Restage rates and post office deficit debate in Texas
Washington news notes possible restage increases for second and third class mail to aid Post Office funds. Critics cite rural subsidy benefits and urge government belt-tightening, while publishers warn of higher costs for newspapers. Local anecdotes include Henry Humphrey on highway signage and progress on the Hope-Lewisville road project with expected summer completion.
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Washington News
Post Office Department
Star
Congress
Allealyeeto
Henry Humphrey
Texas Publishers Association
Third Street
U.S. 67
Highway Department
Henry
Lexus
Arkansas
Hope
Lewisville
Churchill Faces Big Crisis Back in England
Churchill returns to Britain amid dire North Africa losses and fall of Tobruk. He confronts a no confidence vote in the House of Commons as critics call for changes, while The Times urges a radical shift and fresh leadership in wartime strategy.
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London
Winston Churchill
England
Roosevelt
Ndt
North Africa
al Egypt
Tobruk
Com Mons
London Times
Britain
the Times
House of Commons
State boards to begin rotation under new draft plan
Little Rock June 27 AP State Selective Service Director J y Compere said some Arkansas draft boards would begin calling registrants under the new category system in August. Category lists are being set up by 94 local boards, with July and part of August quotas filled from men now classed as 1 A as boards prep for induction. Local boards start category lists with unclassified registrants who registered in the third registration last Feb 16.
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Little Rock
State Selective Service
J. @y Compere
Compere
Stolen Bicycle Recovered. Suspect Bailed in Hope Case
Police yesterday arrested and bailed James Stultz of Hempstead for investigation in the theft several months ago of a bicycle owned by Ray Allen of Hope. The bicycle was recovered late yesterday as investigators continue the case.
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James Stultz
Hempstead Youth
Ray Allen
Hope
Crossett Youth Drowns in Latine River Incident
Crossett June 27 AP Randa Sivils about 21 drowned yesterday while swimming in the Latine river north of Crossett. Body recovered today. Survivors include his mother Mrs. Alina Sivils of near Crossett and a brother Max of the U.S. Army.
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Crossetl
Randa Sivils
Here
Alina Sivils
Near Crossett
Max
U.S. Army
Antarctic penguins breed mostly outside the circle
A note on penguin species states that despite their Antarctic symbolism only two of seventeen species breed exclusively within the Antarctic Circle, suggesting most species nest elsewhere or mix habitats.
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Antarctic
Antarctic Circle
War atrocity tales shaped by wartime propaganda
S. Burton Heath notes Americans grew wary of atrocity stories during World War I as the nation faced a flood of tales, many funded by allied propaganda efforts, shaping postwar perceptions and skepticism toward sensational reporting.
FATE OF ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK FAIR LIKELY SET TUESDAY
Little Rock June 27 AP The Arkansas Livestock Show association faces a decision on its 1942 exposition after talks with defense transportation director Joseph Eastman and agriculture department officials Col T H Barton association president said transportation needs are light Government officials seek to minimize fairs as a rubber conservation measure
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Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Col
T. H .Barton
EL Dorado
Association
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Agriculture Department
Barton
U S Flyers Aid China Australia Against Japs
Chungking June 27 AP The Chinese high command said Kwelkl on the western leg of the Klanasi Cheklang railway again changed hands with the Japanese recapturing it, reducing the Chinese rail portion to about fifty miles. General Chiang Kai-Shek's forces, reinforced by American fiefs, fought Japanese spearheads on a dozen fronts while Allied airmen in Australia reported a sweeping victory over the Japanese near Port Moresby. Interceptors and bombers over Tort Moresby reportedly downed six to 30 enemy planes with little damage. The East China front remained serious but Chiang's troops stiffened against invasion columns in Chekiang and Kiangsi as Japanese silence persisted. Elsewhere Japanese forces in South China near Kwangtung opened offense southeast of Tungfa driving back the Chinese 152nd and 53rd divisions. Tsungfa lies 50 miles northeast of Canton. Liu Chin, commander of the 27th Army in southern Shansi, was said to have fled to the mountains.
