Ozark Hills
Roosevelt Extends Sympathy for Loss of Three Sons
President Roosevelt sent a national message to Mr and Mrs J E Ravers of Birmingham Alabama after learning their three Navy sons Jack Ellis Jr Edward Keith and Charles Ethbert were killed in a Pacific naval engagement The president wrote that their grief is shared by him and the entire naval service and that the nation owes a debt to their sons and to the country
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Birmingham
Ala
Roosevelt
J. E. Ravers
Birmingam
Pacific
Rogers
Flashes of Life in Brief From Across The Nation
A collage of short items reports suspects jailed for minor crimes in Philadelphia and Standpoint with loose charges and odd fines. Wesley Pamper ion faces no charges on arrest but is fined later for damage to a cage, while Mrs Hudson mails fur coats to Women soldiers and a Nebraska inmate gets breakfast in jail after arguing for nourishment.
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Idaho
Wesley Pamperion
Pamperian
Damges
Planes pound Japanese convoy in Lae harbor action
Allied headquarters reported heavy air strikes against a Japanese convoy and defenses at Lae New Guinea. Three transports were sunk and 20 escort ships were destroyed, as American and Australian forces pressed Buna Sanananda and MacArthur praised troops and leadership.
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Australia
Jane
Pacific
Lae
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific Air Force Command
New
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Diplomatic Shakeup Sparks Washington Speculation
Washington sees a world wide diplomatic shakeup as Edward Flynn abandons National Democratic leadership to become ambassador to Australia. Questions center on replacing Flynn and returning Nelson T. Johnson to China. White House offers no comment. The piece hints at possible posts for Clarence E. Gaus and mentions a Citizens Committee push for Senate hearings on the appointment. The narrative mixes political intrigue with unrelated notes on a Bronx jury absolution and a Java pledge custom.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
National Democratic
Australia
Nelson T. Johnson
China
Flynnn
White Mouse
Flynn
New Yorks
Roosevell
White House
Johnson
Clarence E. Guass
Sidney 5. Barne
Citzens Committee
Furnt
Senate Teaders
Bronx
State Senator Gets Leave From Navy
Wynne Ark June 6 Ensign State Senator James Gooch has been granted 60 days leave of absence from his Navy post in New York City to attend the forthcoming legislative session. Gooch's return strengthens the Senate economy bloc, largely critics of the Adkins administration. Gooch was assistant campaign manager for Senator John L McClellan last summer.
RAF Hits Ruhr Valley Again Friday Night
British bombers struck Ruhr valley industrial targets for the fourth time this week with five aircraft missing. The raid over northern and western Germany damaged buildings in several localities and caused civilian casualties, with reports of raids continuing and mines laid in enemy waters.
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London
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Ruhr
Berlin
Draft Issue Reopened by Congress Watchdog Panel
Washington Jan 9 The House military affairs committee may reopen the draft issue to shift supervision to the War Department and to defer married men while single men are available. Chairman May says no formal proposals exist yet but support could rise if presented. The panel favors deferment for married men with dependents when singles are available, a stance echoed in earlier amendments.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
May
D . Ky
Selective Service Headquarters
w.May
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Kentuckian
Department
Miliary
House
Senate
Temperature Records Coldest Night Yet At Station
Frigid temperatures plunged to 21 degrees Friday night with early day readings at 2b degrees, marking the coldest thus far this year per Experiment Station records. The prior record of 24 degrees stood for October and November, while narratives speak of intrigue between Americans and French officers with no glory in the landing.
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Experiment Station
Russians Advance in Caucausus Amid Rain and Fog
Moscow reports four Russian armies driving a wide enveloping movement against German lines in the Caucasus despite cold rain and fog. Red Star notes North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balakaria liberated, Rostov push, and heavy street fighting in Stalingrad as Soviets seal German fortifications and repulse counterattacks.
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Henry C
Cassidy
Moscow
Caucasus
Red Star
Vinces
Osetia
Kabardino-Blakaria
Stvaropol
Fatory
Stalingrad
Rostov
Constatin Rokossovsky
Strakhov
Saveen
Likhayava
Don
Zimovniki
Staion
Army Journal
Red Army
Greman
Germany stronger now than in last war says Giraud
The Dakar radio quoted General Henri Honore Giraud saying Germany’s defeat is certain yet military strength remains high. He urged French unity to liberate and avenge France, noting German losses but stressing France must endure a hard, long fight.
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New York
Dakar
Henri Honore Giraud
North and West Africa
Germany
Fatherland
William A. Glassford, Jr
United States
Pierre Boisson
Gayrenar
French West Africa
CBS
Giraud
Twoson
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Homer M. Adkins
Mark
Biddle
Hope Boy
Africa
Negro
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Joseph Rolle
Joseph Rainey
HERI
Los Angeles
Cali
Fornia
Mussim
Light Brigade
Martinez
Calif
Robert Hudson
San Diego
Gmahi
Neb
Info Harbor
University of the Moral Law
Infimey
Ong Tong
Java
Solomon Islands
Rhur Valley
Europe
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