Social and Personal Notes From May 18 Community Events
Social and Personal notes list May events and visits in Hope Arkansas including American Legion Auxiliary volunteer work and dressings sessions at the home of M Robert Wilson, a Fresco party at Mrs Collis Lueck, and an inclement weather fallback to church rooms. Also listed are church circle meetings at First Baptist and Vic. Baptist, a Lope business group dinner, and visits from military families including Mrs Helen Tyler and Master Sergeant Raymond Urban with multiple local host homes noted.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Robert. Wilson
Cestrastesses
Wo, Pysoktin
Ferret Corenevius
RV. Merndon
W.M.S
Vic. Baptist Church
Omar Williams
Claude Taylor
Price
Pew
Gus Haynes
John Turner
Helen Tyler
W. R. Hamilton
Jones Named Chairman of Food Group
Judge Marvin Jones head of the U S delegation was nominated by unanimous vote of the Steering Committee to be permanent chairman of the United Nations Food Conference opening tonight. He has been temporary chair by President Roosevelt and would direct efforts to use food for peacetime world health. The Steering Committee chose English as the conference language despite French and other delegates reservations.
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Hot Springs
Marvin Jones
United States
Jones
Roosevelt
Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Nations meet to tackle postwar food and employment plans
Delegations from 43 governments and a French representative along with the Danish minister to the United States convene the first formal meeting. The agenda centers on food problems seen as a starting point for postwar reconstruction as the world fights hunger and seeks fuller employment and expanding international trade. Judge Marvin Jones chairs the opening session at 9 p.m. and guides the U S delegation as temporary conference chairman.
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United States
Richard K. Taw
Marvin Jones
Brazilians Study Jungle Resources Impetus for Exploration
Bucy, Brazil Urne co ordinator of economic mobilization, pushes development of Brazil's vast natural resources. He orders two exploration parties to probe rarely visited frontiers along the upper Tapajar and Xingu rivers to survey potential communications, colonization, and production opportunities.
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Bucy
Brazil
Tapajor
Xingu
Allies Continue Night Bombardment Across Northern France
Allied fighter command conducted intruder patrols over northern France and Belgium, attacking land and rail routes and enemy air bases. Concarneau seaplane base was hit as a Polish pilot sank a control boat. Trains near Guingamp, Ville Dieu, Courtrai, and Ghent targeted. a daylight-to-night offensive plan led to torpedo attacks on large merchant ships. London again struck by enemy bombs. Cardiff suffered severe raids with many casualties. The aerial offensive peaked as British raiders breached two major dams in the Reich.
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Europe
Fighter Command
France
Belgium
Concarneau
Brest
Guingamp
Villedieu
Cherbourg
Courtrai
Ghent
London
Cardiff
The
Reich
Bombing Raid Drenches Ruhr and Weser Valleys After Dam Flood
RAF night raids over Europe and a major U.S. bombing sweep hit Lorient Keroman and Bordeaux while Lancaster crews breached two large German dams. Bombers reported good results as Ruhr waters surged from the Mohne to Eder dams, flooding the Weser valley and disrupting war plants and transport.
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Ruhr
Weser
RAF
Continent
Freeh
U. S
Sind
Lorient
U-bow
Keroman
Bordeaux
Kiel
Liancaster
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Mohne
Warther
Eder
Predicts Veto Continued From Page One
House Speaker Rayburn leads Democratic forces to press for final action on the modified Rum plan as a veto showdown looms. A Republican bid to recede from pay as you go faces decision today with potential conference talks to craft a compromise. Options include sweeping tax abatements, a simple withholding levy, or an outright deadlock affecting millions of taxpayers. Roosevelt’s letter to Senator George adds to the high stakes in the 1942 tax dispute.
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Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Senate
Raburn
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Sen
Beth Carter and the Pacific covert crisis chapter
Beth Carter faces accusation of internal treachery as Major Brit braces for a risky move to locate a missing directive. Beth recalls two leaves from her desk with the safe secured, while hints point to Lita Danton and Rick Moth as possible suspects near the safeguarding of crucial papers.
