Commissioner Urges Tax Reform to Curb Bootlegging Cigarettes
Our Daily Bread says State Revenue Commissioner M B McLeod bravely exposed cigarette bootlegging into Arkansas from low tax areas. He warns stamped cigarettes must be sold legally and offenders prosecuted. The piece urges lowering the 9 cent tax to a practical level, aligning with neighboring states, to curb bootleg sales and fund education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M .B. McLeod
Arkansas
Missouri
University of Arkansas
McLeod
Hs Foundation
Unification Push Described for Free French in Africa
Reports from Algiers say Giraud and Catroux nearing agreement on unifying French forces arrayed against the Axis. De Gaulle expected to be recognized as a leader for continental France with a reshaped government in North Africa. A purge of lukewarm officials and pro Allied appointees planned as the plan progresses.
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Algiers
Iene Giraud
Georgy Jalroux
Charles de
Pauloni Pn
Giraud
Catrons
North
Africa
de Gaulle
Pontinental
France
Portance
Dle Galle
Lon Musculelli
Emimanno ‘Temple
Adet
Algeria
Areet
Ae Agsassinalion
Join Darlan
Vichy
Jean Marie Berxerel
Cir- Vne Aiffair
French
North Ata
Kalata
Erendy
West
Afreca
Gama
Psene
Allied Shipping Gains Outpace Losses Claims
Alexander said Allied shipping tonnage in the last six months exceeded losses by over 2,000,000 tons and the Axis kept many submarines at sea. He warned U boats remain the deadly menace while Allied production in the Atlantic rose, with more ships built on both sides and more attacks delivered by the Royal Navy.
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Alexander
Guild Rail
Axis
Royal Navy
Wade
Alliedes
Cs. Air Shipe
Ag Atlantic
MacArthur's Airmen Strike Enemy Bases
Allied air forces bombed Japanese targets across New Guinea New Britain and surrounding islands. Bombers strafed Poel Kai islands Jawoygper and Wabsex, and attacked Gosmata Cape Gloucester Madang coast areas. British raids hit villages on the Mau peninsula and Katha area with three Japanese planes damaged in Cox's Bazaar area night sortie. No British losses reported.
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Mondeueceters
Li Autres Marth
Doiuglins
MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Australia
Poel
Kai Islands
Jawoyggper
Wabsex
Gosmata
Cape Gloucester
Madang
Lie
F Whaton
Oro Ba
BRAP
Mau Peninsula
Burma
Katha
Trrawad
Cox
Bazgar
Arakan
Hehe
Wellington
Deadlock Looms Over Tax Pay Plan Today in House
Francis M. LeMay reports Washington lawmakers recoiling between three tax plans as House members prepare to vote. Speaker Rayburn predicts rejection of the Ruml plan while Minority Leader Martin forecasts success. debate centers on a pay‑as‑you‑go system and a 20 percent withholding proposal amid partisan splits.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Jam
Rayburn
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
Congress
Texas
Marehoo
Thnl
Republicar
Ways and Means
Tve Amnvilling
Rep
Luce
R-Conn
Beardsley Rum
New York
House
Senate
Disney U?oklat
Loardst Ruml
Jenkins Dohial
Brazilians Held in Spy Plot Against U S
Rio de Janeiro police report to the Tribunal of National Security details a Brazilian army artillery captain and others plotting espionage for the Axis. It names former German diplomats, integralist members, and payments in Argentine pesos and U.S. dollars tied to a plan to visit U.S. war plants and study fire control aboard American ships.
