Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Travel
Mr and Mrs Jim Dodson hosted guests including daughters Mrs Benny Benton of Hot Springs and Mrs Mark Reed of Minden. Mrs H M Olsen left for Dallas and Fort Worth for a week. Hiram Hatfield welcomed Carlos Ferguson and sister Freda of Murfreesboro Ark. Pfc Charles Lockard, stationed at Hot Springs, arrived for furlough with his parents. Mrs J L Green returned from Texarkana after visiting niece Ruth Baker and attended a First Baptist Church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Dodson
Benny Benton
Hot Springs
Mark Reed
Minden
Hiram Hatfield
Carlos Ferguson
Freda
Murfreesboro, Ark
Si C Ferguson
Charles Lockard
Mrs
H. E. Lockard
Hope Route 2
J. L. Green
Ruth Baker
Texarkana
Green
First Baptist Church
Sgt McAdams Promoted, Wounded in France
Sgt M L McAdams son of Mr and Mrs F Y L McAdams 207 South Walnut Street has recently been promoted to his present rank He was wounded in France and is convalescing in a U S Army hospital in England
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. McAdams
FY. L. McAdams
South
Walnut Street
cAdams
France
U. S. Army Hospital
England
Hospital Notes About Mrs Aubrer Greene
Friends report Mrs Aubrer Greene in satisfactory condition after major operation at J una Chester hospital last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrer Greene
Junia Chester Hospital
Ground Meat Ring Recipe Guides Frugal Meals
A wartime era cooking note by Gaynor Maddox outlines stretching ground beef using a dressing of onion celery pepper salt eggs bread crumbs and water. Mix half the dressing into the meat then form a ring and bake with tomato juice and fat for eight servings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Tommorow
Nursing Lesson Turns Patient Up In Chair
Mrs Humphrey recovers from a long influenza attack as Dottie, a home nurse-in-training, guides her mother from bed to a high backed chair. The plan includes careful positioning, warmth, and a makeshift footstool from magazines, highlighting home caregiving with practical steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie
Dorie
Dotie
Thanksgiving talk unsettled in the headlines
A fragmented wartime column reflects on holiday sentiment and military reflections. It notes views on Japan’s limited navy, wartime bonds, a professor’s claim about women in politics in 2nd century BC, and a quote from Maj. Gen. Leo Donovan praising the army’s training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Donovan
Army Ground Forces
Four Young Men in the Gold Rush Plan a Wagon Journey
The narrative follows four adventurers after a fish dinner as they discuss packing and provisioning a light wagon for a gold rush trek. They list supplies including carpentry tools, rope, cocoa, matches, grub, and weapons and debate the best route from St. Joseph to Laramie and onward to Pocatello via Kansas Nebraska and Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Birdsall
Axen
Panama
Thomas
St. Joseph
Laramie
Wyoming
Pocatello
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
Early apply for gas ration books in Hempstead County
Hempstead County Ration Board urged automobile owners to apply for new gas ration books at least two weeks before their old book expires. The two week processing time aims to ensure issuance before expiration. Tire claimants should file at least one day before the board meeting, with latest applications due Monday for Tuesday reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
Flashes of Life and Odd News Across Cities
A baker in Atlanta seeks his birth certificate and learns of siblings and a mother after a welfare check. A defendant in Lima pleads guilty to assault and jokes about a saxophone in self defense. Sag Harbor notes a 100th birthday and views on juvenile delinquency. Boise editors miss a roll call moment. legislators balk at pay and a restaurant sign. San Francisco reports a spinich planting shortage for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John Henry Jones
Atlanta Baker
Welfare Department
Santa Journal
Adel. Gs
Lima
Ohio
J. B. Steiner
Sag Harbor
N. Y
Adeline H. Judd
Date markers repeat this century in Albuquerque notes
The item records a dated sequence in Albuquerque New Mexico with two future dates noted as December 3 and an earlier January 23 reference. It highlights a recurring date pattern observed in the century without identifying an event or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Brooklyn Jar Sparks Service Comment on Paralypsis Drive
In a downtown San Antonio hotel a jar for each state stands for the infantile paralysis drive. A new 49th jar labeled Brooklyn was added after a serviceman from Brooklyn noted that Brooklyn is “2 state in itself” and urged recognition.
City sets hitchhike shelters to aid service members
In Geneva Illinois on January 23 the city and American Legion erected four shelters to help servicemen find transport without thumb signaling. Shelters feature semaphore ropes to indicate waiting hitchhikers and cars approach. A separate note mentions a gardener converting a gasoline powered lawn mower into a snow shovel after 44 days of snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
American Legionnaires
Ian Meter
LaGuardia on War Service and Homefront Roles
The speaker argues for classifying men by military age into national service, deferring those in useful work from combat, and assigning others to war plants, armed forces, or community service. He warns that more planes are needed and urges American solidarity.
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Aoe F
LaGuardia of
New Fey
Women We The Women by Ruth Millett profiles overworked school staff
A Missouri school superintendent is stretched across multiple roles from superintendent to janitor and coach. The piece highlights women balancing home duties and wartime labor, with broader commentary on gendered expectations and practical realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Missouri
E. B. Lott
Rushville
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FBI
Nation
J. Edgar Hoover
Naton
Nazi Germany
Max Christian Johannes Scheemann
Hans Rudolph Christian Zuehlsdorff
Oscar Max Wilms
NEA Telephoto
Pvt
Charles Kelly
Cpl
Nevis Konophon
McKeesport
Luxembourg Forest
Ismopolitan Club
Robert B. Moore
Teddy M. Jones
Mitchell
D. C. Whatley
Ruth
Pfc
Robert H
Maxey
Texas
S.P.G
McClanahan
Fwov
Aun
Janet McKenzie
Carolyn Rargue
W. C. Bruner
Carolie
Jackie Sheppard
Judy Eld
David Fricks
Bernard Donald
Elizabeth Ann
Mary Alice
Lynda Jerback
Jimmie
Lauterback
Margaret Ann
Barbara Jo Lauterback
Joy Ann
Lynda Ruth McClanahan
Ruth Fenwick
W H. Allen
W. Locke
L. R. Brumfield
Clyde Fritz
James Lauterback
Syd Fricks
Rialto
Paulette Goddard
John Wayne
H. M. Olsen
Dallas
Ft. Worth
Kitcher
Vicks VA
Harry W. Shiver
Hope. Ark
Just
Talbot
MacArthur
Luzon
Ecn
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Richard K. Sutherland
Gataan
Australia
Phillippines
Cecome
Lona L. Trott
Humphrey
Lone Star State
Guttoe & Co
Buttes
Everunge
Jake
Bardsall
Tom Plunkett
Dalee
Hong
Andy Gordan
Andy Gorden
Boise
KIDO
Ralph Herbert
Capitol
Senate
Salery GS
San Francisco
California
Daint
Ladies’ Specialty Shop
Demei
B. Veal
Detroit, Co
Research Council
S&s
Charles O. Watkins
St Petersburg
Fla
Philippines
Kenneth S. Wherry
War
Ak Tee H
Je OY Electric Co
Carl Jones
Ward & Son
Hall's Hat Shop
East Third St
Hugh Hall
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