Scrap metal drive praised. Hess headlines stir wartime fears
AP dispatch from New York reports Newspapers United Metals drive has collected millions of tons of scrap iron and steel. Kansas War Production Board praise follows, but State Salvage officials urge continued effort daily until victory. Hess headlines persist as rumors swirl about his England flight and potential trial once war ends.
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New York
United
War Production Board
Skansas
Little Rock
Wallace Cowan
State Salvage Committee
Rudolph Hess
Germany
England
I. Hess
Hess
Britain
Hitler
Russia
Ilmea
McCullough Out For Bobcats Nonconference Showdown
The Hane High School Bobcats will be without J. C. McCullough who was hospitalized earlier in the week with a kernel under his arm. Nashville Strappers visit Nashville for a nonconference game viewed as pivotal. The crowd is expected large despite transportation issues as homecoming festivities unfold with Miss Carolyn Tyndall queen.
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Hane High School Bobcats
J. C. McCullough
Nashville Strappers
Nashville
McCullough
Bobcats
McCulto Ute
Kunis Wen
the & Yappers
Carolyn Tyndall Haseen
Howard County
British Drive to Recapture Burma Seen
General Archibald Wavell returns to headquarters after a four day northeast frontier inspection. Reliable sources suggest he signaled a possible Burma attack as Allied forces eye the Axis rear. Air reconnaissance has intensified while Lashio raids and jungle movements continue with no U.S. losses.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
India
Archibald BP. Wavell
Burma
Bedmore
New Dichi
Wavell
Suma
Ho Mie
Yoosevell
China
Sirgold Alexander
Joseph Stilwell
Mayor Graves Appeals For Hope Scout Fund Drive
Mayor Graves urges support for the Hope Scouts as the Boy Scouts of America plans ahead during national war efforts. He highlights civilian campaigns and war bonds, noting a future-focused fund drive begins next week and calls for community participation.
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United States
Boy Scouts of America
American Bay
Should Notify C C if Rent Listing Taken
Those who have listed houses apartments or rooms at the Channel of Commerce office are urgently requested to call up as soon as they are occupied. This will save time for all parties concerned. Anyone having a house or apartment to rent should list it at once with the Chamber of Commerce and advertise it, as many people are leaving Hope due to lack of accommodations. Nearly every listed apartment and house has been rented and applications increase daily.
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Channel of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Local Bruce Twins Join the Wackies
Misses Faye and Maye Brice, 21, twin daughters of Mr and Mrs M C Bruce of Hope, were sworn in as Wackies in New Orleans October 10. They arrived home for a week with their agents before reporting to Baton Rouge for assignment. The Bruce family has three twin sets among 14 children. A noted delicacy mentions Eskimos and whale meat pickled in blood.
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Faye
Maye Brice
M. C. Bruce
South Main Street
Hope
Wackies
New Orleans
Batonage
Bruce
French Riot As Germans Seek More Workers
Violent disorders broke out in the unoccupied zone of France as Nazis pressed for more French labor for Germany. Troubles centered in Lyon Chambery and Annecy with reports of public forces intervening and bloodshed. Workers resisted by striking after factory managers were ordered to send workers to Germany.
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Born
Switzerland
France
Germany
Lyon
Chambery
Annecy
Tribune de Lausanne
Vichy
Laval
An- 2
DNB
Chie
Petain
Chamber of Deputies
Edouard Herriot
Vichy Collaboration- Sas
New York
CBS
Hempstead County Livestock Show Opens With Parade
The Hempstead County Livestock Show began with a downtown Hope parade led by two yoke of oxen, ending at the fairgrounds. The two day event runs through Saturday with prize money over 700 dollars and contests such as horse and buggy races attracting hundreds of attendees.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Fair Grounds
Heredity and Eye Color Tendencies
The color of the eyes is governed by heredity, and if two parents have eyes of the same color the children ordinarily will have eyes of the same hue.
Defenders of Stalingrad Raise New Positions Amid German Push
The defenders retreated to new positions along the Volga under early dawn cover and prepared a stubborn stand as a German assault pushed toward the river. German forces, 100 tanks and 500 planes, advanced with a multi-pronged attack, while Soviet gains and hardships were reported from multiple fronts around the Volga and Caucasus.
