Oklahoma voters face lackluster campaign for governor race
In the July 44 period, political observers cite rationing defense demands and a preeminent war issue as reasons for low voter enthusiasm. Incumbent Josh Lee seeks renomination with opponents Murray Busby Kerr Douglas Smith and eight others. Republicans field a full slate with quiet activity.
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Hena City
Ypu
Abs
Aries
Trcal
W. H.alfalfa Bay Murray
Murray
Josh Lee
Lee
New Deal
Orel Busby
Supreme Court
Robert §. Kerr
Ional
Frank P. Douglas
Gat Smith
Republian
Aong
Price Control Leaflets Here in Hempstead County
Hempstead Scouts distribute 8000 government leaflets titled What You Should Know About At Time Price Control. District scout commissioner appointed agent in charge of distribution, with Clyde Coffee, B regor, and Hendrix Spraggins aiding. House-to-house visits planned Tuesday night in Hope to leave price ceiling lists with each family. Postmasters and rural carriers will deliver leaflets to rural boxes Wednesday or Thursday. Leaflet explains foods and commodities with ceiling prices and how to handle consumer issues. Copies available by calling or writing Hope Chamber of Commerce.
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Boy Scouts
Hempstead
George Are
National ‘Scout Headquarters
Clyde
Bregor
Hendrix Spraggins
Ake
Hope
Seach
Robert Wilson
Hempstead County
Office of Price
Hope Chamber
A E Adcock Joins Ordnance Plant
Agency of Hope has revived employment with the Arkansas Ordnance Plant at Jacksonville Arkansas. W J Breit executive director Arkansas State Trade School announced this today. He recently completed twelve weeks defense training at the Trade School in Electric Motor Repair. Sufficient metal for a 35 000 ton battleship has been recovered by melting down digs and gates in Britain, Low alone contributing 94000 of 00 tons.
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Agency of Hope
Arkansas Ordnance Plant
Jacksonville
Ark
W. J. Breit
Arkansas State Trade School
Lon
Britain
Durwood Foster Arrested for False Pretense and Forgery
Prescott officers arrested Durwood Foster on Sunday for forging checks totaling 45 dollars while posing as a lieutenant in the air corps. A private stationed at Ellington Field, Texas, he is held in jail as the FBI files false pretense charges for posing as a U.S. Army officer.
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Durwood Foster
Prescott
Foster
Air Corps
Army
Ellington Field
Texas
FBI
U.S. Army
Local Society Notes From Little Rock Visit Family Gatherings
Society column reports Miss Mildred Daniel visiting her brother Edgar Daniel in Little Rock. Athens Texas couple Mr and Mrs John Hicks and son Herbert Harold stayed with friends. E Glenn hosted Roland Humble Mrs Raymond Smith and Jack Glenn all of Little Rock. H B JeLamar visited Arkadelphia with J C Buckey. Bennie Joe McGough returned to Henderson Texas after visiting grandfather R P McGough. Miss Mary Sue Gordon at Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia visits by C G Gordon and Mrs Gordon.
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Mildred Daniel
Little Rock
Edgar Daniel
Daniel
John Hicks
Dittle
Herbert Harold
Athens
Texas
Hansel Herrings
E. Glenn
Roland P. Humble
Raymond Smith
Jack Glenn
Fall
H. B. JeLamar
Arkadelphia
J. C. Buckey
Bennie Joe McGough
Henderson
R. P. McGough
Sidney Looimis
Prescott
Mary Sue Gordon
Henderson State Teachers College
C. G. Gordon
Wartime talk could halt U S pro baseball in 1943
Dallas based notes say J Alvin Gardner, Texas League president, warns that a continuing war into 1943 may stop major leagues. He backs Judge Landis plan to restructure pro baseball, subsidize lower classifications, and place recruits via a national contract system to sustain the game and foster local ownership.
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Dallas
J. Alvin Gardner
Texas League
Gardner
Midwest
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis
George Schepps
Scepps
Independents
Midwest War Resolve From Small Towns Across the Midwest
Midwest towns in Missouri Kansas Iowa and Illinois show strong war readiness and disdain for eastern armchair critics. Residents insist they will do their part, with crowds collecting scrap rubber and local drives surpassing quotas while citizens mourn the war’s toll and back the boys in uniform.
