Britain and Russia Join Effort to Bomb Nazi Cities
British and Russian air forces intensified night raids targeting eastern Germany and occupied Poland with Bremen as a key objective. German reports claim damage in several cities while Allied raiders extend operations from western and eastern fronts, marking continued pressure on Hitler’s war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Russia
Bremen
East Germany
Poland
Budwest
Gerany
Hungary
Vichy
Russi
eBalkan
Yugoslavia
Byilish
Danziger Vor- Posten Today
Danzig
Alr
Fighter Command
Heeser River
Orth Sea
Alf Hitler
Reich
Germany
Ech
Hospital hush money and living associations for care
A columnist cites Imperial Type Metal on hospital care plans that cap bills at a few cents and offer fixed annual benefits. A single subscriber pays 75 cents monthly for a room and services. adding a spouse or children increases fees. Ward options exist with no limit on extras. These groups claim broad benefits for communities and patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feathers
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Trains 18 1 and 3 Schedule Changes Announced
Missouri Pacific Lines will online two local passenger trains and adjust a third effective Sunday. Northbound No 18 will depart at 5 59 p m from Hope and South No 4 at 3 p m from Hope. Northbound 4 will depart Hope at 5 25 a m, moved to 4 45 a m. Interim UK mentions England Scotland Northern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific Lines
Berlin Has Had a Full Life
George Tucker celebrates Irving Berlin as a prolific composer born in Russia who came to the United States at age four. The feature traces his Bowery roots, first songs, romance with Ellin Mackay, and later fame, noting his army service, Fria rs Club tribute, and the Army musical This Is The Army. It concludes by mentioning India’s ninety-two million Indians not being British subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tucker
New York
Irving Berlin
Russia
United States
Bowery
Berlin
Thal
Marie
Sunny Mary
Alexander
Ellin i Maclay
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Ellin Mackay
Mackay
India
Deferment Costs This Man $800 Per Year
Tonja Michigan Sept 5 An Ionia draft board reported today a married father of 12 children deferred in Class 3-A but said the action could cost him more than 800 dollars a year under the service men s dependency allowance act The board said the registrant would receive an annual soldier family income of 630 including pay as a buck private The men s questionnaire listed a current annual civilian income of 1300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonja
Mich
Ionia
Japs Retreat as Chinese Hold Chekiang Provinces
Chinese high command reports continued fighting near Kinhwa and Lanchi with Chinese forces steadily gaining the upper hand. Gunchi, north of Kinhwa, was recently retaken by Japanese forces in a partial retreat from Chekiang and Kiangsi. The communique notes heavy casualties on both sides as Chinese roving units push to cut off Japanese columns and strike toward Tungyang and Kinhwa air base sites.
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Chungking
Kanhwa
Lanchi
Kinhwa
Hangchow
Chekiang
Gunchi
Kiangsi
Japan
Tungyang
Angchow
War Production Board releases 50000 domestic refrigerators
The WPB released about 50,000 home mechanical refrigerators from dealer and distributor stocks for public sale. A transfer program will move units from manufacturers to retail outlets, aiding buyers with no other refrigeration. Gas and electric units frozen February 11 and February 14 may resume sale. kerosene models remain restricted.
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Washington
UPI
War Production Board
Todal
WPB
Guernsey School Year Opens After Fire Loss
Guernsey schools begin in September with classes in the auditorium after the main building burned. Superintendent Paul Power announces start at 8:30 a m. Faculty includes Artis Copeland as principal and coach, with Mrs Edna Brostow, Mrs Forney Holt, Miss Culeia Dee Hall, and Artis Copeland. The Powers negro school opens October 12 under Principal Charles J Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Edna Brostow
Forney Holt
Culeia Dee Hall
Artis Copeland
Paul Power
Charles J. Walker
Presidential order to limit wages and farm prices
Washington September 5 A dramatic presidential decree planned for Labor Day proposes an economic administrator to enforce wage and farm price controls. The plan would cap wage increases, freeze farm prices, urge higher taxes and more War Bond purchases, and rely on wartime powers to bypass Congress. Names for the administrator post include Herbert Lehman Wendell Willkie and Bernard Baruch, with details pending final decisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Wendell Willkie
Bernard M. Baruch
Hempstead Boy Receives Navy Wings
Ensign Harold E. Avery has earned his naval wings after completing flight training in civilian programs and the advanced CAA course. He, a Blevins High School and Arkansas State College alum, received his commission at Pensacola and reports to active duty at Seattle Naval Air Base.
