War Bond drive lags in Hempstead County in wartime plea
Chairman C C Smagins laments lag in Hempstead County second war loan sales. The Arkansas Minute Man notes county shortfall against quota, with only Lafayette matching its target. The piece urges buying War Bonds as living costs rise and postwar needs demand cash for cars, appliances, and travel.
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C. C. Smagins
Hempstead County
Arkansas Minute Man
Arkansas War Savings Staff
Federal
Little Rock
Arkansas
LaFayette County
Uluntly
Guy W. Vaughn
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation
Los Angeles
Mr. Vaughn
Supreme Court Upholds Life Sentence in Murder Case
Tracy Ford, 20, convicted of participating in the killing of W. B. Stone in Texarkana, earns a life term after the Supreme Court finds ample corroborating evidence from accomplice Maxwell. Court notes two youths robbed and brutalized an elderly man. exact killer may remain unknown. Mississippi verdicts also affirmed in a separate personal injury case resulting from a grade tossing accident near Bayou Mississippi.
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Ville Rock
Supreme Court
Tracy Ford
Salesrman
Npeogdoche
Texarkana
Ora
Miller Circuit
High
Ford
W. B. Stone
Maxwell
eWe
Apelant
Mississippi
Mrenehsapan's Bayou
Mississippi County
Ed Beasley
Margie Marie
Billie Sue
Freddie Buegene
Mrs. Beasley
Royeal
T. R. Wiilett
iWelder Sentenced for World War II Sabotage at Shipyard
Baltimore reports George Arnold Steele, 20, a Franklin Furnace, Ohio native and shipyard welder, was sentenced to 18 months in reformatories for sabotaging ships by holding 660 inches of ship steel. Federal judge William C. Coleman called the act serious and urged war workers to grasp work importance. Steele’s co-defendants, nine others arrested nearby, remain held on $5,000 bail with hearings set April 22.
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Baltimore
George Arnold Steele
Franklin Furnace
Beth-lechem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
William C. Culeman
Steele
U. S
House Votes Against Cotton Insurance
Washington April 1. The House voted 98 to 65 against continuing government crop insurance for wheat and cotton. An amendment by Representative Price to restore the program failed on a standing vote.
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Washington
Representative Price
D-Ga
Stabbing Fatal in Fulton Partly Details Revised Calamine
A second degree murder charge was filed today against Cheatham, a 31 year old woman, in the stabbing death of Porter Arthur Anderson, 35, in Fulton near Lope. Sheriff Hill said Anderson was stabbed in the leg, severing an artery, and bled to death after the argument earlier that night.
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Va Cheatham
Porter Arthur Anderson
Frank Hill
Fulton
Lope
Anderson
Lloyd Spencer Here Over the Week End
Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Spencer and Mrs Spencer returned home from New Orleans where he is on temporary active duty with the Navy. He will return to New Orleans tonight but Mrs Spencer remains in Hope. He expects to stay in New Orleans about three more weeks for naval quarters then come home until his next active service period.
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Lloyd Spencer
Hempstead Circuit Court Meets Today
Hempstead circuit court convened today with Judge Dexter Bush presiding. Marvin Lowe was sentenced to one year for grand larceny while Roy Smith faced forgery charges that were dismissed. Several cases were reset for hearing. the Lex Jones versus Union Sawmill Co. of Putios mail case was heard today.
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Hempstead
Dexter Bush
Marvin Lowe
Roy Smith
Niail
Lex Jones
P Union Sawmill Co
Putiios
Crippled U S Plane Downs 6 Jap Fighters
In Australia April 19, Lieutenant Alden Currie of Golden, Colorado, piloted a damaged B-24 Liberator against six Japanese Zero fighters over Anboina. Despite losing two engines, failing electrical and hydraulic systems, Currie feathered a prop and fought back, wounding and fending off the six attackers until fuel depletion and enemy ammo shortages forced the Zeros away. The bomber retired to base with five and six gallons of fuel in its wing tanks.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
Amboing
Usti
Lieut
Alden Currie
Golden
Cola
Actlow
Anboina
Currie
State to Close Case Today in Train Murder
Allany Oregon April 18 state to close murder case against Robert Folkes 20 Negro accused of slaying Mrs Martha Virginia James 21 of Norfolk Virginia at Oregon train berth. Prosecutor says one more witness Dr Wy PL Deviver to testify. defense contends Folkes was at diner when killing and will challenge alleged confessions quoted by the state.
