Puerto Rico compared to India by Major Benning at Hope Rotary
Major C H Benning, U S Public Health Service director for Texarkana, spoke at Hope Rotary today comparing Puerto Rico to India as a possession and problem. He described population density, racial mixing, poverty, and social issues while noting strategic importance as a canal outpost and defense for the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
United States
C. H. Benning
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Major Benning
U.S. Public Health Service
Texarkana
J. R. Bondurant
W. B. Sleffey
Puente
Americas
Jaya
My. Bondurant
Set
C. V. Booth
Hope
BR. W. Jackson
Little Rock
W. O. Washburn
Wilkes-Barre
Pua
Stuttgart Bombarded as RAF Pounds German City
RAF carries out a heavy raid on Stuttgart in Southwest Germany with several hundred bombers, 11 missing, amid German sunrise raids on London causing casualties and property damage. Luftwaffe losses reported. trains and suburban targets hit. ongoing air battles over Calais Boulogne and the Thames estuary.
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London
RAF
Maren
Germany
Stuttgart
Acre
English
France
Calais
Boulogne
Air Ministry
Ini Terse
Agland
English Channel
Greater London
Thams Estueary
Senate Group Proposes University of Arkansas Trustee Reforms
A Senate committee report filed before the bicentennial session closes urges University of Arkansas trustee reforms. It calls for three at large members who are graduates, one female member, Fayetteville residence for one, and bans direct or indirect university contracts. It also proposes alumni involvement in selections and prohibits district trustees from counties hosting at large members.
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Baok
nPy
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Senate
Balesville
Adkins
Idool Personel
Birth Certificates Mailed To Applicants In Arkansas
Little Rock, March 12. Starting March 15 the Bureau of Vital Statistics will mail certified copies of birth certificates to applicants. Dr. W. B. Grayson said this will save time since photostatic copies will no longer be needed. The bureau issues over 1,000 birth certificates daily and has reduced a backlog of more than 5,000 copies. The bureau’s directorate was recently returned to the state health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Bureau of Vitil Satistics
W. B. Grayson
Grayson
Bureau of Vitaly Statuses
State Ragard of
OPA Revises Milk Prices in Arkansas
Arkansas milk price ceilings rise under a regionwide OPA revision to tomorrow. The order raises retail from 12 to 13 cents and wholesale from 10.5 to 11 cents, with high end caps up to 15 retail and 13 wholesale in many communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Dailags Opa
Camden
Pine Blatt
Batesville
Port Smith
Fordyce
Forrest City
Helena
Hope
Hot Springs
Marianna
Texarkand
Stuttgart
van Buren
Warren
West Helena
Arkadelphia
Magnolia
Smackover
McGehee
Malvern
Rossells Ville
el Dorado
Crossett
Pine Biull
Fayetteville
Hagen
Shorthand and Typing Classes Open at Hope High School
Public notice announces an advance shorthand and typing course held in the commercial room at Hope High School. Vocational instructors Mrs. Trina Dean and Miss Wyble Wimberly announced the program, with classes meeting four nights weekly starting from a yet unspecified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope High School
Trina Dean
Wyble Wimberly
Jota da. Ta
District Supervisors to Elect Conservation in Three Counties
Three supervisors for the Tere Rouge Bodean Soil Conservation District covering Hempstead, Lafayette, and Nevada counties will be elected Saturday by qualified electors. Voting will be at the Hempstead County courthouse under commission of J F Higgason, J T Butyter, and U S Jones. Incumbents Riley Lewallen and J T Adams will not have terms expiring. Morgan holds own in Bove Grande. He is in Florida with heart ailment. condition remains serious but stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere Rouge-Bodean
Hempstead Cuumy
J. T. Adams
Nevada County
Morgan
Bove Grande
Fla
J. P. Morgim
Meats and fats rationing to start March 29
Rations on beef pork lamb and mutton will average about two pounds weekly for home consumption starting Monday March 29 with butter cheese fats oils and canned fish joining the program. Officials say the plan aims to normalize supplies while outlining which items remain unrationed and where coupons apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Perlinter
Washington
Mare
Harold B. Rowe
Office of Price Administration
Hmits
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Price Adinistrator
Prentiss M. Brown
America
Wickard
County Red Cross Drive Contributors Listed
A list of donors for the County Red Cross Drive in Louisiana Nevada Trusti Ca and others. Names include Harry Hawthorne TAO Star Barber Shop Boswell Dept. Store Pauline Russell W H Mann Mrs Will Cantley J H Betts C F Routon T A Middlebrooks J B Matthews C H Moxley Dorsey Colling McDowell Eugene Cox W B Brasy A Friend Sullivan Cassidy Ira House Mrs dim Alexander Mary Claude Fletcher Oliver Adams Sommerville Branlt Board employees and many more. All workers urged to submit reports promptly. The islands foremae of thea most saluted archipelagos in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana-Nevada Trusti Ca
Harry Hawthorne
TAO Star
Boswell Dept
Pauline C. Russell
W. H. Mann
Will Cantley
J. H. Betts
C. F. Routon
Ey Simms
T. A. Middlebrooks
Matthews
C. H. Moxley
Dorsey Colling
McDowell
Eugene Cox
W. B. Brasy Lad
J. A. “Sullivan Bull
N. U. Cassidy
Ira House
Dim Alexander
Mary Claude Fletcher
Oliver Adams
L. C. Sommerville
Branlt Board
Nazi War Industries Taking All Frenchmen
Dispatches from France describe German demands for workers as medicals screen French youths for labor. Young men feel they are being railroaded to Germany as France’s manpower is bled white to feed Nazi war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Germany
France
Marsee
Tribune de Geneve
Murray Sees FDR Seeking Fourth Term
Senator James E. Murray of Montana tells reporters in Little Rock that the push for a fourth term is manufactured by those opposed to Roosevelt and that the decision should rest with the American people. He meets with Senator Chandler during a visit to the Japanese relocation centers in southeast Arkansas.
