Critical Summer on Home Front and Gasoline Black Market
Editorial reflects wartime strain on fuel demand and oil company advertising urging restraint on gasoline black markets. Notes large home front needs, tire shortages resolved, and calls for patient civilian support this Summer. References James Wadsworth urging prepared defense and warns against postwar tax burdens and rising peacetime spending. Critiques Wheeler White plan to ban commercial news sponsorship as a threat to free speech.
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Texas
Thal
Ration Free Meats to Be Continued as June Ends
Washington announces continued ration free status for meats through July 1 with changes to point values on many foods. Cheese drops to 10 points per pound, evaporated milk halves to 0.5 point, while pineapple and grape juices rise, chuck steaks fall two points, and flank steak remains free of points. Overall civilian meat supply increases.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Begauwoavi
The Saxophone Named After Its Inventor Adolph Sax
A note on the instrument's origin explains that the saxophone takes its name from Adolph Sax, the instrument's inventor, highlighting his role in its creation and naming.
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Saxophone
Adolph Sax
High Chinese General to Visit LA in US Tour
Lt Gen Robert K S Lim chief of medical planning of the Chinese army will inspect Hot Springs Army and Navy General hospital facilities Monday. He is touring US medical installations with Capt John M Gracie II and Lt Col Robert Orr noting interest in the technicians training school and the physio therapy department. Arrival time not disclosed.
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Little Rock
Robert K. S. Lim
Medical Planning Commission
Hot Springs Army
Navy General Hospital
General Lim
United States
Robert Orr
Army and Navy General Hospital
Robert Lim
Orr
Night lull as RAF raids push along French channel front
London dispatch reports overnight RAF bomber raids along the French channel coast with 500 planes striking Trappes near Paris Tergnier and Samur rail centers. Weather hindered daylight missions. eight British planes missing. over 2,240 tons of bombs dropped.
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Gladin Hill
London
French Channel
France
English Channel
Britain
Trappes Yards
Paris
Tergnier
Saumur
Mediterranean
Danube
Iron Gate Canal
Romania-Yugoslavia
East Anglia
England
Nergnier
Germany
Shyness Is Bank Says Boyle His View of England
London columnist HAL BOYLE debunks the idea of a quiet reserved England and portrays Britons as long winded and garrulous. He notes initial coldness gives way to talkative engagement once a listener proves no demand on time, signature, or pocketbook.
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Bank
Boyle
London
England
Ramfort
Turkey May Join Allies for Invasion
London reports view Turkey’s entry into the war with the Allies as a strong possibility. Negotiations in Ankara, plus Churchill’s May speech warning Turkey, add weight to the idea of influence at the peace table. A Turkish defense inspection on the Dardanelles was noted by Berlin radio via U S monitors.
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London
Turkey
Europe
Ankara
Germany
Churchill
Berlin
U. S
Ismet Inonu
Dardanelles
New Arkansas Guard officers named and promoted
Col Hendrix Lackey announced five new officers for the Helena and Jonesboro medical detachments of the Arkansas State Guard and promoted 18 others. Appointments include Drs Jesse C Moore J Ritchey and John J McRee in Helena and Drs Joseph C Ledbetter Frank Schmuck in Jonesboro. Several lieutenants and sergeants were elevated across detachment units. Hunters added more than 299 million pounds of unrationed wild meat to the nation's food supply in 1943.
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Little Rock
Une
Hendrix Lackey
State Guard
Helena
Jonesboro
Jesse C. Moore
John J. McRee
Joseph C. Ledbetter
Frank . Schmuck
James i. Smith
Rogers
Iswell J. Price
Pine Bluff
Burel Whitmarsh
Prescott
Claude I. Vanderslice
Hot Springs
Henry C. Thomas
Camden
Leon Holly
Fort Smith
Leo J. Zanoff
James C. Williams
North Little Rock
Thomas EE. Muadding
James M. Vaughn
Army Reports Oversea Posts Fully Manned
Secretary of War Stimson announced that with 3,675,000 army troops overseas the United States has nearly completed the deployment of air and service forces. He noted 3,657,000 soldiers are deployed abroad, forming about 47 percent of total strength, with plans to exceed 5,000,000 by end of 1944. He described bases, shipping, and vast overseas air power as the backbone for planned offensives against Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
Germany
Japan
AAF
RAF
Air Transport Command
United States Army
J J Breed 64 Dies. Funeral Held Today
John Jefferson Breed 64 died at his home 425 North Elm Street yesterday afternoon. Funeral service is set for this afternoon at the Herndon-Cornelius funeral home with Rev. R. B. Moore officiating. Survived by son Woodard Breed and daughter Mrs. Vona Logan of Hope, and sister Mrs. Emma Burke recently moved to Texas. Pallbearers listed.
