Decisive Test of Allied and Axis Strength Underway
The column argues a major WWII contest is underway between Axis and Allied forces, focusing on Rommel’s push toward Egypt and a Red Front assault toward the Caucasus. It notes uncertain outcomes, supply lines, and reinforcements as both sides test strength, with potential pivotal impact on the war’s balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herr Hiller
Rommel
Egypt
Kurks-Kharkov
Red Front
Yven
Auch
Oramel
Auchinleck
Rommiel
Don
Moscow
Howr
Belgorod
Hitler
Zolt
New Labor Policy Aims at Wage Standards in War Plants
Washington July 6 AP War Manpower Commission moves to deny labor priorities to plants paying substandard wages. McNutt directs rosters of skills and plants to ensure vital war plants get first call. Move targets wage stabilization to match area standards and curb bidding for skilled workers. Wage agreements sought on a zone basis under War Production Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Planta
Commission
Paul v. McNutt
U.S. Employment Service
McNutt
The
Manpower Commission
U. S Employment Service
War Production Board
Candidates Map Speaking Tour Tonight at Hempstead Courthouse
Hempstead county candidates will meet at the courthouse here Wednesday night to map out a speaking tour through the county. All candidates are urged to attend.
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Hempstead County
Young to Begin Naval Training at Annapolis
E. P. Young Jr. left last night for Annapolis to begin training at the U. S. Naval Academy. He received his appointment several months ago from Senator Lloyd Spencer.
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E. P. Young, Jr
Annapolis
W U. S. Naval Academy
Hope
Lloyd Spencer
Rev Carl P Cummings Hurdles Past Villanova Past Playback
In Bigger Game Indiantown Gap Pa AP The Rev Carl P Cummings army chaplain here played halfback for Villanova in 1928.
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Indiantown Gap
Carl P. Cummings
Villanova
Nelson presses rubber salvage drive on nation page two
Secretary Ickes reports only 238,998 tons salvaged in week one of the nationwide scrap rubber drive extended to Friday. Gillette and McNary urge swift action on the rubber supply agency bill while WPB rubber coordinator Newhall talks of synthetic rubber costs and production goals.
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Ber
Secretary of the Interior
Ickies
New York
Gillette Tes
Towan
McNary Rore
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
McNary
Nelson
Arthur B. Newhall
WPB
Gillette Committee
Newhall
Congress
Gillette
Market Report from St Louis Livestock and Grain
National Stockyards notes hogs opening 19 to 25 higher on 180 lb range with top 14.90 and sows around 33.80 to 14.56. cattle and calves large supply with unclear class market. sheep run mostly native lambs with few Texas doubles. Poultry and produce include varied Chicago prices for hens, broilers, turkeys, and eggs. grain markets show wheat futures at Chicago lows then slight rally, corn and oats mixed, soybeans down. New York cotton declined. stocks in New York edged higher with blue chips up but profit taking limited. news of naval actions cheered some while Nazi advance in Russia restrained others.
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ST. Louis
U. S. Dept
Texas Springs
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
California
Missouri
Alabama Bliss
Arkansas Bliss
Missouri Cobblers
Chiago
Cremery
Centralles
York
New York
Aleutians
United States
Wall Street
Egypt
Russia
Chinese Air and Ground Actions Amid Widening War
Allied communique reports Japanese raids on Chinese air fields with minor damage and six planes down to the AVG. Chinese forces retake Shwang in Kiangsi, aimed at disrupting Japanese attempts to trap central Chinese troops. Churchill pledges full support as war enters its sixth year.
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Hengyang
Rohien
Highway Center
Kwangsi Province
Kwelin
Kwangsi
Lingling
United States
China
Shwang
Kiangsi
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Churchill
Free
Britain
Capital Firm Granted Milk Hauling Permit
The Corporation Commission approved Delivery Service, Inc., Little Rock, to haul dairy products to Pine Bluff arsenal and issued a permit for Agleston Transport Company, El Dorado, to transport petroleum products over state highways as a contract carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
The
Corporation Commission
Delivery Service, Inc
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Agleston Transport Company
el Dorado
British Tough With U-Boats
Washington July 6 AP Lt Gen Gordon Nevil MacReady head of the British army staff in Washington declares that less than one aft of every 200 convoyed British ships has been lost in the war. He says the British Navy sunk five and one fourth million tons of enemy merchant ships and that about 60 percent of Britain's total national income supports the war effort. He adds no one can make a fortune this time and most taxpayers will have at most twenty thousand dollars left after taxes.
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Washington
Gordon Nevil MaccReady
Ready
Smithsonian Institution
MacReady
Combined Chiefs of Staff
The
United Nations
Britain
We Must Get Tough and Fight Back Against Axis War
The piece urges Anglo-Saxon resolve to overcome fear and complacency. It argues Americans must adopt a relentless, aggressive stance, imitate Russian grit, and embrace the will to win at any cost, shedding sportsmanship to ensure victory over Axis powers. It stresses initiative, ruthless effort, and personal responsibility in war.
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Tobruk
Matruh
Marquis of Queensbury Triles
North Africa
Rommel
Axis
Textbook Group to Make Selections Lite Rock
The State Textbook Selecting Committee organized to choose spelling texts for grades one through eight to be adopted by the State Board of Education in December. Education commissioner Ralph B. Jones said the panel would start reviewing texts on August 1 and announce selections around November 1.
Supreme Court rules on Irby ballot and tax provision
The Arkansas Supreme Court orders W. Q. Irby to be placed on the July 28 ballot for state senator in the 28th district. It holds party officials must not judge candidate eligibility and that presidential pardons do not restore office rights. The court will rule next on a key provision of the 1941 sales tax law allowing certificates of indebtedness to be filed in circuit courts for delinquent accounts.
