Arkansas Diamonds and Censorship Debate Draws Readers
A column discusses Arkansas diamonds found near Murfreesboro in Pike County, with peridotite pipes, gem quality stones, and the Uncle Sam diamond. It then critiques the Hays office for censoring wartime dialogue in a film adaptation of Ernie Pyle’s writings, arguing for artistic judgment.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs
North American
Frisco Railroad
California
Wisconsin
Indiana
Southern
Alleganies
North America
Murfreesboro
Pike County
Ark
Frisco
Hope
South Africa
Uncle Sam
Hero Lindsee Courts Beverly Hargraves After War Return
In Lucedale Mississippi Sgt Jake Lindsee and Beverly Hargraves discuss a four-year bond and a four hour Washington visit. He returned from SEAL service to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman and seeks a first hometown date amid public attention. The couple planned a quiet visit in town but public interest followed them.
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Lucedale
Miss
America
Jake Lindsee
Jake
Beverly Hargraves
Lexington
SEAL
Truman
Lindsee
Miss Hargraves
Washington
Europe
Lindee
Dixie Moon
Big Powers in the Saddle at San Francisco
The big powers face a crucial veto issue at the United Nations conference. A 17-vote bloc including the five veto-holding powers plus 12 others is needed to block small-nation amendments. Russia Britain the United States and China defend the Yalta veto formula while seeking a compromise on council voting and dispute airing.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
San Francisco
Assembly of 49 Nations
Stettinius
Washington
Truman
World Organization
Security Council
United States
Russia
Yalta
Council
Wether
Britain
Earl of Halifax
Andrei Gromyko
R. V. Eoong
China
War Loan Message Urges Support for Allies
Washington May 25 A war bond statement from Vice Admiral John S McCain commander of the carrier task force with the Third fleet says the fast carrier task force fighting men can beat the Japs as long as the people at home back them up. He urges the Seventh War Loan across to give fighting men the weapons to keep smashing the enemy until defeated.
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Washington
John S. McCain
Carrier Task Force
Third Fleet
County War Bond Drive Reaches 27 Percent of Quota
Total Hempstead county Seventh War Loan sales reach 167046.25 dollars, 27 percent of the 624000 quota. EE bonds total 134336.25 dollars within the 305000 EE portion, placing E bonds at 44 percent. Hope civic clubs and townships report include Rotary 21375, Kiwanis 13369, B and P W 11000, American Legion 5306.25, Bodean 4350, Mine Creek 2031.25, Ozan 11448.75, Saline 4150, Spring Hill 450.
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Hempstead
Syd McMath
Hope
Civic Clubs Rotary Club
Jackson in London for War Trials
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson and staff arrive in Britain for first hand war crimes investigations. They will confer with the United Nations War Crimes Commission in London and may question Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering and others as Allied troops hunt remaining Nazi leaders. Also noted is the pursuit of Joachim von Ribbentrop and the death of Heinrich Himmler in custody.
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Edward V. Roberts
London
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Germany
Jackson
Reichmarshall Herman Goering
Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Heinrich Himmler
Hitter
Ribbentrop
Austria
Foreign Office
Ribbentop
Lake Fuscht
Salzburg
Billion-Dollar Junkyard on Saipan for B 29 Salvage
Major Harry S. Weber salvage officer and Lieut Norman Cortese head a Saipan junkyard turning wrecked B 29s into valuable parts. They strip planes, tag gear, and send engines and components to a central warehouse, averaging about a quarter of a million dollars in salvaged parts monthly.
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Grant Macdonal
Saipan
Mariannas
Harry S. Weber
Norman Cortese
Weber
Rosedale
Long Island N. Y
Bimnlt
Cortese
Newark
N. J
States
Britain Near Brink in 1940, Says Censor
London reports reveal Britain faced invasion and defeat in 1940 after Dunkirk and France fell. Cabinet allegedly debated flight to Canada while Churchill prepared to fight in London streets. RAF fought off Luftwaffe with 500 frontline aircraft as German plans to land on English soil failed.
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Edward V. Roberts
London
British Isles
Canada
Churchill
Britain
Dunkerque
France
Great Britain
English Channel
RAF
England
Home Guard
T.he
Applications for Tires Beyond Quota
Hempstead county War Rationing Board warns June tire supplies will be tight. Applications c lassified by car use. June quota about 250 passenger tires. class 1 needs take priority over class 2 3 and 4. File applications with OPA showing car use and purpose.
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A. A. Albritton
Hempstead County
OPA
Hempstead
Aubrey Albritton
P.S
Quotations on Idolatry and Cross of Gold
A biblical verse about not worshiping graven images warns against desiring wealth. A William Jennings Bryan quote invokes not crucifying mankind with a cross of gold. The text contrasts religious admonition with political rhetoric.
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William Jennings Bryan
Auto Makers Gloomy But Go to Work
Detroit May 25 UP Auto makers respond to the War Production Board move to start passenger car output July 1 while warning the policy offers no real relief. Ford targets 60 to 90 days. Hudson and Packard outline rapid models. GM vows not to lag. WPB Krug cites material limits, war production priorities, quota dependence, and strict distribution rationing through early 1946.
