Kraft plans cheese factory revival in Hope postwar growth
Hope leaders heard J L Kraft describe expansion of the cheese industry as a long term goal, citing 2500 Kraft employees in the armed forces and previous factory history in Hope. A survey of Arkansas aims to gauge prospects for a dairy and whole milk market as wartime labor returns.
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Hope
J. L. Kraft
Chicago
Little Rock
Kraft
Kraft Company
Southwestern Proving Ground
Arkansas
Five Drown in Creek Flood Near Perryville
Five Hot Springs residents died when their car was swept from Highway Nine by a cloudburst flood twelve miles from Perryville. Mrs. Joe E. May and three May children, Benita Ruth, Dorothy Oaks, and Sandra Lee Rankin, perished along with Geneva Rankin. Survivors include Eldon Rankin, Milton Rankin Jr., and Betty Jo May. The car overturned trapping four inside as the flooded creek carried them. the Rankin and May children reached the surface and awaited rescue. Eldon Rankin swam to safety after failed attempts to free the others.
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Perryville
Hot Springs
Joe E. May
Benita Ruth May
Dorothy Oaks
Geneva Rankin
Deer Halts Production at Emeryville War Plant
A buck deer wandered into a war plant in Emeryville California and was charged by workers in a makeshift corral of boxes. Games commissioners escorted the deer back to the hills.
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Emeryville
Calif
Games
Reds Halfway From Kursk to Berlin
A wartime dispatch from Moscow reports the Red Army has advanced roughly 500 miles from Kursk toward Berlin, after lifting Leningrad’s siege and moving into Romania. Offensives pause for seasonal mud, with preparations for a new campaign and potential Allied coordination hinted. The German Crimean garrison at Sevastopol remains on the defensive as the Russians consolidate and shift to sustained trench warfare.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Leningrad
Romania
Berlin
Kursk
London
Red Army
Bug
Dnestr
Prut
Sevastopol
Refusal of Job Costs Her Alimony
In Little Rock on April 24 the supreme court held a young woman who refused a job offered by her divorced father could not demand further alimony. The ruling reversed a Pulaski county decree ordering C B Worthington to pay $30 monthly for his daughter Helen. The decision, 6 to 1 with one dissent, said the attitude violated contract rules and she could not claim the alimony.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Pulaski County
Henn
Worthington
Pulaski County Rationing Board
High Court
Griffin Smith
James B. Saunders Killed in Action in Italy
Pfc. James B. Saunders, 27, of Emmet Route 2 was killed in action in Italy on March 19. The War Department telegram to his father, Barton M. Saunders, notes he had not been heard from since March 11. A two year overseas veteran, he served in Oran, Sicily, and Italy with an engineering unit and is survived by his father, two brothers, three aunts, and two uncles.
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James B. Saunders
Emmet
Italy
War Department
Barton M. Saunders
Route 2
Pic
Saunders
Oran
Sicily
Ralph
Hope
John Lewis
W. M. Stroud
Andy Jerden
Bynum Brooks
Forrest Saunders
Owen Waters
Prescott
Austria Urged to Revolt by Moscow Radio
A German language broadcast quoted Earnest Fischer, an Austrian, urging Austrians to join the Yugoslav Army of Liberation and uprising. He said small armed units already exist in Austria formed by deserters workers peasants sons of foreign workers and escaped POWs. England reports record low death rate in nine months of 1943.
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Earnest Fischer
World Map Hints at Redrawing Europe Boundaries
The State Department has nearly finished a vast study on more than 30 European boundary disputes to aid peace talks. It gathers historical economic and strategic data without taking positions and aims to resolve issues amicably through a future world peace organization.
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Flora Lewis Washington
State Department
Europe
Romanian Transylvania
Hungary
Upper Silesia
Polish Silesia
East Prusia
Lt McLarty and Wife Escape Fire at Medford Cove
Lt Franklin McLarty of Hope and his wife Catherine Hesterly of Prescott escaped a house fire at Medford Cove during his Army assignment. The blaze occurred at 4 a.m. on April 20, burning their clothing, Mrs. McLarty’s hair was scorched, and they lost fur coat baggage and money Lt McLarty had just cashed.
