MacArthur Seen as Vital Pacific Leader and Political Target
Analysis notes a calm Pacific state until Allied forces launch a major offensive, with General Douglas MacArthur praised as the essential commander for Western Pacific operations. The piece warns against misjudgment during the holding phase and cautions against political entanglements for the trusted leader who must avoid big mistakes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
United Nations
Hitler
Allie High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippines
Western Pacific
Pacific
MacArthur
Australia
Soong Sisters biography featured at Rotary club
Mrs. R L Broach reviewed Emily Kahn 1944 biography The Soong Sisters for the Rotary club at Hotel Barlow. Edwin Stewart arranged the program as Mrs. Broach traced the sisters from U S education through the Chinese revolution to today. The speaker noted the sisters' honored name meaning husband helpers and the Rotary audience heard local politics news including Oscar Moore’s gubernatorial bid and remarks by Mayor Albert Graves.
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Soong
Rotarians
Jacob Sharp
Magnolia
Oscar I. Moore
Bovernor
Arkansas
Rotary
Moore
Albert Graves
Market Rebounds Some as Stock Averages Hold Near Highs
New York stocks edged toward equilibrium with selective bids for rails and industries yet leaders mostly in the minus column. Despite the Friday tumble that liquefied speculative accounts, the 66-stock AP index stayed about 15 points above last year’s bottom and the 30-industrial index held around 20 points of its rise. Turnover hovered near 1,000,000 shares, one of Saturday’s best since 1940, while bonds and commodities steadied. In St Louis livestock, hogs were scarce with prices down, cattle and veal firms up, and sheep market weak to steady. cotton prices also fell on uncertain anti inflation policy expectations.
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New York
Associated Press
ST. Louis
U S Attorney to Prosecute Mathes in Jonesboro Case
U S District Attorney Leon Catlett of Little Rock will assist in the prosecution of Fred Mathes compress manager of Jonesboro for the slaying of J E Parr compress president. Trial date not yet set. Catlett to take a leave of absence. close friend of the Parrs. Marcus Fietz will head the staff, with McAdams and Catlett assisting. Will Davis of Memphis is chief defense counsel, with Eugene Sloan of Jonesboro.
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Jonesboro
U. S
Leon Catlett
Little Rock
Fred Mathes
Compress
J. E. Parr
Catlett
Herbert McAdams
Prices on Potatoes and Onions Raised by OPA
The OPA raised May and June prices for white potatoes by 20 cents per 100 pounds and dry onions by 20 cents per 50 pounds to spread shipments in the late season and deter selling off crops before May. Compared with current prices, the increases total 10 cents per 100 pounds of potatoes and 30 pounds per 50 of onions.
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Washington
OPA
Indiana Republicans form postwar international cooperation council
Indiana Republicans not aligned with the GOP state body formed a postwar policies council in Indianapolis to advocate international cooperation. The group backed a letter by Booth Turkington, stressing cooperation to prevent future wars and law between nations, while warning the party must adopt this idea or risk losing the intelligent vote. Richard T. James, state auditor, commented on maintaining enforcement if needed and distinguishing from utopian theories.
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Indianapolis
iFourty
Indiana
United States
Booth Turkington
Republican Party
Richard T. James
Wallace
Republican Platington
Sardis Home Demonstration Club Meets in Patmos Arkansas
The Sardis Home Demonstration Club held its April meeting at Mrs. Cleve Mayton's home in Patmos Arkansas. Mrs. Gentry Ratcliff led, ten new members joined, and visitors attended. Miss Fletcher discussed garden seed testing and making simple household items. A Red Cross training class was planned with plans to hold in the community. Organizers listed numerous attendees and announced the next meeting on May 7 at Sardis Church with Audrey Kennedy reporting.
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Sardis Home
Cleve Mayton
Gentry Ratcliff
America
Walter Rateliff
Miss Fletcher
Seth Crews
Lewis Prather
Straud Hunt
Lester Cox
Jesse Kennedy
Clayton Paddie
Bernard Lafferty
Clarence Hunt
Audrey Kennedy
Earl Upchurch
Blant Jones
Robert Griffin
Milton Mosier
Oscar Middlebrooks
Harold Hamiter
Mary Fletcher
Bundy
Sardis Church
Roy Hunt
Patmos
Ark
Library Notes Highlight The New Republic Donation
Hempstead County Library receives a year s subscription to The New Republic for use in high school classes. The gift is from Dr Mary Klanders. Also noted is a comparison of Army and Navy train car loading and a historical note on Port Lyngley, a French Moroccan port established in 1918 with 20 000 population.
