Junkyard curb location sparks highway fence clash
In Little Rock the State Highway Department lawyer Neill Bohlinger says the 1933 rule banning unfenced auto junk yards within 200 yards of memorial highways will be enforced. A rest action against a junk yard on the Hot Springs Little Rock route is to be heard next week. The Hope city once forced an unsecured yard off US 67 by erecting a fence, though parking cars outside the fence remains a problem. The writer notes junkyards’ vital service but argues they shouldn’t be at highway curbs as progress seeks to protect highway aesthetics. The piece also cites wartime editorials on Pearl Harbor aftermath and American resolve.
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Stimson Warns to Expect U S Coastal Attacks
Secretary of War Stimson warned that attacks could occur along the U S coasts and beyond, citing submarine raids on Aruba as an example. He urged readiness against political pressure to dilute defenses and said massed forces would win the war, announcing large January volunteer enlistment and offensive preparations.
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Stimson
Netherland West Indies
Aruba
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Man Held on Drunk Driving Charge in Texas Crash
A Winnfield Louisiana man identified as Payne was jailed on a drunken driving charge after his car hit and wrecked an automobile driven by J W Lindsey near Blooming Texas at 11 30 p m Wednesday night State Patrolman C I Pritchett reported The collision happened south of Hope on Highway 2 Both vehicles were damaged Payne escaped injury according to the report
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Payne
Winnfield
J W. Lindsey
Bloomburg
Texas
C. I. Pritchett
Hope
Highway 2
Pritchett
Locomotive engineer killed in tourist train wreck near Palm Beach
A derailment south of here killed engineer A. W. Browning of Plant City and injured several others on a fast tourist train. Police report two suspects were arrested after the wreck near Macon Lake, 18 miles south. Meanwhile a Panama-registered tanker was torpedoed off Aruba as German submarine activity flared in the Caribbean.
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A. W. Browning
Plant City
Missouri Pacific
Macon Lake
Japs Move to Within 75 Miles of Rangoon
Allied reports say Japanese forces have pushed within 75 miles of Rangoon as commando and air support arrive in Java to bolster defenses in the Far East. Chinese troops claim victory in Burma near the frontier while U.S. bombers and fighters increase presence in the Dutch Indies and Burma theater.
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Java
Rangoon
Associated Press
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Lower
Sumatra
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Pacific
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Burma
Tokyo
China
Dutch Indies
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Rising Sun
Soerabaja
Wong
Burma-Thailand
Social Welfare
Thailand
Chungking
Gulf of Marulan
Gulf of Bengal
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Rangoon-Maruban
Japs Lose 182 Ships Since Start of War
Batavia report from Aneta states 182 Japanese ships sunk or damaged by February 14. Of these 109 sunk, 28 probably sunk, 45 damaged. American ships and planes credited with 84 sunk and 15 probably sunk, not counting heavy Sumatra losses.
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Batavia
British Train Airborne Troops Ready for Action
London reports War Secretary Margesson announced Britain’s airborne troops are in training with Hutisls forces prepared for action. He said armored divisions have formed and Middle East units reinforced, noting Malayan forces were rushed into combat without full training. Equipment shortages delayed converting infantry to armor but production is underway.
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London
Margesson
Middle East
Japan
Red Cross to Elect Officers at Hempstead County Chapter
The Hempstead County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a meeting in the municipal courtroom city hall at 10 o'clock Friday morning February 20 to elect officers for the coming year. County Chairman R P Bowen announced the officers include a chairman secretary treasurer and seven board members all members entitled to one vote. The meeting will begin promptly at 10 AM.
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Hempstead County
The
American Red Cross
R. P. Bowen
Oil and Gas Deeds and Quitclaims Listed for Hope Area
A list of land conveyances and quitclaim deeds dated 1942 involving Eliza G White Floy Farris Julia Williams and others in Hope Arkansas with 40 acres several lot deeds in Beard Smith and Heard additions and several mineral reserved tracts including NE SE SW and NW segments in sections 10 4 32 and others with filings on February 18 1942 and earlier dates.
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Eliza G. White
White
Sey, Ney
Floy Farris
Julius L. Walker
Beard
State of Arkansas
Julia Williams
Heard
Hope
Arkansas
W. Max Cox
Maihel Latshaw
Smith
Henry Duffey
Angeline Duffey
Shover Street
Arkana
Sas
W. E. Jones
Ted E. Jones
Bluek
Ratti Addition
Nellie Dunes
J. C. Junes
Block
H. M. Stephens
T. P. Gaines
F. W. Gaines
Mollie Williams
Maude Anderson
Tom Wilson
Ely Sev
Bee
$1010 Raised for Oil Field Road at Patmos
The Patmos area reports $1010 raised toward a $1500 pledge by the Chamber of Commerce to fund labor and materials for building a road from Parnos south to the Hempstead County line. County Judge Fred Luck receives cash expense coverage, with county equipment and personnel used. Contributors include Gunter Shire Co, Union Saw Mill, E J Craig, W M Ramsey, Diamond Cafe, Geo W Robison Co, Coca Cola Bottling Works, Hope Star, J C Penney Co, Rufus M Martin, P J Drake, L D Rider, Hope Builders Supply, Ritchie Grocer Co, McDowell Dept Store, Plunkett Jerrell Groce, City Bakery, Talbot's Dept Store, Schweiker Hotel, R L Gosnell, Belant's Drug Store, Cook's White Star Laundry, John P Cox Drug Co, John P Cox, John P Gibson Drug Co, Ward & Son Drugstore, Crescent Drugstore, Hope Auto Company, Bud Porterfield, Dr Don Smith, Young Chevrolet Co, Crow Burlingame, Boswell Dept Store, Hope Confectionery. The fundraiser will continue daily until the total is subscribed.
