Arkan sawyer name debate and tick trouble in county
The editor questions the Arkansas pronunciation debate noting World Almanac cites ArkanSAW as correct while Arkansans use Arkansan. The column recalls a Stuttgart newspaper Arkansawyer and asks when Arkansawyer became Arkansan. It warns of cattle ticks returning and a possible livestock embargo harming wartime meat production and peak herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Almanac
Our State
Arkansaw
Arkansas
Arkansans
Stuttgart
Daily Leader
Arkansawyer
Arkansan
President Roosevelts purge of Wallace and Jones powers
President Roosevelt stripped both Wallace and Jesse Jones of broad powers in a sweeping order. He created a new Office of Economic Warfare led by Leon T. Crowley and transferred four RFC agencies handling foreign purchasing, warning officials to resign if they publicly dispute others. Both Wallace and Jones accepted the rebuke and pledged cooperation for war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Roosvelt
Roosevelt
Jones
Board of Economic Warfare
Jones’ Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Leon T. Crowley
RFC
Ration Book 2 and 1 Stamp Validity Dates List
The notice details expiration and validity dates for ration stamps across Book 2 items J L M N expiring June 30 P valid through July Q valid July 4. blue stamps N P Q valid July 1 to August 7. Book 1 shoes stamp 18 valid through October 31. sugar stamps 13 15 16 with 5 pounds limits for canning through August 15. coffee stamps 21 22 from July 1 to July 21 and July 22 to August 11. gasoline No 6 A four gallons through July 21. Renewal packets available at stations for new A books and motorcycles, to begin July 22.
Industrialist party tours Arkansas plants before Stamps dedication
A two-day tour by businessmen viewed south Arkansas industrial growth, touring Lion O Refining and Ozark Ordnance works in El Dorado before heading to Magno la for a luncheon. Arkansas Power and Light prepared to dedicate a $3 million generating plant near Stamps while officials spoke of postwar job creation and government roles. The Aluminum Company of America noted the Bryant Hurricane Creek aluminum plant may stay active after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix Chandler
el Dorado
South Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Stamps
Col. T. H. Barton
Lion O' Refining Company
Lion Plant
Ozark Ordnance Works
Magnola
C. Hamilton Moses
A. PP. L
Camden
Moses
Tom Jones
Aluminum Company of America
Giant's Causeway No Crag Cliffs in Ireland
Basaltic rock formation located in Ireland known as the Giant's Causeway noted for its unique hexagonal columns and geological significance attracting visitors and researchers.
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Ireland
Surrender or Face Allied Victory Message to Italy
Roosevelt and Churchill issue a stark ultimatum to Italy urging honorable capitulation or face total military defeat. They promise overwhelming Allied air and sea power and threaten destruction of Fascist leadership as Allied forces advance toward the Italian mainland.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
United States
Great Britain
Mediterranean
White House
London
United Nations
Sicily
Algiers
Allied Planes Cross Channel Again Today
Allied bombers roared over the Channel toward Europe in a day of continuous air attacks. RAF and US Eighth Air Force hit airfields rail yards and industrial targets across France Belgium Holland and Italy as raids intensified and several bombers did not return.
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London
Channel
Europe
Adolf
Air Ministry
St. Dizier
France
Sicily
Low Countries
Pantelleria
Eighth United States Air Force
Royal Air Force
Should Be A Hot Team Letterman On Hand At VT Summer Drills
Virginia Polytechnic Institute plans summer football drills replacing the canceled spring practice. A single letterman is slated to be on hand for the sessions, signaling expected strong performance.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Allies Use Jungle Tactics to Take Jap Mubo Base
Allied forces under General MacArthur seized the Mubo gateway to Salamaua in New Guinea after a swift jungle maneuver that destroyed about 950 Japanese defenders. Air and sea actions along the Solomons and at Munda and Vila intensified, with major bombings and naval bombardments supporting the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jap Mubo
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Rendova Island
Solomons
New Georgia
Munda
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Mubo
Pacific
Nassau Bay
New” Guinea
Bithi River
Observation
Green Hill
Pimple
MacArthur
Buigap Creek
Komiatum
United States
Bairoko
Kula Gulf
Gulf
Vila
Kolombangara
Nazis Recoil After Red Counteroffensive Near Orel
Russian forces strike from positions north and east of Orel driving back ten German divisions as Belgorod front holds. Soviet counts estimate 3,052 German tanks and 54,000 casualties overall. Berlin reports tank and air losses, while Pravda notes fortifications and potential end of last major drive.
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William MC Gaffin
Moscow
Orel
Red
Belgorod Bulge
Sukninichi
Berlin
Belgorod
Ruggles Shot by Son in Hempstead Farmhouse Dispute
Hempstead dairyman O F Ruggles was seriously wounded when his son Thomas fired three shotgun blasts during a family argument. Pellets struck his face and body. he was taken to Julia Chester hospital and expected to recover. Sheriff Hill planned to investigate after noon.
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O. F. Ruggles
Hempstead
Thomas Ruggles
Julia Chester Hospital
Naples in ruins after Allied bombers hit mainland port
Allied bombers blasted Naples leaving it a smoking ruin with docks warehouses and an arsenal demolished. The 24 hour assault joined daylight strikes on southern Italy and night raids by RAF Lancasters and Wellington bombers targeting Sicilian and northern Italian targets.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Naples
Messina
Sicily
Italy
Middle East
Alps
England
RAF
Mussolini Said to Have Left Rome
London reports Benito Mussolini may have departed Rome for an unknown destination. One tale suggests Sicily for personal campaign direction, another that he flies to confer with Adolf Hitler on the Sicilian situation. Berlin dispatches note a sharp editorial attack on Italian generals by Robert Farinacci in Regime Fascista.
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London
Daily Mail
Geneva
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Mussolini
Sicily
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Robert Farinacci
Regime
Fascista
Cremona
Decisive Battle Looms as 12 Towns Fall to Allies
Allied forces advance along a moon shaped Sicilian front with the Eighth Army within 15 miles of Catania after defeating two German armored divisions. 12 more towns captured. over 20,000 prisoners taken as Patton's Seventh Army gains strategic positions. Observers expect a major counterattack and plan for a German retreat from Sicily.
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Daniel Deluce
North Africa
Eighth Army
Catania
Sicilian
Bernard L. Montgomery
Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Montgomery
Lentini
Sicily
Tunisia
Vizzini
Militello
Scordia
Rome Radio
London
George S. Patton
Hope Ensign aboard U S Destroyer Gwin
Ensign Robert Jewell of Hope was aboard the destroyer Gwin reported sunk by the Japanese in a naval battle in the Kula sector of the Solomons. No word has reached his wife Mrs Analee Rider Jewell or his mother Mrs Albert T Jewell, both of Hope. Birth and early life in Hope noted, he had served at sea only a few months.
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Robert Jewell
Hope
Gwin
Kula
Solomons
Analee Rider Jewell
Albert T Jewell
Ensign Jewell
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Alex. H. Washburn
President
By Marlin Spencer
Milo
Miles
Carleone
Tyrrhenian Sea
Vanicatti
Ae Tagirone
Mt. Etna
Gerbini
Stania
Pachino
Caltiagirone
Agrigento
Orel - Bryansk
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
M. Viktorovo
Son
Frank Hill
Hope Ensign
U.S
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