No Passing Zones on U S Highways Reach Howe Area
The article notes Arkansas adopted no passing zones on curves near Howe after a marking machine was installed. It urges strict enforcement to reduce accidents and contrasts Eastern states' lower rates with bold reliance on orange lines to guide passing rules. It then shifts to critique of press censorship during wartime, arguing truth is essential to counter enemy propaganda and urging broader access to factual government information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
John P. Vesey
Howe
America
Famer
Archibald MacLeish
Washington
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Nippon
Masleish
Office of Facts and Figures
MacLeish
British Planes Raid Rostock for Fourth Time
British bombers carried out Rostock raids for the fourth successive night, focusing on the Brent Neinkel airplane factory and then striking in northern France. RAF strikes touched docks at Dunleurane, mined German waters, and hit airfields. one bomber set ships ablaze off the Danish coast and another downed enemy fighters over the North Sea. German retaliation hit Bath in a three hour raid, with British night defenses claiming several bombers shot down and others damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baltic
Rostovle
Brent Neinkel
France
Dunleurane
Low Countries
Danish
North Sea
Adolf Willer
Britain
Bath
Gir
Barber Price Fixing Voided by Supreme Court ruling
LITTLE ROCK in a decision Monday the Arkansas Supreme Court voided a state act that let the barber examiners board set minimum prices for haircuts and other services. The ruling barred enforcement of the 44 cent minimum and upheld a prior $216 judgment against Arkansas Fertilizer Co. for unpaid commissions in a separate bid-related case involving Eugene Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
United States
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Board of
Barber Examiners
Bh. A. Noble
Barber Board
P. P. Davis
Arkansas Fertilizer
Lite Hock
Eugene B. Hale
Prescott
Hale
Fertilizer Company
ISA
Bobcats Close Spring Practice Game With All Stars
Bobcats wrap two weeks of spring football with a game against all stars at 8 PM. Admission is 1.01 dollars. Bobcats starters include Green Ruy Packles Chance Harold Cumbia Bakefield and others. All-Stars feature Dale Clark Bill Routon Fred Robertson and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heope High School Bobcats
Bobcat
Green
Ruy
Packles
Chance
Harold Cumbia
C. Bakefield
Howard Cumbie
Aslin
Crews
Bucks
Huddieston
H. Stanford
Calhoun
McCullough
Crawford
Wells
Dale
Whaler's Guide to Whale Spouts and Species
A brief note on how whalers identify whale species by distinctive spouts observed from long distances, explaining that the characteristic exhalations help distinguish among species and aid in locating them at sea.
Loss of Life Small as U S Destroyer Sunk
The Navy announced that the U S Destroyer Sturtevant was sunk off Florida by an undersea explosion within the past 24 hours. The crew's fate was unclear but many reached port. the ship's typical crew is about 145 to 150 men. It remained uncertain whether a German U-boat torpedo or a floating mine caused the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasitington
Navy Department
U.S
Florida
Navy
Jacob Jones
Jersey
U. S
Allied bombers hit Lae and Bougainville in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report intensified Japanese air activity and new air strikes over Lac New Guinea and Bougainville. Four Japanese planes were destroyed at Lae, one in the air and three on the ground. Analysts say the Allies may press a major offensive to decide the war theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Lac New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Island
Lae
New Guinea
Employment Bureau to Aid Registrants
United States Employment Service head Woo Brakefield announces extended hours from 5 30 p m to 7 30 p m starting April 27. The change aims to help selective service applicants complete occupational questionnaires and remains in effect until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WO. Brakefield
United States Employment Service
Selective Service
Arkansas War Bond Pledge Campaign Launches Across State
Thousands of Minute Men begin a house to house canvas in Arkansas to secure pledges for War Bonds. Roy G Paschal outlines a statewide drive to reach 1,000,000 residents with no donations collected, only pledge cards detailing income, purchase intervals, and buying agency. Governor Adkins calls it Arkansas Spring Offensive to back the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl Rock
Arkansas County Defense Savings
Arkansas
Arkansans
Arkandsan
Roy G. Paschal
Defense
Thhorough
County Defense
Agricultural War Board
Adkins
Red River Flood Reaches 28 Feet In Fulton Weekend
Flood warnings lock Fulton as Red River rises to 28 feet with forecasts of 34 in 48 hours. West levee fears persist after 32 foot crest caused multiple breaks flooding thousands of acres of farmland.
