Max Brand dies in Italy while seeking truth about his fiction
The piece recalls Max Brand Frederick Faust war reporting in Italy where he died at 52 his career as a prolific novelist is noted and questions whether war experiences can prove fiction true. It contrasts postwar TV technology policy with CBS advocating rapid high fidelity color and the FCC backing televised progress.
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Max Brand
Italy
Telegraph
Frederick Faust
Alexander Dumas
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Federal Communications Commission
James L. Fly
FCC
Television Broadcasters Association
National Broadcasting Co
Pioneer
Tragic Bus Fatality Near Little Rock
Laura Belle Aaron, 14, died yesterday after alighting a school bus and being struck by a transport truck on U S Highway 167, three and a half miles south of Little Rock. The report notes an estimate of five million more hogs to be fed from the 1943 corn crop than from the 1942 grain crop.
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Little Rock
Laura Belle Aaron
Here
United States
Foremen Quit Strike After Hearing Arnold
Washington May 16 General H H Arnold testified the Detroit foremen strike was a severe setback to the air force and could let Germany recover as bomber crews risked protection. The Foreman’s Association then ordered chapters to end the strike and return to work immediately, pending War Labor Board proceedings.
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Washington
Foreman’s Association of America
Detroit
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
Army Air Forces
Union
WLB
William H. Davis
Washington, D. C
Davis
Arnold
Germany
United States Army Air Force
War Labor Board
U. S
Walter M. Nelson
Foremen’s Association
Robert H. Keys
Reds Thwart Attempt to Stall Drive
On the Estonian front German raiders attacked Red Army troop concentrations but Soviet fliers shot down 15 planes and the remaining aircraft returned. Soviet spokesmen reported massive land forces gathering behind the central front for a likely decisive battle in Poland. In separate actions, airmen hit rail targets at Polotsk and Tasi, claiming 19 enemy planes down. The west bank Dnestr bridgehead assault failed with about 406 German troops killed and 80 captured.
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Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Corvaypende
Moscow
Red Army
Narva
Tallinn
Estonia
Poland
Polotsk
White Russia
Tasi
Red Air Force
Dnestr
Tiraspol
Chisinau
Arkansas income tax payments run short of 1943 figure
May state tax receipts total about 1.4 million dollars, not counting near deadlines payments, well below May 1942’s 1.9 million. Revenue officials doubt 1944 returns will close the 500 thousand dollar gap, citing heavier federal tax deductions and underreporting.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Murray B. McLeod
McLeod
Independence County votes out liquor statewide local option result
Independence County joined 13 others in voting out legal sales of alcoholic beverages under Initiated Act No 1. Returns show 856 for sales and 1 214 against from 21 of 37 precincts. The Batesville area reported the tally on May 17. North and South Carolina were separated in 1720.
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Batesville
Independence County
Japs Closing on Loyang in Northern Henan, China
Japanese vanguards push 125 miles west of the Peiping Hankow line and 40 miles south of Lunghai rail, aiming a trap against Chinese forces in Loyang. Chinese high command says Loyang still in Chinese hands amid fierce fighting. a government spokesman vows the battle of Honan is not lost.
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Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Lunghai Line
Loyang
Henan
China
Lynn Aih
Tunkwan
Yellow River
Honan
Arkansan Receives Silver Star for Rapido River Drive
Allied Headquarters Naples May 17 Maj. Gen. Fred L. Waker pinned 48 Silver Stars to officers and men of the 36th Texas division for the Rapido river bridge drive earlier this year. Recipients include Pfc. Edgar Reeves of Gassville Ark.
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Allied
Naples
Fred L. Waker
36Th “Texas” Division
Rapido River
Pfc
Edgar Reeves
Gassville
Ark
New Superintendent Named for Guernsey Schools
Morgan Griffith was elected superintendent of Guernsey schools by the school board today, succeeding Paul Power. Griffith previously served three years as principal of the McCaskill school in the Blevins district.
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Morgan Griffith
Guernsey
McCaskill
Blevins
Paul Power
Jaluit Bombing Signals U S Invasion Progress in Burma
First Lieutenant Abner D. Hervey listed missing in action since April 21 in the Italian theater. He had 33 bombing missions and held the Oak Leaf Cluster and Silver Wing. His wife Opal Hervey in Hope, Arkansas, learns of the status as Allied forces attack Jaluit and push toward Japanese garrisons in the Marshalls. The Pacific war pattern shows heavy aerial offensives across Burma, China, and the Pacific with raids on Jaluit, Shumushu, and Pulawat demonstrating intensified coordination by Allied forces.
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Abner D. Hervey
Hope
War Department
Opal Hervey
Air Corps
Lt. Hervey
Hervey
Hope High School
Capital Hotel
Jack Hervey
U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Jaluit
Washington
Marshalls
Dutch New Guinea
Kuriles
Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Burma
China
Salween River
Peiping-Hankow
Central News Agency
Loyang
Mogaung-Myitkyina
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Shumushu
Kurile Islands
Pulawat
Carolines
Fort Smith Man to Head State Lodge
The Grand Lodge of the Arkansas Domain Knights of Pythias elected W. P. Morris of Fort Smith as grand chancellor at its 64th annual convention in Little Rock. Other officers included Joe J. Durden Greenwood grand vice chancellor C S Kennerly El Dorado grand prelate Roy Trautman Hot Springs grand member at arms S C Cassell Hot Springs re elected grand keeper of the seats and records Earl Reese El Dorado grand master of the exchequer John Harbottle Altus grand viner guard Garfield McNabb Greenwood grand outer guard R D Lee Little Rock re elected grand trustee. Claude F E Love El Dorado delivered a memorial address for five deceased members B B Raglin Little Rock A F Sparling Little Rock T E Smith Hot Springs James M Dempsey Hot Springs and George S Darley Altus. A resolution urged recovery of J J Doyne Little Rock dean of Arkansas Pythians ill in Baptist State hospital. The group voted to purchase 1500 in war bonds.
