Our Daily Bread On The Army Now In 1942 War Spirit
Willis Thornton argues that all Americans from factory workers to soldiers are part of a united national army. He cites Roosevelt's faith in shared duty, wartime labor discipline, and valor of Navy and Marines, framing civilian labor and military effort as one integrated national force.
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All America
Red Cross
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Luzon
Chateau ‘Thierry
Lexington
Gettysburg
The
Argonne
First Shot Is Fired at SPG Testing Plant
At Southwestern Proving Ground a 75 millimeter gun fired the first shot in civil war era testing. Col Cabell, Major Werner Strecker, Major Graves and other officials conducted the test to measure projectile velocity using a Boulenge setup and chronograph.
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Herapsicus County
Southwestern Proving Ground
D. C. Cabell
Werner
Strecker
Graves
Frank Johnson
4Lord
T. J. Cambern
Baker
Lemby
Charles A. Armitage
Occupation Plans Reported for St Pierre and Miquelon
Official radio dispatches from Vichy said Admiral Leahy proposed conditions for evacuating the island of St Pierre and Miquelon by French forces. The plan reportedly includes that the fortifications on the island may not be used against the United States.
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Berlin
Vichy
Admiral Leahy
U. S
St. Pierre Ando Miquelon
du Cantain
U.S
One Room of the Carlsbad Caverns Lengths
A historical note describes a single cavern chamber in Carlsbad Caverns that runs 8 three-fourths miles long, highlighting its unusual length within the cave system.
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Carlsbad Caverns
Cranium Crackers Americana 1941 Quiz
A brief comic page quiz recalls 1941 events in the United States including a new chief justice and associate justices, a submarine sinking, the largest bomber, society figures Brenda Frazier and Cobina Wright Jr now renamed, plants seized for defense orders, and hemispheric defense occupations with three regions named.
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United States
U.S. Supreme Court
U. S. Army
Brenda Frazier
Cobina Wright, Jr
U. S&s
Donor Appeal by Rev. K L Spore for Red Cross Drive
Pastor Kenneth L Spore of First Methodist Church urges Hope residents to over-subscribe its $4,000 quota in the Red Cross Drive. He frames the effort as a wartime duty supporting victims of enemy aggression and urges strong community participation.
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Red Cross
People of Hope
Kenneth L. Spore
First Methodist Church
First Gold Discovery by 5 Year Old Boy in North Carolina
In 1799 Conrad Reed, a five year old from Cabarrus County North Carolina, found the first gold nugget later revealing the origin of the United States gold rush. This event marks the earliest known gold discovery in the nation and launched regional mining interests.
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Fiest A
Conrad Reed
United States
Cabbarus County
North Carolina
Mozhaisk Under Fresh Russian Drive in War News
Soviet forces claimed recapture of Staritsa and advanced near Mozhaisk as Red army vanguards pressed the German defenses. British forces recaptured Bardia on the Libyan frontier and freed prisoners, while Rommel’s retreat continues in the Agedebia area amid poor weather.
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Stockholm
Fuehrer
Smolensk
Red Army
Staritsa
Volga
Moscow
Kaluga
Mozhaisk
Middle East
Bardia
Erwin Rommel
Agedebia
Arkansas Cotton Crop Insurance Signups Due March Fifteenth
Arkansas farmers must file all cotton crop insurance applications with county AAA offices by March 15, the Department of Agriculture announced. Federal crop insurance contracts must be signed before the proposed planting.
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Washington
Arkanssas
Department of Agriculture
Leroy K. Smith
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
U S Fleet Units Join Dutch Forces in Far East
U S warships reportedly joined the Dutch Navy to defend the East Indies. A Dutch communique said one American vessel cooperating with the Netherlands Navy was attacked by Japanese planes in the north part of the island without serious damage. British aid to Malaya was promised as Japanese landings neared Singapore, with fighting continuing near Ipoh and along Perak. In China, Changsha faced a Japanese takeover as fighting intensified around the city and Liuyang River suburbs.
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Batavia
U. S
Widspread
Thedies Archipelago
Dutch High Command
Netherlands Navy
Singapore
Henri R. Pownall
Far East
Malaya
Tin
Ipoh
Kuala Tumpur
Malaya Peninsula
Singa~hore
Kuantan
Lower
Perak
Lower Perak
Changsha
Chungking
Hunan
Liuyang
Lee Center
Hope Laundry Joins National Organization
Hope Laundry of Hope Arkansas has been accepted as a full member of the American Institute of Laundering research and industry representation. The Institute, led by General Manager George H. Johnson, counts a majority of North America’s 6,000 professional laundries as members and operates its headquarters in Joliet Illinois.
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Nook's
White Star Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Hope
Arkansas
American Institute of Laundering
North America
George H. Johnson
Joliet
Thineis
Record Low 17 Degrees As Winter Hits Hard
Old man winter’s blast pushed the temperature to 17 degrees Thursday night, a season low reported by the University of Arkansas Experiment Station. Thursday’s high reached 50 degrees and by 7:30 Friday morning the thermometer stood around 18 degrees.
