Workmen's Compensation Reform in Arkansas Faces Threats
After decades of agitation Arkansas adopted a Workmen's Compensation Act in 1939 and won a large majority in 1940. Now Little Rock reports plans to kill reform with three bills: HB 4 taxing attorney fees on the employee, HB 74 shifting court costs to the insured, and SB 74 making benefits assignable. Industry and labor alike oppose amendments, fearing increased liability and costs.
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Arkansas
Legisla
Little ‘S
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Sullivan
Pulaski
Gates of Cleveland
Compensation Commission
Eireuit
Sheppard of Papa
Rei Hans
Impregnable Britain's Hold and Lend Lease Aid Debate
Edward R. Stettinius told Congress that the British Isles remain impregnable and urged continuation of lendlease aid through July 1944. He cited North Africa, the Middle East, Africa and Asia campaigns relying on Britain and American weapons and supplies to support Britain, China and the USSR.
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Alex H. Singston Washington
British Isles
Edard FR. Stettinius
Congress
EA Steinius
Lend Lease
Lendase
House
oRoreian Affairs Committee
Stottingus
Middle East
Syria
Adagascar
United States
Britain
China
Tussia
And
Americans Ravage Solomons in Two-Day Battle
Washington reports heavy action in the Solomon Islands with American forces damaging two Japanese cargo ships, a destroyer, and a tanker. ten enemy planes were destroyed, 36 Japanese troops killed, one enemy command post captured, and three prisoners taken while several American aircraft are listed as missing.
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Washington
Jun
Solomon Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
U. S
House Probe of Lend Lease Seems Certain
Washington news desk reports that the House Foreign Affairs Committee opened public hearings on extending the Lend Lease Act beyond 1944. Rep. Jones accused shipments include beer, rayon stockings, powderpuffs, and private consignments, while Lend Lease officials denied such claims and argued items were tied to civilian needs and stock replenishment. Rep. Bloom called the remarks ill advised and said Administrator Stettinius would testify first.
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House
Senate
Rep. Jones
Ohiod
Aso
Dwight B. Eisenhower
North Africa
Tend - Lease
Jonés
Lend - Lease
United States
Rep. Bloom (Ony
Foreign Affairs Committee
Jones
Eadward R. Stettinius
Thomsen to Be First Witness in Arkansas Inquiry
Mrs. Fred C. Thomsen wife of the head Arkansas coach will be the first witness when a state Senate committee opens its investigation at the university in Rock on Monday night. Also invited to testify are business managers T. C. Carlson and C. A. Verbeck and University President A M Harding, with trustees urged to attend.
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Site Rock
Fred C. Thomsen
Tor Ne
University of Arkansas
Senate
O. E. Jones
Batesville
Jones
Thomson
T. C. Carlson
C. A. Verbeck
A.M. Harding
Senator Urges Flynn to Withdraw from US Post
Senator Van Nuys urged Edward J. Flynn to end the Senate controversy over his ministerial appointment to Australia by asking President Roosevelt to withdraw Flynn’s name. Van Nuys, who opposed Flynn in the Foreign Relations Committee, said a withdrawal would soothe a divided Senate and noted Flynn is seen as a Bronx Tammany politician. He added that Flynn could gracefully withdraw, but feared he would not.
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van Nuys
D-Mnd
Edward J. Flynn
Senate
Australia
Roosevlt
Flynn
Miller Recesses Jury Probing Election Boxes
Fort Smith January 24 U S District Judge John E Miller dismissed the grand jury convened January 11 to probe possible Arkansas primaries election irregularities. He plans to recall the jurors around March 4 as cases are prepared and ordered Garland County officials to bring in original ballot boxes used in the July 24 and August 11 primaries.
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U. S
John E. Miller
Arkansas
Miller
Garland
Tot Springs
Garland County
Blevins Bay Listed Missing by U S Navy
The Navy announced 138 ensigns missing or wounded in Navy forces since December 7 1941 bringing total casualties to 22 228 for Navy Moving Corps and Coast Guard. Names include Kenneth Russell Satterfield from Port Smith and Robert Claude Harris of Blevins listed as missing. Harris is the son of Mrs Jennie Harrie and a Hempstead native who attended Blevins High School before enlisting last year.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Neet
Kit
Arkansas
Saterfield
Kenneth Russell
D. B. Satterfield
South Q Street
Port Smith
Clyde
Emmette Ham
Gertrude Clyde
Gia
North Front St
Wynner Barris
Robert Claude
Claude
Ernest Harris
Bleyvins
Vann
Robert Hager
Wite
Marie Rose Vann
South Main SL
Little Rock
Robert Claude Harris
U. S. Navy Department
Jennie Harrie
Blevins
Hempstead
Allied Papuan Losses Half of Jap Casualties
General MacArthur announced Allied casualties in the Papuan campaign were less than half those of the Japanese. He said the Japanese Army once estimated at 15,000 men was destroyed, marking an unusually decisive outcome with fewer lives expended and resources used.
