War analysts see Allied momentum as Axis falters grows
A wartime commentary cites President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill as signaling early momentum toward a broad Allied offensive. It notes increased American production and U boats diminished, while Axis supply struggles and aerial superiority shift balance, urging sharper action beyond words. The birthday cake reference marks resolve to begin concrete offensives, with Churchill and Roosevelt pledging bullets over rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Hitler
Uchius
Middle ‘East
Vaiker
Garden of
Miter
Ehrer
Caucasus
Jon
Offen- Zain
Roosevelt
Jr.Churchill
Russia
Wnich
Iele
Sam
John
Jeld- Churchill
Commons
Stalin
Moscow
Old Timers End Election Endorsements in Seven States
The Associated Press notes broad victories in seven states as unofficial returns from primaries favor longstanding figures. In Louisiana, Senator Alien Ender leads in the Democratic race, while Minnesota shows wide margins for old leaders. Colorado and other states report strong showings for incumbents and party veterans amid prewar policy debate and war effort campaigning. Governor Ralph L. Carr secures the Republican nomination for a Senate seat, with several vacancies and contests shaping the short-term outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Benjamin C. Hilliard
Roosevelt
A. Washington
Johnson
Franklin
Ralph L. Carr
Senate
Alva B. Adams
Eye& D. Millikin
Adams
Will
James Marsh
Denver
Samuel R. Ogden
Archi
Poner
Goun Estate
George Eugene Ige'e
Ponent
Minnesota
Stassen
Navy
Farmer Ed Thye
Ball
Ernest Lundeen
Walter K. Mickelson
New Ulm
Arizona
John R. Murdock
Richard F. Harless
Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
South Carolina
George K. Laney
Chesterfield
Ransome J. Williams
Mullins
New Uses for Paper in War
Washington report says paper can replace scarce materials as metals and rubber shrink. Industrial specialist Arnold Schumacher notes paper may substitute for food, clothing, and packaging, with examples including paper cans for foods, paper hangers, paper shoes, and paper tires. He cites strong, versatile paper from pulp and outlines insulated wraps for copper wire and waxed cartons for dairy and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Arnold C. Schumacher
Department of Commerce
Department
Schumacher
Old Long Machine Wins Baton Rouge Primary
Senator Allen J. Ellender returns to the U S Senate as the Long machine tops a Louisiana Democratic primary. EB A Stephens loses to Ellender while reform ally Governor Sam H Jones stays out. Other incumbents Renominated in Fourth and Eighth districts with several runoff possibilities across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Arnall
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Louisiana
Long Machine
Ellender
E.A. Stephens
New Orleans
Sam Jones
Old
Baton Rouge
Allen J. Ellender
Tuey P. Long
United States Senate
Robert S. Maestri
EB. A.stephens
Stephens
Reform
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Overton Brooks
A. Leonard Allen
F. Edward Hebert
T. Hall Boggs
Paul H. Malone
Market Report from St Louis and New York Stocks
Market news covers livestock at National Stock Yards with hogs and cattle moving higher, vealers and sows steady, and lambs quiet. New York stocks slip on profit taking while some electric power groups rally, and Chicago grain prices climb with wheat rye at new highs on favorable demand and government price measures. Regional commerce includes poultry, butter, eggs, and potatoes with varied pricing updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
New York
Wall Street
Electric Power & Light
American Power & Light
American & Foreign Power
Electric Bond & Share Co
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
North Dakota
Bliss
Idaho
Wisconsin Cobblers
Red River
Waley
Congress
Paper products and future uses in wartime industry
The report outlines progress in vulcanized fiber for gears and luggage, and new canning pads for jars. It notes potential uses in floor coverings and furniture, with many items possible after the war, though some shifts depend on equipment and chemical restrictions. Transportation remains a key constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumacher
Davis named Arkansas ODT control administrator
Eugene Davis, formerly of Little Rock and senior administrative officer in Washington, is appointed administrator of the Arkansas Office of Defense Transportation control program for commercial trucks, buses, and cabs. The Little Rock district will oversee 411 counties except six in the Memphis, Shreveport areas, with a 25 member staff. Tom H. Petty becomes his assistant after managing a truck line in El Dorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Sept
Eugene Davis
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Motor Transport Division
Clay, Greene
Mississippi
Craighead
Poinsett
Cross and Crittenden
Memphis
Little River
Miller
Lafayette
Columbia
Shreveport
Davis
Thepa Hene
Tom H. Petty
DDT
Ito Davis
Petty
el Dorado
McArthur Aims for Kokoda Patrols Amid Mountain Gap
The report describes Australian patrols on the Kokoda side of the mountains about 2000 feet below a narrow gap. One 20 man unit held off 300 Japanese with machine guns tommy guns and rifles in an ambush on Sunday. The next day another patrol attacked a Japanese post using grenades and killed nineteen Japanese without suffering any losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokoda
Nurses Aide Certificates Awarded By Red Cross
