Arkansas Voters Approve Three Amendments in 1940 Ballot
The Arkansas electorate backed three measures while defeating four in the November 7, 1940, state referendum. Amendment No. 35 Freedom to Work passed, No. 34 County Libraries failed, No. 36 Game & Fish approved, and No. 37 Service in Vote also passed, with No. 38 Four Year Term defeated. Act No. 2 Race Repealer lost and Act No. 3 Hollingsworth Hospital failed by a wide margin.
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Arkansas
Serviceen
Hollingsworth Hosital
American Federation of Labor
No. 35
AFL
Labor
Hope Doctor Receives Bronze Star For Actions in France
Lt Col James W Branch of Hope Medical Corps awarded Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in France from July 29 to October 13. He directed Medical Battalion Armored evacuation, operated in enemy territory, was captured for three days, persuaded five enemies to surrender, and organized collecting and treatment platoons to reduce fatalities. His leadership reflects credit upon himself and the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
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James W. Branch of Hope
France
Branch
Hope
James W. Branch
Medical Corps
U. S. Army
Armored
U.S. Army
War Bond Drive In Hempstead County Reaches 22 Percent
Hempstead County reports $115,674.50 toward a $525,000 Sixth War Loan quota, 22 percent complete, with Business and Professional Women leading Rotary and Kiwanis in local sales. Washington joins as a new area contributor, and Hope gears up for the Here’s Your Infantry show December 2 at the high school stadium, inviting county residents to billet and host soldiers overnight.
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Hempstead County
Syd McMath
McMath
Rotary
Kiwanis
Woen
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Hope
Rosa Lee Trout
Roy Anderson
Hope High School
Supt. J. H. Jones
China’s Yellow RiverNickname Debate Reported
The article notes alternative names for China’s Yellow River including China’s Sorrow The Unconquerable and Scourge of the Sons of Han reflecting historical perceptions of the river’s power and floods.
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China
Yellow River
Barkley Sees Postwar Tax Cut To About Half
Democratic Leader Barkley predicts the postwar tax bill can be reduced to between 22 and 25 billion dollars. He argues a sound economy and full employment will follow the war, with a national income reaching 125 to 150 billion or more, given cooperation and wise policy. He spoke during Senate debate on flood control authorization.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Abolition of Wage Freeze Sought by CIO Convention
The CIO's seventh annual convention in Chicago urged immediate removal of wage freezes. About 600 delegates, who extended the Political action Committee, prepared resolutions condemning the War Labor Board and demanding removal of the little steel formula limiting wage increases to 15 percent above January 1941 levels. Ferns, 100 feet high, once grew in Kansas.
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Chicago
CIO
Political Action Committee
War Labor Board
Thanksgiving Observed by Troops Faring in War
The nation marks a wartime Thanksgiving as troops abroad and at home receive turkey meals. The Army and Navy allocate portions near front lines and ashore, while services are held at army posts, Notre Dame Paris, St. Paul’s Rome, and Westminster Abbey London. Boston and Cherbourg host celebratory events. states differ on dates due to a calendar quirk.
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Associated Press
Turkey
War Department
Navy
Army
Continental
United States
Plymouth
Mass
Notre Dame
Paris
Reims
St. Paul's American Church
Rome
Alexander C. Kirk
Roosevelt
London
John G. Winant
Westminster Abbey
Henry B. Hobson
Ohio
States
District of Columbia
Arkansas
Idaho
Nebraska
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Fort Smith
Fayeteville
Georgia
French Drive Into Strasbourg Breaks German Front
French Second Armored division under Maj. Gen. Jacques Le Clerc charged 18 miles across the Rhine plain and reached Strasbourg. German resistance was light as allied air power threatened. German units reportedly abandoned equipment and retreated. Prisoners described disarray with thousands surrendering since Nov. 13. Allies advanced near Aachen amid heavy fighting along the line.
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London
Jacques le Clerc
Rhine
Strasbourg
Sahara
Montgomery
Tunisia
Saverne Gap
Metz
Vosges Mountains
Aachen
Keep State Guard in the Army Would Preserve National Guard
Secretary of War Stimson says the National Guard should remain a postwar reserve force ready for expansion and global service. The guard would defend critical U.S. areas, assist mobilization, and integrate into larger units without changing its state mission. He also notes universal military training remains unaffected and cites rubber manufacturing context.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
United States
Stimson
N National Guard Committee
Nationwide phone strike feared as Ohio walkout spreads
Washington November 23 A possible nationwide walkout by women telephone operators prompts warnings of government action. Ohio and Detroit already stopped work while Washington agrees to limit calls. Union leaders forecast further picketing as War Labor Board delays action and Economic Stabilization Director Zinson weighs remedies.
