War Loan Show to Bring Overseas Veterans to Hope
Dozens of overseas veterans are set to gather in Hope for the Army Sixth War Loan show Here s Your Infantry at the high school stadium Saturday night Local families are urged to host attendees to share wartime experiences and boost morale during this community event. This piece also notes wartime life anecdotes including a playful mouse trap tale and reflections on Noel Coward s Middle East Diary suggesting Brooklyn pride and British Empire ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Anderson
Hope
Weil
James Thrasher
Brooklyn
Mr. Coward
Noel Coward
Blevins
Hempstead
McMath
All Hope
Hope High School
E. F. McFaddin
U. S. Army
Army Ground Forces
War Finance Division
Treasury Department
Churchill says British arms adequate despite shortages
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament that Britain has ample ammunition for its battles, citing factory output and reserves. He noted transport issues in Burma, affirmed all theaters are covered, and mentioned plans for national service while Japan’s defeat is prioritized. He praised Canada's 86 percent volunteer rate.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Burmes
Europe
Japan
Germany
Coal traffic and by products move through Great Lakes
About one in every ten tons of coal mined in the United States is shipped via the Great Lakes. U. S. coke ovens turn out coal by-products that total more than 150,000 items.
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United States
Great Lakes
U. S
Hempstead County Reaches 48 Percent of E Bond Quota
Hempstead County reports 48 percent of its E Bond quota with sales of 89093.75 and total War Bond sales at 181914.75 toward a 525000 quota. Kiwanis and Business and Professional Women lead local totals. Blevins rural area tops county sales. A December 2 home show at Hope High School promotes the Sixth War Loan without stadium sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Syd McMath
Sixth War Loan Organization
Kiwanis Club
Pageant at Hope High School Tonight in Uncle Sam Presents America
Hope High School hosts a public pageant at 8 o'clock tonight featuring about 300 students in red white and blue costumes. Glee club and band perform under direction of Mrs Frank Mason with high school faculty. No admission charged. The event honors the Thanksgiving season. In St Louis Albert E White 62, a cotton merchant formerly of Little Rock, died after a short illness.
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Hope High School
America
Frank Mason
Glee Club
St. Louis
Albert E. White
Little Rock
27 Degrees Again This Morning Across Arkansas
For the second straight morning the mercury reached 27 degrees in Little Rock at 8 30 am the coldest since February 13 with Harrison at 21 Batesville 22 Nimrod Dam and Brinkley 2 Pine Bluff 26 Monticello 28 Camden 28 Walnut Ridge 31 and Fort Smith 31. The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon with possible showers in the southwest and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow.
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Little Rock
Harrison
Batesville
Nimrod Dam
Brinkley
Pine Bluff
Monticello
Camden
Walnut Ridge
Fort Smith
Mother of Mrs. Lloyd Kinard Dies
Leona Gordon 65 of Broken Bow Oklahoma died last Saturday in Kansas City Missouri Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at Broken Bow Baptist Church with Rev John Smith officiating Survived by two sons Dale Gordon and Delton Gordon both of Houston Texas and nine daughters Della Howard Lela Austin Ona Petre Virgie Smith Kinard Lola Wood Verba Lawrence Edna Clark Juanita Hanson all listed with their cities of residence
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Leona Gordon
Broken Bow
Okla
Lloyd Kinard
Hope
Kansas City
Broken Bow Baptist Church
John Smith
Gordon
Dale Gordon
Delton Gordon
Houston
Texas
Della Howard
Lela Austin
Ona Petre
Virgie Smith
Dillard
Kinard
Lola Wood
Mena Ark
Verba Lawrence
Aly
Ark
Edna Clark
Juanita Hanson
Davenport
Memoir of Memphis Belle Pilot Bombing Tokyo
Major Robert K. Morgan, famed Memphis Belle pilot, writes his wife from Saipan about leading Tokyo raids. He describes the mission, the crew, and the thrill of the bombing, comparing it to Germany runs and dedicating the effort to his newborn daughter Sandra Lea.
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Memphis Belle
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Navy
Robert K. Morgan
Dauntless
Associated Press
Dorothy
Weaverville Road
Asheville
N. C
Morgan
Japan
Dauntless Dotty
John
John A. Carroll
Fredericktown
Penn
Cox
Leonard Cox
Tulsa
Okla
Joe Baird
Tempe
Ariz
O'Donnel
Emmett O'Donnell
Jamaica
N. Y
Darling
Sandra Lea
Germany
Land Bank Officials Highlight Strength at Hope Conference
The Federal Land Bank of St Louis reported improved finances and a five percent dividend paid Oct 16 to 341 national farm loan associations in Arkansas Illinois and Missouri. Attendees included bank president Walter Droste vice president J M Huston and managers H H Lane R D Chotard and E H Goodwin along with secretaries L C Honeycutt A R Fleniken N W Denty and W W Crowley.
