Politics and War Unite in Wartime Outlook
A reader column argues unity in wartime politics beyond party lines, urging focus on victory and responsible leadership. It decries partisan bickering, warns against New Deal or Old Deal factions hindering the war effort, and stresses Americans of all backgrounds must support decisive action led by MacArthur and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
New Deal
Abraham Lincoln Yay
Woodrow Wilson
France
Republic
Hove
MacArthur
Hitler
Max
Sikhs Reject British Postwar Dominion Offer First
The Sikh All Parties Committee rejects Cripps plan, saying it leaves Sikhs under Muslim majority rule in Punjab. Mahasabha and Muslim leagues pause to issue verdicts Friday. Congress drafting its reply as leaders warn of disappointment if Cripps mission fails.
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Sikh All. Parties
India
Britain
Sika
Sir Stafford Cripps
Mosum
Penjab
Mahasabha
Sir Stafford
Congress Party Working Committee
Moslum
J. F. J. Bahadur
Sapruosnd Dy
Ramrao Jayakar
India None
Cripps
Hope Boy Safe in Philippines
David Brumfield son of Mr and Mrs T H Brumfield of Hope is reported safe in the Philippines in a Jeter message received here Wednesday. Relatives say he was formerly stationed on Corregidor Island Fortress in Manila Bay, with no current station listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Brumfield
T. H. Brumfield
Hope
Jeter
Philippine Islands
Young Brunfield
Corregicor Island
Manila Bay
Philippines
Kansas City Journal Suspends Publication Final Edition
Kansas City loses the Journal after suspension announced and final edition published. Harry Newman and associates ran the paper since October. it employed about 400 people, including 50 on the editorial staff. Auction sale March 24 by bondholders left Kansas City with two dailies, the Star and the Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas City Journal
Harry Newman and Associates
Journal
Te Journal
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
Kansas City Star Company
Christians Plan Candlelight Service at First Christian
The First Christian church conducts evening services on the subject Faces About the Cross led by Rev. Millard W. Baggett. A candlelight Communion service is planned for Thursday at 8 oclock, with all welcome in Randolph Field Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Millard W. Baggett
Italian Sub Hits Cruiser in Eastern Mediterranean
An Italian Malian submarine torpedoed an enemy cruiser in the eastern Mediterranean, with the sub returning to base confirming the damage. The Hallans said their torpedo planes also attacked a convoy in the same region. In Sweden, experiments at Svalof Institute explore a domestic substitute for natural rubber using the Siberian dandelion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
Stockholm
Svalof
Skane
MacArthur Reprints Now Available at Star Newspaper
Star offers full-page MacArthur picture reprints printed on heavy card stock for 25 cents each. Reprints depict General Douglas MacArthur from today’s edition and can be obtained at the newspaper office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Star
Massive German losses in desperate Moscow front clash
Soviet reports say German counterattacks cost about 2,400 men as one village changed hands multiple times amid heavy tank and artillery battles near Moscow. The Red Army reclaimed three towns while fielding strong resistance in central fronts. Dozens of Germans killed as street fighting yielded a fortified village and captured weapons.
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Moscow
Tass
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Gulinin
Pravda
Berlin
Donets
Orel
New Registrants to be Classified for May or June Induction
Washington headquarters said men registered February 18 will be immediately classified and many could be inducted in May or June. Local boards are to begin classification of the February 16 entrants and prepare for the June call, with the October 16 1940 and July 1 1941 registrants forming the first age group and February 16 entrants the second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soldiers Like Free Postage Private to Send First Letters From Robinson
CAMP ROBINSON A post office department announcement would handle postage free mail from service men. Jubilation rose as authorities said 60 000 to 70 000 letters a day were sent. Private George H Grim, former radio director for the Minneapolis Star Journal and Tribune, had priority to send the first stampless letter to the Star Journal publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Camp Robinson
Post Office Department
George H. Grim
Minneapolis Star Journal and Tribune
Star Journal
To Receive Bids for Washington Project
Bids for a $42,000 waterworks system at Washington Arkansas will be opened April 22. Region Engineer George F. Halsey of the Federal Works Agency announced Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas
Washington, Ark
George F. Halsey
Federal Works Agency
April Foolers Axis Guys Are Killers Funny
A satirical look at how Adolf Hitler and Axis powers used April for political moves from 1932 to 1936. It notes staged claims of peace, boycotts, and military posts, contrasting Nazi and fascist propaganda with real actions as interwar tensions rise.
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April Foolers
Axis
Herman Allen
Willer
April
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
von Hindenburg
Red Submarines Spark Black Sea Mobility Shift
Russian submarines in the Black Sea are reported by authoritative sources to target German sea routes between Constanta in Romania and German-held ports. The Red Sea fleet is said to be making a powerful contribution to a final victory for Russia, with limited chances of a German landing on the eastern or southeastern Black Sea coast.
