Campaigning for Arkansas tax reform split by editorials
The Arkansas City Star rebuts Ralph B. Jones as Commissioner of Education over proposals to raise the state sales tax from 2 to 3 percent. It argues higher rates won’t boost school funding, but shift commerce to neighboring states, harming Arkansas retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Education Association
Ralph B. Jones
Jones
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Chicago
Shreveport
Texarkana
Senator Caraway Replies to Local Protest
United States Senator Hattie W. Caraway writes May 2 1944 from Washington D C to Mr Alex H Washburn of Hope Arkansas regarding the Montgomery Ward case. She notes the attorney general argues presidential authority exists in time of war while Montgomery Ward contends otherwise and urges full congressional or constitutional review if necessary. The letter frames the issue as constitutional or statutory and calls for investigation.
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Alex. H. Washburn
Hope
Ark
Mr. Washburn
Montgomery Ward
Congress
Hattie W. Caraway
United States
Washington, D. C
Hope Star Hope
Alex
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Montgomery
Allied Attacks in Kohima Sector Through May 14
Allied forces report steady progress against Japanese positions along the Indian frontier base at Kohima. Heavy fighting near Imphal and Mogaung valley seen, with Chinese units under Lt Gen Stilwell driving toward Mogaung and trapping retreating forces. Cork used for military equipment noted.
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Kohima
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal Plain
Imphal -Ukhuri
Inkangahatwng
Mogaung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Lull Continues on Eastern Front Amid Probing Attacks
London reported a continued lull in ground fighting on the eastern front. German probing actions southeast of Stanislawow and near Tiraspol were repelled for a second day. Soviet communiques claim 800 German casualties and 12 tanks destroyed, with Russian long range raids on Sevastopol causing heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Moscow
Old Poland
Soviet Monitor
Crimean
Sevastopol
Sivet
Romania
Plan to Rebuild Europe's Schools Led by Fulbright Faces Hurdles
The State Department plans an international education agency to aid postwar European schooling and promote exchanges. Rep. Fulbright chairs the American delegation at a London conference and warns that agency leadership must command prestige. Debates focus on independence versus integration, funding, and safeguards against Fascist or Communist influence while ensuring academic freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Fulbright
Washington
May
George Selke
State Department
Congress
Department
London
Allied Ministers of Education
Rep
D-Ark
University of Arkansas
Association of Nations
United States
Brition
Cold Wave Rips Middle West With Snow and Frost
The weather bureau reports a damaging cold wave sweeping the Middle West with frost and snow in Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Temperatures fell to 18 in Nebraska and South Dakota and 34 in Chicago making May 5 the city’s coldest on record. Alaska note appears as stray text.
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Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas
Ilinois
Charles City
Cherokee
Inwood
Chadron
Alliance
Neb
Mobridge
S. D
Springfield
Ill
Blood Bank Unit Filled to Capacity With Sixty Pints
Woodlief A. Thomas of the Arkansas Grand Lodge of Masonry commended the Mobile Blood Bank unit for donating 60 pints of blood. The drive filled the unit to capacity and turned away many donors as the Whitfield No. 239 Masonic Lodge thanked donors and nurses for their help.
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Woodlief A. Thomas
Arkansas Grand Lodge of Masonry
Mobile Blood Bank
Masonic Lodge
Whitfield No. 239
Japanese counterattacks feared after New Guinea landings
Allied forces in New Guinea prepared for renewed Japanese air and naval counter strikes as two amphibious landings widened the advance toward Hollandia. Headquarters reported Japanese bases reinforced at Geelvink Bay and Halmahera, while American crews hit Wewak Rabaul Truk Ponape and Mandalay targets in recent air raids.
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New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Hollandia
Philippines
Aneta
Netherlands
Geelvink Bay
Halmahera Islands
Mindanao
Hollandia-Aitape
U. S. Sixth Army
Demita
Torare Bay
Tanahmerah
Humboldt ‘Bays
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Central Pacific
Truk
Carolines
Ponape
Marshalls
China
South China Sea
Mandalay
Burma
Admiral Mineichi Koga Killed in Action
Tokyo reports Admiral Mineichi Koga commander of the Japanese combined fleet was killed on active duty at 59 while directing operations from an airplane. Successor Admiral Seemu Toyoda named to lead the fleet with Admiral Engo Yoshida taking Yokosuka command. Posthumous honors include the Gold Kite and Rising Sun Grand Cordon.
