War fuel controls spark talks on rationing and seizures
July 1 report describes possible gasoline and tire confiscation to conserve fuel for the war effort. Officials consider rationing as a tool, with calls to separate gasoline and rubber issues, improve scrap collections, and limit nonessential travel by motorists and workers. Army Navy and federal offices urge immediate fuel use restraint to protect 5,000,000 trucks and sustain production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Soleum
Office of
Se Transportation
Towns Would Title Rock July 8 AP report on utilities plan
Reported today that several Arkansas towns served by the Water and Light Company are negotiating for sale of municipal water systems to a Philadelphia investment firm. Interventions were filed by Earle and Me. Morristown Newport Pine Bluff and Bison were mentioned as considering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Title Rock
O.arkansas
Wisas Power and Light Comp
Arkadelphia
Batesville
Camden
Dewiarle
Fordyce
Hamburz
Ice
Parkin
Russellville
Earle
Ustilities Commission
Ing
McGehee
Morriston
Newport
Pine Bie
Bison
Bridge party in Prescott honors Mrs Poindexter Whitaker
Prescott edition notes Mrs Charles A Archer Jr and Mrs Hansel Herring host a bridge party at the Lode Hotel. The event honors Mrs Poindexter Whitaker, a recent bride, with invitations set for 3:90 p.m. on Thursday July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Archer, Jr
Hansel Herring
Lode Hotel
Poindexter Whitaker
Society News Items From Shreveport and Nearby Areas
Society notes report Ralph Moncriet of Shreveport visiting his mother Mrs. Gertrude Moncriet. Winnie Duke travels to El Dorado for several weeks. Mrs. Joe Boswell, Mrs. Frank Tuberville, and Mrs. Berry Hester attend events in Little Rock. Mrs. Henry Moore returns from Fort Sill Oklahoma visit with her daughter Mrs. McRae Lemley and Lt. Lemley. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Franks of Longview Texas visit relatives here with daughter Ann. Mrs. Dan Pittman spends a few days in Little Rock as guest.
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Ralph Moncriet
Shreveport
Gertrude Moncriet
Winnie Duke
el Dorado
Joe Boswell
Frank Tuberville
Berry Hesterly
Little Rock
Henry Moore
McRae Lemley
Lemley
Fort Sill
Okla
Byron Franks
Ann
Longview
Texas
Dan Pittman
Premier Hefik Saydam Dies After Heart Attack
Ankara reports Premier Hefik Saydam died early today after a heart attack aged years. Dr Ahmet Fikri Tuzer will serve as acting premier until a new appointment is made. Saydam led Turkey since 1939, promoted friendly relations with major powers and fortified the Army.
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Ankara
Turkey
API
Hefik Saydam
Ahmet Fikri Tuzer
Catfish Nearly Drowns 13YearOld in Brookfield Lake
In Brookfield Missouri a 13 year old boy Junior Van Bibber wrestled with and was held by a 12 1/2 pound bullhead catfish while swimming at the country club lake. A companion named Jimmie Logue dragged him to safety after both dives. The fish had to be killed to free the boy’s hand and a lacertated wound confirmed his tale.
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Brookfield
Junior van Bibber
Country Club Lake
Jimmie Logue
Attest Record for $150,360.19 by H M Stephens
A financial attest shows an amount of 150,360 dollars and 19 cents. The signature line includes H M Stephens and the title Herbert M. Stephens as director.
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H. M. Stephens Herbert M. Stephens
Morning Coffee Event for Grace Gray in St Charles
A Tuesday morning coffee hosted by Mrs. Tom Bemis at Elm Street honored Miss Grace Gray of St. Charles, Mo., guest of Miss Jennie McRae. Daisies and summer flowers adorned the home while young college guests enjoyed the informal gathering. Sugar coupons note wartime limits on sugar purchases through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Gray
St. Charles
Jennie McRae
Tom Bemis
Elm Street
Toses
To Build Ships in Mountains
Tobin, a Mare Island Navy Yard planner, oversees a Denver factory effort to build escort vessels for the Navy high in the Rockies. Despite initial disbelief, mountain workers launch ships in freight cars and ship parts travel 1,000 miles to reach salt water, proving denver’s unlikely shipyard capability.
