Kraft Paper Shortage Sparks Conservation Push
A reader suggests housewives reuse grocery sacks to conserve scarce kraft paper. Newsprint remains more plentiful, but kraft comes in many thicknesses. standardizing and reducing leads could boost supply. Newspapers urge conserving paper rather than government handouts, noting war priorities and price pressures. Tax trends emerge as taxes rise elsewhere. several states cut rates and trim frill spending without new taxes while boosting defense-related funding.
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Norway
Hope Star
Lufkin
Texas
Orl Shey
Washington
America
Jap Propaganda Reacts to MacArthur Move to Australia
Tokyo dispatch from Japanese news agency describes MacArthur’s transfer to Australia as an abandonment of the Philippines and a retreat by Allied command. Observers compare his flight to officers fleeing Singapore and the Netherlands East Indies, arguing it shows Allied weak will to fight. The report also notes Francis Sayre’s Honolulu arrival and questions Allied reinforcements.
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Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Philippines
Tokyo
P—Daniel
MacArthur
Archibald P. Wavel
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Daas
Francis Sayre
Honolulu
Enlistments in Marines Here
Sergeants Samuel B. Boyd and Alfred L. Wolters of the U S Marine Corps Recruiting Service arrived at Hope postoffice Wednesday and will be here through Saturday March 21 accepting enlistments. Qualifications include ages seventeen to thirty, white, eighth grade education minimum. if married, wife’s statement of non dependence. Recruits may enlist even if already registered under the Selective Service Act and until final induction orders are issued.
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Samuel B. Boyd
Alfred L. Wolters
U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Service
Hope Postoffice
Armed Forces
Boyd
Sergeant Boyd
Marine Corps
Hope Ark Corporal Cargile chosen for Coast Artillery OCS
Corporal Dolan B. Cargile of Hope Arkansas has been selected to attend the Coast Artillery Officer Candidate School at Camp Davis North Carolina. He is among nine men chosen this week. completion of the three month course would commission him as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps.
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Camp Wallace
Texas
Dolan B. Cargile
Hope
Ark
Coast Artillery
Camp Davis
N. C
Cargile
Coast Artillery Corps
United States Army
S. Shover Street
Car
March
British Wing in Burma Thrown Back 30 Miles
British forces in Burma report their forward wing has been pushed back about 30 miles. Communique notes heavy fighting south of Kanyuikwin and a Japanese attempt to drive into inner Burma. separate update mentions MacArthur departing Bataan provoking a Japanese raid repulsed with heavy losses.
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Burma
Kanyuikwin
Nyaunglubin
Toungoo
Taungoo
Mandalay
Prome
Taikky
Rangoon
Frome
Bataan
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Jonathan N. Wainwright
War Department
Japs Claim 25 Allied Planes Shot Down Over New Guinea and Horn Island
Tokyo headquarters said Japanese air units shot down or destroyed 25 Allied planes in raids last Friday and Saturday. Eleven were destroyed at Port Moresby, New Guinea, and 14 at an Allied air base on Horn Island.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Najal
New Guinea
Horn Island
Port Moresby
Two Enemy Air Raids Reported Wednesday
New York broadcast says Curtin announced two Japanese air raids on the Solomon Islands east of Cape York. Tulagi and another point were attacked, but details of the raids had not been received. A later line notes U.S. newspapers consumed 4,500,000 cords of pulpwood manually.
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New York
Solomon Islands
Cape York
John Curtin
CBS
Tulagi
Four Army Planes Reported Crashed near Lima
Four army planes crashed in flames about six miles east of Lima shortly before noon Wednesday. Apparently there were no survivors. A Lima News reporter at the scene telephoned the report and said no other details were immediately available. The state highway patrol said it had received word of the crash and sent officers to investigate.
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Lima
Ohio
Lima News
State Highway Patrol
Council Refuses Liquor Permit In Hope
Hope city council Wednesday night refused to grant a permit to C M Heigfr4 owner of the Hotel Barlow to operate a package liquor store. Church groups urged denial while Bill Smith sought permission for American Legion activities. Garland Jordan protested a bill against his tourist court and trailer camp. matter referred to Water Light Plant superintendent. All bills paid.