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Henry B. Jameson
Burlington
Wide World
Middlewest
Bond
Missouri
Kansas
Towa
Illinois
Payne Ratner
Preacher Is Cabby by Day
Rev. W. A. Turner, a 30 year old Church of the Nazarene minister and 225 pound taxi driver, combines taxi work with evangelism. He funds preaching by day through driving and aims to pursue full time ministry after Trevecca, noting his cab work helps reach people unable to pay for gospel work.
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Wide World
Memphis
Tent
W. A. Turner
Church of the Nazarene
Turner
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
Troveren College
Mme
Trevecca
World Briefs Highlight Global War Updates Across Fronts
Reports from New Delhi and London describe Indian army parachute troops breaking major Hur resistance in Sind province amid train wrecking raids. Czech leader awards war cross to Lidice for harboring Heydrich's killers. London cites 300 killed or missing and 337 hospitalized from German raids in June. Chungking notes a 102 degree heat wave across Szechwan. Berlin reports Lt Gen Vlasov captured near Leningrad. Mexico City covers Armando Lozano Bernal stating Mexico rebuffed German and Japanese plots against the United States during Poland invasion era.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Sind
Mexico City
Mexico
Bertin
Coa
Armando Lozano Bernal
United States
Poland
Germany
Tampico
Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee Meeting Called
A meeting is called for 3 PM on July 24 1942 at Hope Arkansas City Hall to appoint judges clerks and guards for the Hempstead elimination primary election July 28 1942 and to address other business. W S Atkins is chairman and B R Hamm is secretary.
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Hempstead County
Democratic Central Committee
City of
Hope
Arkansas
W. 5S. Atkins
Telephone Boy Seeks Acting Break in Hollywood
Ray Osburn, 18, works as a telephone operator at MGM studio and admits he wants to be an actor. From Hanford California, he joined after junior college, shares a house with Don Olis, and supports himself with $23.50 weekly pay while hoping to be spotted by a director. He calls stars fascinating but notes directors are busy and rarely notice newcomers.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Nedy Lamarr
Miss Lamarr
Hedy
Ray Osburn
Ray
Bub
Uve
Hanford
Calif
Visalia
Mollywood
Don Olis
Ciro
Earl Carrall
Garbo
Metro
Ing
Joan Crawford
Methodists Elect Leaders In Western Assembly Meeting
In Fryetteville on July 14 Bishop Charles C. Selecman of Oklahoma City and Governor Homer Adkins were elected president and vice president respectively of the Western Methodist Assembly trustees at a meeting. The text then shifts to unrelated notes on global canal politics and coffee production, and a personal musing about a film figure.
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Fryetteville
Charles C. Selecman
Oklahoma City
Homer Adkins
Western Methodist Assembly
Arkansas Fathers Urge Holt and Ellis to Join War Effort
A Mississippi Valley pamphlet-style appeal accuses Arkansas Senate candidates Jack Holt and Clyde Ellis of avoidance, arguing sons of Arkansas should serve in the Army or Navy. The author, a wartime official, says Holt and Ellis seek exemption while urging national duty for all. The letter contrasts personal sacrifice with political campaigning and calls for immediate service in the armed forces.
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Arkansas
Holt
Ellis
Senate
Jack Holt
Clyde Ellis
United States
Sons of Arkansas
Army and Navy
Washington
War Department
Congress
Roosevelt
Jack
Clyde
Jack and
Dave Terry
Bul
Army
Navy
Marine Corp
Coast Guard
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A. E. Adcock
Ordnance Plant
WSM
THE
Hempstead County ‘Library Association
Helen Hesterly
U. S
Harold Y. Ratliff
Wide World Features
Topeka
Kas
Frank J. Ryan
World Briefs
Benes
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
London
United Kingdom
Home Security Ministry
Chungking
Weather Bureau
Szechwan
Ankara
Turkey
Trabzon
Black Sea
Batum
Berlin
Vlassov
Volkhovo
Leningrad
RAI
Kalewa
Burra
B. R. Hamm
Governor Adkins
Suez
Columbia
Brazil
Army Air Corps
United States Senate
David D. Terry
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