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Klanasi
Cheklang
Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Australia
Douglas. MacArthur
Moresby
United Nations
New Guinea
East China War
Chiang
Chekiang
Kiangsi
South China
Kwangtung
Tungfa
Tsungfa
Canton
Liu Chin
Shansi
Press Freedom Threatened by War Censorship Warning
Senator Arthur I. Vandenberg warned that wartime government controls threaten press freedom. He told 36 Associated Press member papers in Michigan that truth versus propaganda is at stake and insisted a free press must stay vigilant. He cited voluntary censorship as cooperation with the war effort.
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Grand Maven
Mich
Arthur I. Vandenberg
R-Michi
Associated Press
Michigan
Michigan Press Editorial Association
America
East Hikes Gas Price Across Eastern Seaboard
Washington on June 27 announces a price rise by 2 12 cents per gallon for gasoline and 2 cents for domestic fuel oils and kerosene. The Office of Price Administration approved the increase, with impact across the eastern seaboard. The report also notes a separate fact about Yunnan province in China, comparing its size to New England.
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Washington
Eastern
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Office of Price Administration
Carpenters Wanted to Work in Arkansas
Carpenters are urgently needed for work within the state on defense construction. Interested carpenters may contact the U. S. Employment Service at 2M East Second street, Hone,immediately.
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U. S. Employment Service
East Second Street
Hone
U.S. Airmen to Join RAF for European Bombing
Reports say United States Army Air Force units are in the British Isles laying groundwork for participation in mass raids on Germany. Officials indicate pilots arriving in increasing numbers and that American crews will operate independently yet collaborate within a long range bombing plan against German targets.
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Londo
Capy
United States Army Air Force
British Isles
Germany
United States
U. S
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
RAF
Oil Production Cut Ordered for Arkansas Fields
Magnolia June 27 The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission ordered a drastic curtailment of oil production in the Tiorceat Macedonia and McKamie fields starting July 1 to reduce sour gas waste from 50 million to 14 million cubic feet daily. Desulphurized sour gas will fuel war industries and a power plant while further drilling proceeds.
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Magnolia
Tiorceat
Macedonia
McKamie
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Arkansas War Industries
First Cotton Blooms Pour in Saturday
The Oui community reports its first cotton bloom brought in by C. D. Walker near Qzan on the J. Smith farm. Others submitting blooms include Dan Laha Fatimas Charlie Brown Centerville Lon Wafer Hone route 4 Baker near Hope and the W. K. Lemley farm. The note recalls the U S S Pennsylvania landing a plane on a ship in 1911.
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Oui
C. D. Walker
Qzan
J. Smith
Dan Laha
Fatimas
Charlie Brown
Centerville
Art
Lon Wafer
Hone Route 4. Co
Baker
Near Hope
W. K. Lemley
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A Philadelphia coat worth 350 dollars hides a Salvation Army mystery as its owner forgot the lining money and cannot be named. In California a motorist’s license is suspended yet praised for safety, while a Kansas man seeks replacement license plates amid metal shortages. A Arkansas river loss leads to repaid insurance and ongoing license plate troubles.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Salvation Army
Garden City
Kas
C. A. Smith
Arkansas River
Kansas
Smith
Rommel's Romp Toward Matruh Opens Egyptian Battle
Axis forces under Field Marshal Rommel push toward Matruh as British defenses tighten in Egypt. Allied air strikes hit Ploesti earlier, while Axis and Allied actions disrupt Libyan bases and desert supply lines amid a wider war front from Kharkov to the Nile.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Matruh
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Rommel
Nile
Suez Canal
Middle East
Claude Auchinleck
Cairo
U. S Army
Libyan
Churchill Views Army Training at Fort Jackson
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Fort Jackson to observe infantry training and paratroop drops. He praised the troops, tested equipment, and spoke of future liberating actions by British and American forces against oppression. The visit was kept secret until his return to England.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Ort
Fort Jackson
England
U S Gun Crew Sink Axis Sub Off Cuba Coast
A Florida port ship’s gun crew claims to have sunk an Axis submarine off Cuba as the sub surfaced near the merchant vessel. Captain Ellison and five crew fired rapidly, with a near miss and a direct line-water shot causing the submarine to roll and dive.
