Arkansas Tax Fight and Court Rulings Highlight War Era Debate
Our Daily Bread discusses a Supreme Court decision limiting Arkansas sales tax by taxing orders from out of state agents, forecasting a $250000 annual loss. It contrasts with Texas and Louisiana tax rates, then shifts to poll tax debates and reform attempts, and ends with a wartime youth labor proposal as a delinquency remedy.
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Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Murray B. McLeod
Texas
Louisiana
Shreveport
America
Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Subversive Groups Target Negro Leaders Urged Action
The Southern Baptist convention committee calls for a broad White Negro cooperative education plan for Negro preachers and pledges $5,000 annually to each of 13 Baptist Negro Colleges. The report notes Negroes elected to New York City Council and warns against atheistic revolutionary leadership. The 3,000 messengers hear racial condition reports as hydrogen gas is cited historically.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
City Council of
New York
Social Service Commission
Detroit Foremen Strike Threatens Warplane Production
Washington reports 3,300 foremen in 13 Detroit area war plants walk out over independent union recognition. Patterson says the strike may be brought to War Mobilization Director Byrnes before nightfall as several plants face imminent closure and rising rejection rates on parts and sub assemblies.
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Washington
Detroit
Patterson
James F. Byrnes
War Department
Army
Navy
Steel Launches Campaign for Governor
Texarkana attorney Will Steel opened his bid for governor in Sevier county pledging higher teacher salaries and keeping the University of Arkansas out of politics. He opposed bureaucracy, urged tax-funded education as investment, called for a hunter and fisher paradise, retirement of debt, better rural housing, and sought input from state agencies and the Arkansas public expenditures council.
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Lockesburg
Will Steel
Texarkana
Sevier County
Steel
University of Arkansas
State University
Arkansas
Arkansas Public Expenditures Council
State Negro Democrats to Try to Vote
Little Rock reports the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association announced plans for Negro Democrats to vote in the upcoming summer primaries. A resolution urged free use of the ballot after Dr J M Robinson claimed a U S Supreme Court Texas ruling authorizes their participation. Dr Robinson urged qualified Negroes to apply for ballots and report to authorities if refused.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Arkansas
J. M. Robinson
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
J. H. McConico
Association
Delivery Boy Wanted Sign Appears in Pharmacy Window
In Memphis Tennessee a flash notice appeared in a pharmacist’s storefront window reading delivery boy wanted please. The brief sign reflects a terse job call posted amid local commerce.
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Memphis, Tenn
China Salween River Offensive Gains With Stilwell Link Aim
Chinese forces pushing along the Salween river in a major first seven-year war offensive. They aim to join Lt Gen Stilwell in Northern Burma to open a land supply route to China, crossing the river at multiple points despite stiff resistance. Allied air and naval activity expands across Wake Island and surrounding areas as operations continue.
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China
Salween River
Stilwell
Associated Press
Clyde Farnsworth
Salween
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Tokyo
Kohima
India
MacArthur
Wake Island
Dutch New Guinea
Schouten Islands
Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Chungking
Wei Li-Huang
Mamien Pass
Tengchung
Shwele
Pingka
Lungling
Yunnan
Burma Road
Douglas Buys Out Partner in Crescent Drugstore
Frank Douglas yesterday bought out partner Howard Byers in the Crescent drugstore at 225 South Main Street. A Mt Ida native and lifelong pharmacist since 1930, Douglas has managed Crescent since 1936 and will run it as sole owner.
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Frank Douglas
Howard Byers
Crescent Drugstore
Mr. Douglas
Mt. Ida
Montgomery County
Crescent
South Main Street
Hope
Arkadelphia
Arkadelphia In 1936 To Manage the New Crescent
Paul Briant
Frank Ward
Mr. Byers
Record: 1940 Visitors to Scott's Bluff National Monument
In 1940 the Scott's Bluff National Monument in Nebraska welcomed 108 536 visitors. The figure reflects annual attendance at the historic site noted for its bluffs and pioneer history.
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Scott's Bluff National Monument
Nebraska
Nazi Air Attack Strikes English Coast Amid Invasion Prep
London reports that up to 300 German planes attacked the southern English coast for a second night, focusing on Portsmouth. Six planes were shot down as bombs and incendiaries hit coastal towns and a hospital, while Allied raids targeted Ludwigshafen and a French airfield.
