Work or jail order echoes wartime Arkansas press and politics
In Little Rock a "work or go to jail" order draws attention as officials push able-bodied residents to work amid war mobilization. Detectives report no arrests yesterday while crowds flee idle leafing spots, reflecting state efforts to meet labor needs and curb unemployment during the era.
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Little Rock
Martin
U.S
Arkansas
Style
Louisiana
America
Henderson urges quick action to halt inflation
Washington September 15. Leon Henderson at Senate Banking Committee urged immediate stabilization of farm prices wages and salaries to avert an inflation disaster as deadly as a bomb. He backed a Roosevelt directive to keep feed prices near current levels and stressed the cost of living driven by uncontrolled foods. He cited rising butter egg and chicken prices and warned uncontrolled items fuel inflation and hurt morale. House hearings set for tomorrow on a bill to stabilize wages and ceilings on farm prices with a 1904 14 purchasing power baseline.
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Washington
Arj
Leon Henderson
Senate
Henderson
Wagener
D-Ny
Brown
D-Mich
Roosevelt
House
Steagall
D-Ala
Banking Committee
A. Noor
Ogner Ud-N.y
Power Granted to Transfer War Workers
Washington September 15 Power to transfer any of the nations 2 300 000 federal workers from one agency to another to aid the war effort will be granted the Civil Service Commission on September 27. The directive by Manpower Chairman Paul McNutt authorizes action without employee consent and may move workers to private war industry jobs with consent. Officials say spotters already identify candidates and assure re employment rights after the war. McNutt noted transfers to private industry will require legislation while transfers within agencies are authorized.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Paul
McNutt
Civil Service
Arthur Fleming
Commission
Fleming
McNutty
Hope School Board Sets Football Admission Prices
The athletic committee fixes prices for the season opening Friday at Smackover. Members Robert LaGrone Syd McMath and Ched Hall attend with Coach Foy Mammons. General admission 50 cents plus tax, season tickets 2.50 plus tax, box seats 2 to 7 dollars, student tickets 45 cents plus tax, with no reserve seats or past season benefits.
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Hope School Board
Smackover
Robert LaGrone
Syd McMath
Ched Hall
Foy Mammons
C G Tiddle Injured in Accident at Southwestern Proving Ground
Clovis G. Tiddle was injured yesterday at the Southwestern Proving Ground while assembling ammunition when a small shell detonated, costing him three fingers of his left hand, the commanding officer announced.
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Clovis G. Tiddle
Southwestern Proving Ground
Mr. Tiddle
United States Holds Pacific Striking Power, Blandy Says
Rear Admiral Blandy reported from Washington that U S forces currently hold the balance of striking power in the Western Pacific over Japan. He noted adequate ordnance supply, strong anti aircraft defenses, and the need to keep pushing offensively. In the Middle East Tobruk raids, U S bombers attacked waterfronts, airfields, and ground bases around Bengasi while facing heavy anti aircraft fire.
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W. HH. Blandy
United States
Pacific
Blandy
Navy Ordnance
Knox
Japan
Solomons
Ordnance
Guadalcanal
Tuwlingi
Solamans
United States Rmy Airy
Middle East
V/P
Tobruk
U.S. Air Force Command
McCLELLAN Files Corrupt Practice Pledges
Little Rock dated Sept 15 John McClellan Democratic nominee for U8 Senator filed corrupt practice pledges today along with other candidates.
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McClellan
Little Rock
John McClellan
Maine GOP wins all major races in post Pearl Harbor election
In the first state vote after Pearl Harbor Maine Republicans swept major offices. Wallace White Jr. won a third term as senator, Sumner Sewell was elected governor, and Margaret Smith captured the second district seat. Robert Hale won the first district by about 10,000 over former Gov. Brann. James Oliver vacated the seat, Frank Fellows was reelected in the third district. Official returns gave large margins for Republicans amid a national trend.
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Portland
Maine
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Wallace H. White, Jr
Sumner Sewell
Margaret C. Smith
Robert Hale
Louis J. Brann
James C. Oliver
Frank Fellows
White
Fulton J. Redman
Sewall
George W. Lane, Jr
Hale
Brann
Roosevelt
Hampshire
New Jersey
Michigan
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Mississippi
James 0
Eastland
Wall Doxey
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Courtney Crocker
Boston
Lodge
Benton J. Burton
South Haven
J. T. Hammon
Benton Harbor
Brown
Julius P. Heil
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Arthur J. Gruenler
Francis P. Murphy
Wonlerpublican
Wig
Fecony
Alvin R. Lueler
James M. Curley
Thomas H. Eliot
Leverett Saltonstall
William I. Smathers
Robert A. Hurley
Eastland Leads Bilbo-Backed Candidate in Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi on September 15 Eastland runs in a runoff Democratic primary against Sen Wall Doxey for the full U.S. Senate term. Eastland led Doxey by 12 366 votes in the first primary as observers gauge support amid Gov Paul Johnson backing Eastland and Bilbo backing Doxey.
