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A reflection on wartime leadership and accountability cites Pearl Harbor failures and a British naval escape. The piece urges voters to seek capable, loyal lawmakers over party labels, criticizing Flynn and urging bipartisan, proficient candidates to support the war effort. It stresses intelligence, patriotism, and practical governance above partisan politics.
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Our
Alex. H. Washburn
Democratic Party
Flynn
House
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Debt Paying Campaign for Party Monday in Hempstead
Hempstead county joins nationwide drive to raise funds for the 1940 Democratic National Committee deficit through individual and business subscriptions. County chairman N T Jewell says canvassers will begin next Monday, with local stores urged to contribute in response to the party’s record of governance. Final reports due February 23 at the Washington Birthday rally in Little Rock where Senator A B Chandler will speak.
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Hempstead County
America
Democratic National Committee
N. T. Jewell
Jewell
Arkansas
Ewell
Washington
Little Rock
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Kentucky
Two Japanese Bombers Downed in Philippine Action
Washington reports two Japanese dive bombers destroyed by U S anti-aircraft fire as fighting in the Philippines increases. The planes reportedly backed enemy patrols and then mistakenly attacked their own infantry, suffering heavy casualties. Victims linked to the 22nd Japanese Regiment of General Akira Nara’s 65th Division.
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Washington
U. S
Philipines
Akira Nara
Cranium Crackers Canada Quiz Questions for Readers
A playful challenge asks readers about Canada with prompts on maritime and prairie provinces the prime minister and residence a southern Canadian city name the largest city and a wheat market town legal ties to the British Empire and lakes famed in adventure fiction. Answers appear on the comic page.
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Canada
United States
Prairie Provinces
Seattle
Wash
Robison directors return from buying tour
W Robison returned home Friday morning from a weeklong buying tour in St Louis to purchase merchandise for Robison department stores in Hope and Nashville. An Englishman introduced the hammerless gun in 1862, though the invention’s exact development is unclear. A fire shortage of jute affects bursary bags in Brazil and Bougdor where it is used for coffee bags.
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Geo. W. Robison
St. Louis
Robison Department
Hope
Nashville
England
India
Brazil
Bougdor
Singapore Holds On Amid Tightening Siege Broadcast
Japanese forces press within two miles of central Singapore as British defenders mount stout resistance. Dutch and Allied commands report jammed lines and scorched earth efforts around Macassar, while Java and Sumatra bases face strategic threats amid widening theater of war.
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Associated Press
A. E. Percival
Singapore
C. W
Tokio Radio
Jupiane
Dutch Indies
NEL
Java
United Nations High Command
Australia
Batavia
Sumatra
Tronic
Archibald Wavell
Macassar
Celebes Island
Maecrithie
Rome
Rifles Square
Mullins Enrolled at Sheppard Field Technical School
Harald A. Mullins, son of McRoy Mullins of Hope Arkansas, is enrolled at Sheppard Field Texas in the Aix Corps Technical school. He works toward a rating as an aviation mechanic with the 417th Technical School Squadron, class work on Feb 4 and is scheduled to graduate in June. He attended Hope high school.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
Harald A. Mullins
McRoy Mullins
Rt 2
Hope, Ark
Aix Corps Technical School
Mullins
Besim
Hope High School
Australian Parliament summoned to meet February 20
Canberra reports Prime Minister John Curtin announced the Australian parliament would convene February 20 due to the worsening Pacific crisis. The session is expected to be secret and used to report the latest Pacific war situation to lawmakers. Opposition leaders pressed for an earlier meeting than the original March 11 date.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Pacific
Curtin
Fire Course in Defense Monday Seeks 25 Volunteers
Talbot Weild Jr., Hempstead County Civilian Defense chair, said plans are under way to train auxiliary firemen Monday. Only 11 more volunteers were added by Friday noon, with 48 total by Thursday. City Hall defense office stays open Friday 1 to 9 p.m.
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Talbot Weild, Jr
Hempstead County
Radio Industry Converted 100 Percent to War Uses
The War Production Board ordered the 200 million dollar radio manufacturing sector to convert all facilities to arms production within four months or face government takeover and reorganization. A meeting with 55 manufacturers, led by R. R. Guthrie, reported civilian output cut by 40 percent as arms contracts approach, with most conversion expected in three months.
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Washington—P
War Production Board
R. R. Guthrie
WPB Bureau of Industry
Draft Dodger Shot by FBI in Arkansas Arrest
Herbie Rains, 27, of Izard county near Melbourne, was shot in the abdomen by a federal agent while resisting arrest on a Selective Service violation. His sister and brother were injured en route to hospital, and his father, LH Rains, 64, pleaded guilty to resisting federal officers and is held to the grand jury in Jonesboro.
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Batesville
Herbie Rains
Melbourne
Izard County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rains
LH. Rains
United States
Dean Lindsey
Jonesboro
Hope Chamber Leader Roy Anderson Hospitalized
Roy Anderson president of the Hope Chamber of Commerce and well known insurance man is hospitalized in Julia Chester hospital on Friday for heat ray treatments to relieve an aggravated case of lumbago. He has been ill for several days and expects to remain until Sunday.
