Faith in victory sustains wartime resolve and sacrifice
NEA columnist argues war is a matter of faith not mere force or balance. He insists victory rests on unbending belief in just causes, despite munitions, resources, and industrial might. He cites Pearl Harbor casualties and traffic deaths as tolls that underscore the price of national negligence.
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Bether
Pearl Harbor
United States
China
Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Pearl Marbor
Kuanian Loss to British in Singapore Fight
British forces yield ground in Malayan theater under fresh Japanese pressure on land and sea. Communiques report withdrawals near Aiwantan and Kuala Selangor with a seaborne thrust threatening Singapore communications. Japanese advances noted as 40 000 troops trapped near Changsha in Hunan, with Changsha reportedly occupied after four days of street fighting.
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Malayan
Aiwantan
Perak
Kuala Selangor
Kuala Selagor
Chungking
Laotag
Liuyang
Changsha
Hunan
Yochow
Tokyo
Dome
Presbyterian Elders and Deacons to Meet
Presbyterian church plans a Wednesday 7 30 gathering of elders and deacons elect. Meeting aims to prepare for next Sunday morning installation service. Attendance urged for all deacons elect.
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Presbyterian
Philathea Geom
Presbyterian Church of the Reiers
Congressional Quiz prompts wartime leaders and leaders' roles
A comic page poses questions on Congress and wartime leadership. It asks who heads the committee that sponsored war declarations, the state of House leaders, which isolationist senator offered Army service, whether war-raising bills are in the House or Senate, and Rep. Jess Dingell's wartime involvement.
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Congress
Tom Connally
Texas
House
Pearl Harbor
Hope Soldier Survives Raid
Mrs. Lula Smith of 425 South Main receives a December 21 letter from her son Sgt Cline C Smith stationed at Ft Armstrong Hawaii reporting he is in good health after the Japanese attack on Hawaii. He cautions no news is good news and notes uncertainty about visiting. Moonlight mahogany trees are cut for belief they heal color. wood deemed fresher.
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Lula Smith
South Main Street
Sgt
Cline
C. Smith
Ft. Armstrong
Hawaii
Tremme
Moonight
U S Forces Hit Enemy Planes Over Manila Bay
U S forces reported heavy anti aircraft fire on Manila Bay fortifications as 50 Japanese planes attacked Corregidor and Marivels for four hours. Casualties and material damage were light, with at least seven enemy planes shot down. The communique also notes Allied air strikes on Davao and a destroyer sunk. Dutch submarine loss reported. Allied command HQ to be established in Indies.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Corregidor Island
Douglas MacArthur
Department
Hd A. m
Philippine Theater
Marivels
Far East
Davao
Philippines
Manila
Mindanas
War Department
Japan
Western Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Singapore
Luzon
Heron
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Archiball P. Wavell
Supreme Command
Indies
Aneta
Russians Break Sevastopol Lines and Fall of Kerch Reach
Associated Press reports Sevastopol garrison breaches German lines around the Black Sea base as Soviet transports land troops on the Crimea west coast near Feodosiya. Tavastia notes troops reached the sea of Azov, severing the Kerch peninsula while Red forces push toward Kursk and Mosow area amid broader offensives.
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Russia
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Crimea
Tavestia
Feodosiya
Lake Onega
Red Army
Leningrad
Moxhaisk
Staritsa
Moscow
Kozelsk
Middle East
Agedebia
Bengasi
Egypt
Salam
Coldest Winter Night Records Set at 1 Degree
University of Arkansas Experiment Station reports Monday night as the coldest of winter with a low of 1 degree and high of 26 degrees. The prior season record occurred Sunday night at 17 degrees.
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University of Arkansas Experiment Station
FSA Meeting Aims Full Participation in War Programs
FSA calls for Hempstead County council and staff to meet at Hope County Courthouse at 10 on Thursday January 8 to outline programs. Goals include Food for Freedom drive, defense bonds and stamps, scrap metal collection, cooperative machinery use, poultry and dairy marketing, and increased bond purchases.
