Miss Beryl Henry Resigns Hope Public Schools
Miss Beryl Henry resigns as Hope public schools superintendent to enter federal service in the Japanese colony in eastern Arkansas. After 24 years in Hope, she is praised for stable leadership and national recognition as an educator, with best wishes from the hometown paper and many locals who worked with her.
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Beryl Henry
Hope Public Schools
Arkansas
Miss Henry
Intal
Hope
Peteenry Fing
Henry
MacArthur Urges Massive Fight In Pacific War
General MacArthur told officers in Australia that soldiers must strike hard against the Japanese, invoking Napoleon and warning against surrender while troops press the front. He praised Allied bravery, described Japanese tactics as dispersing groups of attackers, and noted heavy fighting along the Owen Stanley range as Australian and American forces tighten the Milne Bay front.
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Pacific
Australia
MacArthur
United States
Rubio
al- Ipafoarhes
Owen Stanley
Normanby
Milne
Kokoda
Forksby
Monthly Safety Meeting Reports Fewer Accidents Across Plants
A monthly safety meeting noted a substantial reduction in accidents across the Anthony Co and other plants. The report lists hours worked and lost time due to incidents with several figures showing total hours worked and zero or minimal lost work days across multiple facilities.
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Totel
Anthony T Co
Ding Co
Truck Shortage Slows Paving on Two Highways
Whitley, general foreman for D N Jones Construction Company, said work on Highways No 4 and 29 north of Hope is delayed due to truck and tire shortages. Paving on No 4 will be black-top 4 feet wide with concrete curbs. No 29 will reach Feovile Ground to city limits with curb and gutter. Total length 3.9 miles, 1.6 on No 4 and 2.3 on No 29.
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Vv. Whitley
D. N. Jones Construction Company
Lewisville
Government Moves to Control Transport Vehicles
Washington reports the Office of Defense Transportation ordered control of trucks buses and taxicabs by November 15 to conserve fuel parts and accessories for war needs. About 5 000 000 trucks 150 000 buses and 30 000 cabs would come under regulation while passenger cars and motorcycles are exempted. Senator Green urged nationwide gasoline rationing to meet eastern seaboard needs amid a shrinking private fleet. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Senator Green
D-Rd
Roosevelt
Seaboard
Green
Short Blasts Government on Factory Wage Shortages
Arkansas farmer leader D. Short of Brink Co told about 150 farmers at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station near Hope that farm prices must be controlled by policy and that inflation controls should include wages. He criticized labor practices, warned of parity as the key to inflation, and urged stronger farm input while noting wage and hours rules impact agriculture. Cornelius reelected Hempstead County Farm Bureau president.
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Teadly
American Farm Bureau
Roosevelt
Congress
Arkansas Farm Organization
American Farm Bureau Federation
Nemael Ney
Lasbor
Lnbor
Mr. Short
Halion
Farm Bureau
Short
Iabor
Jabor
Department of Agriculture
California
Aegriculture
A. R. Avery
Monroe Ken
J. A. McWilliams
Treasury Urges Big 2.5 Billion Income Tax Hike
Senate Finance Committee backs a 5 percent victory tax on earnings over 624 yearly and a plan to study compulsory savings to fund the war. Treasury officials push combining with regular taxes, raising net federal yield beyond 25 billion, with credits and postwar options. Joe Doetkes illustrates how the tax would affect a married worker with two children earning 3000 annually.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
Senate Finance Comntee
Radcliffe
House
Senate
Esc
Tfe
Joe Doetkes
Joe
Hope Boy Graduates From Flying School
Wallis Monroe, son of Mrs. Cori Monroe of Hope, was among 20 flying cadets who graduated from the Stover Flying school at the municipal airport of Ilot Springs. He plans glider training on return and is visiting his mother in Hope.
