Election Extra to report Arkansas voters tonight
Our Daily Bread notes no party gatherings for the national race as radio cancels in person events. The Hope Star will publish an Election Extra at midnight with AP tabulations for president and congress plus Arkansas amendments, while recalling past party life on South Walnut street and a cafe bakery pie request.
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Star
Congress
Arkansas
Hope
Hope Papers
Second Street
South Walnut Street
Two Senators Seek Governors Seats in 31 States
Washington dispatch notes 31 gubernatorial races with two sitting senators vying for state chief roles. Samuel D. Jackson in Indiana aims to swap chairs with Gov. Henry F. Schriter. Mon C. Wallgren in Washington seeks to unseat Gov. Langlie, with outcomes affecting Senate control. Other contenders include Dan W. Hoan in Wisconsin and Dwight H. Green in Illinois. Republicans hold 26 governorships and Democrats 22 nationally.
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Indiana
Samuel D. Jackson
Chatrem
Conenting
Henry F. Schrieter
Senate
Mon C. Wallgren
Washington
Arthur C. Langlie
Wallgren
Langlie
Jackson
Frederick van Nuys
Ralph F. Gates
Dan W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter S. Goodland
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Chicago
al Capone
Ganguster
Thomas J. Courtney
Cook County
Ohio
John W. Bricker
GOP
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Roosevelt
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Massachusetts
Horace T. Cahill
Leverett Saltonstall
Minnesota
Joseph — H. Balls
Edward J. Thye
Byron G. Allen
Demarcat-Farmer Labor Fusion Party
Wallace
Uruguay Sees New Shark Industry for Vitamin A
In Montevideo a new shark fishing program aims to become a major Uruguayan industry supplying Vitamin A to the United Nations. The River Plate Trading Corporation, backed by Uruguayan capital, reports priority machinery approvals from the United States to build an advanced vitamin processing plant at La Paloma on Uruguay’s Atlantic coast. Company officials note sharks’ livers are the best known source of Vitamin A and say Uruguayan shores are teeming with sharks.
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Montevideo
United Nations
River Plate Trading Corporation
United States
la Wloma
Uruguay
Atlantic
South Likely to Stay With Democrats
Atlanta dispatch reports Solid South states likely to remain with the Democratic line in the 1936 election, while anti-New Deal movements shaped border state battles. Florida and Arkansas push constitutional amendments against mandatory union membership, aiming to smash closed shops. Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina show notable anti-Roosevelt activity. The vote forecast includes large turnout, with Republicans split in several states and Byrd-led factions influencing elector slates.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Florida
Arkansas
AFL
CIO
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Byrd
D-Va
Democratic Committee
Secretary of Sale
Georgia
Tennessee
Dewey
Kentucky
Albania
Democratic Party
Virginia
Democratic
North Carolina
Father of Mrs. Wellborn Hearn Buried in Taylor Arkansas
Funeral services for Thomas A. Hearn 74, father of Mrs. Bennie Wellborn of Hope, were held at 2:30 p m last Sunday in Taylor Arkansas. He was killed last Wednesday when he fell into a newly dug well while workers lowered a wooden curb. Surviving children include Mrs Dabb of Taylor and four sons Curtis Ernest Hearn of Taylor Ollie Hearn of Lewisville Elton Hearn of Albuquerque N M five brothers J H Hearn of Magnolia Ollie Hearn of Paris Texas C A J A Hearn of Haynesville La and Gus Hearn of Texas.
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Taylor
Ark
Thomas A. Hearn
Bennie Wellborn
Hope
Hearn
Army flier killed in trainer plane crash near Harrell field
A repaired trainer plane test flight crashed at Harrell field shortly after takeoff, killing Second Lt. Harold E. Seiser of Webster City Texas. He was a US Army test pilot stationed at Kelly Field Texas.
