Industrial tour heralds postwar boom in Arkansas
Our Daily Bread reports a Little Rock start for a tour celebrating completion of the McKamie Gas Cleaning plant and Arkansas Power & Light Co. facility near Stamps. The project turns by products into sweet gas for pipelines and power, signaling potential industrial growth in the region.
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Little Rock
Stamps
McKamie Gas Cleaning Corporation
Arkansas Power& Light Co
McKamie Company
Carter Oil Company
LaFayette
Columbia
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Southwest Power Pool
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Monroe
Hope
Mis
America
W. Industrial
Bombing Blitz Pounds Munda and New Guinea Bases
Allied air forces pounded Munda in the Solomons and other targets in New Guinea as storms hampered raids. More than 176 tons hit Munda with several fires, nine enemy fighters shot down, and Liberators and Flying Fortresses struck Kahili and Vunakanau. Ground advances near Munda reported three miles distant. two Allied planes missing.
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Southwest Pacific
Munda
Solomons
Avengers
Dauntless
Douglas MacArthur
Murda
Salamaua
Mubo
Malolo
Bobo
Dutch New Guinea
Cape Gerhards
Lae
Huon Gulf
Kula Gulf
Faisi
Gas Cleaning Plant Starts Production in Magnolia Area
Announcement says Columbia gas cleaning plant, Arkansas Fuel Oil Company operation, began production eight miles south of Magnolia. McKamie Gas Cleaning Company also started production in one unit near Magnolia. The plant desulphurizes sour gas to remove sulphur content.
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Magnolia
South Arkansas
Columbia Gas Cleaning Plant
The
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
McKamie Gas Cleaning Company
Verrazzano First to See New Jersey Shores
The source states Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine navigator in French service, was the first white man said to sight New Jersey shores, nearly a century before Henry Hudson’s Dutch voyage up the river named for him.
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New Jersey
Giovanni da Verrazano
Florentine
France
Henry Hudson
Ration Book Two and Book One Updates for July
Ration calendar notes Book 2 red stamps J L M N expired June 30 P valid through July Q valid July 4. Blue stamps N P Q valid July 1 through August 7. Shoes Book 1 stamp 18 good through October 31. Sugar Book 1 stamp 13 five pounds through August 15 and stamps 15 16 five pounds each for canning. Coffee Book 1 stamp 21 valid July 1 to July 21 and stamp 22 July 22 to August 11. Gasoline No 6 A coupons four gallons through July 21. Renewal forms at stations. new books issued from July 22. applies to motorcycles as well.
Russians Claim Belorod Breach Is Narrowing
Moscow reports the Belgorod breach remains contested as German armored columns press toward Kursk and Orel. Russian and Allied dispatches say Red Army holds ground, absorbs German attacks, and reports heavy tank and aircraft losses on both sides amid ongoing offensives near Belgorod and the Kursk salient.
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William McGaffin
Moscow
Belgorod
Guenther von Kluge
Orel-Kursk
Kursk
von Kluge
Berlin
Associated Press
Orel
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Air Bus Lines Planned After War T
Air buses will link major Arkansas cities with transcontinental routes if Southwestern Greyhound lines' postwar plans succeed. The company announced five short lines possibly using helicopters with stops at Fort Smith Stuttgart Forrest City Camden Magnolia Mena Fayetteville Blytheville and Jonesboro. Applications for the lines have been filed with the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Siops
Fort Smith
Stuttgart
Forrest City
Camden
Magnolia
Mena
Feyetteville
Blytheville
Jonesboro
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Tour of South Arkansas Planned by Power Company
El Dorado, July 12. Arkansas Power and Light officials plan a July 15 to 16 tour from Little Rock to Stamps and Waldo with visits to Bryant Bauxite Malvern Arkadelphia Camden El Dorado Magnolia and more. Notable speakers include Senator John E McClellan Governor Homer Adkins and Col T H Barton with memorial services for Harvey Couch at Magnolia.