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Robert & Geiger
Wide World
Denver
Tobin
Mare Island Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Rocky Mountains
Tokyo
Navy
Sailor Donates Blood Pint in Red Cross Donation
Los Angeles July 8 A P Mel Van Keupen 20 a sailor wounded by shrapnel at Pearl Harbor donated a pint of blood at a Red Cross plasma bank. He said his life was saved by eight transfusions and he would give back pint for pint. Arbor Day observance date varies nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Mel van Keupen
Pearl Harbor
Red Cross
Rosson the thrill chaser rides the corvette in action
Hollywood cameraman Dick Rosson, famed for danger filled thrill sequences, heads to Europe on a corvette assignment with Howard Hawks to film action for Corvettes in Action. He has logged 2400 hours in thrill work, including Test Pilot and Scarface re staging, and has twice crossed the Atlantic in convoys aboard the Prince of Wales.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Richard Rosson
Dick Rossen
Rosson
McCoy
Howard Hawks
Europe
Hawks
South Seas
Dutch Guiana
Galapagos Islands
Lis
Indianapolis
Chicago
Arctic
Roosevelt Churchill
Pup tents born from dog kennel joke during Civil War
Tullahoma, Tenn based reader Clek Owens uncovers articles by Union and Confederate veterans. A Rev R G Stewart piece recalls two yard square heavy cotton tents with buttons, as soldiers teased each other until barking inspired the term pup tents, later shortened to pup tents, for marching camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tullahoma
Clek Owens
Stewart
Censor Caution and Humor Note in World War II Office
Washington on the matter of censorship, Byron Price leads censors who must blend hawk eyes and elephant memories with humor to handle letters and calls. The piece cites humorous incidents, mistaken addresses, and how censoring letters from soldiers in Hawaii and abroad reveals discipline, vigilance, and occasional wit amid wartime restrictions.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Solomon
Job
Byron Price
Florida
California
Mexico
San Diego Bombers
Patience
Bureau of the Censor
South Pacific
Algo
Admiral Yamamoto
Ehelto
Sixty-Niner Still Mining in Placerville Idaho
Tom Halley, 76, continues placer mining in Placerville for a new season. He has worked the same area since boyhood, arriving in 1869 with his family from Liversk California aboard a river steamer ocean liner and wagon.
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Placerville
Idaho
Tom Halley
Halley
Liversk
Cailf
British Admit Grave Danger in Egypt Fifth Column
The British acknowledge a grave danger from Egypt's Fifth Column as Rommel's forces push deeper into Egypt. Nahas Pasha, Egypt's prime minister, works to curb subversive elements amid widespread Axis sympathy, with spies and rumour fueling tensions across Cairo, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey.
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Paul Manning
NEA
London
Egypt
Middle East
Marshal Ronmel
Nuhas Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Vichy Legation
France
Britain
Alexandria
Farouk
Cairo
Palestine
Syria
Turkey
United States
Wilhelmstrasse
Wavell
Waswell
Balkan
Rome
Berlin
Buttonhole Champion Nets 1512 Holes for Red Cross
Mrs El mer Moorman of Reno county earned the title of button hole champion by sewing six holes per shirt and completing 252 shirts for the Red Cross, totaling 1 512 buttonholes in one week, while a Russian publisher released 10 million children's war books in eight months after the Nazi invasion.
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Champ Nickelson
Elmer Moorman
Reno County
Red Cross
Britain Doubts German Arctic Convoy Sink Claims
London reports Berlin claims that four more merchant ships were sunk in a British American convoy bound for Russia in the Arctic. An authoritative British source said the German assertion could not be independently confirmed and noted past German totals often exceeded actual losses.
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London
United States
North Cane
Spitsbergen
Admiralty
Government
Berlin
Arctic
Russia
High Command
Gentun
Germain
Fish faces Democratic effort to unseat Hamilton Fish
The piece discusses a possible Democratic plan in New York's 26th district to defeat Representative Hamilton Fish. It cites a rumored strategy involving Franklin D Roosevelt and the Dutchess Orange Putnam county machines, aiming to disrupt Fish in the primaries after his August 1 primary win.
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Washington
New York
26Th
Hamilton Fish
T's
Hyde Park
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fish
Dutchess
Orange and
Putnam
Alabama
Dutchess County
Vish
Orange
United States
Apd
Llgwn
Colorado Convict Caught at Pine Bluff
Cannon City, Colo. Ernest LeRoy York, 21, an escaped Colorado penitentiary convict, was captured in Pine Bluff after entering a hospital under another name. York, serving five to six years for burglary in Denver, escaped May 12 with another prisoner as a trusty house boy for deputy warden Dona hue. He was admitted to the hospital with jaundice and a kidney ailment. York had worked in Pine Bluff but sought surrender after telling officers he was tired of dodging. He will be returned here when able to travel.
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Cannon City
Colo
Jaly
Ernest LeRoy York
Colorado
Pine Bluff
Apri
Roy Best
York
Denver
Vincent Donahue
Tle
Democratic coalition threatens Fish in upstate district race
A New York political snapshot expects fusion or enticement against Congressman Fish in November as backed by A W Bennet and the 2nd District Democratic machine. With anti-Fish Republicans and Bennetites, Fish faces a tough bid as voters question his World War I record and shifting stance.
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Fish
A. W. Bennet
Newburgl
Bennet
New York
Roosevelt
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Turk
Refik Saydam
Saydam
Kemal Ataturk
Rockefeller Foundation
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Catfish
Esther
Durango
Mesa Verde National Parts
Bank OF Blevins
Blevins, Hempstead Co
Fred Stock
Arkansas
Nelson Notary Public
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mays
Dan Pittman Jr
Mrs. Pittman
Lord Nelson
Dick Rosson
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
George Brent
Tyne
Boston Symphony
Allan Dwan
Swiss Alps
Gloria Swanson
Llcsee
U. S. Treasury Dept
Axis
Penney’s
Penn
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