Rubber drive urged at filling stations for war effort
Local filling stations report a strong response to the scrap rubber campaign. The County Salvage Committee asks patrons to bring rubber scrap for cash at one cent per pound, except battery boxes and lire-beads, to stockpile for national security and to keep civilian cars running during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star Today
Washington
County Salvage Committee
Ameyien
East Indies
Pearl Harbor
America
Civian
Air power shifts war outlook with new optimism
The article argues that a fresh cautious optimism about war duration grows as Allied air power gains confidence. It recalls past German air failures and notes Britain and the United Nations plan mass strategic bombing to cripple Germany's war industry, with forecasts of massive nightly bombings and eventual victory from above.
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Johny
Hitler
England
Hiteler
Britain
Great Britain
Coventry
Rostock
Lubeck
Lenden
Cologne
Essen
A. T. Harris
United Nations
Hiller
Luftwaffe
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Hope Experiment Station to Hold Visiting Day
The fourteenth Annual Visiting Day at the University of Ackassas Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station near Hope will be Friday June 26. A morning program includes farm visits and demonstrations by College of Agriculture specialists on fruit, truck, field crops, pastures and soil conservation, with a noon meal served by the Hempstead County Home Demonstration Council. Afternoon speakers include Senator Lloyd Spencer Dr Arthur M Harding and Dr Walter Horlacher followed by garden tours and pasture inspections. A horse and carriage show and parade closes the day attracting many horses and mules from several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Ackassas Fruit and Truck
Hope
George W. Ware
College of Agriculture
Hempstead County Home Demonstration Council
Lloyd Spencer
Arthur M. Harding
University of Arkansas
Walter R. Horlacher
Rubber Found in Old Field
Vernon Johnson found rubber fragments in a field in Licking County Ohio and reported the discovery to Newark citizens. Franklin Auto Parts Co and two Akron buyers later joined in removing more than 10 tons of crude rubber and processed rubber from the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Archimedes
Gillea
Columbus
Morris Paine
Harry Friedman
Franklin Auto Paris Co
Akron
Franklin Auto Parts Co
Black Sea Fleet Aids Defenders of Sevastopol
Soviet Black Sea fleet reportedly aided Sevastopol defenders by delivering a deadly barrage against Axis assaults. German gains on Kharkov and Sevastopol fronts were not confirmed beyond Sunday dispatches. Warships’ identities were not disclosed, previously serving supply lines to the blocked port, while naval infantry supported the defense amid reinforced German forces from other fronts.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kharkov
USO Campaign Reaches $824 In Hempstead County
Hempstead County USO drive totals 824.30 with new gifts from Sunday School members and local families. District No. 7 reports Ashley Chico Columbia Bradley Hempstead LaFayette totals and notes three of six counties meeting quotas as of June 13.
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Hempstead
United Service Organizations
C. C. Spragins
USC State Committee
Ashley
Chico
Coumbia
Bradley
LaFayette
Jett
Graves
F. E. Nolen
Lea Robbs
Pat Casey
Elwood Smith Rescued From Sunk Carrier Lexington
Miss Gertrude Smith reports her brother Elwood Smith aboard the U S Aircraft Carrier Lexington was sunk in the Coral Sea battle but telephoned from San Diego to say he was safe and sound He escaped with only his clothes and gave few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Smith
Elwood Smith
U. S
Lexington
San Diego
Smith
Senate Passes Measure for Dependants
The Senate approved a military pay allotment to consider family relationships in duty calls, aiding the four lowest ranks of soldiers sailors Marines and coast guardsmen. The bill uses education deductions plus federal allowances to support dependants and requires local boards to exhaust single men before drafting those with dependants.
