Langer Seat Sparks Debate On Senate Moral Censorship
The United States Senate voted to seat Senator William Langer of North Dakota amid charges including impropriety and tampering with court officials, reflecting a broader trend where the Senate acted as moral censor over elected representatives. The piece contrasts this with earlier expulsions of Smith and Ware and urges voters to accept responsibility for government honesty, warning against whitewashing by debate.
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United States Senate
William Langer
North Dakota
Senate
Smith
Tlanois
Ware
Pennsylvania
Langer
Nuri Dalkota
McNary
Tanger
Roosevelt misjudged public mood on labor standards
Willis Thornton argues Roosevelt misread wartime sentiment on mandatory labor standards. He cites nonmetropolitan workers across the country who value 40 hour weeks and wage controls yet fear price rises, insisting military production must not be slowed and warning against price policy without wage action.
MacArthur Urges Church to Pray for General MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur, Episcopal from Little Rock, asked for divine guidance in a message read by Rev W P Witsell at Christ Episcopal Church. The church planned to include an Easter message in his sermon and to read the baptismal connection to his work. The rector noted MacArthur and an elder brother were baptized in the church.
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Pacific
Little Rock
Douglas MacArthur
Arkansas
W. P. Witsell
The
Christ |Episcopal Church
Church of Your Baptism
MacArthur
Douglas
Mac Arthur
W. P. Witsells
Ree- Moro
Tia’ Nacre Acae
Witsell
Spinister
Williams Also Had Bad Start
Thirty years after starting as a young Alliance machinist, James Robert Williams rose to fame as the creator of Out Our Way. The Cleveland visit, syndicated reach to 20 million readers, and a testimonial dinner mark his twentieth anniversary as a daily cartoonist. He recalls a California ranch, a San Fernando valley start, and a cavalry past as he reflects on a life shaped by sketches and persistence.
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NEA
Cleveland
Alliance
Ohio
Jims Williams
Jim B. Willians
Detroit
NBA Service, Inc
The
Star
United Today
James Robert Williams
California
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
America
Now 54
Jim
U.S. Cavalry
Prescott
Ariz
Sixth Easter Sunrise Service at Hope High School
The sixth annual Easter Sunrise Service at Hope High School Foul Hall Stadium gathers thousands for a one hour service led by Roy Anderson and the Hope Ministerial Alliance. Rev W P Graves, First Pentecostal Church, speaks, with Claude Taylor directing singing. The event opens the Go To Church five week campaign and encourages attendees to attend their own churches afterward. The service emphasizes faith, religious freedom, and support for the community, followed by a program of worship and greetings. A U S Sheridan gun boat wreck from the Civil War is noted in a later line.
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Hope
Hope High School
Hall Stadium
Roy Anderson
Hope Ministerial Alliance
Ustar
Churches of Hope
W. P. Graves
First Pentecostal Church
Wape Ministerial Alliance
Claude Taylor
William Rauton
Jesus Christ
God
Ute Hope Ministerial Alliance
Lillian C. Rowton
King
Milkud W. Baggett
W. BR. Hamilton
Iymn
Christ
Thoras Brewster
Kenneth L. Spore
Lulu
Holy City
William Routon
Graves
J. B. Hamill
Kenneth Crank
Nine Feared Lost in Army Bomber Crash Near Utah Border
A four motor bomber crashed near the Utah border Friday night in Idaho killing two aboard and leaving seven missing. Public relations officer R S Gibbs of Gorten Field disclosed Saturday.
Questionnaires to Registrants for Selective Service
Men aged 20 to 44 who registered on February 16 will receive an Occupational Questionnaire from local Selective Service Boards in April as part of a joint program with the U S Employment Service. The form asks about current job, education, and best fitted work, listing 228 occupations. It must be returned within ten days, with help available from employers unions local offices, or advisory boards at no charge. The aim is a nationwide occupational inventory to protect war production, replace deferred workers with trainees, and speed transfers from nonessential to essential work. Further mailings will reach men registered in 1940 41 and later those aged 16 20 to 64 as registration expands, eventually covering about 40 million men.
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Little Rock
Alan
Selective Service Board
United States Employment Service
Selective Service System
Selective Service Boards
United States
Ser
Selective Service
Servill
D. Palmer Patterson
Ment Service
Arkansas
Daily Drilling Report for S Arkansas and MACEDONIA areas
ARK. OIL & GAS COMM MIDWAY lists drilling activity across multiple fields and spacings. Entries include Barngdall FLOC Roberts No 1 Elev 275 Drig 5267 and multiple other well numbers with elevations and drill lengths. MACEDONIA 8 acre spacing and WILDCATS Jeffus No 1 Orig 4611. Hygrade Oil Co Ford No 1 Orig 540.