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Little Rock
United States
James E. Murray
Mont
A. B. Chandler
Arkansas
Murray
Roosevelt
Senate
Chandler
Washington
War Relocation Authority
Montana
Arkansas Legisature
Anw
Germany
Young Seaman Tells of 83 Days on Raft
Izzi a Navy gunner from South Barre Mass recounts being one of three men who drifted 83 days aboard a life raft after their ship was torpedoed in the South Atlantic. Two Dutch seamen survived with him while Ensign Maddox and Beasley died at sea. They were rescued after foraging a convoy and signaling an escort vessel.
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Miami
Pia
South Atlantic
Bass
Izzi
South Barre
Mass
Isl
James Maddox
Lafayette
Ind
Geiyer Beasley
Wannibal
U. S. Navy
United United Nations
Tzzil
Maddox
Wis
Meg
Allied Bombers Start Softening the Mareth Line
Allied bombers and fighters began softening Rommel troop positions and supply routes in the Mareth area as British and American ground forces repelled three Col. Gen. Jureen Von Arnim attacks in Tunisia. RAF Boston bombers led aerial strikes with B26 Marauders and P-84 escorts, while US bombers hit Axis sea lanes and destroyed twelve planes. several Axis craft were reported downed and several Allied aircraft missing. Fighter pilots Lloyd E. Atterbury and Thomas White reported victories. Elmer Leon Nogmardner shot down a Messerschmitt 110.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
North Afria
Erwin Rommel
Mareth
Jureen von Arnim
Tunisia
Tamera
Sedjenane
Rommel
Ksar Bhilane
Mareth Line
Tunis
Lloyd E. Atteberry
Wilder
Idaho
Thomas White
Kelsan
Wash
Elmer Leon Nogmardner
I Knoxville
Tenn
Sicily
FDR Won't Talk About Fourth Term
Washington March 12 President Roosevelt declined to discuss a potential fourth term. He urged pressing on with the war after recent White House conferences with Democratic National Committee officials and Representative Sabath. Sabath had suggested Roosevelt should not seek another term if the war continued. Reports from Democratic leaders noted similar views among national committeemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Democratic National Committee
Sabath
D-il
Democratic National
Frank C. Walker
Hitler's Nerve Said to Be Strained
Reuters reports an inside Europe dateline that Adolf Hitler is reportedly retreating in seclusion at Berchtesgaden after recent nerve strain, fueling speculation about his health and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
London
Morel
Reuters
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
U S Planes Bombing Kiska Island in Aleutians
United States bombers and fighters attacked Japanese gun positions and buildings on Kiska Island last week. Liberator heavy bombers, Mitchells, and Lightning fighters hit targets, bombed anti aircraft batteries, and damaged three camp buildings before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiska
Alaetians
Navy
OES
Ariate
North Pacific
United States
South Pacific
Liberator
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland Island
Vila
Solomons
Two Injured in Auto Crash Here Thursday
Mrs. Charles West of Red Lake near Fulton and Gouls Lansing were injured when the car left the road and hit a tree on West Third street. Lansing faces charges of driving without a license and drunk driving. Both occupants suffered cuts and bruises. the car was severely damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles West
Red Lake
Fulton
Gouls Lansing
Weed
West Third Street
Lansing
Blevins Juniors Present Tomboy Junior Play at School
The public is invited to see Tomboy the Junior Play at Blevins High School on March 19 1944 starring Marcia Stephens as Tomboy Raymond Smith as Tomboy's father who urges her in her boyish ways and Philip Harold Ward as Larry Tomboy's chum
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomboy
Blevins High School
Marcia Stephens
Raymond Smith
Tombes
Philip Harold Ward
Larry
Abum
Razorback Beauties to Be Featured in 1943 Yearbook
Four campus beauties chosen by artist A Varga will be featured in the University of Arkansas 1943 Razorback yearbook. Selected names include Marjolene Wilson Prairie Grove Camille Cross Joan T Ticker with addresses listed for Fayetteville King City and Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
A Varga
Marjolene Wilson
Prairie Grove
Camille Cross
Joan T. Ticker
Kingys
Eugenia
Snoith
Capitil
Muskogee
Soviets Reach 80 Miles From Smolensk Amidst Broad Offensive
Soviet forces push toward Smolensk from northeast and west as Vyazma reportedly falls and German defenses shrink. Advances push within 30 miles of Smolensk while Kharkov absorbs heavy fighting and German attempts to split Soviet lines fail under artillery and antitank fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Central Front
Vyazma
Smolensk
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Vyazma-Velikie Luki Rzhev
Hely
Kharkov
Ukraine
Gzhalsk
Pravda
Red Star
Sevsk
Orel
Bryansk
Kuban
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorassisk
Brother of Japanese Emperor Held Under House Arrest
London dispatch says Prince Chichibu brother of Emperor Hirohito has been under house arrest in Japan for 15 months on charges of sympathy with enemy powers. The Daily Express reports the imprisonment was ordered by an unidentified person who recently returned to Istanbul from Toby.
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London
Chichibu
Hirohito
Japan
Daily Express
Istanbul
The
Express
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Alex. H. Washburn
India
Rotary
Senate Group
Canada
Sam
Alfredo Baldomir
Uruguay
U. S
OPA
County Red Cross
Howapan Islands
Nazi War Industries
FDR
WAAC
New
Jane Whitemen
Fort Worth, Tex
Kiska Island
Blevins
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