AVA bill updates and Arkansas Valley projects outlined
Congressman Clyde T. Ellis highlights a year of AVA progress including power and flood control projects. Dams such as Narrows in Little Missouri Arkansas, Grand River in Oklahoma Nimrod on Fourthern Fave Fort Gibson and Markham Ferry, and Bull Shoals Table Rock on White waters are cited with new power plans. R. E. A. cooperatives Amos Ark-La construction lines and gas-fueled plants in Arkansas are noted as part of a sprawling regional system expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde T. Ellis
Arkansas Valley Authority
Ellis
Congressional
AVA
Narrows
Little Missouri River
Mr. Ellis
White River
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Nimrod
Fourthern Fave
Fort Gibson
Markham Ferry
Grand
Bull Shoals
Table Rock
White
Missouri
Kamo and
Ark-La
Kansas
Louisiana
Sour
South
War-Time Wage Dilemma Over Sunday Labor
Willis Thornton surveys wartime labor issues at length, arguing over double time for Sunday work and extended hours. He notes production strains, worker tensions, and the push to maximize output, warning of higher costs and broader peacetime debts as Congress embraced the 40 hour week goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bataan
MacArthur
House of Detroit
Ello Irkers
AMG
Congress
Republic Tanker Torpedoed Off Florida Coast
An American owned 5,280-ton tanker Republic from Houston was torpedoed off the southeast coast by an enemy submarine with five lives reported lost. Twenty-eight survivors, two injured, were brought ashore at West Palm Beach. The attack follows another incident in a Florida port last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Republic
Houston
Texas
Navy
Florida
Jacksonville
Navy Department
Witnesses in Land Suit Heard in Texarkana
In Texarkana witnesses for defendants Miss Mary B. Carrigan and Dr. P B Carrigan testified in a final and valuation case before Judge Harry J Lemley at the adjourned federal session. The 42g acre land was valued at 75 to 100m as part of the government condemnation for the South Western Proving Grounds in Hempstead county. Jurors impaneled include Harold Bridgeman Jim H Stewart Joe Waltrip Guy Curd and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Mary B. Carrigan
P. B. Carrigan
Arrigay
Hary J. Lemley
Southwestern Proving Grounds
Hempstead County
Dr. Carti- Yuan
John Shaw
Miss Carrigan
Frank Rowe
Sherman Cox
Tob Faulkner
Lex
Will Muldrow
Steve Carrigan
Head, Shaver and Williams
J.R. Crocker
John E. Yarvis
Charles A Beasley
Lemley
Harold Bridgeman
Jim H. Stewart
Joe Waltrip
Guy Curd
Add Turner
Eugene Collins
B. F.langstion
D. R. Duffenbacker
E. D. Twitty
J. R. Brown
M. M. Honnell
T. R. Elledge
They're Real Birds and Domestic Pigeons Roots
The text discusses rock doves as real birds and as the parent stock of domestic pigeons. It notes their rocky coastal Europe habitat and mentions tissue origins such as feathers and horns with a reference to a substance called kar- Btin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Cranium Crackers Movie Moments Cues From The War Era
A comic page offers four questions about film history. It asks which child star debuted in How Green Was My Valley and the story locale, which star donated her salary to charity in memory of Carole Lombard, which 1940 best selling angel film stars Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Robert Cummings and Betty Field, and whether war increased or decreased movie production. It also asks if the Man Who Came to Dinner chief character stayed for dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Lombard
Ann Sheridan
Ronald Reagan
Robert Cummings
Betty Field
Man
FDR Speech Fires Allied Hope Against Axis
President Roosevelt pledged that the United Nations would take the offensive soon, signaling rising American presence in the Pacific as Java defenses brace for a climactic Japanese seaborne assault. British and Dutch forces hold lines in Burma and Sumatra while Australian airmen strike Raabul. U boats extend losses off the Atlantic coast and MacArthur notes a lull in ground fighting in the Philippines as incendiaries fall from Japanese planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roosevelt
United Nations
Java
Japan
ALF
United States
Fr Pacific
Domei
Ike
Pep
Tnsaneual
White House
Burma
London
Sittang
Rangoon-Lashio
Bilin
Far Pacific
Dutch Indies
Sumatra
Bali
Australia
Ra~baul
New Britain
Pacific Coast
War Department
California
Santa Barbara
Atlantic
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Young Jr. Appointed to Naval Academy
Erwin Paul Young of Hope, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Young, was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by Senator Lloyd Spencer and will report for duty in July. A Hendrix College sophomore and Hope High School graduate, he held numerous leadership roles, including Student Body President, National Honor Society member, and valedictorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Paul Young
E. P. Young
Hope
U. S. Naval Academy
Lloyd Spencer
Young
Hendrix College
Hope High School
Quill and Serel
Bobcat
Hendrix
Delia Alpha
Troubadour Staff
Martin Hall
Coast Gas Sales Rise Despite Ban
In California gasoline consumption in January rose above January 1941 levels, despite rubber and auto rationing. The Western States Promotion council reports the unexpected rise, noting higher demand and a shifting wartime fuel market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco —P
California
Western States Promotion Council
Threat escape route of Nazis narrowed near Moscow
Russian armies drove a spearhead toward Dorogobuzh, 15 miles south of the Moscow Smolensk railroad, threatening the main Nazi retreat route. Dorogobuzh lies 50 miles east of Smolensk as Soviet forces approach Vyazma and Smolensk. British radio said the Red Army also captured Panio, 14 miles north of Rezhev, the beleaguered Nazi base 125 miles northwest of Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Russia
Moscow
Dorongebuzh
Moscow-Smolensk
Vyazma
Smolensk
Dorogobuzh
Smolsenk
Moscow Front
Red Army
Panio
Rezhev
Oil and Gas Filings Hempstead County February 1942
Hempstead County oil and gas records dated February 23 1942 show multiple transactions including W A Formby et ux to Hygrade Produce Co and J B Zick et ux to Hunt Oil Co with leases of 40 80 and 150 acres plus various warranty deeds and assignments. Entries cover ESE NW NE SW sections township ranges and filing dates.