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Australia
MacArthur
Flashes of Life from The Associated Press
Pittsburgh carpenter Edwin Crane defies grand jury duty citing Army enlistment next Saturday. Lehigh University athlete Johnny Messinger sidelined by wartime fitness training. Calvin Cumbie of Athens earns his fourth diploma from North Texas State Teachers College. Oklahoma City radio mix up sparks confusion with highway patrol broadcast. Windover Field medics Joseph De Marco and Everett Dolphin serve as pill dispensers. Dolphin once a juggler. Gene Tunink returns home to Pierce on furlough after nine months on the new Alcan highway amid freezing temps.
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W. Heber Dithrich
Crane
Denton
Tex
Calvin Cumbie
Athens
North Texas State Teachers — College
Tim
Wendover
Italy
Josep de Marco
Everett Dolphin
New York City
Army Infirmary
Windover Field
de Mares
Dolphin
Pierce
Neb
Pie
Gene Tunink
al Ean
States
Red Army Seizes Kastornoye and Courting Caucasus Advances
Red Army moves to take Kastornoye a rail hub on the Voronezh Kursk axis while closing on Kropotkin and Tikhoretsk in the Caucasus. Reported gains include encirclement threats around Stalingrad era fronts, with massive prisoner trophies and heavy German losses as Soviets push toward Kursk Kharkov and other key lines.
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Kropotkin
Tikhoretsk
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Monitor
Voronezh Front
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Voronezh-Kursk
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Valuiki
Kastorneye
Four convicts die or wound in Wisconsin prison break
In Waupun Wisconsin guards killed one convict and wounded two others as four inmates attempted an escape from the state prison. Another escapee crossed the 22 foot west wall but was tracked to a private garage four blocks away. The slain inmate was Frank Koplar of Milwaukee aged 23 serving for burglary second offense. Charles Bennett, 22, from Marinette, and Wendell Fowler, 22 of Los Angeles, were wounded. Raymond Ramozini, 26 of Milwaukee, recaptured after clearing the wall. Deputy Warden Hinkamp said the breakout began after breakfast when an electric switch was pulled plunging the buildings into darkness.
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Wisdan
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Canvnct
Frank
Bigfoot) Koplar
Mailwaukee
Charles Bennett
Marinette
Wendell Fowler
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Fowler
Nebraska
State Reformatory
Wyoming
Raymond Ramozini
Assant
W. J. Hinkamp
FDR Visits Africa and Talks With Brazil Chief Vargas
President Roosevelt leverages a historic North Africa trip by meeting with Brazil's President Getúlio Vargas at Natal. The talks likely covered Brazil's role in hemispheric defense as the nation marks its Axis break. The president also visited Liberia, inspecting rubber production and reviewing Negro troops amid ongoing war planning after Casablanca.
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Douglas B. Cornll
Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Wariong
Gestalio Vargas
Brazil
Natal
Africa
Axis
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Montrovia
U-Boat Pack Sinks 4 Ships in January
A wolfpack of Axis submarines sank four merchant ships off the South American coast in January. Survivors reported light loss of life. one captain, Michael I. Barry of Brooklyn, went down with his ship but was saved after surfacing. Escorts and an army bomber aided rescue while survivors clung to wreckage as sea and darkness hampered efforts.
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Fla. Don
South American
Michael I. Barry
Brooklyn
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William O'Conner
New York
O'Connor
Milk Price Hearing at Camden Thursday
OPA Director Robert P. Lail announced a milk price hearing will be held at Camden city hall Thursday. Four meetings in the area were announced yesterday, added at Sen John McClellans telegraphic request. Farmers and dairymen protesting OPA milk price ceilings will be heard.
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John McClellan
OPA
Vogeligs
Navy seeks 100 WAVES from Arkansas by Tuesday
The Texarkana Naval Recruiting Station seeks one hundred WAVES aged 20 to 42 for enlistment by next Tuesday. Applications must be filed at 501 Federal Building Texarkana. accepted recruits go to Little Rock Wednesday for induction. Required papers include birth cert, education records, three character references, and parental consent if under 21.
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Texarkana Naval Recruiting Station
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Texarkana
Little Rock
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Americans Hit Sfax as 8th Army Presses Rommel
London reports reveal American air forces and the British Eighth Army pressed Rommel’s rear guard near the Tunis frontier. U S bombers struck Sfax harbor and rail facilities, setting fires and downing six Axis planes as operations widened from Sfax to the Gulf of Gabes with uncertainties about Rommel’s response and possible Allied moves in Tunisia.
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Tunis
Nori Tiea
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Port
Mareth
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Centranisia
Gafsa
Allied chiefs rule out single United French movement
At a press conference in Africa on January 29 General Be Honore Giraud said there is no prospect of a single United French movement. He described a permanent liaison with General Charles De Gaulle on military economic and financial matters and noted gradual steps toward returning property to Jews in North Africa.
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Honore Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
North and West Africa
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Figh
Casablanca
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de Gaulle
North A1
State Rebuttal Witnesses Are Heard by Court
Los Angeles court hears state rebuttal witnesses in the Errol Flynn statutory rape case. Flynn, who is accused of having intimate relations with Betty Hansen, 17, and Peggy La Rue Satterlee, 16, again denies the charges after two hours of cross examination. A Bollywood show had testified he twice molested a girl aboard Flynn’s yacht in August 1941.
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Errol Flynn
Betty Hansen
Belair
Flynn
Miss Hansen
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Sirocco
Jerry Giesler
Sete Jer
Peasy Satterlee
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