Seventeen or more candidates are listed for Nurse's Aide pins caps and certificates presented under the American Red Cross Office of Civilian Defense. The ceremony at Methodist church features processional, vocal and instrumental numbers, and a formal presentation of caps and certificates to Hempstead County participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Office of Civilian Defense
St Methodian Church
Edwin Stewart
Thomas Brewster
Hollis Lueck
Y Hempstead County
Mary Louise Keith
Aide
Jim Jones
W. R. Hamilon
Gets New Army Assignment
Private First Class William Hutson of Hope Arkansas is assigned to the Director Headquarters Message Center of Lt General Walter Gruger s Third Army now in Louisiana. He is the son of Mrs J W Hutson and attended Hope High School Rice Institute and worked for Bell Telephone in Beaumont Texas before enlistment June 18 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Louisiana
Spet
William Eorge Hutson
W. Div
Hope
Ark
Walter Grueger
J. W. Hutson
Hope High
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
Prige
Une
8. W. Bell Telephone Co
Beaumont
Has 2 Wives Both Happy Los Angeles Funeral Drama
An orderly-minded architect lived two domestic lives with two wives who both believed him devoted. After his death at 68, funeral services were arranged by one wife and burial chosen by the other. The widows, Huot and Meeks, kept the ceremony quiet and cooperative despite the bizarre arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Louis L. Hoyt
City Engineer's Office
Louis I. Meeks
Daddy
Meeks
Architeet
Corporation Group Schedules Hearings in Arkansas
The Corporation Commission set hearings for next month on eight applications for bus and rock operating permits. Companies include Hearih Tank Lines Baton Rouge to haul petroleum from northeast Arkansas to Little Rock Russellville Marshall Newport and Forrest City. Kansas City Southern Transport Co to operate a truck line over state highway 48 between Waldron and Forrest City. KE Merri to operate a bus line between Arkadelphia Mt. U Arkadelphia over state highway. E D Stewart Conway to operate a bus line between Clinton and Conway. Pulaski Travel Bureau Little Rock to operate a travel bureau in Arkansas. Edwin McCall Newport to operate a bus line between Newport and a new government all school near there. Tom Hill Hector to transfer bus operating rights between Hector and Russellville held by G Hale in Russellville. Black Motor Lines El Dorado to lease rights of Southeast Arkansas Freight between Pine Bluff Fordyce El Dorado and Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Corporation Commission
Bes
Rock
Hearih Tank Lines
Baton Rouge
Eeacent Ark
Lillie
Russellin Marshall
Newport
Forrest City
Kansas City Southern Transport Co
Kansas City
Waldron
Forrester, Co
KE. C. Merri
Arkadelphia
Mt. U
State High- Ida
E. D. Stewart
Conway
Opere
U.S
Government All School
Tom Hill
Hector
Russellville
Gr. Halelum
Russellvile
Black Motor Lines, Inc
el Dorado
Southeast Arkansas Freight Lines
Pine Bluff
Fordyce
Thornton
Oil and Gas Filings in Lafayette September 7 1942
Public records show oil and gas filings prepared by Eunice Triplett for CO. & G. house. A 10 year term begins July 29 1943. Horace M. Jones and wife transfer to W. Rhea and J. J. Speer, NEVE of SEY of Sec 22, Township 2, Range 55 West, with details indicating a lease or deed notation in the Lafayette docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
Medh
Dee
N. Meh
Eunice Triplett CO
G. House
Horace M. Jones
Wif
To. W. Rhea
J. J. Speer
Neve Af Sey
West
Hamill Named Kiwanis Head at Tuesday Luncheon
The Hope Kiwanis club elected Rev Bert Hamill of Henitl as president designate with Ka Hawking as vice president and B E McMahon as secretary treasurer Ched Hall becomes immediate past president. Rev Bert Webb of Springfield Missouri spoke on work conditions and wartime cooperation with government while affirming rights of conscientious objectors. Guests included Gyron Evang James Gunter others from Hot Springs Camden Paris and Lew Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henitl
Hope Gospel Taberncle
Hope Kiwanis Club
Ka Hawking
B. E B. McMahon
Ched Hall
Bert Webb
Springfield
General Presbytery
Assembly of God
Gove
Webb
Gyron Evang
James Gunter
Powell
Hot Springs
Mason
Camden
Wfwick
Paris
Phinis A
Lew Houston
Texas
McGehee Withdraws From Water Fight
McGehee, Arkansas, withdrew from the waterworks dispute as an intervenor in the Arkansas Power and Light sale case. The city joined other towns including Hamburg and DeWitt in protesting municipal operation plans, citing wartime material and personnel constraints. Mayor Fay Joiner called the move a response to strong public support for the city acquiring and operating the waterworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
McGehee
Arkansas Power Aid I. Piny Water Properties
Ight
Arkinsax Municipal Waneter Company
The
Utilities Commission
Hamburg
DeWitt
Parkin
Arkadelphia
Earle
Wynne
McGhee
Fay Joiner
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Hope Hope
Arkansas
James Domengeaux
Newt Mills
Charles McKenzie
Monroe
J. ¥. Sanders, Jr
James H. Morrison
Vance Planche
Joseph L. McHugh
Market Report
Elise
War Production Board
WPH
McArthur
J. W. Perkins
George Dodds
Alvin Robertson
Hazel Watkins
Ruth Baker
Cline Franks
Roxie Watkins
Jael Atkins
Ernest O'Neal
B. B. McPherson
W. B. Mason
Frank Howson
Ernest W. Graam
Corporation
Hamill
Kiwanis
Rephan’s
SAVE
Fortune Shoes
Jarman Friendly
Churchill
Jarman
Ladie
Ladies
Oxfords
U.S. War Bonds & Stamps
Rephan's
Egt Marchler
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