Court Orders New Trial in Joe Smith Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court set aside Joe Smiths death sentence for the 1942 murder of his niece Dolores Catherine Smith and ordered a new trial citing error in an opening statement and an inadmissible confession. The ruling criticized the trial judge for not instructing that life imprisonment was possible on a first degree murder conviction and noted coercive-sounding statements. The decision also addressed a Northwest Arkansas case upholding a two year term for Claris Fancher and remanding Troy Fanchers seven year sentence for a new trial.
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Supreme Court
Joe Smith
Dolores Catherine Smith
High Tribunal
Pulaski
Sam Robinson
Smith
Wis
Gus Falk
Little Rock
Gestapo
Cnenbes
Arkansas
Claris Fancher
Carroll
Johnny Roberts
Troy Fancher
Life insurance farms shrink as foreclosures revive market
A New York dispatch notes life insurance companies sold 100000 farms at the low point, now owning 16000 to 20000 farms valued around 200 million. War price boosts and rehab programs revived holdings, but experts warn against assuming farm real estate is a safe inflation hedge and urge cautious investment and ample cash purchases.
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New York
Holgar B. Johnson
Institute of Life Insurance
Validity of Kidd Act to Be Tested
Circuit Judge Earl Witt postponed ruling on the 1843 Kidd Act banning Sunday beer and wine sales. Frank Barber, a Hot Springs shop operator, was charged after admitting a sale but arguing the act was not properly passed. The judge will further investigate the law's status as to enforceability.
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Hot Springs
Earl Witt
Witt
Frank Barber
Barber
Nate
House
Predicts Shutdown in Arkansas Mines
Fort Smith June 21 predicted a complete shutdown today of all coal mines in the Arkansas Oklahoma district by State Mine Inspector J W Fitzfarrell after crews in 41 mines in the Poteau Bokoshe area refused to work last night. Indications point to a complete work stoppage in Arkansas coal mines with similar conditions in Oklahoma. About 4000 miners are employed in Arkansas and 2000 in Oklahoma, while the district claims 6000 members. Arkansas mines produced a daily average of 7700 tons last year.
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Fort Smith
VPI
Arkansas - Oklahoma
J. W. Fitzfarrell
Poteau - Bokoshe
Arkansas
Fitsjarrell
Oklahoma
United Mine Workers
Wartime ration calendar notes stamp expirations
Ration Book No. 1 lists coffee stamps good for one pound expiring June 30 and sugar stamps for five pounds expiring August 15. Canning stamps 15 and 36 cover five pounds each. shoes stamp 18 valid through October 31. Book No. 2 blue stamps G H J expire June 7. K L M valid through July 7. Red stamps J K valid through June 80. red L becomes valid June 6 through June 30. Gasoline stamps No. 6 of A-books allow four gallons each until July 22.
Six Die as Detroit Race Riots Roil City
Detroit police and Michigan state troops mobilized after six people were killed and hundreds injured in riots spreading from the Belle Isle bridge area. Governor Kelly flew to Detroit to coordinate action as officers reported multiple gunfights, arrestees, and widespread disturbances across a five mile square Negro neighborhood near downtown.
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Detroit
Michigan
Donald S. Leonard
Harry Kelly
Helle Isle Bridge
Cant. Leonard
Upper Peninsula
Kelly
Columbus
Edward J. Jeffries
Belle Isle
Harry F. Keily
Lansing
Ohio
Nebelt
Woodward Avenue
Detroit River
Woodward
Adelaide Street
Carl Lincoln
Harold Bote
Vernon Mayden
Bote
Hancock and
Beaubien
Lincoln
William Hardyes
Robert Davis
Floyd C. Noot
Ernest J. Hartwick, Jr
Nevroes
Division
Hastings Street
Stalled Mining Industry Looks to Government
Washington reports the coal mining sector faced another stoppage as operators and United Mine Workers clash over pay and a no contract no work policy. Intern Secretary Ickes takes lead. OWI warns coal must run at capacity to support war demands. About 74,000 miners quit as talks collapsed, union vows readiness to confer with the interior secretary.
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Washington
War Machine
War Labor Board
WLB
John IL. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ickes
Columbus
Ohio
Mine Workers' Policy Committee
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Secretary of the Interior
Office of War Information
OWI
Joe QO. Grady
Willow Grove
Violent quake rattles northwest Anatolia. Turkey shaken
Turkish radio reports a violent earthquake in the northwest Anatolia region with Adapazar possibly 15,000 dead, half its population. Unconfirmed Transocean reports say 40 percent of houses destroyed and widespread damage. Panic in Istanbul as communications fail and trains halt.