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Hope
C. M. Heig
Barlow
Bill Smith
Sid
American Legion
Garland
Ays Als
Water & Light Plant
Kiwanis Club Endorses Editorial on War Primitals and Labor
The Hope Kiwanis Club voted unanimously to endorse John C. Sheffield's Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial urging Congress to act on war material profits, wage demands, overtime, and closed shop issues. Bird H. Campbell spoke about the history of man during a revival, with new members Henry Haynes and J Newte Pentecost introduced.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Memphis Commercial Appeal
John C. Sheffield
Congress
Arkansas
Bird H. Campbell
Hope
Henry Haynes
J. Newte
Pentecost Revival At First Pentecostal Church Grows
The Rev. W. P. Graves reports growing interest in the Pentecost revival led by Rev. Tragy Boutlies at the First Pentecostal Church. The public is invited to attend.
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W. P. Graves
First Pentecostal Church
Tragy Boutlies
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County March 1942
Royalty deeds and O and G leases listed for Lafayette County dated March 1942. Transactions include multiple 1/32 to 120/14470 royalty interests in sections across townships 15S to 12, ranges 25W to 23W. Parties include J N Landes, A M Shirey Jr, Columbus Foster, Lizzie Wheeling, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co, Magnolia Petroleum Co, Lions Oil Refining Co, and others with filing dates March 14 to March 17 1942 and recording through March 16 1942.
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J. N. Landes
A. M. Shirey, Jr
Nwiy
Nwi
A. M. Shivey, Jr
J. W. McClendon
J. C. Landes
Columbus Foster
Lizzie Wheeling
L. H. Edwards
Nwy
NWA
West
Sas Louisiana Gas Co
Sec
Citizens National Bank
H.J. Manning
Nsw
Gravee Land and Timber Co
Jeaiette Ledwidge
Rye
Royalty
Roy E. Holleman
J. Wils Rowe
Jom D. Langston
H.E. Manning
B. C. Moody Caux
T. M. Bemis
Rae
H. C. Parker Ea Ux
Rune Shackleford
Rge
H.C. Parker
Quentin Wheelington
Lion Oil Refining Co
Russians storm Kharkov suburbs amid retreating German forces
Associated Press reports Marshal Semeon Timoshenko’s units storming Kharkov suburbs while Soviet forces claim to have encircled 200,000 Germans. Reuters notes Soviet parachute drops in Smolensk and Vynrtna gains as Tass reports German retreats and casualties.
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Associated Press
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Stockholm
Moscow
Reuters
Smolensk
Vynrtna
Tass
Grel-Kursk
Midway
Crimea
Adolf Hitler
Germans Claim Tanker Sunk In Mediterranean and Atlantic
The German high command said a submarine attacked a protected British convoy east of Tobruk and sank a 4,000-ton tanker. Off the American coast German submarines sank five enemy merchant ships totaling 41,000 tons, including a U.S. coastal patrol boat. A British plane attacked west Germany with no damage reported.
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Berlin
High Command
Mediterranean
Tobruk
U.S. Navy
Schoolmasters Meet Tuesday in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Schoolmasters held their annual banquet at the First Christian church recreation room with Dr. F. C. Crow speaking on Self-Confidence. Miss Beryl Henry led the invocation as officers and guests enjoyed songs by Yerger High School singers and pianist John Thomas Lavin.
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F. C. Crow
Hempstead County
First Christian Church
Beryl Henry
Blakeily
Yerger High School
Paul Power
Schoolmasters
Dolphis Whitten, Jr
John Thomas Lavin
Gordon
C. Crow
R. W. Cracken
Elbert Davis
Elizabeth Hendrix
Dolphus Whitten
Forney Hall
Roy Butter
Ordis Copeland
Aleatrice Freeze
B. H. Acuff
H. J. Ferguson
Colorado Baseball Streak Continues Against Big Seven Since 1933
Colorado's baseball team has trained indoors since February and has not faced a Big Seven opponent since 1933, marking a long period without conference play.