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J. J. Breed
John Jefferson Breed
North Elm Street
Herndon-Cornelius
R. B. Moore
First Methodist Church
Yanks Advance With Sight of Rome in Mind
Japan’s China offensive widens to a four front struggle to erase Allied air bases along the Chinese coast. Reports say Japan massing in Indo China and moving toward Kunming while Burma and Mogaung valley clashes intensify. American air forces back Chinese ground troops as Changsha defenses tighten and Kyitkyina lines hold with endured resistance.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Great China
Chungking
Indo-China
Kunming
U. S
Burma
Henan
China
Changsha
Cahngsha
Hankow-Canton
Mogaung
Malakawng
Myitkyina
Joseph Stilwell
Mokmer Airfield
Baik Island
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Central’ Pacific
Kurile Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Mogaung Valley
Warong
Sharaw
Kyitkyina
Wlater Logan
United Press War
Southeast Asia
Kandy
14Th Air Force
Tungting Lake Batte
Hankow-to-Canton
Rice Bowl
Biak Battle Signals Jap Reinforcement Debate
Associated Press war writer Harold Streeter outlines how Biak in the Schouten Islands may prompt renewed Japanese reinforcement toward the Philippines if troops arrive. if not, Biak could fall as Japan prioritizes Halmahera Palau and possibly Mindanao, with Mokmer airfield key to airlift support. Spencer Davis notes Japan fortified caves and fought American forces as MacArthur’s leapfrog advances keep supply lines active.
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Harold Streeter
Associated Press
Biak
Schoutens
North Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
New Guinea
Halmahera
Palau
Mindanao
Japan
Bougainville
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Spencer Davis
China
MacArthur
Mokmer
Drafting of single women into armed forces proposed
Washington reports Rep. Celler proposes drafting unemployed single women aged 20 to 35 into the armed forces. He cites 590000 single women in that age group not employed or seeking work and argues there is no reason for women’s service branches to recruit without proven need. If officials can’t justify it, he says the law should act.
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Wheeler
Montana
White
Eee
Wheeler White
Washington
Rep
Celler
D-Ny
Armed Services
America
Beer Applications Due By June 30 in Hempstead County
Hempstead County revenue collector I L Pilkinton says several beer sellers have not obtained permits from the revenue department. All beer retailers must file applications by the June 30 deadline. Mention of Florence craftsmen appears in the text.
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Hempstead
I. L. Pilkinton
Revenue Department
Friction With Britain May Take Roosevelt to Europe for New Meeting
Washington reports that President Roosevelt may travel to London soon to meet Churchill, with possible participation by General Charles de Gaulle in a conference. Officials note mixed European progress and ongoing concerns with neutrals Spain and Turkey, and the need to curb Axis trade while balancing wartime diplomacy. The piece also highlights Spain’s wolfram shipments and Roosevelt’s emphasis on cutting Axis supplies.
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Britain
Roosevelt
Europe
John Hightower
Washington
London
Charles de Gaulle
Churchill
Maly
Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Spain
Turkey
Sweden
Axis
Germany
Allied push splits Nazi line near Valmontone Rome advance widens
Allied reports say American doughboys pierced the Valmontone line and seized strategic high ground in the Alban hills northeast and northwest of Velletri, drawing within sight of Rome. Fifth Army advances north along Highway 6 and Via Casilina reach Frosinone, with British, French, and New Zealand units expanding gains and Sora secured northeast of Frosinone as Eighth Army mops up near the Liri and Sacco. Two American destroyers supported bombardments north of Ardea.
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Noland
Norgaard
Naples
Valmontone
Alban ‘Hills
Velletri
Rome
Casilina
Frosinone
Associated Press
Edward
Lake of
Nemi
Saint John Lateran
Albert Keselring
Carpineto
Lepini
Ripi
Torrice
San Giovanni
Arce
Eighth Army
Liri
Sacco
Fifth Army
Ardea
L. A. Principal May Be Made Supervisor
John A. Larson, longtime principal of Little Rock Senior High School for 27 years, will transfer to a newly created role as supervisor of secondary schools starting next fall. His presidency of Little Rock Junior College remains unaffected, with no successor named.
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Little Rock
John A. Larson
Arkansas Democrat
Larson
Little Rock Junior College
Milkyweed Aids War Effort In Arkansas
Milky weed floss may be collected statewide this summer as a substitute for kapok fiber for lifebelts. Dr Dals Moore of the University of Arkansas notes the potential. Garden advice urges pruning tomato plants to a single stem and tying to a stake.
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Fayetteville
Arkansas
Dals Moore
University of Arkansas
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House Appropriations
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Hal Boyle
Arkansas Guard
Yanks
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Italy
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