Hempstead USO drive urged to reach goal quickly
Our Daily Bread Latest urges Hempstead county residents to push beyond halfway toward raising 1250 for the United Service Organizations. The piece stresses wartime duty, civilian unity, and support for soldiers with a 100 percent subscription ideal and notes the broader need to assist China with war aid, including requesting 1000 to 2000 bombers and fighters to bolster allied efforts against Japan.
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Hempstead
United Services Organizations
USO
America
Bir Hacheim Fall Feared as British Outpost Withdrawn
Cairo reports general Ritchie ordered the Bir Hacheim garrison withdrawn during the night of June 10 11. Berlin claimed German forces stormed and captured Bir Hacheim, a key southern anchor of the British Libya defense. London says confirmation pending but likely true. the capture would ease Axis supply strains though not vital to the British campaign. The oasis stronghold withstood 13 attacks in the 17 day desert battle, defended by Free French early on against Italians, then facing German mechanized assault with bomber support and British reinforcements.
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Cairo
Ritchie
Bir Hacheim
Libya
Berlin
Gommand
Halian Libya
London
Bir Macheim
Gbateinisett
Owners Warned to Keep Dogs Up in Padogo City
Police warn Padogo residents to keep dogs up or have them shot after several rabies cases. Nine stray dogs were killed Wednesday as authorities step up control measures.
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Patlee
Total of 266 Allied Ships Sunk in Atlantic
The Associated Press reports that enemy submarines in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific have sunk 206 Allied and neutral ships since Pearl Harbor, with the tally updated through Thursday.
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Atlantic
Associated Press
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Oldest Army Officer Succumbs at 102
Brig. Gen. William Bisbee of Brookline Massachusetts died Thursday at age 102, the oldest secured American army officer. He served in the Civil War Indian War Spanish American War and in the Philippines.
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Brookline
Mass
William Bisbee
Bisbee
Philippines
Midway Battle Reveals Major Japanese Fleet Losses
Washington reports dramatic new accounts of the Midway fight. American bombers and fortresses broke up two Japanese fleets and fended off 180 enemy planes. Admiral Nimitz says Hawaii was saved and perhaps half the Japanese ships were sunk or damaged in the three day battle, Japan's greatest naval disaster.
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Ay Roger Vv
Greene Washington
Battle of Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Nimitz
Pacific
Japan
Inequal Gender Gap Grows in United States in 1940
The report notes 453 908 more men than women in the United States on a day in 1940. This census snapshot highlights a significant gender imbalance, with men outnumbering women by several hundred thousand across the nation.
Three Million Dutch to Move to Western Russia Plan
Reported by a German-printed paper the plan envisions relocating three million Dutch from the Netherlands to settlements in German occupied western Russia. A new corporation, the Netherlands East Company, would oversee Dutch settlements and compensate losses from colonial possessions. Alfred Rosenberg and Arthur Seyss-Inquart organized the effort with Rost Van Tonningen slated as president of the Netherlands bank.
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London
Halland
Netherlands
Russia
Netherland Agency
Reichmarshal Goering
Netherland East Company
Aneta
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg Reichmarshal
Arthur Seyss
Holland
Rost van Tonningen
Netherlands Bank
Guns Discussed by McGibbony at Aux Police School
Sergeant Frank McGibbony of the Arkansas State Police spoke on firearms care and use during the sixth session of the Auxiliary Police school under the Civilian Defense Council at Hope city hall. He outlined requirements to become a capable revolver shooter and described shooting positions, with actual pistol practice planned for the final night.
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Frank McGibbony
Arkansas State Police
Auxiliary Police
Civilian Defense Council
Hope City Hall
Auxiliary Police School
MccGibbony
McGibbony
Locomotives Enter War Time Battle Dress
London reports locomotives on British railways now enter battle dress as they head for overhaul. Roundhouse crews have kept engines trimmed with house colors, but the decision to erase them in black will save labor and materials. Even a dumpy switching engine will shine as brightly as the flagship locomotive.
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London
API
British Railways
Horse Return Revives Denver Horse Rules
Denver officials revisit old city ordinances governing equestrians as horse use potentially resumes. Rules include prohibiting hitching to light posts and frightening horses on streets, requiring a hitching weight in the street not the sidewalk, and parking a horse so hindquarters do not extend into the public highway.
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Denver
Star High School Band Pictures Available Now
Hope High School band pictures from The Star’s original negative are ready for order at the newspaper office. Prints include a graduation class photo in caps and gowns. With the school year closed, the paper urges readers to call for ordered pictures now to clear the files.
