Poppies for Memorial Day In Hope And Across America
The American Legion Auxiliary will sell Poppies this Saturday in Hope and nationwide to honor war dead. The piece links the poppy to World War I memory, notes Col. John McCrae’s poem, and cites wartime traditions and community efforts like Peoria’s rehabilitative plan for veterans.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Hope
America
American Legion
Indianapolis
France
Flanders
Col
John McCrae
Submarine and Allied Air Power Strike German Fronts
American submarines sunk 15 more vessels including a destroyer and transport, bringing Japanese losses to 724 ships sunk or damaged. In Europe, Allied air fleets of 5,500 planes bombed France Belgium northern Italy and the Reich, with heavy operations from Britain Italy and the Mediterranean aimed at Aachen Toulon Lyon Antwerp and Brussels.
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Washington
Pacific
New Bay
Japan
Gladwin Hill
London
France
Belgium
Italy
Reich
Britain
West Wall of
Europe
U. S
Berlin
Aachen
Toulon
Lyon
Rhone
Germany
Mediterranean
Hitler
Porto Margherita
Venice
Allied Air Force
Wiet
Muhlhausen
Brussels
Charleroi
United States
Liegre
Denain
Monchy-Breton
Channel
Balkans
RAF
Antwerp
Mayor Bowron Orders Vacate and Clean Up in Little Tokyo
Los Angeles May 25. Mayor Fletcher Bowron and city health officials ordered vacate and repair for ramshackle dwellings in Little Tokyo. About 79 800 workers live there now, up from 30 000 Japanese before the war. Over 57 homes deemed unfit were evacuated and 125 ordered repaired as health officials warn of severe crowding and disease hazards. Officials say facilities will be arranged for about 250 people forced to leave the area. The mayor calls the situation deplorable and aimed to end extreme overcrowding.
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Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Little Tokyo
South
Middle West
California
Bowron
Two Questioned in Death of Detroit Woman
Detroit police questioned Kenneth Long and Alex Simpson, estranged husband and a Chicago salesman, about the stabbing death of Mrs. Jean Long at a church where she had been married 17 years. No charges filed. Simpson claimed a platonic friendship and a Tuesday evening meeting that did not occur.
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Detroit
Jean Long
Kenneth
Alex Simpson
Chicago
Long
Whitman
Simpson
Strickly
Lorg
Highway Dept drives absentee ballots for servicemen in Hempstead
The State Highway Department is collecting absentee ballot requests for servicemen in Hempstead and other districts. About 2,000 requests have reached the county clerk's office in Hempstead, with highway crews active in District Three. Hempstead lists total about 3,500 absent servicemen. Officials seek guidance from Little Rock on poll taxes and payment, validity under Arkansas law, and age verification for voters.
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State Highway Department
Hempstead
Star
Highway Department
District Three
Armed Services
Little Rock
Arkansas
Russia Bulgaria Break Possible in Coming Days
Washington reports diplomatic circles expect a near term break in relations between Russia and Bulgaria a move that could trigger decisions on Finland. Soviet Moscow notes Bulgarian aid to Germany and Yugoslavia Greece and other fronts heighten tensions while Berlin seeks to consolidate Balkan support.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Bulgaria
Finland
Hungary
Romania
Balkan
Germany
Moscow
Izvestia
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Greece
U S Troops Near Maffin Airfield in New Guinea
American forces advance toward the Maffin Bay airstrip on New Guinea as a Sixth Army report notes near Sawar, with bridgehead established on the Tor river. Casualties are described as light for Allies compared with enemy losses as patrols clash near Aitape and Hollandia.
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United Press
Dutch New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Sawar
Sixth Army
Tor River
Maffin
MacArthur
Philippines
Aitape
New Guinea
Hollandia
Bougainville
Solomons
Japan
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Kuriles
Ponape
Carolines
Truk
Majuro's Fifth Column Out of Business
A fragment from Majuro Atoll recalls a single Korean member of the occupying fifth column who urged natives to resist Americans but fled with a Marine escort. The piece notes his departure and a closing remark claiming to be a genuine American. It also mentions England's 1695 establishment of freedom of the press.
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Majuro Atoll
Majuro
Dr. Allison Buried in Hope Friday Morning Funeral
Dr. W. R. Allison 75 shot to death by government agent William Schaffer after a gunfight. funeral at First Methodist Church at 10 30 a m with two ministers, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Schaffer wounded and hospitalized. investigation by city authorities continues. Survivors include wife a daughter and two sisters. Numerous pallbearers named. extensive roster of honors listed.
