Hope View Of New Highway News From Lewisville To Patmos
The State Highway Department opened nine miles of blacktop on Highway 29 South from the L and A underpass to the side-road junction with Patmos, three miles from the Lafayette county line. The piece notes past road changes, compares old gravel routes, and argues highways shape postwar life and mass production, urging continued road optimism despite wartime constraints.
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State Highway Department
Lewisville
Patmos
LaFayette County
Lewisvile
Texarkana
Hope
U. S. 67
Rubber and time and tribal materials claim the yardstick
The column argues that rubber stories conflict due to varying processes and scarce raw materials. It suggests evaluating each report by time required and material availability, noting synthetics differ in cost speed and necessity. The author promises to use selected processes only to the minimum needed to secure victory, with continuation on page two.
U S Warplanes Thwart Raid on Chungking City
U S warplanes repelled a Japanese raid on Chungking late today as alarms sounded at 710 p.m. The all clear followed at 1015 p.m. The Chinese High Command noted ongoing fighting in eastern Kiangsi and renewed pressure on the Cheliang-Kiangsi railway, with gains near Yintan and Kweiki. A reported attack northeast of Shangjao was also described.
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Szechwan
Chungking
Chung King
U. S. Army Air Force
China
Kiangsi
Cheliang-Kiangsi
Yintan
Kweiki
Shangjao
Commandos Raid Jap Bases Across New Guinea Front
Allied forces clashed with Japanese on the Papuan peninsula and near Buna, Awala, and Mubo as land actions and air raids continued in the Australia theater. Japanese raids hit Darwin and Ville as the campaign on Bougainville and surrounding islands intensified. Allied bombings targeted Gona, Buna, and anti air defenses with ongoing losses for both sides.
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MicaArthur
Australia
Papuah
New Guinea
Darwin
MacArthur
Awala
Buna
Mubo
Salamaua
Salamawa
Gona
Kieta
Bougainville Island
Solomon Group
Buke
Sohuny Islands
Byuka Passage
Bougainville
USO Hempstead County Campaign Tops $1204.40
The United Service Organizations drive in Hempstead County collected 1204.40 over the weekend toward a 1250 quota. The effort continues until the target is met with donations directed to C. C. Spragins or Syd McMath. New gifts include Mrs. W. M. Reaves and Miss Josephine Reaves and F. R. Johnson.
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United Service Organizations
Hempstead Counry
C. C. Spragins
Syd McMath
W. M. Reaves
Josephine Reaves
F. R. Johnson
J. J. Gonda Iyo
Negroes Seek to Vote in Arkansas Primary Campaign
Bitter last minute recriminations parade with Negro group plans to seek voting rights in tomorrow's Democratic primary. Officials warn judges will decide Negro voting eligibility. Adkins calls for high turnout while Bailey attacks Hays over Birmingham 1938 meeting. | Authoritative AP reports on race and voting access in Arkansas political close nearing election day with party rules and candidate ads shaping the battle.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Negra
de J. M. Robinson
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Arkansas Democratic Party
Bob Bailey
Russelville
Brooks Hays
Farm Security Administration
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Birmingham
Ala
Hays
Adkins
Renominaton
U. S. Senate
Clyde Ellis
Bentonville
Dave Terry
MacArthur Park
John Lo McCtellan
Jack Holt
Harrison
Associated Press
Hamburg Raid Marks RAF Heavy Hit On German Industry
London reports a large Royal Air Force assault on Hamburg, Germanys second largest city and major submarine center. About 29 bombers were lost, with reports of civilian casualties and structural damage to the Blohm and Voss yards and nearby facilities.
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London
Hamburg
Germany
Royal Air Force
Reich
Bremen
Blohm and Voss
High Command
Berlin
England
Midlands
East Angella
Carl Spaatz
U.S. Army Air Forces
France
Spaatz
Europe
RAF
Duisburg
U Boat Sinks Fish Schooner
The 430 ton Canadian fishing schooner Lucille M of Lackesport Nova Scotia was shelled and machine gunned by a submarine off the Nova Scotia coast. Eleven crew survived after rowing 100 miles to an eastern Canadian port. One hundred eight seamen were killed and 548 passengers and crew were rescued across 15 merchant ship sinkings last week. Nine U S ships were among weekly wartime losses with several other nationalities also affected. The attack occurred off the U S east coast, part of a grim tally since Pearl Harbor.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Lucille M
Lackesport
N. S
Nova Scotia
U. S
Pearl
Barbar
Traffic Deaths Surpass All US Wartime Losses
Traffic deaths over seven years exceed the total Americans killed in all wars, highlighting a grim comparison between everyday road danger and historic conflict fatalities.
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United States
Election Night Party at Star Building on Tuesday
The Star will hold its customary Election Night Party in front of the newspaper building on South Walnut street Tuesday night July 28. Returns from the Democratic preferential primary in State, district and local races will flash on a big screen across the street, and the usual Election Extra will be issued about midnight. It will be sold in the city but distributed free to mail subscribers in place of the regular Wednesday morning mail edition. Election officials across Hempstead county are asked to cooperate by telephoning The Star with precinct returns as soon as completed.
