Literacy Threat to the Republic Stated by Our Daily Bread
The piece argues that a quarter million Americans are rejected by the Army for illiteracy and warns this undermines democracy. It compares illiteracy to a foundation flaw, urges immediate action to stamp out illiteracy, and links education to an informed electorate and true liberty. The author credits the Army for highlighting the issue and calls for public resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Germany
Japan
Memorial Day Address on Liberty and Sacrifice
S Burton Heath honors Memorial Day noting seventy five years of remembrance for those who fought in wars from 1775 to 1918 and calls for continued sacrifice to preserve democracy. He stresses American prosperity built on democracy and vows to keep faith with veterans and the living who serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
America
Russia
Mfe
BigBus and Truck Crash Near Camden Injures Sixteen
A head on collision 6 miles south of Camden on Highway 79 injured sixteen, two seriously, when a Greyhound passenger bus and Southwestern Freight truck collided. Rescue foreman R G Walston, 38, of Texarkana, pulled passengers from a burning bus after prying a jammed door open and extinguishing the fire, suffering burned hands. The worst injuries were to bus driver G A Smith of Pine Bluff and Mrs O W Turner of Antioch, Tennessee. the other injured suffered cuts and bruises. None of the listed passengers were Arkansans. The wreck occurred around 4:30 a m on a hillside curve between Camden and Magnolia.
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Camden
Ark
Greyhound
Southwestern ‘Transportation Company
R.G
Doug) Walfton
Yoxarkana
Walfton
G. A. Smith
Wad
Pine Bluff
0. W. Turner
Antioch
Tenn
Eesa
Arkansas
Magnolia
California
New York
College Girls Going to War
Out west, coeds at the University of Wyoming train in sheep herding to aid ranches and supply wool for the military. A field day on campus demonstrates techniques while female students weigh whether shepherding is a suitable role for them, with some noting the task demands male stamina.
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Robert E. Geiger
Laramie
Wye
Cola W. Shepard
Ietter
Rui
Th University of Wyoming
Sam
Shepard
L. J. Morrill
University
John A. Hill
College of Agriculture
University Farm
Alex Johnson
College
Johnson
Two New Wells at Midway Field This Week
Special Correspondent reports two additional wells expected in Lafayette county Midway field. Roberts No 4 and No 5 reached pay sands and porosity depths with total depths 6470 and 8479 feet. Production tests planned. field total to 17. Also Charles McClain No 1 in 13-14-24 nearing cementing and coring ahead as more rigs move in around nearby locations.
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Stamps
Ark
Barnsdall Ol Company
Midway
Lafayette County
Roberts No
Charles McClain
Roberts
Cits Hodnett
McKamic
Carter Old Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Bodean
Patton
Lewisville
Big West Drilling Company
Nevada County
M. B. Wakesfield
Saunders Rouse
John Barrymore Dies at 60 in Hollywood
Hollywood star John Barrymore, famed for stage and screen work, died at 12:20 a.m. Friday. He was 60, with only his medical attendant and brother Lionel present. Physicians cited myocarditis complicated by cirrhosis of the liver as the cause of death.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Barrymore
Lionel
15th U S Ship Sunk in Gulf in May Attacked by Axis Submarine
An Axis submarine torpedoed a medium sized American cargo vessel in the Gulf of Mexico just before dawn on May 25. The lifeboat was blown apart and several crew members were killed. The attack marked the 15th U S ship hit in the Gulf during May.
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Ines
Rceassshrdlushrdlunu
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
RAF Bombers Hit Factories Near Paris Gennevilliers
RAF bombers attacked a major factory complex at Gennevilliers ten miles from Paris on Friday night as part of widespread operations. The Air Ministry said 13 bombers were missing, four ships were damaged, and railways and docks at Cherbourg and Dieppe were also struck. The Vichy agency claimed 4 killed and 100 injured in the Paris raid, with six British planes reported shot down.
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London
Gennevilliers
Paris
Air Ministry
Ministry
Frisian
Cherbourg
Dieppe
Lens
France
Vichy
Funeral for D. H. Lipscomb in Hope Sunday
David H. Lipscomb 75 of Hope dies at home Thursday night. Funeral at First Baptist Church Sunday at 2 p.m. Survived by widow and four children J. C. Lipscomb Oklahoma City Mrs Jack Clark Hope Mrs R D Haynes Monahans Texas Mrs Allen Garrison Ogden Arkansas. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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David H. Lipscomb
Hope
First ‘Baptist
J. C. Lipscomb
Oklahoma City
Jack Clark
R. D. Haynes
Monahans
Texas
Allen Garrison
Ogden
Ark
Frank Russell
Guy Watkins
Glen Huckabee
Sam Betts
Earl O'Neal
Bill Tom Bundy
N. P. O'Neal
Dan Smith
W. R. Alexander
J. H. Weaver
L. M. Life
E. S. Greening
H. E. Benson
Charles Routon
Claude Agee
Paul Briant
Gus Haynes
Fonty Moses
Frank Shiver
Harry Shiver
Charles Lowthorpe
Rufus
Storm Kills 5 in Michigan
Five people died and scores were injured after a brief violent storm swept lower Michigan on Friday night. In Oakland county, four victims drowned when a speedboat capsized on Lake St. Clair. One woman died from electrocution when a utility pole snapped amid tangled wires near a carnival. Two of the injured required hospitalization as the storm disrupted communications and damaged property.
