Churchill Warns Italy Faces Rigorous War If It Fights Germany
Churchill argues Italy wants to end German domination but warns that if Italy continues fighting the Germans, Britain will strike hard. He says orders already empowered by Allies will target all significant Italian military assets. He cautions against destroying the Italian state while pursuing a decisive end to the conflict.
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Fuehrer
Sicily
Balkans
Hitler
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Balkan
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Catania
Patton
Dnieper
Black Sea
Odessa
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Mussolini
Reich
Rome
Poland
United States
Churchill
Army Bombers Strike Kiska as Berlin Radio Reports Raid
Army bomber patrols attacked Gertrude Cove and the main camp on Kiska. Fires were started in Gertrude Cove and defenses guard the northern approaches to Kiska harbor. The Navy secretary said the attack hit the island promiscuously and generally.
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Gertrude Cove
Kiska
North Head
Little Kiska
Wake Island
Navy
Berlin
Tokyo
Old Gasoline Coupons Remain Usable Despite Expiration
Hempstead County War Price and Rationing Board Chairman T S Mc Davitt says B C E and RR coupons stay valid until renewal is obtained. Non highway users and motorists may continue using expired coupons until renewal. New book coupons should be endorsed upon receipt with license state and registration or fleet designation for commercial coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. McDavitt
Hempstead County
McDavitt
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation
Arkansas Has 127000 in Armed Services
Brig. Gen. E. L. Compere, state Selective Service director, told the state American Legion convention that more than 127000 Arkansans are in the armed forces. He predicted the national total next year would exceed 10000000 men excluding women soldiers and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansans
E.L. Compere
Selective Service
American Legion Convention
Compere
Quite a Lady Wins Narrowly in New York Favorite Pays Big
Jaquita a three year old filly won by a nose at New York racing meeting paying $183.20 to $2 for bettors. The victory marked the longest price of the season and rewarded backers with a sizable payout.
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New York
Jaquita
No Public Links Championship This Year
The Metropolitan Golf Association says New York courses are too busy with regular play thus no Public Links championship will be held this year.
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New York
The
Metropolitan Golf Association
Oil and Gas Leases and Assignments in Arkansas Records
Notices list multiple oil and gas lease actions in Lewisville Arkansas dated 1943. Entries include Wv. V. Bull lease of Sec 19 Twp 19S Range 24W from A Bookstaff and wife and an assignment from W H Oberthier to Skelly Oil Company for Sec 19 Twp 15S Range 24W. Additional details reference J D Crabtree et al and R H Brother Kerlyn Oil Co with fractional sections in Sec 17 and related townships.
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Eunice Triplett
Lewisville
Arkansas
D. A. Bookstaff
Wv. V. Bull
West
W. H. Oberthier
Skelly Oil Company
Market and Price Fluctuations Across Hogs Cattle and Stocks
Market report from St Louis and New York shows hogs 10-15 lower with various weights quoted. cattle and calves opening steady with range figures. sheep receipts light. New York stocks extend retreat with mixed recoveries and 1.5 million shares traded. cotton slips after early gains. grains resist pressure with rye weakening and wheat following.
Third Nation Wide War Loan Drive Proclaimed
President Roosevelt proclaims September 9 as the start of a third nation wide war loan drive and urges all Americans to back the attack with war bonds. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau sets a $15 billion goal as the president stresses funds far exceeding prior mobilizations to support troops overseas.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
J. Roosevelt
Weekend Visitors Share News Across Local Families
McCaskill Miss Leta Rhodes of El Dorado spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs J D Rhodes. Nell Hood, student at Tyler Texas, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs W D Hood. Pvt James Long on furlough from Casper Wyoming visited his father J P Long. Grace Wortham of Little Rock arrived for a two week vacation with her mother Dora Wortham. Multiple relatives from Hope Mariana and Nashville visited or traveled for visits with local families including the Hinton and Hood households sharing summer days and family reunions.
