Industrial boom sights in Southwest Arkansas after war
The South Arkansas Industrial Develop Edition highlights conversion of the Stamps sour gas fields to commercial use near Hope, Arkansas. National firms invest in engineering construction and chemical work, signaling strong postwar industrial momentum and opportunities for La Fayette Columbia County. A new brochure by Halsey Stuart and Co. reappraises Arkansas, noting wartime activity accelerated growth and that state advantages will gain wider recognition.
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South Arkansas
Industrial America
Arkansas
LaFayette
Columbia County
Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc
National Investment House
U S Troops Press Munda Base Advance in New Georgia
Allied forces in the southwest Pacific push through New Georgia toward Munda as Japanese resistance weakens. MacArthur reports 150 Japanese killed near Enogai inlet and more losses at Vangunu and Ballale. Big air and sea strikes pound Munda and surrounding supply ports while jungle assaults breach defenses.
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Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Munda
Douglas MacArthur
Enogai Inlet
Bairoko
Kula Gulf
Vangunu Island
Vila
Kolombangara
Salamaua
Lae
South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Lightning Secrets Reveal Leading Dart in Flash
Photographs reveal a leading dart of electricity that starts the main lightning flash. The "leader" travels at about 5000 miles per second, unveiling a key early phase of the discharge.
Stamps Plant First in Chain of Industries
The Harvey Couch generating plant near Stamps Arkansas will be dedicated after a two day tour by utility executives and leaders. It marks the first link in a three phase expansion to add 100000 extra kilowatts for wartime use by the Arkansas Power and Light Company. Moses said Louisiana Power and Light plans a 35000 kW plant at Sterlington and New Orleans Public Service adds a similar capacity. The three plants will be interconnected providing output to all three utilities and boosting wartime power supply.
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Little Rock
Harvey Couch
Stamps
Arkansas Power and Light Company
C. Hamilton Moses
South
Arkansas
Moses
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Sterlington
New Orleans Public Service Company
Pine Tree Shilling Designer and Early American Iron Maker
Joseph Jenks created the Pine Tree shilling as New England’s first coin. In 1644 he molded the first iron made in America, marking early colonial metalwork innovations.
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Joseph Jenks
New England
Jenks
America
Ration Book Updates For July 1943 Foods And Fuel
Ration changes outline expiry dates for red stamps J L M N and P Q, blue stamps N P Q, Book 1 shoes stamp 18, sugar stamps 13 15 16 for canning, coffee stamps 21 22 with July expiries, gasoline No 6 A four gallons through July 21. Renewal forms available at stations. new books issued starting July 22 for vehicles and motorcycles.
Reds Launch Counterattacks as Kursk Front Holds
Soviet reports say Red Army counterattacks along the Kursk Belgorod and Orel fronts halted German advances and forced reinforcements to retreat. Total nine day losses reach 2 722 tanks and 1 200 planes for Germany, while Russian casualties are not specified.
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William MC Gaffin
Moscow
Kursk Salient
Belgorod Bulge
Red Army
Kluge
Belgorod
Belgorod-Orel- Kursk
Patton Takes Command At Gela Bay Landing
General Patton waded ashore at Gela to assume personal command in the Sicily invasion fighting. Noel Monks reports the bridgehead grew as American troops landed and German tanks were driven back. Eisenhower later commended Patton for the achievement.
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London
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
Noel Monks
Daily Mail
Patton
Gela
Eisenhower
Cotton Seed Crushed Shows Big Increase
The Census Bureau reports cottonseed crushed in the 11 months Aug 1 to June 30 totaled 4,436,374 tons, up from 3,944,463 tons a year earlier. Crude oil produced 1,380,491,000 pounds with on hand 41,523,000. refined oil 1,261,414,000 pounds with on hand 239,462,000. cake and meal 1,965,912 tons with on hand 29,629 tons. hulls 1,070,27 tons with on hand 17,315. linters 1,335,217 bales with on hand 188,900.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Grand Canyon Deepening Deepening Along River Isostatic Rise
The Grand Canyon is described as getting deeper while the river continues to cut its bed. Geologists note the entire canyon structure is rising upward at roughly the same rate, offsetting bed lowering.
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Grand Canyon
Allied Planes Blitz Sicily With 42 Axis Losses and Ship Sinks
Allied bombers and fighters pounded Sicily and surrounding waters sinking two merchant ships damaging two destroyers and shooting down 42 Axis planes. American B-17s and A-36 Mustang fighters led strikes on Catania Milo Enna and other targets while Liberators hit Vibo Valentia and Crotone.
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Dnasel DE Luce
North Africa
Sicily
Eighth Army
Catania
Milo
Enna
Middle East
Vibo Valentia
Crotone
Messerschmitts
Sergt
Floyd Pratto
Waterloo
OPA Plans Major Meat Ration Increase Debate
Washington officials report the Office of Price Administration is drafting a plan to boost civilian meat rations by regulating live livestock prices. The plan faces opposition from farm spokesmen and the meat industry who doubt feasibility and fear price ceilings. If adopted it aims to curb black market activity and improve meat flow, with debates on pork pricing and September policy shifts continuing.
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Washington
D. C
Office of Price Administration
Capital
OPA
Congressional Farm
Speaker
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chester Davis
Davis
Marvin Jones
Yanks and Allies Push Across Sicily and Aachen Raid
Allied forces advance along Sicily's coast and inland toward Agrigento as American Seventh Army captures Comiso and Ponte Olivo and pushes to Naro and Porto Empedocle. Meanwhile German and British air actions include raids on Aachen and Hull with heavy losses reported on both sides.
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Dnasel DE Luce
North Africa
Seventh Army
Comiso
Ponte Olivo
Agrigento
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Augusta
Catania
Sicilan
Naro
Patton
Porto
Messina
Gela
Licata
Ragusa
Sicily
Eighth
Syracuse
Mrs. Holmes balances civic duties and humor at home
Begins at Home Chattanooga Tennessee profiles Mrs. Ernest W. Holmes, a treasurer for six civic organizations who jokes she never misplaces funds, while her husband teases her about keeping their household accounts balanced.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ernest W. Holmes
Rommel Death Story Denied by Germans
London dispatch reports British sources had no confirmation of a roundabout claim that Erwin Rommel was shot down by Allied fighters en route to Sicily aboard an Axis transport. The report, from a German underground station Atlantic, cited Svenska Dagbladet and Reuters.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Sicily
Atlantic
Svenska Dagbladet
Reuters
Hommel
Siegfried Westfall
Col
Kiehl
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Marsala
Palermo
Gerbini
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Kate
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