Spring-Lock Inventions and War Debate Echoes
A humorous meditation on a spring-locked door highlights a broader wartime debate. The piece notes Roosevelt’s quip about a mage on both your houses and parodies inventors of spring locks and barbed wire. It shifts to strategic questions about delaying or attacking Nazi Germany, weighing France Belgium Italy and Russia as bridgeheads. It cites Beaverbrook and suggests the U S must act before Russia falls, then briefly notes lightning strikes near the Empire State Building.
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Roosevelt
Germany
United Nations
Vmiecewetta Peau
Lord Beaverbrook
Russia
France
Belgium
Italy
Credit Duce
Stalin
Willer
Hitler
Britain
United States
Europe
Sugar Rationing Closes School Another Day
Sugar rationing will continue through Friday prompting Hope Public Schools to stay closed. Miss Beryl Henry says local schools remain shut with classes resuming next Monday. Registrations for sugar cards are underway at three grammar schools for residents, with Yerper serving Negroes.
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Beryl Henry
Hope Public Schools
Ogtesby
Brookwood
Paisley
Yerper
Hope
RAF Continues German Raids On Stuttgart And Nantes
RAF bombers pressed a third straight night raid on Stuttgart targeting aviation engines tanks and electrical equipment and hit Nantes docks for the third consecutive night. Seven RAF aircraft were lost according to the air ministry as the offensive extended into daylight passes into German occupied airfields.
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London
RAF
Adolf Hitler
Stuttgart
France
Air Ministry
Nantes
Japanese Move on in China Advances to Chefang
Japanese mechanized spearheads with air support swept 25 miles along the Burma road into Chinese territory reaching Chefang where heavy fighting is under way. A Chinese army spokesman said it was unclear how far the push would extend into Yunnan province and noted the rapid advance could presage a major offensive toward Chung King. En route Japan completed the occupation of Wanting on the Burma border where the invasion began two days earlier. The column along the Chindwin river shifted east to cut off Chinese troops near Mandalay, the ruined city that fell last week to Japanese forces.
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Chungking
Burma
Chefang
Yunnan
Burmyg
Chung
China
Chindwin
Mandalay
Nazi Leningrad Line Broken by Russian Wedge
Soviet dispatches report a wedge driven between German forces west of Leningrad, isolating a Nazi detachment and cutting the northern and southern wings. Russians claim several German outposts captured and villages recaptured as spring floods aid advance, with heavy losses on both sides.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Wis
Red Sur
Lake Ilmen
Turner R A Fulton Resident Dies at 62
Robert Alexander Turner aged 62 a well known Hempstead county resident died at his Fulton home on Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at Union Church of Fulton at 2 pm Friday with Rev Kenneth L Spore officiating. Survived by widow four daughters Mary and Florence Turner of Fulton Mrs Luis Dickerson of Emmet and Mrs C D Nichols of Talmadge Neb and two grandchildren.
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Robert Alexander Turner
Hempstead County
Fulton
Union Church of
Kenneth L. Spore
Mary
Florence Turner
Luis Dickerson
Emmet
C. D. Nichols
Talmadge
Neb
House Ways and Means Committee Advances Tax Rate Vote
The House Ways and Means committee moved quickly toward a vote on the new individual income tax file. Members said the measure would likely take about 2.5 million dollars more from the 7 million people who paid taxes last year.
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Wasrington
House Ways and Means
County 4 H Club Rally Friday in Hempstead County
Over 1000 4 H Club members from Hempstead County will gather at City Hall on Friday May 8 for a patriotic program. Leaders include Thurmas Thad Walker Col umbus and Ola Mae Sewell Blevins with Ermald Williams Fulton and Millie Faye Boyce Springhill reporter assisting. The afternoon features a free Saenger Theater show Young America 4 H Club film and a discussion on victory projects and conservation.
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Hempstead
Thurmas Thad Walker
Columbus
Ola Mae Sewell
Blevins
Ermald Williams
Fulton
Millie Faye Boyce
Springhill
Barney W. Chambers
Louise Lewis
City Hall
Saenger Theater
Young America
Army Enlist Thomas Greenlee Promoted to Staff Sergeant
Mr and Mrs A F Greenlee of Hope acknowledge their son Thomas Greenlee now serves with the U S Armed Forces at Baker Meld California. He has been promoted to Staff Sergeant. The article also notes that a lightning flash averages about 80 coulombs, far less than a storage battery can hold.
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A. F. Greenlee
Hope
Thomas
U. S
Baker Meld
California
Grand Prairie Rice Crop Feeds Allies in Wartime Arkansas
Stuttgart Daily Leader reporters note Grand Prairie lands near Stuttgart offer prime sites for rice farming. With about 180000 acres across Lonoke Frame and Arkansas counties, Stuttgart houses five rice mills and warehouses. Rice and oats prices rise with war needs. beef cattle and poultry remain leading local products. Government calls to boost food production, rice as victory food, rally farmers to harvest the era’s largest crop.