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Prions
Hope High School
Star
Church to Begin Midnight Services
Lafayette Farle Baptist church in St. Louis shifts to a midnight service schedule for defense workers with a 2 a m start the first Thursday. Pastor Rev. O R Shields says the idea came from midnight movies and services will continue each Thursday until the war ends.
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St. Louis
Lafayette
Farle Baptist Church
O. R. Shields
Japs Admit 2 Carriers Lost
Tokyo says two Japanese carriers were sunk in the Pacific battle despite U S reports of only one loss and a second carrier damaged Massanori Ipo a leading civilian naval expert frames the setback as outweighed by greater gains in the Pacific war effort.
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Tokyo
Japan
Massanori Ipo
United States
Imperial Headquarters
All-Kiwanis Week Observance and Plans
Hope Kiwanis observes All-Kiwanis Week June 14 20 joining 2172 Kiwanis in the U S and Canada to stress service work and war efforts. Rev J E Hamill says 113500 US and Canada Kiwanis members observe this occasion with a pledge rededication to war aids patriotism and Kiwanis principles. A Kiwanis Ladies Night is set for Monday at the Hope Country Club with 70 expected attendees and a program by the Kiwanis educational committee and local quartet.
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Hope
Sen ¢ Brechnidation
Kiwanians
Charles
Donleysburgh
Kiwanis International
B. FE. McMahon
Committee On Kiwanis Education
Civil Service to Accept Applications in New Boston Texas
The secretary of the Board of ULS Civil Service Examiners will receive applications at Red River Ordinance Depot New Boston Texas for a truck driver position open to any age and for an assistant fire chief role. Applications will be accepted Thursday.
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Board of
ULS Civil Service Examiners
Red River
Hope Man to Speak at Rosston Sunday
E B. Austin, a prominent school man and Bible teacher, will speak to the Adult Sunday School class of Rosston Baptist church Sunday at 10 a.m. He will travel to Nevada county for the event and the public is invited to attend.
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Rosston
Nevada County
Joneses Attend Children’s Graduation in Fayetteville
Mr and Mrs W B Jones returned home from Fayetteville where they witnessed the graduation of their son Darwin Jones and daughter in law Myra Darwin Jones has been employed at Mineral Springs as a Vocational Agriculture Instructor. The sparrow Nawk weighs only six ounces.
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W. Berlin Jones
Fayetteville
Indow
Darwin Jones
Mineral Springs
Big Nazi Push Indicated on Russian Front
Moscow Germany increased pressure along the entire front with strikes at three major points. A new push from Kharkov in Ukraine aimed at Sevastopol and attacks on Murmansk by air. Dispatches said summer offensive may have begun after months of resistance. Sevastopol defenders held firm amid intense fighting.
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Moscow
Germany
Kharkov
Ukraine
Sevastopol
Murmansk
Yass
Warns Australians of Japanese Attack Threat
Allied headquarters in Australia warn of a possible further Japanese attack after listing submarine and aircraft losses in southwest Pacific operations. Australian defense ministers urge stronger defenses as they acknowledge Japan's naval and military strength and the Coral Sea and Midway reverses.
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Allied
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Alr
Francis Forde
Coral Sea
Midway
Dack
Armed Services Stretch Money for Uniformed Families
U S fighting men and families gain dollars from the pay rise while the Army and Navy offer many ways to save. Enlisted personnel get basic clothing lists and cheap staples at post exchanges. officers receive a uniform allowance. Items like hankies and oxford shoes cost a few dollars, with low markups on navy stores. Medical care and hospitalization are fully provided, and furloughs keep service members covered. Families may receive courtesy treatment at base hospitals if space allows.
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Eleanor Ragsdale
NEA
Washington
U. S
Army
Navy
Army Post Exchange
Two Million Japs Killed in China Claim
London reports Japanese losses in China through 1841 exceed two million killed or wounded. K C George Yeh of the Chinese ministry of information in London says China has over 300 divisions with 5 million in the field and 16 million behind the lines. He refuses to disclose casualties but asserts Chinese losses are not smaller than Japan’s.
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China
Japan
United Nations
United States
China Sea
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
T. ¥. Tsiang
Australia
India
Siberia
Alaska
Hawaii
Asia
Nippon
London
K. C. George Yeh
Morristown Girl Suspect Says Father Killed Husband
Sheriff Ben Creech reported Frank Morgan father of the girl and wife Mattie Pearl Manning confessed to firing the fatal bullet that killed her husband a month ago. The 14 year old Mrs Manning had previously told officers she shot her husband of four months out of fear he would kill her. Manning accused the bride of the shooting before he died, authorities said.
