Texarkana Looms Up in Conference Football Preview
Texarkana fields a veteran outfit under Howard Montgomery as the Razorbacks join a 16-team Arkansas high school conference. Pine Bluff, Little Rock, Fort Smith, and North Little Rock loom as title contenders with each campus counting 30 to 60 candidates and 14 to 19 lettermen in preseason rosters.
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Carl Bell
Little Rock
Texarkana
Pine Bluff
Zebra
Razorbacks
Little Rock Tigers
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
North Little Rock
Rabbit Burnett
Buddy Coleman
Jimmy Albright
John Hoffman
Tiger
Ort Smith
Gene Harwood
Jack Simpson
Bill Pope
Long John" Thompson
John Lunmney
Charles Rhyne
Texagkana
Parkers
Howard Montgomery
Milan
Creighton
Spa
Bad Canada
Trojans
Combee
Yates
Pine Bluti
al Harris
Charles McNew
Harris
Jake Baldwin
Shorty chin-Harris
Blytheviie
Guy Lehn
Dorado
Guy Hays
Scig
Ers
Spear Titsworth
Russellville
Wal Bailey
Cyclones
Happy Reid
Bucks
Smackever
Marines Sail on Pacific Ship In Quiet War Waiting
A correspondent reports on life aboard a Navy transport with Marines at sea for days. Weather is calm aside from a few squalls, meals are generous, and entertainment ranges from radio bulletins to movies. Despite comforts, troops grow tense and crave landings in Japan to end the war.
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Navy
Democratic Party
New York
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
Senator McClellan Visits Farm Bureau Meeting in Malvern
Senator McClellan addressed a Malvern Farm Bureau gathering where Ara McKenzie presided and W. C. Thompson of Columbus won a family group prize. He indicated limited unemployment support and supported current Farm Bureau measures in Congress. He toured the Southwestern Proving Ground with a Hope committee and was accompanied by local officials and residents.
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Europe
Columbus
Harry Marsh
Farm Bureau
McClellan
Southwestern Proving Ground
War Department
SPG
A. A. Albritton
Roy Anderson
Guy E. Basye
Lyman Armstrong
Terrell Cornelius
Malvern
Heract Fisher
Hot Spring County
Little Rock
Benton’s Midseason Slump Hits Tigers in 5-4 Loss
Detroit’s early surge fades as pitcher Al Benton endures a three game skid. The Tigers drop 5-4 to St. Louis Browns with Bob Muncrief earning the win. Washington splits a two game set with Philadelphia while other league results shift the pennant race.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
al Benton
Detroit
Tigers
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Washington
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland
St. Louis
Muncrief
Browns
Philadelphia
Greek George
Nats
Dutch Leonard
Ossie Bluege
Mickey Haefner
Joe Berry
Roger Wolff
A’s
Lefty
Vie Johnson
New York
Boston
Ty la Forest
George Metkovich
Bob Johnson
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Ray Prim
Hy Vandenberg
Nick Strincevich
Phil Cavarretta
Don Johnson
Bill Nicholson
Stan Hack
Cubs
Dick Barrett
Brooklyn
Curt Davis
Barrett
Jimmy Wasdell
Dixie Walker
Tokyo After Bombing Affected City Shows Quiet Normalcy
A wartime visitor notes meal costs near two dollars for four, inflation tales seem off. Shanghai’s currency rate is 100,000 to one, yen to dollar trades at 15. Water and electricity function, some telephone service remains, and trolley cars still operate amid ruined central station and burned rails.
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Shanghai
Okiawa
Tokyo
Yokohama
Central Station
MacArthur Lands Near Tokyo in Surprise Beachhead Visit
General Douglas MacArthur landed at Atsugi Airdrome in a surprise eyed beachhead near Tokyo. He toured Yokohama HQ plans, praised disarmament progress, and said 300 900 Japanese soldiers had been demobilized locally as 15 divisions remained nearby. The event marked a rare joint flight with Lt General Richard Sutherland and other senior officers aboard.
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Japan
MacArthur
Richard Sutherland
Bonner Fellers
Charles Whitney
Roger Egeberg
W. E.dusty Rhoades
Palo Alto
Calif
United Airlines
West Point
Atsugi Airdrome
Third
Tokyo
Yokohama
Famed sportsman Jack Lamb to film Hempstead watermelons in Hope
Jack Lamb renowned for action movies will visit Hope this Friday August 31 to shoot a short feature about Hempstead County watermelons. He telegrammed M S Bates of Gulf Refinery to arrange the shoot for Friday afternoon with contact girls and watermelon scenes. Terrell Cornelius, who led the Hempstead County Day watermelon program in Little Rock, aids Bates in staging. Hope city hall will host helpers at 1 30 Friday afternoon.
