Invasion of Italy Analysis by DeWitt MacKenzie
DeWitt MacKenzie assesses the Italian invasion as a significant but not decisive phase of the war. He notes Allied strength, cautions against overestimating a second front, and highlights Italy as a gateway to air bases and northern operations, with German lines along the Po and Brenner Pass key to defense.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Italy
Hitler
Allied
North Africa
Sicily
United Nations
European
Algiers
Eighth Army
Brenner Pass
Alps
Germany
Ex-Resident of Hempstead Dies in Arkansas
Mrs Julia Powell former resident of Hempstead died yesterday in Little Rock She is survived by two grandsons Elmer and Barney Nations of Spring Hill Funeral services will be held at Spring Hill Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 o clock with burial in Huckabee Cemetery
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Julia Powell
Hempstead
Little Rock
Elmer
Barney Nations
Spring Hill
Spring Hill Baptist Church
Huckabee Cemetery
Debut Dodger Bobo New Som Blankets Reds 2 0
A year ago Bobo New Som, debuting for the Dodgers, held Cincinnati scoreless at 2-0 with four hits and eight strikeouts. Three years back Welby Van Horn fell to Harris Everett in a marathon National Singles final with scores 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-0 15-13. Five years ago Rudy York of the Tigers hit his fourth bases loaded grand slam tying the season record.
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Associated Press Today
Bobo Newsom
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Welby van Horn
Harris Everett
Jacksonville
Forest Hills
Rudy York
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Stage Couple to Wed Tonight in Public Ceremony
Chicago Peggy Van Vleet and Richard McCracken, secretly wed on stage in Kiss And Teils, plan a public marriage tonight attended by most local actors. The cast and crew, plus Chicago theater folk, will witness the ceremony and celebrate on site.
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Chicago
Peggy van Vleet
Richard McCracken
War plans weigh invasion of Italy and its impact
The analysis argues that striking at Italy and its navy would cripple Axis power and ease the drive into southern France and the Balkans. It notes a potential bridgehead from northern Italy, but warns of the need to field hundreds of thousands of troops for occupation and to feed and equip 40 million Italian civilians.
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Reich
Italy
Balkans
France
Youngsters Spark Dodgers Rise in Tight NL Race
Brooklyn crowd cheers as a rookie influx fuels a 4-3 win over the Giants, part of a six game streak that trims the gap to three games behind the second place. Hitting and bullpen resilience anchor the surge while Cincinnati falls to Chicago. In the AL, Detroit sweeps St Louis, and Cleveland edges Chicago. Dizzy Trout earns win on Pinky Higgins’ bases loaded hit.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Branch Rickey
Buck Newsom
Dolph Camilli
Joe Medwick
Johnny Allen
Brooklyn
Rickey
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Hirm Bithorn
Boston
Philadelphia Phillies
Detroit
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Pinky Higgins
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Tigers
Hal Newhouser
Browns
Mrs Roosevelt Thanks Australians for War Aid
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt in Canberra expresses gratitude to Australian women for caring for American soldiers. She notes beauty and opportunity in Australia, hopes to meet more locals and visit camps and hospitals, and says her husband would like to come but cannot. She is guest of the commonwealth government.
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Canberra
Australia
America
Commonwealth
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
B.B.C
Britain
Mrs . Roosevelt
Commonwealth Government
State Institutions to Exhibit Stock at Pine Bluff Show
Governor Adkins calls on state institutions with livestock to prepare first class exhibits for the state livestock show at Pine Bluff October 11 to 17. Penitentiary tuberculosis sanitorian state hospital and agricultural colleges will show blooded herds. East Arkansas Young Men's Clubs plan East Arkansas Day at the exposition with Pine Bluff civic leaders.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Pine Bluff
Penitentiary
Tuberculosis Sanatorian
East
Pancho Segura vows party if tennis title won this year
New York commentary notes Pancho Segura would spend all his saved expense money on a memorable party if he clinches the national tennis title this year. The piece credits his influence in advertising Ecuador and contrasts it with the Equator founding. It also mentions Tuffy Leemans planning retirement from pro football but buying two new football shoes at Giants camp.
