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Local police training sessions draw attention as Sergeant Frank McGibbons lectures on introductions and memory. He jokes about pronouncing names and suggests muummblers should face gag orders or listening drills to improve clarity in everyday speech.
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State Police Department
Frank McGibbony
Bobcat
Pine Bluff
McGibbons
Mr. Jones
Mr. Hiermpha
Muumblers
Chinese Repulse New Attack on Chekiang Front
Chungking says Japanese assaults on Kinhwa the Chekiang capital were repulsed with heavy losses. Wednesday communique notes inked penetration of a suburb but was driven out after hand to hand fighting. Earlier attacks Monday and Tuesday reportedly cost 1,500 and 3,000 Japanese deaths respectively.
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Chekiang
Chungking
Kinhwa
Kwangkilow
Await Report on Blevins Road Relocation
County Judge Fred Luck announced on Wednesday that the fate of State Highway 29 relocation around Southwestern Proving Ground at Hope Ark rests with Army Engineers. Governor Homer Adkins and General Reybold have exchanged letters guiding immediate study and action to rebuild the road.
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Blevins Ds
Army Engineers
Fred Luck
Ie Proving Ground
Ares
Hope
Ark
Omaha
Nebr
State Highway Department
Adkins
U. S. Engineer Office
Southwestern Proving Ground
Reybold
Cau
Camp Drive Club Finishes Day Room Furnishing
The Hope Kiwanis Club completed a $50 balance to furnish a day room at Camp Jobinson for Company A 106 BN Bldg 7032 Arkansas & 16th Street al sp Robinson. Lieut John Trenholm will show the room to visitors after next Wednesday. The Tuesday program featured a moving picture The Lind of the Free by Martin Pool with visitors W M McDonald from Tyler Texas and I L Pilkinton of Hope.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Camp Jobinson
Company A
Arkansas
16Th Street
Alsp Robinson
John Trenholm
Hope
Martin Pool
W. M. McDonald
Tyler
Texas
I. L. Pilkinton
Oil Wildcat Wells Reflect Osaka Kobe Industry
In Japan the Osaka Kobe region stands as a crucial industrial hub producing ships tanks planes guns and explosives. Wildcat wells account for roughly one tenth of drilled wells, aimed at locating new oil fields.
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Osaka-Kobe
Japan
We Can Stop Hitler This Year If We Put Forth All Out Effort
American correspondents released from internment in Germany and Italy report Axis morale at lows but not near collapse. Washington officials warn against over optimism. Experts say victory this year is unlikely, yet if we exhaust all efforts we can prevent Hitler from winning in 1942 and aim to defeat him in 1943 1944 or 1945.
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Germany
Italy
Hitler
Washington
der Fuchrer
U S Army Chiefs Visit London Plan Offensive
Lt Gen Somervell arrives in London to confer with British war chiefs as London commentators expect a combined Anglo American air assault to pave the way for an Allied landing on the German coast. Somervell heads services of supply handling vast materiel. Brig Gen Lutes, Charles Gross, and William C Lee accompany him. The Daily Telegraph notes plans for intensified air attack on Germany.
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London
Brehon D. Somervell
U. S
Somervell
Services of Supply
U.S. Army
Leroy Lutes
Charles Gross
William C. Lee
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Sicily Bombed by RAF Planes Damages noted around Messina
Two waves of British bombers attacked Sicily on Tuesday night near Messina injuring seven people and damaging the cathedral royal university and local dwellings. Seven sailors were among the injured and debris clearing continued as one aircraft was shot down over the sea with calm local reaction reported.
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Messina
Sicily
Royal University
High Command
Denial of Copper Wastage Charge by REA Official
Admiral Harry J. Plattery of the Rural Electrification Administration denies charges that the REA wasted copper by duplicating private transmission lines. He tells newsmen after testifying before the House Military Affairs subcommittee that REA played a key role in powering war plants.
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Washington
Harry J. Plattery
Rural Electrification Administration
RAE
House
Italians say second U S warship hit at sea
The Italian high command stated that an Italian submarine torpedoed a U S cruiser in the Atlantic at dawn Saturday The communique identified the warship as a 9100 ton cruiser of the Pensacola class acting as convoy escort and not yet confirmed by Allied sources
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High Command
U. S
Atlantic
High Gestapo Official Shot in Prague Attack
Prague reports say Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi protector for Bohemia and Moravia, was wounded in a deadly attack. A state of emergency spans the Nazi controlled Czech region as warnings of mass reprisals arise and executions threaten innocent people. Heydrich’s wound follows a German broadcast claiming administrative reorganization.
