America Fighter Nation Aims To Tilt The War Balance
In 1919 memories of von Ludendorff reveal how American production and manpower surprised Germany. The piece notes 15 to 20 American divisions in France and estimates a vast industrial effort including 60 000 aircraft and 8 million tons of ships. It concludes with debt comparisons and a wary prophecy of burdens shared internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric von Ludendorff
United States
France
America
Pan American Pact Expected Within Two Days
A high Pan American official predicts an unanimous break with Axis powers by the twenty one republics within two days. Argentina's shift after talks between foreign ministers Ruiz Guinazu and Aranha increases hopes that Argentina and Chile may join, with Chile likely to follow their lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
de Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Brazil
Oswald Aranha
Ruiz Quinazu
Chile
All-Time Seal Sales Record in Hempstead County
Hempstead county chairmen announced final figures for the 1941 Christmas seal sale. Gross receipts totaled 1024.76, the highest in county history, far above the 308.44 peak of 1937 and the 181.54 average of earlier years. Funds will support tuberculosis work, with schools and communities contributing notable amounts including Hope High School 56.80, Oglesby 11.20, Brookwood 2.00, and Blevins Public School 20.54.
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Hempstead County
Talbot Feild
Scaly
J. J. Bruce
Blevins
Mireabeth Horton
Washington
Graydon Anthony
McCaskill
Virginia Holt
Tokio
Rey
J. E. Hummil
Rommel Young
Hope
Aid County
Paisley School
Oglesby
Brookwood
Colored Training School
Yerger High School
Blevins Wi
Bingen
Patnos
Columbus
Fulton
Duan
DeAnn
McNab
Butire County
Sane TG
Burns Fatal to Monticello Man
James F. Dillard a 44 year old Monticello wholesale grocer head died in a Little Rock hotel room from a fire believed started by a lit cigarette. The blaze stayed in the room and coroner Dr. Howard A. Dishough ruled the death accidental.
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Little Rock
James F. Dillard
Monticello
Howard A. Dishough
Russians tighten trap around 100000 Nazis in Ukraine push
Associated Press reports Soviet armies drive a crack the whip advance toward Muzhaisk narrowing the escape corridor of about 100000 German troops. Kharkov industry faces a decisive phase as Luma river cross and roads toward Warsaw are intercepted amid cold weather and Siberian reinforcements. German withdrawals from Norway shift to Russia with older troops dispatched from Stockholm to Basel.
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Associated Press
Russia
Muzhaisk
Adolf Hitler
Hatte
Kharkov
Ukraine
Luma River
Moscow
Moxhuisk
Warsaw
Mosecow
25PG League Games Played Hope High gym tonight
Two close Southwestern Proving Ground Basketball League games were played at Hope High School. C. Q. M. defeated Accounting Department 40 to 37 led by Yokum with 12 and Campbell 4 for Accounting, fouls were high but well managed. A. & E. (Field) beat Engineers 54 to 42 as Fleming impressed with staying power. Gas & Oil forfeited to A. & E. Office. Standings list A. & B. Field, Eng. Cont., Acct Dept, C. Q. M, A. & E. Office, Gas & Oil with varied records.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
Hope High School
Accounting Department
Ellen
Campbell
Accounting Dept
Yokum
Engineers
Gas & Oil
Teoany War
Enga
Q. M
Masons to Confer a Masters Degree at Local Lodge
The Whitheld atarsarne Lodge No. 239 will confer a masters degree at the local lodge hall Tuesday night. The degree will be conferred by past masters. Refreshments will be served. All masons are urged to be present.
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Whitheld Atasarnne Lodge No
Simple Gadget Ends Gas Light Worry
Baltimore gas lamp tender Bartholomew unveils a compact plan to cut 17 000 gas street lights at air raid warnings. A wire from the automatic timing device lets an air raid warden switch lights off in three seconds, avoiding the need for metal hooded coverings during a blackout test in mid February.
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Sau Wane
Warner E. Bartholomew
Baltimore
Bartholomew
Churchill Talks With Confidence In War Address
London prime minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons he shared MPs anxieties over Pacific operations but expressed growing confidence in eventual victories. He announced a three day war debate soon and offered to seek a confidence vote if the debate revealed a challenge to his government after his return from Washington.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Pacific
Washington
Ott
One Foot in Heaven at Saenger Theater
New film arrival at the Saenger features Frederic March and Martha Scott in One Foot in Heaven. Adapted from Harteell Spence’s best seller, it follows a practical parson and his family with humor drama and faith, supported by a strong cast including Frankie Thomas, Elizabeth Fraser, and Beulah Bondi.
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Fredric Mareh
Martha Scott
Saenger Theater
Screen
Harteell Spence
Spence
Romites
Yieh
March
Miss Scott
Frankie Thomas
Elizabeth Fraser
Harry Davenport
Beulah Bondi
Moroni Olsen
Vera Lewis
Jerome Cowan
Ernest Cossart
Nana Bryant
Roscoe Ates
Casey Robinson
Irving Rapper
A Thought How long hell ye between two obinions
A fragment from a historic page with archaic spelling and punctuation. It mentions a question about time between two opinions or obligations. The readable text is limited and does not provide a clear event, person, place, or date.
