Vanishing License Plates and Coastal Fishing Notes
The War Production Board lifts the ban to allow one metal license plate per car in Arkansas for 1943, replacing fragile paper stickers. The writer recalls past embarrassment with dual plates and notes the one-plate system suits local driving. A letter from Sgt. Remmel Young describes a failed fishing trip at Kasaks Field Biloxi with humorous remarks about bait costs and home-town reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Arkansas
Florida
Italian Islands Hit in Fifth Consecutive Allied Bombing Day
Allied air forces intensified strikes on Sicily and Sardinia with heavy bombings of Gerbini and surrounding airfields. American Flying Fortresses Mitchells and Marauders supported RAF bombers in western Sicily while Warhawks escorted raids to Borizzo. Ten Axis planes were shot down at the cost of five Allied aircraft.
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Belman Morin
Iica
Sicily
Sardinia
Gerbini
Roosevelt and Roosevelt Cited in Africa Dispatches
Maj. Gen. Terry Allen and Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. were cited for conspicuous service by Gen. Alphonse Juin in Algiers. Allen led the U S First Infantry Division on the Ousseltia Plain January 29 30 and 31, aiding French troops and delaying the enemy. Roosevelt commanded a Franco American detachment defending the same area showing decisive leadership and front line visits from January 28 to February 21.
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Algiers
Terry Allen
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Alphonse Juin
French Africa
Allen
U. S
Juin
Ousseltia
Roosevelt
Pichon
Allied bombers strike rail yards in central Burma
U S medium bombers damaged Japanese controlled tracks rolling stock and warehouses yesterday in Burma. Attacks targeted railroad yards at Shwebo and eight other points in central Burma, according to a military communique.
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New Delhi
U. S
Shwebo
Burma
Chinese Troops Force Japs From Mengting On Retreat
Chinese troops drive Japanese from Mengting on the Burma Yunnan border. A High Command communique reports several hundred Japanese casualties in a counterattack, with remaining forces rounded up as retreating units are ambushed.
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Mengting
Chungking
Burma - Yunnan Province
High Command
Ration Book Revisions Extend Validity Across Staples
The notice outlines expiration and validity dates for red and blue stamps in Books 2 and 1 covering rations for meats cheese processed foods fruits vegetables sugar coffee and gasoline. It announces issuance of renewal forms at filling stations and ration boards with new books to start July 22 for both cars and motorcycles.
Paroles Granted to 47 Convicts at Cummins Prison Farm
The State Parole Board released 47 inmates including W. P. Carroll of Union County who helped thwart a prison break last August. Carroll, jailed for the 1930 hammer slaying of Bert Bone in El Dorado, had his life sentence commuted to 30 years. Other paroles cited include Charley Payne, Easter Porter, Cleotis Hendrix, and Herschel Beasley with various charges and terms.
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Cummins
State Parole Board
W. P. Carroll
Union County
Carroll
Bert Bone
el Dorado
Charley Payne
Jefferson County
Easter Porter
Jefferson
Coal mine flareup halts 10 000 workers in Pennsylvania
Roving pickets and women aided by organized labor disrupted operations across southwestern Pennsylvania. More than a dozen company pits including Jones and Laughlin Shannopin Vesta Republic Steel and H C Frick Coke were togged down as 10 000 miners stayed idle. Officials cited an outlaw movement amid the national walkout and urged federal action under the Connelly Smith act.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Steel Company
John P. Busarello
United Mine Workers
Brownsville
Busarello
Allyn K. Renwick
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
U. S
Charles F. Uhl
Connally-Smith
Jones and Laughlin
Shannopin
Vesta
Clyde
Republic Steel
Isabella
Weirton Steel
Bridgeport
Maxwell
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U. S. Steel Corp
Hillman Coal and Coke Company
Pittsburgh Coal Company
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Uawiomom
That Steak Pan May Come in Handy Yet
Cottonwood Falls Kansas news reports a flood of cattle moving to market as western rains revive grass ranges. Ranchers sell or hold herds as grain remains expensive and scarce. Experts predict a beef famine may end with a surge of grass fed beef within two weeks. Clint Squires of Beaumont Texas is cited as a major cattle agent handling hundreds of head for Kansas Oklahoma and Texas dealers. The Osage region and eastern Kansas blue stem pastures hold about 750000 head and crowd capacities.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Pardner
Great Grass Ranges
Clint Squires
Beaumont
Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Osage
Senate Abandons Fight Against Food Price Subsidies
The Senate, by 34 to 33, votes to abandon its prohibition of food price subsidies. Democratic Leader Barkley says Congress may recede to accept a House approved bill preserving the Commodity Credit Corporation and current meat butter roll back. Wagner reports a complete disagreement in the joint conference on the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Commodity Credit Corporation
Joint Conference Committee
Wagner
House
D-Ky
Congress
Allied Mediterranean fleet moves cited by Berlin radio
Berlin reports that Allied ships left Gibraltar with American cruisers and carriers as part of a buildup between Morocco and Syria. The broadcast claims 44 infantry divisions and 15 to 20 tank formations, plus parachute units, could form bridgeheads, but provides no Allied confirmation.
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London
Berlin
Gibraltar
Europe
Associated Press
Morocco
Syria
Algeria
Palestine
Egypt
Cyprus
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
International Information Bureau
King George V
Duke of York
Anson
Howe
Local Option Law Faces Court Attacks Across Three Circuits
Citizens challenge Initiated Act number one approved in 1942 to enable local option liquor elections. Appeals from Montgomery Franklin and Lawrence county judge holdings argue petitions for countywide elections were sufficient.