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ARK. Oil & Gas Comm Midway
Barngdall
Floc. Roberts
Drig
I. C. Roberts
F.C. Roberts
R. UW. M. BP
Gene Goff
H. Lyons
Dodson
Drie
A. Stuey
Burton
Buckner
G. Bradham
Sue Key
Wildcats
McAlester
Jeffus
Hygrade Oil Co
Sylvan
Ford
Hempstead County Drilling Below 3000 Feet Sees Mixed Results
Routine drilling in the Midway field of LaFayette and Hempstead counties includes Barnsdall Oil activity. The Hempstead test in section 92-14-24, likely Copeland No 1, ends below 3600 feet. Other wells in the area drill depths ranging from 1300 to 9700 feet as operators push for oil shows and assess new leases.
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Stamps
Midway
LaFayette
Hempstead
Barnsdall Oil Company
Hempstead County
Hygrade Oil Company
Ford
Midway Field
Roberts
Buckner Field
Bradhar
Sue Keys No
Buckner
LaFayette County
McAlester Fuel Oil Company
Deffus
Sugar Rationing Forms Issued for Trade Registration
The notice outlines Sugar Rationing Program forms including R-405 Retail and Wholesale Registration, R-306 Sugar Purchase Certificate, R-19 Stamp Card Exchange Receipt, R-410 Institutional and Industrial Registration, R-32 The Plan for Trade Registration booklet, and R-34 Application for Sugar Purchase Certificate. Aimed at wholesalers, retailers, hotels, bakeries, and others, registration occurs April 28 29 with consumer rationing to follow May 4 5 6. Counties and boards to notify custodians, keep forms separate from individual sugar forms, and review the Trade Registration booklet promptly. Hempstead county will receive the material.
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Hempstead
Ramsey Writes From Pacific War Letter Home
Lt. Percy E. Ramsey, former Bobcat football star now with the American forces in the Philippines, writes his hopeful letter February 4 to his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ramsey in Hope. He asks them not to worry, says he will be OK, and urges prayers while noting the danger of combat and the chance he may not return. He mentions church and family, and provides his address in the Philippine Islands.
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W. M. Ramsey
West Fifth Street
Hope
Percy E. Ramsey
Bobcat
Philippines
O. K
Cheek
Frank
Bob
Bill
Percy Fel
Percey
Ramsey Fu
U.S. Alt
Philippine Islands
Silver Shirt Leader Pelley Arrested in Connecticut
William Dudley Pelley, head of the Silver Shirts, was arrested in Barien, Conn, on charges of dispatching false statements to damage the United States and aid enemies. Under Attorney General Biddle, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted. Also noted, the U.S. imported 79,855,906 pounds of casanut oil in late 1939.
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Washington (P
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
United States
FSI
Bariem
Conn
Justice Department
Biddle
Pelly
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County April 2 1942
Oil and Gas filings dated and filed on April 2 1942 in Lafayette County show assignments and royalty deeds among Root Petroleum Company Tide Water Associated Oil Company J A R Moseley Jr Trustee A C Taylor Ida Tatom Nora Daniels J W Jarvis and Lion Oil Refining Co. The records involve undivided or specified interests in sections 32 and 42 township 17 south range 24 west and other parcels including NE NW SE and PSW with royalty deeds 5 12 and 1 160 int and leases dated 1 17 42 3 31 42 and 3 31 42.
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Root Petroleum Company
Tide Water Associated Oil Company
J. A. R. Moseley
West
J. A. R. Moseley, Jr
Reet Petroleum Company
A. C. Taylor
Reot Petroleum Company
Ida Tatom
B. H. Dobson
Nora Daniels
P. BE. Bulter
Walter Keith
M. D
P. E. Bulter
Naval Building Said Far Ahead of Ship Losses
A wartime bulletin notes U S bombers strike from India bases sinking a Japanese cruiser transport and damaging two more ships in the Bay of Bengal. It reports the U S Navy has launched 16 destroyers a battleship two cruisers two aircraft tenders and other craft since Pearl Harbor while 17 battleships 1 carrier and 31 cruisers are under construction.
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Associated Press
U. S. Army
India
of Bengal
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Navy
New Delhi
U. S. Airforce Headquard
L H. Bretton
Saphuese
Bay of Bengal
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Tabernacle to Close Revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle ends with Evangelist Bird H Campbell speaking Sunday morning and evening. A Christ’s Ambassadors Rally led by Agnes Stokes is set for Sunday afternoon at 2 30 with music and special singing. Closing service starts Sunday night at 8. A separate note mentions a man balancing teacups in a factory.
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Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Bird H. Campbell
Hope Gordon Divisio
Christ's Ambassadors
Hope Gospel Tavern
Agnes Stokes
Campbell
Tabernacle
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