Speed Limit Signs and War Ration Realities
Reader letters discuss Arkansas speed limit changes from 30 to 50 then 40 and 35, warning against gimmicks like a pinwheel sign. The note links gas rationing to suburban travel limits, and laments wartime restrictions while noting Senator Lloyd Spencer forwarded Hope Star editorials to the Congressional Record for wider public circulation.
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Spencer
Tom
Congressional Record
Hope Star
Record
Parm
Star
Congressional
U.S. May Omit Foods Requiring Loss of Labor
Washington Sept. 25 Fur ther tightening of the farm labor supply is foreseen by Agriculture Wickard. A program may require government auction or omit production of foods that need much labor but yield little calories, to free labor for higher value outputs. Some crops like wheat and barley may be reduced as the country has enough wheat to last over two years. Wools and fruits high in calories per hour could also be targeted, while vitamins and minerals considerations guide the plan.
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Ovida
Martinashington
Wickard
Fedner
Agriculture Department Nutritionay Seay
Uie
Victory Rally Tour Opens at Shover Friday
The Hope Rally Club launches its county wide Victory Rallies at Shover Springs Friday with brief 4 minute talks and war sound pictures. Attorney John Vesey and Mary Cloud Fletcher lead patriotic addresses on scrap drives bonds enlistment and war issues. George Ware chairs a series of defense meetings to follow in Hempstead County with Rotary involvement and plans for NeAnn Blevins events and weekly gatherings.
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Hope Ralley Club
Shover Springs
John Vesey
Mary Cloud Fletcher
Olver Adams
Aubrey Albritton
Bil Wray
Lyme
Armstrong
NeAnn
Blevins
Nation Urges Metal Scrap Drive To Fuel War Industry
New York reports a national call to collect metal soap and junk to fuel wartime steel needs. Industry leaders warn of dwindling supplies as consumption rises to record levels while production shifts from peacetime goods to weapons, requiring as much as 17 million tons of scrap through Jan. 1.
Hope El Dorado Contest Heads Conference Play
The Hope High School Bobcats meet the El Dorado Wildcats at Hammans Stad ium in a Lees tag conference game tonight with an 8 PM kickoff. El Dorado, led by McKnight, aims to extend a strong start after beating Haynesville 12-8 and Hope 13-12. Hope counters with several veterans and a reshuffled backfield.
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el Dorado Wildcats
Hammans Stadium
Lees
Ta Dorado
Fleet
McKnight
Bobcats
Uegeteran Seedl & Co
Smackover
Wildcats
Bobcatmepler
CL McCullough
Hope
Banks Inclvede
Huddieston
Calhoun
Wells
Chimee
Bruner
Aslin
Carmbie
Stephens
Brakefield
Stanford
Grisham
Bell
White
el Dondo
Akansas High
Haynesville
Powell Smackove
Lanizht
Little Rock
Benton
Russellville
Pine Bluff
Fadyee
Little Rock Tigers
Tiger Cosch Clarensen
Joneso
Golden Hulcane
Little Roc
Allied Bombers Hit Japs in New Guinea and Lands
Allied fighter planes struck Japanese lines in New Guinea while bombing ships and shore installations in New Britain, Thor, and the Solomon Islands. Targets included Kokoda airdrome and a bridge near Waiopi. No change in the Port Moresby area. A direct hit damaged a cargo ship in Rabaul harbor. several ships and warships faced heavy anti aircraft fire. An Allied spokesman noted substantial warship and merchant vessel concentrations offshore.
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Meadeters
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Thor
Salomon Islands
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Waiopi
Kumusi River
Ioribaiwa
Japanese Claim Submarines Operated in Atlantic
Tokyo and Berlin announced that Japanese naval forces were operating in the Atlantic in cooperation with Axis navies. A Japanese submarine reportedly called at a German base before sailing to strategic waters, with observers cautious about confirmation.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Atlantic
Berlin
Europe
Bordeaux
Former Hot Springs Man Held as Prisoner in Germany
Irvin Granger McDaniel, 19, of Hot Springs, recently with the RAT bomber command, is listed as a prisoner of war in a German camp. His parents, Mr and Mrs Irvin D McDaniel, were notified. He went missing August 1 after a raid on Flensburg, Germany, with a nine man crew. The British Air Ministry reports he is safe though injured.
