World premier of Dr Wassell film in Little Rock
Radio program in Arkansas features Comdr. Corydon Wassell with Cecil B. DeMille discussing The Story of Dr. Wassell ahead of its Little Rock premiere. Ickes and the Middle East pipeline receive scrutiny, while sub Arctic oil fields Norman Wells and Whitehorse refinery plans move forward. Navy calls pipeline a military necessity despite questions.
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Bromo-Seltzer
Arkansas
Columbia Broadcasting System
Little Rock
Comdr
Corydon McA. Wassell
Cecil B. DeMille
Hollywood
Dr. Wassell
DeMille
Pulaski
Wassell
Navy
Java
Holland
James Hilton
Goodby
Mr. Chips
Interior
Ickes
Senate
Il-man
Middle East
Truman
War Department
Canegian
Norman Wells
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
State Department
King Ibn-Saud
Army
Knox
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Cano
Skagway
Adkins
Chamber of Commerce
Corydon M. Wassell
de Mille
Dog Bites Paperboy. Teen Sought Medical Care
Travis Reaves, a tar carver, was bitten by a dog late yesterday and required several stitches in his left hand. The dog had been vaccinated.
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Travis Reaves
Tombstone Statues Mark AWOL Absences at Air Forces School
In Sioux Falls an AWOL soldier’s bunk is marked by a tombstone statue 20 by 16 inches bearing the name, days AWOL, and note Went AWOL leaving us his work to do as well as our own. Maj. C T Fiota says AWOL cases have fallen to near zero.
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Sioux Falls
Army
Air Forces Radio School
C.T. Fiota
Red Army launches broad attack in Southern Russia reports
The Soviet war review broadcast from Moscow says the Red Army has begun a large scale offensive across Southern Russia from the Carpathians to the Black Sea. It claims 500000 Axis casualties and extensive territorial gains, praising allied prospects and calling for expulsion of the German forces across Europe.
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London
Red Army
Russia
Carpathians
Black Sea
Dnestr
Iasi
Carpathian Mountains
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Moscow Radio
Crimea
Dmitri Manulisky
Central Committee
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Stalingrad
Interior Department Faces War-Scale Deferments Scrutiny
Washington reports the Interior Department requests a $87,672,580 supply bill for the fiscal year starting July 1. The appropriations committee denounces deferments of 6,696 civilian employees aged 18 to 38, noting many white collar roles could be filled without harming the war effort. Secretary Ickes defends deferments as essential to national needs. The panel also calls for redrafting the Indian Affairs office.
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Washington
Interior Department
Ickes
Department
Office of Indian Affairs
Hertfordshire Youth Offered Millionaire Farming Bequest
Richard Dewar, 17, of Hertfordshire, may inherit about 1 million dollars from his mother Dorothy Dewar if he chooses farming. He has four years to decide and has begun as an agricultural student at Cambridge University. The passage notes that the ancients valued mirrors.
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Hitchin
England
Richard Dewar
Hertfordshire
Dorothy Dewar
Cambridge Vuniversity
Pennsylvania Supports Dewey In Primary Returns
In Massachusetts Roosevelt fourth term supporters faced limited opposition while Pennsylvania Republicans favored Dewey through write-in ballots. Early returns show Dewey leading in Pennsylvania GOP with Roosevelt receiving notable Democratic write-in support. Delegation shapes remain undecided in both states.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
Keystone State
Dewey
Pennsyyvania
Masschuetts
Joseph B. Ely
William H. Burke
Ely
Albert E Smith
Roose
Velt
Edward Martin
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Wendell Willkie
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Connecticut
Kentucky
Simeon
Willis
Fall of Hollandia Airdrome Imminent Beat Off
MacArthur reports imminent fall of the Hollandia air base in Dutch New Guinea as American forces crush a Japanese counter attack near Sabron four and a half miles from the base. United States units push east from Tanahmerah beachhead while new air strips at Aitape aid operations. Remaining Japanese forces flee into the hills as remnants withdraw.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Sabron
Douglas MacArthur
Tanahmerah
United States
Aitape
Wewak
Crash in Air of 2 Bombers Fatal to 12
In Yuma Arizona two four engine bombers collided head on and exploded killing 12 men on semi desert land 12 miles northeast. Seven army airmen were aboard one B 24 Liberator returning to March Field Riverside California on a training flight. Three civilians and two Camp Callan San Diego soldiers rode the other B 24 from Consolidated Vultee San Diego to Tucson Arizona. Wreckage burned, an explosion scattered burning parts as witnesses saw the planes disintegrate after impact.
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Yuma
Ariz
Here
Field
Riverside
Calif
Camp Callan
San Diego
Ouachita Nears Major Flood At Camden
Arkansas rivers run high with Ouachita near Camden forecast to rise 11 feet above flood stage by Friday. White River levels at Georgetown St Charles and Clarendon hover just over flood stage. Arkansas River likely to reach 19 feet by Tuesday while several towns approach flood levels. Ouachita subsided at Arkadelphia and light rain fell statewide.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Camden
Ouachita
White River
Georgetown
St. Charles
Clarendon
Pine Bluff
Ozark
Dardanelle
Morriston
Arkadelphia
Scrap Paper Collections This Week
Citywide scrap paper drive in Hope calls residents to place waste paper where trucks can see it during Thursday and Friday. Acute paper shortage prompts government appeal to save scrap materials. two carloads have already shipped, with monthly targets if cooperation continues. If collection misses, call Chamber of Commerce on Saturday for special pickup of 100 pounds or more.