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Stamps
Harvey Couch
The
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Arkansas
South
el Dorado
South Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Little Rock
Waldo
Bryant, Bauxite
Malvern
Arkadelphia
Camden
Magnolia
John E. McClellan
Homer M. Adkins
DeQueen
Texarkana
Monticello
Hope
Lewisville
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Bryant
Aluminum Company of America
International Shoe Company
Acme Brick Company
Henderson State Teachers College
Ouachita College
Garrett Hotel
Ozark
Governors and Senator Tour Arkansas War Industries
A tentative list shows two Arkansas governors Homer Adkins and Sam Jones of Louisiana and U. S. Senator John McClellan leading an inspection tour of Arkansas war industries on July 15 and 16. The group includes company executives, commissioners, and local officials with a wartime power plant dedication at Stamps on the tour’s second day.
Allied forces landings grow in Sicily as reinforcements arrive
London reports seven British American and Canadian divisions have landed in Sicily. Eisenhower could double forces if desired. North Africa dispatches name American Seventh Army under Patton and British Eighth under Montgomery as main invading units. Catania airdrome reportedly captured. Mussolini pledges spiritual support to Sicily defenders.
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London
Berlin
Sicily
Ministry of Information
Ludwig Sertorius
Transocean
Eisenhower
North Africa
Seventh Army
Eighth Armies
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Second Army
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Morocco
Reuters
Catania
West Virginia Ranks Second in Mineral Production
Minerals West Virginia sits second among U S states for mineral output with coal and petroleum identified as the chief products in state rankings.
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West Virginia
Union
Allies Capture 2000 Prisoners As Sicily Invasion Expands
Allied forces push from Syracuse into southeast Sicily capturing 2000 prisoners, nine ports and towns, including Licata and Gela, while American and British units drive through the island’s east coast. Air and sea operations support the advances as Axis defenses strain under supply disruptions and heavy bombardment.
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George S. Patton, Jr
Licata - Gela
Syracuse
Gela
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Egypt
Africa
Montgomery
Messina
Licata
Edward Gilling
Floridia
Sicily
Catania
North Africa
Lacata
Pachino
Cape Passero
Avola
Not
Milo
Sciacca
Gerbini
Reggio Calabria
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Alex. H. Washburn
Texas
L.A. 15Th
Arkansas War Industries
C. Hamilton Moses
C. S. Lynch
R. E. Ritchie
J. L. Longine
J. L. Bodie
L. Garrett
H. C. Couch, Jr
Laurin Davis
R. H. Dickenhorst
Morrilton
Q. C. Shores
Pinchback Taylor
Roy L. Thompson
J. M. Workman
Conway
Sam J. Wilson
Montrose
L. A. Watkins
Harrison
United States
John L. McClellan
Sam Jones
Louisiana
J. L. Shaver
Guy E. Williams
A. B. Hill
Arthur J. Johnson
Marvin Hathcoat
Arkansas Utilities Commission
Cc. G. Miller
W. T. Sitlington
Herbert E. Proctor
Arkansas Corporation Commission
John Bransford
H. K. Thatcher
Arkansas Agricultural and Industrial Commission
Ben H. Wooten
L. A. Henry
Arkansas State Planning Board
Col. T. H. Barton
Lion Oil Refining Company
South Arkansas Industrial Development Association
F. H. Lerch, Jr
New York
McKamie Gas Cleaning Co
R. A. Howe
W. A. Delaney, Jr
Ada
Okla
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Co
E. L. Nevins
North Little Rock
Southern Acid and Sulphur Company
Co. P. Couch
Shreveport
Joseph Glass
L. R. Myers
Little N. W
Little Howard
Sherrerd
Philadelphia
Henry O. Topf
Twin City Bank
Ben C. Adams
Grenada Bank
Grenada
Miss. Thomas Jones
the Aluminum Company of America
T. F. Tower
Ford Bacon & Davis
C. E. Palmer
A. Boyd Campbell
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supply & Warehouse Co
William T. Wynn
Greenville
R. W. Curran
Bulletins
Rome
Mussolini
Europe
Thomas F. Hawkins
Bern
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Milan
Vittorio Emanuele
Fascist Party
London Daily Mail
Naples
Alfred Cucco
Il Giornale D'Italia
Sardinia
Courrier de Geneves
Neue Zuercher Zeitumg
Sicilan
Norway
Daniel DE Luce
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
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