Democracy’s press freedom tested in wartime policy note
An editor’s critique contrasts democratic press freedom with dictatorship and cites U S Navy Secretary Frank Knox’s advisory to newspapers. It explains wartime press self restraint seen in 1941 guidance on publishing naval movements weapons and ship details, urging responsible reporting to aid national defense.
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the Star
United States
Frank Knox
Navy
Polley
Knox
Chicago Daily News
America
Navy Department
U.S. Navy
U. S. Marine Corps
U. S
Greek Warriors Close in on Port of Valona
Athens reports the Greek spearhead near Tepe lini ten miles southwest of Klistira as the greatest offensive yet, with Valona as the sole Aegean entry into southern Albania. Tepeleni may have fallen. heavy fighting continues in Pogradetz as Italian supply lines falter.
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Valona
Athens
Italy
Albania
Tepelini
Klistira
Tepeleni
Phertly
Pogradetz
Paralysis Drive Gets Underway
State wide Infantile Paralysis drive begins with canvassing in downtown led by TS Cornelius Hempstead chairman. Groups including Kiwanis Rotary and volunteers from the Business and Professional Women's Club plus Legion Auxiliary will assist, with workers urged to ride with chairman to kick off Tuesday morning.
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TS. Cornelius
Hempstead
Cornelius
City Tall
Pelock
Ax- Peete
Kiwanis Club
Ed Mankfis
Dewey Lendrix
J. R. Williams House Damaged by Lake Hamilton Fire
Fire at J. R. Williams residence on Lake Hamilton threatened the home over the weekend. Flames burned a hole in the roof before family members extinguished the blaze. No damage estimate could be obtained.
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J. BR. Williams
Lake Hamilton
Cranium Crackers Quiz Ponders World Geography
A brain teaser asks five questions from a Kansas page: identify a Swiss bounded principality, locate Oman, name Africa’s independent republic, pinpoint Salvador, and name a country inside a warring nation. Answers by Combe Page.
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Kansas
Switzerland
Germany
Oman
Africa
Salvador
Oy Combe
H F Hoelscher Dies at 87 in Hempstead County
H F Hoelscher 87 a well known Hempstead truck farmer and dairy operator died at his home near Hope after an extended illness He resided in the county for many years Funeral services will be held at Herndon Cornelius Funeral home Tuesday at 3 pm Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery He is survived by his widow and one son Orville Hoelscher of Hope
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H. F. Hoelscher
Hempstead
Hope
Herndon-Cornelius
Rose Hill
Orville Hoelscher
Lease-Lending Bill Wins First Congressional Round
Washington reported the administration won the first congressional skirmish over its lease lending bill for aiding Britain. The House upheld rushed consideration with a voice vote approving Speaker Rayburn’s assignment of the bill to the foreign affairs committee. Debate was blocked and military leaders failed to seize control. Chairman Bloom of New York, head of foreign affairs, will hold hearings Tuesday with Secretary Hull first questioned.
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Washington
Britain
House
Rayburn
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Bloom
New York
Huli
May
Kentucky
State Begins Paralysis Drive to Make Arkansas First Over Top
In Little Rock an army of about 4000 volunteers launches an 18 day appeal for funds to help crippled children. Arkansas leads pre campaign giving as Homer Adkins opens the drive Sunday on a nationwide broadcast and the effort aims to end on January 30 Roosevelt’s birthday.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Army of Workers
Roosevelt
Homer Adkins
Southwest
Inian One
Italian Chiefs in Albania Are Again Changed
Rome reports a change in command as Gen Ugo Cavallero takes control of Italian forces in Albania, amid claims Albania lines are satisfactory. Gen Abaklo Soddu leaves command due to health, while Italian and German air units claim nine enemy ships bombed or torpedoed in four days. British bomb attacks on Italian targets, and patrol and artillery activity on the Albania and Tobruk fronts, are noted.
