Senator Brewster Foresees Gasoline Rationing Across Nation
The Daily observation notes Senator Brewster of the Main Republican predicting nationwide gasoline rationing by July 1, noting his Atlantic seaboard home already faces shortages. It discusses regional disparities, demand for an emergency pipeline, and the broad impact of car use on touring versus business travel, with reflections on transportation history and wartime public discourse.
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Senator Brewster
Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Brewster
East
Lunkers
Ickes
Middle West
United States
Atlantic Coast
Civil Defense Course Opens Tonight in Hope Arkansas
Talbot Feild Jr. announces 40 volunteers chosen for the Auxiliary Police Training School to begin this Tuesday at 8 pm in Hope city air. State Police representatives will instruct all week as courses cover rules, witness demeanor, evidence preservation, arrest techniques, and firearms training with instructors from Hope and Arkansas State Police.
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Talbot Feild, Jr
Hempstead County Defense Council
Civilian Defense Corps
Hope City
Hempstead County
Tme
Feild
Haynie
Frank McGibbons
A. R. Templeton
Mc Gibbony
Police Department
Herman Lindsey
Templeton
Patrie
McGibbons
Garland Palmer
Citizens Defense Corps
Hope
Ark
F. W. Haynie
Arik
Division of Investigation
Arkansas State Police
Little Rock
Ari
War Office
Arkansas State Police Dept
Lite Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Yate
Aris
Gayland Palmer
Tuberculosis Meeting to Organize Hempstead County
Hempstead county uses funds raised by the Christus Seal Sale to start a county tuberculosis association and begin control work immediately. A State Tuberculosis association representative will aid organization. residents concerned with tuberculosis are urged to attend.
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Hempstead County
Christus
Ly Hall
County Tuberculosis Association
State Tuberculosis Association
Paaty
France Ready to Turn Fleet to Axis Amid Tunisian Demands
Allied and Vichy reports suggest France may surrender major ships to Germany under Italian territorial claims in North Africa. London and Washington fear loss of Toulon fleet, while Laval engages with Rome as Italy presses for Tunisia Nice Corsica. Underground briefings claim French ships at Toulon starved of fuel to deter escape.
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Associated Press
France
Adolf Hitler
London
Talian
Tunisia
Nice
Corsica
Vichy
Berlin
Andrew Brown Cunningham
Washington
Toulon
Axis
Europe
Waly
Pierre Laval
Tuniscja
North Africa
Corscia
Algeria
Hitler
U S Destroyer Blakely Damaged Near Martinique
A torpedo fired from Martinique waters damaged the U S Destroyer Blakely as it moved toward Fort de France. Ten crew members are reported missing while the ship remains afloat under its own power.
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St. Lucia
British West Indies
Martinique
U.S
Blakely
Fort de France
Navy Relief Society drives at Hope begin with $93.40 raised
Drex Wallkins reports $93.40 on opening day of a local drive for the U S Navy Relief Society in Hope. EB P Young Tom McLarty Frank Nolen Vincent Foster and Ralph Watkins canvass the city for donations to be sent through Dick Watkins. Contributions list includes J C Penney Co Hope Star Monts Grocery Stewart Jewelry Capital Hotel and others.
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Drex Wallkins
Hempstead
U. S. Navy Relief Society
EB. P. Young
Tom McLarty
Frank Nolen
Vincent Foster
Ralph Bailey
Dick Watkins
P. O. Box
Hope
Navy Relief Society
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
J. C. Penney Co
Hope Star
Monts
J.C. Porterfield
Stewart's Jewelry Store
Hope Confectionery
Kate's Gift Shop
Patterson's Shoe Store
Franks’ Fruit Store
Capital Hotel
Woodward Breed
Capital Barbership
Seven Men Drafted in U S Armed Services June 2
The Hempstead draft board announced seven men summoned for induction on June 2. Names include Charles Alva Malone, Emmet Ark Oscar William Smith, Jimmie Allen, Forney Goodwin Holt, Oscar Colquitt Beckworth, Estel Francis Weaver. Residences span Hope Ark Almyra Ark and Hot Springs Ark, with addresses such as R F D 1 Hope and P O Box 92 Almyra.