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Washington
Senate
House
Selective Service
Marines letter from Oahu joins Kiwanis memories
Private Thomas Cannon, U S Marines and former Hope High School bandmaster, writes from Oahu Hawaii to Ched Hail of Hope. He describes Honolulu, island scenery, rainfall, mountains, and local flora while noting morale stays high. He asks for a carton of Camels and signs off with fond memories and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cannon
U. S. Marines
Hope
Ched Hail
Hawaiian Islands
Ched
Kiwanis
Oahu
Honolulu
New Orleans
Gulf
Solly
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County June 1942 Notes
Oil and Gas filings dated June 1942 list transfers and leases in Lafayette County including a royalty deed J u2 interest filed June 12 1942 between PT Landes and wife and A L Poindexter covering SWY and S4 SW NEM Sec 14 Twp 155 25 West three acres a GQ lease dated June 3 1942 filed June 12 1942 and an assignment from Badcaw Oil Company Inc to The Atlantic Refining Company covering SW Sec 32 Twp 17 S Range 23 West 160 acres filed June 14 1942 prepared by Helen Hosterly and a lease dated 2 20 42 filed 6 18 42 involving Mrs Leyi Carter et al to F F Meadows NNW Sec 2 Twp 18 Ree 2 and an assignment QO G Lease dated April 1942 filed June 14 1942 with Rey L Duke et al to J B Warmack SE NW NE 8W Sec 27 Twp 12 Rye 21 pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT. Landes
A. L. Poindexter
S&4
Badcaw Oil Company, Inc
Atlantic Refining Company SW
Chinese Admit Losing Ground On Hangchow And Nanchang
The Japanese closed their pincers on the Hangchow Nanchang railway flank as Chungking conceded a Japanese penetration into Chekiang near Kwangfeng and the loss of Yushun. China Times urged an Allied blow to push Japan from the Aleutians and advance toward Japan, calling on Russia for Vladivostok bases for a direct strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hangchow
Nanchang
Chungking
China
Chekiang
Kwangfeng
Yushun
China Times
Chungsiaus
Aleutians
Japan
Russia
U. S
Vladivostok
Kamehapka Peninsula
Large Court Docket Heard In Hope Municipal Court
In Hope city hall on Monday Judge W. K. Lemley presided. Numerous defendants pleaded guilty to drunkenness with a $10 fine. A large list forfeited cash bonds for drunkenness, gaming, disturbing the peace, indecent exposure, driving over a fire hose, running a signal light, speeding, reckless and hazardous driving. Notable outcomes include fines, bond forfeitures, and a not guilty verdict for a reckless driving case.
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the Hope City Hall
W. K. Lemley
Builty
Frank Blackwood
Shelton Moore
Willie Patterson
Jor Evins
Johnnie Lee Howard
Lester Lee
Rex Jones
James Nelson
John J. Rockford
Howell Green
Ardis Knighton
Paul E. Yates
Tess Atkins
Vernice Boswell
A. J. Clymer
Virgil Dismuke
James Hoover
H. E., Lockard
J. A. Scott
Don Self
Green D. Bostic
Y. Cavanah
Robert Doby
Frank Meeks
Ralph Smith
Clea Wyatt
Vester Butler
Dwight Ridghill
D. B. Russell
Edgar Williams
Carl Carrington
Edgar Bradford
Harry Abram
BE. A. Allen
A. D. Findley
J. T. Osler
R. C. Brown
Robert Daley
Frank Lee
H. Hoescher
H. D. Livingston
Sam Scott
Harold Gunter
N. A. Fletcher
Theo Johnson
Jack Force Harrell Hartsfield
Alien King
BR. Lindsay
EB. A. Murphy
J. H. Clanton
BR. D. Phillips
Vv. C. Vaughn
T. E. Powell
Troy Smead
Willie Lee Jefferson
Buddy Melver
D. B. Lang
Endie Watson
Italians Claim Coast Reached In North Africa
Axis forces in the Libyan desert bypassed the British near Acroma and pushed to the Mediterranean coast east of Tobruk, encircling British troops west of the new Axis gap. Cairo dispatches say Britain seeks to adjust positions as German columns advance toward the coast and threaten Gazala. El Adem area saw easing as enemy forces were cleared east of the point.