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University of Arkansas Experiment Station
Red Cross Drive Urges Hempstead County to Give Half a Day's Pay
Hempstead County asks every earner to donate one half of a day’s wages to support U S armed forces in this war effort. E F McFaddin explains the drive totals 50 million dollars nationwide for soldiers sailors and marines. Local firms have gone over top, banks and merchants join in, and contributions are not disclosed by individuals.
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Hempstead County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Hempstead
Bruner Ivory Handle Company
Hope Basket Company
E. F. McFuddin
R. P. Bowen
Wildcat Well Brought in Near Hempstead County Line
Barnsdall Oil Company tests a wildcat well in Midway near the Hempstead county line northwest of Lafayette. Edgar Bond reports a producer after 6486 feet with oil 32 to 34 gravity without sulphur. Gauge readings show 600 pounds gas pressure on tubing and 200 pounds waning. Loration in section 11-15-24.
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STAMPS —/Pi
Barnsdall Oil Company
Edgar Bond
Wildcat
Midway Community
Lafayette
Hempstead
SPG Teams to Play Friday at Local High School
Friday night basketball features the Southwestern Proving Ground League at the local high school gym at 7 39. The Engineers Contractors face the Contractors Accounting Department in the second game, two evenly matched teams. The Accounting team holds an undefeated record.
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SPG
Hope
Southwestern Proving Ground
Milburn Promoted to Colonel at Coast Artillery Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Bryan L. Milburn, attached to the general headquarters of the Coast Artillery Corps in Washington, D. C., is promoted to the rank of Colonel per a notice received by his brother C. R. Milburn of Hope. He has been a frequent visitor in the city.
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Bryan L. Milburn
Coast Artillery Corps
Washington, D. C
C. R. Milburn
Hope
County Cotton Crop Off 6115 Bales in 1941
Census figures show Hempstead county’s cotton crop declined to 8230 bales by December 13 1941 from 14345 bales in 1940. The report contrasts yields with prior year levels and notes the drop in production within the county.
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Hempstead
Sale of New Cars Stopped by Government Order
Washington reports that the government halted civilian auto production and new car and truck sales to support wartime needs. Donald M. Nelson of OPM set an immediate stop with rationing to follow, limiting purchases to government, lend-lease, and essential civilian use as Henderson oversees the program beginning January 5. Over 450,000 passenger cars are in dealer stock. truck inventories were not released.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Donald M. Nelson
Henderson
Kiwanis Leaders Installed at Hope Club
The Hope Kiwanis Club will install Rev. J. E. Hamill as president in Hotel Henry Monday night. James H. Pilkinton and B. E. McMahon become vice president and secretary with a board including Cross Tarpley Dennis Stabbaman Hawkins Poe. Thomas Cannon resigns from the board after enlisting. Rev. Harvey Scott of Texarkana will be main speaker. Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Graves will contribute solos. Output includes clubs from El Dorado Pine Bluff Hot Springs Little Rock and Texarkana.
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J. E. Hamill
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Kiwanis
Hope Chub
Hotel Henry
James H. Pilkinton
B. E. McMahon
G. T. Cross
Charles W. Tarpley
Cecil Dennis
A. W. Stabbaman
Ed Hawkins
Wid Buford Poe
Texarkana
Aubrey Graves
Ferguson
Texarkanna
el Dorado
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Lite Rock
Hope Kiwanis Club
A Thought Love Is a Sickness Full of Woos
A Thought Love is a sickness full of woos attributed to Samuel Daniel. The line presents a Renaissance view of love as an ailment that clouds judgment and stirs deep emotion. Daniel’s verse contrasts reason and desire, framing love as a contagion affecting the mind.
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Samuel Daniel
Evacuation Hinges on Cavite Bay as Manila Falls
The War Department reports Japanese forces occupy Manila while U S and Philippine troops withdraw. Cavite Bay base evacuated 10 miles southwest of the capital as MacArthur’s troops fight to block the invaders. Resistance holds in surrounding jungles as both sides buttress last lines.
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Associated Press
Ma‘ Nila
War Department
Navy
U. S
Cavite Bay
Unites
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Washington
Tokyo
MacArthur
Manila Bay
Corregidor Isis
Batan
Corregidor
Maysside Bay
Rangoon Raid Costs and Casualties Reported
Rangoon Burma reports its first mass Japanese air raid killed about 1,000 people. A second attack caused negligible losses. Allied air losses were six planes and six fighters, while Japanese losses were around 40 aircraft and 49 airmen. Wreckage from 20 Japanese planes is scattered around Rangoon.
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Rangoon
Burma
Dee
Jpas
Ware to Lead Paper Drive In Hope
George Ware, Boy Scout Commissioner, is appointed chairman of the Waste Paper Conservation Program in Hope. All paper from Wards One and Two should be placed on the front porch Friday night. Scouts meet at city hall at 7 pm if weather permits to begin the drive. Do not call Scoutmasters while they are working.
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George Ware
Hope
Ware
Anti Axis Nations Sign Solidarity Pact Looms
Ambassadors and ministers from anti Axis nations gathered at the State Department to sign a joint pact of solidarity with goals of a separate peace. The Panamanian ambassador cited 26 or 27 potential signatories as a key outcome of the resolution.
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Washington
State Department
Jaen Guardia
Hong
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