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U.S. Armed Services
Ihe
Hempstead
Cagntise Murphy
R. F
Hope
Charles Alva Malone
Emmet
Ark
Oscar William Smith
N. Hazel
Jimmie Allen
J. M. Allen
Almyra
Forney Goodwin Holt
Columbus
Oscar Colquitt Beckworth
Estel Francis Weaver
S. W. Bold Telephone Co
Hot Springs
Muldrow Graduation and Flight Training Planned
R W Muldrow will graduate from Arkansas College on Tuesday May 26 and report for flight training at the New Orleans naval air station in June. He has been active in Little Theater and assisted Mrs G C Ball, head of the speech department, for two years. The UNC claim as oldest U S state university dates to its 1789 charter and 1795 opening.
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R. W. Muldrow
Arkansas College
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Muldrow
G. C. Ball
Battle near Kinhwa marks grave China defense in Chekiang
Chinese authorities report heavy casualties as Japanese forces, estimated at 100000, push within two miles of Kinhwa the Chekiang provisional capital. Chinese dispatches claim repulsed assaults and routs of Japanese units at Wulipao two miles south. China laments aerial bombardment but vows fierce fighting ahead while Burma’s last British defenders withdraw toward India.
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Associated Press
China
Chekiang Province
China East
Japan
Burma
India
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Chungking
Wulipao
Kenhwa
Army to Train Women Officers in Candidate School
The War Department announces the first officer candidate school for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Applications by June 4, school begins July 15 at Fort Des Moines. Candidates must be U S citizens aged 21 to 46 with a high school education, married or single. About 450 will be selected. Training lasts through the war and six months after. pay is 50 dollars monthly plus uniforms and maintenance.
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Washington
NguiGeeRespect
Woman’s Auxiliary Corp
Wom
Ft. Demoines
U. S. Citzens Betteen
War Mission Loses No Time Sends To Britain
A U S war mission led by Army and Navy chiefs Lt Gen Henry H Arnold and Rear Admiral John Towers arrived in Britain and began immediate talks to coordinate strategy for a master blow against Germany. Also described are Andros island curiosities a chalk bed river and a lake that makes soap.
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London
Army
Navy
Britain
Henry H. Arnold
John Towers
Germany
Odd
Island
Andros
Bahamas
Oil and Gas Filings and Assignments Listing
A compilation of oil and gas lease filings and assignments dated 1942. Names include R. W. Rogers, D. Dean Benton, F. H. Goodwin, James H. Dugut, Eudorg Butcher, J. B. Warmack, P. F. Meadows, Hunt Oil Co, North Central Texas Oil Co, A. W. Friend, Hoyle Marlar, and H. M. Barpes. Secs 12 13 14 15 and Twps 4 14 Ree 22 23 across multiple ranges in Ky and Tex.
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O. & G. Lease
R. W. Rogers
D. Dean Benton
G. Lease
F. H. Goodwin
James H. Dugut
Eudorg Butcher Et al
J. B. Warmack
FF Meadows
Étus
P. F. Meadows
Hunt Oil Co
F. F. Meadows
Dr. Brinkley Dies in Sleep at 56 in Texas
Dr. John R. Brinkley famed goat gland surgeon and controversial radio figure dies in his sleep at age 56 in San Antonio. He suffered a heart ailment following leg amputation. Mrs. Brinkley and their son John were at his bedside. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Del Rio Methodist Church.
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San Antonio—i
John R. Brinkley
Brinkley
Students Buy Defense Bonds at Rocky Mound School
D O Silvey reports the Rocky Mound school near Hope shows strong defense bond progress. Students averaged $7.00 per head by term end, with Richard Lynn Hunt already purchasing his $25 bond. Seven students aim to buy four more bonds by June 1 and continue saving through summer. A closing school play sold 200 ten cent stamps to the public, sparking new stamp book interest. at least $1.50 in stamps has been sold to outsiders since.