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Farm Security Administration
W. M. Sparks
FSA
Hempstead County
FSA Council
Hope
Counity Court House
Farm Security
Mr. Sparks
Sloman Goodlett
John C. Huskey
J. O. Johnson, Sr
E. M. Osborn
W. E. White
Earlie Weilliams
W. H. Allison
J. J. Leiblong
J. E. Yarberry
Willis A. Cobb
FBI Civilian Defense Course For Police In Texarkana
FBI plans a six day civilian defense training for subordinate police officers in Miller County Arkansas starting January 12 1942 at 9 a.m. in Texarkana Circuit Courtroom. The program mirrors earlier Little Rock session and draws on London wartime policing practices taught by FBI Special Agents. Courses cover convoy work guarding protected areas blackout enforcement emergency cooperation evacuation maps traffic internal security and radio communications among other duties.
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FBI
Miller County
Texarkana
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Jonesbarp
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United States Civilian Defense
John Edgar Hoover
London
England
Hoover
Thought On Ridicule Defeats A Good Action
A quotation attributed to Henry Fielding challenges the wisest man in the world to turn a good action into ridicule. The line frames irony in moral conduct and public perception.
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Henry Fielding
Arkansas Utility Hearings on GRDA Power to Aluminum Plant
A GRDA expert told the Arkansas Utilities Commission that in an average year the Grand River Dam Authority could not meet a 410 000 kilowatt contract with a Chateau Oklahoma defense plant and a 32 000 kilowatt commitment for Arkansas aluminum manufacturers. He warned peak demands and low water could prevent meeting the aluminum pledge starting mid year and suggested GRDA operate alongside steam plants to meet daytime peaks.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Utilities Commission
Grand River Dam
Oklahoma
Chateau
Arkansas
Carl L. Gearsheardt
Venita
Ohia
GRDA
Arkansas Rea
Lake Catherine
Wells Tests Ordered Across Arkansas Condensate Fields
Arkansas oil and gas engineers ordered Monday to begin bottom hole pressure and gas oil ratio tests in all condensate oil fields statewide plus the Midway pool in Lafayette and Hempstead counties and the Mt Holly pool in Union County. The move follows a federal request for new data on pipe and oil field equipment priorities. A statewide hearing is likely in February. The commission also granted McAlester Fuel Oil Company a permit to drill S A Jeffus No 1 in Lafayette county likely to 10 000 feet south of the McKamie field. The well location is in NE SW 4 19 23 NW of Taylor.
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EL Dorado-Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Arkansas
New Midway Pool
Lafayette and Hempstead
Mt. Hollypool
Union County
McAlester Fuel Oil Company
Lafayette County
McKamie Field
Taylor
Roosevelt outlines 1943 war plan to build 185000 planes
President Roosevelt told Congress the next fiscal year’s war program requires 56 billion dollars to produce 185000 airplanes and 120000 tanks by end of 1943. He detailed 1942 and 1943 targets, warned of sacrifices, and urged all-out national effort to win the war.
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Rooesvelt
Congress
Roosevelt
British Isles
Far East
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Trained Men to Be Needed During War Effort in County
The county joins 74 Arkansas counties in urging boys aged 17 to 23 to enroll in the CCC during January 11-17. Employers seek trained workers such as auto mechanics, truck drivers, cooks, and clerks, with CCC training proving valuable for defense plant jobs and military service. County welfare officials in Hope offer guidance on obtaining training and becoming a reliable worker in national defense efforts.
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Arkansas
CCC
Watoin
CCCCC
Jnto
County Director of Public Welfare
Jsiad
Hope Prescott to Play Wednesday in 1942 Opener
The Hope high school Bobcats start the 1942 basketball season with a game against the Curly Wolves from Prescott. The match will be at the high school gymnasium at 7 30 p.m.
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Hope High School Bobcats
Curly Wolves
Prescott
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