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Roy Anderson
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Julia Chester Hospital
Mr. Anderson
U S Being Licked Says Texas Solon
Representative Summers of Texas warned in the House that the United States is being licked and urged Congress to awaken the nation to the danger. He urged the country to rise to the war effort, saying America faces the greatest military machine in history but that the American people have the resolve to do the job.
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Washington
Summers
Em, Tex
Judicial Committee
House
Congress
France
America
Sumners
The
Wide World War Book Offered By The Star For 10 Cents
The Star announces a 16 page two color Wide World War Book compiled by The Associated Press for nationwide distribution on Saturday February 14. Newsboys, newsstands, and the office will carry it at 10 cents per copy. The atlas is updated with wire news, printed in Buffalo, and ships already arrived in Hope. The feature appeals to students and the public following the day by day war coverage.
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Star
Associated Press
Wire
Buffalo
Russians Break Through Nazis in White Russia Front
Russian ski troops breached German lines into White Russia near 65 miles from the border as Soviet forces advance from the Valdai hills northwest of Moscow. RAF bombers press three German battleships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen racing toward Helgoland Bight amid heavy channel fighting and claims of significant air losses on both sides.
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Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Scharn- Horst
Pring Eugen
Brest
England
United States
Russia
Associated Press
White Russia
Old Poland
Germany
France
Valdui
Moscow
Dorapets
Smolenek
Nieper River
Leningrad
Hitler
Dover
Scharnhorst
London
RAF
Helgoland Bight
North Sea
Channel
Britain
English Channel
Mediterranean
Pacific
Atlantic
Fleet Air Arm
British Isles
Ft 4
Evening Standard
the Channe
Z Tt
RAP
Navy
Wer
Japan
The
Evening News
16 Jap Ships Sunk in Major Pacific Raid on Feb 1
Pearl Harbor reports U S naval officers detailing the first major offensive of the war. Pacific fleet units hit Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, destroying four military bases and sinking 16 ships including a carrier, a destroyer, a cruiser, and two submarines. Forty one Japanese planes were shot down while American losses were five. The raid targeted routes to Australia and New Zealand, with significant ground and air damages noted.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
mid-Pacific
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Navy Department
Washington
Hawaii
Navy
Oil and Gas Filings Hempstead County February 1 1942
Oil and Gas filings from Hempstead County dated February 1 1942 list numerous warranty deeds royalty deeds and assignments across sections and townships in Hope Arkansas. Records show transfers between J R Williams W E Holt Malcolm Porterfield Roy Anderson and others with multiple tracts totaling hundreds of acres including 80 and 40 acre parcels and various fractional royalty interests in sections 8 12 23 26 33 34 55 and adjacent townships. Notable parties include U S A John F Miller L M Savadge and Starling S Moses with leases and mineral deeds continuing to page two.
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J. R. Williams
EH. P. Young
Hillcrest Add
Hope
Ark
W. E. Holt
George A. Holt
Malcom Porterfield
J. W. Porterfield
Roy Anderson
B. Porter
B. R. Horton
W. M. Cox
Mary Knowles Johnson
Hazel M. Schwab
R. J. Hixon
J. L. Pitts
R. J. Hixon, Et Ux
H. W. McClelwjan
SEY Sec
H. Twp
N.T. Jewella al
A. C. Taylor
John F. Miller
L. M. Savadge
L. M. Savadge, Et al
J. A. Langenfeld
E. L. Downs
Et al
Starling S. Moses
Rees
BE. N. May
Bun HE. Spencer
T. R. Gibson
C. EB. Weaver
Dai Brummett
G. G. Muore
Ntz Sey
Admiralty and RAF under attack after bold German raid
British papers blast Admiralty and RAF after Germany's three major ships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen reportedly evaded Channel defenses and reached Helgoland Bight. Critics demand reform and question air-sea coordination while warning of strategic naval shifts.
Schoolmasters Hear Jackson at Hempstead gathering
Hempstead county schoolmasters met at Blevins high school with R. E. Jackson of Hope speaking on the public school's opportunity for vocational guidance. L. J. Brown and R. W. McCracken led a roundtable, Paul H. Power presided, and Elbert Davis denounced a Hope banquet planned for March 17. A county-wide meet is set for March 2 at Blevins. A note warns about dangerous carbon monoxide levels in about 7 percent of moving vehicles.
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Hempstead County
Blevins High School
R. E. Jackson
Hope
L. J. Brown
R. W. McCracken
Blevins
Paul H. Power
Elbert Davis
Home Economics
Navy Photo Owners Urged to Claim Pictures
Owners of Navy photographs printed in The Star last November and December are asked to call at 212 14 South Walnut Street to obtain their pictures. Those unable to call may have them mailed back, though handling them personally reduces creasing risk.
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Star
South Walnut Street
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Harold A. Mullins
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Helfrich
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Far East
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Roosevelt
Shover Springs
Patmos
Springhill
Guernsey
Fulton
McNab
Saratoga
FBI
Texas Solon
White
Poland
Marshall Island
Jewelle Bartlett
Admiralty
Gneisenau
Jackson
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