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Allany
Ore
Robert
Lee Falkes
Martha Virginia James
Norfolk
Shirlaw Weinrick
PL Deviver
Molkes
Los Angeles
Folkes
Southern Pacific Limited
James
Oregon
Knox Shaver Seen As Court Choices
Democrat Adkins said Robert Knos of El Dorady and Ben Shiver of Texarkana were being discussed today as possible appointments by Governor Add- Kids for opportunity in the state Supreme Court. The death of Associate Justice Ben K. Carter created a vacancy. Adkins has given no indication of a successor.
AP Chief Urges Free Press in Post War Plan
New York April 18 AP chief Kent Cowper urged the American Press to militant readership to secure freedom of world news at the next peace conference. He spoke at the Waldorf luncheon honoring press and radio workers since Pearl Harbor, saluting Frank Noyes and noting wartime newspaper resilience.
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New York
Upt
Centrol
Kent Cowper
Associated PI
Amercian Press
Waldorf-Astoria
Cooper
Frank 2B. Noyes
The
Washington
D.C
Ben Robertson, Jr
New York Herald Tribune
Byron Darnton
Robert P. Post
New York Times
Lea Burdett
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life
Harry Crockett
D. Will Hancock
Associated Press
Don Bell
National Broadcasting Company
Comper
Gale Gudtiveloes
Salesman Killed in Wreck Near Camden
William Lowe, 65, Pine Bluff hardware salesman, was killed instantly when his car left the highway two miles north of Camden. State police said he might have suffered a heart attack. Lowe had worked for Fox Brothers Wild Wire Co. of Pine Bluff for 25 years and was en route to Camden when the accident occurred.
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Camden
Apel
William Lowe
Pine Bhift Hardware Silesman
Lowe
Fox Brothers Wild+ Wire Co
Pine Bluff
Bond Sales in Hempstead County Fall Short of Quota
County War Bond sales over the weekend total $118,975, part of the $264,000 county quota for the Second War Loan. County Chairman C. C. Spragins urged more small buyers, saying Hempstead should include 1,000 residents each purchasing a $100 bond to reach the top. He emphasized that bonds belong to all citizens, not just large investors.
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Hempstead County
C. C. Spragins
Ulle
Youth Hit by Auto Concussion After Main Street Incident
Kenneth Gillam aged 5 was reported by hospital attendants to be doing very well after a Saturday night hit and run on Main street. He was crossing the street when struck by an automobile driven by Marjorie Anderson. He sustained bruises and a concussion but is believed improving. He is the son of Jess Gilliam of Hope.
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Kenneth Gillam
Majorie Anderson
Jess Giliam
Hope
State Income Tax Expert Here April 22
L Pilkinton announces that L A Henderson from the State Income Tax Division will be in Hempstead County on Thursday April 22 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Local Revenue Office in the Court house to assist in preparing State Income Reports. Contact Mr Henderson. May 1st is the deadline for filing State Income Tax Returns.