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Reds
London
Russia
Siberian
Japan
Black Sea
Constanta
Rumania
Hempstead Tire Quota for April
Hempstead County ration board met March 21 to set April tire quotas and review eligibility groups. Quotas include 169 retreads 101 passenger tires 51 truck tires 30 retreads and 48 truck tubes. Board urges use of retreads and recaps due to scarce rubber while ensuring essential movement. List A and B define eligible vehicles such as medical, religious, ambulance, fire police, sanitation and mail services, and large passenger transport. Continued on Page Two.
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Hempstead
El Dorado Man in Burma Fight
El Dorado student Dr. Paul Geren, 28, went to Rangoon to teach at Judson College and work at a hospital in a bomb wrecked Burmese town. He is among educators under Dr. Gordon Segraves, serving Chinese soldiers on the Toungoo front after completing study at Baylor, LSU, and Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Paul Geren
Rangoon
Burma
Toungoo
Geren
Gordon Segraves
H. M. Geren
Judson College
Baylor
Louisiana State University
Harvard
NYA Furnishes Trained Workers
Washington report shows National Youth Administration sent 421,000 trained youths to private industry last year, including 210,000 to war-contract plants. Aubrey Williams told Senate Labor that NYA provides 80,000 mechanically trained war workers each quarter, opposing abolition and any shift during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aubrey Willising
Senate Labor Committee
National Youth Administration
Williams
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
NYA
CCC
Blytheville Man Survives Torpedoed Vessel Losses Reported
Norfolk dispatch counts 13 crew saved by rescue vessel after torpedo attack on a Panamanian merchant ship. Two crewmen known dead and 38 presumed lost. Blytheville, Arkansas fireman Ray Prichard reports the ship sank within three minutes after a single torpedo struck her bow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
Ray Prichard
Blytheville
Ark
Three Patmos Boys Arrested In County Theft Case
Three Patmos youths Tilman Frashier Henry Elledge and Charles Breedlove were arrested early Wednesday after attempting to sell valuable metal pieces. They admitted taking lubricators two fire extinguishers and substantial cast iron from two guns in the southern part of the county. They were turned over to Hempstead sheriff for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilman’ Frashier
Henry Elledge
Charles Breedlove
Hempstead
Judges Named for City Vote
Officials announced Wednesday to serve in the city general election on Tuesday April 7. Ward 1 judges J W Turner J T Harbin J T Beil clerks Will Palmer Tom Kinser. Ward 2 judges Paul Cobb T E Bailey R L Byers clerks Mrs Tom Middlebrooks Mary Louise Keith sheriff Will Garner. Ward Lasagites T R Briant Roy aehnvads B W Muldrow clerks Claude Taylor G C Ward sheriff Tom Billingsley. Ward 4 judges Lee Brown Marvis Waterson Arch Moore clerks D C Wailey H D Linker sheriff Chas Hanson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Turner
J. T. Harbin
J.T. Beil
Will Palmer
Tom Kinser
Paul Cobb
T. E. Bailey
R. L. Byers
Tom Middlebrooks
Mary Louise Keith
Will Garner
Ward Lasagites
T. R. Briant
Roy
Aehnvads
Oil and Gas Filings Lafayette County March 30 1942
Oil and gas filings dated March 30 1942 cover Arkansas royalty deeds transferring 1/20th royalty acres from W T Lewis to Harry Bussey and 3/40ths int from Harry Bussey to R C Casey. Assignment of C G Leases undivided interests lists Tide Water Oil Company to Phillips Petroleum Company and related tracts in Sections 28 29 30 32 33 Township 17 South Range 24 West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.T. Lewis
Harry Bussey
R. C. Casey
Tide Water Ass
Phillips Petroleum Company Et al
West
Bee
Burma Battle Reaches Very Critical Stage
The Associated Press reports intense fighting in Burma as Chinese forces, led by Lt General Well, counter Japanese advances near Toungoo. Japanese attacks press Australian defenses around Port Moresby and Salamaus, while Allied air forces claim successes against enemy planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Burma
Philippines
Wewright
Bataan
Inva
Ini Fense
Smwell
Genwell
Toungoo
Salamaus
Reini
Sittang
Cortine
Hope City Wide Campaign Goes to Easter Services
The Hope Ministerial Alliance leads a church drive titled Go to Church, extending through Easter Sunday with sunrise services at the high school and sermons by Rev Graves. Lillian Routon presides. Anderson chairs the Layman's Committee. Various churches plan baptism, communion, and worship music. aim to strengthen individual spiritual responsibility per the scriptural theme Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Hope Ministerial Alliance
Graves
Lillian Routon
Pi of
Anderson
America
imore _church o
Moscow police and storm troopers strengthen actions in Germany
Report from Germany notes increased police and storm trooper measures in relation to wartime activities. The description mentions Moscow involved authorities and expanding enforcement though details remain fragmentary.
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London
Moscow
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Fone
By Willis Thornton
Hope Boy
Christians Plan Candlelight Service
Randolph Field
Boycett
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Reichstag
Goering
Hiller
North Sea
Sylt
Anthony Eden
Rhineland
England
Schacht
Europe
Maly
Austria
Hapsburg
Miter
Japs Blast Church
Manila
NEA Service
Telephoto
Santo Domigo
Priveless
Patmos
Associate Press
New Orleans
Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
Lewisville
Arkansas
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