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W. L. Kennedy
Stuttgart
Ark
Grand Prairie
Lonoke, Frame
Arkansas
Arkansas County
Stuttart
Germany
Red Cross
Americans Lost on Corregidor Number 11,570
The War Department announced estimates that about 11,570 soldiers sailors marines and civilians were captured by the Japanese on Corregidor and other Manila Bay forts. The figure, based on reports to April 15, excludes casualties likely in the last three weeks. Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright is presumed among the captives.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Dla Bay
Comunique
Robert P. Patterson
Jonathan Wainwright
British Active in North Africa
Rome reports British armored units advanced across the Libyan desert to a point east of El Mechili about 120 miles west of Tobruk, then withdrew under heavy artillery fire. Italian communique notes Axis air raids on Malta causing large fires.
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Rome
el Mechili
Tobruk
Malta
Revival Draws Large Crowds At Wednesday Service
Rev Middleton delivered a sermon on what it means to be a Christian to a packed house. Crowds attend nightly services as members of the Young People and Intermediate groups meet after regular services. Future sessions include deacons and teachers meetings and a Friday night youth gathering.
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Middleton
John
Mid- Geion
Young Peoples
Chl
British Attack on Kupho Island Repulsed by Axis Garrison
The Italian high command said a British assault on Kupho Island, south of Crete, was repulsed. The communique implied a seaborne attack but did not specify the launch method.
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Rome
Kupho
Cretc
Rubber Shortage Forces Travel and Sports Curtailment
Washington officials warn rubber supplies are critically tight requiring curtailment of Sunday trips and sports events. Under Secretary Patterson says voluntary tire purchases may be used while private spares are not requisitioned and gasoline rationing will help with vacations. He stresses the seriousness of the situation if habits continue.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Joe
Patterson
Salaries of Teachers Paid at Arkansas State College
The state auditor's office released warrants for 28 Arkansas State College employees in Jonesboro after delays caused by missing receipts showing payment of 1941 taxes. The April 1945 pay period checks are issued under a 1939 act requiring state workers to file personal tax receipts before subsidies.
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Little Rock —P
State Auditor's Office
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
GMC Yields to Labor Board After Public Hearing
General Motors accepted the war labor board’s order for double time pay on Sunday work and said its remarks about Ford’s procedures were not meant to question the board’s integrity. President Charles C. Wilson announced GMC’s stance at a public hearing that ended abruptly.
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Washington
General Motors Corporation
War Labor Board
Ford
GMC
Charles C. Wilson
Japs May Hit Supply Route
Allied headquarters in Australia reports increased Japanese naval activity around New Britain and the Solomon Islands. Japanese warships near Bougainville were attacked, as Allied bombers countered with high explosives to defend the vital Australia American supply route and repel strengthened Allied incursions in the northeastern groups.
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Australia
New Britain
Solomon Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County 1942 Summary
Oil and gas filings from Lafayette County in May 1942 show multiple mineral deeds and leases. Prepared by Eunice Triplett and Helen Hesterly Royily outline transfers among Goodwill, Jack L Britt, Atlantic Refining Co, Lion Oil, and others, involving Sec fractions in Townships 14 and 15 and ranges 21 to 22, with dates in May and June 1942 and references to O G Leases and Right of Way notices.
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Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
Goodwit
Jack L. Britt
See
West
Royily
H. M. Barnes Co
Atlantic Refining Co
Assen
O. & G. Lease
H. M. Barnes
O. & G. Lense
Nannie Barbaree Rickard
J. B. Benson
J. B. Burton
Arkwisas la
Gus Coa
Sul SW
Hoyle Marlarelux
Fall of Main Base Costs 1,000 Troops
British forces seized the main base at Diego Suarez in the Indian Ocean after a dawn landing and a 48 hour campaign. Churchill reported the operation, planned three months, and said surrender terms were being drafted as naval squadrons would enter the harbor once mines were cleared.
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Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Winston Churchi
How of Commons
Churchill
Diego Suarez
Bufi
Courrigny Bay
Ashor
Ambararata
Vichy
Laval
Be Careful to Clean Gardens Be Careful to Clean Gardens
Hempstead County home gardeners are urged to cultivate vegetables to prevent losses from weeds heat and disease. Miss Mar Claude Fletcher notes thorough cultivation aids growth soil aeration and weed control. Deep initial cultivation then shallower as plants grow, avoiding wet or clay soils, preserves roots and reduces disease spread.
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Hempstead County
Mar Claude Fletcher
County Home
Miss Fletcher
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Fleteheer
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Italian Island
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NEW Deleans
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Middlins Spul
ACE Scornea
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Nevada County
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