Red Cross War Drive Urges Prompt Support in War Time
The piece notes Americans traded leisure for civil defense work and Red Cross aid. It highlights civilian trainings in artificial respiration and surgical dressings, praising the Red Cross as the wartime international life line. It calls Memphstead county to raise 7900 dollars promptly and generously to aid the war effort.
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America
Office of Civilian Defense
Red Cross
Mempstead
Hope City
High Court Rules Against Baker in Civil Suit
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a Carroll County chancery decree ordering Norman Baker to pay $25,000 to the estate of R. A. Bellows. Baker had promised Bellows an interest in his Eureka Springs hospital while Bellows served as business manager. The court found the promise tied to Baker’s operations of hospitals and radio enterprises.
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Lille Rock
Maceh
Normin Baker
Arkansas
Iowa
Arkansas Supreme Court
Carrol County
High Tribunal
Baker
R. A. Bellows
Gvie Bellows
Supreme Court
Trint Court
Bellows
Norman Baker, Inc
Eureka Springs Hospital Corporation
Conviction of Viereck Reversed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reversed the conviction of George Sylvester Viereck for failing to disclose Nazi activities to the State Department. Justice Stone delivered the 5-2 decision, with Black and Douglas dissenting and Jackson and Rotledge not participating. The opinion faulted the prosecutor for remarks that inflamed passion and prejudice, noting such statements were highly prejudicial to due process.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Sylvester Viereck
State Department
Sue
Magnolia Petroleum Co. Found Guilty by Board
National Labor Relations Board today found Magnolia Petroleum Co. guilty of unfair labor practices in the dismissal of three members of Truckers and Stewards Local 8748 of the AFL. The ruling upholds a trial examiner’s decision from a May 20, 1944 hearing at Lite Rock and orders reinstatement to former or substantially equivalent positions with back pay from January 25, 1942 to reinstatement.
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Washington, Maren
National Labor Relations Board
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Lute
Wales
Miners Entombed in Montana Coal Mine
Relatives of 69 miners wait in Bearcreek as rescue teams battle deadly gases with an emergency air blower. Five bodies recovered, seven more located but difficult to reach. gas clearing may take 24 hours. Lightless tunnels and three mile distance hinder operations. Some survivors hoped but chances grow slim.
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Bearcreek
Mont
Ily
Smith
Bill Romek
Allies Hit Sicily and Algiers in Heavy Raids Killings Reported
Allied air raids over Sicily cut lives with about 200 killed and hundreds injured at Coplinti and Balermo. A Rome broadcast says public and private buildings were hit. Axis torpedo planes sank two Allied freighters totaling 17,000 tons and damaged destroyers near Algiers, claims the communique not confirmed by Allies.
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Associated Press
Coplinti
Balermo
Sicily
Alay
Tralian High Command
Rome
Britain
Algiers
McNutt Opposes Compulsory Labor Draft Plan
Washington reports McNutt, head of the War Manpower Commission, opposes compulsory labor draft legislation. He supports voluntary manpower measures and warns funding cuts would slow, but not halt, U S employment services. He declines to discuss broader draft proposals or reporting absences to draft boards.
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Washington
Stimson
McNutt
Tam
Senate
House
U. S. Employment Service
Ife
WMC
China retakes towns as Japanese pressure eases near Kiangsu
Chinese forces recaptured Fengsin in Kiangsi and several towns in Kiangsu, halting Japanese advances in two provinces. Changyouk wing and five other points fell after battles that killed about 300 Japanese and captured over 400 troops. Japanese attacks continued in Shantung while Western Yunnan saw a new front from Burma.
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Kiangsi
Fengsin
Kiangsu
Kanching
Anyi
Yellow Sea
Changyoukwing
Shantung
Yunnan
Mengting
Congress Faces Work or Fight Measure Today
Congress opens a tense week with key labor and war effort bills. The House debates an anti absentee Navy bill and military labor reforms while considering civil aviation oversight and anti racketeering penalties. A draft deferment and lend lease legislation loom, with naval and labor officials slated for testimony.
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Washington
March
House
Rules Committee
McCormack
Massachusetts
Navy Yard
Naval Affairs
Vinson
Naval Commitee
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rates Committee
Organized Labor
Patman
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Staten
Chiang Kai-Shek’s Wife Arrives in New York for Four‑Day Visit
Mrs Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in New York for a four day visit greeted by Mayor LaGuardia and Mrs LaGuardia. Chinese Consul General Tsune Chi Yu. They plan a tour of New York’s Chinatown with extensive preparations and flags displayed.
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York
Cne
Chiang Kai-Shek
New York
I. LaGuardia
Crossett Forester Dies Yesterday
Crossett March 1. Lady Arnot age 54, chief manager of the Ar sansag Forestry commission and notable Noxberman, died at his home from a heart seizure yesterday. Formerly general manager of the Crossett lumber company, Crossett paper mills and affiliated industries. At death he was treasurer and director of the enterprises.