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ARMY
Camden
Harrell Field
Harold E. Seiser
Webster City
Kelly Field
Tex
Republicans Face High Stakes in 79th Congress Battles
On Election Day 1946 voters choose party lines for the 79th Congress. Republicans aim to seize six House seats and twelve Senate seats to gain control, with key races featuring Alben Barkley challenging James Park, Bradley-like isolationist senators, and notable candidates such as Clare Boothe Luce vs Margaret Connors, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and others shaping a high-stakes political battle.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Maine
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
James Park
Harry S. Truman
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
New Hampshire
Nye
North Dakota
Danaher
Connecticut
Davis
Pennsylvania
Millikin
Colorado
Reed
Kansas
Wiley
Wisconsin
Upseat
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Rpublican
Bourke B. Nickenaver
Scott W. Lucas
Richard J. Lyons
Libertyville
Missouri
Idaho
Robert F. Wagner
New York
Thomas J. Curran
Thomas E. Dewey
Sheridan Downey
Frederick F. Houser
Clare Boothe Luce
Margaret E. Connors
Bridgeport
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
William D. Campbell
Los Angeles
Forts Over Tokyo Thrice in a Week
American B29s flew over Tokyo and the Kanto area for the third time in seven days, with no bombs dropped. The Marianas-based groups raided Iwo Jima and Volcano islands, while Japanese propaganda claimed attacks on Saipan, Tinian, and Bonin islands. American confirmation was lacking for several reconnaissance flights.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Kanto
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Volcano Islands
Honshu
Iwo
Marianas
Nut Bush Precinct Leads NC With Early Straight Democratic Vote
Henderson North Carolina November 7 Nut bush precinct in Vance county reports first in state to tally. All 21 registered voters counted by ten o clock and every ballot cast for the Democratic ticket in a time honored pattern.
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Henderson
N. C
Nutbush
Vance County
North Carolina
Man Dies of Burns in Fayetteville Home
Fayetteville on November 7 reports J. A. Mosley aged 45 was burned to death when his clothing caught fire while heating water for a shave at his home. His wife and a son survive.
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Fayetteville
J. A. Mosley
Here
Brain Specialist Said To Visit Hitler Hideout Near Berchtesgaden
London reports a rumor of a brain specialist summoned to Adolf Hitler at a secluded castle near Berchtesgaden as fortifications rise in the Salzburg Berchtesgaden area. The unconfirmed tale cites professor Horster and follows Hitler’s extended retirement after the July 20 bombing and his absence from Rommel’s funeral.
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Adolf Hitler
John F. Chester
London
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Klessheim
Salzburg Perchtesgaden
Horster
Fuehrer
Erwin Rommel
Heinrich Himmler
Volkssturm
Himmler
Poland
East Prussian
Byers Bros Acquire P Briant Drugstore in Hope
Howard and Gifford Byers of Hope purchase Paul Briant’s Second street drugstore after 37 years in business. The store will be renamed Byers Drugstore. Howard Byers, a veteran druggist, and Gifford, then current manager of the Ashdown house wholesale grocer, plan to join by mid November.
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Howard
Gifford Byers
Hope
Paul Briant
Second Street
Briant
Byers
Plunkett-Jarrell Wholesale Grocer Company
Six Jap ships sunk near Manila by Third Fleet planes
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports six Japanese warships caught off Manila and sunk or damaged by Hellcats Helldivers and Avengers from the Third Fleet. The strike raised total enemy ships sunk or damaged since MacArthur landed in the central Philippines to at least 66. Attacks hit Clark field Lipa Legaspi Batangas Lubang and other Leyte air bases. more than 100 enemy aircraft were wiped out on the ground and 58 planes shot at Clark field.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Manila
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Luzon
Manila Bay
Leyte
Clark
Batangas
Lipa
Legaspi
Lubang
Cebu
Negros
Clark Field
Seeeking
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Parole Granted After Governor Commutations in Arkansas
In Little Rock on November 7 two long term prisoners became parole eligible after Governor Adkins commuted their sentences. Zack McHenry, aged 31, from Faulkner County for robbery, reduced from 31 years to nine years. Thomas Negre, convicted in Desha County for second degree murder, saw his term shortened from 21 years to seven years.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Zack Mchenry
Faulkner County
Thomas
Negre
Desha County
John Augustine Washington Jr. Last Mount Vernon Private Owner
John Augustine Washington Jr., son of George Washington's nephew, was the final private owner of Mount Vernon before the estate passed beyond direct family ownership.
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John Augustine Washington Jr
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Hand-to-Hand Fighting in German Woods
British and American forces pressed combat in the Hurtgen forest northeast of Aachen with heavy Allied air support. American troops faced stubborn German counterattacks defending Schmidt and surrounding areas as they push toward the Cologne plain. In Holland, mop up operations continued south of the Maas with Allied forces clearing Walcheren island and approaching Antwerp via the Schelde estuary.
