Manpower and Farm Bureau Notes From Hope Area
A long column discusses Arkansas Farm Bureau membership reaching a state record of 25 378 with Hempstead and East Arkansas singled out for contrasts in strength. It argues for one unified farmers’ voice and warns against rival organizations while urging organized action across southwest Arkansas. The page also includes a drift toward disaster piece on wartime manpower use, agreeing on key points and debating voluntary versus compulsory solutions, with continuation promised on page four.
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Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Little Rock
Stempstead
Seventh
Columbia County
East Arkansas
Flrst
T. Francis
Hempstead
Uns
Ausnaper
Farm Bureau
Hope Territory
Arkansas
S. Burton Heath
Clarify Gas Ration Statement Sparks Congressional Demand
Washington reports a row over nationwide gasoline rationing as Rep. Baren Oklahoma informs Robber Administrator William Jeffers that his claim opponents are financed by supporters who should “know better” is false. Baren, critiquing the administration’s stance, urges frank discussion of regional realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Jeffers
Congress
Rease
Rep
Baren
Okla
Jeffers
The
Oklahoman
GOP Looks for New Party Chairman in 1944 Race
Washington reports Republican leaders seek a new party chairman to unify factions ahead of the 1944 nomination. Names linked include McNary Townsend Bradley Weeks and Willkie allies favoring a Western pick, with discussions noting possible compromises and the Dec. 7 meeting in St. Louis to choose Joseph W. Martin Jr.’s successor. The article also mentions various potential candidates and political dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washboutan
Nev
UPI
Pew National Committee
U Plice
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
House
St. Louis
Martin
Wendell Willkie
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Willkie
John C. Townsend, Jr
Delaware
Friends
Townsend
J. Kenneth Bradley
Alf M. T.anden
Kut
Harrison
E. Spangler
Towa
Walter 8. Hallanan
West
All-Time High on State Income Taxes in 1942
Collections of state income taxes since July have risen to $800,001, about one third of the all-time high of $2,864,010 set in FY 1941-42. The receipts credit 1942-48 revenues as second installments. May 15 and Nov 15 are the two installment dates. November remittances totaled about $500,000, compared with $114,200 in November 1941.
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Rock
Lucky Escape Says Burned Newsman
Honolulu reports Associated Press correspondent Charles McMurtry survived a bomber crash on the Santa Cruz battle's signal bridge, burned by flaming gasoline. He waited 11 hours for treatment as survivors fled the blaze, with many killed or severely burned nearby. McMurtry, 36, had journeyed from Los Angeles to defend in the Pacific theater since August 7, leaving Missouri roots and a Missouri School of Journalism background.
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Honolulu
Charles McMuritry
Associated Press
Signal Bridge
Santa Cruz
McMurtry
Los Angeles
Honlulu
Pacific War Zone
Sarthage
University of Missouri
Missouri
Lush
Kansas City
Charles HH. Mec Murlry
Hotels and cafes register for coffee rationing dates
Institutional users such as hotels restaurants and hospitals will register for coffee rationing November 23 to 25 with the Hempstead County War Price and Rationing Board chaired by T. B. McDavitt. First allotments run from registration to January 31. Public rationing begins November 20 with one pound every five weeks.
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Hempstead
T. 8. McDavitt
God
Liteon
T. 5. McDavitt
Rotarians Hear Albert on Peace at Southwest Meet
About one hundred Rotarians from Texarkana Asdon Stumps Lewisville Maghella Prescatt Gordon Camden Pine Bluff and a Ky visitor attend a Hate Barrow dinner where Albert D B Allen discusses The Making of the Peace hosted by Hope club. Earlier he spoke at Render Son Sipte college Arkadelphia. Violins cheap claim notes Japan manufacturing wood pressed parts.
