Conversation in a Yokohama Prisoner of War cell ends with an entry
Lieut Link Belt a radioman in the Army Air Corps sits in Niji Prison Yokohama. He chats with fellow prisoner Jet Officer Baldwin, discussing dreams hopes and why Americans act as they do. A Japanese officer enters to interrupt their talk and signal possible changes in their confinement.
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Lieut
Link Belt
Army Air Corps
Niji
Yokohama
Jet Oficer Baldwin
The
HAF
Baldwin
Link
Jones
Kansas City
Rockefeller
Kirksville
Army
Air Corps
Ned
Tokyo
Hiyudori
Lint
Social and Personal Daisy Dorothy Heard Editor
Daisy Dorothy Heard, editor, listed contact phone 768 and office hours from 8 a m to 4 p m for social and personal inquiries.
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Daisy Dorothy Heard
Local Clubs and Social News Highlight April Gatherings
The Cosmopolitan Club hosts a meeting at Mrs. W R Hamil with Mrs. Perry Moses as hostess at 7 45 pm on Wednesday April 26. Garden club members Irvin Urrey and John Idghill cohost. Franklin leads a program, R L Broach is main speaker. A World Friendship study notes Burma and China health topics with Mrs J A Henry and Mrs Ralph Rowton presenting. A collection funded Christian Farmer copies for Chinese farmers and India pocket libraries. Twenty one members attend. Miller Caudle announces the marriage of Iva Nell Caudle to James Miller at Rev D O Silvey's home April 22, with a white afternoon dress and sweet heart roses. Attendants: Author Gibson and Lee Calhoun. The couple plans to reside in Texarkana after he leaves Lone Star Ordnance.
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R. L. Broach
Aker
Omen
Society of Christian Sorce
First Methodist Church
Broach
Burma
J. A. Henry
Chise
Ralph Rowton
Kyler
Edwin Ward
India
Lee Calhoun
Guernsey High School
Perry Business
Prescott
Miller
Armed Services
Lone Star Ordnance Plant
Texarkana
Robertson Family Reunion Honors Armed Forces Kin
H. P. Robertson and wife hosted a family reunion at their Ozan home on Sunday to honor their sons serving in the armed forces. Attending were relatives from Newberry South Carolina Texarkana Hope Windfield Kansas Alaska Kingman Arizona Mineral Springs and other local areas.
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H. P
Harold Stanley
Newberry
S. C
Oscar Tate
Texarkana
Oscar Greenberg
Fred Robertson
Wanda Ruggles
Charlie Mae Powell
All of Hope
Sgt
Gibson Robert
Windfield
Kansas
H. P. Robertson Jr
Alaska
Clyde Robertson
Kingman
Arizona
Jim Robertson
Ozan
T. J. Webb
Elmore McCorkle
Mineral Springs
Coming and Going in Hope Area Social Notes
Sunday visits and arrivals are listed with friends and relatives. The Rev J A Overholser’s Texarkana church installation was attended by the Brewsters Spragins and others. Lucille Murphy travels from Washington DC. Norma Lewis hosts. funeral guests in Ictobel Oklahoma. service members visiting Hope from Lowry Field Esler and Walnut Ridge.
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Thomas Brewster
C. C. Spragins
L. A. Foster
Luke Allen
Texarkana
Texarkana Arkansas
Homer Lavender
Lowry Field, Colo
Bill Summerville
Esler Field
Alexandria
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons And Stamp Validity
Ration notices announce expiration or continuation dates for blue, red, sugar, gasoline and airplane stamps across books 3 and 4. Key changes include blue stamps in Book 4 becoming valid indefinitely, red stamps extending validity, sugar stamps 30 and 31 under Book 4, and gasoline coupon A11 through C2 adjusting weekly gasoline rations from three to two gallons.
Paul Simms Jr Arrives in England With Quartermaster Division
Paul Simms Jr son of Mr and Mrs Simms has arrived in England with a quartermaster division and reports that the Red Cross is on the job meeting troops at landing with field workers serving doughnuts and coffee Frances Simms daughter of the family is attending Hunter College New York and receives boat training at the U S Naval Training School
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Paul Simms, Jr
Paul Simms
England
Red Cross
Frances Simms
Sleep Tight Baby Cleveland Nursery Keeps Baby at Work
Mrs Lucille Tadyeh, a supervisor at an electric company in Cleveland, brings her 22 month old son Harry to work. The company provided a nursery with playpen and bed, allowing mother and child to stay on the job amid shop noise.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Lucille
Tadyeh
Harry
Naval paper contest finds Betty Grable legs
The Stehoscope held a contest to identify published photographs of Betty Grable's legs and the chaplain won.
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Seattle
Naval Hospital
Stehoscope
Betty ‘Grable
County Park Chief Shows Ornamental Plants to Visitor
Los Angeles County Park Superintendent J. R. Wimmer showed A. J. Barton, a visiting horticulturist, the lush ornamentals around the county agricultural building. He commented on marijuana plants observed in the display.