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Little Rock
Montgomery
Franklin
Lawrance
Veronica Lake Delivers Premature Baby Boy
Hollywood reports screen actress Veronica Lake gave birth to a three pound boy two months early. The infant was placed in an incubator and both mother and child were said to be doing well by Dr. Raymond D. McBurney.
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
Raymond D. Mce- Burney
Congress May Probe Radio CCC Group
Washington July 8 Congress will thoroughly air regulation of radio broadcasting by the Federal Communications Commission before the next session Wheeler D Mont chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee said today He backs Senator Taft Ohio idea that Congress not the FCC should write radio restraints He does not agree with Tafts claim that FCC rules threaten destruction of the networks and free expression He favors free speech but opposes regulated air by a few large New York interests with past propaganda on foreign policy.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Thorugh
Congress
Wheeler D.—Mont
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
Taft
Ohio
FTCC
Senate
FCC
New York
Cotton Crop Far Below Average Across Several States
The Agriculture Department reports July 1 cotton in cultivation at 21,995,000 acres, 5.6 percent below last year’s 23,302,000. Ten-year July 1 average is 29,508,000, with about 2.0 percent abandonment expected to harvest. State by state figures show declines or near stability in Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and other areas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Blevins Sailor Reported Killed in Action
Seaman O. Thomas, about 32, son of Mrs. J. R. Thomas of Blevins, killed in action in the southwest Pacific, per Navy telegram. He served about three years, was a Blevins native and Blevins High School alumnus, survived by his mother and five sisters and a brother.
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O. Thomas
J. R. Thomas
Blevins
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Blevins High School
Zack Stone
William Landers
Near Fulton
Billy Jane
Verna Thomas
Norvell Thomas
Little Rock
Italians Claim Two Allied Steamers Sunk
The Italian High Command reports Axis torpedo plans damaged two Allied steamers totaling 13 000 tons off the Tunisian coast and says their destruction must be considered certain. Allied quarters have not confirmed the claim.
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Associated Press
High Command
Tunisian
Rome
Germans Press Kursk Offensive with Fresh Reserves
German reserves push along wrecked roads toward a Kursk breakthrough as Soviet forces claim 30,000 German troops engaged, 1,539 tanks destroyed or damaged, and 649 planes shot down in the first three days. Moscow reports the Red Army fights to slow the advance in Belgorod and Orel sectors amid heavy tank action and intensified air battles.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Kursk Plains
Red Army
Belgorod
Hitler
Kursk
Orel
Berlin
Red
Tass
Britain
Transocean
Associated Press Communiqae
Texas Grid Clinic To Use Dance Hall
In Waco Texas the world’s largest coaching school will be held in a dance hall as Army players occupy Baylor University. Travel limits may keep attendance under 300 with 250 possible. Ralph Jones and Henry Franka lead instructors for a week long clinic ending August 15. Texas football feeds a large youth program with about twenty thousand boys playing annually across the region.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Army
Baylor University
Ralph Jones
Wake Forest College
Henry Franka
Tulsa University
Earth’s carbon vital for life though a small share
The article notes carbon makes only one hundredth of one percent of the earth but is essential for life, saying without it life would perish globally.
Corn Shortage Forces Shift to Barley and Wheat
Chicago reports a corn shortage disrupting livestock feed. Barley wheat and oats are in high demand as substitutes amid rising prices. Rye is being experimented with while government requisition of corn held in elevators provides little relief to feed manufacturers.
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Chicago
U S Plans Secret Fighter Planes Expansion
Washington says new super secret fighter planes are rolling off the lines to boost Allied aerial offensive. WPB officials describe changes as partly new designs or modifications, with Nelson noting production hurdles from type changes and Wilson predicting over 10 000 planes monthly at peak in 1944 after May output topped 7 000.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Wilson
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
North America to Outproduce Axis in War Munitions
Donald M. Nelson, head of the U S War Production Board, told Canadians that North America will outproduce the Axis nearly two to one this year. Canada and the United States will produce a plane every 42 3 minutes by year end, while arms output will equip every Axis soldier with 1500 bullets. UN nations will make three times the Axis armament this year, four times next year, Nelson said. He urged boosted production to crush the enemy and hasten unconditional surrender.
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Toronto
North American
Donald M. Nelson
U.S. War Production Board
Canada
United States
Nelson
United Nations
Von Kluge Directing London Dispatches From Moscow
Dispatches from Moscow report Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge is directing the three day old German offensive on the Russian fronts but there is no word yet on the Russian defenders or overall command.
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London
Moscow
Guenther von Kluge
Americans Strike Munda Gap With New Landings
Allied forces pushed within six miles of Munda air base on New Georgia Island with two new landings at Rice Anchorage and Zanana amid a major naval battle in the Kula Gulf. In the fighting, US ships and aircraft reported sinking multiple Japanese destroyers and light cruisers, while Helena and other vessels suffered damage.
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Marlin Spencer
Australia
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Kula Gulf
U.S. Helena
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Helena
Japan
McArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mubo
Boston
Mitchell
Bairoko
Rice Anchorage
Zanana
Gulf
Halsey
Kolombangara Island
Vila
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Alex. H. Washburn
Sgt. Remmel Young
Saenger and Rialto Theaters
Kasaks Field
Biloxi
Dr. Smith
Spencer
Bayou la Battrye
Hope
Africa
Cleotis Hendrix
Ouachita
Herschel Beasley
Columbia
Radio CCC
Texas Grid Clinic
U.S
North America
Warnur Pacific
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