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New York
Pancho Segura
Ecuador
Pancho
Equator
Tuffy Leemans
Giants
Steve Owen
Philadelphia couple trains chickens with golf balls
Mr and Mrs Edwin H Vare Jr chase novelty in suburban Philadelphia by using golf balls instead of glass eggs to tease their hens The former Glenna Collett six time Women’s National Golf champion is noted but the couple’s aim to coax the birds into laying many repaints remains unclear and quirky
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Edwin H. Vare, Jr
Glenna Collett
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Navy Officer Ordered Abroad and Public Relations Pace
Navy Lieut Ted Mann former Duke U publicist is ordered to duty outside the continental U S likely to stay in public relations work The Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station names its new drill hall in memory of Nile Kinnick football great Staff Sgt Edward L Volk a marine combat correspondent devised a way to make his boss do the work Volk a former pro boxer covered a Tod Morgan fight at Sitka Alaska with PR officer Lieut Millar Kaufman writing the story
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Navy
Ted Mann
Duke U
Continental
United States
Olathe
Kas
Naval Air Station
Nile Kinnick
Edward L. Volk
Marine
Volk
Tod Morgan
Sitka
Umpire Caught Pockets At Police Ball Joke
A man charged with pocket picking at the annual police ball claimed to be an umpire by trade. The quip suggests that umpires might spend their days off on similar mischief, reflecting light local humor from Jacksonville.
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Winker
Jacksonville
Naval Air Technical Training Center
College grid prospects and sports notes mix in diary
A mixed college sports handout lists prospects like Lou Washington and Jones from Randolph Macon with few Muhlenberg players noted. Gary Schmelke of the Giants lineage, Tex Mooney tied to a Dodgers Hollywood role, Cumrine’s fall absence, and farm labor strains appear alongside boxing, football chatter, and a glam tennis observer’s take on Eleanor Cushingham.
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Muhlenberg
Lou
Washington
Jones
Randolph Macon
Killian
Alabama
Muhlenbergs
Gary Schmelke
Pro Giants
Gary
Manhattan
Tex Mooney
Dodgers
Schupbach
Cleveland
Hollywood
Major Cavanaugh
Jimmy Cumrine
West Virginia
Market Report From National Stockyards Ill Sept 3
Hogs opened steady to 5 higher with slow later trade and some unsold inventory. Prices ranged 13.25 to 14.30 for various weights, sows mostly 13.50 to 14.10, few early to 14.20, and heaviest weights scarce. Cattle and calves showing limited demand with slaughter steers 10.50 to 16.00, heifers 12.50 to 15.25, stocker and feeder 9.50 to 14.50. Sheep not established. Poultry live cars 3 and 38 trucks firm.
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Ill
Poultry and Produce Prices and Market Notes
Chicago market report Sept 3 shows butter receipts 521,944 with prices unchanged. Potatoes arrivals 97 on track 148 total shipments 863, supplies light, demand slow. Market for western triumphs steady, other varieties weaker. Idaho Oregon trusset burwanks US No 1 3.40-3.45. Bliss triumphs US No 1 3.15. Colorado bliss triumphs US No 1 3.30-3.25. Nebraska cobblers US commercial 2.00-2.15. Wisconsin bliss triumphs US No 1 2.20-2.30. Red.
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Chicago
Idaho
Oregon
Bliss
Colorado
Nebraska
Nebraska Cobblers
Wisconsin Bliss Triumphs
Red
Wheat steady as oats and rye slip in market update
Chicago grain notes Sept 3 report oats and rye weaken while wheat holds firm. Early liquidation hit September rye with losses over a cent as markets absorbed supplies and demand shifts.
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Chicago
Idle Barons Break Slump Face First Time This Season
Birmingham Barons climb from the Southern Association cellar for the first time since the second half began, while Atlanta Crackers fall to last. New Orleans Pelicans, led by a six game win streak, squeeze past Atlanta 12-5 to sweep the five game set and widen their lead. Little Rock honors Freddie Hancock in a tribute night as Nashville and Knoxville scene a postponed game.