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National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis
Barlow Hotel
Hope
Walter H. Droste
Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Droste
J. M. Huston
H. H. Lane
Association
R. D. Chotard
Mmanager
E. H. Goodwin
National Farm Loan Association
L. C. Honeycutt
Nashville
A. R. Fleniken
Texarkana
N. W. Denty Arkadelphia
W. W. Crowley
Fordyce
Red Cross Rooms Closed Through January 1 1945
Red Cross production rooms close immediately through January 1 1945. A total of 582 kit bags to be made when sewing rooms reopen. Olive drab yarn quota available by calling knitting chairman Mrs Arch Moore. From yarn quota 76 v necked sweaters and 30 turtle neck sweaters requested. Surgical dressing rooms closed indefinitely with no new quota. 496 980 dressings shipped and 86 400 ready for shipment.
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Red Cross
Arch Moore
California grows Japanese peppermint for menthol
California reports cultivation of Japanese peppermint as a source of menthol while noting there are 490 distinct plant species that produce rubber.
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California
Japs Bomb Saipan Superfortress Base In Night Attacks
News from Saipan reports Japanese fighters bombed and strafed the Superfortress base twice, causing at least 13 enemy aircraft losses. Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell Jr. noted defense duties lie elsewhere but warned Japan would retaliate. Aerial combat continued into noon with several Japanese planes downed and crew casualties minimal. one crash left a pilot dead and another wounded. Local U.S. forces, including 1st Lt. William A. Loflin of Little Rock, Arkansas, claimed a victory against one enemy plane.
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Vern Haugland
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Tokyo
Haywood Hansell, Jr
21St Bomber Command
Tinian
William A. Loflin
Little Rock
Ark
Baptists Report on Their Plans for Year 1945
In Little Rock on November 28 committees of Arkansas State Baptist Convention's newly elected executive board outlined 1945 plans. Rev. W. M. Pratt Lonoke was elected board president, Rev. E. E. Griever Harrison vice president, and W. A. Jackson Benton recording secretary. Committee chairs include Rev. M. F. Swilley Pine Bluff state missions and Rev. O. L. Gibson Fayetteville education institutions.
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Litle Rock
Arkansas State Baptist Convention
W. M. Pratt
Lonoke
E. E. Griever
Harrison
W. A. Jackson
Benton
M. F. Swilley
Pine Bluff
State Missions
O. L. Gibson
Fayetteville
Americans Reach Roer Front as Third Army Advances West
American forces push toward the Roer river with divisions entering near Inden Jungersdorf and Lamersdorf while First Army bypasses Duren area streets. In Saarbrucken region Seventh Army and French First Army consolidate as Patton’s forces advance toward Saarland frontiers.
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William Frye
London
Cologne
Roer
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Saar
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Inden
Jungersdorf
Lamersdorf
Kirchberg
Julich
Rhine
Strasbourg
Seinghousse
Langerwehe
Duren
Grosshau
Hurtgen
Linnich
Ralph Royce
U. S First Tactical Air Force
Switzerland
Basel
Patton
Merten
Alzing
Oberforsf
Holling
Brettenach
Remelfang
Tromborn
Remering
Saarlautern
St. Avold-Saarlautern
Hombourg
Wolfskirchen
Sixth Armored
Lixing
Wahl-Ebersing
Saar Union
Hagenau
Ludwig Sertorius
Night Fighter Pilots Defy Night and Legend in Belgium
An American air base report details the Black Widow squadron in Belgium, challenging the myth of vitamin A and dark goggles. Pilots fly in shifts, endure mud and naps between missions, and have tallied seven enemy planes shot down with dozens more damaged or destroyed.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
England
Dfrda Magnet
Edward S. Page, Jr
Baltimore
Stettinius Selection Is Acclaimed
President Roosevelt predicts quick Senate confirmation for Ed ward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of state to succeed Cordell Hull. Stettinius, acting secretary since Hull’s illness, faces urgent world security talks and aims to complete the Dumbarton Oaks plan with Britain, Russia, and China. Hull resigns for health reasons after long service, hoping to aid foreign policy as an elder statesman.
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John M. Hightowerashington
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Speed
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Dumbarton Oaks
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wallace
State Department
Stettinius
Hull
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Europe
Britain
Russia
China
World Security Council
United Nations
Congress
Washington
Associates
Argentina
World Organization
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The
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Winter
Kipling
State War Finance Committee
Arkansan
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Earl Martindale
Hix Dildy
M. L. Nelson
P. C. Stephens
Columbus
R. C. Stuart
Mrs. J O. Johnson, Jr
DeAnn Monroe Samuels
M. Arnold
Emmet Marvin Boyd
Tom Garland
Fulton
J. J. Battle
J. S. Liebling
McCaskill Chester McCaskill
J. S. Moses
Ozan S. S. Robins
O. R. Green
Patmos L
D. Rider
B. J. Drake
Rocky Mound
S. Dudley
O. Bright
R. H. Tunstall
K. G. Rateliff
Shover Springs
Barlow
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