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Hot Springs
Carl Greenhaw
Supreme Court
W. QO. Irby
St. Francis
Clay County
Smith
State Senate
Joe €. Barrett
Harvey G. Combs
Democratic State Committee
Irby
Hoover
Onty
Revenue
Holiday Deaths Continue On Quiet Police Weekend
Holiday deaths include six year old Donnie Valentine of McGehee who drowned near his home and ten year old Ellis Smart of Blytheville who drowned at a swimming pool. Police report a quiet holiday with no serious accidents and few arrests across local, county, and state lines.
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Donnie Valentine
Homer Valentine
McGehee
Ellis Smart
Arthur Smart
Blytheville
Revenue case contests in Mississippi charge court
Indebtedness challenged by M Morgan Blytheville coin machine operator in Mississippi charge court. Revenue Department Attorney O T Ward says suit barred by 30 day protest period. Supreme Court denied writ of prohibition against further chancery jurisdiction. Morgan sought $260 back sales tax from 1941. Separately the court denied Santee’s petition to stop cancellation of bus rights Stuttgart Dewitt St Charles after misrepresentation alleged and failure to maintain schedules.
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M. Morgan
Blytheville Coin
Mississippi
Revenue Department
O. T. Ward
Morgan
Revenue Commissioner
Supreme Court
J. F. Gautney
B. L. Santee
Little Rock
Corporation Commission
Stuttgart
Dewitt
St Charles
Santee
Full Parity Loans Urged
Washington July 6 AP Urging approval of full parity loans for six major crops Senator Bankhead said President Roosevelt would not sign the 680 million dollar agriculture appropriation bill if it barred grain sales below parity for livestock feeding. He urged swift action as the committee approved stopgap funding for July operations and debated parity provisions and benefit payments in computing parity for farmers.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Department
House
Mr. Roosevelt
Farmer Jailed After Assault Near Wynne
Wynne July 6 AP An unmarried farmer near Vandale held in jail without charge in connection with an attack on a white woman about 80 at her home on the outskirts of Wynne. The suspect denied the crime. The victim described a man who appeared at her home asked for change, forced entry, beat her with fists and a stick, and assaulted her twice before a youth summoned officers. The woman received treatment and is expected to recover.
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Wynne
Vandale
H. L. Mitchell
Mitchel
Mitchell
Relative of Hope Woman Succumbs in Hugo Oklahoma
Mrs. A. E. McClellan sister-in-law of Mrs. Joe Rider of Hugo Oklahoma died at her home in Hugo Oklahoma the news reached here today details of the death were learned recently
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A. E. McClellan
Joe Rider
Hugo
Okla
Stamps Plant Began Stamps July Construction
Excavation at the site of the Arkansas Power and Light companys new 4,000,000 strain powered electric generating plant began today. S. M. Dixon of Warren holds the contract for the job involving some 30,000 cable yards.
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Stamps
Arkansas Power and, Light Company
S. M. Dixon
Warren
Two New Wells Reported in Lafayette and Midway Fields
Special correspondent reports two new wells in Lafayette County this week, one for Citer Oil at Marble Hanes No 3 in section 36-1729 and another for Ridell Petroleum at W. S. Harris No 1 in section 31-17-23. In Midway, Barnshill Oil completes Powell No 2 with 27 barrels per hour from 6405 to 6475 feet, boosting Midway totals to 19. three new locations announced for the field.
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Ark
LaFayette County
Me Kamic
Citer Oil Company
Alantic Refining Company
WOC
McKamb
Ridde! Petroleum Corporation
W. S. Harris
Midway Field
Roberts No. 6
Dobson
McClain
Southwood Oil Company
Hodwell
Turner
Rig
Arkansas
Muel Oil Company
Midway
Burnsdail Ol Company
Powell
Frankel & Frankel & Riddell Petroleum Corporation
Bodlean Lumber Company
Southwood-Wake- Geld
Minnie McClaine Et al
Patton Field
Lewisville
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Bendaw No
El Alamein Battle Push Near Alexandria
British forces under Field Marshal Rommel clash at El Alamein in fierce day and night combat. Maori-descended troops spearhead assaults as a strong point falls 70 miles from Alexandria at the Nile Delta.
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Field
Exwitt Rommel
Alexandria
The
Nile
Gabriele d Annunzio as Malians novelists fashion history
The noted writer Gabriele d Annunzio, described here as a Malian novelist, reportedly wore only imported clothing in his youth and once owned 100 suits, reflecting an early penchant for luxury attire.
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Gabriele d'Annunzis
Senate Race Gains Momentum Ahead of Primary in Arkansas
In Little Rock and across the state, four major senatorial campaigns accelerate with three weeks left before the preferential primary. Candidates drum up support through ads and speeches. David J. Terry targets the nomination claims in Washington, Jack Toit prepares a radio address, Clydus T. Els schedules 27 engagements, Juin L. McCrellan begins a 28-stop tour, and Fred Keller lines up appearances against Governor Adkins’ renomination in northwest Arkansas.
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Little Bock
David J. Terry
Washington
Dack Toit
Clydus T. Els
Bearden
Pine Binuft
Juin L
Maine man grows coffee in back garden to beat shortages
Alfred Saindon, a shoe factory worker in Auburn, Maine, cultivates 15,000 coffee plants in his yard. He hopes to harvest 1,000 pounds from his crop, reviving his nine year hobby after war shortages. He claims he can grow beans in Maine's climate without a hothouse.
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Auburn
Maine
Alfred Saindon
Saindon
Mit
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