We have coffee today and hope for American relief
The column recalls Allied success in North Africa and how the Mediterranean has reopened, easing wartime shortages. It notes the shift from rationed coffee to available supplies and praises American ships and troops for turning the tide, keeping consumer relief in view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Mediterranean
South Africa
Egypt
Middle East
Rommel
Africa
Sicily
United Nations
Asia
Dakar
Europe
Italy
Germany
FDR Urges Total Victory Effort By Americans
President Roosevelt urged the United Nations to push for total victory over Axis powers and prosecute war guilt. He backed stricter home front measures including unemployment relief, training, medical care, and pensions for veterans while praising Russia and pledging no tolerance for fascism. He highlighted strong war output and announced end of coffee rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
Germany
Pan
Roosevelt
United Nations
Benito Mussolini
Japan
U.S
South America
jHe
Hitler
United States
Russia
Mussolini
Sicily
Ration Calendar Updates For Food and Fuel Stamps
Ration details list expiration dates for red stamps J L M N and P Q new validity through July or August for meats cheese fruits vegetables, blue stamps N P Q through August 7, shoes stamp 18 through October 31, sugar stamps 13 15 16 for canning, gasoline No 6 A four gallons through July 21. Renewal of A books begins with printable blanks at stations. new books or use starts July 22. motorcycles follow same procedure.
Watch for Signs of Polio in Arkansas Counties
Health authorities note five infantile paralysis cases in Hempstead county with others in Little River and Miller counties. Despite rising numbers, only 35 cases this year, far below last year, and officials urge rest at home, limited contact, early diagnosis, and prompt physician calls for any fever or cold symptoms.
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Hempstead
University Hospital
Little Rock
Little River
Miller Counties
State Health Board
Arkansas
Two U Boats Sunk by British Escort Sloops
London reports two submarines destroyed in the North Atlantic within nine hours by an escort of British naval sloops. The announcement notes the success of the anti submarine operation and confirms the losses for the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
North Atlantic
Paper products in shipping containers shift to corn based
A growing trend sees many paper goods used in shipping containers produced from corn. The shift aims to improve sustainability and reduce reliance on traditional wood pulp.
Twenty Die In Big Passenger Plane Crash Near Bowling Green
A American Airlines plane en route from Louisville to Nashville crashed near Trammel in Allen County Kentucky. Twenty people were killed and two injured. Survivors included Lieut. Glenn W. Fellows and S. K. Hoffman. The wreck was massive with fire sweeping the craft and inquest planned.
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Bowling Green
Louisville
Nashville
Trammel
Allen County
Kentucky-Tennessee
Glenn W. Fellows
Love Field
Texas
Fellows
S.K. Hoffman
Williamsport
Hoffman
Lieut
William A. Lyle
J. H. Claypool
Clayol
L. A. Williams
H. O. Miller
Williams
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tenn
Harry A. Stiller
Cleveland
Ohio
American Airlines
Smith Grove
Lucy Beasley
Turrill
Dallas
Tex
Mrs. FDR Opposes Mixed Marriages in Daily Column
Hyde Park, New York Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt writes in her column opposing mixed marriages saying racial mixing heightens marriage difficulties and suffering across generations urging people to avoid such unions for happiness.
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Hyde Park
New York
Fleanor Roosevelt
Nazis in Italy Only Obstacle to Peace
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports General Eisenhower told Italians a peace is possible now if German troops leave Italian soil. He urged Italians to stop aiding German forces, promised mild occupation, and pledged prisoner exchanges and restoration of Italy’s liberties.
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Allied
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
United Nations
Eisenhower
House of Savoy
Mussolini
Hitler
North
Africa
Sicily
Germany
Tunisia
Americans and Canadians Capture Four Towns in Sicily Drive
Allied forces push along Sicily coast recap four towns including Leonforte, Pollina, Castelbuono and Gangi. Canadian columns seize Leonforte while the Seventh Army advances from Palermo toward Messina, inflicting heavy Axis casualties and cutting key north south routes.
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Sicily
Belman Morin
North Africa
Leonforte
Enna
Seventh Army
Palermo
Pollima
Castelbuono
Gangi
Pollina
Cefalu
Messina
Sconforte
Catani
Mt. Etna
San Stefano
Nicosia
Liquor Election Postponed Over Court Appeal
A local option liquor election for Huntington, scheduled for August 3, is postponed pending an appeal to the Greenwood District Circuit Court. The appeal was filed by Harry Robinson for the Arkansas Malt Beverage Association on behalf of Huntington shop operator Joe Parker, nine days after county Judge R P Strozier set the date. Fossils note mentions Greek knowledge in the sixth century B C.
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Fort Smith
Huntington
Greenwood District Circuit Court
Harry Robinson
Little Rock
Arkansas Malt Beverage Association
Joe Parker
Huntington Beer
R. P. Strozier
Germans Pour Into Italy to Establish Lines
Allied and Madrid reports indicate Italian troops may face fighting their German allies as 26 divisions in the Balkans and France are recalled. Badoglio reportedly orders 75 thousand troops into Northern Italy to block German advances via Brenner Pass while peace feelers move toward London and Washington. Vatican involvement and mixed radio broadcasts reflect uncertain aims.
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Reynolds Packard
United Press
Allied
North Africa
Madrid
Balkans
France
Badoglio
Italy
Brenner Pass
Alleis
Sicily
Pietro Badoglio
London
Washington
Pope Pius
Vatican
Rome
United States
Croat Slovenese Struggle for South Slav State in Istria
Reports from Bern and Swiss dispatches describe Croats and Slovenes demanding Istia join a South Slav state amid Italian control. Clashes between Fascists and anti Fascists, censorship by Badoglio, and fears of civil war rise as unrest spreads to Milan and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Fiume
Trieste
Istria
Italy
Austro-Hungary
Adriatic Sea
Berner Tagwacht
Istia
Pietro Badoglio
Milan
Badoglio
Chiasso
Switzerland
Social Republic
CBS
Berlin
Rome
Jap Destroyer Left in Flames in South Pacific
Allied air and sea forces pummeled Japanese vessels in the New Britain and Huon Gulf areas. U S planes sank seven barges and two launches while destroying a destroyer and cargo ship. in China American pilots claimed 57 Japanese planes shot down in five days with four American planes lost.
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South Pacific
United Nations
New Britain
Link
Pacific
Huon Gulf
New Guinea
Munda
Reds Close In On Germans In Orel Area
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet columns driving toward Orel from the south and north, with heavy fighting and tank assaults. Front lines claim 1,500 German casualties, 29 German tanks knocked out in the Orel sector, and advances of up to four miles despite flooded terrain and fresh German reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William MC Gaffin
Moscow
Orel
Stanovoy Klodets
Red Army
Berlin
Bolkhov
Leningrad
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Lightfoot
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Dayton
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Mahoney
Los Angeles
Calif
Richter
P. A. Rauf
Caminex
A.T. Cameron
Memphis
Stiller
R.M. McClure
Josephine Kane
B.A. Carpenter
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Biggsfield
Fort Bliss
Air Field Public Relations Office
Mrs. Fdr
Houston
NEA
Texas Gulf Coast
Ellington Field
Buffalo Bayou
B.C
Reds
Aphelion
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