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Heth Carter
WAAC
Brit Jackson
Lit Daten Peramaske
Rick Moth
de Mus Tigts Danis
Rit
Beth
Brit
Lita Danton
Lita
Rick
Mr. Moth
Roosevelt backs pay as you go plan amid tax reform talks
The Roosevelt administration signaled support for substantial adjustments to ease the pay as you go transition. Some Republicans warned the president might veto a modified Ruml plan but could allow a bill to pass without signature to secure a withholding levy. Congressional leaders stressed opposition to future income tax rate increases.
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Ate
Capitol Hi
Roosevelt
Treasury
George
Congress
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Martin
Coal miners seek truce extension amid WLB dispute
Reports say Ickes planned a conference formula acceptable to both sides but the WLB board insists its authority remains. Some members threaten resignation if Lewis bypasses the board. A New York message requests miners to stay at work under the retroactive extension until midnight May 31, easing nerves as coal pits prepare to shut down.
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Ickes
WILB
Lewis
Wayne Morse
Department of the Interior
WLB
Mmniers
Iekes
New York
Night Watch Over Seaplane In Danton-Math Plot
Beth, amid cave secrecy, vows to investigate alone while Jay Bet redirects a crucial code. She tracks the distant seaplane carrying Lita Danton and Rick Moth, hidden on a beach wall as a moonlit night brightens the coast. Peter’s footsteps interrupt the vigil.
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Bet
Lita Danton
Rick Moth
Beth
Peter
Unclear Support Amid Demands in New Contract Talks
Workers reaffirmed backing for Lewis and pressed for a $2 daily wage raise portal to portal pay and further concessions in any forthcoming contract negotiations.
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Lewis
Sinking of submarine tale of survival and rescue
Survivors recount the sinking of a submarine after an explosion. Davidson and others crowded on four rafts and a shattered wheelhouse for 36 hours. They saw planes, one ship, and rockets, then were picked up by an Allied vessel. Sharks circled the rafts as they endured scarce food and water.
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Davidson
Beat Japan continues on war aims debate
In Washington the editorial page notes Navy reports of six Japanese ships sunk by American submarines in the Pacific. Senator Chandler says his earlier call for a full assault on the Pacific was his own idea, now seen as aligned with war leaders and boy expectations. Senate reactions vary with observers weighing whether military advisers prompted the push.
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Davidson
Stalin
Chiang Kai - Shek
North
Africa
Pacific
Senate
Chandler
Japan
United States
Holmans
Ore
Kentuckian senator urges rapid action against Japan
The Kentuckian, a Senate military committee member, argues that Russia is a partner but may not fight the Japs, Britain may demobilize after Germany, and that invasion of continental Europe now would cause mass death. He urges whipping Japan now while Allies can still act, as Lucas defends Roosevelt’s military decisions.
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Senate
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Chandler
Europe
Japan
Lucas
Mr. Roosevelt
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Cantraet Bridge Club
George Newbern
First Baptist Sunday
Sehiool
Heehueel
JF. Hingison
First Baptist Church
R. V. Herndon, Jr
Opal Garni
Collin Bailey
I Oelock
Barlow
Lilac Garden
Chatlin Maurion Viek
Edgewood Arsenal
Ling
Mrs. Viek and
Son
Hope
Arkadelphia
Baton Rouge
Camp Wolters
Texas
George P. Newbern, Sr
Marianna
George Newbern, Jr
Mr. Newbern
Newbern
Coldridge McCullough
Marigung
Raymond J. Urban
Trenton, New Jersey
L. A. Shelton
Camp Robinson
Mrs. Shelton
Camden
Tyt. Shelton
Fred Lee
Mary Cox
Paris
Jewel Dean Watkins
Deane K. Sadler
A. I. Barber Haye
Little Rock
Jessie W. Ray
Mini Beach, Fla
J. W. Ray
Sgt
Ray
Bart Allen
Jimmy
Dallas
Bill Allen
Emmet
T. F., McLarty
Charles Marrell
Memphis
Lee
Lydia Pink
Finkham
Rialto
Don Juan Ameche Bennett
Thunderbirds
Tim Holt
Bonita Granville
Food Group
Enae
Roy Anderson & Company
Hope, Arkansas
Beth Carter
NAAC
Lorette Cooper
Jay
Beat Japan
SANGI
Manhattan
Perenne
Holkis
Moro Rol
Kwee
Shreveport Aeronautical’ Institute
Grim Hotel
Texarkana
America
Ward & Son
South Main Street
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