Navy air bases move toward Attu as Aleutian raids rise
May 8 Navy communiqué notes American planes operating from new positions in the Aleutians stepped up attacks on Attu Island. It says Amchitka has been seized for an air base, 234 miles from Attu, amid a larger Arctic campaign. The piece also reflects on weather impacts and wartime home front concerns about rain and Victory Gardens.
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Navy
Aleutian Islands
Altu Island
Amchitka
Attu
Arctic
America
Asia
Alaska
Siiddie
Tlinds
Dapan
Tolk
Two Year Sentence Upheld for Slaying Near Lite Rock
Little Rock May 10 Court upholds Pulaski county two year prison term for the 142 slaying of Damon Stubblefield a Litle Rock clothing salesman at the Last Chance Tavern west of Lite Rock. State witnesses said the victim was beaten with a tire tool after a fight that followed Stubblefield leaving the roadhouse. Smith claimed self defense and said he merely struck at the hands when the knife was produced. Defense by former Governor Carl E Bailey noted.
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Little Rock
Um— Win Smth
Pulaski County
Ronte House
Damon Stubblefield
Litle Rock
Supreme Court
Pulaski
Smith
Stubblefild
Merly
Stubblefield
Carl E. Bailey
Wpilah Trribunal
Louis Jones
Opponents Push Plan to Extend Food Subsidy Program
Washington reports that Congress will again consider extending the Agriculture Department's Commodity Credit Corporation with a $2.65 billion program set to expire June 30. The administration seeks a two year extension amid subsidies to farmers and processors, despite congressional criticism and calls to limit subsidy roles to explicit directives.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Adl
Ken
Thunsevell
Congressional Farm Blot
New French Army Equipped by U S
Casablanca Morocco May 10 41 Thousands line streets to view first shipment of American made war instruments including tanks assault weapons jeeps trucks scout vehicles and armored cars bearing USA stamps as the birth of a fully American equipped French army is marked by color ceremonies and a crowd above 100000 witnesses.
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Casablanca
Morocco
OPA Sets 25 Pound Limit on Sugar
The Office of Price Administration fixed a 25 pound per person limit for home canning and freezing of this year's fruit crop. Sugar for jams jellies and preserves will be allocated at five pounds per person with a general basis of one pound per four quarts for eight pounds of finished product. Beginning May 15 rationing boards will start accepting applications. War ration books required for each person and the total quantities planned for home canning. Leadership urged careful use to support the war effort.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Commencement Exercises at Saenger Sunday
Hope High School holds commencement at the Saenger Theater on Sunday May 2 with a sermon by Rev. Thomas C. Brewster of the Presbyterian Church. The senior class is joined by the junior class. churches are invited to attend the program including invocations, anthems, readings, offertory, and benediction.
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the Hope High School
Saenger Theater
Diets Uelock
Thomas C. Brewster
Presbyterian Church
the Cty
R. B. Moora
Waghorne
BL W
Edwreetor
Christina Soldiers
Roaring-Goult
Millard W. Bag- Kelt
Ashih
RB. Moore
Slainer
C. P. Witsel
Thomas C. Brew
Body Recovered From Red River Near Fulton Bend
The body of Logan Williams, 36, was found drifting about 42 miles from the Fulton bridge near Barney's Bend. He and Roy Hollingsworth were missing while dislodging driftwood from the river piers. Williams and Hollingsworth were highway department employees last seen April 2% searching the river. Williams' body was recovered by Leonard Hughes, Charles Taylor, and J. J. Tedder with help from coroner and state police. Burial was at Rose Hill Cemetery after funeral services conducted by Rev. W. O. Stingley.
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Logan Williams
Rec River
Barney’s Bend
Fulton Bridge
Roy Hollingsworth
Fulton
Highway Department
Williams
Leonard Hughes
Charles Taylor
J. J. Tedder
Hope
Jempstead
WY. Herndon
Howell
Young
Williats
Hosea, Logan, Jr
Putten
Peguy
Little Rock
Flood Crest Predicted Near Fort Smith Amid River Overflow
Flooding hits Fort Smith area with Arkansas River crest forecast between 47 and 88 feet, far above the 1843 record. Rainfall since Saturday neared 7.91 inches as all major tributaries remained swollen and roads faced closures and slow traffic, including US 64 270 271 and US 71 with localized water over the pavement.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas River
Army Engineers
Arkane Sus
U. S
Axis Contends to Halt Allied Invasion Across Europe
Dramatic reports from the south coast of France to the Black Sea describe Axis fortifications ramping up to thwart a potential Allied landing. German forces move south through Hungary while Palermo endures a major air assault. Himmler travels to the Balkans amid suppression orders as authorities forecast further clashes.
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London
Europe
France
Black Sea
North Africa
Adolf Hiller
Benito Mussolini
English Channel
Notland
Anca
Sicilian
Palermo
Hillel
Mediterranean
Balkans
Hungary
Greece
Yugoslavia
Ankara
Stockholm
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler Thas
Genvea
Tass
Rev Brewster Marks 10th Year at Hope First Presby
The Rev. Thomas Brewster observes a decade at Hope First Presbyterian Church delivering the baccalaureate sermon for Hope High School. He is believed to be the only pastor in Hope to hold the baccalaureate office three times. During ten years the church hosted many church and synod events and membership rose about 20 percent.