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Little Rock
Grand Lodge of the Arkansas Domain
Knights of Pythias
W. P. Morris
Fort Smith
Joe J. Durden
Greenwood
el Dorado
Roy Trautman
Hot Springs
S. C. Cassell
Earl Reese
John Harbottle
Altus
Grand Viner Guard
Garfield McNabb
Grand Outer Guard
R.D Lee
Claude FE. Love
B. B. Raglin
A. FE Sparling
T.E. Smith Hot Springs
James M. Dempsey
George S. Darley
J. J. Doyne
Arkansas Pythians
Baptist State Hospital
Arkansas Democratic Women choose leaders. Manley re-elected chair
Mrs R P Manley of Fort Smith was re-elected chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Women's club for another year at its annual session in Little Rock. Other officers named include Miss Suzanne Lighton of Fayetteville as vice chairwoman.
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Little Rock
R. P. Manley
Fort Smith
Arkansas Democratic Women’s Club
Suzanne Lighton
Fayetteville
Army for Stern Action Over Swedish Trade
Washington reports say the War Department seeks stern handling of Sweden as talks on shipments of Swedish ball bearings to Germany intensify. A Treasury and alien property custodianship statement praised Ski Industries and Ski Steel Workers for aiding Allied war needs, while seizure questions linger. Aftonbladet, Stockholm, cites a formula to settle Sweden’s neutral dispute with the Allies on ball bearing exports.
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Washington
War Department
Sweden
Germany
Treasury
Ski
Ski Industries
Philadelphia
Ski Steel Workers
New York
United States
London
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
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ODT Director Injured in Hotel Barlow Incident
Eugene Davis director of the Office of Defense Transportation in Little Rock was injured by a fall at Hotel Barlow around 7 30 am. He suffered concussion and head lacerations and was taken by ambulance to Julia Chester hospital where he revived after a two hour unconscious spell. Assistant chief engineer J C Baker said Davis awoke in the bathroom groans then Baker found him on the floor with head injuries after the fall in the tub area.
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Eugene Davis
Little Rock
Office of Defense Transportation
Barlow
Julia Chester Hospital
L. M. Lile
State Highway Department
State checks on purchasers of Louisiana tags
Arkansas Revenue Department officials planned a statewide drive after four employees completed a check in Baton Rouge of Arkansas motorists who had purchased 3 Louisiana license tags. Government reports indicate 43 workers quit each month per 1,000 on U S payrolls.
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Louisiana
Little Rock
Frank D. Clancy
Arkansas Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Division
Baton Rouge, la
Arkansas
United States
Ite
Allies Break through Cassino Defenses in Liri Valley
British and Indian troops drive north into the Liri valley, overrun most German positions south of Cassino, and threaten the Adolf Hitler line. Allied and German communiqués confirm heavy fighting, with Majors like Pignataro falling and the bridgehead over the Rapido expanding. American and French forces press toward the Hitler line as air and ground operations intensify along Gustav defenses near Cassino.
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Liri
Rome
Cassino
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Italy
Pignatore
San Giorgio
Pignataro
Via Casilina
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Erwin Rommel
Africa Korps
Rapido
Mediterranean Air Force
Piombino
Voltri
Santo Stefano
Portoferrato
Elba
Piedimonte
Castellanorato
U.S
German Radios Forecast Invasion As Rommel Checks Wall
European radios reported anticipated Allied offensives from the west and east while Berlin claimed Field Marshal Rommel completed a final checkup of the Atlantic wall. Dittmar noted uncertainty in timing and scope as Rundstedt was named supreme anti invasion commander. Military police conducted a mass check of all U S Army uniforms in Britain as a security measure.
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London
United Nations
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Kurt Dittmar
Hitler
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Rommel
Johannes Blackowitz
Supreme Command
Dittmar
Paris
Estonia
Jack Sea
Rome
West
United States Army
Britain
May Change Rules to Let Negroes Vote
May 17 Little Rock report on Arkansas Democratic Committee considering amending party rules to allow Negro Democrats to vote in all levels from district to local offices and for delegates to the national convention. Uninstructed delegation likely for president. possible instruction for vice president. Discussion of poll tax repeal as a party platform plank.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Democratic Committee
Arkansas Gazette
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Harvey G. Combs
Sam Rayburn
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Homer M. Adkins
Henry Wallace Combs
Heiskell Named Chairman of Arkansas State Planning Board
Little Rock May 17 J N Heiskell editor of the Arkansas Gazette today succeeded Ben H Wooten as chairman of the state planning board by gubernatorial appointment. Heiskell has served on the board since its 1935 founding while Wooten has moved to Dallas. Two thirds of a soldier s wartime rations are canned.
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Little Rock
J. N. Heiskell
The
Arkansas Gazette
Ben. H. Wooten
State Planning Board
Adkins
Heiskell
Wooten
Dallas
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