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Red River
Fulton
Oil and Gas Land Filings and Royalty Deeds Displayed
A sequence of oil and gas documents including royalty assignments, rights of way, and various deeds filed in 1942. Records show Hirst Federal Savings & Loan Association to B C Burns Royalty Assignment dated February 17 1942 and numerous Royalty Deeds and Mineral Deeds to and from Atlantic Refining Co Lion Oil Refining Co J B Zick J C Thompson Minnie Meacham and others with locations in Sections 12 26 4 24 36 14 17 22 23 15 16 13 and 3 Township 165 West Rae 22 West and nearby ranges noting filing dates largely April 24 1942 to April 25 1942 and subsequent entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirst Federal Savings & Soa Association
B. C. Burns
Standard Oil Co
Louis Suckle
Robert la Grone Jr
H. M. Barnes
H. N. Barnes
Atlantic Refining Co
G.P, Brown
J. B
St. M
Chiadys
WH. M. Barnes
Rye
J. B. Douglas
Lion Oil Refining Co
William E. Foster
Henry B. Jones
NW SE
J. C. Thompson
J. B. Zick
Minnie Lou Meacham
C. G. Dahm
R. D. Franklin
Thos. Kinser
B. M. Saunders
Bill Cullier
Hal Owens
SH NW
Sugar Sign Up Begins Tuesday
The Office of Price Administration released two forms for nearly one million institutional and industrial sugar users to register under the national rationing program. Forms R-310 and R-314 cover past sugar use and purchase certificates, with distribution starting immediately through local rationing boards before the April 28 and 20 registration dates for retailers, wholesalers, and institutional users. Registrants visit high schools on registration days for help, then return to sign in the legal registration files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Posgille
OPA
Bennett Wins Sewer Case in Hope Arkansas Ruling
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Hope's sanitary ordinance invalid for overstepping city authority. It voided a provision that barred builder James M. Bennett from constructing homes not connectable to the sewer when located beyond 300 feet, reversing a Chancery court decision and citing section 9615.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Hope
James M. Bennett
Popes Digest
Mompstead Chauncery Court
Rev Brewster to Address Kiwanis during Good Will Week
Doctor Thomas Brewster pastor of First Presbyterian will speak at Hope Kiwanis noon luncheon on Tuesday at Hotel Henry. Doctor Jim McKenzie to introduce him. Brewster will urge U S Canada cooperation in the war effort. England offers 2,000,000 tons of waste paper annually for collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States- Canada
Thomas Brewster
First Presbyterian Church
Canada
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hozel Henry
Jim McKenzie
Brewster
United States-Canada
Political List Closes 29th for Democratic Primary Candidates
Hempstead County Central Committee secretary B R Hamm said the list of candidates qualifying for the July 28 Democratic preferential primary and the August runoff closes at noon on Wednesday April 24. This followed instructions from Harvey G Combs, secretary of the Democratic State Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Hamm
Hemp
Cotton Spacing Is Effective for Higher Yields
County agent Oliver L Adams urges thick spacing for cotton to curb boll weevil and leaf worm damage. He cites earlier setting and harvest, better grades with favorable weather, and notes University of Arkansas finds two or three plants per hoe width best, with spacing from 4% feet on fertile land to 3 feet on poor land.
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Oliver L. Adams
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
2000 Finnish Troops Reported Killed in Finnish Front
London dispatch says nearly 2,000 Finnish troops were killed as a Russian offensive in the Lapland region drove a spring advance. Front lines lie inside 1939 Finnish borders with Soviet forces pressing to hit key ports Murmansk Archangel. Leningrad reports strong defense against Axis raids as Germans deploy air power. Finnish communique claims repulsed attacks near Karelia Ishisu and Stalin Canal north of Lake Onega. Also notes 1939 dairy Nile can production figures reaching 1,094,000 for farms and plants.
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London
Laplands
Red
Finland
Russia
Murmansk
Archangel
Leningrad
Red Army
Garelian Ishinus
Stalin Canal
Lake Onega
Registration Closes For Hope High And Area Dealers
The Hope high school will host a draft and sugar registration, closing early next week. Elementary schools remain open. Retail and wholesale dealers nationwide must inventory stocks and register with the high school. Dealers report 1941 sugar deliveries and 1942 weekly sales, with certificates based on inventories. Domestic consumer registration follows May 4 to 7. The passage ends noting Death Valley as the hottest place on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Hope High School
OPA
Wits
Proposals Presented to Congress on War-Economy Costs
President outlines a seven point plan to curb rising living costs during wartime. He calls for wage stabilization, price ceilings on consumer and supplier goods, rent controls in war areas, and higher taxes on state and municipal bonds. Encourages war bond purchases and discourages credit and installment buying to conserve resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Proclaiming National Music Week in Hope Arkansas
Proclamation by Mayor Albert Graves designates May 3 to May 9 as National Music Week in Hope Arkansas. It notes music’s profound influence and asks observance citywide. Dated April 27, 1942, with official seal and signature. Separate line mentions Alaska having about 150 miles of highways classed as autonomous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Graves
City of Hope
Arkansas
J. Alber Graves
Hop
Alaska
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Alex. H. Washburn
S. Burton Heath
Rostock
Bobcats
Associated Press
New Orleans
Lafayette County
Eunice Triplatt
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
Connally
NEA
Tom Connally
Texas
Morris Sheppard
First Baptist Church
J. D. Gray
J. A. Buchanan
Texarkana
N. P. Sanderson
Bennett
Rev. Brewster
England
Death Valley
California
Surtax
Inc
Proclaims Music Week
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