Mine Creek boundary talk triggers county unity fears
A letter cites Hempstead Hempstead Mine Creek township annexation fears and warns against piecemeal county changes. It argues roads as remedy, notes Nashville proximity to Howard County, and cautions against erosion of county government. It also discusses Montgomery county salary issues and broader Arkansas county consolidation risks.
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Mine Creek
Hempstead County
Howard County
John L. Wilson
Hope
Senate
Roe Age
Creek Township
House
Wilson
Engen
Tokyo
Nashville
Coun Iy
Howard
Hempstead
Albany
Emmet
Parker
Bodcaw
Nevada County
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Arkansas
Yanks Surprise Japs Landing Near Manila
Yanks land near Manila in the Pacific campaign as a brief news snippet recalls the broader war theater. The report mentions strategic moves and allied actions, with emphasis on battlefield surprises and continued Allied advance.
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Manila
Americans land unopposed in Luzon push to trap Bataan
General MacArthur reports the invasion of Luzon by 150 ships, with the 38th Division and a 24th Combat Team landing between the Santo Tomas river and San Antonio. U S Eighth and Sixth Armies move toward Manila, seizing towns and an airfield, threatening Olongapo and Clark Field. Filipino guerrillas greet the invasion. no enemy planes attacked the convoy. The pursuit closes access to Bataan via a single road as forces advance on multiple fronts.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
U. S. Eighth Army
Bataan
Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
Zambales
Santo Tomas
San Antonio
George Crane
Topeka
Kas
Richard C. Kadel
Fort Knox
Associated Press
James Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Lingayen Gulf
Adm
Eighth
Sixth
40Th
Fallen San Fernando
Pampanga
Central Plain
Clark Field
Fort Stotsenburg
Luzon Plains
Young Paratrooper Mournful Over Losing Hill
HAL BOYLE profiles Lt. Dic Spencer of the 517th Parachute Combat Team on the Western Front. He recounts a costly failed assault on a double-sloped hill at Col de Brans, France, where 22 of 28 men were killed or wounded and pillboxes repelled the attack. Despite heavy losses, his unit held on, reformed, and eventually retook the hill with over 18 Germans captured in the first pillbox two days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
517Th Parachute Combat Team
Western Front
Dic Spencer
University of Iowa
Col de Brans
France
Maritime Alps
Ion
Deadline on City Tags Is Thursday
The city requires purchase of automobile licenses by Thursday February 1 to avoid penalties. City tag costs 2.50 with a 1 penalty for the first 10 days after February 1 and 2.50 thereafter. State licenses already expired with a 3 penalty now in effect rising every 10 days until matching the license cost. All drivers need a state license and city tag where applicable.
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Charles Reynerson
Secretary of Senate to Be Arkansan
Washington January 31 Les lie L Biffle secretary to the Senate majority was reported in line today to succeed the late Edwin A Halsey as secretary of the Senate Biffle an Arkansan who has served as chief aide to the majority leader was named acting secretary after Halsey's death yesterday He is understood to have majority support for the permanent post if he desires it Funeral services for Halsey were held at Washington cathedral today with the Rev Charles Warner rector of St Albans officiating Dinosaur Statues near Rapid City Dakota means alliance of friends Never try to clean a washing machine before disconnecting the plug from the outlet
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Washington
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Edwin A. Halsey
Biffle
Arkansan
Halsey
Washington Cathedral
Charles Warner
St. Alban’s
Avoid Scandal in U S Sales by Procurement Director
Washington report notes a sweeping Treasury Procurement Division order to curb outside influence in surplus war material sales as the end of the war approaches. Officials ban gifts, favors, and social events with hosts and require filings from staff earning over two dollars, with severe penalties for violations to prevent postwar scandals.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Treasury Procurement Division
John Ehle
Treasury
Morgenthau
Pehle
Ten Divisions Hit Center of Western Front
Paris dispatch reports ten or more American divisions steadily advancing into a 30 mile fortified zone at the center of the western front pressuring German lines after lopsided winter offensives. Eisenhower massed about 60 divisions for a full front offensive as Patton’s III Corps widened a bridgehead into Germany.
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James M. Long
Paris
Berlin
Monschau
Eisenhower
First
Third Arm 2S
Siegfried Line
Roer
Cologne
George S. Patton
Third Army
Our River
Germany
Reich
Prum
West Wall
Linnich
Aozen
Volkssturm
Monschau Forest
Kesternich
Linz
Luxembourg City
von Rundstedt
Belgian Bulge
Poinsettia Named for Joel Pionsett in Charleston
The poinsettia, native to Mexico, was named after Joel Pionsett of Charleston South Carolina.
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Poinsettia
Mexico
Joel Pionsett
Charleston, S. C
Gardenia Named After Dr Alexander Garden of Charleston
The gardenia was named for Dr Alexander Garden of Charleston, South Carolina, in recognition of his contributions to the plant's discovery and cultivation.