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Rocky Mound
Hope
D. O. Silvey
Royce Weisenberger
Richard Lynn Hunt
Canned Fish Held for Army Under WPB Order
The War Production Board on Tuesday ordered canners to set aside entire 1942 packs of salmon sardines and Atlantic herring for armed services and lend lease needs. WPB official Lawrence Hopkinson said the move may not bar civilian sales if civilian demand exists.
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Washington
War Production Board
Carmers
Armed Services
Lend Lease
WPE
Lawrence Hopkinson
WPB
Compulsory Saving May Be Unnecessary
New York dialogue from War Savings campaign director Robert W. Sparks says reaching war bond quotas in July could end compulsory savings, signaling a shift in policy. The remark ties quota attainment to the potential removal of mandatory saving measures during wartime.
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New York
Robert W. Sparks
Treasury Department
Maine Senator Favors Nationwide Rationing
Bangor report says Senator Ralph Brewster Republican Maine urged nationwide gasoline rationing to conserve rubber, predicting it would be enacted by July 1 after brief inquiry convinces lawmakers there is little alternative.
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Maine
Bangor
U. S
Ralph ©. Brewster
Rep
Train Wreck Fatality Near Heavener Oklahoma
A head on collision between the Kansas City Southern Flying Crow and a wrecker train halted near midnight eight miles northwest of here. Engineer John Shannon of Heavener Oklahoma was killed. Conductor W O Bannon of Shreveport reported no serious injuries among Flying Crow passengers. Injured were J H Stacks Heavener Charles B McCarty Shreveport and W C Clark Shreveport all KCS employees.
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Mena
Kansas City Southern
Here
John Shannon
Heavener
Oklahoma
W. O'Bannon
Shreveport
J. H. Stacks
Charles B. McCarty
W. C. Clark
The
KCS
Teachers Can Aid Defense in Arkansas War Effort
D Palmer Patterson of the U S Employment Service urges able bodied Arkansas students and teachers to enroll for farm work during summer vacations. He says it supports the war effort, offers physical health benefits, and provides strong earning opportunities, with records to be filed at local Employment Service Offices.
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Little Reek
Ark
D. Palmer Patterson
Arkansas
United States Employment Service
Patterson
Republicans Hold Meeting in Little Rock Nominate No State Tickets
Arkansas Republicans endorsed a motion to back General Douglas MacArthur as 1944 presidential candidate if the war ends by then. The convention chose not to nominate any candidates for state or district office this year. Many Marine Corps officers are commissioned from the Naval Academy.
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Little Rock
Republican State Committee
Cobb
Arkansas
Douglas MacArthur
Timng
U. S. Marine Corps
United States Naval Academy
Countering Nazi Flanking Move Toward Kharkov
Soviet headquaters report heavy counter blows as German mechanized forces push to flank Russians in Kharkov area. Red Star notes battles near Izyum Varvarankova with 150 tanks involved, while both sides report losses and forts being attacked.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
yum-Varvenkova
Semeonmoshenko
Red Star
Izyum
BEW Seeks New War Material Sources Worldwide
Washington report outlines the Board of Economic Warfare establishing an Office of Imports to centralize procurement of essential war materials. It dispatches development missions to discover new rubber tin fiber and other supplies cut off by enemy advances, aiming to assure timely, adequate imports for a total war economy.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Enomic Warfare
Impor
BEW
War Production Board
Department of State
Treasury
Board of Economic Warfare
Office of Imports
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
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S. Burton Heath
Philadelphia
Boston
American Psychiatric Association
Roosevelt
Civil Defense
Paganin
NEA Service
Rita Hayworth
Los Angeles
California
Edward C. Judson
Judson
Tolal
University of North Carolina
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
Trurma
NEA
Choklang
Foochow
Burma Road
Dr. Brinkley
New Orleans
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