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Detroit
Michigan
Oakland County
Lake St. Clair
Luck joins Navy School of Music at Hendrix College
J T Luck, son of Mr and Mrs Fred A Luck of Hope, has been accepted by the Navy school of music. He will graduate from Hendrix College next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Luck
Fred A. Luck
Hope
Navy School of Music
Young Luck
Hendrix College
Oil and Gas Filings Lafayette County May 28 1942
Oil and gas royalty deeds and leases filed and recorded May 27 28 1942 in Lafayette and Nevada counties. Documents include royalty deeds transferring fractional interests in sections 6 10 45 and land parcels in townships 15 south ranges 23 24 west with parties T R Micars Zwila G Jones C D Miller J C Minter John T Lindsay Carl Dalrymple Leo Robins Gene Folk and others and leases involving North Central Texas Oil Co Hunt Oil Co Kuyt Oil Co and related assignments with dates May 18 20 24 27 28 1942 and recordings through May 29 1942.
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Lafayette County
Eunice Triplett
T. R. Micars
Zwla G. Jones
R.S. Randolph
C. D. Miller
J. Cc. Minter
John T. Lindsay
Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
Carl Dalrymple
Leo Robins
R. C. Casey
Gene Folf
Electric Plant Site Selected Near Stamps Arkansas Power and Light picks site for 3 million dollar steam plant
Arkansas Power and Light Company has chosen a site two miles east of Stamps for a 3 million dollar steam electric plant covering about 100 acres north of the Cotton Belt railroad. Executive vice president C S Lynch says conversion to war time conditions limits pace, with contracts for road and a spur line to be awarded soon. Gas from the nearby McKamie field will fuel the plant, which will be the largest in the APL system. Walter Boone named construction foreman and offices opened locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Stamps
C. S. Lynch
Cotton Belt Railroad
Chemical War Talk Sunday at City Hall
Civilian Defense workers were notified Saturday of a 3 PM Sunday lecture on chemical warfare at City Hall. The session, part of certification in the program, is announced by Zar bot Feild Jr the county chairman and Mrs J G Martindale superintendent of volunteer training.
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Zarbot Feild, Jr
Civilian Defense County
J. G. Martindale
Rationing Off to Poor Start
Washington reports a shaky start to the first U S rationing system focusing on Zasaline not sugar or tires. Sugar is on registration with broad sufficiency while tires are prohibited. Gasoline rationing reveals congressional squabbles and widespread complaints about vehicle registrations and weekly allowances. Continued on page four.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Congress
America’s No 1 Flag Waver Inspires National Patriotism
San Francisco resident J Henry Smythe Jr proposes bold war time patriotism ideas including daily flag waves from the Washington Monument and a reimagined Liberty Bell pilgrimage. He envisions a national crusade with public displays, Altar of Liberty concepts, and a touring American flag with state emblems. Smythe, once rejected for service, gained fame from a striking resemblance to P. Dr.
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Wide World
San Francisco
Roosevelt
J. Henry Smythe
America
Smythe
Washington Monument
Revere
Betsy Ross
Commonwealth
Lexington
Fort McHenry
Red Cross
Navy Expands Enlistment for Married Men in V-7
Navy announces married men with dependents aged 18 to 28 are now eligible to enlist in Class V-7 U S Naval Reserve for training to become deck and engineering officers. The Bureau of Navy Personnel, via a Little Rock release, says V-7 will stay open until college graduates are available through the V-1 officer selection plan. Unmarried college graduates may enlist in V-7 but must remain unmarried until completing Reserve Midshipman training.
The Hero of Arlington Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Sunlight coats Arlington National Cemetery as a guard and visitors approach the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The unidentified serviceman, interred on Armistice Day 1921, rests beneath a 50 ton Colorado marble block carved in Vermont and shipped from France.
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Arlington National Cemetery
France
America
Chalons sur-Marne
United States
Warren G. Harding
Colorado
Vermont
Porter Receives Second Lieutenant Commission at UAR
Robert Porter of Hope among forty three senior cadets at the University of Arkansas awarded commissions as second lieutenants in the U S Army Officers Reserve Corps. Kent State University launches a War Course taught by experts in labor economics history geography sociology and international relations.
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Robert Porter
Hope
University of Arkansas
U. S. Army Officers Reserve Corps
Kent State University
British Counter Halts Axis Tank Advance in Libya
British armored units fight near Tobruk, 40 miles long to Ain el Gazala line, attacking the Axis spearhead and destroying many tanks. RAF bombers pound Rommel’s forces while air battles decide control of the desert sky.
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Libya
Cairo
Rommel
Tobruk
Fii
Knightsbrii
Acroma
Ain-El G2
Ja—Bir Hacheim
Sert
Ger
World at War And a World at Dinner In Washington
By Lucrece Hudgins the piece surveys a transformed Washington as foreign diplomats and agents crowd hotels and offices. It highlights mingling mascots of many nations, new titles for embassy staff, and a bustling, global presence that makes streets resemble a multinational conference.
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Lucrece Hudgins
We Washington
Star Daily
Jesses
Otto
Hapsburg
Olav
Norway
T. VY. Soong. Chin
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
Cole
Washington
Luxembourg
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Espil
Alfaro
Tilla Najera
Escalante
Ernés
Jean Guardia
Conchesa
Ferna
Countrie
White House
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Alex. H. Washburn
By S. Burton Heath
BigBus
U.S
Gulf
D. H. Lipscomb
J.T. Luck
U. 5S
Navy School Music
West
Arizona
New Mexico
Durango
Marelia
Fr, Worthe
Eagle Poss
Tata
Smexico
vals _fumaire
ALA
Meride
Mexico
Navy
Navy Relief Society Fund
R. M, LaGrone Jr. & Co
Barlow Hotel
B. & B. Grocery
Eula Jones
Patterson
R. L. Patterson
Elbert Jones
the Hero of
Arlington
Hear
Ain el Gazala
Tobru
Desert Sasis
Bir Macheim
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