Wolf Hunters Near Hope Stir Local Life
A reader details real wolves near Columbus north of town, recounting a hunt led by Charley Wilson. He claims one wolf was enormous, contradicting a movie portrayal where a dog kills a wolf. The piece notes wolves are closer than films suggest and blends local humor with a fishing tackle plant founder’s views.
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Rialto Theater
Columbus
Charley Wilson
Charley
Hempstead County
Hollywood
Rain totals rise to season and year records at station
The Experiment Station reports .12 inches of rain last night lifting May total to 6.40 inches and the year total to 30.42 inches. Temperatures fell again to 42 degrees as conditions remained unsettled.
Blood transfusion reactions differ among primates
Transfused human blood triggers hostility in most animals but fuses harmoniously with chimpanzees gorillas and orangutans, suggesting species specific compatibility.
Anniversary of U S Philippine Surrender Finds Japs Hard Hit
Two years after Corregidor's fall Allied news reported Japan on the offensive in China India and Burma while MacArthur and Nimitz air forces continued strikes in the Pacific. The article notes U S and Allied advances and the grim fate of Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright.
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U.S
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Philippines
Japan
China
Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
Loyang
India
Kohima
Southeast Asia
Assam-Bengal
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Mogaung
Mogatung
Myitkyina
Ledo
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Kuriles
Ofapan
New Guinea
Marshalls
MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Hollandia
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
Wakde Island
Adm
Nimitz
Central Pacific
Paramushiro
Nauru
Ponape
Truk
Onathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Promotions for Three Arkansans by War Department
The War Department announced temporary promotions for three Arkansans from first lieutenant to captain. They are James Powell Scott of Little Rock, Louis Alexander Sanders Jr. of Little Rock, and Morris Wayne McGee of Siloam Springs. James William Cox of Clarksville advanced from second to first lieutenant. Leola Dillard of Gordon was named a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps.
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Washington
Arkansans
War Department
James Powell Scott
Izard St
Louis Alexander Sanders, Jr
N. Ash St
Little Rock
Morris Wayne McGee
Siloam Springs
James William Cox
Clarksville
Leola Dillard
Gordon
Army Nurse Corps
Department
Arkansas Leads in WAC Enlistments in April
Arkansas led four other southwestern states in Women's Army Corps enlistments during April with 135 percent of its quota, followed by Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico according to army recruiting authorities. About 100 tons of tin were saved in 1943 by reducing tin in toothpaste tubes and shaving cream tubes.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mistletoe Parasitic Seed Grower Contradiction
A note on mistletoe describes its seed not rooting in soil and the plant’s roots failing to feed from the host, labeling it a parasite despite its growth requirements.
Russians mass for Berlin drive in old Poland
Reported from Stockholm says the Red Army concentrates huge forces in eastern Poland near Kowel and Kolomyja as it prepares a major offensive toward Berlin. Soviets claim significant railway battles around Stanislawow and defend Sevastopol siege with air and naval support.
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London
Stockholm
Old Poland
Berlin
Red Army
Kowel
Warsaw
Kolomyja
Stanislawow
Czech
Russian Tass Agency
Poland
Sevastopol
Crimean
Gandhi Released From Poona After Detention
Mohandas K Gandhi, aged 74, was freed from the Aga Khan's Poona palace where he had been held since August 1942. Health concerns led the government to release him unconditionally amid broad newspaper praise and political support. He will reside at Paranakuti, the Poona home of Lady Vitali Das Thackersey.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Aga Khan
Poona
Gandhi
Japan
The
Chronicle
Government of India
Times of India
Lord Wavell
Bengal
Men Under 26 to Fill Quotas Until Fall
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, said there are enough men under 26 to fill draft quotas until fall. He noted draft calls had decreased and the army is gaining strength while the service axes calls on the theory the under 26 supply would run out. Spokesmen added deficits beyond 18 could be filled from the 26 through 29 group.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Baltimore
Army
Arkansas congressmen back probe of Montgomery Ward seizure
The House approved a resolution to investigate the government seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company's Chicago facilities. All seven Arkansas members of Congress voted in favor. A stray note mentions a Brazilian fungus lighting dead trees with bright glow, readable at night.
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Washington
House
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Arkansas
Defenders of Philippines Await Return
Editor notes Ray Cronin and Dean Schelder recall the war in the Philippines from frontline experience. Cronin headed the Manila bureau and spent 21 months in a Japanese prison camp before repatriation in 1943. Schelder reported Bloody Bataan and escaped Corregidor, now home on rest leave.
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Ray Cornin
Dean Schelder
Philippines
Cronin
Manila
Schedler
Bataan
Corregidor
Bataan Peninsula
United States
Australia
Cabanatuan
Corregidor Fall Recalled On Its Anniversary
A veteran recounts the fall of Corregidor on the Manila Bay entrance two years earlier. He notes the siege of Bataan and Corregidor, the American and Filipino defenders, their surrender, and the impact on Australia, with memories of General Wainwright and MacArthur.
