Arkansas Tree System aims to boost forest health and profits
The Arkansas Forestry Commission promotes the Tree Farm System to help 100,000 woodland owners. The program, backed by major timber firms, focuses on fire prevention, controlled harvesting, and sustainable growth to raise annual timber output, payrolls, and state prosperity. Fred H. Lang signs as State Forester urging public support.
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the Star
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Arkansas
Fred H. Lang
Stale Forester
Heydrich Reported Dead Rumor Circulates in World News
British radio cited Bern reports claiming Reinhard Heydrich died in Prague, though unconfirmed. Czech government said hundreds of Prague officials and students were arrested and questioned after an attempted assassination, while Heydrich, wounded two days earlier, underwent surgery to remove bullets from his spine.
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Bern
Switzerland
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
CBS
London
Cach
Uniersity
Gestapo
Heydrich
Bowoemia
Moravia
W. Exchange
Om Zurish
Lumber Order Impacts Hempstead County Farmers
Hempstead County USDA War Board chairman E N Martindale says an order from the War Production Board freezes all sales and delivery of soft wood construction lumber for 60 days except for needs of the Army Navy and Main Yene Commission with authorizations possible for certain deliveries to retailers. He urges farmers to secure materials now for farm storage and to repair buildings suitable for grain storage.
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E. N. Martindale
Hempstead County
Usda War Board
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Martindale
War Board
Charm
Two Hope Men Listed Missing In War Department Letters
Two Hope men are reported missing in action by War Department letters to families. Capt Norris O Neal son of Mr and Mrs N P O Neal is missing in the Philippines since its fortifications fell to Japanese forces. Pvt Douglas C Cash listed as missing in action. last heard from at Fort Mills Manila Bay. wife Mrs Lola Cash and mother Mrs C C Cash informed.
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Hope
War Department
Norris O’neal
N. P. O'Neal
Philippines
Douglas C. Cash
Lola Cash
C. C. Cash
Cash
Fort Mills
Manila Bay
Saratoga-Okay PTA Elects Officers for 1942-43
The Saratoga-Okay PTA selects officers for 1942-43 with Mrs. Gilbert Greene of Okay as president, Mrs. Hurbert Raley of McNaab as vice president, Mrs. Charles McLarey of Okay as secretary, and Mrs. Goodman of Saratoga as treasurer.
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Saratoga-Okay Pta
Folowing
Gilbert Greene
Okay
Hurbert Raley
McNaab
Charles McLarey
Goodman
Saratoga
Bingen Boy Reported Missing in Action
Private Noyle M. Erwin of Bingen is reported missing in action by the War Department per guidance from Little Rock authorities. He is the son of Borrest E. Erwin.
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Bingen
Little Rock
Noyle M. Erwin
Borrest E. Erwin
War Department
Hoover Warns on Freedom of Criticism in War Effort
S Burton Heath notes Herbert Hoover argues for free discussion during wartime, asserting that critics are not being squelched by federal power, while acknowledging occasional sedition. The piece emphasizes Hoover’s broader point about balance between liberty and national war aims.
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Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Hoover
Thesx
Baccalaureate Service for Hope High 1942 Graduates
The Hope high school baccalaureate will be preached Sunday at 11 15 at the Saenger theater by Rev Harry Wintermeyer of St Mark s Episcopal church The class of 1942 numbers 66 graduates with Donald Reece and Carolyn Trimble first and second honors The program lists processional invocation anthem hymn prayer scripture reading announcements offertory solo and benediction plus the commencement sermon and doxology Diplomas and certificates are named for the 1942 graduates and other honorees.
