Peacemaker's Trial by Opinion and a 1943 Letter
A Star editor responds to Emory Thompson and Royce Weisenberger on Workmen's Compensation. The letter defends 1939 Arkansas enacted law, cites 1938 constitutional amendment No. 27, and notes Pearl Harbor impact on U S freight by railways. Names include John Vesey Ensign James Pillington and Governor Bailey. Abilene Texas figures referenced.
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John Vesey
James Pillinton
Bob Young
Bailey
Alex
Emory
Royce Weisenberger
Infantry
Royce
General Assembly
Emory Thompson
The
Star
People of Arkansas
Associated Press
Hope Star
Captain Weisenberger
Vesey
Ensign Pilkinton
Army to Begin County Scrap Drive on March 1
Hempstead County launches a week long scrap drive starting March 1 proclaimed Hope Salvage Day with Army trucks to cover all county roads. Captain Clinkscates and Wallace Cowan outlined the campaign. locals urged to donate or locate scrap, with schoolchildren to add scrap piles and collectors coordinating with county salvage chairman Aubrey Albritton.
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Hope
County Salvage Committee
A. A. Albritton
Paul Clink- Boomies
Camp Chaffee
Army
Wallace Cowan
Little Rock
State Salvage Committee
Clinkscates
Mope
Africa
Hempstead County
Clinkscales
Clinkseales
Aubrey Albritton
County Salvage
Hempstead
Bremen Hold Hit by Large RAF Bombers
London February 22. German port Bremen was heavily attacked by RAF bombers last night with all aircraft returning. One bomber is missing, the air ministry said in a communique. This was Bremen’s first raid since October 20. Wilhelmshaven and Hannover also faced RAF raids in recent days.
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London
Bremen
Air Ministry
Wilhelmshaven
Hannover
RAF
Germany
Continent
Twenty seven Japanese jailed by government agent
In San Francisco on February 22 twenty seven Japanese were jailed by a government agent at relocation centers in Bealuras and Klamath Falls amid unclear motive. The Federal Bureau of Investigation declined comment while noting ongoing work on the case. Detentions followed arguments over questionnaires related to military service and civilian job relocation, carried out by military police under the Army Service Command with headquarters at Port Douglas Utah.
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San Francisco
Wire Lake
Calif
BeAluras
Klamath ‘Allas
Ove
Federal Bureau of Investition
Laves
A Service Command
Port Douglas
Utul
Submarines Sink Two Atlantic Passenger Ships
The Navy reports over 850 dead or missing from two American passenger ships torpedoed in the North Atlantic within four days in February. Most victims were service personnel with civilians aboard as technicians or war workers. Survivors and precise ship details remain unconfirmed as authorities assess convoy status and casualty totals.
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Washingtony
Navy
North Atantic
United States
North Atlantic
Civans
Army
Marine Corps
Cost Guard
Coast Guard
U-bount
Atlantic
Eucler
Bliss
Scott
Rutledge
Hewes
Leedstown
North
Africa
Pollux
Newfoundland
Truxtun
North Africa
Jiner
Cleveland
Pierce
Santa [Lucia
Exeter
Excalibur
Arkadelphia School Destroyed by Fire
Arkadelphia's elementary students gained a 10 day unscheduled vacation after their building was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Sunday. The incident disrupts local schooling amid ongoing wartime reports noting nonstop air connections between Africa and the United States.
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Arkadelphia
Africa
United States
Russians Take 2 Key Points in Push to Dnieper
Moscow reports Soviet forces advancing in the Donets basin to depths near 50 miles south and southwest of Voroshilovgrad. Pavlograd and Krasnograd, major rail junctions on Dnieper tributaries, were captured, threatening Dnieperportovsk and Zaporozhye routes as German lines north of Kharkov face pressure.
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Dnieper
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Donets
Red Army
Voroshilovograd
Pavlograd
Krasnograd
Rotev
Kursk
Orel
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Dnieper Valley
Kharkov
Bokovo-Antratsit
Upper Nu»golchik
Kramatorsk
Stalino
Dnieperopetrovsk
Zaporazhe
Dneiperopetrovsk
Poltaya
Allied Bombers Continue Raids on Jap Bases
Allied bombers pressed attacks on Japanese positions in Salamona Burma and Ambon as large fire outbreaks were reported from the North Solomons. RAP forces hit Mandalay and the Irrawaddy in Burma, while Chinese reports claim a Japanese effort to cross the Salween was repulsed. Japan also announced occupation of a French concession on Liuchau peninsula with French acquiescence.
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Associated Press
Salamong
Burma
Bula Paisi
North
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Ambon
Dutch East
Indise
India
RAP
Mandalay
Inrawaddy River
Chungking
Salween River
China
Yunnan
Kwangcchowwnun
Liuchaw Peninsula
Kwanglung
Missing Hope Boy Decorated by Air Corps
Staff Sergeant Robert G. Ames of Hope received the army air corps meritorious duty award for action over Europe. He and Lt. Nolan Cargile, also of Hope, were recently listed as missing in action since January 27 by the War Department.
