Naming Hot Springs Airport After Garland or McLoughlin Debate
A heated dispute in Hot Springs centers on naming the new city owned federally funded airport after Garland or Senator John L. McClellan. The piece argues against honoring living individuals, recalling Shushan and Lindbergh as cautionary examples, and notes the risk of posterity judging living figures harshly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Garland
Leo McLoughlin
John L.lellan
Garland County
Senaor McClellan
New Orleans
Shushan
Lindbergh
Yoneeshe
Lone Bugle
Churchill Convenes Polish Russian Talks at Downing Street
On April 28 in London Prime Minister Churchill chaired a second day conference with Polish premier foreign minister and other officials at No 10 Downing Street Note mentions Sikorski Raczynski and Anthony as expected attendees and discusses efforts to ease the Polish Russian diplomatic impasse over Smolensk deaths and Red Cross involvement, with reports of a suspension rather than breakdown in relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wdon
Churchill
Pokremier and Foreign Ministers
Eond
International
Red Ss
Smolensk
Red Cross
Russia
Piar
Churchill Anchers
Soviet Polish Split Splits Allies and Axis Voices
The Associated Press reports a Soviet Polish split amid Axis capitals leaning neutral. Rome praises the incident as Nazi propaganda triumph while Berlin notes Russia and Poland in diplomatic rifts with the Allies. London and Geneva dispatches hint at talks to mend Polish Russian ties as distrust grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Switzerland
Germany
Mussia
Rome
Berlin
Die Tat
Gern Foreign Office
Mared
Smolensk
Gerary
London
Gies
British Press Association
Russia
Bomber Crew Ends Mission After 66 Days
A nine member bomber crew led by Maj Richard Stepp on Guadalcanal reports 66 days of harrowing combat in the South Pacific. Lieut Ernest Ruiz details a sunning bloody campaign on Fel Islands with eight Japanese Zeros, a forced sea landing, 15 days adrift, and rescue by a Navy seaplane off a remote island. Survivors endured shortages, natives’ aid, a dangerous canoe capsize, and a final aerial return to base. Crew included Capt Thomas Classen, Lieut Robert Dorwart, Lieut Balfour Glason, Sgt Don Martin, Corp W H Nichols, Sgt James Hunt, Corp R J Turnbull, Corp Theodore Edwards, with one unidentified man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airforce
South Pacific
Flying Fortress
Richard Stepp
New York City
Guadalcanal
Ernest C. Ruiz
Santa Barbara
Calif
Bardly
Rubber Falls
Lee
Long Ast
Ruiz
Thomas J. Classen
West de Pere
Wis
Levut
Robert J. Dorwart
Seville
Lieut Balfour C. Glason
Berkeley
Calif Set
Don Martin
Decatur
Corp
W. HH. Nichols
Keiser
Ark
James Hunt
Effingham
111
R. J. Turnbull
San Antonio
Theodore Edwards
Youngstown
Ohio
Gas Tax Revenue Edges Toward Monthly High
Revenue department officials had feared gasoline tax collections would dip below 700 000 for the month but hoped for a monthly peak after call sections crossed 800 000. The top monthly figure since rationing began was 602 019 in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Site Rock
Revenue Department
Junbury's
Soldiers Cited for Outstanding Service at Officers School
Three noncommissioned officers of the United States Army will qualify for commissions through attending classes at an officers candidate school in England. Instructors include Sergeant Nortis M. Nevils, 80, of BU Lee Street Charlestown South Carolina Corporal Michael Kolesar, 20, of 1122 Washington Street Farrell Pennsylvania and Mayd Nelson, 84, of South Sibley Street Lichfield Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Girudtors
England
United States Army
Nortis M. Nevils
BU Lee Street
Charlestown
S. C
Michael Kolesar
Washington Street
Farrell
Mayd Nelson
South Sibley Street
Lichfield
Minn
State Poultry Prices Limited by OPA Order
OPA order caps Arkansas live poultry prices by area. Areas I to IV set ceilings for live broilers, fryers, roosters, hens and stags with per pound limits ranging roughly from 18.6 to 29.1 cents. Stores will see consumer ceilings announced soon. Regulations require farmers to keep detailed sales records including buyer and seller names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lile Reel
Ontire
Arkansas
OPA
Area I
Sebislian
Washington
Northwest
Area UI
North Gentrals
Area EU
Gitland
Tofferson
Cohumbla
Miller
Quachila
Hempstead
Union
Airmen Raid Japanese Shipping in Pacific Series
Allied air forces boosted operations over New Guinea and surrounding seas. B-29/ B-25 type bombers hit a 4000 ton Japanese merchant ship with 500 pound bombs and disabled a wireless station. Fol low on sweeping sorties targeted coastal ships, fuel dumps, airfields, and enemy positions from Wewak to Cape Gloucester with Beaufighters and Liberators contributing strafing runs and reconnaissance. Additional strikes damaged or destroyed threads of Japanese communications and supply efforts across Do ha, Arafura Sea, and Huon Peninsula areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Boni
