War Savings Staff urges support for bonds after war
Roy G Paschal head of the state War Savings Staff warns of postwar unemployment and economic strain. He cites a rebalance of contracts after armistice and urges local committees to promote War Bonds to fund employment opportunities for returning soldiers and civilians in need.
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Roy G. Paschal
State War Savings
Mr. Paschal
Paschal
Thomas Marshall
Vauselu
Macheily
County
War Savings
Phon
Allies Drop 125 Tons of Bombs on Grottalgie
Allied air forces completed a two wave assault on Grottalgie airdrome in southeastern Italy near Brindisi, with 185 tons of bombs dropped on hangars and admin buildings, causing widespread fires and destruction. Ground crews reported extensive damage, and US aircraft returned safely after repelling enemy fighters. Secondary raids targeted Catanzaro Syracuse Pantelleria and other targets in Sicily and western Italy as part of the ongoing Mediterranean campaign.
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William
King
North Africa
Grottalgie
New Brindisi
Tlily
Iia
Assaul
Air Fore
Catanzura
Messina
Catanzaro
Syracuse
Sheendiary
United States
Cairo
Keith JK. Compton
St Joseph
Grodalgie Altael
Sicidiaa
Sicily
Pangora
Talia
Hilo
Favigihe
Sic
Pantelleria
Mistrial Declared in Mathes Case
In Jonesboro on June 4 a mistrial was declared in the first degree murder trial of Ired Mathes, 62, after the jury failed to reach a verdict following six and a half hours of deliberation. Mathes claimed self defense and insanity, saying James J. Parr, 67, was killed during a dispute over a line shading quarter. Prosecutors offered no comment. The case proceeded under bond until a fall term.
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Jonesboro
Tis Dalal
Ired Mathes
Jonestera Compress
Compress
James J. Parr
Wns
Jor
Mathos
Parry
Mathes
Mitcus Miels
Music Boxes Robbed in Two Downtown Cafes
Police report two downtown cafes were robbed early Saturday at 6 00 am. Carrick's Cafe lost about 45 dollars from two music boxes while Unique Cafe netted 15 dollars from one box plus a cash box and two packs of cigarettes were missing. Two suspects are being held for questioning.
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Carrick
Hoth
West Point Cadet Robt N Singleton Appointed
Robert N Singleton has been appointed to the U S Military Academy at West Point and ordered to report. The appointment was made December 7 19 2 by Lloyd Spencer then U S Senator. Singleton is a graduate of Hope High School and completed a year at Marion Military Institute in Alabama where he served as master sergeant of cadets and earned a non commissioned officer commendation.
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Robert N. Singleton
W. BP. Singleton
Idast Second Street
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Fanaly
Lloyd Spencer
U. S. Enor
Singleton
Lope High School
Marion Military Institute
Marion
Ala
Gigantic air offensive against Japan grows toward decisive battles
A sweeping AP report notes Japanese leaders warning of turning point in Asia while Washington forecasts a major Allied air push. Allied planners consider new Pacific bases as 27,000 mile war tour ends. In the Southwest Pacific, MacArthur’s forces strike Wewak with Fortresses and Liberators, as raids widen in Burma and Chinese troops regain Kuoman on the Yangtze front.
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Associated Press
Hideki ‘Tojo
Daciay
Washington
Yokyo
Tajo
Ssoroku Yuemoto
Southwest Pacific
Davalos MacArthur
New Gainea
Wewak
Mans Soon Bein
RAF
Th Chin
Tela Ane
Sugi
Aides of Castillo Government Flee to Montevideo
Five ministers of President Ramon Castillo fled to Montevideo aboard the Argentine gunboat Salto and were joined by Cabinet members including Foreign Minister Warkwe Rule Gainnasu. They anchored at the Argentine embassy while a ship transfer occurred and rumors swirled that Castillo might arrive aboard the mine sweeper Trummoand.