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Franklin McLarty
Hope
Catherine Hesterly
Prescott
Medford Cove
Mrs. McLarty
Lt. McLarty
AP to Fight U S Control All the Way
The Associated Press board declared it would resist government control of news and appeal to the U S Supreme Court. At its 44th annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria, leaders said press freedom is vital for independent reporting and democratic institutions.
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New York
The
Asociated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
Associated Press
Press Association
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Navy
Frank Knox
Annal
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
DeWitt Clinton Ramsey
Bureau of Aeronautics
John R. Alison
Army Air Corps
Central
South America
Storm Winds Bash Hope and Blytheville Area Farms
Saturday's high winds and heavy rain caused extensive damage across Hope and Blytheville regions. In Blevins the worst losses included roof destruction on W C Johnson farm buildings, the Wade home lifted from its foundation, and 30 chickens killed near Will Cummings' farm.
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Hope
Blevins
W. C. Johnson
W. T. Wade
Will Cummings
Highway 24
Fred Yates
Seven Arkansans Wounded In Army List Release
War Department lists seven Arkansans among 716 U S soldiers wounded in action Washington April 24 Six wounded in the Mediterranean area and one in the European theater include Cpl John F Alexander Corning Pvt William L Beall Bentonville Cpl James P Farley Carlisle Cpl D A Horton Greenbrier Pvt John W Lacy Monticello Pfc Clyde C McDonough Search S Sgt Nolan V Claxton Hoxie married to Dorothy M Claxton wounded in European area
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Washington
Arkansans
War Department
United States
Mediterranean
John F. Alexander
Cora Thompson
Corning
William L. Beall
Lula Beall
Bentonville
James P. Farley
Janice Farley
Carlisle
D. A. Horton
MacArthur Leads Raid on Hollandia in Bold Invasion
General MacArthur lands at Hollandia and Tanahmerah Bay as U S and Allied forces seize twin beachheads 25 miles apart. The operation devastates Japanese positions, gains bases near the Philippines, and electrifies troops during a dawn assault described as a decisive Southwest Pacific breakthrough.
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General MacArthur
U. S
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Tanahmerah Bay
MacArthur
Philippines
Acros Humboldt Bay
LST
Smarty
Tanahmerah
Hollandia Beach
Europe endures eighth straight day of Allied air attacks
British based heavy bombers and American formations, totaling about 3,000 aircraft, struck German aircraft plants, rail yards, and oil targets at Bucharest Ploesti and Mannheim. The raids, in good weather, aimed at crippling the Nazi war machine, with heavy losses and rapid strikes over Belgium France and Northern Germany.
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Britain
Italy
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Friedrichshafen
Munich
Balkan
Hitler
Germany
France
Belgium
Vichy
Lille
Ninth American Air Force
England
Air Ministry
Bilvorde
Brusels
Mannheim
Americans Move Far Up Guinea Coast
American forces under Gen. MacArthur stormed Hollandia and Aitape on the north coast of New Guinea. About 60,000 Japanese troops faced annihilation as 140,000 are neutralized, with airfields seized and beachheads established amid heavy bombardment and minimal resistance.
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C. Yates McDaniel MacArthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Aitape
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
MacArthur
Solomons Islands
Australia
Taan
Madang
New Britain
New Ireland
Bougainville
Wewak
Helandia
Philippines
Tumbo
Seleo Islands
Marshall Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Netherlands
Bogia
Alexishafen
Central Pacific
Tanahmerah Bay
Humboldt Bay
Suppressing War News Triggers Critical Press Response
Washington reports editors and correspondents taking a wary stance as wartime censorship and delayed publications draw questions about transparency. The piece cites that stories kept quiet beyond necessity illustrate tensions between security and the public’s right to know, highlighting Lt. Gen. George S. Patton as a notable example.
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George S. Pat
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