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The
Star
South Walnut Street
Hempstead County
Hope 768
Huge Oil Tanks Burn at Tulsa Blaze Causes Explosions and Delays
A spectacular fire at the Houston Ericksien Oil Company gasoline plant on Sapulpa road in Tulsa, with three explosions, sent flames over 100 feet high. Two workers were overcome by heat, losses estimated at 30,000 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze as traffic on Route 66 was halted and three Frisco trains delayed. Apparent cause traced to a gasoline truck spreading to tanks storing thousands of gallons.
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Tulsa
Okla
Houston Ericksien Oil Company
Sapulpa Road
Houston Ericksien
Contol
L. J. Woodall
C. Rogers
U. 8
Highway 66
Tax Exemptions Scrutinized to Boost Revenue
A New York Board of Trade representative told the Senate Finance Committee that removing personal income tax exemptions could raise about five billion dollars, with a flat ten percent war tax or a sales tax as alternatives. The plan envisions payroll withholding and monthly installments, while debates continue on broader corporate rates and other levies to reach eight point seven billion dollars in new revenue.
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Washington
New York Board of ‘Trade
Senate Finance Committee
M. L. Seidman
New York Board
New York Board of Trade F
New York
Seidman
George
D-Ga
Treasury
House
Senate
Morgenthau
Ancient Copper Savages Roamed Two Worlds for War and Life
The article notes that Copper Savages mined and used copper for tools and weapons across the Old and New Worlds long before civilization began, shaping early human life and conflict.
Axis Chiefs Subject of Radio Broadcast
New York on July 27 the Army Hour radio program featured scathing denunciations of Hitler Mussolini and Yamamoto by Hitler of Fort Knox Kentucky Mussolini of Buckley Field Colorado and Yamamoto of Fort Riley Kansas with targets Adolf Benito and Isoroku respectively in sharp satirical remarks.
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New York
Hiller
Mussolini
Yamamoto
National Broadcasting Company
Army Hour
Hitler
Seigi
Louis S. Hitler
Fort Knox
Adolf
Fred M. Mussolini
Buckley Field
Colo
Benito
Pvt
Shiroji Yamamoto
Fort Riley
Kas
Isoraku
Limited Action in Egypt Area
A British communiqué says heavy bomber forces struck the Axis supply port of Tobruk with fires and a direct ship hit. Long range fighters attacked Axis barges off Sidi Barrani while low clouds and dust storms limited aerial operations in the Libyan frontier area. Ground fighting was limited to minor skirmishes and artillery fire with no reported plane losses.
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Cairo
Tobruk
RAP
Sidi Barrani
el Alamein
Alexandria
Speaking Tour Opens Tonight in Hempstead County
Hempstead voters begin a 10 stop countywide speaking tour on the Hope city Hall lawn at 8 p.m. The tour runs July 27 through August 10 with stops in Patmos Spring Hill Fulton Qzan Bingen McCaskill Blevins DeAah and Hope. Tomorrow's preferential primary narrows to one county race for tax assessor with four candidates George Dodds C Cook John Ridghill and W W Compton.
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Hempstead County
Hope City Hall
Hope
P.m. Patmos
A. m. Spring Hill
P.m. Fulton
A. m. Qzan
P. m. Bingen
A. m. McCaskill
National Director of Parks Visits Hot Springs
National Parks Director Newton B. Drury arrived from Washington for his first official inspection of Hot Springs National Park. He will be guest of honor at a banquet with guests including State Park Director Sam Davies planning board chair James J. Harrison engineer-director L. A. Henry and Col Ralph Goldthwaite commander of the Army and Navy General Hospital.
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Hot Springs
Newton B. Drury
National Parks
Washington
Hot Springs National Park
State Park
Sam Davies
James J. Harrison
State Planning Board
Planning Board
L. A. Henry
Ralph Goldthwaite
Army and Navy General Hospital
Flashes of Life No Longer Unlucky Brevard NC
Brevard resident Miss Helen Owen bought an eighteen dollar and seventy eight cent war bond with nine two dollar bills and seventy five cents saved over six years. Each bill bore a torn corner from superstition. In Portland Oregon S Wulf and Rudarme tried a punching bag at an amusement center. Wulf struck hard, hit a wall and cut his hand, Radamel followed with a strong blow and dislocated his shoulder. In Port Bliss Texas an enlisted man reported frostbite while seeking cooler weather, claiming to hold an arrowroot fragment to stay calm.
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Associated Press
Brevard
N. C
Helen Owen
Russians Admit Pressure Near Tsimlyansk
Moscow dispatch reports intense fighting near Tsimlyansk as Russian and German forces clash along the Don and rail lines south of Stalingrad. Soviet artillery shells, air and ground bombardments, and tank battles expand the frontline with Rostov and Bataisk cited as focal points.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Caucas
Stalingrad
Volga
Don
Tsimlyansk
United States
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Tslyansk
Don River
Kotelnikovo
Don Sal
Kotelniko
Zimovniki
Ros
Russia
Kostov
Althou
Bryansk
Regim
Pla
Rastov
Tsimlyar
Caucasus
Bale
Rostov
Bt Eds
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Alex. H. Washburn
By S. Burton Heath
War In
Pacific
TOEAD
Star Building
Equator
Axis Chiefs
Egypt
Africa
National Director of Parks
Portland, Ore
Wulf Andt Dack Rudarme
Haymaker
Radamel
Port Bliss
Tex
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