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Florida
United States
Cuba
John EB. Ellison
Upperr Darby
Ellison
Edwin L. Smith
Fayette
Miss
L. B. Hansen
New Orleans
Hansen
Air chief Harris says war could end by autumn
Royal Air Force bomber command leader Harris asserts that with 20 000 bombers over Germany tonight or 1 000 nightly raids the war could end by autumn. He envisions decisive air power as the war’s decisive factor and predicts German cries for mercy when allied air forces strike. He rose from Rhodesia tobacco planter to deputy director of plans and now leads the air war strategy.
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Drew Middleton
London
Avibuy ‘Vayers Harris
Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Cologne
Germany
Harris
RAF
Britain
Air Army
Admiralty
War Office
Japan
Rodesia
Rhodesian
Blackout Pay for Strikers at Yellow Truck Plants
In Pontiac Michigan 1100 workers across four Yellow Truck and Coach Co plants received 20 minutes pay for a Wednesday night lockout and 15 minutes for a May 24 blackout after an unauthorized one day strike. The company will begin contract talks with the CIO United Auto Workers on wage adjustments and grievances, with potential disciplinary actions forthcoming. The strike and picketing were led by night shift workers and opposed by UAW president R J Thomas.
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Pontiac
Mich
Yellow Truck and Coach Co
United Automobile Workers
CIO
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Carter Oil to complete Marble Hanes No 3 in Lafayette county
Special Correspondent reports Carter Oil Company aims to finish Marble Hanes No 3 in the McKamie 83s distillate field over the weekend. The test at 9150 feet porosity topped at 9860 feet with extensive saturation and a plug being drilled. Other activity includes Atlantic Refining at Bodean Armour Unit No 1 and multiple wells in Midway with porosity tests and scheduled production tests for next week, plus Tidewater Oil at Amanda Bendaw No 1 recementing.
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Ark
Carter Oil Company
McKamie
Lafayette County
Allantic Refining Company
Bodean Armour Unit
Midway
Barnsdall Oil Company
Barney Powell
Powell
Barnsdall
Roberts
Dobson
McClain
Southwood Oil Company
W. E. Hodnett
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Turner
Patton
Lewisville
This County
Tidewater Oil Company
Amanda Bendaw
Ground Broken for APL Plant in Stamps Arkansas
Construction on Arkansas Power and Light Company’s 3 million dollar electric plant two miles east of Stamps began today. A. A. Edwards of Miami is resident engineer. Executive VP C. B. Lynch said the unit will not be a war project and will produce 30,000 kilowatts per hour using southwest Arkansas sour gas as fuel. Seaports Rotterdam and Amsterdam are noted among Knine’s chief ports.
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Stamps
Arkansas Power and Light Company
A. A. Edwards
Miami
Fla
C. 8. Lynch
Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
FDR and Churchill Outline Plan to Divert German Forces
In a joint Washington London statement Roosevelt and Churchill say upcoming United Nations operations will divert German strength from the attack on Russia. Details are withheld but the plan follows their Washington conference with military advisers. The note also expresses hope navies will cut merchant shipping losses and lauds Russia and China's resistance amid global war expansion.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
United Nations
Russia
London
Germany
Japan
Io Relief
United States
Atlantic
White House
Stephen Harry
Vey
Paris
Advertising deadlines in wartime notice published
The Star announces ad copy must be in the composing room 24 hours before publication and repeats this for political campaign managers before primary elections. It warns advertisers the management may enforce a 48 hour deadline during war time while telegraph news remains prioritized.
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Telegraph News
Alex, H. Washburn
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