Food for U S Troops Arrives in France Before Troops
Paris reports a large American transport with wheat for U S troops has crossed the Atlantic under U S warship protection and is unloading at a French port. Preparations for reception of American troops include infantry and artillery camps and aviation parks. The ministry of marine notes American warships anchor off the coast as the French navy greets the brothers in arms.
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Paris
Atlantic
Matin
Ministry of Marine
Governor urges leniency on back tax suits for foreign firms
In Little Rock on June 8 Gov. Brough expressed strong interest in the fate of foreign corporations doing business in the state that withdraw over back tax suits. He urged a conservative approach to pursuing taxes and asked firms not to rush to surrender their charters. He warned the state faces losses and projected a $25,000,000 rise in township assessments, hoping withheld appropriations to institutions could be restored if assessments justify it.
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Little Rock
Brough
Quick Returns From Registration Of State
Little Rock June 8 Military authorities in Arkansas report a complete census of men of military age within 38 hours after registration booths closed. The adjutant general lists 146,858 men aged 21 to 31, including 102,383 whites and 44,429 Negroes with 69,945 exemptions and small numbers for aliens and alien enemies.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Adjutant General
Helen S Brown Named District Supervisor in Arkansas
Little Rock June 8 Miss Helen S Brown formerly home demonstration agent of Prentice county Miss has been appointed district supervisor to succeed Miss Rhea E Scott who goes to Louisiana as state canning club agent Browns field will cover Harry F Kapps district Southwest Arkansas and S P Weigerts district Southeast Arkansas designed to relieve pressure on county agents
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Helen 5S. Brown
Prentice County
Miss
Rhea E. Scott
Louisiana
Miss Brown
Harry F. Kapp
Arkansas
S. P. Weigert
British Begin Big Drive In Belgium
London reports a second British push across five miles capturing Oast Taverne and German positions east of it. More than 5,000 prisoners taken along with guns and mortars as British forces push from Observation Ridge toward Ploegsteert Wood on a 10 mile front.
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Oast Taverne
Observation Ridge
Ypres
Ploegsteert Wood
Armentieres
Arras
Messines
Third Regiment Recruited to Full War Strength
Petrograd dispatch notes the Kronstadt conflict resolved with the provisional government gaining authority after Kronstadt surrender. In Little Rock, Arkansas the National Guard gains dental surgeons and officers as the third regiment reaches 2100 men, with federal inspection set for multiple companies across Arkansas towns from June 12 to June 22. Buy a Liberty Bond.
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Anatole Lamanoff
Great
Russia
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Skobeleff
Petrograd
Little*Rock
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Brough
R. P. Spencer
Siloam Springs
Fred Thomas
Clarksville
Tom Harges
Huntsville
National Guard
Virgil A. Beeson
Morrilton
Morriston
Garland Dowdle
Arthur W. Lane
Augusta
Newport
Batesville
Walnut Ridge
Paragould
Ashdown
Nashville
Magnolia
Camden
M. Purdyce
University of Texas appropriation veto shocks readers
Little Rock reports Gov. Ferguson vetoed a one million dollar appropriation for the University of Texas, a move seen as likely to close the institution for two years. Arkansas meanwhile gains ground with a larger mileage-based funding and $100,000 extra, while Gov. Brough praises Futrall and denies rumors of a fall shutdown over military service demands.
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Gov. Brough
Texas
Futrall
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