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Montevideo
Presidgit
Lefl
Uruguay
Sallo
Tito de Plata
Thig
Santiago
Carlos Acevedo
Finanes
Salvador Orla
Guillermo Rethe
Daniel Amidea Videla
Miguel Calaciati
Interior
Mario Twinwatd
Drummainod
Castila
Colonia Harbor
Manuel Chiappe Clary
Argentiine Embrassy
Ixer
Salto
Churchill Flies Home Via North Africa
Prime Minister Winston Churchill returned to London today after a flight from Washington via North Africa. He met with key wartime leaders including Eisenhower, Brooke, and Anthony, coordinating future Allied offensives. Churchill also held talks with de Gaulle and Giraud as the Allied leadership reports progress on joint Franco-British action.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Dupe & Wi
Winston Churchill
North Africa
Washington
Son
Lawight 2D
Eisenhower
North Afvica
Churchill
House of Conmmond
Hee Hin
Chachill
Uny
Biscay
Anthony Declan
Britain
Clais
IV Alan Brooke
Imil
Housevelt
Churchil
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Hill
Blackout Fells Navy Flier in Fall in Jacksonville
Emimett Schert Edwards, 47, of Glebe Arizona, a former University of Arizona athlete now in the U S Navy, was on the eve of two weeks leave after reporting for induction in Jacksonville Florida when he tripped at a blackout stair and suffered leg injuries in three places. He transferred recently from the RAR and RCA to fight duty and faced the blackout without severe harm.
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London
Emimett Schert Edwards
Glebe
Arizona
RAI
Edwards
University of Arizona
Yong Americas
RAR
RCA
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Fire Ball crew survives 1090 mile Fortress mission
Lieut William R. Smith, 26, of Wilkes-Barre Pa, brought the Flying Fortress Fire Ball back from a Kiel raid after a German shell disrupted the oxygen line at 26 000 feet. Three crewmen were unconscious, one killed during bailout, yet Smith and others managed a landing on an outlying field near England.
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Leo Branham
U.S
England
Lieut Willam R. Smith
Wilkes- Barre
Kiel
A Firth
Bgl
Smith
Smithyait
Ite
Don R. Jayce
Arkansas City
Ark
Jasper B. Gay
Mobile
Ala
Furier
Lewis Turberville
Tabor City
WN. C
Reuben A. Mts
Renton
Kenneth W. Corsueri
Joplin
Lewis T. Baker
Louisville
Yoyee
Wiliam A. Wintre
San Frandsco
North Sea
Tarverville
Mills
Nognes Jints as Ruler of Morocco
In Algiers on June 5 Gen Auguste Nogues resigned as resident General of French Morocco after asserting French unity surpasses all. He defended his conduct while Allen Allied landings loomed and Gabriel Phaus was named to succeed him. The move came amid a push for a streamlined war cabinet under the French National Liberation Committee.
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Algiers
Auguste Nogies
Morocco
Henri Giraud
London
Gabriel Phaus
Syria
Nogues
Anm
Nopues
Chaales de Guile
Comittee For National Liberation
Giygud
Cheff
Board Won't Draft Until Strikes Halt in Grant County
Grant County draft board will not draft additional men until strikes end and government orders. Resolution adopted unanimously to urge Gov Adkins to enforce actions against strikers at all war contract plants. Chairman John R Matthews says board remains functional and not refusing new draftees. origin links to Sen John L McClellan’s birthplace.
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John R. Matthews
House of Legislation
Grant County
Sen
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Bis
Isaac McClellan
English Widows Remarry Servicemen
More than 1,700 English widows of World War II remarried in 1942. Of these, 1,000 had children. A Ministry of Pensions check found 48 percent of re marriages were with military husbands. Ahoy the shipboard hail echoes Viking battle cry. Pennsylvania’s state motto is Virtue Liberty and Independence.
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London
Ministry of Pensions
Pennsylvania
Flag Week Proclaimed by Hope Mayor in 1943
Albert Graves, mayor of Hope Arkansas, proclaims June 8 to 14 as Flag Week and urges display of the emblem on municipal buildings and homes. He backs the War Bond drive Save by Sacrifice aiming to sell 100 million dollars in War Bonds during the week to support Victory efforts.
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United States Flag Association
United States Treasury Department
Hope
Arkansas
John L. Lewis orders miners back to work
John L. Lewis instructed 500000 striking coal miners to return by Monday following President Roosevelt's back to work demand. The move aims to resume full production by week’s start as Ickes signals government oversight and negotiators prepare to proceed under wartime policy. The United Mine Workers say the action protects the war effort while seeking a $2 daily raise for travel time and portal duty.
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Press
Washington
Johny L. Lewis
R Velt
UMW- Iy
United Mine Workers
America
Associated Preto - Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
Colleagu
W. Labor Board
Inter
Ickes
Solid Fuels
Labor Board
WLB
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N. Singleton
West Point Cadet
Pacific
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Tite
Navy
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Artemus Gat
Nip
Tux Five
The
Bahamas
New York
Duchess of Windsor
Duke
Castillo
NEA
Torest
Ramon S. Castillo
Rodolfo Moreno
Buenos Aires
Moreno
Robustiano Patron Costas
Fortress
Nognes Jints
U. S
Albert Graves
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