Peace Now pamphlet spurs debate amid war mobilization
From 767 Lexington Avenue New York City a Peace Now pamphlet defends open discussion of public questions while asserting armed force cannot solve social issues. The piece argues wartime unity and free debate coexist in a democratic society amid looming European invasion and casualties.
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Lexington Avenue
New York City
Peace Now Movement
Martin Dies
Department of Justice
PNM
Europe
State Bankers to Hear New Yorker
The Arkansas Bankers Association meeting in Hot Springs begins May 23 with addresses by Randolph Burgess vice chairman of the National City Bank of New York Thomas W Lexgett state bank commissioner Little Rock and Clarence F Burns editor of the Southwest American of Fort Smith.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Bankers Association
Hot Springs
Randolph Burgess
National City Bank of New York
Thomas W. Lex Gett
Clarence F. Burns
Southwest American
Fort Smith
Kissing Hands of Great Men Tied to Ancient Greece
A note on an old custom observed in ancient Greece where individuals showed honor by kissing the hands of eminent men. The practice reflected social hierarchy and reverence for authority in historical contexts.
New U S Rocket Gun Blasts Jap Barges at Rabaul
American pilots used a new rocket gun for the first time in the Pacific to smash 40 enemy barges at Rabaul in New Britain. The attack damaged ground installations and sparked fires and explosions as part of the 97th daily strike since February 3.
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U.S
Rabaul
United Press
Pacific
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
97Th
Court Ruling Favors Bus Co Driver
The Arkansas supreme court reversed a $1,000 verdict in favor of Fred Westbrook in a suit against a Tri-State Transit Company bus driver. It remanded for a new trial, citing prejudicial defense remarks and disputed deposition use. The decision also affirmed other rulings on estates, land interests, and municipal judgments.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court Today
Hot Spring
Fred Westbrook
Tri-State Transit Company
Westbrook
Monroe
High Court
Justice Knox
Kenneth Coffelt
Appellee
Supreme Court
Miller County Chancery Court
National Bank of Texarkana
W. T. Murphy
Columbia Chancery Court
Corbin Yelvington
Phillip G. Alston
Jefferson Circuit Court
Pine Bluff
Aaron Pridgeon
A D. Chavis
Circuit
Supreme Courts
State Demo Meet Set for Wednesday
The Democratic State Committee in Little Rock will meet Wednesday to select 18 delegates to the national convention, discuss Negro voting in the primaries, and consider State Senator Julian James for first district congressman. Delegates likely uninstructed for president, possibly for vice president. Governor Adkins backs a non Wal lace nominee. Took Gathings wired reports on James poll tax status and opponent certification.
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Little Rock
Democratic State Committee
Julian James
Adkins
Henry A. Wallace
Barrett
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
E. C
Gathings
West Memphis
James
Negro Bishop Gets New Assignment
John Henry Clayborn of Little Rock was elevated to bishop at the general conference of the African Methodist church and assigned to West Africa at the closing session in Philadelphia on May 15.
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Philadelphia
John Henry Clayborn
Little Rock
General Conference
The
African Methodist Church
West Africa
Reds Readied for Summer Offense in Soviet Push
Moscow reports massing Russian armies for a summer offensive on the eastern front with preparations described as immense. Bombers hit Brest Litovsk, Polotsk, and Narva as factories boost Yak fighter production and troops concentrate for a major attack timed with Allied invasion plans.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Brest Litovsk
Old Poland
Polotsk
White Russia
Narva
Estonian
Pravda
Alexander Yakovlev
Chkalov
Yeremenko
Crimea
Foster Father of Lost Girl Charged
Betty Vanderdick, 16, was found after a three day search and taken to a Batesville hospital for exposure and hunger. Eddie Van derdick, her foster father, was jailed on a rape charge. Sheriff Gower said the girl ran away Wednesday and hid in woods before reaching a barn nearby.
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Mountain View
Betty Vanderdick
Batesville
Eddie Vanderdick
State Guard
John B. Gower
Tomahawk Creek
Tax deadline announced for 1943 returns in Arkansas
Murray B. McLeod, revenue commissioner in Little Rock, announces today as the final filing day for 1943 state income tax returns. Returns postmarked before midnight tonight will be accepted.
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Little Rock
Murray B. McLeod
U S Chamber Chief Plans Russia Visit
Eric Johnston president of the U S Chamber of Commerce will depart within days to Russia to inspect Soviet industrial plants. Invited by Premier Stalin he aims to assess how postwar trade will affect American business and markets.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Russia
Johnston
Stalin
Ouachita River Flood Control to Be Probed
Flood control of the Ouachita river valley will be discussed at the Arkansas Flood Control Commission meeting in Hot Springs. Commissioner John P Morrow said about 500 people have been invited to attend. Brig Gen M C Taylor of Vicksburg will give a talk as president of the Mississippi River Commission.