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L. Pilkinton
L. A. Henderson
State Income Tax Division
Witile Rock
Hempstead County
Mr. Henderson
Germans Rush Reinforcements to Hold Reds in Kuban Area
Soviet Pravda dispatch reports German forces reinforcing in the Kuban Caucasus as Red Army counterattacks push toward the Black Sea. Twenty five enemy planes were shot down and eight crippled in air battles. Russian forces gained improved positions on several sectors while German infantry regiments and Romanian troops fought to hold trenches. Concurrent Soviet air offensives claimed destruction of enemy bases and aircraft in Leningrad and near Kronstadt.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Army
Black Sea
Pravda
Rumania Treags
Saver
TL Wits
Goomman
Amid-Das
Stormovik
Ielaryse Camenv
Lenigrad
Conybys
Kronstadt
Leningrad
RAF Bombers Hit Spezia and Lorient In Heavy Night Raids
British air forces conducted heavy nocturnal raids on Spezia naval base in Italy for a second time in six nights and struck Lorient on the French coast. Fighters reported damage to destroyers and rail targets in northern France as Mosquitos, Whirlwinds, and Beaufighters joined the offensive.
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London
Alps
Spezia
Lorient
Speala
France
Skoda
Pilsen
Mannheim
Germany
RAF
Dover Straits
Sid Spezia
Great Naval Base
Palermo
Ragusa
Sicily
Porto Torres
Sardinia
Cormamented
Palterma
Naples
Middle East
Mussalini
United States
Democratic Leader Sees No Roosevelt Fourth Term
Iowa Democratic national committeeman Frank Congrat said Roosevelt has privately indicated he will not seek a fourth term. If war lasts, Congrat calls Roosevelt the logical president to stay in office, noting talk of a fourth term among parties but arguing three terms should end if the war continues. A separate note mentions a highway to the Panama Canal largely complete except for 140 miles in Costin Riga.
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Washington
Frank Comfrat
Iowa
Roosevelt
Congrat
United States
Panama Canal
Costin Riga
Blevins Man Jailed on Liquor Charge
Augustus Phillips of Blevins, employee of Southwestern Praying Ground, arrested for possessing and selling untaxed liquor. Held in Hempstead county jail after the Saturday arrest by Deputy Fred Yates and Buzz Bright with Sheriff Frank Hill and Deputy Claude Sutton involved.
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Augustus Phillips
Blevins
Southwestern Praying Ground
Hempstead
Fred Yates
Buzz Bright
Frank Hill
Claude Sutton
Allies Batter Japs on Wide Pacific Front
Allied air and sea forces pressed across the Pacific, hitting Kiska in the Aleutians and targets in the Solomons, Burma, and the southwest Pacific. Dutch East Indies and New Ireland actions followed, while Japanese strikes touched Guadalcanal. Chinese forces claimed 600 enemy killed near Iehang on the Yangtze.
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Associated Press
Kiska
Pacific
Aleutians
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Navy
Guadalcanal
Fenfoci
Keepang Timmor
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Arc
Kavieng
New Ireland
Pabon
Kaladan River
Arakan
China
Iehang
Yangtze
Submarine Mines May Be Used More By Germans
Naval experts warn Germany may extend mining of American coastal waters this spring or summer as U boats adapt tactics. Increased offshore anti submarine weapons and patrols raise odds of mines, with the U S building more mine sweepers to counter the threat.
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Washington
United Nations
Atlantic
United State
Navy
Sudevic
United States Navy
Allied air victory over Tunisia and Sicily kills 85 Axis planes
Allied squadrons blasted down 85 Axis aircraft, including 58 Junkers 52 transports and 16 fighters, in a major strike across the Sicily Straits in Africa. The two day total reached 68 transports and 28 other planes, with 159 Junkers 52s destroyed in two weeks. The raid supported Gen Sir Harold Alexander's 18th Army Group from Enfidaville to Palermo, with heavy damage to Palermo's freight yards and air fields.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Sicilian Straits
Sicily Straits
Sir Harold Alexander
18Th Army Group
Enfidaville Ling
Palermo
Enfidaville
Tunisian
Cairo
Enem
Sicily
United States
Western Desert Air Force
Sicilian
Erwin Rommel
Peval
Ninth
WU. 8. Air Force
Allied
Ninth Air Fores
Junkers
Messerschmitts Mun
Gihers
Cap Bon
Mediterranean
Tunis
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Alex. H. Washburn
Knox
Shaver
Spragins
Europe
North
Pacific Front
Big Junkers
Tunisia
Africa
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