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Hot Springs
Alcoa Smelters Vote to Return to Work
Cleveland reports that 1,500 striking CIO smelter workers at the Aluminum Co. of America voted to return to work at 3 p.m. negotiations on wage increases proceed. Balint, the union regional director, called the walkout unauthorized and promised a Sunday mass meeting full report.
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CIO
Aluminum Ca. of America
Alex Balint
Balint
ALCOA
Hearing on APL Sale of Water Lines Continues
Little Rock September hearing reveals Clifford E. McCloy would lead Arkansas Municipal Water Company. A Camden sale involves $250000 in revenue bonds at 3.5 percent with $15000 cash to Camden and water works transfer to municipal operation.
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APL
Philadelphia
Arkansas Power and Light Company Water Properties
Camden Water Works
Camden
Harald Butcher, III
Butch and Sherrerd
Evi Mssion
U. S
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Lusley
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Butcher
Clifford E. McCloy
British Lose 2 Ships on Return From Russia
The British lost the destroyer Somali and the minesweeper Leda while convoyed home from Russia. Allied losses included 40 German planes, two U-boats destroyed and four damaged. most merchant ships reached Soviet ports. The Somali sank after being in tow in bad weather for days. Leda also went down during U-boat attacks.
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Admiralty
Arctic Ocean
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Britain
United States
Tollyay
Witircraft
Weaffie Experts Muse On Transport Worker Output
Experts estimate that the working man transports 1.52 to 2 workers daily. With tires scarce and gasoline being rationed, the figure is expected to rise, reaching at least five as conditions tighten.
Name Lake for Arkansas Man
Secretary W C McClure proposed naming the large lake to be created by Norfolk dam after Commission Chairman John P Morrow of Batesville. He praised Morrow as a long time flood control advocate and noted Arkansas congressional support. The commission asked for a 1943 45 biennium budget of 27600 annually.
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Little Rack
W. C. McClure
State Flood Control Commission
Norfolk
Commission
John P. Morrow
Batesville
Morrow
Arkansas
McClure
Adkins
Compromise on Parity Prices Gains Senate Support
Democratic Leader Barkley said in Washington that a compromise on farm parity prices within the administration's anti inflation bill was rapidly gaining support in the Senate. He noted many senators would back a substitute proposal directing Roosevelt to raise price ceilings where costs to producers exceeded the current parity method.
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Barkley
Senate
Thomas
R-Okla
Hateh
D-N.m
Roosevelt
Willkie Near Front in Russian War Zone Visit
Wendell L. Willkie toured within six miles of the German held city of Rzhev on the central Russian front. From a jeep he viewed ruins and street fighting as Russian artillery roared nearby. He spoke with seven German prisoners and recalled his World War artillery service while enduring cold rain and danger.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Rehev
Wendell L. Willkie
Rzhev
Willkie
Egyptia Desert
Russia
Cautious candidate files petitions with armored escort in Chicago
The story follows 31 year old Wilell who hires an armored truck to deliver petitions for himself and two independents to the Cook County clerk’s office without incident. It mentions other brief items including a judge commenting on a divorce and a California driver escaping a highway detour in a wild sequence.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Scott J. Wilell
Cook County
Wip
Vitel
Stalingrad’s Bitter Street Battles Reported Onward Defense
Soviet Red Star and Tass reports describe intense street fighting in Stalingrad as defenders repulse German assaults along western avenues toward the Volga. Reinforcements and heavy tanks meet stubborn resistance, with civilians fleeing cellars and shelters while the battle rages around ruined buildings and inner city streets.
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Salmo Hordwestern
Red Army
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Stalingrad
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Red Star
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Anllani
Tatike Totes
Volga
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Caucasus
Grozny
Novorossik
Black Sea
Leningrad
Singavino
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Ralph S. Watson
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