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Loodon
Dine
Beylin Radio
Anatolia
Turkey
Adapazar
Transocean
Dardanelles
Antolia
Istanbul
Constantinople
Associated Press
Ankara
Radar, the wartime weapon that shaped victory
In 1943 radar emerges as the pivotal U.S. discovery, born from radio research by rival scientists denied early funding. Had inertia prevailed, the war might have stretched decades. The piece traces radar from secret origins to its explosion into a multi million dollar wartime, and later peacetime, industry.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Rada
United Nations
Axis
Sicily Target of Large Allied Formations
Allied air fleets under Lieut. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz struck Sicily and other Italian targets from Marsala to Messina, downing 16 Axis fighters. Rome reported raids on Naples Foggia Spitazzola Reggio Calabria and San Giovanni. Northwest African Air Forces lost five planes. Messina raid caused fires in freight yards. Axis claimed attacks near Pantelleria and a convoy off Cape Serrat damaged.
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Harold V. Boyle
North Africa
Carl A. Spaatz
Marsala
Messina
Rome
Naples
Italy
Sicily
Italian High Command
Foggia
Spitazzola
Reggia Calabria
San Giovanni
Africa
Malta
Middle East
Algiers
Porte
Northwest African
Pantelleria
Syria
Aegean
Cape Serrat
Tunisia
DNB
Berlin
Price Rollback in Retail Meat Today
Washington reports a second price rollback under the Office of Price Administration. An average 3 cent per pound cut applies to most meats excluding cured and processed pork, with those cuts to follow July 5. This follows a 10 percent butter reduction earlier in June. A similar cut is planned for coffee, date pending.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
De Gaulle ready to leave Algiers if reforms fail
Algiers report states Gen Charles de Gaulle may depart for Beirut or Brazzaville if his military reform plan fails to win adoption by the Committee of National Liberation in talks starting tomorrow. Giraud’s rise in support could threaten de Gaulle’s control while both sides seek a division of military authority. United States and Britain may recognize a temporary French government this week alongside other nations. Civilians slated for service may volunteer for the Fighting French division under De Larminat.
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Daniel DE Luce
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Beirut
Brazzaville
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaullists
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Orginal
Giraud
Vichy
de Gawle
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Turkey
Eduard Rene Marie de Larminat
Third Republic
Hottest Days Recorded At Hope Arkansas Station
Records from the University of Arkansas Experiment Station near Hope show Saturday June 19 reached 98 degrees, the year's hottest day, while Sunday measured 97 degrees, just one degree cooler.
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Oiversity of Arkansas Experiment Station
Hope
Two Day Holiday This July Fourth
July 4 falls on a Sunday this year, so Hope merchants plan to observe the holiday on Monday July 5. The chamber of commerce says most store managers will close Monday, a long standing local custom, with no objections expected from merchants.
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Chamber of Commerce
Germans Repul Large Forces off Syria and Sicily
Central war reports say German broadcasts claim Allied invasion fleets massing in the Eastern Mediterranean off Syria while landing craft move into position. Allied air thrusts across the Nile airfields threaten ports. Italian leadership rumors of surrender are denied by North Africa reliable sources.
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Carl C
Cranmer
Associated Press
North
Africa
Stockholm
Seven Hills
Rome
Alli
North Africa
Umberto
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Australia
Orel Front
Red
Bryanski Karachev
Atlantic
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Schneider
le Creusot
Apsault
Gilbert Island Bombing Raids Target Japanese Bases
Navy communique reports heavy bombing raids on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands and other targets in the Pacific. Liberator bombers hit Tarawa and Kahili Buin area, while Navy Dauntless and Avengers supported strikes on Vilas Kolombangara. Ventura bombers attacked Kiska. all US planes returned.
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Washington
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Navy
South Pacific
United States
Army
Kahili
Buin
Navy Dauntless
Avengers
Army Warhawk
Vilas
Kolombangara Island
North Pacific
Kiska
Girl Bites Dog Fort Atkinson Wis story
Joye, 38 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lawrie, bit a neighbor's black dog so hard the animal avoids her now. An area spanning nearly 250000 square miles is covered by the Pennsylvania coal fields.
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Joye
Mig
Robert Lawrie
Pennsylvania
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City of
Japan
Far Eastern Command
Ervice Telephoto
Far Eastern High Command
Archibald Wavell
India
Sir Claude Auchinleck
U.S
Sicil
Europe
Gilbert Island
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