Our Daily Bread Senate Defeats Bill 113 On State Police Powers
A Arkansas Senate vote 14 to 15 defeats Bill 113 which would strip criminal law enforcement powers from the Arkansas State Police. Senator Tom Kidd of Murfreesboro joins the opposition, arguing state police remain essential, especially during wartime, and should stay free of political influence. He and others warn that governmen tcuts to police would weaken rural protection and emergency response.
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Senate
Arkansas
Tom Kidd
Murfreesboro
Hot Springs
Garland County
Carl Bailey
Homer M. Adkins
All Ovee America
Arkansas Na Fional Guard
National Guard
Omer-Geney
Kidd
Milk Prices Raised by OPA Ruling in Southern States
Dallas Feb 19. OPA administrator Max McCullough issued an order amending the Feb 18 price freeze, allowing buyers to pay up to 3.00 per 100 pounds of milk for rail shipments. The move, targeting producers in Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Kansas and Texas, aims to aid producers caught by the Feb 13 order. The order is effective tomorrow and supplements higher January prices where negotiated.
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Dallas
Fox
OPA
Max Meck Cullough
Office of Price Administration
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Tesas
McCullough
Colin Kelly's Bombardier Dies in Crash
In New Guinea region Sergeant Levin, a famed bombsight expert and Colin Kelly's bombardier, perished when their plane crashed 40 miles south of Port Moresby during a storm on Jan 7. Survivors included Lieutenant John Barbee, Jack Mattisoff, and Sidney Schwimmer. pilot Guyton Christopher. Levin had helped sink the Japanese battleship Haruna last December 10 and earned multiple decorations.
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New Guinea
Levin
Colin Kelly
Port Moresby
Royal Australian Air Force
John Barbee
Waggoner
Jack Mattisoff
Los Angeles
Sidney Schwimmer
Ignoun
New York City
Teiut
Guyton Christopher
Decatur
New Guineas
Skelly
Kelly
Air Forces
Zaharias Sets course record in Palm Springs win
Babe Didrikson Zaharias shot a one under par 67 to defeat Clara Callender in the Red Cross benefit match. Callender posted 70 with Zaharias at 67 and 137 to Callender 144 after 36 holes.
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Palm Springs Culif
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Clara Callender
California
Armen
Didrikson
Red Cross
Allied air offensive targets Japanese bases in Solomons and New Guinea
Allied headquarters report a heavy two hour air offensive over Kahili, Madang, Buin, Finschhafen, Lae, and Dili. Catalina, Liberator, Beaufighter, and Boston bombers struck airfields, dispersals, and ships causing fires and damage. Japanese defenses were limited to anti aircraft fire with no enemy fighters engaging.
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Australia
Madang New Guinea
Buin
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
Comimunique
Catalina
Kahili
al Bain
Madang
Aureus
Alexishafen
Finschhafen
Lae- Waria
Boston
Lae
Dili
Viner
Graves Elected Hope Mayor by Big Majority
Incumbent Albert Graves won renomination as mayor of Hope by a large margin in the sole contested race. Unofficial results show Graves 327, Atkins 80, Young 18, with a 185 vote majority, eliminating a runoff scheduled for March 11. Several aldermen and the treasurer ran unopposed. city attorney vacancy remains.
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Albert Graves
Ape
Graves
W. 5
Atkins
E. P. Young
Lawrence Marlin
Syd McMath
Ched Hills
Frank Trimble
Charles Reynerson
Howe
Ed F. MecFaddin
Arkansas Supreme Court
Steve Carrigan
Hope Council
Grives
Young
Atking
Land Young
Iyoung
Nelson and Wilson aim to crack arms bottlenecks
Washington reports that Nelson and Wilson pushed a WPB plan to curb industry deliveries to the armed services without WPB approval. Nelson widens powers, appointing Wilson over 17 WPB units, with a new industry directive demanding delivery schedules and mandatory WPB approval before accepting orders from manufacturers.