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London
Prague
Reinhard Heydrick
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
Heydrich
Numeber
Gestapo
Street Battle Stops Parade in Occupied France
Allied sympathizers clashed with about 1500 French Fascists at Baziers near Marseille. Police intervened to end the street fight as anti British and anti Churchill placards drew jeers from onlookers. Vichy officials, including Admiral Rene Platon, spoke against Britain as talks with Italy showed little progress.
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Bern
Baziers
France
Vichy
Haly
Occupied Zone
Marseille
Rene Platon
Vichy Foreign Ministry
Italy
Sugar Rationing Changes Allow Home Canning
Hempstead County Rationing Board outlines sugar allowances for home canning and preserving. Registered consumers may obtain one pound per four quarts of fruit and one pound per person for preserves. Applications use OPA Form R-31h with details on fruit, registrations, and sugar use. The Board assigns weekly registration times at the Local Rationing Office.
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Hempstead
Pamplona Surrenders at Brazilian Port After Sub Sinking Claim
Reports say the Italian submarine Pamplona surrendered at a northeast Brazilian port as a U.S. warship pursued a submarine believed sunk after aiding the Brazilian freighter Commandante Lyra on May 18. The incident marked the third enemy sub reportedly sunk off Brazil in nine days.
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Axis
Brazil
Fortaleza
Pamplona
Rio de Janeiro
Decife
U.S
Severina Sotero
U. S
Navy Relief Fund Reaches $200 in Hempstead County Drive
Hempstead County Navy Relief Society drive totals $200 as of Wednesday. Dick Watkins, county chairman, announced daily contributions of 108.50 added to Tuesday’s 93.50, with nearly half of the $450 county quota now raised. New donations listed include APIESS National Bank Citizens National Bank and many local businesses and individuals.
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Hempstead
Navy Relief Society
Dick Watkins
Apiess National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Ritchie Grocer Co
Harry W. Shiver
Orie Reed
Graves & Graves
Shipley
Perkison's Jewelry Crew
Burlingame
Harry Hawthorne
Hobbs Grocery & Market
Hope Cigar Store
Ae Crescent Drug Store
HE. L. Archer
McRae Hdw
Bob Elmore
Rae Luck
Moore's Market
Keith Barber Shop
W. M. Ramsey
Trager
Women Enlist at Washington Recruiting Office
Women queued at Washington recruiting offices to join the first applicants for the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps officer ranks. The line hinted thousands may apply for the 490 posts at Fort Des Moines around July 15. Applications close June 4 but many sought early entry. eight waited before opening, and about 50 lined up upon arrival.
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Washington
Lt Commander Wilson Safe in Pacific Home Letter
Mrs May Wilson of South Eby street received a letter written earlier this month by her son Lt Commander Dwight Wilson of the U S Navy reporting he is safe and well. He serves on the cruiser Chicago presumably in the Pacific. The item mentions his relation to Postmaster Robert M Wilson and recalls Marines guarding Chemulpo Seoul in 1894 and Virgily Tugboats in 1917 under Major Jay M Salladay.
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May Wilson
South Eby Street
Dwight Wilson
U. S. Navy
Cmdr. Wilson
Robert M. Wilson
Chicago
Pacific
Mrs G Griffin Succumbs Here
Mrs George Griffin, 29, died in hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services and burial at Weir Cemetery, Okolona, at 3 p.m. Thursday. Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home and Rev. T M Armstrong of Okolona in charge. Procession leaves at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Survived by husband, parents E M Osborn and wife of Hope. five brothers Jess Osborn of Muleshoe Texas Claude Sloan of Priona Texas Clyde Osborn of Ozan and Neil of Hope. two sisters Mrs Floyd Kizzia of Delight and Mrs Ray Vickers of Hot Springs.