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Rome
Acroma
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Acrama
Balbia
Cairo
Aina el Gazala
el Adem Sawih
Window Test For Glass-Plexi Windshield Shielding
A science era report details a glass plastic windscreen concept to shield pilots from wildfowl impacts. Tests use compressed air guns to launch chickens and swans at high speeds, with high speed cameras and sensors recording outcomes. Research sponsored by Civil Aeronautics Authority and U S Bureau of Standards aims to protect fighters and pursuit ships traveling at hundreds of miles per hour from bird strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
U. S. Buureau of
Standards
Interior Department
Wild Life Research Division
Memo
Commerce urges jars collected for reuse by communities
The Department of Commerce proposes that unused preserve jars be gathered by local groups and offered to those who can use them. A field manual notes store operators can reduce labor shortages through cooperative effort, and the manual is issued free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Department of Commerce
U S Volunteer Airman Sinks Three German Ships
London reports that Squadron Leader W B Cooper of St Petersburg Florida, an American volunteer with the RAF, destroyed two German supply ships off Den Helder and attacked a third. Flying a Hudson bomber he pressed the attack from a low level, keeping the largest bomb for the third vessel amid violent flashes. Cooper, nicknamed Lucky, serves in a Canadian air squadron.
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Londen —J
W. B. Cooper
St. Petersburg
Fla
Holland
Cooper
den Helder
Air Ministry
Lucky
Final Rites for James Butler
Funeral services for Lt. James Herring Butler a 26 year old Hope native killed in a Sarasota Florida airplane crash last Friday will be at First Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 30 pm. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery with American Legion in charge. Butler is survived by his parents two sisters and three brothers. active pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Herring Butler
Hope
Sarasota
Morida
First Baptist Church
W. R. Hamilton
American Legion
Rose Hill Cemetery
J. T. Butter
Near Hope
Cleo’ Butler
Idabel
Okla
Malcolim Madison
Texarkana
Mirs
Thomas Brumsfield
Real Butler
Osceola
Jack
Charles Butler
Russel Lewallen
Forrest Hair
Wallace Monroe
Olin Jones
Paul H. Jones
Promotion of Arvin R McClellan to Sergeant
Arvin R McClellan assigned to the Greenville Army Flying School in Greenville Mississippi has been promoted from corporal He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harvey McClellan Patmos Arkansas The Greenville field is a key base in the Southeast Air Corps Training Center located in the Delta near the Mississippi River
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Arvin R. McClellan
Greenville Army Flying School
Greenville
Miss
Harvey McClellan
Patmos
Ark
Southeast Air Corps Training Center
Delta
Mississippi River
Star School Pictures of 1942 Graduating Class
Pictures of the 1942 Hope High School graduating class in caps and gowns and of the High School band are available at The Star office while supplies last. Please call early to help the newspaper close out this business promptly.
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Hope High School
Star
Rome Seeks Major Sea Battle With British
Reports from Rome indicate a large sea air clash between Axis and Allies is unfolding. Italian communiques claim losses and evasive maneuvers as Allied forces strike near Tunis and Sardinia, with carriers and destroyers reported damaged and planes shot down during early Monday hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Axis
Italy
Mediterranean
Tunis
Sardi
Rome
Gialtar
Suez
Court Rules Against Collins in Arkansas case
The Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld Labor Commissioner W. J. McCain's dismissal of Eli W. Collins as Employment Security Division director. The ruling reversed Pulaski County Judge Lawrence Auten's decision, citing substantial evidence of gambling and horse-race betting at the agency. McCain will name a permanent director from Merit System eligibles Randall Falk Thurston Runyon and Roland M. Shelton. Shelton has acted as director since Collins's dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Supre Court
W. J. McCain
Eli W. Jins
Pulaski Cicuit
Lawrence C. Auten
Merit System Council
McCain
Collins
Bailey Administration
Mond
Randall Falk
Thurston Runyon
Roland M. Shelton
Shelton
Kiwanis Ladies Plan Weekly Meet at Country Club
Kiwanis arrangements head Herbert Burns says all attending the Kiwanis ladies night should meet at Hotel Henry Monday at 7 30. Officials expect a large crowd weather won't affect the program. Also notes the 105 mm howitzer as the U S chief medium field piece.
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Kiwanis Committee For
Herbert Burns
Kiwanis Ladies
Counstry Club
Hotel Henry
Kiwanis
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Alex. H. Washburn
Burton Heath
Hope Experiment Station
Vernon Johnson
Johnson
Licking County
Ohio
Black Sea
Mindagascar
State of Texas
Thos. Cannon
Pyt, G.'s. Cannon
NL A. D
T. H
Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
Nevada County
Helen Hosterly
Attu Village
Attu Ialand
Aleutian
U. S Navy Bureau of Public Relations
Washington, D.C
U.S
James Butler
Ijians
Hawitzer
United States
New York
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