Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor
A long fragment from Our Daily Bread edited by Alex H Washburn with jests and anecdotes about editors ministers and a discussion of gasoline rationing in the U S Senate. It references Senator Norris Kilgore Andrews and the rubber and steel situation with remarks on how to regulate fuel and tires. The piece tethers humor to current wartime supply concerns and editorial voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. H. Washburn
George Norris
United States
Senate
Kilgore
West Virginia
Sean Henderson
Senator Norris
Congress
Gentleman's Club
Andrews
Curtin Warns Australia Faces Strong Axis Push
Australian Prime Minister Curtin warned that Axis forces are pressing on three fronts. North Africa sees setbacks for the Allies. He said Australia could be threatened if the Axis gains control of the Suez and access to India. Meanwhile MacArthur reports Allied air forces repelling Japanese bombers over Darwin for a fourth day.
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Associated Press
Australia
John Curtis Aravely
Homme
Trussi
Russia
Sethagle
Middle East
Suez
India
Indian Ocean
Curtin
Douglas MacArthur
Darwin
USO Drive Nears Quota In Hempstead County Campaign
The USO campaign in Hempstead County nears its goal with 967.25 raised toward a 1,250 quota. Lt. Royce Weisenberger of Abilene Texas contributes 1.00 and shares a letter praising USO work. New donations include 25.00 from Union Compress & Warehouse Co and 5.00 from A. W. Schweiker, among others.
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United Service Organizations
Hempstead Couity
C. C. Spragins
Dst Li
Royce Weisenberger
Hope
Velvec
Abilens
Texas
Star
Star, Follows: Editor ‘the Star
USO
Abilene
Spragins
Buddy
Infantry
Lois Russell
Mary
Turner
Artin Whitehurst
Vu. i. Yarberry
B. Mason
Union Compress & Warehouse Co
Kraft Cheese Closes Hope Factory Amid Low Production
Kraft Cheese Company ended cheese production at its Hope Tepe plant last week. Machinery will move to another site as the Hope Chamber of Commerce notes the plant had operated under difficult conditions for two years. I A Alexander, manager, is to be transferred to Carlisle Arkansas. A J Riddle of the Southwest division cites unfavorable milk supply and oil development impacting output.
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Kraft Cheese Company
Tepe
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commince
Hope
Midway
Southwestern
I. &. Alexander
Carlisle
Arkansas
Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Riddle
Southwest
Denison
Texas
James Hannah Ward Enlists in Navy
James Hannah Ward of Hope has enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve as an Apprentice Seaman announced by the Little Rock Naval recruiting station. Ward son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ward of Hope enlisted June 15 and is home awaiting a call to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hannah Ward
Hope
U. S. Naval Reserve
Little Rock
Young Ward
Frank Ward
Two New Sinkings Bring Atlantic Toll to 274
The Navy announced Wednesday that two more ships were sunk in the Caribbean and adjacent Atlantic waters since Pearl Harbor, raising the total toll to 274 across the Atlantic theater.
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Associated Press
Navy
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Germans Admit Tough Going In Crimea Sevastopol Assault
Adolf Hitler's field headquarters said Axis forces cut a deep new wedge into Soviet fortifications around Sevastopol in the Crimea but faced stiff resistance and difficult terrain. Russian reports cited Red counterattacks on the Kharkov front and sustained German efforts at Sevastopol with several attacks repulsed. Balaclava remained held by the Red Army as Kerch Peninsula maneuvers continued and coastal artillery repelled latest landings. The first subway in the United States opened in Boston in 1897.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Crimea
Ft. Siberia
Sevunsto- Pol
Kharkov
Ukraine
Red Army
Berlin
Kerch Peninsual
Kerch
Oil and Gas Filings Corrections and Transfers
Correction notices and transfers involving oil and gas interests in Rye County Nebraska Late 1940s deeds detail corrections to royalty deeds and assignments. Parties include Gilbert S Johnson Jr and wife Gene and Verna Goff with Goff interests in sections 14 and 1 Township 15 South Range 24 West. Also references to releases and leases dated 1942 and 1949 with various cross names and section-town ranges.