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Atlenv
Detroit
War Production Board
George Romney
Automotive Council For War Production
WPB
Ford Motor Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
Packard
General Motors
United Press
J. A. Krug
Laffey Survives Savage Okinawa Bombing Run
Aboard Admiral Turner’s flagship at Okinawa the destroyer Laffey fought off a mass attack, absorbing six Japanese suicide planes and two bombs. Commander Frederick J. Becton refused to abandon ship as the crew fired until the last enemy planes were destroyed, with 31 dead or missing and 60 wounded. The ship credited downing eight or nine planes and endured critical damage to steerage and guns. Lt. Frank Manson provided the account of the two hours of savage combat.
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Admiral Turner
Okinawa
United States
Laffey
Frederick J. Becton
Hot Springs
Ark
Hhere
Levee Critique by Senator Elender Sparks Flood Warning
Senator Allen J. Elender of Louisiana warns that price control is a weak levee against a looming flood, saying small breaches will erode protection and endanger the system.
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Sen. Allen J. Elender
Louisiana
Hitler's private records indict him as war maker
Allies reveal Hitler's secret self indictment planning universal service annexation of Austria and crushing of Czechoslovakia and Poland as essential preludes to future wars. He describes militarist and psychological preparations and argues Ardennes offensive was to prove Allies could not count on surrender.
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Hitler
Alvin Steinkopf
Berchtesgaden
Stengraphic
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Germany
Berlin
Ardennes
Rhineland
Austria
Ardennee
Belgian Bulge
Navy kills Taylor McRoy in Southwest Pacific action
Navy Department informs wife of May 23 message that SF3C Taylor McRoy of Hope Route Four was killed in action in the Southwest Pacific after fourteen months of service. He earned seven battle stars and is survived by his wife Linda Gail, son Richard Taylor, daughter, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McRoy of Hope Route Four.
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Taylor McRoy
Sf3c
Hope, Route Four
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Navy
Linda Gail
Richard Taylor
R. E. McRoy
Hope Route Four
German POW Camps in France Sweat Under Guarded Labor
In Reims and surrounding areas German prisoners of war toil at hard labor from road work to salvage depots while guarded by keen sentries. Officers report large POW populations including Russians Poles French Belgians and Dutch serving under U S supervision with meals and clothing salvaged from the German army. Commanders highlight that food and housing are adequate and that hard work is the key to the program.
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Cnythia Lowry
Hal Boyle
Reims
France
United States
Paris
Ande
Gestapo
U. S
Albert Barden
Springfield
Mass
Pws
Failing Japs Make Frantic Okinawa Bid
Japanese forces reportedly launched a night airborne assault on two American airfields in Okinawa as resistance collapsed in the southeast. Tokyo claimed success against ground installations and greater fleet reinforcement, while U S commanders noted the fall of southeast Okinawa exposed Shuri and Naha to rear attack.
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William Tryee
Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo Radio
Air Corps
Tokyo
10Th Army
North
Cenrtla
Zontan
Katena
Pacific Fleet
Leyte
Shuri
Naha
French Break With Spain Near on Laval
Paris May 25 The French Foreign Affairs Committee urges De Gaulle to sever ties with Spain and extradite Pierre Laval. It calls Franco's regime a menace to world democracy and proposes Allied action to oust Franco, with Spain to face Laval’s return and a consultative election for the Spanish people.
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Belmanmorin
Paris
French Foreign Affairs Committee
de Gaulle
Spain
Pierre Laval
Generalissimo
Franco
Assembly
United States Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
de Guulle
Italy
France
Laval
Germany
Old Republic
Huntleys Body to Reach Hope Tuesday
John Phillip Huntley veteran Navy machinist from Hope died in a San Francisco hospital after liberation from a Japanese prison camp. His body will leave Los Angeles Sunday night at 6 45 and arrive in Hope Tuesday, accompanied by sister Mrs J E Hunt and his 12 year old daughter Helen.
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John Phillip Huntley
Navy
Hope
San Francisco
Los Angeles
J. E. Hunt
Presbyterians Open Bible School Monday Morning
First Presbyterian church launches its annual Daily Vacation Bible School for all ages from beginners to intermediate. Refreshments will be served midmorning during the course and parents are asked to cooperate to ensure a successful program.
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First Presbyterian Church
Singing Convention at Shover Springs Baptist Church
A fourth Sunday singing event will be held at Shover Springs Baptist Church on Sunday May 27 starting at 2 p.m. Several quartets have been invited with the Qdom quartet listed as a featured performer.
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Shover Baptist Church
Shover Springs Baptist Church
Qdom
Denver Firemen Trace Smoke to Neglected Roasts
Denver firemen respond to several calls where smoke poured from windows. Investigations show the fires originated from neglected meat roasts in private homes.
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Denver
Peru
Ind
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James Thrasher
Ernie Pyle
Henry Wiakow
Ernie
Waskow
Pyle
Hays Office
Lester Cowan
Captain Waskow
Hollywood
Hero
Big Powers
Farragut
Idaho
R. J. Engelage
Victor Dawald
Beloit
U. S. Naval Center
Engelage
E. D. Dawald
Pharmaciet
Hodogaya
Sagami Bay
Imperial Palace
Machida
Kawasaki
Shinagawa
Tokyo Bay
Machine Tool and Precision Instrument Factories
Shinagawa R.R. Yards
OF R.R. Works
Kokusan Machinery Co
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Kayabo Engineering Works
Anegasaki
MANCH
Oomi
NEA Telemap
Pacific
Huntley
Presbyterians
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