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Arafuni Sea
Doha
Aroc Islanes
Uelet
jGinsmuti
New Britain
Aki New Guinea
Jipanese
Wewak
Mubo
Green's Hill
Fischhhafen
Huon Peninsula
Marienberg
Alexishafen
Willaumez Peninsula
Cape Gloucester
Timor
Cape Seyivara
Iseland
Eausleriunest
Lewis Promises Miners to Walk Out on Friday
Washington April 28 The war era coal dispute nears a climax as United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis pledges an all out strike at midnight Friday if demands are not met The threat follows ongoing walkouts and a stalled wage hearing by the War Labor Board Meanwhile Eastern coal fields face potential action while Arkansas Oklahoma miners report continued operation under a separate agreement with management and the UMW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
John
WLB
UMW
New York
Lewis
Ifinals
American Federation of Labor
Fort Smith
Eastern
Arkansas-Oklahoma
R. K. Rodgers
Arkansas - Oklahoma Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Rodgers
Russian Army Prepares for Decisive Front Fight
Moscow April 28 The Soviet official newspaper urges Red Army to brace for decisive battles amid heavy Red Air Force attacks on German lines in the Kuban Caucasus and rear areas. Forces engage in artillery duels from Kuban-Detta to Volkhov near Leningrad with air superiority claimed by the Soviets. German reports claim heavy Russian losses in the south. The note adds unrelated dental fluorine and a misdated Metropolitan Opera opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Pi— Tavestin
Soviet Union
Red Army
Red Air Force
Kuban
Caucasus
Kubandetta
Novorossisk
Volkhov
Leningrad
Asis Kuban
Sea of Azov
Associated Press
Fayetteville Man Named to Board of Trustees
Governor Adkins named Herbert Thomas a Fayetteville businessman to the University of Arkansas board of Trustees amid Northwest Arkansas demand for a local member. Thomas will succeed Marvin Hathcoat, Harrison attorney, appointed yesterday to the Utilities Commission after Floyd Sharp resigned to join the area war manpower effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luislle Rack
Apel
Adkins
Herbert Thomas
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Northwest Arkansas
Washington County
Washington Countian
General Assembly
Thomas
Marvin Hathcoat
Harrison
Utilities Commission
Hathcoat
Floyd Sharp
Hempstead Camp Dedicated by Legion and County Officials
The former CCC camp six miles south of Hope on Highway 29 was dedicated as Camp Hempstead by Congressman Oren Harris. Local leaders, the Leslie Huddleston Post of the American Legion, and Hempstead County government jointly sponsor the public program. Notables Archie Stevens and Harris attended, with Stevens recalling the transfer and the camp's $33,000 worth of buildings and equipment. The event featured a public program, civic group attendance, and ceremonial color guard, ending with a Boy Scout flag ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asion CCC
Hope
Oren Harris
Camp
Hempstead
American Legion
CCC
Leslie Huddleston Post
Archie Stevens
Washington
Congressman Harris
Hemmpstead
Stevens
John Vesey
Vesey
Legion
Cviahe
At & P.m
Fred A. Lueck
Albert Graves
Terrell Cornelius
Legion Post
Graves
Ted Jones
Thomas Brewster
Robert Moore
Legion Color Guards
Boy Scouts
Bari Airport Destroyed by Allied Planes
Bari air field on the Adriatic coast suffered extensive damage from a U S Ninth Air Force raid of about 150 tons dropped by 70 Liberators. Leading raiders included Col A G Ent Col K K Compton and Col John R Kane with Maj Francis B Rang reporting. British strikes followed, destroying hangars and repair plants while a small enemy vessel near Rhodes was forced to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cut
Egypt
Bari
Taranto
Ninth Air Force
Compmand
RAF
Aire Drome
Adriatic
Bari Air Drome
A. G. Ent
Bomber Command
K. KK. Compton
Joseph
John R
Killer) Kane
Shreveport
Rhodes
RAK
Body of Fulton Man Recovered From Red River
Roy Hollingsworth and companion Leagan Williams had been missing since April 20 while removing driftwood near the Fulton river bridge. Hollingsworth’s body was found floating about 2.5 miles south of the Fulton bridge by a searching party. Williams’ body remains missing as of the recovery. Hollingsworth resided in Pulaski County and is survived by his widow, two sisters, and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Hollingsworth
Leagan Williams
Red River
Fulton Bridge
Williamms
Arkansas
Fulton River
Pullen