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Alexander Garden
Charleston, S. C
Russians Close In On Zielenzig Berlin Front In Cold Weather
Russian troops pushed toward Zielenzig fifty five miles east of Berlin as German resistance stiffened at key towns along the Oder and Warthe fronts. Moscow said Zhukov’s First White Russian Army advanced on a broad front while blizzards slowed the drive and Berlin prepared to defend the city streets.
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London
Zielenzig
Greater Berlin
Bielenzig
The
Oder
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Moscow
Stolzenberg
Ina
Warthe River
Ierce
Warthe
Kustrin
Oder River
Frankfurt
Meseritz
Wiburg
Brandenburg
Austria
Konigsberg
Stalin
Hitler
East
Stettin
Baltic
Germany
Missing Corporal Carpenter Reported in France
Cpl. Guy E. Carpenter, son of Mr G E Carpenter of Mt Vernon Texas and brother of Mrs Theo Bonds, is reported missing in France per a War Department wire to his father. He entered service in 1942 and went overseas in November 1944. The Arabian Desert is located in Egypt.
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Cpl
Guy E. Carpenter
G. E. Carpenter
Mt. Vernon
Texas
Theo Bonds
France
War Department
Cpl. Carpenter
Weather Observer Aboard B 29 Sees Skies Over Japan
A war era profile of the B 29 weather observer stationed on Saipan who rides along on missions over Japan. He is not part of the crew, seats near the forward escape hatch, and logs wind and cloud data to improve forecasts for Superfortress raids. Observers note extremely high winds at 30,000 feet, rare cumulus above 20,000 feet, cirrus at 31,000 feet, and the stark temperatures from 90 degrees during ascent to minus 50 C aloft. They recount the eerie glow of night over Japan and the crew’s routines, including the navigator’s constant sweating and the bond formed after rough missions.
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Vern Haugland
Saipan
Julian M. Neilsen
Green River
Japan
Alexander H. Ham" Howard
Ellensburg
Wash
Marianas
Tokyo
Neilson
Howard
Hitler vows to fight to bitter death in anniversary speech
London report says Adolf Hitler marked his 12th anniversary as ruler with a 16 minute Berlin broadcast pledging to fight on to final victory regardless of cost. He warned traitors will die ingloriously and vowed to shield Germany from Bolshevik danger at all costs.
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Bruce W. Mann
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Breslau
49 Arkansans Are Listed Wounded by War Department
War Department announces 49 Arkansans wounded in action in Europe among 3,319 U S soldiers. The list names Staff Sgt. Frank R. Alexander of Pine Bluff, Pfc. William A. Austin of Hot Springs, Lt. James A. Green Jr. Fayetteville, and many others with home towns such as Carlisle Summers Wynne Hot Springs and more, along with brief notes on direct kin communications and casualty status.
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Washington
War Department
Neil W. Burford
Wynne
James P. Burke
M. Burke
Searcy
Fred H. Butler
Sparkman
Boyce L. Dearley
Nashville
Dale Eer
Swain
James A. Green, Jr
Fayetteville
Edgar Hollier, Jr
el Dorado
Edgar C. Horton
Rosston
Jennings Howard
Hot Springs
Bord C. Hutchins
Ratcliff
Wi ¥. Jester
Ashdown
Carl L. Johnson, Jr
Pete Robert E. Lee
Tomato
J. McBride
Emmett
E. McIntire
Minturn
James C. Moore
Elkins
Joe Gacsane
Lula Norman
Beebe
Otis E. Obennoskey
Malvern
Willis C. Pritchard
Mulberry
Rhad E. Ray
Rogers
Roosevelt Reed
Tillar
Robert J. Short
Jack D. Simpson
Hope
Walter E. Stavens
Hackett
Pic
William E. Timmons
Luxora
Walter E. Warner
Lexa
Leonard R. Verdict
Swifton
Turk Waire
Manila
Albert R. Walker
Hielenane
Henry B. Wallace
Nto
Little Rock
Luther W. Wallace
Everton
Lester D. Weaver
Waldenburg
L. C. Wooldridge
Cave City
Othell Young
Adona
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Alex. H. Washburn
James Thrasher
Domei
Diet
Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society
Premeir Koiso
Aeeeres
IRAPS
Imperial Rule Assistance Association
Nazi Party
Koiso
Tojo
Siapan
China
Pacific Islands
Peru
Laney
State Board of Fiscal Control
Joint Budget Committee
Public Service Commission
Ernest Maner
Arkansas Veterans’ Service
Supreme Court
Sgt
Powerll Compere
Selective Service
E. L. Compere
John R. Wentyse
H. B. Hardy
Greenbrier
Leslie Buchanan
Prescott
J. Jackson
George R. Steel
House Labor Committee
P. P. Alexander
Pike
Carl Bailey
Illiam Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate Conservation and Resources Committee
Paul van Dalsem
State Resources and Development Commission
House Judiciary Committee
Philadelphia
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Mesenitz
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Obra
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Joe Bydgoszcz
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Rogozno
Zboszyn
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Steinou
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Obra Rvier
NEA Telemap
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Aachen
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Malmedy
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Monscnou
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Meinz
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Rapid City
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Dakota
U. S
Europe
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Weather Observer
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Medan
Sumatra
Talleyrand
Philadelpha
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