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Crossett
Arnot
Chiymmag
Arsansag Forestry Commission
Noxberman
Crossett Lumber Company
Crossett Paper Mills
Affiliates Industries
Point rationing of food begins nationwide amid confusion
The Associated Press reports the point rationing program starts with thousands of stores nationwide. Shoppers experience limited supplies and varying point costs for items like raisins and beans, with some stores removing coupons from War Ration Book No 2. Workers and volunteers organize to explain rules while early behavior shows cautious spending and delivery constraints.
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Associated Press
OPA
New York City
New York
Washington
Rep
Springey
R Lnd
Japs Reported Massing Forces Near Australia
Allied Headquarters reports Japan is massing troops and ships in island bases north of Australia. MacArthur says aerial strikes show growing Japanese concentrations along the northern perimeter, with possible offensive or defensive readiness. The spread stretches from the Solomon Islands to Timor and the Indies.
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Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Dutch Timor
MacArthur
Pentoti
Keopang
Timor
Koepang
Darwin
Selamons
New Britain
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Dinner for Red Cross Staff Workers
Dinner at 7:30 Tuesday night in the First Christian church community room will kick off the national Red Cross drive for wartime funds. Last minute instructions will be issued to the local staff at the event.
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First Christian Church
Toom
Red Cross
Morgan & Lindsey Donates Full Red Cross Support
Hope Hempstead county drive opens to raise 7900 for war needs with Morgan & Lindsey as first downtown business to report 100 percent. The firm gives 35 dollars and each employee offers one day’s pay. others urged to donate one day’s gross profit and employees one day’s pay.
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Morgan & Lindsey
Hempstead
Canvassing planned for business district and residences
Canvassing of the business district begins Wednesday morning while the residential section will be canvassed the week of March 8. Hempstead county sets a $7,900 quota, about double the peace-time amount, with every business and individual urged to double prior giving. Business houses are asked to contribute at least one day’s gross pay.
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Hempstead
Four Arkansans Killed in Action in Multiple Theaters
Washington reports four Arkansans among 78 listed as killed in action across Asiatic, European, North African, South Pacific, and Southwest Pacific theaters. Names include Bursel Haines of Marked Tree, Hert S. Hall of Little Rock area, HL Smith of Southwest region, Barnett of Coal Hill, and Robert J Brewster of Wilmar.
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Washington
Finns to Continue to Fight Declares Ryti
President Risto Ryti told parliament at his inauguration for a second term that Finland cannot see any signs ending the war and must continue all efforts with Germany. The statement followed rumors Finland sought a separate peace with the Allies and neutrals.
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Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Finland
Germany
United Nations
Nazi Attacks Slow Reds in One Sector
London March 1 German efforts to blunt disasters in Russia slowed the Red Army in the Donets basin west of Kharkov while Russians reported continued advance toward Poltava and the Dnieper. In the Kramatorsk Lozovaya area, Germans claimed recapture with heavy losses. Soviets said counterattacks repelled, front lines fluctuating around Lozovaya and Kramatorsk with significant German casualties and equipment losses. Lozovaya sits near a major rail junction, 75 miles south of Kharkov.
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London
Russia
N. F. Vatutin
Donets
Red
Kharkov
Poltava
Dnieper
Kramatorsk
Lozovilya
Berlin
Karmatorsk
Lozovaya
Kramatorsky
Kramatorsls
Labor Fight in Store for the House Today
Little Rock reports a spirited House fight as lawmakers begin the last full week of the session. Rep Merle B Smith seeks recall from Labor Committee of the Abington bill to curb violence in labor disputes. The bill, backed by Christian American Association, passed the Senate last week. The House would need two thirds to place it on the calendar. labor groups plan to block passage as deliberations continue. Four out of five calendar spots include constitutional amendment action slated this week. About 576 of 845 bills remain, with around 100 expected to be appropriation measures.
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Little Rock
Merle B. Smith
Jeffersory County
House
Labor Committee
Christian American Association
Senate
Smith
Soneiger
Allied and Axis clashes deepen in Tunisia front
Allied dispatches report Rommel's forces pressing along a broad front in North Tunisia while Allied patrols push through Kasserine Pass. Beja and Sbeitla remain focal points as Axis raids seek a flank near Medjez and Beja with heavy air and ground combat noted by Allied headquarters.
Salt Water II Problem in Magnolia Field
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission warns Magnolia field salt water has risen to a major problem. About 13 percent of produced liquid is salt water and reservoir pressure is declining. Operators are urged to voluntarily discuss remediation via salt water reinjection or transfer of allowances. Nineteen wells are listed, one producing 93 percent salt water and another showing 2 percent.
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Magnolia
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Commission
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