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Manila Bay
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
MacArthur
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Schedler
General Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
Cronin
China Sea
Manila
Singapore
America
Pre-Invasion Aerial Offensive Hits Nazi Points Over Wide Area
Allied bombers struck into the Balkans and Italy after the Pescara dam breach. RAF Halifaxes and Wellingtons attacked Campina Romania. American four engined bombers hit Ploesti and Turnu Severin while Pescara floodwaters spread downstream. Diversified raids totaled 1,960 sorties with several German losses.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Balkans
Pescara Dam
Italy
Campina
Romania
Ploesti
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
Pescara River
Pescara
Turnu-Severin
Ken Richards
Ortena
Pescaram
Bond Tender Arranged by Arkansas Board
In Little Rock on May 26 the Arkansas Bond Refunding Board will hold a tender for B bonds. Refunding Supervisor Frank A. Storey Jr. announced the sale of about 1,038,000 dollars of non interest bearing road district bonds outstanding.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Road District
Arkansas Bond Refunding Board
Frank A. Storey, Jr
Rommel predicts imminent invasion with new German weapons
European fronts center on Rommel with warnings of a near invasion using air drops and gliders. He cites Allied airmen advancing toward Berlin and recalls El Alamein while promising German military honor. Additional reports say Nazi reinforcements move into Denmark and Norway as invasion fears mount.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Ministry of Information
Rommel
Mediterranean
Africa
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Alamein
Montgomery
H. H. Balfour
Air
Europe
Berlin
London Daily Herald
European Advisory Commission
Germany
Stockholm
Denmark
Norway
Rain, Mud Hamper Operations in Midway Oil Field
Rain and mud slow drilling at Lafayette county sites, including Barnsdall Oil's Midway Field Luzenia Creek No. 2 and Lion Oil Refining's Case No. 1 in Me Kanitie. Depths reached include below 5200 feet and 7900 feet by week’s end in a deep gas distillate field south of Stamps. Modern methods note two workers needed to make all U S tennis balls.
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Stamps
Ark
Lafayette County
Midway
Barnsdall Oil Company
Barnsdall
Luzenia Creek
NE NW
Lion Oil Refining Company
MeKanitie
United States
Chinese Students Study U S Soil Conservation Methods
Two Chinese engineers, Elbert K Jung and Albert J Chan, UC graduates, arrive to spend two months learning soil conservation in the United States. Sponsored by the China Institute of America, they will later train in Fort Worth in cartography before returning to China to lead soil conservation work for the Chinese Department of Agriculture.
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U.S
Elbert K Jung
Albert J. Chan
University of California
China
Kwangtung
America
China Institute of America
Chi Epsilon
Fraternity of Civil Engineers
Jan
Americans Defy Weather to Hit French Targets
American Liberators bombed German installations in Pas de Calais as the Allied air offensive pressed into its twenty second day. A small force of fewer than 250 bombers and equal escorting fighters crossed the channel despite bad weather, while British and Canadian air units conducted separate attacks and patrols over northern France with minimal opposition.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Pas-de- Calais
France
English Channel
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Pas-De-Calais
Scotland
Convicted Sailor Faces Second Murder Charge
Hal Scaife a 25 year old Marvell navy seaman already serving a ten year sentence for the slaying of his wife Jennie Ruth 20 the jury found him guilty of second degree murder for stabbing her to death on December 17 during a leave. State attorneys consider whether to bring a first degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing of his wife mother-in-law Susie Davis in a divorce dispute.
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Helena
Hal Scaife
Marvell
Scaife
Susie Davis
Phillips
Jennie Ruth
Induction Center Ends Pursuit of Clothing Thief
In Columbia two officers pursuing a man suspected of stealing a suit followed him to Fort Jackson induction center. The suspect, standing in line with draftees, wore the stolen clothing and claimed embarrassment at being drafted in his old suit. The owner chose not to press charges.
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NTA
Denver
Colo
Elaine Manfredi
Ellsworth Wisecarver
Manfredi
Elaine
Los Angeles
Columbia
Fort Jackson Induction Center
Plant Earns Second E for Excellence at Ozark Works
El Dorado May 6 The Ozark Ordnance Works today flew its second army and navy E pennant awarded yesterday for excellence in reduction The initial pennant, received last June, went to contractors who built the plant
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el Dorado
Ozark Ordnance Works
Army
Canning Sugar Issuance Schedule For Hempstead County
The schedule lists home canning sugar issuance with clerk stations from 8:30 a m to 5:30 p m. Apply on your assigned date: Monday May 8 Ozan Tuesday May 9 Washington Wednesday May 9 11 Blevins Thursday May 11 Friday May 12 McCaskill Monday May 15 Bingen.
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Hempstead
Ozan
Washington
Blevins
McCaskill
Bingen
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War Food Administration
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Los Angeles Railway Express
Philip Brietzke
Homicide Division
Loop
John Lopez
Reds
Florence Catherine Jepson
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WAC
By Ray Cronin
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