Tire rationing rules for Hempstead county classified
Dorsey McRae Sr chair of Hempstead county tire rationing board urged citizens to classify themselves to avoid unnecessary tire or tube applications. The rules require a mounting certificate and list eligible uses including ambulances fire and police services school buses, public works, mail and essential production transport, and farm machinery with specific exemptions and conditions.
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Dorsey McRae
Hempstead
Enemy Patrols Move Nearer to Singapore
Japanese patrols and landing parties pressed along 30 miles of the west coast toward Singapore Island while air bombardment battered the fortress city. Australian forces defending the coast faced heavy pressure as Japanese activity extended from the Muar river to Batu Pahat, with additional incursions on the Andau area near the Horu strait. Meanwhile Chinese intelligence cited 5,000 wounded and 5,000 dead Japanese in Saigon hospitals and cremation urns enroute to Japan.
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Singapore
Singapore Island
Muar River
Batu Pahat
Andau
Dohore Strait
Chungking
Saigon
Indo China
Japan
Benefit Cage Game Thursday at Ouachita College
Ouachita College Tigers host an all-star game Thursday night at 8 with proceeds for the Hempstead County Red Cross emergency fund drive. Local players and Southwestern Proving Ground workers form the team. Friday features Bobcats versus North Little Rock on the local court.
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Ouachita College Tigers
Arkansas
Hempstead County Red Cross
Southwestern Proving Ground
Bobcats
North Little Rock
Local Boy Telephones Mother From Hawaii
Henry Dale Griffith of Hope Route 4 Hickman Field notified his mother that he was hearty and hail after Japan's sneak attack on Honolulu. He reported surviving the attack during a telephone call made Monday afternoon at about 2 o'clock Honolulu time with 7.15 hour time.
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Sai
Henry Dale Griffith
Hq&Hg
Sth
Hickman Field
KL. Grifith
Hope
Japan
Honolulu
Senator Caraway to Launch Submarine Sawfish
Aides say Senator Caraway of Arkansas accepted an invitation from Secretary Knox to sponsor the submarine Sawfish at its launching in Portsmouth New Hampshire Navy yards on July 16. She will participate in the event tied to the Navy’s submarine program and public ceremonies.
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Washington
Caraway
D. Ark
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Sawfish
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yards
Daylight Saving Bill Signed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the daylight saving time bill to take effect at 2 a.m. on the morning of February for interstate commerce and federal activities. The measure becomes operative six months after the war ends unless Congress votes to terminate. Arkansas Governor Adkins pledged general compliance with the national law and said Arkansas would follow the nation in implementing the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
FDR Seen As Major Prophet In War Confidence
Washington circles quote Roosevelt as a prophet of the war, arguing his Aug remarks foretold the US coming to full awareness in January. He recalled Lincoln and Antietam, warning that victory requires hard fighting not mere strategy, stating the need to endure a tough war ahead.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fos
Winston Churchill
Senate
United States
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Antittam
Noor
Harry A. Livermore
Chicago
MacClellan
American bombers sink Japanese cruiser and hit tanker
The War Department reported U S air forces sank a Japanese cruiser and damaged a tanker about 100 miles off Jolo in the southern Philippines. Three enemy planes were shot down as MacArthur’s forces faced renewed action on Luzon while fighting continued on Mindanao near Davao. The cruiser sinking brings Japanese losses to 40 ships sunk by U S military and naval actions.
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Burma
London
Reuters
Madras
Japan
Rangoon
Maoulmein
United Nations
Myawaddi
Moulmein
Thailand
Washington
War Department
Jolo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Balan
Luzon
Department
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
U. S
Alantic
Waste Paper Collection Plan for Hope Residents
On Thursday night January 22, Soy Scouts and leaders will collect paper from front porches in Hope. Troop 58 and 67 under S. E. B. McGregor and Jack Lowe will cover ward 1, Clyde Coffee of troop 62 ward 2, and Hendrix Spraggins with troop 66 wards 3 and 4. Residents should bundle magazines separately and place on porches. rain postponements will be announced.
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S. EB. McGregor
Jack Lowe
Clyde Coffee
Hendrix Spraggins
Garrett’s Gin
Boy Scouts
Couity
Garrett's Gin
Remember Pearl Harbor as WWI Slogan Echoes Across Nation
Cranium Crackers recalls slogans and titles using remember. Listed items include Remember the Maine, Remember the Night, Remember the Day, and a famous line about memory. The page invites readers to identify phrases and check “Remember Me” on the comic page.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
Maine
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NEA
Willis Thornton
Britain
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Little Rock Hotel
New Orleans
New York
Norway
Bern
Switzerland
Stockholm
Basler Nachrichten
A&e
Masons
Malaya
Wat
ICTOR
Iheine
Switta
Jangkok
Indo
China
Sumatra
Baal Alates
Meat River
Churchill
Commons
Saenger
Board
Rabaul
Melbourne
Australia
eNew
Snorth
Sahang
Batavia
Sabang
Celebes
Sarawak
Kuching
Borneo
Ouachita
Hawaii
Senator Caraway
FDR
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