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Hope High School
Saenger Theater
Harry Wintermeyer
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Donald Reece
Carolyn Trimble
J. E. Hamill
God of All Naturatt
Tschaikovsky
B Wy Edwards
Edwin Stewart
America
Katherine Lee Bates
Thomas C. Brewster
Millard Baggett
Emmanuel
Hollis Luck
Paul Rodney
Star Spangied Banner
Francis Scott
Key
Kenneth L. Spore
Martha Ann Alexander
Evelyn Allbright
Wallace Beene
Hollis Bell
Feln Booth
Ruth Bowden
Dorothy Bryant
Briant Bundy
W. T. Caldwell
Margrette Campbell
Gordon Cannon
Linda Cobb
Melba Coffee
C. Cook Jr
Allies Destroy Four Jap Planes Near Australia
Allied airmen destroyed four Japanese planes and damaged several others while losing three of their own in air attacks over the islands northeast of Australia. The announcement came in Thursdays daily communique from Allied HQ in Australia.
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Allied
Australia
British Forces Halve Axis in Libyan Desert
Frontline dispatches say British desert fighters aided by American Kittyhawks and Boston bombers repelled Axis panzer columns after a 50 mile advance into a 50 mile belt between Sidi Rezegh and Ain El Gazala. Rommel hurled tanks toward Tobruk as RAF reported air superiority and French troops aided in destroying 24 Italian tanks.
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North Africa
Sidi Rezegh
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Erwin Rommel
Tobrunk
Tobrus
Mediterranean
Knightsbridge
Acroma
China Position Believed Better in May 30 Report
Chinese dispatches say Kinhwa and Lanchin remain in Chinese hands after heavy fighting around the two cities on Thursday. A Japanese unit moving toward Anpingkai from Lungyu was encircled and annihilated. More than 16 positions recaptured near Ichang as Yangtze battles continue. US Marine officers are being commissioned from the Naval Academy.
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Chungking
Chekiang
Kinhwa
Lanchin
Central
Lungyu
Anpingkai
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Navy Relief Totals 600.50 After Hempstead County Drive
The Navy Relief Society drive in Hempstead County exceeded the quota with a new total of 600.50 dollars. Chairman Dick Watkins of Hope announced the updated figure at noon, listing numerous local donors including Hope Brick Co, Geo. Robinson & Co, Coca Cola Bottling Co, Stephens Grocer Co, and others.
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Navy Relief Society
Hempstead
Dick Watkins
Hope
Hope Basket Co
Hope Brick Co
Hope Heading Co
Young Cheverolet Co
Geo. Robinson & Co
Talbot's
Hope Furniture Co
John P. Cox Drug Co
Briants Drug Store
Western Auto Supply Co
City Bakery
Mills & Thompson
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Diamond Cafe
Stephens Grocer Co
Blevins, Ark
W. Foster
Henry Watkins & Sor
Dan Godbald
Hitt's
Morgan & Lindsey
Dad's Place
Jobs Ridgeiil
Tom Kinser
Alexander L. Carter Johnson W. S
Alvis Allen Shipp
G. G Palmer
Eevee
D H Lipscomb Succumbs Here
David H Lipscomb aged 74 died at his home in Hope after 84 years in the area born in Tennessee he moved to Gordon then Hope and worked at Hope Brick Works until three years ago funeral at First Baptist church with burial at Rose Hill cemetery survived by widow and four children J C Lipscomb Oklahoma City Mrs Jack Clark Hope Mrs R D Haynes Monahans Texas Mes Allen Garrison Ogden Ark and three grandchildren
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David H. Lipscomb
Hope
Tennessee
Mr. Lipscomb
Arkansas
Gordon
Hope Brick Works
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
J. C. Lipscomb
Oklahoma City
Jack Clark
Germans Claim Reds Repulsed In Central Front Fight
Berlin reports that Soviet forces attacked the central Russian front near Moscow but were repulsed in a fierce engagement with some of the attackers encircled. In Kharkov, German lines say mopping up continues with growing prisoners and booty as fighting shifts south of the city against Soviet remnants.
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Berlin
Moscow
Kharkov
Axis Subs Engaged by U S Planes Near St Lucia
U S planes attacked a group of Axis submarines a mile off Castries St Lucia late Thursday. The destroyer Blakeley, damaged by a torpedo three days earlier, limped 20 miles from Martinique to St Lucia. Harbor watchers reported oil slicks suggesting a submarine sinking, though no official confirmation was issued.