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First Presbyterian Church
Thomas Brewster
Brewster
Hop High School
Hope
W. R. Anderson
First Presbyterian
Arkansas Presbyterian Synodics
Synod of Arkansas
Ottoben
Luis
Ouachila
Ouachila Presbyterial
Peverill
de Cate
Senate Vote on Tax Plan Nears Big Senate Action
Washington May 10 A mixed coalition of Republicans and Democrats pressed final changes on a Ruml tax plan. The Senate Finance Committee approved it 19 to 7 and sent it to the floor, with debate to begin soon. leaders foresee passage but House support remains uncertain as talks of compromise surface.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Republican Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Allied Prisoners Endure Hell Aboard Sinking Ship
The War Department reports Allied prisoners endured three days and nights of bombing and strafing aboard a damaged German ship off Tunis. Bombing, shortages of water and air, and rough conditions left casualties uncertain, but救 locals say the ship survived until diversions allowed escape to Italy and Sicily.
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Washington
Tunisian Ceast
War Department
North Africa
Reuutenant
Tunis
Italy
Sicily
Department
la Goulette
Phols
el Aouina
OPA Cuts Profit Margins on Cabbage and Onions
The OPA reduced profit margins on cabbage and onions and cut markups for frozen poultry, with smaller stores seeing larger percentage drops. It also set price levels for salt codfish and private sale simmer uniforms, part of a broader plan to lower living costs ahead of June subsidies and new ceilings nationwide.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brow
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Mean
House Move to Scuttle Connally Anti Strike Bill
Washington May 10 A move to scuttle the Connally anti strike bill faced amendments restricting wartime labor activities. Influential lawmakers favor delaying until Senate rejects drastic changes. The Senate last week approved the measure, and a labor bill is expected to emerge from the House despite uncertainty.
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Washington
Connally
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Escape and Surrender in Tunisia near Cap Bon
Allied forces encircled Cap Bon as Tunisia operations intensified. The American Second Corps accepted unconditional surrender of Axis troops southeast of Bizerte while British armor drove toward the peninsula. Germany and Italy faced major surrenders as German generals capitulated and armor units fell under Allied pressure along the Medjerda and Gulf of Tunis.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Cap Bon
Second Corps
Bizerte
Tunisia
Africa
Krause
Africa Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Tunis
Boroweitz
15Th Armored Division
15Th Artillery
Buelouvius
von Vaerst
Fifth Armored Army
Baumsenge
Medjerda
Gulf of Tunis
Seventh Armored
Hammam Lif
Creteville
Sub Carries War to Jap Homeland
AP reports Tokyo broadcast of shells from a submarine hitting near Hokkaido, likely American. In Burma, Japanese forces claim advances toward Buthedaung and Maungdaw as Allied lines retreat toward India. Allied RAF and US air power pound Japanese targets in China and the Solomon Islands while Gen. MacArthur’s forces strike multiple Pacific centers and Bobdubi patrol is killed.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Hokkaido
Burma
Buthedaung
Akyab
Chittagong
New Delhi
Maungdaw
Bay of Bengal
India
Sanpans
China
Canton
Formosa
Tien Ho
Hainan Island
Gizo Island
Middle Solomons
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Millimgimbigir
Darwin
Bobdubi
Salamaua
Bobdub
War Correspondent Slightly Injured in Jeep Accident
Allied Headquarters reports AP war correspondent J Wes Gallagher, who covered Denmark and Greece and landed with the AEF in North Africa, hospitalized after a jeep overturn near Bizerte. Gallagher, San Francisco native, suffered a back injury and cuts to head and hands. condition not serious.
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Allied
North Africa
J. Wes. Gallagher
Associated Press
Denmark
Greece
AEF
Gallagher
San Frantisco
Bizerte
Giraud and De Gaulle to Meet in North Africa
Algiers radio reported that Gen. Henri Giraud invited Gen. Charles De Gaulle to meet in North Africa to discuss unification of French forces fighting the Axis. De Gaulle seeks a meeting in Algiers with no fixed site given previously.
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Giraud
de Gaulle
North Africa
London
Al-giers
Associated Press
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Marrakesh
Riskra
DeGaulle
Agliers
Algiers
Three Are Killed in Mine Explosion Near Paris
A blast at the Super Fuel coal mine six miles west of Paris on Sunday killed three machinists: Tom Burmiey of Brooklyn Marvin Swain and Hilliard Dorrough of Branch. Ten men on the west wall escaped injury as gas built up after the mine fans stopped. John Weeks of Paris and Shorty Estep of Branch escaped minutes before the blast.
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Here
Tom Burmiey
Brooklyn
Marvin Swain
Hilliard Dorrough
Branch
East Wall
West Wall
John Weeks
Shorty Estep
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State 44
Mickett, Ark
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