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New York
Tokyo
Mineichi Koga
Sosrotu
Yamamoto
U. S
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
Kumoa Oohashi
Genyoshitada Shimokawa
Oohashi
China
Shimokawa
Chunkichi Ochiai
Asahikawa
Pearl Harbor
White House
Yokosuka
Paris
Seemu Toyoda
Engo Yoshida
Hirohito
Ex Governor Ralph Carr to Speak at Arkansas Utilities Meet
Former Colorado governor Ralph Carr, renowned for states rights stance on river use, will be a principal speaker at the Arkansas Utilities Association convention in Little Rock May 15 and 16. About 300 gas and water company employees are expected. Carr will discuss water problems while Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, U S Army Engineers chief, will address utilities needs for wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ralph Carr
Colorado
Arkansas Utilities Association
R. E. Ritchie
Carr
Eugene Reybold
U.S. Army Engineers
Yanks Extend Air Offensive Into 211st Day
American Liberator bombers opened the day with a pre dawn strike on rail lines feeding Hitler’s Atlantic wall in France. The operation marked the 21st straight day of Allied pre invasion bombing with heavy bomber raids on targets in Northern France and Hungary.
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Austin Bealmear
London
France
Europe
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Holland
Spitfire
Berlin
Romania
Budapest
Hunary
Balkan Kingdom
Pas-de-Calais
Italy
English Channel
Britain
Eighth Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Valenciennes
Somain
Middle East
Crete
Aegean Islands
Monemvasia
Naleme
U. S
Germany
Hungary
Balkans
McClellan challenges Biddle on Montgomery Ward ruling
Letter by John L. McClellan to editor Hope Star discusses constitutional limits on executive power, opposing federal seizure authority at Montgomery Ward. He supports Byrd's call for immediate investigation and criticizes attorney general’s view, praising Hope Star editorial courage against government overreach. May 1, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Senate
Congress
Roosevelt
Dewey
R-I
Rules Committee
Clark
D-Nc
Cochran
D-Mo
Montgomery Ward
Rep
Cox
Little Rock
Paul D. Sowell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Montgomery Ward Company
Sowell
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
The
Hope Star
John L. McClellan
United States
Washington, D. C
Yugoslav Partisans FIGHTING ALONGSIDE US TROOPS
In an exclusive interview, Gen Vladimir Velebit reports American soldiers serving with Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia. He praises US aircrew support and peasant loyalty, notes Tito forces on the offensive, and pleads for more guns ammunition food and medical supplies for his fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Velebit
United Press
Velebit
Tito
United States Army Air Force
Britain
Business leaders urged to unite with schools over federal debt
State Education Commissioner Ralph B. Jones told the Hope Rotary club that postwar debt must be managed with joint effort from business and public schools. He warned debt could reach 200 percent of income after World War II and urged technical training for youth. He also rejected rumors blaming teachers as Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Jones
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Jones
Fred R. Harrison
Little Rock
First Methodist Church
R. B. Moore
Hope
J. B. Heumann
Dallas
Texas
Ed W. Hand
Shreveport
Clifford Franks
Robert M. LaGrone, Jr
Syd McMath
George Peck
Earl Clifton
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Canning Sugar Schedule Issuance in Hempstead County
The schedule for home canning sugar distribution in Hempstead County lists locations and dates. Clerks will operate 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on each site day. May 6 Hope city. May 8 9 etc page shows dates May 9 Washington. May 10-11 Bilevins. May 12 McCaszill. May 15 Bingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
City of Hope
Washington
Bilevins
McCaszill
Bingen
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Sen
Caraway
Alaska
Peninsula
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
U.S
Pacific
Paul D. Lowell
Edwin K. Walker
Lowell
Noties
William H. Holly
Holly
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
McClellan
Biddle
Business and Schools
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