Invasion of Europe Would Be a Great Task
War analyst Hof DeWitt Mackenzie outlines a likely second front in Western Europe. He notes intense air bombardment, a cautious beachhead strategy, and massive Allied troop and equipment commitments, including American and British forces, engineers, and support fleets, while predicting fierce resistance and widespread civilian uprisings behind German lines.
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AY Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Hitler
Don River
Norway
France
Maginot Line
Boulogne-Calasis
English Channel
Dover
Baudogne-Dover
Hitler Reinstates Ousted German Army Chief Report
London reports by the Daily Mail say Adolf Hitler may call back Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch to head the staff of the renewed German offensive in Russia. No confirmation yet. source cites Stockholm civilians arriving from Berlin with the claim. Brauchitsch was ousted December 22 as Hitler took direct military leadership amid Moscow’s siege.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Adolf Slider
Walther von Brauchitsch
News
Stockholm
Berlin
von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Battle updates and regional fronts from wartime dispatches
News brief reports Allied pressure on Rommel at El Alamein as Axis lines tighten in Africa. Also notes Soviet losses and German relief efforts in the Caucasus with possible hints toward a Western front distraction. Local exoneration in Arkansas over a tavern slaying is included in a separate item.
George B Rose Dies Today in Little Rock
George B Rose a Little Rock attorney and national bond authority died at his home on his 70th birthday. Born Batesville Ark July 70 1860 he practiced with his father Judge A M Rose and J W Hemingway and helped form Rose Hemingway Cantrell Lough borough then Rose Lough borough Dobyns and House. He led the Arkansas Bar Association in 1902 and authored a Renaissance masters treatise while traveling Europe for art studies. His wife Marian Kimball died in January 1935.
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Marian Kimball
Market Report from St Louis and New York July 10
Livestock and poultry bids show hogs mixed by weight with about steady cattle and calf trade, while sheep opening steady. Grain and provisions slide on profit taking. New York stocks retreat after a brief rally. cotton futures ease as parity loan bill delays progress.
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ST. Louis Livestock National Stockyalls
U.S
Chicago
Teduy
New York
Dee
Scrap rubber drive fails to move public to action
A midwestern editor laments the scrap rubber campaign as doomed from the start. WPB backed it but offered little hope, while public confusion and apathy hindered a vital war effort. Residents gathered material, junk dealers bought it cheaply, and towns paid to remove items, illustrating weak mobilization.
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WPB
Washington
Ing Trade
Why Nation Wide Gasoline Rationing Sparks Local Critique
An editor recalls efforts to recycle scrap paper and tires during wartime shortages. Uncle Sam urged saving old paper for mills but later asked burning it due to fire risk and no market. The piece notes public response and hints at ongoing Washington debates over fuel rationing.
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Sam
Washington
Wolf
JeWler
State Police to Return Ucker Equipment to Levy in Little Rock
State Police Superintendent Gray Albright said he authorized Western Union Telegraph to return two telegraph bucker machines seized in Levy's Reliable Publishing Co raid last March. The Arkansas Supreme Court voided the warrant, saying such warrants may be issued only by county justices or district circuit courts, affecting Rambling operations alleged by Levy. Orchid tea in Venezuela is brewed from orchids, a common domestic beverage thought to cure colds.
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Little Rock
Gray Albright
Western Union Telegraph Company
Henry Levy
North Little Rock
Ucker
Griffin Lear
Group Favors Subsidy Plan for Small Firms
Washington July 1 lawmakers on the House small business committee voiced support for a subsidy plan to aid small industrial enterprises during the war. Philip Reed of the War Production Board outlined government defrayment of minimum plant charges and maintenance costs plus low interest loans for firms unable to operate at a profit due to wartime orders. Chairman Patman said Henderson would testify next Wednesday on price regulations' impact.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House
Patminty -Texs
Small Business Cormmittes
Henderson
Philip D. Reed
Industries
War Production Board
Reed
Paiman
Althe
Henderson seeks minimum operating funds for OPA with $140 million
Leon Henderson told a senate committee that $140 million is the smallest amount OPA can run efficiently after budgets were trimmed from $210 million and then $75 million. An amendment to bar funds for ceilings on processed agricultural products below 10 percent parity is expected on the $1.4 billion supplemental bill. Senator Thomas warned of likely farm group support for curbs on rising living costs and noted Henderson’s ruling that bread falls outside the prescribed administrative field.
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OPA
Page One
Leon Henderson
Budget Bureau
House
T Hat
Henderson
Senate
Congress
Thomas
D-Okla
Wheat pricing dispute delays farm aid policy debate
Henderson authorities have not tried to cap Wheat prices, keeping them below parity while farmers oppose fixed costs on processed goods. Farm reps argue the price central act limits rise in bread and similar items, suggesting prices for farm crops stay suppressed contrary to congressional intent. Thomas foresees likely liberal increases in operating funds beyond the $75 million already approved.
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Tors Authority
Henderson
Collings
Lyfe
Congress
Thomas
House
Army Seeks Shotguns for War Effort
Railway Express agents nationwide are asked by DHELY Company to contact hardwire dealers to supply 12 gauge shotguns for the Army. Government has frozen sales and War Department requests Railway Express Agency help procuring guns at inventory cost plus 10 percent. Interested sellers should contact Major Carl R. Jack at Birmingham Ordnance District.
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Railway Express
America
Dhely Company
Thompson Evans
Hope
War Department
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Jehud
Weite
Carl R. Jack
Birmingham Ordnance District
Nelson
Birmingham
Aln
Lumber Freeze Extended for a Month
Washington reports the War Production Board extended its lumber freeze order for two more months to shape distribution for war needs. The move allows railcar repairs and tiny sawmills to resume local retail sales with exemptions for mills under 5,000 feet daily and for rural communities underserved by yards.
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Washington
War Production Board
WEB
Nimitz Escapes Plane Crash on West Coast
Navy reports Admiral Chester W. Nimitz escaped serious injury after a plane crash at a West Coast airfield. Co pilot Lieut. Thomas Marton Revene, 29, of Oakdale, California, was killed. Nimitz, chief of the Pacific fleet, had been meeting with Admiral Ernest J. King to receive the Distinguished Service Medal for actions in the Coral Sea, Midway, and other operations. Mrs. Ruth Rascoe of Oakdale is his widow.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Tawakian
Adiral Ernest J. King
Midway
Navy
United States
Thomas Marton Revene
Oak
Jane
Calif. Ife
Ruth &, Rascoe
Farm Support Vital in War Says Adkins
Hot Springs July The war cannot be won without the wholehearted support of American farmers Governor Adkins tells members of the Future Farmers of America at their annual state convention at Coachdale today. The governor details the FFA contribution to the war effort praising their industry and their role in taking over extra tasks to free others for military and industrial service. Capt A A Nicholan warns farm boys against inflation and urges planning to combat economic pressure. The organization was to elect officers later today.
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Hot Springs
Adkins
Future Farmers of America
Coachdale
FFA
A. A. Nicholan
Pvt Wallace White Stationed at Oklahoma City Air Depot
Pvt. Wallace Vernon White formerly of Blevins Arkansas is stationed at the Oklahoma City Air Depot. He serves in a signal platoon for general duty and reports to the depot as the Air Service Command’s newest aircraft maintenance unit. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noeb Bllems.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Wallace Vernon White
Blevins
Ark
Air Depot
Air Service
Air
White
Noeb ZL. Blegins
W. J. Callahan
Howe
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