Time Magazine Praises Arkansas In Sliced Thin Editorial
The editor cites Time Magazine praise of Arkansas for overcoming stigma from the old book On a Slow Train Through Arkansas. It notes Arkansas asset strengths, wartime contracts, Ozark country, and progress, while quoting Time’s portrayal of regional inferiority myths and the state’s push for improved image.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Time Magazine
Arkansas
Iam
Oldsters
Time
Thomas W. Jackson
U.S
Ike
Little Rock
Manhattan
Fud
Dudie Pugs
Bob Burns
U. S
Arkansans
Ozark
Midwest
Axis in Africa Dig in to Hold Advance Points
Cairo July 28 Rommel’s Afrika Corps dig in to hold forward positions 74 to 80 miles from Alexandria as fighting rages on the northern front. Auchinleck’s British forces push to blunt the Axis advance with air and ground blows while both sides race for troops and matériel.
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Epward Kennedy
Cairo
Rommel
Alexandria
Nile Delta
Suez
Sir Claude Auchinneck
Auchinleck
Texas Runoff Assured in Democratic Senate Race
Dallas reports that with two percent of the Democratic primary tallied, Lee O Daniel leads but has not secured a majority, triggering an August 22 runoff against James V Allred. The Texas delegation heads home as Moody and Ryan trails fail to threaten.
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Dallas
Lee O'Daniel
James V. Allred
Texas
O'Daniel
Barty
Allred
Dan Moody
Floyd B. Ryan
Biologist to Survey the Ouachita River
Dr Hoffman of the University of Arkansas will direct the commission survey of pollution sites on the Ouachita River. He and assistant K Bell will spend about 40 days on a floating laboratory collecting samples. Findings will guide regulations and policy actions.
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Little Rock
KE. Hoffman
University of Arkansas
Lishid Gare Commission
Ouachitle River
Hofman
K. Bell
TA. Amis
State Scrap Iron Goal Set by War Production Board
The War Production Board set a nationwide salvage goal of 17,000,000 tons of scrap iron and steel, with regional and state quotas. The District of Columbia region is allotted 4,422,000 tons, followed by Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin with 3,125,000 tons. Officials report about 3,000,000 tons on hand, a month’s supply at current rates, and 13,700,000 tons used in the first half of the year. Jerkinsas is listed among the quotas at 85,000 tons.
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Washington
War Production Board
Bureau of Mines
WPB
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
District of Columbia
Indiana
Mlingis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Jerkinsas
Tony
Negroes Vote Light in Arkansas Democratic Primary
Polls opened with scattered voting across seven precincts in Hope and other cities. By 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., turnout was lighter than 1940, with notable variation by ward and town. A few Negroes were denied ballots. officials planned to report to the DOJ.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Department of Justice
Br. J. M. Robinson
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Thurgood Marshal
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pine Bluff
Conway
Camden
Callenge
Jonesboro
Allies Pound Jap Bases In Effort To Halt Invasion
Allied warplanes blasted New Guinea positions as ground patrols held contact with the enemy in the Buna Gona area. Japanese advance inland to 50 miles since Gona mission and may threaten Port Moresby while Darwin raids and a Townsville air attack were repelled.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
New Guinea
United Nations
Hona Mission
al Med
Port Moresby
Australia
Darwin
Townsville
MacArthur
Oivi
Kakada
Buna
China Front
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanchang-Hangchow
Tigi
New [Guinea
Buna+ Gona areca
Otvi
Kokoda
Papan
Fort Moresby
Gona
Dutch Timor
Koepang
Atralia
Reorganizing FSA Districts Shrinks Arkansas offices
Little Rock July 28. FSA will reduce Arkansas district offices from 12 to eight by August 1 due to reduced appropriations. The plan cuts loans and trims staff, affecting about 5,000 fewer farm families next year. Districts 1 5 6 7 and 8 listed with headquarters and supervisors.
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Little Rock
Farm Security Administration
Arkansas
FSA
J. V. Highfill
Highfill
Fayetteville
Fred E. Debell
Juanlee G. Johnson
Benton
Carroll
Crawford
Franklin
Johnson
Madison
Sebastian
Washington Countes
Eart F. Pettyjoin
Margaret R. Ferguson
Chico
Desha
Jefferson, Lee
Lonoke
Monroe
Phillips
Prairie
Arkadelphia
James L
Garland, Login, Mountgomery
Perry, Polk, Saline, Scott and
Yell
Election Night Party at Star Building on Tuesday
The Star will host its customary Election Night Party in front of the BaWeEae building on South Walnut street Tuesday night July 28. Returns from the Democratic preferential primary in state district and local races will flash on a big screen across the street. an Election Extra will be issued around midnight. The edition will be sold in the city but distributed free to mail subscribers in place of the regular Wednesday morning mail edition. Election officials across Hempstead county are asked to cooperate by telephoning The Star with precinct returns as soon as they are completed Tuesday night.
