War Scrap Drive and All-Out Rationing Plan Launched
Our Daily Bread urges Hope and Hempstead county residents to a weeklong scrap metal collection as Army trucks from Camp Chaffee sweep the area. The piece frames scrap as essential to war production and defense, urges a through cleanup, and previews a home-front rationing program with a replicated February declaration and point list.
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Camp Chaffee
Hope
Hempstead County
Asia
Peri
Japan
LaFayette
Sinking of Jap German Subs Announced
Washington February 23 The Navy announced the sinking of a German submarine in the Atlantic and a Japanese submarine in the Pacific. Secretary Knox said all available weapons are being used to curb the U boat menace. He noted merchant ships losses have declined recently but warned the German submarine threat remains grave. The total subs destroyed is not released for security, and Germany is still building subs faster than it loses them. No early relief is foreseen.
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Wahington
Atlantic
Pacific
Knox
United Nations
U. S. Convoy Fends Off Eight Japan Planes Night Battle
An Allied convoy south of Guadalcanal repelled five of eight attacking Japanese torpedo planes without losses. Eye witnesses describe a Night Battle as destroyer screens twisted, fires lit the water, and no torpedoes hit. Japanese claim sank two destroyers and a large transport near San Cristobal.
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Grman Lodge
Guadalcanal
Chicago
Tokyo
London
San Cristobal
Guadalcual
Bennell Island
Savo Island
No. 10
Senate limits changes to U of A board under bill
Littl Rock Feb 23 The Senate passed a bill reorganizing the University of Arkansas board of trustees to curb political manipulation. Six year terms for current members would end only as reappointments occur. Names and term years for Hugh Park Marvin Hathcoat Harry Ponder Louis McDaniels Jay Dickey Henry Yodum J H Snapp Ped L Brown Euclid Smith J G Ragsdale and others are listed. The note adds a demographic statistic about age 45 and older in the U S population.
Gandhi's Condition Holds Steady Amid Fast
New Delhi reports Gandhi, on day 21 of a 21 day fast in protest of detention, showed little change and slept several hours. Dispatches from Poona say he is progressively weaker while a Bombay government communique notes no appreciable change.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
Bombay
Stalin Calls Red Army an Army of Avenger
Moscow reports Premier Joseph Stalin praising Soviet forces on the 25th anniversary of the war. He said the Red Army alone bears the burden due to no second front in Europe and urged a fight to the death against German invaders, claiming 4,000,000 Germans killed in 20 months. He warned the enemy is beaten yet not conquered and that German prospects remain grim.
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Eddy Gilore
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Europe
Red Army
Germany
Stalin
U S Clipper Crash Kills Twenty on Flight to New York
Lisbon salvage crews work at the Tagus river bottom to lift the Yan kee Clipper after yesterday’s crash from New York. Twenty of 99 aboard are dead or missing, three bodies recovered, one dies in a hospital, 15 survivors, four women aboard saved. Names withheld by the American legation pending Washington.
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Lisbon
Tagus River
New York
U. S. Legation
June Froman
Radio Singer
Legation
State Department
Washington
Hill Replies to Charges of Senator Lovett
Hill, Arkansas commissioner A B Hill, answers Sen Lovett's charge that his appointment was never confirmed by the Senate. He notes official records show confirmation on February 6, 1941, and accuses Lovett of mismemory and unjust inference amid tense political exchanges with Arkansas Power and Light interests nearby.
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Hill
Sen. Lovett
Little Rock
USIL
A. B. Hill
Yom Lovett
Veterday
Senate
Lovett
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Lovet
Secretary of State
Allies Drop 15 Tons Bombs on Japanese Bases
Allied HQ in Australia reports a wide New Guinea operation with fifteen tons of bombs, including 1,000-pounders, hitting Malahang Airdrome and nearby villages in the Lae area and targeting installations in Buin Fussa Solomons Lakunai Gasmata and Port Moresby. heavy fires started, raids described as strong coordinated attacks with fighter escorts.
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Australia
Malahang
Lae
New Guinea
New Britain
Solomons
Admiralty Islands
Buin - Fusse
Loregau
Admiralty
Rabaul
Lakunai
Gasmata
Port Moresby
Women urged to join Nurse's Aide class drive
Hempstead County chapter of American Red Cross appeals to women to enroll as Volunteer Red Cross Nurse's Aide. Recruitment will occur Friday February 26 in City Hall Council Room from 9 40 to 12 and 2 to 6 30 p m. Mrs John Vesey chairs the committee with Mrs Young Foster coordinating enrollments and Mrs Elizabeth Woolson supervising training at Julia Chester Hospital.
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Nurse's Aide
Hempstead County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
John Vesey
Nurse's Aide Committee
Young Foster
Elizabeth Woolson
Julia Chester Hospital
Submarine Bakeries Work At Night on Patrol
Night time is baking time on submarines when they rest or cruise on the starface. Bread pies and cakes are baked and other foods cooked there being no cooking or baking while submerged.