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W. R. Allison
William Schaffer
Schaffer
First Methodist Church
R. B. Moore
Kenneth L. Spore
Rose Hill
Allison
Little Rock
Joseph Bell
Hope
Texarkana
Lyle Brown
Max Cox
Arch Cole
Will Payne
Conway
J. W. Pollard
A. E. Slusser
Ewing McPherson
Kline Snyder
E. M
I. T. Bell
Dan Godbold
W. W. Ellen
F. Y. Trimble
R. L. Hendrix
F. N. Porter
Gus Haynes
Roy Stephenson
A. D. Brannon
Dale Wilson
Robert Wilson
Robert LaGrone
Ollie Olsen
E. F. McFaddin
R. R. Gillespie
Jessie Bush
John Barlow
A. L. Black
W. R. Herndon
Edwin Ward
Charles Champlain
Sid Bundy
George Meehan
R. V. Herdon, Sr
Terrerl Cornelius
Dr. Hunt
Dr. Beck
J. L. Morgan
F. S. Yarbrough
Longview
Alford
Murfreesboro
Willie and
Monroe Cox
Fulton
Albert Jernigan
Malvern
R. M. Slack
Benton
Col
Morgenthau Sees Civilian D-Day in Texarkana City Drive
Secretary Morgenthau congratulates Texarkana residents for plans to launch a Fifth War Drive on June 12 calling it much needed. Elsewhere hailstones the size of goose eggs battered a North Arkansas area near Harrison as storms moved through yesterday.
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Peoria
Washington
Texarkana
Arkansas
Texas
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Harrison
Compton
Here
First Men to Make Contact at Anzio Identified
The first two Fifth Army men to shake hands at the Mussolini canal junction near Anzio were Lt. Francis Buckley of Philadelphia and Capt. Ben Zimmerer of Honolulu. CBS said Buckley walked south five miles to contact Anzio forces and exchanged greetings with Zimmerer. The Blue network reported Buckley and Capt. Ben Souza of Honolulu making the initial contact.
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New York
Fifth Army
Anzio
Francis Buckley
Philadelphia
Ben Zimmemer
Honolulu
CBS
Italy
Zimmemer
Buckley
Mussolini Canal
Blue
Cap
Ben Souza
Ruby Goff Dies at Her Home Here Today
Ruby Goff a longtime Hope resident died at her home 622 West Division early today She was a member of the First Christian Church Survived by father T H Goff two brothers Rev S M Goff of Piedmont Mo Homer Goff of Texarkana two sisters Mrs Joe Olmstead and Mrs D Shannon of San Antonio Texas Funeral services will be at 3 pm Friday at the family home with Rev W D Miller officiating burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Active Pallbearers George Dodds Alva Reynerson Harold Oastler E S Richards Frank Rider Tom Kinser
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Ruby Goff
Hope
West Division
First Christian Church
T. H. Goff
S. M. Goff
Piedmont
Homer Goff
Texarkana
Joe Olmstead
D. Shannon
San Antonio
Texas
W. D. Miller
Church of Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
George Dodds
Alva Reynerson
Harold Oastler
E. S. Richards
Frank Rider
Tom Kinser
Fire destroys large vehicle storage warehouse at Red River depot
A major blaze at the Red River Ordnance depot near Texarkana damaged a vehicle storage warehouse, with unofficial losses estimated around 2 million dollars. Col. Robert Bodine said a formal tally would follow a full inventory. No injuries reported.
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Texarkana
Tex
Red River
Here
Robert M. Bodine
Army Ordnance Public Relations
Bodine
Depot Fire Department
Ark
New Boston
Chalk Bares Tire Abuses Exposed by City Sanitation
The New York Department of Sanitation marks tires with chalk to record curb rubbing by its vehicles. The practice flags tire abuse on street cleaning and fleet maintenance as a method to document and deter damage.
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New York Department of Sanitation
Allied Five Army merges fronts for Rome push
Allied headquarters announce the Fifth Army unites the Anzio beachhead and the main force above Terracina for a rapid advance on Rome. American units linked with beachhead patrols as the drive cut 60 miles of German defenses in 14 days, with 10,000 German prisoners and 233 enemy transports destroyed or damaged in air raids.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Fifth Army
Anzio
Terracina
Rome
U. S
Harold Alexander
England
Italy
Grmans
Artena
Valmontone
Cisterna
Priverno
Valmontome
Pontine
Cassino
Formia
Pontine Marshes
Stockholm
High Command
Appian Way
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Philadelphia Lawyer
Montgomery Ward & Co
House
Francis Biddle
Ward
Biddle
By James Thrasher
Vetrans’ Administration
Capitol Hill
U.S
Tokyo
Ralph A. Bard
James W Forrestal
Navy
Bard
Highway Dept
Commons
Home
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Commons Today
William D. Kenall
Home Secretary
South Beach
FROME
Albon
Gensano
Palestrina
Frascati
Velletri
Foglians
Aprilia
Olevano E
Segnie
CORI
Sgurgola
Paliano
Anogni
Y Guarcino
Ferentino Veroi
Priverno Vallecorsae
NEA _Telemap
Dr. Allison
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