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Sterling F. Gree
Washington Fed
Nelson End Wilson
Armed Services
Army and Navy
Donald M. Nelson
War Producton Board
Charles 5. Wilson
Nelson
Wong
Navy
Robert P. Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Patterson
Forrestal
Services
Ferdinand Eberstadt
WPR
Wilson
General Electric Co
WPB
Office of Rubber
William M. Jeffers
Office of Civilian Supply
War Plants Corp
WPH
Allied Bombers Raid Wilhelmshaven and Rail Lines
Allied bombers raided the Wilhelmshaven naval base and targeted rail lines and shipping off the coast. Seven planes were lost, including four bombers, in the night's operations per the German ministry.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Arkansans Missing In Action List Released
Washington February 19 two Arkansans were the only Arkansans among American soldiers listed as missing in action by the War Department. They were reported missing in action in the European theater. The missing men include Robert G. Ames and Nolan B. Cargile both with linked next of kin figures and addresses in Hope Arkansas.
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Washington
Arkansans
War Department
Jin
Robert G. Ames
John W. Ames
Temple Oil Co
Hope
Nolan B. Cargile
J.T. Cargile
S. Shover Street
Hill and Barlow named Red Cross campaign chairs
Franke Hill, sheriff and Hempstead county collector, is appointed for all areas outside Hope to lead the 1842 War Relief Campaign. The drive targets raising $7,900.00 with Hill’s wide acquaintance and local prominence guiding the effort.
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Franke Hill
Hempstead County
Hope
American Red Cross
Hill
Red Cross Drive Set For Morel With Higher Quota
George W. Ware county Red Cross chairman spoke at the Hope Rotary Club in Hotel Barlow stating this year's drive will be held in Morel instead of November with a county quota of 7900. He urged donors to remember that wartime emergency demands require more than double the usual gift.
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George W. Ware
Eneral
Red Cross
Hope Rotary Club Leday
Barlow
American Red Cross
Morel
Hempstead County War Fund Drive Set to Start March 1
J De Barlow is named Chairman of the Larger Gifts Division for the 1943 Red Cross War Fund Campaign. He will solicit individuals, firms, and corporations in Hempstead County for gifts over $25. The county quota is $7,900, and a county-wide organization will be built to push the drive to the goal.
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J. de Barlow
Red Cross
Hempstead
Postoffice to Observe Washington Birthday Holiday
Washington's birthday February 22 will be observed as a holiday by Hope postoffice. Postmaster Robert M. Wilson announced there will be one city delivery but no rural delivery on Monday. Stamp and general delivery windows will be open 9 to 11 a.m. only, and mail will be dispatched and faced as usual.
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Washington
Hope Postoffice
Robert M. Wilson
Liquor Repeal Bill Withdrawn by Leasure
Little Rock February 19 Leasure withdrew his liquor repeal bill amid applause after failed amendments aimed at Beebe Junior Agricultural College. He noted risk to funds but the House passed the Reaves bill restoring teacher salary funding and a Smith bill removing mineral rights retention under tax forfeited land policy.
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Little Rock
Elbert A. Leasure
White County
Leasure
Beebe
Reaves
Smith
Enroll in War Safety Course at City Hall
Thirteen students enrolled for the War Training Course in Safety Engineering at the city hall on Wednesday night with more showing interest. First class is Monday, February 22 at 7 30 pm. No tuition. costs borne by the U S Office of Education. Textbooks loaned. materials by ER P Blake J S Rogers U S Department of Labor H W Heinrich National Safety Council and others. Course offered by College of Engineering University of Arkansas as part of the National War Program and sponsored by the U S Office of Education.
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City Hall
U. S. Office of Education
ER. P. Blake
J. 5. Rogers
U. S. Department of Labor
H.W. Heinrich
Nptional Safety Council
College of Engineering
University of Arkansas
Jerry's Sunday Punch From Tunisia Warfront
Harold V BoyIe reports U S forces in Tunisia facing retreat as a strategic withdrawal. Soldiers describe hardship, German patrols in the Sheilla Feriana valley, and resolve to strike back once ordered. Quotes from Private Michael Higgins Jr and a Canadian-turned American volunteer illustrate defiance and fatigue.