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Rio de Janeira
United States
Tribunal of National Securit
Tribunal of National Secure
Churdestine
Brazil
Germany
Hihe
Tullio Revis Do Nasei
Nascimento
Nascimenti
Rio
Brian
Argentina
Kurt Purefer
Hainz Ehlert
Em Yee
Integralist
Evaurdy Margela Mela Mauri Jone
Mesages Ln
Buenos Aires
Nove
Gazeta de Noticias
Benaide Anarena
Ine Ferma
Oswaldo Rife Franca
Halso
Camillo Mendes Pimenau
Mone Fran ‘Njel
Espionue
Craxcian
Organtaing
Piocetign Company
RAF Loses 33 Planes in Berlin Raid
London reports the RAF attacked Berlin and the Ruhr last night with 33 bombers lost and 31 missing, in the sixtieth raid on Berlin this war. British aircraft also struck Essen and Ruhr targets. overall losses marked the largest nightly toll since Sept 16 1942, with one night including 66 bombers missing or shot down.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Seehum
Imperial Iron Steel and Coal
Mites Eask
Iéssen
Gising
Rahr
Asia
Bremen
Essen
Krupp
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ruhe
Forc
FSA Reaches Agreement Over Farm Eviction Notices
In Little Rock on March 30 the Farm Security Administration said it had worked out difficulties with Mrs May Bloodworth who faced eviction from a Campbell Farms project home. Five other families at the site also received notices recently as the agency renegotiates leases and did not renew for five tenants last fall. The report mentions a $2,000,000 seal and a reference to a Bering Strait area offshore.
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Little Rock
Farm Security Administration
May Bloodworth
Haseen
F'Sa
Campbell Farms
New Trumann
Bloodworth
PSA
Weather Slows Reds in March to Smolensk
Moscow dispatch reports weather and swampy terrain slow the Red Army as it advances toward Smolensk. Soviet communique notes three more villages fell to Russians near Bely while German forces in other sectors faced continued pressure.
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Smolensk
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Bely
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Viz Ma
Caucasus
Vaema
London
Staraya Russa
Itering
Donets
Builerin
Aar
Evangelist Ellis Held on Charge After Alleged Incident
Traveling evangelist Joe A. Ellis aged 46 is jailed pending circuit court action on alleged abuse of the wife of a fellow minister in Lake City. Justice of the Peace ordered detention after a preliminary hearing where the young wife testified he assaulted her in her home while her husband was away delivering a radio broadcast. She said Ellis later bought her a dress and shoes for her baby and took them to Missouri for a meeting, delaying telling her husband. Deputy Wes Mooneyhan noted both men are ministers of the same church.
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Ellis
Missouri
Wes Mooneyhan
Taxi Firm Sold to L. R. Urrey
The 672 Taxi company has been purchased from Lea Compton by L. R. Urrey. He announced that he will strive to provide the same prompt and courteous service and appreciates continued patronage.
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L. R. Urrey
Lea Compton
Urrey
Mr. Urrey
Allied forces seize Gabes and El Hamma as Rommel retreats
Allied headquarters announce Gabes and El Hamma occupation by British Eighth Army and American units. New Zealand troops passed through Gabes and outflanked the Mareth Line by taking El Hamma, with Rommel's forces in retreat toward Sfax as air and sea bombardments pound the coast. Prisoners numbered in the thousands as the chase tightened from Gafsa toward the Tunisian coast.
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London
Winston Churchill
Gabes
Rommel
Tunisia
Churchill
House of Commons
el Hamma
New Zealand
Commons
House
Montgomery
Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Eighth Army
Leint
George S. Patton, Jr
African Corps
Salt Lakes
Erwin Rommel
Sfax
Mareth
Marreth Ine
New York
Federal Communications Commission
EY Diem
Pulton
E Guetur
Gafsa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Africa Corps
A. N Anderson
Djebel Ablae
Bizerte
George §. Patton, Jr
Sene
Romimel
lWalishaft
Sousse
Western Desert
Oudres
Antal
Memphis Man Held for Earle Bank Robbery
A Memphis electrician is jailed in Crittenden county in the Earle Banking Co robbery. The attack left teller Mrs. Mary Fullwood in critical condition and porter Tom Woodford with chest wounds. Evidence included cash and a sack of bills found on the suspect.
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Goodwin
Aohange
WN Fullwood
Memphis
Tom Woodford
Plenty of Sugar on Hand for Canners
Washington reports sugar rationing steps as Senator McClellan notes the OPA will release sugar through the Dallas region and a general order for the program is expected soon. He warns against past shortages and urges timely action to protect farm products.
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Washington
Arkansas
OPA
McClellan
D- Ark
Dallas
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SBIBA
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Kasserine
FOND
Yoento
CHE
Mareth Line
Reena
Iad
BDADA
Hun.gar
Ffoum Tatahouine
Tunisian
Donz
U. S
FSA
Morrhat
Ausmal Woonamgue
California
Europe
Taxi Company
8Th Army
Handi
Earle
Crete
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