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W. W. Hercher
London
England
Berlin
Portsmouth
Ludwigshafen
Germany
France
Mediterranean Army
Yugoslavia
Paris
Max Brand Killed in Italian Front Battle
Frederick Faust known as Max Brand, famed writer of Dr Kildare stories and pulp master, was killed in action on the lower Garigliano sector during the Fifth Army offensive near Minturno. His body was found south of Santa Maria Infante. He would have turned 52 on May 29, survived by his widow Dorothy Dilling and two children.
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Allied
Naples
Frederick Faust
Harper's Magazine
Max Brand
Garigliano
Faust
Fifth Army
Santa Maria Infante
Minturno
Gulf of Gaeta
Dorothy Dilling
Los Angeles
United States
Destry
Rio Grande
Seattle
Modesto
Calif
University of California
Allies Drive Through Gustav Line North of Liri Valley
Allied French forces breached the Gustav line on the south edge of the Liri valley and chase remnants of the German 1st division. British, Indian, and American troops push toward Cassino and the Rapido bridgehead as prisoners rise. air forces strike Piombino, Ancona, and other targets.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Liri
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Italy
Rome
French Were Plunging Ahead, Gen. Alexander
Adolf Hitler
Gustav
Spigno
Carigliano
Monte Fammera
Eighth Army
Garigliano
San Giorgio
Liri River
Rapido
Arunci
Capo Dacqua
Monte le Civita
Mediterranean Air Force
Piombino
Ancona
Orvieto
Pontedera
Portoferraio
Iphonse Juin
Navy says over 1200 fighting ships in world fleet
Rear Admiral E L Cochrane disclosed the nation’s naval strength, noting more than 1200 fighting ships comprise the world’s largest fleet. He traced gains since 1941 and warned postwar plans could challenge shipbuilding facilities and economic security.
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America
Los Angeles
E. L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
National Association of Manufacturers
Cochrane
United States
Navy
AVA Would Eliminate State's Rights
Former Governor Ralph Carr of Colorado argues that Arkansas Valley Authority plans threaten state sovereignty. Joe Gill of New York City criticizes internal worms undermining constitutional government. L. L. Baxter of Fayetteville is set to become president of the Arkansas Utilities Association at today's close.
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Little Rock
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Arkansas Valley Authority
Carr
Arkansas Utilities Association
Joe Gill
New York City
Electric Power & Light Co
L. L. Baxter
Fayetteville
Arkansas Western Gas Company
Temperature Surges Past 90 Once More
The Experiment Station reported yesterday that temperatures rose to 90 degrees, matching Sunday’s high and setting a new 1944 record for the area.
Masons to Confer Degrees Tonight
The Masonic Lodge meets tonight to confer the Masters degree on candidates. Members are urged to attend at 7 30 p m. London May 16 Britain and the United States show no immediate intent to change the mailing address of Gen De Gaulle s organization from the French Committee of National Liberation to the Provisional Government of the French Republic. Any decision on a formal change would await a request from the French group and would be studied carefully to determine recognition implied.
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Masonic Lodge
London
Britain
United States
Gen de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
French Republic
De Gaulle Says He Is Not Bound by Pact With Darian
In Algiers May 16 Gen Charles De Gaulle announces his committee for National Liberation will call itself the Provisional Government of the French Republic and says France is not bound absolutely by the 1942 North Africa accords with Clark and Darlan. A spokesman says the group can abide by existing agreements but reserve power to repudiate later. Madras note follows.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Committee For National Liberation
French Republic
de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
France
Mark W. Clark
Jean Darlan
North Africa
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Commerce Department
Anthony Falcone
Egan
Edward C. Eicher
Ernest F. Elmhurst
Ira Chase Koehne
O. John Rogge
Joseph W. Burns
Lawrence Dennis
Dennis
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Edward James Smythe
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Tacoma
Wash
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Phillippines
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Canton
Douglas
English
Frederick Allen
Harpers Magazine
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Cape Horn
Hoorn
Netherlands
Schouten
Europe
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Sermonea
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