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Harold E. Avery
Ernest E. Avery
Seattle
Wash
Naval Air Base
Ensign Avery
Blevins High School
Arkansas State College
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Naval Reserve
Ensign Avene
D Wings
Pensacola
Lorida
Feathers And V Signs In Wartime Ride Sharing
Flashes of Life notes a plan by the War Transportation committee for car sharing with V stickers on cars and feathers in hats for riders. Army relief volunteers search a Rainier district to aid soldiers. A soldier dines then removes teeth due to pain. they remain unused in a local home. In St. Paul a 21 year old tenders two prize boars at the state fair. a fight injures his finger and he sues for damages while lawyer Frank Collins seeks the payer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
War Transportation Committee
Seathre
Rainier
St. Paul
Philip Lamb
Lamb
Frank Collins
Collins
R. E. Short to Speak Tuesday at Farm Bureau Meeting
R E Short president Arkansas Farm Bureau will address farm representatives from 12 counties at 11 AM Tuesday at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. He returns from a National Farm Bureau Conference in Washington on price control measures. Parity Boosters will be honored with certificates for those contributing at least one day to agriculture. Over 50 Hempstead county farm men and women are expected to qualify. George Ware invites inspection of station projects with trained workers on hand to answer questions. A. R. Avery and Riley Lewallen organized the event amid expectations of a large crowd and emphasis on farm welfare and price control legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. EB. Short
Arkansas Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Fruit & Truck
Short
National Farm Bureau
Washington
H. H. Huskey
Hempstead County
George Ware
Arkansas
Mr. Short
A. R. Avery
Riley Lewallen
Midway Well Abandoned Expands Northward Oil Field Test
Extreme eastern fringe of the Midway field in Lafayette county is abandoned as dry. Frankel & Frankel & Riddel Petroleum report the first well east of Bodéan Creek, with three more tests set to complete. Barnsdall, Arkansas Fuel Oil, and Southwood Oil announce new locations as Powell, Hodnett, and Turner prospects move ahead. The MeKamie gas distillate field remains active with ongoing testing and planned desulfurization plants to support defense industries.
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Ark
Barnsdall Oil Company
McClaine
Barnsdall
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Creek No
Pay
Peacek
Powell No
Southwood Oil Company
Hodnett No
Hodnett
Bani
Turner No
MeKamie
Atlantic Refining Company
Carter Oil Company
McClendon
Ridde! Petroleum Corporation
El Dorado Golf Tourney Opens with Gaghan Defending Title
The Oi Belt Golf Tourney began in El Dorado with Tammy Gaughan of Camden set to defend his 1941 title. Pro tournament matches are planned for this afternoon, with first round matches tomorrow and the finals on Monday.
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el Dorado
Tammy Gaughan
Camden
Allies Hold firm after Axis counterattacks at El Alamein
British and Allied forces repelled three heavy Axis counterattacks on the central El Alamein front as Rommel failed to regain lost positions. The first week of renewed fighting ended in a modest Allied victory with heavy enemy armor damaged and supply issues limiting Rommel’s push. Allied air forces targeted supply lines, sinking ships and bombers supported ground action with American crews aiding in the early days of the battle.
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Cairo
Ane Critish
EL Alamein Front
Egypt
General Headquarters
Slr
Harold Alexander
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Alexandria
Suez
Valley of the Nile
Alexander
Battic
el Alamein Desert Front
R.A.P
Himeimat
Sulum
Sidi Barrani
Libya
Mediterranean
RAF
United States
Grants
Emer
Harris backs draft for 18 and 19 year olds
El Dorado reports Senator Oren Harris of Arkansas returned to Washington after endorsing wage and farm price stabilization to curb inflation. He also urged immediate military draft for 19 year olds and preparatory training for 18 year olds to prepare them for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
vPj
Nea
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Washington
Roosevelt
Harris
Germans Admit Reds Stubborn Berlin Battle Stalingrad Fight
Reports from German broadcasts Sept 5 describe Soviet defenders fighting to the last man in Stalingrad. German infantry reportedly stormed several forts as Russians launched counterattacks to the northwest. Fortifications include concrete bunkers with rotating turrets and vast minefields reaching suburbs. Sappers and assault guns bear the main assault burden as house by house fighting continues.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Verdun
Volga
Tress
Tony
Sevastopol
Rostov
Transocean News Agnecy
Jap Stronghold in Mexico Mazatlan Seaport Scene
Mazatlan is described as a strategic seaport between San Diego and Panama with a panoramic postcard of its harbor defenses and buildings. The picture is linked to Japanese military preparations, showing the layout of bays, islands, and roads. The article notes Lazaro Cardenas used the area as a wartime base, underscoring Mazatlan’s strategic value and its desert surroundings and rail access via the Lombardo and Torreón region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Jackson
Mazatlan
Mexico
San Diego
Panama
Tokyo
Lazaro Cardenas
Sinacloa
Sonora
Soutern Pacific
Inalda
Torreon
Gulf of California
Break Into Some Enemy Positions Near Stalingrad
Red Army men shattered into German positions north of Stalingrad and left 270 enemy dead as fighting raged southwest of the Volga. Russian fronts reported gains around the Ton bend and increased pressure near Rzhev Vyazma while claiming to have repulsed major Axis attacks and damaged German forces in the Caucasus and Leningrad regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Red Stars
Volga
Volga River
Fedor von Bock
Ton Bend
Russia
Rzhev-Vyazma
Macow
Terek
Mook
Ana Niealer
Star Nz
Pee Ifields
Ata Age
Rzhev
Baltic
Leningrad
Budapest
Hungary
Red Air Force
Germany
Pland
Finland
Red Star
German I
4 L
Caucasus
Tamanskaya
Taman
Crimean Erch
Caucasian
Sovie Black Sea
Novorossisk
Postoffice to Observe Labor Day Monday
The Hope Postoffice 2 will observe Labor Day with limited service. Robert Wilson announced the opening hours and noted no rural route deliveries. money order window will close and in town delivery will be reduced.
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Hope Postoffice
Robert Wilson
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