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Wallis Monroe
Cori Monroe
Hope
Stover
Ilot Springs
Sence
Monroe
U S Plane Production Said to Equal Output of the Axis
Cleveland dispatch reports Under Secretary of War Robert P Patterson announcing U S tank production reached an impressive figure and last month output of war planes surpassed Germany Japan and Italy combined. He praised American personnel and said December would double tank production while new planes would be superior to existing designs. He cited air and armor superiority, compared US P-47 Thunderbolt and P-40 Hawk capabilities to Axis aircraft, and noted favorable combat records including P-47s and Bell P-39s sustaining losses.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert P Patterson
Germany
Japan
Italy
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Convention
Patterson
Thei
U. S
Egypt
Beryl Henry Resigns From Hope Schools
Miss Beryl Henry longtime Hope public schools superintendent resigns effective October 1 to join the War Relocation Authority at Jerome Arkansas as director of school curriculum overseeing about 3 000 students including a 1 100 enrollment high school and two 900 student elementary schools James H Jones will serve as acting city superintendent upon her departure Henry has held key educational roles and memberships in Arkansas and national associations.
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Beryl Henry
Hope Public Schools
Hope
War Relocation Commission
Jerome, Ark
Arkansas
Miss .Henry
Bentonville
Arkansas Education Association
National Education Association
Arkansas Federation of Business & Professional Women
Arkansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
James H. Jones
Hope High School
RAF Bombers Raid Frankfurt in Sixth Night of Blitz
British bombers struck Frankfurt in a strong force during the sixth night raid of eight planned raids this month. Fire was reported burning as targets in the Rhineland were hit and the raid included an effort over western Germany. Casualties included several aircraft from Rhineland raids and patrols.
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Germany
Frankfurt
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Fighter Command
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Cherbourg
RAF
DNB
Berlin
Sly Arthur Harris
Third Reich
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Forterss Command
Frank A. Armstrong
Felix Trice
Stuttgart
Ark
Rotterdam
Churchill
Britain
United States
Russia
Strongy
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Caucasus
Middle East
Central
Baku
Rostov
Mozdol
Grozny
Terek
RAI
Great Yarmouth
Bedford
Field Marshak
Erwin Rommel
Salam-Matruh Road
State Game Wardens to Wear Uniforms in Modernization
Lite Rock Arkansas game wardens will be measured in Little Rock for new uniforms, the first in history. Secretary T. A. McAmis of the Game and Fish Commission said the wardens will wear regulation khaki with maroon and gold insignia, an army style campaign hat planned.
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Lite Rock
Arkansas Game
T. A. McAmis
The
Game and Fish Commission
Little Rock
Arkansas Schools Face Shortages as Term Opens
About 1,226 students reported enrolled by mid morning on Wednesday with 4,226 in high and “tammar” schools. White schools opened with 1,220 on opening day, down from 1,440 last year, while local negro schools are not included. Factors cited include preterm enrollment boosts from a nearby military project and workers taking jobs, plus broader shortages of teachers, transportation, and metal equipment as the new term starts.
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Tammar
Beryl Henry
Southwestern Proving Ground
Brookwood
Little Rock
Education Department
Crawford Greene
Arkasus
Greene
Arkansas School Service Co
150 Lb Melon On Display In Hope Hempstead County
Hubbard of Hope route one bid for 1942 watermelon title with a 150 pound Triumph on display at the Hope Furniture Company. The Chamber of Commerce seeks funds to buy the melon and plans to send it to President Roosevelt. Earlier melons include a 118 pounder sent to a soldiers camp in Colorado and a 110 pounder given to Ray Turner for his birthday. Turner’s family notes his Coast Guard station at Royal Palm Club in Florida.
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HH. Hubbard
Hope
Hempstead
Hope Furniture Cmu
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Hubbard
Colorado
Ray Turner
J. W.turner
Mr. Turner
Coast Guard
Royal Palm Club
Florida
A Mallard Duck Hides Behind Farmer's Chimney
A mallard duck perched atop a farmer's chimney provided a new pet and a clue to stove trouble after a long absence. Nine feet down the chimney lay a chest containing three duck peas. The farmer plans to raise the hatchlings on water once they emerge.
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Pringe Albert Pi
Nazis Try to Enlarge Wedge Near Stalingrad Front
Nazi forces push to deepen a western wedge around Stalingrad amid intense fighting. Soviet reports say Reds held all fronts, with mid front gains west of Moscow and heavy air assaults by RAF and German bombers shaping a wide East Front war scene.
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Europe
Stalingrad
Red Army
Moscow
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Reichfuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Volga Metropols
Stalingrs
Red‘ Army
Starigrad
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