Our Daily Bread: Johnston warns on totalitarian danger
Eric A. Johnston, president of United States Banks of Commerce, argues in New York that government intrusion into business labor and private life risks total domination. He supports social security and democratic control, urging a balance between private enterprise and public policy to sustain a free system after wartime.
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Eric A. Johnston
United States Banks of Commerce
Rt SA
NW York
Roosevelt
Johnston
James FE. Byrnes
Germany
America
Colorado Governor orders farm draft hall action
Governor John C Vivian ordered immediate action to induce Colorado farm workers into the armed forces. He said the move follows war goals requiring farm workers to remain on farms, citing Section 603.31 authority and national selective service guidance. Delta county reports show 68 men inducted with 22 farmers deemed essential to farm operations.
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Denver
Mnarch
John C. Vivian
Colorado
Marold EH. Richardson
Selective Service
Vivian
National Selective Service Net
Secon
Gaverhat
Wong
Delta County
Rums Tax Plan Debate Opens in the House
Washington March 25 A debate on pay-as-you-go tax legislation opened in the House with Rep Doughton denouncing the plan as immoral and unsound. Rep Knutson supported a modified measure by Rep Carlson arguing it fair and practical for 4 million high income taxpayers. Opposing Dem Boughton warned against chimerical, self serving methods and political motives.
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Washington
Anky
Chilrmintoughton
The
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
Doughton
Rep
Carlson
Treasury
Boughton
Willy
Eight Counties Return Fair Funds
Auditor J Oscar Hamphrey reports that eight counties did not hold county fairs last fall and returned State funds totaling 43626.74. Counties Conway Lagan Izard Columbia Vainger Carroll Perry Monroe refunded the unused portions of their allotments as well.
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Laule Mock
J. Oscar Hamphrey
Hey Arel
Conway
Lagan
Izard
Columbia
Vainger
Carroll
Perry
Monroe
Humphey
Scotland Feels Sting of Nazi Air Attacks
Scotland endures renewed German bombing as raids hit the southeast coast and northeast England, causing private-dwelling damage and casualties while British fighters and anti-aircraft defenses claim several German planes shot down. Allied actions target railways in France and Germany as Berlin claims strikes on English targets.
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London
Seathind
Scotland
England
Britain
Berlin
Firth of Forth
France
RAF
Musquito Boners
Germany
Paris
Nantes
St. Nuzaire
Mrengh
Whe Associated Press
Brown Urges Rejection of Farm Measure
Washington March 25 Price Administrator Prentiss Brown urged Congress to reject the Bankhead and Pace farm bills saying they would add over 3.7 billion dollars to consumers budgets and end price and wage stabilization. He warned radical changes could raise retail food costs and harm farmers. The letter was sent to Senate leaders and key House and Senate officials as both bills passed different branches. Brown argued farm prices and incomes have risen toward fair levels while costs of production also rose, urging preservation of the stabilization program.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Congress
Bankhead
Pace
MIT
Brown
Lucas
Sen
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Rayburn
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Win Labor Boyred
Increase Hinted in Value of April Stamps
Officials hinted April canned goods stamp values will rise next month while some fruit and vegetable point values may drop by April 1. The move aims to adjust ration values amid wartime needs. buyers are urged to spend March stamps before they expire.
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Washington, Mare
OPA
American Institute of Food
New York
Miurket
Point Yale Us
Six Bills Left unsigned by Governor
Governor Adkins' desk held six remaining bills as of today. He signed four including 53 appropriation measures and vetoed six yesterday, five of which were appropriation bills. The comptroller notes appropriations totaling 132,823,218.58 for this and next fiscal years across agencies, health, prisons, education, and highways.
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Little Rock
Adkins
P. T. Moss Brinkley
Cleer
J. Bryan Sims Sid Ai
Two Arkansans Are Missing in Africa
Two Arkansas soldiers, Cpl Thomas Z. Pierce and Pvt Lloyd K. Smith, are reported missing in the North African theater by the War Department. Pierce is the son of Mrs. Ob Pierce of Lepanto, Smith the son of W.H.V. Smith of McGehee.
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Arkansans
Africa
Washington
Mareh
Arkansas
United States Army
Ueten
War Department
Cpl
Thomas Z. Pierce
Ob Pierce
Lepanty
Py Lloyd K. Smith
Whvw Smith
MeGelee
Pennsylvania Mine Cave in Worst in Years
A mine subsidence in Pittston Pennsylvania destroyed ground around 150 homes and buildings. Crevices opened across lawns and streets as holes 20 to 25 feet deep formed. Police and Red Cross evacuated residents while 120 miners and 500 worshipers fled nearby facilities and a new high school faced collapse.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Pagnotti Enterpris
Elelt
Red Cross
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Fulton Street
Willis Street
Negro Soldier to Be Hanged for Rioting
In Phoenix Arizona a general court martial recommended death for the last of 27 Negro soldiers linked to a Thanksgiving Day riot that killed three and wounded one. The defendant’s name is withheld. case moves to the judge advocate general for review. Seventeen others face prison terms or review. The riot began in a Phoenix saloon and spread across the city amid a strong 20 mph wind known as the Willill Willy.