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John Wallace
John P. Cox
Fred Luck
Gunter Shr. Co
Union Saw Mill
E. J. Craig
W. M. Ramsey
Diamond Cafe
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Hope Star
J. C. Penney Co
Rufus M. Martin
P. J. Drake
Bo R. L. Gosnell
Belant’s Drug Store
Cook's White Star Laundry
John P. Cox Drug Co
John P. Gibson Drug Co
Ward & Son Drugstore
Crescent Drugstore
Hope Auto Company
Bud Porterfield
Don Smith Young Chevrolet Company
Crow Burlingame Boswell Dept
Hope Confectionery
Dancer Resigns Defense Post in Philadelphia
Mayris Chaney, 35, a professional dancer, resigned Wednesday from her $4,600-a-week post as coordinator of children's activities in the Office of Civilian Defense OCD director Landis accepted the resignation. Chaney was a protege and friend of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The appointment of Chaney and Melvyn Douglas had sparked charges of frills and parasites on the civil defense payroll.
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Mayris Chaney
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Landis
Miss Chaney
Melvyn Douglas T
Congress
Civilan Defense
Navy Photo Owners Called to Claim The Star Images
Owners of Navy photographs published last November and December in The Star are urged to call at 212 44 South Walnut Street to claim the pictures. Those unable to call may have the pictures mailed back, though personal handling reduces creasing risk.
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Star
Sooth
Walnut Street
Enforce Law on Junkyards Near Memorial Highways
Nell Bohlinger of the state Highway Department announced a 1933 law banning unshielded auto junkyards within 200 yards of memorial highways. A lawsuit in Little Rock Municipal Court against a wrecking company near Hot Springs highway test stores this case, with a hearing set for next Wednesday. The 1944 statute required wrecking firms with junkyards within 20 yards of highways to build walls high enough to shield the yards.
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Little Rock
Campagne
Nell Bohlinger
State Highway Department
Neu the
Hot Springs
Bohlinger
Truck and Train Collision Near Hervey Street Crossing
Three men riding a half-ton truck escaped serious injury when it collided with a Missouri Pacific passenger train at Hervey Street crossing. Albert Walker, his wife, and a companion received minor cuts and bruises. the truck suffered substantial damage. All residents listed their home as Qzan.
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Missouri Pacific
Hervey Street
Albert Walker
Increased Pressure Reported on Bataan
The War Department said Japanese forces were increasing pressure on General Douglas MacArthur's defense positions on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines with troop movements indicating an intensified enemy offensive.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthie
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Register for Defense Now
An appeal issued Thursday by the Hempstead county Civilian Defense Council urges local citizens to register for defense work. It warns of peril from Pearl Harbor era threats, urges unity, and stresses Civilian Defense as a citizen responsibility to support wartime effort.
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Hempstead County
United States of America
Navy Lists Men Taken by Japs in Pacific Area
The Navy released a list naming 1,010 navy and marine corps officers and men presumed captured on Wake Guam Peiping Tientsin and Shanghai. Some 1,200 Wake and Guam civilians also presumed prisoners. Arkansas names include Artis Brewer James W Story A R Hughes Jr Marshall Edwards Lee Mathis Guy Pearson Sanford Kelly Ray Henry Williams Jr and others. Navy notes incomplete status due to disrupted communications and contact.
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Arkansans
Navy
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Wake
Guam
Peiping
Tientsin
Shanghai
China
Arkansas
Naval Personnel Service
Wake Island
Artis Brewer
Manila
Naval Personel Service
James W. Story
Alma
A. R. Hughes, Jr
Arkadelphia
Marshall Edwards
Dermott
Charles
Lee Mathis
Appleton
Guy Pearson
Webster
Wickes
Sanford
Kelly Ray
Monticello
Henry Williams, Jr
Delapline
Ivan’ S Bearden
Little Rock
Mark N. Gentry
Little Rat
Glen C. Walden
Carlisle
John William Marable
Trashwood
Lawrence Marshall
Harrison
Garlin T. Massey
Hoxie
Yale Professors Elected to Connecticut High Office
Yale University professors figure prominently in Connecticut politics with Simenn E. Galdwin of Yale Law elected lieutenant governor and Wilbur L. Cross, Yale Graduate School dean, serving as governor from 1930 to 1938.
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Yale University
Connecticut
Simenn E. Galdwin
Wilbur L. Cross
Yale Graduate School
New Route to Move Supplies to China
A Chinese official announced a new land route from India to China will replace the Burma road. He said Gen Chaing Kai Shek worked out the transport plan with Indian leaders. He also disclosed that the British had mined approaches to Rangoon.
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China
India
Burma
Chaing Kai Shek
Rangoon
It's a Small World For the Last Time
Hollywood actress Lynn Barl knitted a Christmas sweater for a soldier at Fort Monmouth New Jersey and received a note of thanks from Edward Leggewie The sweater reached a Fort Monmouth recipient who knew Lynn before he joined the Army.
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Lynn Barl
Edward Leggewie
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Lynn
Lasts and final figures from history and nations
A quiz asks about historic lasts: which British general won a last baile against what would be Alexander at Waterloo, the last state admitted to the Union, the final czar of Russia last emperor of Germany and king of Spain, the song about the final time the composer saw a famed city, and the last Republican vice president.
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Pearl Harbor
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Alexander
Waterloo
Russia
Germany
Spain
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