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Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
Ruleville
U.S
Harrison
Paul Johnson
Tastland
Theo G. Bilbo
House
Arthur G. Busby
Meridian
W. A. Winstead
Philadelphia
Ross Collins
Senate
Flashes of Life and Odd News Bits From The Nation
In East St Louis Mrs Margaret Ruthledge ignores a death notice for her husband Robert Rutledge a 69 year old Spanish American war veteran believing he will return home for dinner as usual The Washington bureau reports he is alive Kansas City police chief Kareld Anderson laments losing about 20 men a month since last December He plans to press the state legislature to raise patrol pay noting city salaries from 120 to 150 a month while nearby Kansas City MO offers 165 a month
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Margaret Ruthledge
Veterans’ Administration
Robert B. Rutledge
Washington
Rutledge
Kansas City
Kareld Anderson
Seaplane Attacks Oregon Coast Marks First U S Air Raid
An unidentified seaplane, possibly carried by a submarine, was seen near dawn on the southern Oregon coast near Brookings. A forest fire followed, leaving a crater about three feet wide and a foot deep with iron fragments bearing ideographs. Army officials called it a test and said the incident marked the first aerial bombardment on U S soil.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Army
Western Defense Command
Yearing
Mount Emily
Brookings
Ore
Orega
R. J. Runyon
Fileter Center
California
Seaside
United States
British Strike at Tobruk Bases Reported by Admiralty
London reports a sea borne British force with light naval units and heavy RAF squadrons struck Tobruk, Rommel's Libyan supply base, inflicting casualties and damage before withdrawal. A separate action near El Daba behind Axis lines saw no damage or casualties. Italian and Cairo comments cite losses on both sides and conflict over a large landing operation.
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London
Admiralty
Tobruk
Rommel
Bort
el Daba
Cairo
AP Reporter Larry Allen Believed Captured in Tobruk Raid
Associated Press correspondent and 1941 Pulitzer winner Larry Allen was believed captured by Italians after the Tobruk raid Sunday night. A Cairo AP bureau chief said he had seen credible information Allen was in enemy hands. The Italian radio later announced a U S journalist was taken prisoner in the raid with his name withheld.
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New York
Hpi
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Tobruk
Edward Kennedy
Cairo
Allen
Japs Killed Own Wounded in Milne Fight
General MacArthur’s headquarters reports Japanese losses at Milne Bay where Allied forces repelled a late August landing. An Allied officer says the battle unfolded in three fierce phases with air power credited for halting the invaders. Estimated Japanese landings about 2,000 with 700 killed. Refuges in ten Arkansas counties will be restocked with deer, per state Game and Fish Commission.
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Australia
Milne Bay
New Guinea
North Peninsula
Sir Thomas Blamey
Allied
Little Rock
Calhoun
Madison
Washington
Jefferson
Clark
Union
Columbia
Independence
White
Lafayette
T. A. McAmis
State Game and Fish Commission
Record Shattering Revenue Bill Heads To Draftsmen
The wartime Victory tax bill moves to technical draftsmen after Senate Finance committee approval. It would tax earnings above 624 dollars at 3 percent, with year end credits of 25 percent for singles and 40 percent plus 2 percent per dependent for married taxpayers. The panel lowered the corporate rate, set postwar rebates, and kept a sales tax defeat.
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Jack Bell Washinton
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Bark- Jey
la Follette
Pro-Wis
Vandenberg
Tillevy
Byrd
Secretary of the Treasury
Morenthau
Renewed Nazi Push Fails to Break Stalingrad Lines
War dispatches from Moscow describe heavy bombardment and stubborn Soviet defense at Stalingrad as German tanks and infantry press the Volga city. Red Army reports claim about 4,000 German troops killed on the central front and 2,000 in the Stalingrad sector, with Soviet counterattacks holding firm amid scorched streets and factory smoke.
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Henry CG. Cassidy
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Volga
Stall &Rad
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Stagrad
Sitka
Hechting
Coms’ Munique
Central
Caucasus
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Germany
Red Star
Axis
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Stalinrad
Vola
Mosscow
Fedor von Boek
Stalin
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