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Rome
Iigh
Italy
Ugo Cavallero
Albania
Mediterranean
Abaklo Soddu
Singel
Ttal' Lim
Geenun-Kalian
Malian High Command
Straits of Sicily
Daily War Bulletin
Turin
Venice
Catania
Tobruk
Libya
Malian
Joe Kirby Visitor in Hope on Monday
Joe Kirby, former manager of the Southern Ice plant here in 1929 to 1931, visited Hope on Monday renewing old acquaintances. He now lives in Jackson, Mississippi, and is an executive of the Southern United Ice Company, traveling through Mississippi, eastern Louisiana and western Alabama.
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Joe Kirby
Southern Ice Company
Mr. Kirby
Jacksor, Miss
Southern United Ice Company
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Negro Tenant House Burns Near Cemetery Road
A negro tenant house owned by Jake T. Moore was destroyed by fire late Saturday afternoon near the cemetery road. The loss, partly covered by insurance, was about 250 dollars.
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Jake T. Moore
Cemetery Road
Louisiana-Nevada plans gas fueled steam power plant in Arkansas
Louisiana-Nevada Transit proposes a 60 000 kilowatt steam driven gas electric plant on the Ouachita river using gas from McKamie field in Lafayette county. Officials say high pressure steam first drives turbines then can be sold at lower pressure to industry. plant would mirror Baton Rouge design and aim for prices near TVA region.
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Ouachita River
Arkansas
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
McKamie Field
Lafayette County
TVA
State Utilities Commission
Arkansas Power and Light
Delaney
Thomas Fitzhugh
The
Utilities Commission
State Department of Public Utilities
Arkiwisas
Washington
Piaunt
Big Gas
Alex M. Crowell
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Iail
Louisiana-Nevarta
MeKcamie
Crowell
Okay Cement Company
Okay
Hope Brick Works
Arkansas Deppirment of Public Utilities
Homer M. Adkins
RAF Attacks Axis Bases Across Europe in Daylight Raids
British air ministry reported day and night raids on Axis targets from the Channel coast to inland oil depots. Attacks hit Brest Le Havre Lorient Porto Marghera Regenburg and Osten while a daylight strike on the German coast aimed to disrupt invasion plans and morale. Bombs ignited oil tanks and buildings at Port Marghera as crews targeted ships and depots.
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London
Channel
Brest
le Havre
Lorient
Porto Marghera
Italy
Regenbrug
Osten
Britain
France
A Minaury
Port Marghera
Air Ministry
Mrs M Winn Dies Sunday in Hempstead County
Mrs M M Winn, 54, longtime Hempstead County resident, died Sunday night at Josephine hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 p m at First Baptist Church with interment at Shover Springs. Survived by four sons Lee De Vaughn Hope a daughter Mrs J Travis Bowden Hope a brother Jeff Parker Texarkana and two grandsons J I Bowden Jr Monticello and De Vaughn Bowden Lewisville.
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M. M. Winn
Hempstead County
Josephine Hospital
First Baptist Church
Shover Springs
Lee de. Vaughn
Hope
J. Travis Bowden
Jeff Parker
Texarkana
J, I. Bowden, Jr
Monticello
de Vaughn Bowden
Lewisville
Thought Obedience and Safe Wedded Life Reference
A fragment notes a Latin adage about obedience guiding success and a sentiment on marriage, citing Aeschylus. It presents a condensed moral idea rather than a news event, with emphasis on virtue and stable union. The fragment captures classical thought linking obedience to happiness in wedlock.
Life-Temer Is Given Pardon
Leland Henley a Searcy county life-term inmate, praised for bravery in recapturing convicts who fled Cummings prison farm, was pardoned by Gov. Bailey. Henley had been sentenced Sept. 6, 1932, in Seavey circuit court for first degree murder in the killing of W. W. Findley, a Marshall merchant and former sheriff, amid a local feud.