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Associated Press
Birmingham Barons
Southern Association
Crackers
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
Orrleans Pelicans
Memphis
Little Rock
Nashville
Travelers
New Orleans
Freddie Hancock
Hancock
Travs
Knoxville
Becke
Little Roack
Lopat
Fox
Agricultural Market Update and Cotton Prices Fall in New York
The report notes a broad decline in prices for oats, wheat, rye, and especially cotton as traders liquidate and hedge against a new crop. Oats lose premium, wheat fluctuates around $1.45 to $1.47, rye dips, and cotton futures drop 40 to 75 cents a bale with late 20.00s on nearby contracts as of September.
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New York
Commission House
Europe
Jly
Wall Street Dips After Italian Invasion News
New York stocks showed muted reaction to the Italian invasion with limited buying. While the London market edged up on Axis Europe events, most U S exchanges moved modestly lower as trading waned and declines persisted but without heavy selling.
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New York
Wall Street
London
Axis Europe
Women Ordnance Workers Attacked in Little Rock
Two Arkansas ordnance plant workers report attacks by a man in downtown Little Rock and at a bus stop near 15th and Broadway. One woman received hospital treatment for a head wound after being seized and thrown to the pavement. a police alert followed as the assailant fled.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Ordnance Plant
East Capitol Avenue
Main
Scott
15Th
Brodway
Jap Airforce Knocked Out at Salamaua
Washington reports a planned four pronged Pacific offensive by U S forces this fall with carrier air power ready to strike Japan. Vice Admiral McCain says Marcus Island raid was a token attack and carrier planes now number about 1100, aiming to destroy Japan's fighting planes and advance toward Tokyo. The Quebec conference may have approved the broad strategy against Japan.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Asia
Pacific
Marcus Island
Tokyo
John S. McCain
Naval Operations
Air
Marcus
Japan
McCain
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Globe council votes to sound fire whistle at six
Globe Arizona town council votes to awaken copper workers by sounding the fire whistle at 6 a.m. Fire Chief Fred Barrett protested, saying it would rouse sleeping firemen after swing shifts. He notes phenol is needed for production of sulfur drugs.
Market closes with uneven gains and heavy turnover
Fractions were widespread near the close although scattered firm spots were in evidence. Transfers were around 400,000 shares.
Air Cadets Recruited This Week End
Lt James W Hamilton Jr Air Corps officer will be at the Army Recruiting Office Post Office building Friday and Saturday September 3 and 4 to brief men 17 to 26 on the Aviation Cadet program. Mental exams will be given and transfers from Army to Air Corps noted with pay and allowances preserved. Parents and counselors are urged to seek information and enrollments rise, as 17-year-olds may stay in school until term end and return to college after entering active service.
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James W. Hamilton, Jr
Air Corps
Army Recruiting Office
Hamilton
Avia
Army
Armed Forces
Acquest
Seven Fliers Die in Crash of Two Planes
Fort Worth, Sept. 3. Two four engined B 24 Liberator bombers from Fort Worth army air field collided early today at about 2000 feet over Birdville two miles away and burned with the loss of seven men three in one craft and four in the other. Three bodies were recovered from a wheat field east of Birdville but no remains were found from the other plane which crashed in a brush filled creek bed southeast of the first craft.
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Fort Worth
Fort Worth Army Airfield
Birdville
Sinkwich to Be Given Release
Frankie Sinkwich will be honorably discharged from the Marine Corps on September 11 due to physical unqualification for officers candidate class. Capt. T J Sanders, post public relations officer, confirmed the decision after prior reports in the Augusta Herald that he would leave the Marines and return to civilian life.
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Parris Island
S. C
Frankie Sinkwich
Marine Corps
T . J. Sanders
Post
Augusta
Sinkwich
Is Epilepsy Inherited What Causes It
A booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy causes will be sent free to readers who write to the Educational Division at 535 Fifth Ave New York NY Dept S-134.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Dept. S-134
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