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Harold V. Boyle
U. S
Tunisia
Jerry
Germany
America
New York
Tunis
Sfax
Germaans
Sheilla - Feriana
Russians Smash Defenses of Orel Province
Russian Red Army forces drive deep behind the front in Orel Travince sector shaping a breakout. Zalegoshch and several towns fall within 30 miles east of Orel. Taganrog's lifeline cut as Matveev-Kurgan near the Sea of Azov seized. Front reports say German counterattacks repelled near Kharkov while Poltava becomes a potential objective on the Kharkov Kiew line amid Caucasus pressure.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Orel
Travince
Zalegoshch
Yolets
Taganrog
Rostov
Matveev - Kurgan
Sea of Azov
Berlin
Donets
Kharkov
Lake Timen
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Novorossis
Arctic
Murmansk
Poltava
Vorskla
Russia
Peter I
Europe
Poltaya
Kiev
Plane Crash Kills 15 at Seattle Packinghouse
Seattle February 10. A four motor bomber struck the Frye and Company packinghouse, 15 bodies recovered in 12 hours, including Edmund T Allen Boeing test pilot and head of the aerodynamics department. Pilot fought to reach Boeing Field for emergency landing as fire swept the four story brick building.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Boeing
Frye and Company
Boeing Field
Edmund T. Allen
Boeingight and Aerodynamics
Adkins Asks Revision of Senate Action
Governor Adkins pressed Arkansas senators in a 15 minute address urging reversal of action on appropriation bills. He warned further cuts could harm the State Utilities Department and reduce funds for longtime government agencies. He defended his moral stance as vital to public welfare and government function. The article notes Portugal’s 1921 republic establishment.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Senate
State Utilities Department
Nias
American Tanks and British Guns Break Up Attack
American tanks and British artillery halted a German offensive in central Tunisia near the Algeria Tunisia border. French and British reports say Rommel’s attack failed to dislodge Allied forces as the Eighth Army pressed the Mareth line. front-line dispatches describe heavy fighting around Sbeitla Kasserine Fertana and Hi jeb El Alouh with strong Allied counterfire and brave resistance.
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Associated Press
London
America
Tunisia
North Africa
United States
Algeria
Tuni Ia
Ewin Rommel
Directa
Rommel
Eighth Army
Libya
Mareth
Beyow Medenine
Aiphone Juin
Morocco
Hijeb el Alouh
Fertana
The
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Herald
Sboyle
Associated
Tunisis
Germany
Group Would Repeal FDRs Salary Limit
Washington February 194 Washington group backs repeal of executive salary limits set after Pearl Harbor. The House Ways and Means Committee reaffirms a bill to remove ceilings and tie wartime pay to Pearl Harbor levels, amid proposals for a super tax and changes to wage controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Doughton
D-Nc
Ae Voughton
Rep
Disney
Dokla
Coughton
Jimmy Byrnes
Scout Review Board to Meet Tuesday at Chamber of Commerce
A special meeting of the Board of Review will be held at the Chamber of Commerce office, Tuesday, March 23, at 7:30. All Scout masters and Scouts applying for promotion merit badges are asked to attend.
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Board of Review
Chamber of Commerce
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the State Police
Solomons
Cargile
Ames
Uormal
Brimsby
England
Michael Higgins Jr
New York Fire Department
Gafsa
Perviana
Siggins
Ameri‘gan
Awan Ahras
Boucher
Fredever
Tozeeua
Martas
Ondou
Nest US
Vance
Itunis
Isenhower
Atmatad
Aareth
Foum Tatahou
MEDEH
Susy
Nea Leiemapy
Mareth Line
Portugese Republic
Africa
FDR
Scout Review Board
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