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Morristown
Tenn
Ben Creech
Frank Morgan
Mattie Pearl Manning
Oren M Stephens Wins Nieman Fellowship Award
Oren M. Stephens 28 son of Mr and Mrs P J Stephens af Blovins Sunday editor and Run of the News columnist for the Arkansas Democrat was one of 16 newspapermen to receive Nieman Fellowship awards for a year of study at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Oren M. Stephens
P. J. Stephens
Vins
Arkansas Democrat
Nieman
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Nieman Foundation
Milwaukee
Wis
Bad Weather Delays RAF From Germany
British fighters bombed targets in the low countries and northern France on Wednesday night. The Air Ministry said bad weather over the continent kept the RAF from Germany for the second night running, but all planes returned safely.
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London
Ward couple back from Arkansas pharma convention
Mr and Mrs Frank Ward of Ward & Sons drugstore returned home from Little Rock where they attended the Arkansas Pharmaceutical association annual convention. Mrs Ward was elected secretary treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of the state organization.
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Frank Ward
Ward & Sons’ Drugstore
Little Rovk
Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association
Ted Lyons’s Shoe Plate Use Questioned in Chicago Court?
The Chicago White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons reportedly never used a shoe plate in the twenty years he pitched for the team. The claim centers on Lyons’s long career and the absence of evidence of plate use in contemporary reporting or records.
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Chicago
Ted Lyons
Chicago White Sox
Fire on Ship Is Put Out at Brooklyn Pier
A fire of suspicious origin broke out Thursday on the SS Irenée Dupont at the Brooklyn pier. The ship was reported to be loaded with rubber tires aviation oil and cartridges and the fire department contained the blaze.
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New York
Irenée Dupont
Brooklyn Pier
Have Respect for U.S. Flag
National Flag Code Committee chairman GRIDLEY ADAMS urges proper flag respect amid wartime effort. The piece outlines flag handling rules, display positions, and solemn use including when to lower to half staff and proper sequences for bunting and ceremonial use.
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Gridley Adams
National Flag Code Committee
NEA
New York
America
United States
Naver
U. S
Gyimé
Open Thrust on Continent 1942 Pact and Second Front Quest
The United States Great Britain and Russia announced a common aim to open a second front in Europe in 1942 with a coordinated approach. Britain and Russia also pledged a 20 year mutual assistance treaty to prevent territorial aggrandizement and noninterference after the war, while Japan remained unmentioned.
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Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Russia
White House
Bush
Rivelt
Molotov
Actiun
Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
Germany
Europe
Roosev
Churchill
Japan
USO Fund Donation Totals 687
A local drive raised the USO fund to 687 dollars with a Thursday effort led by community volunteers. Individuals named include Charlie Hare W H West Homer West Joe Thornton Mrs J B Crane Fred Richards J B Johnson Glenn Richards James O Cox and many others aiding the campaign.
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Hempstead
United Service Organiz
Charlie Hare
W. H. West
Homer West
Joe Thornton
J. B. Crane Fred Richards
J. B. Johnson - Glenn
Richards J. A. Fowler
Grace Dickerson Gorgon Richards James O. Cox
Irene Henderson A. OG
West
C. DB. Green
Otis Sims
Nora Gills
E. M. Osborn
A. B
Bishop
Maudie Jordan
John Milliner
BR. M. Cook
Luther White
J. A. Calhoun
M. L. Crider
Carl Thornton
Clifton Breed
Arcie Phillips O
B. Hadnett
G. W, Wiggins
Margery Hughson Freeman Crider H
B. Green
Geo, Ware
J. H. Breeding Wade H. Huskey
Elizabeth Cr
D. Lavender
Barham Jewel Steel A
Tragic double murder suicide near Paragould farm
In a dispute over his daughter joining her bridegroom Ary thur Robinson grabbed a shot gun and killed her before turning the weapon on himself at his farm home east of Paragould. Deputy Sheriff Nutec Coln and Coroner Ray Little described the case as murder and death by own action.
Protests Over Rubber Bill Limiting War Supplies
Washington protests to the senate committee against a bill permitting rubber allocation to service 20 million passenger cars annually. Critics warn civilians would gain first lien on supplies essential to armed forces.
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Washington
Patterson
Senate
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Invention
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Burton Heath
Department of Commerce
Bulletins
New Orleans
Civil Service
W. B. Jones
Ormed
Cologne
Ncos Pse
England
Glipper
Hubby
RAF
U.S
USO Fund
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