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Los Angeles
J. R. Wimmer
A. J. Barton
Plant weed found among prize shrubs sparks narcotics probe
"there, my friend." commented Bar ton, noting a plant growing among the prized shrubs. Narcotics experts have begun a search for the persons who might have planted the weed.
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Barton
Divorce Granted After Husband Throws Plate in Face
Mrs Minerva Miner told Circuit Judge Robert Dunne that her husband Sam Miner threw a plate with tomato sauce at her during a dispute. The incident prompted the judge to grant a divorce.
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Chicago
Mildred Minerva
Robert
Dunne
Sam
Minerva
July Election Ticket Closes Tomorrow
Political observers note late entries may include former Lt. Gov Bob Bailey of Russellville for governor and State Insurance Commissioner Jl Herbert Graves for treasurer. State Senator Julien James of Jonesboro for Congress, and Texarkana candidate Rherd Franklin Jones filed his corrupt practices pledge for the 10th district Senate. Willis Smith of Texarkana not seeking re election. Brooks Montgomery of Texarkana also filed. G W Lockadeo of Arkansas qualified for reelection from the 15th district Clark Hot Spring and Grant counties. Conway Alsup of Little Rock opposes Ted Sullivan as prosecutor. Schoonover of Pocahontas seeks prosecuting attorney for the 6th judicial district.
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Bob Bailey
Russelville
Jl Herbert Graves
Julien James
Joneabore
Congress
Rherd Franklin Jones
Texarkana
Secretary of State Today
Miller
Lafayette
Willis Smith
Texerkana
Brooks Montgomery
G. W. Lockadeo
Arkadelphia
Clark
Hot Spring
Grant
Conway Alsup
Little Rock
Ted -L. “Sullivan
Schoonover
Bocahontas
Ith Judicial Disic
Exnie MM “Frome
Records Vital to Hempstead Farms in 1944
County agent Oliver L. Adams stresses farm records as essential for Hempstead County farmers to boost efficiency. Deferments and income tax filing require accurate reporting, with 1944 record books available at the county Extension office in the Courthouse in Hope.
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Oliver L. Adams
Hempstead
Armed Services
Arkansas Sailor Wounded in Action
The Navy department announced that seaman first class Roy Edward Cathcart of Little Rock was wounded in action. Cathcart is the son of Roy Henry Cathcart of Little Rock. The report is dated April 25.
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Washington
Navy Department
Roy Edward Cathcart
Roy Henry Cathcart
Little Rock
Reservation land area and forest totals cited
The Navajo Indian Reservation covers 16 million acres, larger than West Virginia, while Arizona contains eight national forests totaling more than 11,060,000 acres.
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West Viriiia
Arizona
Melon loading film demonstration set for county courtroom
A colored motion picture on an improved method of loading watermelons will be shown Monday night May 1 at 8 oclock in the county courtroom. J C Yancey of the Freight Container Bureau and H M Meyers of the American Refrigerator Transit Company will present with Oliver Adams aiding. Hempstead County ranks among the top 20 watermelon producers and producers are urged to attend to learn how to move more melons by rail given truck shortages.
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J. C. Yancey
Freight Container Bureau
Association of American Railroads
H. M. Meyers
American Refrigerator Transit Company
Oliver Adams
Hempstead
United States
Mr. Yancey
Mr. Meyers
Cotton Seed Germination Timeline and Indian Tribes Count
Cotton begins to break through ground four to eight days after planting. The United States is home to about 200 different Indian tribes.
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United States
Studebaker Champion praised for economy and durability
Civil Air Patrol pilot Lieutenant J. E. McGuiggan of Squadron 3 says his Studebaker Champion has logged over 110000 miles traveling coast to coast. He reports 25 miles per gallon and tires lasting beyond 60000 miles, noting the car as economical and satisfactory amid war-time shortages.
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Studebaker
Civil Air Patrol
J. E. McGuiggan
Squadron 3
Universal Studios
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Aldwin
Chillicothe
Ralbwn
Nis
Hiyudori Works
Arme
Luesday
Cath
Cosmopilitian Club
W. R. Hamil
Perry Moses
Gardinia Garden Club
Horers
Irvin Urrey
John Idghill
Franklin
Rialto
Lucille Murphy
Washington D.C
W. M. Davis
Mose Smith
Glen Laskey
Ruston, la
Norma Lewis
Lota Sowder
Little Beck
Elsie Weisenberger
Mere
Mrs. Lloyd Coop
Rose Mary
Ictobel
Okla
Coop
B. F. Campbell
Harold Porterfield
Forrest City
Hope
Jack Berry
Lou_Berry
Marshall,Texas
Frank Hutchens
C. C. Chaney
Ema A
Spt Exere
Ani Mez
Ued
Pillsbury
Ing
Ward & Son
Arkansas
Chas. A. Haynes Co
Archer Motor Co
East Third Street Hope, Arkansas
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