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Gilbert S. Johnson, Jr
Gene Goff
Verna D. Goff
NEY
Rye
West
Fed
Gilbert
Johnson, Jr
Sec
NEM
D. MM. Passwatres
J. W. Nisbet
Gene Gott
George W- Robey
SEY
Sac
Oil Leases and Transfers in Nevada County 1942 Land Dataset
A compiled list of O G and G leases and deeds dated June 1942 through 1949, filed June 15 1942, involving Hunt Oil Co J B Marshet Mollie McAteer Marian Rouse C Beaver Ida Rushing Beulah Taylor Cross Epperson J J Tidwell Knight Blake Jetton Schooley Garner Beaver Beaver Beaver Beaver Beaver Beaver Beaver McAteer Kirk Knight Sweatman Thompson Stortz Holleman and related interests. Names, sections, townships and ranges noted for each conveyance.
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Helen Hesterly
Mollie McAteer
Hunt Oil Co
Marian W. Rouse
Ed Beaverelux
C. Beaver Et Ux
Ida L. Rushing
Rye
Beulah R. Taylor
Funt Oil Co
Cross Epperson Et Ux
Hunt Oi Co
J. J. Tidwell
O. O. Knight
L. Blake
Cora Jetton Ét al
O. & G. Lease
J. Hy Schooley Et Ux
Hune OW Co
Ea/a
G. Lease
Garner Et Ux
Hunt Oj So
Beaver Et
Hunt Ol Co
NW SE
Emma McAteer De_ taney
TH. Zuher
O1co
Nannie Lee Worthington
J. G. McAteer
Kirk Et Ux
SWSW
A. J. Knight
Ethel Beavers Sweatman
D. F. McAteer
J. C. Thompson
Sam J. Stortz
C. C. Beaver
Roy E. Holleman
Beaver
Roy EB. Holleman
M.N. Warant
British Defeat 2 Axis Attacks in Libya
Cairo reports British guns and tanks beat off two Axis attacks near Sidi Rezegh and Acroma as Rommel seeks Tobruk contingency. Observers say German tanks and anti tank guns press a semi circular British line west to southeast of Tobruk. Three weeks of fighting have weakened U S built General Grant tanks while British use older models. Supplies at Tobruk may enable counter attacks and repair efforts. Axis claims the attempts to break through west of Acroma were frustrated. British withdrawal around Ain El Gazala was successful.
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Cairo
Sidi Rezegh
Acroma
Rommel
Tobruk
Rommett
Tobrule
Knightsbridge
Ain el Gazala-Bir
Hope City Council Passes Library Funds and Various Orders
The Hope City Council approved $286.79 in additional library funds for the coming year and appointed a committee to study the Fairpark playground. It allowed a Hope Gospel Tabernacle member to rewire without an electrical license and ordered a survey of an alley in Galster's addition after a land dispute. Talbot Feild Jr requested a $50 monthly grant for Hempstead Defense Council and Rationing board and was told to submit a budget. Vacations were approved with conditions for laid off workers, one half pay if resigning for new jobs. The council also authorized purchasing a secondhand truck for mosquito control, subject to approval and a $400 cap.
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Hope City Council
Hempstead County Library
Fairpark
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Galster
Hope
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hempstead Defense Council
Embree
Board of Public Affairs
Cut on Cement Rate Denied Little Rock
The Corporation Commission refused to reduce cement shipper rates in carload lots 80 miles or less. Arkansas Portland Cement Co sought lower charges from Okay Junction citing higher Texas rates. The commission said Texas rates were voluntary to meet truck competition and Arkansas rates deemed reasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission, or EE I is possible from Denver to view Rocky Mountain front from Long’s Peak to Pike’s Peak, 150 miles away.
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Little Rock
Corporation Commission
Arkansas Portland Cement Company
Okay Junction
Texas
Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver
Rocky Montain Front Range
Long's Peak
Pike's Peak
Italian Forces Turn Back 50 Ship Allied Convoy Near Crete
Rome said strong Italian naval formations near Crete forced a 50 ship British convoy to retreat to Alexandria amid Axis air assaults. British later reported convoys from Alexandria to Tobruk and Gibraltar to Maltahad reached their ports at considerable cost. Italians claimed they rescued several hundred British officers and sailors from ships set on fire or sunk in another central Mediterranean convoy attack.