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Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Final Cleanup Here on Dog Vaccinations
Hempstead county schedules final dog vaccination on Thursday April 27 to reach any unvaccinated dogs. Over 3,000 dogs had been vaccinated by Tuesday with three veterinarians aiding on Wednesday and Thursday near the Hempstead county courthouse. A clinic will run 3:30 to 5 p m on the courthouse lawn to vaccinate any remaining dogs. U S P 4T Thunderbolt planes can maneuver at 400 miles an hour. Pastured cows graze at night as well as during the day.
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Hempstead
Hempstead County
Compton Seeks Legislative Post No 2 in Hempstead County
W. W. Compton a Hope resident and longtime Missouri Pacific railroad employee announced his candidacy for the No 2 representative post in Hempstead County. He noted his 12 years with the railroad and four years with the State Revenue Department as part of his public service, stressing wartime efficiency in state government and personal sacrifice for public duty.
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W. W. Compton
Hope
Hempstead County
Missouri Pacific Railroad
State Revenue Department
Compton
Allies Improve Positions in Anzio Sector
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports continued improvement of positions on the Anzio beachhead. Heavy bombers hit Turin aircraft factory, Parma bridge, and Ferrara rail yards, while more than 1,400 sorties netted 14 enemy aircraft destroyed with 13 Allied bombers and three other planes missing. Northern Cassino saw intensified shelling and mortaring, with limited activity in the town and casualties from a house attack. Explosions near Cassino indicated an ammunition store was hit.
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Naples
Anzio
Turin
Parma
Italy
Ferrara
Cassino
Cassing
Yanks Extend Air Offensive Into Seventh Day
American heavy bombers smashed targets around Brunswick in a 12th day of the pre invasion aerial offensive. British and American fleets pounded Nazi industry and rail yards in Germany and Italy with large formations, while losses mounted to over 2,300 airmen and 289 planes across the operations.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Brunswick
Germany
Britain
France
Reich
Europe
Cologne
U. S
Mediterranean Air Force
Turin
Ferrara
Gulf of Venice
Italy
U.S
Mannheim
Landeau
Numerous Candidates Qualify for July Democratic Primaries
Little Rock reports a flurry of late entries in state races ahead of the July primary. J. S. Rushing joins five in the gubernatorial field, with G. M. O Neal Sr and R. C. Kob Sur ridge entering the auditor race. Mrs. E W Frost seeks re election as national committeewoman and W O Irby files for Congress. A three way contest emerges in the second district with Mills facing Malone and Judge Bone. Alf Brown enters the 24th district senate race. Bob Bailey announces he will not seek governor, narrowing the field. J Henry C Pharris adds a third district challenge, while J W Fulbright shifts toward the Senate.
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Little Rock
J. S. Rushing
el Cordo
Will Steel
Texarkana
J. Bryan Sims
David D. Terry
Ben Laney
Camden
State Auditor
G. M. O'Neal, Sr
R. C. Kbob Surridge
Walnut Ridge
E. W. Frost
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Jack Carnes
E. C.took
Gathings
West Memphis
W. O. Irby
Rector
T. T. Malone
Blackton
Monroe County
Wilbur D. Mills
Kensett
S. Marcus Bone
Bob Bailey
Russellville
J. Henry C. Pharris
St. Paul
Madison County
J. W. Trimble
Berryville
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
A. D. Flurry
The
First U S Planes Hit Guam in War Report
Tokyo radio said nine American Liberator bombers attacked Guam the first time, driven off with minimal damage. The report notes deep penetration from the south and cites further raids on Woleai Truk Ponape and Ujelang as U.S. forces expand in the Marshals.
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United Press
Tokyo Radio
Guam
Tokyo
Woleai
Truk
Carolines
Marshalls
Ponape
Crolines
Rabaul
Ujelang Atoll
Marshal Chain
Ujelang
Patton's World Rule Claim Draws Senate Clash
Lt Gen George S Patton Jr said in London that the United States Britain and Russia would rule the world prompting Republican calls for his removal from foreign policy duties and questions over his promotion. Senators criticized the remarks as dangerous and asked Hull to speak for policy while Patton defended the alliance and joked about hell.
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Washington
Georges. Patton, Jr
London
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Capitol Hill
Brewster
Wherry
Neb
Cordell Hull
Patton
Senate Military Committee
Johnson
D-Cole
Chandler
D-Ky
George S. Patton, Jr
Britain
Balloonist Capt Settle Leads West Coast Navy Blimps
San Francisco navy headquarters announces Captain T. G. W. Settle USN has taken over all Navy blimp activities on the west coast. Representing the Navy in balloon races he holds endurance and long distance records.
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San Francisco
T. G. W. Settle
USN
Navy
Maffet Feild Navy Headquarters
Capitan Settle
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James Thrasher
Middel East
Paperboy
Miles
Pacific Ocean
Manokwori
Guinea
Admiralty
Medong
Port’ Moresby
Coral Sea
New Britain
Australia
Ataipe
Kavieng
New Ireland
Department of Interior
Big
L. J. Bryson
Nevada Co
Nevada
Nevada County
Tr. J. Bryson
Legislative
Batesville
Hugh Williamson
Newport
Harry L. Ponder, Jr
Jackson County
Sam M. Bains
Alf Brown
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