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Hope
Star
South Walnut
Star Building
Malvern
Magnolia
Texarkana
Paragould
Tlam
Helena
Payelleville
Camden
Stuttgart
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
A.m
The
BaWeEae
South Walnut Street
Hempstead County
Luftwaffe Bombs Birmingham and London Raid Report
London and Birmingham endured air raids with fires and casualties. A ninth German bomber was shot down off the southwest coast. Rescue squads worked through dawn as fields near London received fire bombs while park time bombs caused no damage. RAF bombers attacked Hamburg previously, and London anti aircraft batteries fired heavily overnight.
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London
Birmingham
Midlands
Greater
England
East Anglia
RAF
Hamburg
Open House at Camden Field to feature Senator Spencer
Camden officials announce an open house at Camden Field on Sunday at 4 p.m. with U. S. Senator Lloyd Spencer of Hope delivering the main address at the airport dedication. The event is managed by the airport committee and highlights the community program.
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Camden Field
Camden
U.S
Lloyd Spencer
Hope
Court Questions Process of Nazi Saboteur Trial
Washington July 28 The Supreme Court reopened its term to consider whether Nazi saboteurs now on trial by a secret military commission may invoke the rights of the bill of rights. Chief Justice Stone announced a special session for habeas corpus petitions and possible transfer of the case to a federal district court. The eight defendants, alleged to have landed from submarines to damage U S installations, face trials under military law and wartime provisions. The court must first decide if it has jurisdiction to receive petitions before ruling on civil rights questions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Brian F. Stone
Pnt
George John Dash
High Court
Pearl Harbor
Brennera
Hoboken
N. J
Don Ascatio Colonna
Italy
Supreme Court
United States
Government studies treatment of Americans in Japanese hands
Secretary Hull said the government is gathering all possible information on how U S citizens are treated by Japanese authorities. He will not comment until the full picture is known.
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Washington
yPi
Hull
Curtailment of Train Service During War
Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman announced local train service would likely be discontinued for war duration where duplicating bus service is adequate. He asked state public service commissions to survey rail and bus passenger service to reallocate engines and cars to priority uses. Commuter trains would not be affected, but local accommodation services on main and secondary lines may be cut where buses suffice.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Austria Begins World War I Anniversary Reflection
An anniversary pass without notice recalls Austria's 1914 declaration of war on Serbia after Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination. Austria demanded sweeping Serbia purges and officer-led action, prompting a July 28 1914 declaration and the start of World War I. The piece notes the long-term impact on Europe and, later, a 1941 twist about used-car motorists outnumbering new-war buyers in the United States.
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Associated Press
Europe
Serbia
Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Archduke
Franz Josef
Gavrilo Princip
Franz Ferdinand
Hapsburg
United States
Flashes of Life in brief oddities and arrests
A jumble of brief items from Wilkes-Barre to Seattle and Los Angeles includes two deaf youths arrested for burglary after a failed surprise raid, a high school teacher electrocuted by a horse biting a live wire, an ordinance banning midair explosives, and a man found wearing mismatched socks amid a domestic mystery.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Law
Germans Press Deep Into Caucasus Front Near Stalingrad
German mechanized forces drive into the north Caucasus with bridgeheads south of Tsimlyansk and near Novocherkassk Rostov. Pravda reports 8000 German deaths in one sector. Stalingrad defense claims repeated tank and infantry counterattacks along the Don and Volga bends as Don crossings and river reach advance.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Germany
North Caucasus
Tsimlyansk
Novocherkassk
Rostov
Soviet Union
Caucasus
Russia
Star
Organ of
The
Russ
Staligrad
Volgs
Pravda
Communist Party Ne
Stalingrad
Don-Tsimlyansk
Don
Volga
Compulsory Savings Plan Debated by Senate Panel
Washington July 28 A New York merchant urged the Senate Finance committee to sit off 25 to 30 billion dollars surplus purchasing power from the public through a compulsory savings plan to curb inflation Senator Taft agreed that compulsory savings could replace taxes to absorb rising purchasing power The witness Julian Goldman warned inflationary trends remain despite price ceilings Senator Vandenberg said a 25 000 annual income limit would only cover war debt limits and noted Treasury estimates of 660 million extra revenue If kept President Roosevelt suggested 26 000 as the top after taxes The hearings also included Benjamin C Marsh of the peoples lobby urging pay as you go funding and opposition to repudiation theory for wartime finance
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Washington
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Julian Goldman
Goldman
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Treasury Department
House
Roosevelt
Benjaamin C. Marsh
The
People's Lobby
Marsh
Congress
Buyers Return from New York Market
The Chas. A. Haynes Co. buyers led by C. C. Lewis and Mrs. Jett Talley have returned to the local store after purchasing goods in New York. They reported excellent styles in ladies ready to wear, coats, suits, and men's clothing. The article notes the capital of the Dominican Republic was nearly destroyed by a hurricane.
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Chas. A. Haynes Company
C. C. Lewis
Jett Talley
New York
Dominicaua Republic
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