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Little Rock
Ouachita River
Arkansas Flood Control Commission
Hot Springs
John P Morrow
M. C. Taylor
Vicksburg
Mississippi River Commisson
Allied Air Offensive Seals Brenner Pass and Strikes France
U S heavy bombers and British Mosquitos push a two way pre invasion offensive. Allied forces pound northern France and Italy as Brenner Pass and other Nazi supply routes face new hits. British say 15 raiders shot down. German claims of Bristol raids.
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W. W. Hercher
London
U. S
France
Eighth Air Force
Italy
Berlin
Bristol
England
Cologne
Low Countries
Reich
Brenner Pass
Britain
Channel
British
Air Ministry
Avisio
Brenner
Alps
Gustav Line
Mediterranean Air Force
No Negligence Found in Death of Five Infants
Norwich, Conn. May 15. Coroner McKay found no criminal negligence in the deaths of five infants at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital New London from boric acid mistaken for dextrose. The report cites boric acid powder in a jar used for infant formulas and exonerates hospital pharmacist Miss Paula Machnick.
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Norwich
Conn
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London
Edward G. McKay
Paula Machnick
Allies Break German Line With Seven Mile Push in Italy
Allied forces on the Fifth Army right wing advance up to seven miles in an all out push in southern Italy. French troops take Ausonia and overrun San Ambrosio Villa Maio and other targets while Americans seize Santa Maria Infante and San Pietro. Rapido river bridgehead expands with tanks and prisoners flooding into Allied lines amid heavy casualties.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Fifth Army
Ausonia
Gustav Line
Italy
Santa Maria Infante
San Pietro
Garigliano
Ausente River
Sant Giorgio
Spigno
Minturno
San Grigorio
Cassino
Liri River
Rapido River
Liri
Rome
Stalingrad
San Ambrosio
Villa Maio
Fromia
Monte Cerri
Monte Bracchi
Ausente
Pigne
Chinese Drive Regains Burma Road Sector In Offense
Large Chinese forces launch an offensive from southwest China to regain a major stretch of the old Burma road and link with Allied advances in northern Burma. U S 14th Air Force planes support the drive which began May 10 across the Salween into western Yunnan and threaten Myitkyina from the southwest.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
China
Burma
U.S. 14Th Air Force
Salween River
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Japan
Peiping- Hankow
Loyang
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Wakde Island
Dutch New Guinea
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Stalin Hears of Suspension of Priest
Springfield priest Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski was suspended by Bishop O Leary after his Moscow visit. He did not appear for four masses and may have accepted the order forbidding him from saying mass or performing sacraments. Orlemanski had claimed Stalin agreed to religious freedom in Poland and the Russias.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Pravda
Father Orlemanski
United States
Kremlin
Vatican
Our Lady of the Rosary
Thomas M. O'Leary
George A. Shea
Orlemanski
Poland
Ukraine
All the Russies
Lynch Defends Stand Private Ownership
C S Lynch of Little Rock, president of the Arkansas Utilities Association, told the opening session of the annual convention that private ownership is the only road to freedom. He warned government ownership could occur if the people want it, urging belief in private ownership despite calls for government control.
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Little Rock
C. S. Lynch
Arkansas Utilities Association
Lynch
Arkansas Power and Light Company
A. C. Jennings
Fayetteville
B. C. Gowles
Russellville
J. C. Griffith
Lite Rock
Heat records and odd fact drop in same report
The Experiment Station reports a Sunday high of 90 degrees the hottest of the year, surpassing the prior 87 degree mark set on Thursday and Friday. An unrelated note claims whales are believed to be 500 years old.
Germans Now Admit West Wall May Be Cracked
London May 15 reports say German broadcasts concede possible penetration of the West Wall as Allied invasion moves loom. Berlin commentators warn small waves may reach beyond defenses and Nazi air forces bolster in defense. Tojo praises German resolve while BBC urges occupied Europe to evacuate key rail and industrial sites amid counter offensive fears.
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James Thrasher
Germany
Berlin
Gestapo
Hitler
Edward D. Ball
London
West Wall
Atlantic Wall
Continental Underground
Britain
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Occupied
Europe
BBC
British Isles
Sweden
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Masons Organize Across South Pacific War Zones
Masons serving in the Solomons form Square and Compass Clubs as operations allow. Clubs span Noumea, Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, Guadalcanal, and Russell Islands. Bougainville club started January by Seabee units. Guadalcanal club dates to May 1943. Weekly meetings mirror world lodges. Funerals occur at forward bases and clubs aid wounded with recreational materials.
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Guadalcanal
Solomons
Noumea
New Caledonia
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Russell Islands
Seabees
Cadet Flier Killed in Newport Plane Crash
Aviation Cadet Harry Hill McAlester Jr. of Brentwood Tennessee died when his training plane crashed two miles south of Newport army air field. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Hill McAlester.
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Newport
Harry Hill McAlester, Jr
Harry Hill McAlester
Brentwood
Tenn
Newport Army Air Field
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