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Hempstead County
Yéirs
New Republic
Marry Klanders
Port Lyngley
Youth
Chicago
A. R. Snydey
Hopect
Nyder
County Agent Urges Planting of Asparagus
Hem pstead county families can grow asparagus in home gardens says Miss Mary Claude Fletcher, county home demonstration agent. She outlines seed sowing, bed preparation, spacing, and 3 to 4 foot row layouts, with two years before first harvest and ongoing yields of 8 to 10 weeks on fertile soils.
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Hempstead
Mary Claude Fletcher
Fletcher
Government to Lower the Price of Hogs
Washington April 9. The Government plans to roll back hog prices from about 10 dollars per hundred pounds to 14.50 and provide support payments to hog producers. Officials, including Prentiss M. Brown and Chester Davis, indicated an imminent public statement though the exact order was not released. The move ties to President Roosevelt’s price and wage controls, with broader plans to extend ceilings to other farm commodities as seasonally appropriate and under OPA rules. Packfolk argued price controls hinder buying hogs at noncontrolled prices. the measure aims to align packer margins with wholesale and retail meat orders.
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Washington
OBA
Prentiss M. Brown
Chester ©. Davis
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Brown
House
Small Business Committee
Davis
OPA
Congress
Flashes of Life From The Associated Press
A patchwork of brief items includes Guadalupe Soto in Richmond seeking gasoline after blood donation at a Red Cross center, four youths eluding police during a car theft, Mulfield Green in Kansas failing to vote, a multilingual worker in Salt Lake City, and prison labor and youth war plant projects in Chicago detailing wartime efforts and local incidents.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Calif
Guradalupe Soto
Red Cross
Guadalupe
Soldier Wallace White Tours Palestine Letter Home
Technical Sergeant Wallace White writes from the Middle East to his mother about a Palestine tour in Bethlehem Samaria Nazareth Jerusalem and Haifa. He notes orange groves olive trees and ancient temples and mentions receiving letters from Wilma and Breda Bailey and plans to send photos and guides.
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Sergeant White
Middle East
Palestine
Bethlehem
Judea
Samaria
Galthe
Wilma
Breda Bailey
Mebruray
Erline
Reeckon
Jerusalem
Mt. Mariah
Mt. Moriah
Mt. of Olives
Local Church Calendar Highlights and Pastors
Several area churches outline upcoming services and events. Governor Homer M. Adkins will speak at First Methodist Layman's Day with services at 10:50 a.m. and a Vesper and Youth Fellowship in the evening. Other churches list Sunday School times, morning worship, youth programs, revival schedules, and ordination or baptism notes, inviting public attendance across First Baptist, First Presbyterian, Unity Baptist, Garrett Memorial Baptist, First Christian and Pentecostal churches.
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First Methodist Church
Pine
Robert
First Pentecostal Church
4Th and Ferguson Streets
W. P. Graves
Lacie Rowe
Douglas
Baptist Training Union
General Assembly
Altord
al Io
Hominiiog Committee
Young People's Meeting
Arkingsus College
First Christian Church
Millard W. Baggett
Malcola Porterfield
Rittu
Lupie
Christian Youth Fellowships
Hope Gospel Tabernacle Math
Avenue D
Paul R. Gaston
le Sith
Sumkiy School
Guy Ik
Basye
Hyangelist
Acduit Bille
Clint Grace
Grace
Railroads Aim for Perfect Shipping Month Across Nation
Missouri Pacific Lines and 10,500 rail system partners push April Perfect Shipping Month to cut freight loss. RR L McCain says war effort rests on preventing damage and securing packaging and handling. Campaign, backed by 25,000 shippers and the American railroads, highlights rivetings and emphasis on careful loading to avoid irreplacable delays.
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Missouri Pueblc Lines
RR. L. McCain
American Railroads
Reg Unal Shippers Advisory Board
McCall
Missouri
Pacific Lines
Jurors Selected in Sleeper Car Murder Case
Jurors accepted by the defense in the murder trial of Robert E. Lee Folkes 20, a Negro diner car passenger on a California bound train, with the slaying of Navy bride Mittie Virginia Brinson James in a sleeper berth. Trial opened amid debate over racial influence and juror selection.
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Albany
Tookny
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Millie Virginia Brinson James
Norfolk, Vi
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State of Washington
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Church of All c Nations
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Jacob's Well
Sichem
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