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Allen DB. Albert
Hate Barlow
Albert
FL McFaddin
Hope Club
Rosarionus
Texarkana
Asdown
Stumps
Lewisville
Maghella
Prescatt
Gordon
Camden
Pine Bluff
Covington
Renderson Sipte College
Arkadelphia
Drive to Dust Japs in Solomons Near at Hand
American drive to wipe out remaining Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands appeared near, with major destruction of enemy troops and ships. Navy Secretary Knox said Guadalcanal grip is now very secure, citing heavy Japanese losses and sustained Allied advances, while MacArthur’s HQ reported fierce Buna and Buna area combat as Australians aid the push.
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Washington
Wey
Solomon Islands
United States
Guadalcanal
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Navy
DeWitt Peterkin
Midway
New Gainea
Solomons
Buna-Bona
Douglas MacArthur
Buin
Bougainville Island
Japs in Relocation Centers Can Work
Japanese residents in relocation centers may take jobs where they do the most effective work. Dillon S. Myer, head of the War Relocation Authority, explained the need for aliens and American citizens to obtain permission to leave centers to seek work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
United States
Dillon S. Myer
War Relocation Administration
Fighting Family Quebec Record in War Service
The Desjardins family of Quebec Province holds a notable wartime record with twelve brothers and three sisters all actively serving in the Canadian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Desjardins
Quebec Province
Christmas Mail Must Be Sent Early This Year
Wartime postal strain and logistics demand Christmas mail by December 1 to ensure timely delivery. Post Office officials urge early mailing as rail and air transport scarce, cars and trucks limited, and many workers replaced by new staff. Cooperation expected to spread load over a longer period and prevent post Christmas disappointment.
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Smith W. Purdwn
Myr
Purdum
Frank C. Walker
Armed Services
Bors
Ren
Rey
Cristmas
Joseph B. Iastman
Defense Transportation
Post Office Department
Adkins Returns to Washington on Arkansas Training Plan
Gov. Homer M. Adkins of Arkansas met in Washington for Little Rock last night. He voiced belief that Arkansas colleges will be used to train specialized soldiers. He noted that total fur acquisitions in Pennsylvania during 139 stood at 723,329.
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Washington
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Little Rock
Pennsylvania
Flashes of Life and News Clippings
In Sulphur Springs near New Castle Indiana chickens sold for 50 each and fuel and food prices appeared in a quirky auction benefiting a Parent Teachers Association campaign. Other notes include a hunting tale from Newport Pennsylvania where David Foose hunted rabbits from a wheelchair. Oysters may be affected by climate and water temperature per University of Washington experts. A Chicago retirement tale recalls rail workers losing travel passes. Deer and bird hunting results are reported for several Illinois locations with miscellaneous incidents noted.
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Associated Press
Henderson
New Castle
Tnd
Sulphur Springs
Here
Parent ‘Teachers’ Association
Russians Display New Strength in Push on Germans
Moscow reports fresh Soviet gains in the Stalingrad and Caucasus fights as Red Army units storm fortified heights near Nalchik and in Mozdok, killing hundreds of German troops. In Stalingrad, counterthrusts and scouting have repelled assaults, while Axis losses mount along the Nalchik plain and central front west of Moscow.
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Moscow
v/P
Stalingrad
Red Army
Ordzhonikidze
Nalchsk
Red Star
Nalchik
Caucasus Mountains
Oil Production Quotas Set at Dec 16 Hearing
A statewide oil and gas hearing will open at 9 30 a m Wednesday December 16 in the Union County Court House El Dorado Arkansas. Quotas for January February and March 1943 will be decided for 35 pools with current daily production about 75000 barrels of oil and natural gasoline plus 90 million cubic feet of gas. The commission plans to discuss closing sour gas zones in Dareheat Macedonia and McKami until sulfur removal plants begin operation, expected by May 1944.
