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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes reference David D. Terry and campaign management, with scattered mentions of distant conferences, a U S Seas Washington event, Memphis meeting, and improvised phrases about appropriating measures and state actions. The text is incomplete and uncertain.
Prescott Rotary club named officers for 1942 43 at noon meeting. President Fred Rymar. vice president Toni Complen. secretary Dolph Brewer. treasurer E Glenn. New board members Ernest Hesterly Lee Semmerhirt Wilton Shackelford Hubert Whitaker chosen to steer the year.
Calendar note lists Mrs Tom Bemis Mrs C F Pittman and Mrs John Marshall hosting Friday. Pittman plans a 10 00 a m bridge party honoring Mrs Poindexter Whitaker a recent bride.
Society items list Wichita Falls guests Mrs Frank Haltom Jr and Mrs H W McGinnis with daughter Martha Marilyn visiting Mr and Mrs J D Cornish in Little Rock. Other visits include Mrs Jim Bush and Mrs J H Bemis in Little Rock, Patty Mahan returning to St Louis, Mrs Clyde Marsh in Decatur Georgia, Homer Burke visiting Maroon Illinois, Orrin Hilsworth returning from Ruston Louisiana, and Pvt Tommie McRae visiting his mother Mrs Mary Montgomery from Camp Forrest Tennessee.
A Chinese spokesman claimed Japan used 30000 troops to encircle Chinese forces but failed, with Chinese withdrawing westward. Chinese high command said they recaptured Pyang in northeastern Kiansi. Stilwell headquarters announced American bombers pressed a damaging raid on Hankow despite bad weather.
A community singing event at Rocky Mound Baptist Church invites the public to attend Sunday night. The item notes the event as a local social gathering with a church setting.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the U S Pacific Fleet, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by Admiral Ernest J. King in a brief ceremony aboard a U S warship. The citation cites exceptionally meritorious service since the war with Japan, notably in the Coral Sea and Midway actions.
The piece argues the Office of Facts and Figures study was distorted by a radio publication and questions why the complete facts are not released. It defends press rights to print government material and warns against censorship that would threaten democracy while urging editors to verify accuracy and context.
Loren G Palhamus a rubber Specialist of the Bureau of Plant Industry says substantial guayule rubber yields are unlikely soon. He notes 600000 acres would yield about a sixth of national needs and cites cryptastigia as promising but lacking extraction methods. The department tests vines in Florida Mexico Hawaii and Cuba while exploring the Hevea rubber tree as a long term, competitive source.
Official Polish sources reported that the Nazis had killed the entire Jewish population of Hrubieszow in southeastern Poland. The town had 15,000 to 20,000 residents, more than 5,000 of them Jewish.
Ankara July 9 Foreign Minister Sukrn Saracogh was appointed premier of Turkey today by President Ismet Inonu to succeed the late Premier Retik Saydam. Saracogh, a veteran diplomat, led wartime Turkey with non involvement and balanced power among foes. He has served as finance and justice minister and led the Balkan Entente before its dissolution.
United Furniture Workers seek to block Ward Furnitur and Porterfield Aircraft from bargaining with United Mine Workers of America. Ernest March Jack Hochstadt and Bernard Hiatt of UFW Local 281 filed a chancery court petition to enjoin deals and to account for local funds. The action follows UMWA District 21 president David Fowler announcing contracts cover Ward and Porterfield employees, replacing the CIO as bargaining agent.
R W Griffith of Little Rock names J PR Barlow of Hope as Hempstead county chairman for the United China Relief drive. The county chair will supervise the local funds campaign and coordinate with state leaders to mobilize volunteers and donations in Hempstead.
Griffith named state chairman by Wendell Willkie national chairman as Hempstead County residents pursue a $750 pledge goal while Arkansas must raise a $35,000 quota for the national campaign.
National forests in Colorado embrace 13,547,000 acres, aggregating vast public woodlands across multiple districts. The record notes extensive timber resources and recreational areas.
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