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George Griffin
Weir Cemetery
Okolona
Willi
Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home
T. M. Armstrong
Herndon - Cornelius Funeral Home
E. M. Osborn
Hope
Jess Osborn
Muleshue
Texas
Claude and
Sloan
Priona
Clyde, Osborn of
Ozan
Neil
Floyd Kizzia
de- Light
Ray Vickers
Hot Springs
Dr Spragins Named Head of Batesville College
Dr John E Spragins a Pine Bluff minister was chosen to head Arkansas College Presbyterian church supported school in Batesville succeeding Dr Thomas N Lowry Jr who was granted leave of absence to serve in the military. The decision was announced by the college board at commencement.
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Batesville
John E. Spragins
Pine Bluff
Arkansas College
Thomas N. Lowry
Spragins
Theaters Sell War Stamps Campaign Launches May 30
The Saenger and Rialto theaters in Hempstead join 15,000 cinemas nationwide to sell U S War Savings Stamps and Bonds to moviegoers daily including Sundays. The drive starts May 30 and runs for the war duration with theater booths offering stamps in lobbies. M B McCord heads Arkansas efforts. Wiram H Meeks for Hempstead county.
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Saenger
Rialto
U. S
America
Victory Legion
M. 8
McCord
Malco Theatres, Inc
North Little Rock
State
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette County 1942 Royalty Deeds
Royalty and mineral deeds filed or recorded May 1942 in Lafayette County involve multiple transfers. Parties include Carrie Formby Beulah Formby Powell J W McSpadden S G Dildy Gilbert Johnson Jr Gene Goff Verna Dildy Goff Raymond M Peeler Algamoon Company Alfred E Jordan H J Porter and others. Properties centered in sections 7 10 11 14 15 and 34 in townships 155 158 168 and 1658 along Range 24 West with various fractional royalty interests from 1/64 to 3/1024 plus 1/3 1024 and 1/256 accords. Records show dates May 21 25 1942 with continuations dating back to 1932 1936 and 1942.
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Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
Lewieville
Ark
Carrie Formby
Beulah Formby Powell
J. W. McSpadden
Ney
West
S. G. Dildy
Gilbert
Johnson, Jr
Gene Goff
Verna Dildy Goff
Gilbert S. Johnson, Jr
Perna Dildy Goff
J. B. Parker
H. Guinn Lewis
W. E. Copeland
Gilbert S. Johnson
J. M
Hazelwood
Dorris Hazelwood
Gilbert 5. Johnson, Jr
Raymond. M. Peeler
Algamoon Company
Robert M. Davis
Alfred E. Jordan
New
R. W. Davis, Jr
Raymond M. Peeler
H. J. Porter
Russians Break Flanking Wedge Below Kharkov
Associated Press dispatches report Soviet front line gains 80 miles below Kharkov as Red Army tank led infantry push past a German wedge. Red Star notes encirclement attempts fail for Germany with heavy losses as battles rage along a 125 mile zone near Izyum Barvenkova.
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Presa
Semeon Timoshenko
Khark
Russia
Crcar
Izyum
Adolf Hitler
Kharkay
Yar
Seplars
Axis Libyan Drive Begins
Axis and British forces clash around Bir Hackheim near Ain el Gazala as Rommel’s desert army pushes to seize initiative. By night, Axis units had not yet broken the main British line, per late communique.
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No-Man’s Land
Bir Hackheim
Ain el Gazala
London
Erwin Rommel
Legion District to Meet Here
The Twelfth District American Legion posts hold their annual conference in the Legion hall next Sunday at 2 pm. A special program is planned with calls to order, invocation, introductions, welcome by John B. Vesey, address by State Commander Neil Reed, quartet music, remarks by state officers, and closing benediction. The note mentions Niagara Falls receding at 2.5 feet per year.
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Twelfth District
American Legion
Legion
Legion Post
Thomas Brewster
America
John B. Vesey
Neil Reed
Bert Pres Sin
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Alex. H. Washburn
Blevins Road
By S. Burton Heath
Rea
Navy
Comdr. Wilson
Chemulpo
Seoul
Jay M. Salladay
Giaman
Oeken
Wrman Threats
Strovski
Srime
Qzaronomne
Sbarvenkova
TRON
Svat
Taganac
Caucasus
Kharkov
Dr. Spragins
Batesville College
Legion District
Niagara Falls
Associated Press
NEW OR
RSME
New York
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