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Little Rock
Leland Henley
Searcy County
al Reed
Cummings Prison Farm
Labor Day
Gay, Bailey
Henley
Seavey
W. W. Findley
Marshall Merchant Land
Bailey
Local Woman Dies Suddenly In Hope Home
Mrs. M. A. Sanders, 70, died suddenly at her Hope home early Sunday of a heart attack. She lived in Hope six years after moving from Heber Springs. Funeral at Hope Gospel Tabernacle at 3 PM Monday, burial Rose Hill. Survived by daughter Mrs. Retha Abram of Hope, sisters Mrs. Mattie Lawrence of Hope and Mrs. M. H. Young of Phoenix, and three grandchildren.
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M. A. Sanders
F H Jones Attends Frigidaire Meeting
Auto motive Supply proprietor F H Jones returned from Memphis after attending a tri state Frigidaire dealers convention. About eight hundred dealers and guests from Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee observed the 1541 line of Frigidaire electric ice boxes.
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H. Jones
Automotive Supply Company
Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tenneester
Land
Many Arrests in Ecuador After Palace Clash
In Quito police clashed with demonstrators sparking a deadly riot that left two rioters dead, 17 injured, and 13 officers wounded. Communist leaders blamed as crowds demanded freedom for Ecuadorian army fliers jailed over a failed revolt. President Del Rio unharmed as palace windows shattered during the protest for Velasco Ibarra’s supporters.
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Quito
Ecuador
Velasco Ibarra
Carlos del Rio
U. S
Panama Canal
Former Hope Woman Dies at 84 in El Dorado
Mrs. W. P. McClanahan, 84, longtime Hope resident, died Sunday night at her daughter Mrs. Jim Burns in El Dorado after a long illness. Funeral held in El Dorado Monday. body to be brought to Hope for burial at Rose Hill cemetery Monday afternoon. Survived by daughters Mrs. Burns and Mrs. W. F. Crow of El Dorado, son Johan McClanahan of Emmet, and sister Mrs. Sevlee Watson of Ozan.
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W. P. McClanahan
Hope
Jim Burns
el Dorado
Rose Hill Cemetery
Burns
W.F. Crow
Johan McCluncahan
Emmet
Gov Adkins to Be Inaugurated at 2 15 Tuesday
Arkansas news details the 1941 legislative opening with Homer M. Adkins set for the inaugural at 2 15 p m. Lee Means Wilkinson elected house speaker pro tem Roland Lindsey named speaker pro tem while party harmony sought in the opening of the General Assembly. The senate plans a joint session at 10 a m Tuesday to hear Gov Bailey farewell and Adkins inauguration. New Highway Commission named with Jim Crain as chairman elect. other members include Lawrence Stupen and R D Bogart as terms expire with Bailey.
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Little Rock
Arkai
General Assembly
A. W. Leibetter
Chambe
Ray
Fred Roebuch
Asbury Methodist
Homer Adkins
C. G. Hall
House
Emalttee
Means Wilkinson
Sebastian
Roland Linds
White
Hubert Taylor
Cleburne
Lindsey
Arkansas
John C. Sheffield
John J. Moore
Phillips County
Bob Bailey
Roy Milum
Harrison
Marion Hotel
Senate
Bailey
Dillon
Taylor
Clarksville
Byrd
el Dorado
Reaves
Warren
Pilkinton
Hope
Mitchell
Prescott
Houston
Heber Springs
Milam
Carl ¥. Bailey
Homer M. Adkins
Highway Commission
Jim Crain
Wilson
Crain
R. BE. L. Wilson
Mississippi County
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Adkins
Lawrence C. StJpen
Strawberry
Lawrence County
Arkansas State Grange
R. D. Bogart
Prairie Grove
Cornell University
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England
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York Marning World
George Creel
Secretary of the Navy
J. R. Williams
Lake
Louisiana-Nevada Company
New Arkansas Valley Authority
Arkansas Valley Authority
Ellis
Ark
RAF
F. H. Jones
W. P. McClananhan
Associated Press
New Orleans
Pilkinton and Mitchell
Wilkinson
Mond
John’ Bransford
Lonoke
Halt
Smith
Wilker
Adamns. Pac
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