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Phoenis
Ariz
Ane Army
Jurge Advocate General
Western Defence
Iran
AO Nears
Siliary
Phoenix
Reds Gain Fresh Ground in Smolensk Drive
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army advancing on Smolensk from three directions through mud and slush with additional villages seized. A northern thrust near Dukhovshino clashes amid fortified positions while a push toward Dorogobuzh concentrates near the Moscow Vyazma Smolensk railway area. German counterattacks with heavy artillery back their infantry as battles along the upper Dnieper continue.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets
Smolesh
Dukhovschino
Dorogobuzh
Moscow-Vyazma-Smolensk
Dnieper
Red Star
High Command
Berlin
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Civilian Supply Boss Controversy Faces Congress
Washington reports a bill to create a civilian supply boss with authority to allocate manpower and materials, stirring opposition from toy administrators wary of power curtailment. Senate Banking Committee heard support from OCS director Joseph Weiner and backs a stronger administrator over War Production Board control.
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Washington
Maloney
D-Conn
Paul V. McNult
Agriculture Wickard
Wsa
James F. Byrnes
Senate Banking Committee
Joseph L. Weiner
Office of Civilian Supply
War Production Board
Byrnes
Wickard
McNutt
Eligibility Test for Military TrainingArkadelphia Ark April 2
Men interested in Army Navy college program training can take an eligibility test Sunday April 2 in Ouachita College library at 9 a.m. Examiner Prof J C Stewart announces. Single applicants 17 to 19 on July 1, high school graduates or pursuing college work for credit may participate. Passing allows choice of Army or Navy branch. enlistment not required.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Army- Navy College
Ouachita College
J. C. Stewart
Array
Navy
Tojo Declares Japanese Position Strengthening
Premier General Hideki Tojo told the Diet that Japan’s internal and foreign positions were improving in its favor as Berlin radio reported from Tokyo. A Burmese delegation led by Dr. Ba Maw attended, and Tojo announced plans for an independent Burmese state amid differences with the American British camp and growing Axis unity. He warned that Japan must exert all efforts to overcome remaining obstacles to victory.
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Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Berlin
Tokyo
Ba Maw
Tojo
Allies unleash 44 bombing runs from Australia to Salamaua
Allied headquarters report General MacArthur flying artillery conducted 44 bombing and strafing raids on Japanese lines at Mubo near Salamaua on March 25. 30,000 rounds fired as planes struck shipping and airfields across New Guinea and nearby islands. Aerial duels over Wewak and raids on Oro, Milne Bay, Kaimana, and other targets followed, with heavy bombers and torpedo planes engaging Japanese positions and silencing ground defenses in places like Mubo.
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Australia
MacArthur
Mubo
Japanese New Guinea
Salamaua
Wewak
New Guinea
Oro Bay
Milne Bay
Wewal
Allbdigemrbek
Kaimana
Dutch New Guinea
Kai Islands
Dobo
Arae Islands
Buku
Solomons
Gasmata
New Brita
Finsehbulen
Lae
Arkansan Receives Air Corps Medal
Thirty officers and men of the United States Army Air Corps were awarded the air medal for meritorious achievement today in the Southwest Pacific. Included is A. Anderson of Hatfield Arkansas, route 2, cited by Lieut General Greerze Co Kenbey for actions linked to sinking enemy ships.
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Southwest Pacific
United States Army Air Corps
Greerze Co
Kenbey
Allide
Southwest
Pacific
A. Anderson
Hatfield
Ark
Repulse Counter Thrusts at Mareth line slows fight
Allied reports say US troops repulsed heavy Nazi armored assaults in the Gafsa sector and gained in the Maknassy area while the Mareth Line battle reduced to artillery dueling after four days of heavy fighting. Rommel’s counterattacks stalled Allied advances as air forces bombed Mareth area and Ferryville.
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Edward Kennedy
North
Afica
United States
Gafsa
Madnassy
Mareth Line
Erwin
Rommel
Iim
Tunlisian
Eighth Army
Mareth
el Hamma
Gabes
Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
el Guetar
Tunisia
Algiers
London
Reuters
First Army
Sousse
Sifax
Ferryville
Bizzerte
Dack
el Gutur
Western Desert Air Force
Gals
Erwin Rommel
Tucker Farm Cotton Brings $234,990
Pine Bluff buyers paid 234,990.45 for 2,266 bales of penitentiary cotton grown by convicts at Tucker and Cummins farms. Prices ranged 10.85 to 28.30 cents per pound, with a 473 base lot at minimum and a 225 base lot at top. The 1942 crop sale closed out the yard.
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Pine Bluff
Pine Bluf
State Penitentiary
Tucker and Cummins
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Mass
Reds
Europe
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South Pacific
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Air Corps Medal
Langler
Maracca
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