Poll tax debate and local quirk story in Macon editorial
Editorial clipping from the Macon Telegraph explains the poll tax as a school funding measure under Georgia law and notes Supreme Court framing of franchise conditions. The piece comments on federal discussion, cites a Georgia history, and references a light county jail incident with Newt Pentecost and Sheriff Mill, plus outdated attire quips.
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Macon
Royce Weisenberger
Macon Telegraph
Congress
Georgia
Supreme Court
Newt Pentecost
Frank Mill
Russians Fire 701 Aircraft Rally on German Fronts
Moscow reports the 701 aircraft raid against German air fields along the front, marking the largest Soviet aerial drive of the war. 150 enemy planes were destroyed, several German bombers penetrated, and 19 Soviet planes failed to return as fighters clashed near Orel and Gorki with ongoing heavy fighting in White Russia.
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Moscow
Germain
Tass
Associated Press
Orel
Berlin
Gorki
White
Russia
Aeronautical Firm Halts Recruiting in Shreveport Training
J J Chapman representative at Motel Barlow canceled a local engagement after a conference with the U S Employment Service. He suspended his interviews and would return later to proceed with regular plans, stating labor recruitment requires prior arrangement with the service.
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Shreveport Aeronautical
J. J. Chapman
Seabee Applicants to Be Interviewed in Texarkana
Chief G. G. Young will interview Seabee applicants in Texarkana on June 14 and 15 at the Navy Recruiting Office 501 Federal Building. The enlistment quota for Arkansas is unlimited. Men aged 17 to 50 with any construction experience may qualify.
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G. G. Young
Texarkana
Arkansas
Young
Navy Recruiting Office
Federal Building
Food Supply Outlook Darkens as May Weather Hurts Crops
A Department of Agriculture report warned of tighter civilian food supplies in 1943 due to May droughts floods and adverse weather cutting crop prospects. Wheat oats barley peaches and pears are below last year while eggs show a 13 percent May increase. Oklahoma farmers face late seasons and possible field abandonment. overall production may equal 1942 only with average weather and available labor.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Great Plains
Oklahoma
New York
Miners Walkout Protests Narrowed by Ickes Out
About 615 Alabama miners stopped three mines but resumed work after Interior Secretary Ickes offered an out to avoid proposed fines of 81 a day in most areas and $2 in some. Nearly 1,600 Windber Pennsylvania miners voted to strike in protest over fines and wage travel pay. The broader walkout movement across the sector continued as the War Labor Board's wage decision delay loomed and potential court action was hinted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wirndber
Ickes
Sefenal
Alabama
Three Windher
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
WLB
Lewis
Central Pennsylvania Producers Association
Ulm
Hiw
Tekes
Americans kill 66 More Japs on Attu
Washington reports Navy communique shows continued Attu fighting with four attacks on Kiska installations and 66 Japanese slain by Army patrols on Attu on June 8. Casualties for Attu reach 1,911 dead and 21 captured. remnants trapped at extreme northeastern tip of the island.
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Washington
vPi
Navy
Alcudians
Kiska Island
Aitu
North Pacific
Unites States Army
Aitu Island
Sarana Bay
Cape Khiebnikof
Army Miathell
Liberator
Kiska
Rubwiys
Attu
Pantelleria as stepping stone to invasion of Italy
The Pantelleria airbase near Sicily is described as a crucial stepping stone for an Allied invasion of Italy. It provides long range fighter cover, refueling points, and a bridge between Africa and Sicily, enabling air superiority and a sustained attack against Axis forces as planning for a continental push intensifies.
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Pantelleria
Italy
New York
Hitler
America
Britain
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Malta
Sicily
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Sardinia
France
Tunisi
Panteleria
Africa
Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
Arthur Tedder
Great Sea
Axis
Afriea
Harold Alexander
Jurgin You Arnim
Andrew Cunningham
Alexander
Shile
Hiller
Crete
New Penal Producer in Macedonia Field
Magnolia June 120 P The Macedonia field in Columbia county had a new dual producer today with anampletion of Tide water Associated Oil Company's 5 T Dodson Heirs No 1 The well in 24 hours flowed 840 barrels of oil on a fourth inch choke from the Cotton Valley sand and 240 barrels of condensate on the same size choke from the Smackover line It was shut in Tidewater prepared in test Ils A Q Young No 1 on the west edge of the Atlanta field in section 18 18 19
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Magnolia
Macedonia
Columbia County
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Red RAF and U S Bombers Blast Nazis In Major Raid
The RAF deployed its heaviest bomber force to strike Ruhr and Rhineland targets last night, focusing on Duesseldorf with Munster as a secondary objective. A large daylight raid by 200 American four engined planes hit Wilhemshaven and Cuxhaven, with high losses reported for the bomber fleets.
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Edward D. Ball Landon
RAF
Reich
Ruhr
Rhineland
Tduesseldorf
Munster
Air Ministry
Wilhelmshaven
Cuxhaven
Dortmund
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Monster
Rhinnland
Ems River
Netherlands
German High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
United States
Shoe Stamp Must Last Until Oct. 31
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration set Stamp 18 for shoe rationing to last four and a half months, transferring within families and not boosting extra stamps. Stamp 17 expires Tuesday night, with crowding and long waits at stores as civilians rush purchases before the deadline.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Planes Strike Six Jap Bases In Pacific Islands Action
Allied bombers led by General MacArthur blasted six Japanese strongholds above Australia including a 15 plane raid on Koepang Timor where the city burned. Forties tons of explosives dropped on Koepang, with targets also at Dili Rabaul Gasmsta Madang and Babo. Farther east Chinese forces under Chiang Kai Shek pressed advances on Yangloushou near Yochow, while Burma saw RAF strikes on Arkyab.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Koepang
Timor
Dili
Rabaul
Canton-Hankaw
Yochow
Burma
Arkyab
Bay of Bengal
Allies pound Lampedusa as Pantelleria victory shifts
Allied air forces press a heavy assault on Lampedusa following Pantelleria’s capitulation, with bombing and naval action intensifying. Italian communiques claim garrisons resist, while Algiers radio cites continued air strikes and losses on both sides as Allied Marauders and Desert Air Force aircraft target Sicily and southern Italy.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Panelleria
High Command
Associated Press
Statians
Sicilian Straits
Gibraltar
Algiers
Trampedusa
Fantelleria
RAF
Wesl ™ Mions
Lanpedusa
Malta
Desert Air Force
Calabria
Italy
Mafta
Pozzalla
Milazoo
Sicily
Cap Bon
Most Liquor Dealers to Keep License
Arkansas revenue department announced all but a few liquor retailers will keep their permits for 1943 44. About 430 of 486 licensed dealers have reapplied and must file by July 1. Earlier shortages prompted fears many would close, but reissuance policy and potential future stock recovery support continued operation.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Revenue Department
F. Straus Son
De Gaulle Forces Major Army Shakeup in Free France
In Algiers on June 12 a French Liberation Committee reportedly agreed to discharge high officers with anti Allied fascist or Putainist backgrounds. Charles de Gaulle threatened to resign and the committee was expected to act that night on reorganizing the army with De Gaulle and six others in accord.
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Algiers
French Committee For National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
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