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Union County Court House
el Dorado
Ark
Commission
South Arkansas
State of Arkansas
Petroleum Coordinator
Dordhceat
Macedonia
McKarmie
Me‘amie
Darchine
Dareheat
MeKami
Coffee rationing to start November twenty-eighth
Washington reports one week half sales halt for coffee to allow grocers to stock up before coupon rationing begins November twenty-eighth. Every adult will be entitled to buy one pound every five weeks once rationing starts. An Office of Price Administration spokesman urged restraint to avoid straining distribution. Also, Marie Curie was confirmed as the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes, in physics in 1903 and chemistry in 1911.
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Washington
Office of Price Admiistration
Guee
Marie Curie
Need for Civilian Doctors Not Acute
Conway reports show Dr. C. J. Dickerson stating no acute shortage of physicians. He notes nine doctors in Conway proper and five more in Faulkner county rural communities, contradicting War Manpower Commission reports. Senator Caraway is advised on the physician supply as of November 21.
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Conway
War Manpower Commission
C. J. Dickerson
Dickerson
Senator Caraway
D-Ark
Faulkner County
Lucky Hit Sailors Tell Of Torpedo Attack Aboard O Brien
Captain Tommy Burrowes faced two torpedoes racing toward the U S S O Brien. The destroyer survived a stern hit as water cascaded over its bow while officers and crew recount near misses and injuries but no fatalities in the frantic moments of the Pacific battle report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. McMurtry
U. S
Pacific
Tommy Burrowes
Burromes
U.S.S. O’brien
O'Brien
Cmdr
R. EB. Gadron
Burrowess
Gadron
Organization of Xmas Seal Sale Is Named
Ag organization for the Tuberculosis Christmas Seal sale has been formed in Hempstead county with chairmen and treasury officers named across towns. Local home protection chairs include Mrs. Wilbur Jones Ozan and Mrs. Jac Jackson Washington, with County and Hope City coordinators listed among community leaders and teachers assisting.
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Spring Hill
McCracken
Blevins
McCaskill
Paul Powers
Guernsey
John Wallace
Patmos
Franely Hartsfield
DeAnn
Hope City
A. BE. Slusser
Erwin McPherson
J. E. Mamill
Millard Baggett
Garrett Story
J. G. Martindale
Jimny Jones
Ex South African Head Dies Today
Capetown November 21 76 year old Gener ald B M Hertzog former prime minister of the union of South Africa died today after an abdominal operation. He had entered hospital two months ago for the procedure.
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Capetown
B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Allied forces close on Tunis and Bizerte in North Africa
Allied and American troops push toward Tunis and Bizerte as British and French units seal the coast. British air and sea actions disrupt Axis lines while reports from Reuters and various radios claim Allied gains, prisoner captures, and stalled German efforts to retreat from Tunisia.
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Africa
Associated Press
London
Bizerte
Tuni
United States
Tunisia
Axis
Reuters
Tunis
Bizertebu
Iby
Mediterranean
Central Africa
Brazzaville
Horth
Mishal
Tunisian
New Beja
Mejez el Dab
Algiers
Gulf of Gabe
Gabes
Spanish Morocco
Hammamet
Fortana
Spouse
Gafsa
Sta
Plac
Tun
Vitler
North Africa
Par
Agai
Cairo
Memoyhile
Sicily
Coati
Mediterranea
Philippeville
Bone
Iliian
Havesing
Roger DO. Greene
U.S
Gulf of
Gbaes Oa
Tripolitania
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Alex. H. Washburn
Roosevelt
Maruch Committee
Yital
GOP
Canada
Europe
United Stars
America
Boston
Rotarians
Japan
Adkins
Hunter
Newport
David Fonse
Foose
Dex
Fooses
Seattle
Olympia
Trevor Kincaid
University of Washington Zoology Department
Kincaid
Chicago
Theodore L. Tollefson
Ilinois Central 1
George Rowcliff
Batavia
Albert W. Zweifel
Eigi
Bob Cerpocky
Fox River Grove
George Nesbitt
Sycamore
de Kalb
Browning
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