Hollingsworth
J. R. Williams
Lite Rock
Edwin Sanders
Bearden
Tiller and
Ted Hollingsworth
Sheridan
Davis Sees Big Increase in Farm Products
War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis predicts higher food output than last year as farmers plant aggressively amid labor and machinery shortages. Read at the U S Chamber of Commerce session, the message was delivered by Deputy Administrator William Byrd. Admiral Land outlined shipbuilding increases, noting nearly 1,000,000 deadweight tons of dry cargo vessels and tankers will be built in American yards this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chester C. Davis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Davis
America
Washington
Wiliam Byrd
Emory S. Land
United States Maritime Commission
William L. Ball
War Production Board
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Land
Food Meeting to Plan Post War Scheme
Washington reports on the upcoming United Nations food conference at Hot Springs May 18 to draft a blue print for a world free from hunger. The plan is exploratory with no binding commitments or payments, targeting consumption levels, production expansion for needs, and distribution improvements. The aim is to address undernourishment and use tech gains to feed the hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner Washington
Ouliie
State Department
Hot Springs
Lsted
Arkansas Motor Freight Lines Granted Purchase Rights
The Corporation Commission authorized Arkansas Motor Freight Lines Fort Smith to buy operating rights from F. C. Motor Freight Lines Fort Smith. The P. C. line hauls general commodities over Highway 41 from DeQueen to Foreman and U S 71 from Fort Smith to Texarkana. An Interstate Commerce Commission board took under advisement the application to take over rights from YPC, which also operates in Oklahoma and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Corporetion Commission
Arkansas Motor Freight Lines, Inc
Fort Smith
Arkansas
F. C. Motor Freight Lines
P. C
DeQueen
Foreman
U.S. 71
Texarkana
Interstate Commerce Commission Joint Board
Arkansas Motor Freight
YPC
Oklahoma
Missouri
Truman Group Probes Rubber and Tire Reports
The Truman committee warned the rubber shortage could persist into 1944 as rubber and gasoline restrictions ease. Senators Brewster Ferguson and Ball pressed officials including Rubber Director Jeffers and Petroleum Administrator Ickes to justify policy shifts while Donald Nelson cited Buna S timing to avert a rubber bankruptcy and safeguard wartime aviation fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman Committee
Iho
Brewster
Ferguson
R - Mich
Ball
R-Minn
Wiliam M. Jeffers
OPA
Ickes
Senate Group
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Buna
Patterson
Nelson
Tornadoes Kill 2 and Wreck Ohio Properties
Tornadoes swept through northeast Ohio causing more than 150 injuries and destroying about 2 000 homes and several war plants. Two Akron orphans Richard Paternoster and Anthony Fernbach crushed to death near Medina as winds demolished a barn. Four separate tornadoes struck Cleveland and Akron areas. power lines, barns, and houses were obliterated. Disaster workers dispatched to Cleveland and Akron with Red Cross support. meteorologist C G Andrus noted narrow paths concentrated on east and west sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Fremont
Richard Paternoster
Anthony Fernbaeh
Medina
G. Andrus
William Car] Hunt
American Red Cross
Washington
Americans Hit Three Key Hills in Tunisia Drive
Allied forces report steady progress in Tunisia as Americans under Gen. Patton assaulted Djebel Dardyss and Djebel El Ajred while pushes toward Medjez El Bab and Tunis continued. British and French units pressed toward Medjez El Bab and Pont Du Fahs as German defenses, mined and stubborn, resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. King
North Africa
America
Mateur
Bizerte
Medjerda
Vilage 21
Tuil
Tunisia
U. S
Ai Corps
Medjez-El-Bab
George 8. Patton
Jurgen von Arnim
Djebel Dardyss
Ward Jena Station
Bizer
Tebourba
Abdallah
Goubella
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Mathennel
Grand
Milary
Brnan L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Djehel Medeker
Mediterranean
St Louis Finds Mix of Odd Lost Belongings
In St Louis a station loss and found reports a suitcase with a liver sausage that began to sour and other odd items. Bass Checker L. J. Meyer says the strange finds may reflect wartime displacement as people leave belongings behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Bass Checker
L. J. Meyer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alex. H. Washburn
Europe
Metropolitan Opera House
Fulton
Truman Group
Arecent
United States
Africa
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