Tail Gunner recalls war duties at Pyote Army Air Base
Our Daily Bread slices a report from Pyote Texas where Sgt Jess M Davis outlines crew assembly for a B 17 Flying Fortress after seven months training He notes the pilot's hours and the mix of experience among veterans who have served in Europe Africa and the Pacific The piece also comments on Virginia Senator Byrd as a potential presidential draft choice and the political realities of South versus national influence in selecting a president national politics and Byrd are discussed with an eye to electoral dynamics and party power.
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Pyote Army Air Base
Pyote
Texas
Jess M. Davis
The
Star
Pacific
Europe
Africa
Virginia
Marty F. Byrd
James M. Thomson
Gaylord
Republic
George Washington
Byrd
U. S. Senate
Qld Dominion
New York
Ohio
Indiana
North
Middle West
Solid South
Senate
Allied Command Warns De Gaulle Not To Interfere
General Eisenhower will be firmly supported by Britain and the United States as he finalizes preparations for an assault on Axis Europe. The Allied policy keeps De Gaulle’s ambitions in check, with Giraud remaining in command of French forces in Africa and interference from De Gaulle to be halted. Allied authorities remain aloof from French political wrangling while ensuring military momentum in French Africa amid Contitubays disputes.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee For National Liberation
Algiers
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Schools Asked to Check Property Tax Assessments
County Tax Assessor C. Cook announced enforcement of a 1929 law requiring school directors to review county tax assessment lists within their districts. Districts including Hope Special, Blevins Special, Spring Hill, Guernsey, Saratoga, and DeAnn will provide alphabetical lists to the assessor and annotate omitted properties. Cook noted Blevins spans five townships with minimal additions, Saratoga had 29 additions, and Hope Special will require the most work due to De Roan township’s revenue impact.
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C. Cook
Hempstead
Tingahaw
Cook
Hope Special
Blevins Special
Spring Hill
Guernsey
Saratoga
DeAnn
Blevins
Hope
de- Roan
Columbus Man Dies Sunday in Little Rock
Matt Shepperson, 73, a Columbus native, died in a Little Rock hospital Sunday. Funeral services will be held at Presbyterian Church of Columbus at 4:20 p.m. Monday. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Virginia Dudney, and four brothers: Rev. Flanoy Shepperson of South Carolina, Rev. David Shepperson of El Dorado, John G. of San Angelo, Texas, and J. A. Shepperson of Spiro, Oklahoma.
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Matt Shepperson
Columbus
Tuck
Presbyterian Church of Columbus
Virginia Dudney
Flanoy Shepperson
South Carolina
David Shepperson
el Dorado
John G
San Angelo
Texas
J. A. Shepperson
Spiro
Okla
Ration Calendar Entries and Stamp Validities
Ration Book details list stamps for coffee sugar canning and shoes with expiration dates. Blue stamps K L M N cover meats fats oils and dairy with valid through June and July references. Gasoline stamps permit four gallons per A-book until a July date.
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Ation
Witnesses Win Case Against City of Hope
Little Rock reports Arkansas Supreme Court upholds invalidation of three city peddlers license ordinances affecting Jehovah's Witness pamphleteering in Hope Melena and Sheridan. Ruling voids fines from Hempstead and Grant circuits and aligns with Fort Smith and Taos/Vison line on free exercise.
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Little Rock
U. S. Supreme Court
Arkuansas Supreme Court
Jehovah's Witnesses
Hope
Melena
Sheridan
U.S
Hempstead
Grant Circuit
Fort Smith
Lais Bowden
Zada Sanders
Jefferson Chancery Court
High Tribunal
Jefferson County
Arkansas
A. R. Merritt
T. C. Terrell
Two Jap Subs Attacked From Air by Allies
South Pacific headquarters reports Allied air forces attacked two Japanese submarines in separate South Pacific areas over the week. One sub was damaged by depth charges 200 miles southwest of Suva, Fiji, with a heavy oil slick forming. A second submarine was bombed in the Solomons near Coral Sea. it dived after the strike. Raids targeted Munda Vila Ballale Rekata and other sites in Bougainville, with 20 tons bombed at Munda Saturday and 15 tons Sunday. Targets included conways, planes, gas dumps, bivouac areas and anti aircraft positions.
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South Pacific
Solomon Islands
Soul Pacific
Suva
Fiji Islands
Southam
Coral Sea
Munda
Vila
New Georgia Group
Makili
Ballale
Bougainville Island
Rekaia
Santa Isabel
Navy
Washington
Villx
Kanill
Bullule
Rekata
Dauntless
Docks of Naples Hit Hard in Allied Raid
Allied bombers hit Naples ships and industrial plants in a Saturday night raid. Italian communique claimed limited damage while Allied reports noted multiple Axis planes shot down and missing Allied aircraft. Additional dispatches described raids on Messina, Reggio Calabria, and other targets, with ongoing air campaigns across Sicily and the Aegean region.