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William Frye
London
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Hurtgen
Vossenack
Schmidt
Hurgen Forest
Cologne
Holland
Maas
Meuse
Moerdijk
Willemstad
Empel
Schelde
Antwerp
Much Depends on How the Women Vote
Edith Gaylord reports on November 7 as women voters mobilize across the nation. Estimates place women in decisive roles in 32 states with 364 electoral votes, far beyond the 266 needed to elect the president. Women campaign for peace, veterans’ benefits, postwar jobs, full employment, and expanded social security.
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Edith Gaylord Ashington
Congress
Air Medal Awarded to Sgt Herry Ball in Italy
Sgt. Herry G. Ball of Ozan Arkansas, radio operator gunner with a 15th AAF B 24 Liberator group based in Italy, won the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight. Ball’s veteran unit has flown over 150 missions against Nazi targets in the Balkans, Northern Italy, France and Southern Germany, aiding attacks on aircraft plants and oil facilities and supporting the invasion of Southern France.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
Harry G. Ball
C. L. Ball
Ozan
Ark
Balkans
France
Germany
Regensburg
Steyr
Munich
Wiener Neustadt
Vienna
Ploesti
Sergeant Ball
Nashville High School
Air Corps
Air Force Radio School
Sioux Falls
Yume, Arizons
Conquest of Leyte Nearly Completed by American Forces
General MacArthur reports American troops four miles from Carigara bay driving toward Ormoc as Japanese defenses on Leyte Island face heavy bombardment and night counterattacks. The 24th Division repulsed three night assaults while air raids target Cebu Negros and Lahuba.
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C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthus
Philippines
Carigara Bay
Ormoc
Leyte
Limon
Mountain Pass
Visayan Islands
Cebu
Negros Islands
Lahub
Negros
Adult Evening School Opens Tonight at Hope High
The Adult Evening School opens tonight at Hope High School at 7. Regular classes run Tuesday and Thursday for 12 weeks in beginners shorthand and typing and advanced shorthand and typing. Instructors are Mrs Irma Dean and Miss Neil Louise Broyles. Tuition is two dollars per month per course.
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Hope Hight
Irma Dean
Neil Louise Broyles
Wartime voting drives record turnout across states
Wartime elections drew an estimated 44 million plus voters with soldiers and sailors included. Polls opened early and closed late across time zones as turnout soared in major cities and rural areas alike. New York City saw 25 percent voting by 9 30 a.m. and many precincts reported long lines.
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U. S
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Bronx
Manhattan
New York
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Detroit
Louisville
Chicago
Ohio
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Nutbush
Vance County
North Carolina
Deep South
Miami
Atlanta
Birmingham
Foxhole With Hot And Cold Water In German War Zone
In a Brest area foxhole, Pfe. Otto Kaiser and Pvt. Txhome A. Gill built a spring drenched shelter, draining water into a basin and adding a stove to offer hot and cold running water for the division. Capers and hazards pepper the front lines as soldiers joke through danger.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Pfe
Otto Kaiser
Brooklyn
N.Y
Txhome A. Gill
Turtle Creek
Reds Battle Nazis for Budapest
Red Army troops fought reinforced Nazi forces on the outskirts of Budapest amid Stalin's pronouncement that Hungary would soon exit the war. Stalin warned of complete victory as 120 German divisions had been destroyed since June. Berlin and Paris outlets noted turmoil in the capital and possible Szalasi government exits.
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London
Red Army
Budapest
Stalin
Hungary
Germany
Ferihegy
Moscow
Turkey
Danube
Latvia
Berlin
Paris
Ferenc Szalasi
Rainy Midwest, Clear East Before Election Day Weather
General forecast shows widespread rain from the upper Mississippi valley eastward into the Great Lakes region and lower Michigan and Indiana later in the day. Showers affect Missouri valley and plains northward from Texas and Oklahoma. Atlantic coast and Gulf states stay clear but cold. Rockies see snow flurries. Western Oregon and Washington have rain.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Wesern Lake
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Missouri Valley
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf States
Rockies
Oregon
Washington
Editorial on Arkansas ballot measures November 7 1942
The Star outlines positions on Act No 2 repealing betting on horse and dog racing. Act No 3 Hollingsworth Hospital Bill funding wartime expenditures. Amendment 34 library funding and tax relief. Amendment 35 Freedom to Work labor unions stance. Amendment 36 Fish and Game Commission independence. Amendment 37 armed forces voting without poll tax. Amendment 38 four year governor term. Voters urged to oppose some measures and support others.
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Hollingsworth Hospital
Mercy
Fish & Game Commission
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