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Penl Harbor
Judges and Clerks in Hot Springs on Election Day
Judges and clerks in Hot Springs report many voters in a February session for the 1942 Democratic primary. Garland county ballot boxes had already been moved to Fort Smith for a January session of the same federal grand jury.
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Hot Springs
Fort Smith
Garland County
Smith
Two American ships sunk. 850 dead and missing
America's worst wartime sea disaster left the nation counting more than 850 known dead or missing after torpedo attacks on two passenger cargo ships in the North Atlantic. Navy reports noted rapid sinking times and heavy losses among Army, Navy, and Marine personnel, with weather factors and convoy status unclear.
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Washington
America
North Atlantic
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Coat Guard
Ag Aieet
Yesel
Corregidor
Mania Bay Dee
Wholesale Egg Ceiling Price Is Established
Washington February 24 The Office of Price Administration today set wholesale egg prices forecasting a small drop for consumers immediately but a higher year around average of about one to two cents a dozen The plan aims for greater price uniformity as current retail prices vary widely Even shops with high base margins must lower prices while low margin stores may raise them to align with the new ceiling
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Scrap Collection Week Proclaimed in Hope Arkansas 1943
Mayor Albert Graves declares March 1 to March 6 as Scrap Collection Week urging residents to gather scrap from roofs, yards, garages, and businesses and place it at the curb for Army trucks. For heavy scrap, call 68 for pickup. patriotic call to total cooperation during World War II.
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United States Army
Albert Graves
City of Hope
Arkansas
Russians Near Novorossiysk Push Toward Black Sea
Soviet dispatches report Russian forces advancing from Krasnodar toward the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, moving through Akhtyrskaya about 25 miles from the sea. The bulletin also notes offensives west of Rostov and in the Donets basin, with heavy German losses and continued activity in the Kuban valley.
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London
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kholmkaya
Akhtyrskaya
Red Army
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Krasnoarmeisk
Donets
Moscow
Kiev
Dnieper
Caucasus
Taman
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Kursk
Kuban
Kranodar
Munda and Kiska Hit By U S Bombers in Pacific
U S bombers struck Japanese bases in the north and south Pacific. Liberator and Mitchell bombers attacked Kiska on Feb 22 with escort. Vila and Munda on New Georgia Island were bombed, starting fires at Munda. All U S planes returned safely per Navy communique Number 290.
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Washington
South Pacific
Munda
Salamon Islands
Navy
United States
North Pacific
Kiska
Liberator
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Mundi
New Georgia Island
United State
Appropriation Deadlock Stalls Legislature Action
Rock Feb 23 report on a budget bill deadlock between the Senate and liberal House. The House reconvened after restoring six Senate-cut amendments, appointing a Conference committee to seek compromise as the general appropriation bill blocked passage in the Senate.
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Senate
House
Allied Hold At Kasserine as Rommel Strikes North Tunisia
Allied forces halted Rommel’s bold push near Kasserine, four miles from Thalatod. British American tanks and infantry repelled the assault while heavy air power from the Twelfth Air Force targeted Nazi armor and trucks. Despite ongoing fighting near the Thala junction and Tebesa, Axis gains were checked as U.S. and British units, aided by air superiority, pressed onward to counter the Tunisian front.
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Daniel DE Luce
Nort Yica
Kasserine
Erwin'Rimel
Thalatod
Tunisia
Thraad
Serine Pass
Tebesa
Tunisian-Al Jan
Djebel Hamma
Rommel
Tisa
United States
Boston
Valle
Kasserine Pass
Teresa
Allie
Gap
Thala
Consumers to Register for Food Rationing in Hope
War Book No 2 registration runs February 23 to 27 at Hope Public Schools. Consumers must register at ward sites, with specific schools assigned for each ward and Yerger High School handling all negro registrations. Rural route residents register at nearest school site.
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Hope Public Schoals
James H. Jones
Hope Public Schools
Yerger High School
Haze Street East
Brookwood School
Walnut, Elm
Main
Paisley School
Oglesby School
Retirement Plan Fails to Pass in Arkansas House
A retirement bill to create a state wide employee pension for extension service staff fell three votes short in the Arkansas House, 48 to 12, with 541 needed. The plan split costs among employees, state, and federal government. Also, a veterans service ribbons commission bill passed 62 to 0, and a Williams bill moved oil inspection fee funds to a discontinued food stamp program.
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Little Rock
Fels
Washington County
House
Williams
Rep. C. H. Haederson
Montgomery
Government restricts prices to curb scare buying on vegetables
Washington reports government price ceilings set today on five major fresh vegetables to prevent sharp rises. OPA acts after a week of canned food freezes and reports of crop delays, limiting prices from Feb 18 to Feb 23 and eyeing celery and lettuce, with fresh fish remaining the only unsettled item. Households shift buying from canned to fresh greens amid market anxiety.
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Washington
Clogéy
Price Administration
OPA
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Ries
Alex. H. Washburn
Africa
Thage
Star
the East
U. S
U of A
Gandhi
U.S
Christian American Association of Houton
Tewx
Ye Fort
Operta
Puatugul
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