Invasion of Europe Hinted by Mackenzie Analysis
Dewitt Mackenzie discusses the Anglo American bombing offensive as a step toward invading western Europe. He notes the aim to cripple German resources, aid the Soviet push, and force a second front in France while warning the invasion hinges on bomber numbers and pre invasion devastation. He argues a spring invasion depends on air power and the destruction of key targets. He also mentions a possible shift of Nazi strength and the need to avoid a Dieppe style landing.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Harold Balfour
United Nations
Tunisia
Hitler
High Command
France
English Channel
Russia
Channel
Dieppe
England
Germany
Market Report from National Stockyards and Chicago Poultry
Hogs traded 11 500 head steady to 3 higher with early sales good. hogs tops near 15.80 at 270 325 lbs and 18.50-63 on lighter weights. Cattle and calves openings moderately active with steers fully steady and bulls strong. vealers up 25. stocker and feeder steers 10.00-16.75. sheep receipts around 1 500. Poultry prices in Chicago firm across weights. grain prices held tight as wheat eases on hedge selling. New York stocks mixed with modest advances on farm-price hopes. futures higher on expected farm-support legislation.
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St, Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Flashes of Life: War Work Dance and Odd Local Bits
A hodgepodge of 1940s brief items: AFL union hosts a 20 hour three shift dance for war workers at the De Soto hotel with five orchestras. A hit and run driver injures Gail Trout then flees. A soy-based hamburger invented by William D. Hoppie. A Kansas City student, John Maple, injures his knee sliding down a pole in class. Illinois governor Green debates pig housing as his daughters present a pet pig. A Chicago officer shares a humorous leave story about tank maintenance and a pickup by a Negro garage attendant who notes the need to switch on the engine.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
de Soto Hotel
AFL Machinists’ Union
Kansas City
Kas
Gail Trout
Chicago
Joan Hess
The
Armor de
Louisville
Fort Knox
Lawn
Emergency War Board Is Set Up In Arkansas
Gov. Homer M. Adkins leads an unprecedented Senate executive session approving immediate consideration of a 250000 emergency war board bill. The plan names three Senate appointees and four House appointees with the governor as ex-officio chair, to fund civil defense and emergency relief amid alleged Axis sabotage. Brig. Gen. Bel Compere says similar measures circulate in Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Senate
Chamber
Adkins
BE L Compere
State Military Department
House
Compere
Missouri
Oklahoma
Allies report Japanese naval concentration near Rabaul and New Guinea
Recon photos show at least 60 Japanese warships and merchantmen in Rabaul harbor, with large air station concentrations around northern islands facing Australia. Allied airfields attacked from Kai to Gloucester, and raids near Mubo and Salamaua. A Japanese ship was bombed near New Guinea, while 15 planes attacked Goodenough Island with no damage. Rangoon air raid yielded sinking or damage to three ships.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Australia
Kai Island
Gasmata
Gloucester
Mubo
Salamaua
New Guinea
Goodunough Island
Allied
Douglas MacArthur
Papua
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Lae
MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Southwest
Pacific
To Reclassify Across Draft Rules For Farmers
War Manpower Commission widened local draft boards power to defer farm workers and Selective Service reclassifies men over 38 to farm deferment groups. Men over 35 meeting farm work by May 1 may be defered as 20 or 30, while others 38 and up face standard classifications with H designations to encourage farming.
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War Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Army
Roosveelt
Voluntaey Colish
Enemy Still Powerful in Pacific Despite Losses
Reporter Yates McDaniel recounts a 10000 mile Pacific tour challenging views that destruction of a Japanese convoy signals a regional collapse. Observers warn Allies face a precarious margin of safety as Japanese bases in New Guinea and nearby Solomons remain viable.
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Pacific
Yates McDaniel
New Gulea
Marth
Bismarck Sea
Franklin McLarty Commissioned as Second Lieutenant
Franklin McLarty, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. McLarty of 500 South Main Street, was commissioned a second lieutenant after completing officer candidate court at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. He enlisted October 8, 1941, served in South America, before attending officers' school.
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Thomas Franklin McLarty
T. P. McLarty
South Main Street
Infantry
Fort Benning
Georgia
Army
Star
McLarty
South America
Witnesses Win Right to Sell Literature
The Supreme Court ruled municipal ordinances in Dallas and Paris Texas prohibiting distribution of literature on streets and book orders at residences unconstitutional. Justice Black delivered the decision in the Dallas case with Rutledge not participating. Mrs Bla Jamison of Jehovah's Witnesses challenged the laws claiming violations of free speech press and worship.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas
Tex
Paris
Rutledge
Justice Black
Bla Jamison
Jehovah's Witnesses
Pay As You Go Tax Plan Adds Withholding Changes
The plan details pay as you go taxes on taxable portions of pay envelopes and salary checks through weekly semimonthly or monthly deductions. It would tax at year end at statutory rates with exemptions. March 15 returns remain. Service members domestics and agricultural labor would be exempt from the 20 percent withholding. Farmers pay two thirds by December 31 and the rest with the March 15 return. others pay quarterly estimates.
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Armed Services
House Shelves Bill to Repeal Divorce Law
Lutte Rock Arkansas March 8 Rep Leo Baker announces House approval to postpone action indefinitely on repealing the 15 year old 9 day divorce law. Rep Juanes R Campbell and others argue the repealer is unconstitutional. Baker says the law deceives courts and attracts out of state residents. House debates local bills as Senate sets roll calls and reassessment measure stalls.
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Lutte Rock
Leo Baker
Baker
Plum Bayou Ievee
Pulaski
Jefferson
House
Senate
Billy
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Draft notices list 187 men for Camp Robinson March 16
A long roster shows 187 African American individuals notified by the local draft board to report to Camp Robinson on March 16 for induction. The list includes Roosevelt Carey J C Whitmore Qdis Nash Elavious Rae and many more with numerous variations and misspellings. Containing references to World War II era mobilization and a brief postwar budgeting note, the item notes authority and a related Senate budget bill discussion.
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Camp Robinson
Armed Service
Roosevelt Carey
J.C. Whitmore
Qdis Nash
Elavious Rae
Willie Tee Jefferson
Carl Johnson
Henry Waters
John Feltty Lloyd
James Wallur Lomax
Wille Shaw
Ed Slay
John Thomas Cannon
Folathon McFadden
Lesley Marshall
Dorothy Lee
Bruals
Cleophas Brown
Eon Morehead, Jr
C. B. Jackson
Lester Besley
Jesse Willard Nelson
Willig Lee Peery
Henry Modisett
J.J. Thomas
James Brewer
Searey
Jan Bimmons
M. C. Gumble
Lucius Kirby Nelson
Ben Pierce
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Tom Phillips
Floyd Scott
Jim Earnest Spriour
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Cage Pickens Stuart, Jr
Richard Toliver
Arthur Hubbard
Aubrey Charles Morris
Willie Licey
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Willie Lee Woods
Tom Brewer
Lerone Cart Bronson
Tlurel Disnie Maxwell
Lonnie Bradley
Pay Jackson
Wil Ve
James Peevy
Emmett James Sears
Lelye C. Wyath
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Earl Arnold
James Benton
Doyal Cooper
John L. Scott
U.S
Hendrys Rowell
Pine Bus
S. J. Richardson
Walnut Ridge
Hanae Iblis
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