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Allied
North Africa
Y— Woellington
North African Air Forces
Naples
Rome
Associated Press
Gerbini
Catania
Reggio Calabria
Reggia Calabria
Sicily
Bizerte
Messina
Nobiles
Algiers
Reuters
Madrid
Arriba
Pavis Radio
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Actioun
Whitseetar
Ankara
London Daily Mail
Micdricd
Large U S Bombers Raid France In Day Cluster
London reports a large force of United States heavy bombers attacked targets in France as part of an intensifying offensive. Earlier, RAF Spitfires and Typhoons sunk two German ships and forced another ashore, with three more damaged off the Dateh Coast.
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London
United States
France
Tite
United Allies Army
Boulogne
Calais
RAF
Air Ministry
OWM Fails to Issue a Public Order in First Month
Washington reports the Office of War Mobilization has not issued a single public order or taken public action in its first month. Officials describe its work as plenty but secret while Byrnes leads a small 14-person team from the White House east wing.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
OWM
Office of War Mobilization
War Labor Board
WLBI
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
WLB
Ickes
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Inner War Council
White House
Byrnes
German Born American Nabbed by FBI
German born naturalized U S citizen Ernest Frederick Lehmitz, 57, pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Martin C Epstein in Brooklyn to FBI charges he gathered information on troop movement, production for the Nazi regime, convoys and marine intelligence while serving as an air raid warden in Tompkinsville Staten Island. Held in 50000 bail for grand jury action, he faces wartime espionage act penalties. Special agent E E Conroy called the arrest a lesson for Americans, citing use of invisible ink to relay messages to German contacts and reports on national defense and civilian morale.
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New York
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
U. S
Martin C. Epstein
Brooklyn
FBI
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Lehmitz
U.S
Epstein
E. E. Conroy
Jesson
Europe
Lehmite
Conroy
McClellan Opposes Rollback Food Plan
Senator McClellan of Arkansas opposes a government rollback of food prices via producer subsidies. He warned in the Senate that passing such a bill would be a 25 billion dollar mistake charged to future generations, unjustified and potentially endless, equating it to masking errors in the current control program and risking a growing national debt.
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Washington
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Aiken Rvil
Arkansas
Congress
Lasley Resigns As Utilities Attorney
P A Lasley, a leading authority on utilities, resigns as special attorney for the Arkansas Department of Public Utilities. He will focus on private practice, denying political ambitions, effective July 1. Lasley helped organize the agency in 1933 and chaired its predecessors, shaping state regulation.
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Site Rock
I P. A. Lasley
South
Arkansas Department of Public Utitities
Lsley
Atilitices
A. B. Hill
Adkins
Mill
Lusley
Lastey
Jong
Thates
States
Federal Power Commission
Lake Catherine
M-utility
Southwest Power Pool
State Regulatory Agency
National Association of Utilities and Railway Commissions
Lasley
Utilities Department
Carl E. Bailey
Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Ben
Texarkanan
Little Rock
Inite Rock
Irigy
Blytheville
Shellorn Town in Colorado Starts Cleanup
In Grand Junction Colorado residents dug jagged shrapnel from yards after a four hour bombardment from munitions in a freight train wreck. At least four injured including Fire Chief Charles Downing who lost an arm, and railroad worker Bob Walraven with possible jaw fracture.
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Grand Junction
Colorado
Juez
Charles Downing
Bob Walraven
Virginia Buckley
Henry Tebo
Joseph Lowe
Main Street
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Joe Brady
Clarence Kurtz
Army
Negro Admits Robbing 53 Establishments
A 17 year old named M. C. McCoy confessed to robbing 53 businesses and stealing 13 automobiles in Hope and surrounding towns. He admitted thefts in Texarkana including Luck's Tourist Court Unique Cafe and the Snack Shop in Hope. Police expect trial in Texarkana and then transfer to Hope.
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Hope
Texaplana
M. C. McCoy
Tegarkana
Luck's Tourist Court
Unique Cafe
George Stroud
William Wray
Graydon Anthony
Jap Held Base Blasted 16 Times in Last 3 Days
Washington reports heavy and medium bombers, escorted by fighters, struck Kiska in seven raids, setting eight fires and hitting anti aircraft positions. Attacks also targeted Ka hili Rekata Bay Munda Vila and Ballale in the Solomon Islands with several ships and air support. On June 26 Liberators and medium bombers bombed Kiska multiple times, scoring hits and starting fires in the camp area and around antiaircraft emplacements.
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Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Kahili
Rekata Bay
Munda
Vila
Ballale
Solomon Islands
Ballale Island
Shortland Area
New Georgia
Kolombangara Island
North Pacific
Reds Capture Finnish Point on Karelian Front
London reports Red Army troops seized a Finnish strong point on the Karelian Isthmus after hand to hand fighting. Soviet headlines claimed 300 Finnish soldiers killed and a counterattack repulsed. Finnish communiqu satellites say they retook a Rus sian outpost near Rukaier vi with heavy losses. Other fronts saw ongoing artillery exchanges and air battles with Nazi planes.
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London
Red Army
Karelian
Moscow
Monitor
Rukaiaervi
Nothern
Helsink Buklefin
Orel
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Leonforte
Piazza Armerina
Y Adéina
Barcell
Miles
eMesoro Sacco
Utilities
Shellorn Town
Reds
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