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Rye
L. Henderson
J. B. Zick
New
Nem
Hunt Oil Co
J. B, Zick
Et Ux
Albert A. Jones
Glendon Flowers
Cux
Ney
Naivnie N
Eshridge
W. B. Nelson
S. Ree
Mabel Burton
J. A. Purekins
Np Ney
el NW
Nia Nwi
Rae
J. A. Parkins
W. O. & G. Lense
A. J. Kent
A. C. Taylor
Nwi
J. F. Oliver
Oce
Denver Norton
Avie Mini
Maud Anderson
Gene Goff
Paralee Bearden Hendrix
W. E. White
Hunt Oil Company
Omer Bennett
Marcus Justiss
Walter Keith
D. J. McRae Jr
Berta P
McRae
D. L. McRae Ji
Jennie Mildred McRae
Arca Mitty Langston
J. DB. Langston
G. Lease
Ben Laney
J. G. Martindale
J. W. Millen
B. L. Smith
Will Green
O. & G. Lease
Ethel Roy
Fred E. Guthrie
Lucille Briant Hester
Alio
William Briant
Nts SE
Roosevelt Outlines War Offense and Production Boost
President Roosevelt spoke by radio from the White House pledging increasing war production and an eventual Allied offensive to victory. He stressed Americans and Allies will win the final battles and peace, and noted daily air and troop contact in the southwest Pacific. He dismissed rumors of Pearl Harbor disasters and outlined three high purposes for every American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
America
United Nations
Japan
Germany
Southwest Pacific
White House
Jackson Day
Philippines
Bataan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Governor urges study of Arkansas tax structure reform
Governor Adkins asks the Honorary Tax Committee to study state income sales and highway taxes in light of higher federal taxes. He urges a comprehensive review to propose revisions needed for 1943 legislation and to assess impacts on the state office and building program. The group should also examine overlapping state services and equalization of tax assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Adkins
Arkansas
Cox Addresses Kiwanis Club on Sacrifices We Must Make
John P. Cox, local merchant, spoke to the Hope Kiwanis Club on Sacrifices We as Americans Must Make to Win the War. He argued America would win with God and the people, cited Lincoln, urged Civilian Defense registrations, and saving paper and tin. Senator James H. Pilkinton introduced him. guests included Clyde Hendrickson of El Dorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Cox
Hope Kiwanis Club
Cox
America
Lincoln
Ohio
Kentucky
Patrick Henry
James H. Pilkinton
Clyde Hendrickson
el Dorado
Funeral for Public Enemy in Neshoba County
The body of Charles Chapman once Public Enemy No 1 was brought to Philadelphia Mississippi for a 4 p.m. funeral in Neshoba County where he hid as a fugitive before FBI agents trapped and killed him Sunday night. Two rural ministers were chosen to conduct the service for the former wealthy contractor turned bank robber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Miss
VPI
Charles Chapman
Meridian
Neshaba County
FBI
Crosher
Corder
Storm wrecks U.S. ships off Newfoundland coast
A U S destroyer Truxtun and the stores ship Pollux were driven ashore and wrecked in a gale off Newfoundland. At least 189 officers and men are dead, with Lt. Commander Ralph Hickok among the missing. Surviving crew were rescued by residents of Lawrence, Newfoundland, as the ships broke apart in rough seas near the Lawrence Harbor entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Newfoundland
Ralph Hickok
Washington, D. C
Truxtun
Pollux
Navy
Lawrence Harbor
Lawrence
Trujan
Ter
Cotton crop insurance now available for Hempstead county
E N Martindale announces federal cotton crop insurance contracts for Hempstead county farmers for 1942. Farmers may insure 50 or 75 percent of their farm’s average yield, with coverage for losses from insect infestation floods drought storms and more. Premiums may be paid in cash cotton or deducted from parity payments or indemnities. rates depend on farm loss history.
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Hempstead
E. N. Martindale
AAA Committee
Martindale
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
AAA
Aps Bucanay
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The
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Lake Catherine
Willis Thornton
SPG
Fdr
Cantinuer
NEA
Telephoto
Chapman
E. P. Young, Jr
Naval Academy
Young Hope Boy
Lokbetong NG
Bangka
Lembang
Belitong
Etapang
Java Sea
Emara Sa
Borneo
Bangjermasin
Ballomax
Jewelle Bartlett
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
Kiwanis Club
Native County
New Zealand
U.S
Egypt
New Orleans
New York Arch
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