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Rome
Crete
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Gibraltar
Malta
Bible School Here to Close at First Baptist Church
The Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church ends with public commencement Friday evening at yYelock. Classes run Thursday and Friday mornings, 4290-1130. Attendance remains steady except for Monday rain. Many pupils will receive certificates for perfect attendance. Parents and friends invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
yYelock
Bible School
Burke couple from Missouri attend police convention
Homer Burke, a special agent for Missouri Pacific railroad, and his wife, now residents of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, are visiting Hempstead county. They were in Hope on Wednesday and will travel to Cape Girardeau Thursday for the Southeast Missouri Peace Officers League annual convention, meeting with the FBI St. Louis district officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Burke
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Antlers Puncture Tractor Tire in Farm Incident
AP reports farmer Walter Myers found discarded deer antlers puncturing a tractor tire. In a separate stat, U S refined sugar exports in 1940 totaled 16,281,485 dollars.
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Salavia, N
Walter Myers
Stagger Bus Schedules Across Arkansas-Missouri Lines
Arkansas and Missouri Pacific Transportation Company and Arkansas Motor Coaches must stagger Memphis to Texarkana runs to avoid racing for business. Effective June 30, buses leaving Memphis Little Rock Hot Springs and Texarkana will depart one to three hours apart after the commission ordered revisions to the Memphis to Hot Springs route where buses had previously left in minutes apart.
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Little Rock
The
Corporation Commission
Missouri Pacific Transportation Company
Arkansas Motor Coaches
Memphis-Texarkana
Memphis
Hot Springs
Texarkana
Memphis-to-Hot Springs
Nelson Opposes Profits Tax Amid War Effort
Washington businessman Donald Nelson told House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton he opposes a flat 4 percent excess profits tax for corporations. He warned a tax above 80 percent could threaten war production and urged any excess over that rate be used as a postwar credit, preferably as a government obligation.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Singing at Hope city hall Sunday
A community singing program will be at Hope city hall at 2 PM Sunday. A large group of singers from Hempstead and nearby counties is expected, including Hope and other quartets. Clifford Franks will be master of ceremonies. The public is invited. Tin was the first mineral mined in England.
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Hope City Hall
Hempstead
Hope
Clifford Franks
U S Airmen Hit Two Italian Battleships in Mediterranean Attack
American bombers reported 35 direct hits on two Italian battleships and a cruiser during a Mediterranean raid. Major Alfred S. Kalberer, leading the mission from Lafayette Indiana, said one battleship was hit 20 times and the other 15 while a destroyer was damaged. The RAF also reported German and Italian vessel damage and multiple Axis planes shot down.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Alfred S. Kalberer
Indiana
Kalberer
Lafayette
Ind
RAF
U.S. Army
RAY Fliers
Petain Admits French Uneasy On Armistice Anniversary
Vichy France broadcast as Petain, chief of staff, acknowledged growing discontent on the second anniversary of the Armistice with Germany. He recalled urging silence in the crisis hour and admitted personal feebleness amid the crisis, signaling a somber mood at official reach.
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Vichy
Chinese Lose Important City Shangjo Abandoned to Japanese
Chinese forces disclosed that Shangjo 50 miles inside Kiangsi province fell to Japanese columns after an all day battle that left 8000 casualties. The loss closes the railway gap between Chekiang and Kiangsi to about 50 miles as Japanese seek junctions with a second advancing force from Nanchang.
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Chungking
Shangjao
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Shangjo
Ward
Nanchang
Army Pay Bill Becomes Law
Washington signed a measure boosting minimum base pay of the nation’s fighting forces to 50 dollars per month. The law guarantees at least 20 dollars more monthly for necessities and entertainment, with retroactive effect to June. A misprint notes Pittsburgh claiming the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning as the world’s tallest at 535 feet and 42 stories.
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Washington
Fresidert Kayser Yell
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
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