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Robert G. Ames
John Ames
Hope
Army Air Corps
Europe
Ames
Nolan Cargile
War Department
Steps to Halt Black Market in U S Meats
Washington February 22 Amid signs the nation's meat supply situation is less favorable than forecast the government sped action to halt illegal slaughter of cattle and hogs and stop black market operations. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard is expected to announce within a day or two a plan to license livestock slaughterers and require farmers to deal only with licensed slaughterers or their agents. Price Administrator Prentiss Brown called in a broadcast for public support to stamp them out. He warned black markets threaten health and economy and that poisoned meals are already appearing. A licensing system would help enforce allocation orders to ensure military demands and civilian supplies, while curbing diversions to uninspected country slaughterers.
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Washington
Wickard
Price
Prentiss — Brown
Brown
Hempstead County Men Report for Induction March 2
159 Hempstead County men including 8 transfers were ordered to report for induction into the U S armed service March 2 from the draft board. Names include Willie Lee Ponder Curtis Arthur Karber Joseph Biddle Dorris Carman Harry Robinson Shell Tomlin Lynn Norwood Herbert Smith and others.
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Hempstead County
U. S. Armed Service
Willie Lee Ponder
Birt Amos Roberts
Curtis Arthur Karber
Joseph Benjamin Biddle
Dorris Berger Carman
Harry Durant Robinson
Shell Edward Tomlin
Lynn Edward Norwood
Herbert Lee Smith
Andrew Franklin Long
Tom Hamilton
Charles Samuel Griffin
Doyle Cleveland Anderson
Jimmie Allen
George Harris Walden
Rupert Clyde Hern
Lee Harmon Parris
Rationing Calls for 50 Percent Cut in Canned Goods
Washington report outlines a new 50 percent cut in monthly canned goods for March. Households receive about three cans per person, with points system set for March and April overlap to ease transition. Key items include corn beans peaches and grapefruit juice with varying point costs. Meat and fish rationing to follow later in March.
Housewife Guide on Food Rationing in Washington
Feb 22 report outlines household rationing steps for March registration and No 2 books. It notes grocers cannot sell canned fruits vegetables fish meat or baby foods while rationing active, with resumption of canned items planned later. mentions military yard project in Louisiana with bay windows.
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Washington
Tolday
Louisiana
Americans Repel German Tank Attacks Near Thala
Allied forces in North Africa report heavy fighting as US and British units halt a German armored thrust toward Thala and Kasserine Pass. Communiqués say German tank losses and assaults were repulsed, with tanks driven back toward the Kassrin corridor and Shiba as Allied armor pressed to neutralize the Mareth line.
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Wes Gangher
North Africa
Kaseline Gap
Shiba
United States
Thala
Romm
Efort
First Army
Eighth Army
Coul
Mareth
Afti
Kasserine
Dye
Kasserine Tn
Sirday
Dehessa
Hutob
Medjez
el’ Bal
Hte
Aga N Shiba
Air 0
Hatobo
Kasserin) Gap
Largest U S submarine sunk by Japanese in Pacific action
America's largest submarine the 2710 ton Argonaut was sunk in the South Pacific with the loss of 102 crew after attacking a Japanese convoy near New Guinea. A second American submarine later sank two heavy transports. the fate of the Argonaut commander and crew is noted, with details of the sinking and the convoy engagement.
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Pearl Harbor
America
South Pacific
New Guinea
Washington Navy
Leon J. Huffman
Feet
Rabaul
New Briain
Lae
Huffman
Thergonaut
Argonaut
John Reeves Pierce
R. W. Robertson
Portsmouth
N. H
Squalus
Pacific
Price Schedule Available For Retailers
The OPA Official Point Price Schedule for retailers of processed food is available free at the local post office. Postmaster Robert M. Wilson announced that a copy will be given to anyone who calls for it at the Wadethique.
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OPA
Robert M. Wilson
Sny
Wadethique
Gandhi in Crisis Reported Improving as Doctors Confer
The Bombay bulletin details Gandhi entering crisis at 4 p m with severe weakness and fainting spells. He later drank juice and water, slept several hours, and is described as more comfortable and cheerful though heart remains weak. Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari met with Roosevelt envoy William Phillips to discuss the situation with no tangible results.
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Bombay Bulletin
Gandhi
Giri
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Indian Congress
William Phillips
Roosevelt
Ambass Dorial Rank
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Alex. H. Washburn
Weisenberger
the Star
Cypress St. Abilene
Texas
U. S
American Railways
Air Corps
Otis Warren Buller
Andy Edward Lumon
Car
Edward Richards
C. W. Hortes
Hollis Lloyd Wilson
Paul Perman Cook
Leonard Biddle
Henry Wayne Bryson
Verdon Lee Sparks
Charles Kenneth Vines
Thuman
Lester Skinner
James Farrell Harrison
John Taylor Laseter
Doyle Edward Ellis
Willard Andrew Houston
Joe Henry Webb
Carl Alvin Scaggs
Charley Henry Lockard
Gerald Lee Bates
Orville Lewis Westfall
William Shirley Fowler
Charles Leo Willard
James Thomas Copeland
Ralph Winford York
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss
Mhay
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