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Leta Rhodes
E Dorado
J. D. Rhodes
Nell Hood
Tyler
Texas
W.D. Hood
James Long
Casper
Wyoming
J.P. Long
Grace Wortham
Little Rock
Dora Wortham
Claud Hinton
Hope
Malcom Hinton
Georgia
James Lewis
Randall
Mariana
J.O Harris
Orville Wortham
Grecia
Oklahoma
Mildred
Lillian Ball
Texarkana
H.B. Eley
Nashville
Bob Poteet
Robt. Francis
Port Arthur
Minnie
Bob Rowland
Dulcie Rhodes
David Melvyn
J. Rhodes
Bill Williams
Johnny
Bishop Waldorf Dies Suddenly in New York
Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf aged 67 head of the Chicago area of the Methodist church died today at the Noble Foundation Hospital after a week of treatment for liver ailments and complications. He had been hospitalized since Friday.
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Alexandria
Bay
N. Y
Ernest Lynn Waldorf
Chicago
The
Methodist Church
Noble Foundation
Arkansan Reported Missing in Southwest Pacific
Conway July 27 The War Department reports Ensign Jack Hutto Redinger missing in action in the Southwest Pacific. He is from a prominent Arkansas family, son of Clyde E Redinger of Jackson Michigan, nephew of Arkansas prison physician Dr J A Hutto, and grandson of Mrs H P Hutto of Greenbrier.
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Conway
War Department
Ensign Jack Hutto Redinger
Arkansas
Southwest Pacific
Clyde E. Redinger
Jackson
Mich
Ensign Redinger
J.A. Hutto
Warner
W.C. Day
H.P. Hutto
Greenbrier
Grain futures mix as rye oats and wheat slide in brisk session
Market reports show wheat finishing lower by several cents with cash bids for No. 3 Red around 1.72 and No. 3 hard about 1.46. Rye declines to about 1.01, oats move within narrow bounds, and barley prices quoted at 1.12 to 1.19 as supplies and demand remain modest in Washington and regional markets.
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Chicago
Legionnaires Laud Production at Arkansas Convention
The Arkansas American Legion convention commended a local production and criticized labor actions as unpatriotic. It urged further study on signaling uniforms for selective service refusers, backed a Negro hospital at Hot Springs, expanded cemetery administration, and extended adjusted compensation dates. It proposed several VA benefits reforms, including disability and survivor provisions.
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Little Rock
American Legion
Arkansas Department
United Mine Workers
John T Lewis
Legions Executive Committee
Hot Springs
Veterans’ Administration
National Service Life Insurance Act
Harry Miller Elected State Legion Head
Harry G. Miller of El Dorado was elected commander of the Arkansas Department of the American Legion by acclimation at a two day convention in Little Rock. The meeting adopted resolutions urging postwar actions on Japanese relocation and seat at the peace table, and a plan to alert local officials when funeral messages were sent to families.
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Little Rock
Harry G. Miller
el Dorado
Arkansas Department of the American Legion
Hendrix Lackey
Miller
United States
Japan
Theenters
Arkansas
Legion
One Man Rodeo at Coffeyville Army Field
Charles L. Hogan described as a one man rodeo in Coffeyville Kansas. He saw a runaway horse pull his car toward a tree, then sprinted to grab the brake and halt both horse and car before disaster.
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Coffeyville. Kas
Charles L. Hogan
Coffeyville Army Air Field
Legion awards honor post gains and youth program push
The McGehee post earned the Bodenhamer Cup for a 427 percent membership gain. Gordon was second District Seven and won the Lee Kelly and Robert L. Gordon membership awards. Auxiliary awards covered membership and programs in Fayetteville Hamburg Little Rock Dierks Pine Bluff Warren Stuttgart Morrilton and other communities.
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State Guard
McGehee Post
Bodenhamer Cu
Gordon
Lee Kelly
Robert L. Gordon
Legion Auxilary
McGehee
Fayetteville
Hamburg
Lite Rock
Dierks
Litthe Rock
Blytheville
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Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army
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Harry Miller
State Legion
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