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Henry CG. Cassidy
Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Red Star
Dzerzhinay
Sevastopol
Crimea
Jth Red Army
Hich
Information Bureau
Volga River
Viven
Deep Caucasus
Mozdok
Novorossisk
Red Army
Hed Star
Joint Group Agrees on 5% Victory Tax
Washington reports a joint Senate House conference committee backed a 5 percent victory tax on individuals earning over 24 dollars yearly, with minor form changes and a credit for dependents set at 350 dollars. The panel excluded the 10 percent withholding plan and moved to clarify employer receipts and commission earnings. Also reported: Kansas City publisher George B. Longan, 62, president of the Kansas City Star, died of a heart ailment at Menorah Hospital. Also a note: U.S. imported 1,339,977 pounds of citronella and demongrugs oil in the first half of 1940.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Kansas City
George B. Longan
Kansas City Star Company
Associated Press
Menorah Hospital
United States
Flashes of Life by The Associated Press
A lighthearted column recounts brief human-interest items from across the country. Highlights include a serviceman proposing to a screen star, college campaign antics, a cash windfall from an elevator shaft, a near collision with a fire truck, and a turtle egg hatchling found by a teacher.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Paintheart
Victor Willams
Janet Blair
Holser
Amendment to Freeze State Board Terms
A Arkansas editorial from Oct 16 explains constitutional amendment No 35 to freeze terms of state boards and commissions overseeing charitable, penal, and educational institutions. It details goals to curb patronage through staggered expirations, with current terms preserved but future terms fixed, to be voted on Nov 3.
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Litte Rock
Board of Commission
Ed Dunawry
Pulaski
Story of India Film Shown to Rotary Club
The Thaw Expedition's film Story of India, sponsored by Standard Oil, was shown to the Rotary club at noon by Hale Barlow. Grady, Standard Oil rep, introduced by Clay Hairston. Guests included F. R. Johnson, Paul Eddleman, and Talbot Field Sr. The Kodachrome color film highlighted Ceylon and India amid a global struggle involving Japan and the United Nations.
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India
Standard Oil Company
Rotary Club
Hale Barlow
Olen T. Grady
Oil Company
Clay Hairston
F. R. Johnson
Standard Oil Loc Ly
Paul Eddleman
Howard County
Neville
Talbot Field
Hope Citizen
Ceylon
Japan
United Nations
Senate Panel Backs Draft for 18 and 19 Year Olds
Senate Military Committee endorsed drafting 18 and 19 year olds and sent the measure to the floor. House debate centered on student deferments and training length as lawmakers sought to balance military needs with education, with a $6 billion naval bill delaying action.
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Washington
Dct
Senate
House
Capitol
Rules
Gurney
R-Sd
Kilday
Draft Calls to Weigh on Married Men Without Children
Arkansas draft boards will draw most November calls from married men without children. December calls will be similar, with younger 18 and 19 year olds likely filling much of it if Congress drafts that age group. Inductions will shift back to married men without children after February, per Brig. Gen. Compere amid 1942–43 wartime manpower plans.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Brgt
B. L. Compere
Selective Service
Compere
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
House Military Committee
Hershey
Cotton ginning totals rise in Hempstead County 1942 crop
Government tabulation shows 5275 bales ginned in Hempstead County before October 1 1942 compared with 2673 bales in the same period last year. The report notes the U S death rate by own action at 14.4 per 100000 population.
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Hempstead
United States
Enemy Lands More Men on Guadalcanal
Allied forces report new landings on Guadalcanal and a base seizure in the Aleutians as part of a broader Pacific push. U S and Japanese forces clash in deadly maneuvers with air and naval actions intensifying near the Solomon Islands and mid Pacific, including bombings on Kiska and reconnaissance near Attu and Agattu.
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Guadalcanal
Navy
mid-Aleutian Islands
Kiska Island
Andreanos Islands
Aleutian
Alaska
Kiska
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Agattu
Aleutians
Washington
Defenders of Malta Down 14 Axis Planes in Daylight
Cairo reports Malta defenders shot down 14 Axis planes in daylight as Axis battering of the island continues. Four British Spitfires were lost, bringing enemy planes destroyed since Sunday to 95. A German Junkers was shot down south of Crete, with two British aircraft lost on the Egyptian front. British raids targeted Axis transport columns while Tobruk Sidi Haneish and Salam were hit by medium bombers. Egyptian front activity was limited to partial actions.
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Cairo
Malta
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Sidi Haneish
Salam
Southern Governors Meet in Nashville October 30
Governor Adkins announced the Southern Governors Conference executive committee will meet in Nashville on October 30 to address wartime state government issues for the coming two years. He warned state legislatures face their biggest tasks amid rationing and revenue declines and plans to convene pre-legislative talks with business leaders and lawmakers.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Southern Governors Conference Executive Committee
Nashville
Tenn
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Atlanta Junior College
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Jessie Munger
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Alaska Defense Command
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Santa Isabel Island
Marine Corps
Buin-Faisf
Shobe Pa Island
Roger D. Greene
Guadal
Southwest Pacific
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Guadacanal Island
Itl
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon
Bougainville
Chester W. Nimitz
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