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Jack Lamb
Hempstead
Jack Jack Lamb
Lamb
M. 5S. Bates
Gulf Refinery Company
Terrell Cornelius
Little Rock
Mr. Bates
Mr. Lamb
Hope City Hall
Pearl Harbor inquiry furor continues in Congress
The article reports on ongoing debate over Pearl Harbor findings with calls for courts martial and demands for full records. It notes President Truman’s stance on unity of command, his remarks about past statements, and the push by May Day and others for a military trial of Pearl Harbor commanders Short and Kimmel.
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Nature
Doan
Army
Navy
Stimson
Cordell Hull
Army Board of Inquiry
Truman
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Pearl Harbor
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Senate
Pacific Bastion
New
Public Reports
Washington
Congress
America
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Senate Military Committee
War Department
May D-ay
Japan
Pacific
Department of National Defense
Army and Navy Boards of
War Stimson
George C. Marshall
Trutman
Peatl Harbor
Forrestal
Kentuckian
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Representative Short
R-Mo
Representative Shafer
R-Mich
Short
Marshall
Hull
Fire at 3606 Elmira Street Endangers San Pedro Home
Fire at the Fer residence 3606 Elmira Street San Pedro caused by a broom poking an incinerator damaged the closet and home. Capt. Ernest Fer and Mrs Fer led their crew in battling the blaze and estimated damage at $15. The fire originated in a broom stored closet.
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San Pedro
Calif
Fire Department
Ernest Fer
Elmira Street
Veteran ambulance driver delivers baby en route
Five Mission Man Portland veteran ambulance driver Carl Emerson was not surprised by a maternity call to Union Bus depot and delivered a daughter during the trip. Back at the garage he marked the door with a safety pin noting four prior infant deliveries en route.
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Portland
Ore
Carl Emerson
Union
Emerson
Elder Trekker Trims 35 Mile Hike to Beaver Visit
Eighty-year-old Eldon Kutch arrived in Beaver Oregon to visit relatives after hiking 35 miles in two days and sleeping outdoors one night. He told mournful relatives he felt chipper as ever and planned to rest a spell.
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Rugged Beaver
Ore
Eldon Kutch
Robber Holds Up Chicago Currency Exchange Cashier
Aug. 30 Chicago report: Mrs Ce cilia Montgomery, a cashier, was telephoning when a gunman entered and pointed a revolver. She ducked under the counter pulling the phone with her. She shouted for help and the robber fled.
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Chicago
Cecilia Montgomery
Prisoners in Macon County Jail Attract Large Visitor Interest
In Decatur Illinois on August 30 Sheriff Emery Thornell says Macon county jail inmates draw huge crowds. A flood of visitors required two extra deputies. One inmate received nine visitors in a single day. The sheriff banned all non relatives from visiting.
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Decatur
Ill
Macon County
Emery Thornell
Health chief sees infantile paralysis risk easing in Arkansas
In Little Rock on August 29 1944 Dr. T T Ross state health officer said the danger of an infantile paralysis epidemic in Arkansas is virtually passed with a predicted drop in cases next month. Last week two cases were reported from Washington and Arkansas counties.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
T. T. Ross
Washington
Marines Take Yokosuka Forts In Quiet Invasion Move
Admiral Halsey and Nimitz watched as three old Nipponese forts near Yokosuka fell to American Marines within a half hour. Weapons were seized, fortifications overrun, and a weather station sealed as flag was raised. British Fraser observed the scene from the Duke of York while Fujtsu's guns were knocked out.
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Page One
Frank S. Narusawa
New York
Boston
Okahodai
Fujtsu
Yokosuka
Nimitz
South Dakota
Admiral Halsey
Missouri
Bruce Fraser
Duke of York
Tokyo Bay
U S Casualty List Drops to 1 070 545 in Latest Revision
Washington reports revisions reduce the weekly U S military casualty total by 274 to 1 070 545 not final. Army casualties total 923 284 and navy 147 261 with army down 197 and navy down 77.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Pris
Boy Scouts Headed to Atlanta Texas Scout Festival
Local Boy Scouts will travel to Atlanta Texas on Friday for a Scout Festival. All Scouts must assemble at Hope city hall before 8 a.m. for a specially chartered bus departure.
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Boy Scouts
Atlanta
Texas
Lyman Armstrong
Hope City Hall
War Department reports detailed WW II personnel return and casualties
The War Department lists 358,807 airmen and soldiers returned to duty and 96,907 prisoners exchanged or returned to military control. Navy figures show 53,359 dead, 79,643 wounded, 10,426 missing, and 3,631 prisoners, with minor variances in second line.
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Oners
War Department
Navy
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