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St. Lucia
British West Indies
U.S
Port Castries
Blakeley Dam
Nichy
French
Martinique
Hunderse
U. S
State Salvage Committee Sets District Meeting Tuesday
The State Salvage Committee calls a District Three meeting at Hempstead county courthouse at 1 p m Tuesday June 2. Wallace Cawan state executive secretary announced via A A Albritton Hempstead county committee chair urged all county members and salvage interests to attend. Retailers instructed to hold collapsible tubes until five pounds or more then ship collect to wholesaler with freight reimbursed by Tin Salvage Institute Hillside N J.
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State Salvage Committee
Hempstead County
Wallace Cawan
State Committee
A. A. Albritton
Hempstead
Washington
Tin Salvage Institute
Hillside, N
Marines Open First Glimpse of Nippon in 1846
U S Marines first encountered Nipponese in 1846 during voyages aboard the Columbus and the Vincennes marking earliest U S contact with Japan.
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U. S
Japan
RAF Planes Hit Four Axis Ships in Night Blitz
British bombers officially reported sinking four Axis ships in a convoy off the Dutch coast during widespread night operations. Air Ministry said several more ships likely damaged, two German fighters destroyed in France, one British fighter missing, and Hudson bombers struck northern France coastal targets.
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London
Strait of Dover
France
Air Ministry
Hudson
Coastal Command
Ministry
Hope Resident Jeanie Levins Dies In Arkansas
Miss Jeanie Levins aged 68 a longtime Hope resident died in Little Rock early Friday morning She had lived in Hope most of her life Funeral arrangements are incomplete but the body will be returned to Hope for burial She is survived by a brother Robert Levins of Washington and two sisters Mrs G W Wiggins and Mrs L B Orr both of Hope
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Jeanie Levins
Hope
Little Rock
Robert Levins
Washington
G. W. Wiggins
L. B. Orr
Brazil Sinks Two Axis Subs and Captures One
Brazil police say armed forces destroyed two Axis submarines and captured another in shoot-on-sight defense against maritime raids. The government sponsor paper termed the action organized piracy.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Oil and Gas Filings Royalty Deeds and Transfers
Several oil and gas royalty deeds filed May 27 1942 detail 1 1024 or 1 144 percent royalties across 1640 acre tracts in Township 15 South Range 24 West. Parties include J A Fletcher and wife to D C Heard J L Gray to Sam G Harrison N B Brown and wife to J L Gray and Mary Knowles Johnson and husband to Everett S Johnson Jr. Descriptions cover sections 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 with fractional and fee parcels and dated 1941 1942 heaviest activity in 1942.
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J. A. Fletcher
D. C. Heard
West
J. L. Gray
Sam G. Harrison
Nix
NEW
Ste
Nita
Rees
N. B. Brown
Mary Knowles Johnson
Everett S. Johnson, Jr
Army to Reach 4 500 000 in West Point Speech
General Marshall told cadets at West Point that American troops will land in England and in France, with the army reaching about 4.5 million by year end. He cited four weeks noting a 300,000 gain, urged total war effort and declared no compromise, praising the citizen army joining two months after graduation.
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West Point
N.Y. S
George C. Marshall
Army
England
Ani
France
Marshall
Ameri
Pearl Hbor
Carrigan Outlines Arrest Rules for Hope Officers
Hope attorney Steve Carrigan led a Civilian Defense Council run police school in Hope city hall to teach auxiliary officers the difference between felonies and misdemeanors, warrant requirements, and proper identification when making arrests. He cited common law and the Starr case to emphasize lawful entry and warrant reliance, noting homes are protected without a warrant unless armed.
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Steve Carrigan
Hope
Hope City Hall
Civilian Defent Council
Carrigan
Vnta
England
Henry Starr
Oklahoma Badlands
Parker
Fort Smith
United States
Starr
Federal District Court
Mr. Carrigan
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