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Associated Press
Washington
WPI
New York City
Henry Mayer
Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers
New York
Ohio
Daytor
Detroit
Jeanette Reedy
Ohio Union
Dayton
E. H. Gustafson
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Vinson
White House
Roosevelt
A. J. Krug
War Production Board
Robert G. Pollock
Ohio Federation
Army
Krug
Office of War Utiliies
WPB
United Nations
Telephone Company
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
War Labor Board
WLB
War Labor’ Board
Fred M. Zinson
Chesapeake and Hotomac Telephone Company
Mary E. Gannon
Jewel Whatley
Kansas City
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Nazis Quit Alsace and Lorraine as Allies Near Cologne
Allied forces advance from the Roer valley toward Cologne as German divisions retreat. In the Leyte sector American air and sea power harasses Japanese reinforcements while MacArthur reports heavy naval losses and continued pressure on the Ormoc corridor.
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Alsace and
Lorraine
Cologne
C. Yates
Daniel
MacArthur
Philippines
Leyte Island
Douglas Macrthur
Ormoc
Yamashita
Limon
Aound
Artilery
Leyte
U. S
Pacjan Island
Cebu
Brunei
Southwest Pacific
Matina
Davao
Naturalist Albert J. Brown Dies at 83 in Sulphur City
Albert J. Brown, aged 83, died at his Sulphur City home on Wednesday. A noted naturalist, he amassed a 3000 specimen collection, one of the nation's finest, now housed in the University of Arkansas museum.
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Fayetteville
Albert J. Brown
Sulphur City
Brown
University of Arkansas Museum
Papier mache origins traced to the Far East
The term papier mache, though sounding French, originated in the Far East. This noting traces its origins to Asian craft, explaining the material’s global adoption and name confusion.
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Far East
Boyle Reviews His Two Years With Third Division
Hal Boyle recalls his return to the famed Third Division in the Belfort Gap sector in France two years after landing with the force on the Moroccan coast. He notes enduring unit spirit, changes in personnel, and identifies three old friends promoted within the division.
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Boyle
Africa
Germany
Hal Boyle
France
French Morocco
Mediterranean
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Volturn
Italy
Naples
George H. Fezell
Beaver
Grover Wilson
Bellingham
Wash
Hugh Scott
Salem
Ore
George
Grover
Rail Hub Is Reds Target in Hungary
Russian assault forces press toward Hatvan Eger and Miskolc in grim fighting along an 85 mile line northeast of Budapest. Soviet communique claims six villages captured 43 German tanks knocked out amid heavy counterattacks by Hungarian and SS units.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Hatvan
Eger
Miskolc
Budapest
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Heviz-Gyor
Budapest-Hatvan
Gyongyos
Matra
Czechoslovakia
Germany
East Prussia
Warsaw
Greman
Pultusk
Five Thousand Dollar Bond Mark Earned by O A Graves
O A Graves named Hope's first Four Star General under the Sixth War Loan for selling as much as five thousand dollars in E bonds. The county’s first to reach the $5,000 mark qualifies for insignia and promotion in a campaign open to all workers in Hope and Hempstead County. A schedule lists bonds needed for ranks from Private to General with a December 16 close date. Retailers meet at City Hall Friday at 10 to learn details and relay them to employers.
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Mademoiselles Annette
Cecile
Emilis
Marie
Yvonne Dionne
Dionnes
Guy
United Press
Callander
Miles
Dionnne
Dionne
Santa Claus
Hope
Albert Graves
Rogers
United States
O. A. Graves
City of
Hempstead
Say
Merchants to Meet at City Hall Friday
Merchants are asked to meet County Chairman Syd Mc Math at City Hall at 10 Friday morning for a brief discussion of a plan to sell War bonds through store staffs. Attendees are expected to attend.
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Hope
Syd McMath
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Alex. H. Washburn
James Thrasher
Lt. Col
J. W. Branch
Bronze Star
Thionvale
Luneville
Mirecourt
Luxeuil
St. Avold
Chateau Solins
Oieure
Montberiard
Gerardine
Saarbrucken
Mulhouse
Obelfort
Colmar
Western Front
Haguenau
Gkehl
Offenburg
Rastatt
Baden Baden
Sarrebourg
Freiburg
Switzerland
Saar
Saare
Belfort
Istein
Kembs
Nea Telemap
German
Europe
William Frye
Roer Valley
Ninth Army
Ninth
Roer
Koslar
Barao
Julich
U.S. Third Army
Upper
Alsace
U. S. Seventh Army
Chatas
Grandrupt
Saales Pass
St. Marie
Bon Homme
Schlucht
Vosges
Barhem
Barmen
Berlin
Bourheim
Pattern
Lohn
Rhineland
Alsace-Lorraine
Marshal von Rundstedt
Saverne
Holland
Venlo
Maas
Meuse
Amerika
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ruhr
U. S. First Army
Fschweiler
Durwiss
Hungary
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