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Boulder
Colo—Pi
Colorado
Draft Lottery Breaks Up After Duplication Error
Washington reports the draft lottery broke up Wednesday when a number duplicated forcing numbers to move back one place. The first drawn was 3485 and the process continued until the error was found. The lottery added about 9,000,000 more men to the selective services list potentially for labor or military service, with Hempstead County showing 1,731 men available for service.
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Washington
Selective Services
Hempstead County
U.S
Library Class Meets Tuesday at Hempstead County Library
Clerks met Tuesday March 17 at City Hall for the regular monthly class. Reports came from Hope and county librarians. Branch libraries and Hope headquarters supply defense project workers with books and material aids. Far East books discussed. Dewey Decimal System reviewed. Progress of the Victory Book Campaign reported. Next class set for April 21.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Elevens
Washington
Blevins
Defense Project
Far East
Robert Jewell Emerges as Hendrix Track Man
Hendrix College trackman Robert Jewell of Hope a senior half miler and football letterman led practice as Hendrix arranged meets with Arkansas Tech and the University of Arkansas and planned entry in the AAU tournament Jewell also serves as president of the Il Club highlighting his multi sport leadership
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Conway
Hendrix College
Robert Jewell
Hope
Hendrix
Arkansas Tech
University of Arkansas
Jewell
Track license number repeats for A C Storlic
In Helena Montana A C Storlic has again received the same track license number 5 T692 for three consecutive years. The coincidence highlights persistent numbering for rural area licenses and prompts no stated change in Storlic’s status or duties.
Beaverbrook to Work in America
Lord Beaverbrook, former British Minister of War Production, will go to the United States to pool resources and undertake duties from time to time as directed by the war cabinet. He will act under Oliver Lyttelton’s direction, not as a cabinet minister or diplomat.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
War Cabinet
Churchill
Beaverbrook
Washington
Capt
Oliver Lyttelton
Lyttleton
Lord Halifax
British Warn of Bay of Biscay Danger Zone
The admiralty warned Wednesday that all of the Bay of Biscay except for a 20 mile strip along the Spanish coast and a large Atlantic area southwest of England is dangerous to shipping. Vessels ignoring the notice would do so at their own risk as the zone, about 160000 square miles, may be mined or reflect wartime actions.
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London
Admiralty
Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean
England
Britain
Hope Boy to Solo With Hendrix College Band
J. T. Luck of Hope will be soloist with the Hendrix College concert band on Sunday afternoon March 22. Directed by M. J. Lippman, the band will perform an hour of popular and semi classical music. Luck, a Hendrix junior, will play Carnival of Venice on baritone horn.
Sunk Japanese Fleet Harsh Losses Near New Guinea
The Associated Press reports 11 ships sunk or damaged near New Guinea including two heavy cruisers and other warships. Allied forces hit Japanese vessels near Salamaua and Lae as U S and Australian troops prepare defenses in Australia. Submarine Shark overdue. Sea Lion damaged at Cavite Bay. Stewart demolished at Sporebaia to prevent capture. MacArthur assumes Southwest Pacific command as US forces vow to press the fight in the Philippines.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Atralia
Australia
Navy
Salamaug
Lae
Withe- Dati
Pacific
Cavite Bay
Philippines
U. S
Stewart
Dutch Indies
Spverabaja
Sea Lion
Stelwart
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Supreme Command
Southwest Pacific
Melbourne
MacArthur
Lloyd Lehrbas
United States Army
Philipspines
Flaming Youth? Not So in Baltimore Police Records
Baltimore police reports show the city’s younger generation challenging elders with limited drunkenness arrests last year. A record 5,436 people were arrested for drunkenness, with the 0 to 60 age group producing the most cases and youth offenders remaining small.
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Baltimore
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