Remains as Threat to Japanese Campaign
DeWitt Mac Wide notes Japan’s main aim may lie against China not a distant India or Australia. Chiang Kai-Shek’s weary forces and US air support hinder Japanese advances, as Japan’s grip weakens and potential shifts to a new zone of operations. Willkie travels to Moscow and Chungking to stress backing for a free China.
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Glenn Babb
Malaya
East Indies
Japan
India
Australia
Siberia
Imo- Chiang Kai - Shek
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Salse
China
L. Willkie
Moscow
Chungking
Willkie
United Nations
Market Report from St Louis Livestock and Commodities
Stockyard activity shows 11 600 cattle and 3 000 sheep with mixed gains and losses across weights. Poultry and produce prices edge lower, butter and eggs steady to firm, while grain futures react to price control debates and loan rate expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louts Livestock National Stockyard
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Sun
Idaho Russet Burbanks US
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Arkansas 1841 Hospital Tax Measure
Public notice of a proposed constitutional amendment by the General Assembly filed March 27 1841 to authorize counties with public hospitals to levy up to one mill tax on real and personal property for hospital maintenance and operation. The amendment outlines petition requirements ballot wording and election certification by the county election commissioners.
Twilight Meditation Service at First Christian Church
The Tuesday twilight hour at the First Christian Church offers a one hour service for those serving in the armed forces with organ music starting at 6:45 p.m. Worshippers may enter the Sanctuary to pray as long as they wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
The
Christian Church
Arkansas Hospital Tax Amendment Published For General Election
The amendment provides that electors voting yes on the tax question will have the tax levied like other county taxes and the result proclaimed by the county judge. Proceeds go to hospital funding, with apportionment among qualified hospitals by the quorum court. If petitioned, the tax can be raised, reduced, or abolished with votes determining the outcome, not exceeding one mill, self executing upon approval at the next general election. The document bears the signature of Secretary of State C. G. Hall, dated April 30, 1942, with references to May 4 and October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Secretary of State
House OF Representatives
Senate
State OF Arkansas
State OF
Arkansas
County Board of Election Commissioners
C. G. Hall
Three Islands to Remember in Pacific War
Pearl Harbor correspondent notes Truk the central Japanese fortress with 245 isles and a 40 mile lagoon, Palau 26 islands west of Truk, and Saipan in the Marianas as crucial stepping stones. It argues these islands anchor Japan’s defenses, threaten Hawaii, and fuel a long Pacific campaign.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Wold
Truk
Palaus
Saipan
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Germany
League of Nations
United States
Turk
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
Palau
Marianas
Ladrones
Dagan
Austalia
Hawaii
Coral Sea
Hawaiian Islands
Midway
Tully
Pacific
Aleutians
Bismarcse Achipelago
New Guinea
Original Thinking Tells Pupils in Tenement Lesson
A teacher in the tenement district urges students to restate ideas in their own words. She prompts Mickey with simple sentences about a cow, then the boy improvises with a playful phrase about a cow and a lamp. The scene captures a moment of improvised dialogue in a crowded classroom.
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Mickey
Oil and Gas Filings for Sept 25 1942 Lafayetteville Ark
Oil and Gas notices from Lafayetteville County Arkansas dated Sept 25 and 26 1942 show release of O and G lease from Z A Copeland to L A Foster Jr. and an assignment of O and G lease from Riddell Petroleum Corp. to Frontier Fuel Oil Corp involving sections in Township 15 South Range 25 West and related properties. East Texas Refining Company involvement noted with Skelly Oil Company NW of NE quarter of Section 19 Township 15 South Range 23 West.
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Eunice Triplett
Lewisville
Arkansas
Z. A. Copeland
L. A. Foster, Jr
Riddell Petroleum Corp
Frontier Fuel Oil Corp
Ney
East Texas Refining Company
Skelly Oil Company
Qlden
R. Stewart Ape
Ark
Ite
George L. Franks
Washington
Col
Floyd A. Sprague Ape
White
Nesad Boyle E. Ellis Minet
Willard A
Houstah Fulton
Ack
Ce H
Joe Lile Jackson Ashington
Charlie H
Lockard Hope
T. ‘Thomas Hope
Charles D
Bishop Hope
Searcy . Simmonstad. Yocom, Jr
Hope
Ark Co
Orville L. Westfall
Nashville
White White
William S. Fowler
Lutiaus K
Nelson Hope
Ben
Pierce Jr. Hope
Aris
Charles L
Willard Blevins
Emmerson C
Willis Hope
Atk
James T. Copeland
Ralph Winford York McCaskill
Avis
Hollis Coy Green
James H
Arel Ope
Tk. White
Thenodore Cheatorn
Avid Alcer Ape
Harlin Exel Carlon Lope
Fred H. Coo
Rosston
Ape
Robert BE. Marshall Ape
Hite
Louis Char
Odom Ozan
Jerome
Tanner Hope
Cal
William M. Cooper Fulton
Dorsey D. Keith Hope
Hubert K. Kidd Hope
R . Senggins Ozu
Y W. Huckabee Hope
Test Trotter Jr
Columbus
Plumlot Hope
Ernest A. Porterope
Willarm H. Boyett Hope
Apts
Jimmie Watson Hope
Charlie L. Davis Lope
Franklin Porter Jr. Hope
Junze Nelson Aan
Ralph G. Rogers Hope
Charles R. Rickels Hope
Eldon Fulton McCaskill
Additional Names in the Fifth Draft Registration
The Fifth Selective Service registration for Hempstead County lists additional names of men aged 19 and 20. Questionnaires are mailed as each man reaches his 20th birthday, with the list being published serially as type space allows.
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Selective Service
Hempstead
Urges Newsmen to Explain Withheld War News
Buron Price, head of censorship, urged Southern Newspaper Publishers Association members to explain to the public why certain wartime information is withheld. He praised balance in censorship but said publishers must justify withholding to maintain reader confidence and prevent aiding enemies. He cited nine months of voluntary censorship as a mixed result and urged clearer public explanations.
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Salomons
Tokyo
Hot Spings
Buron Pice
Dicelo
Southern News Paper Publishers Association
Price
Municipal Court Docket of Forfeitures and Guilty Pleas
Municipal Court records show multiple cash bond forfeitures on charges including disturbing the peace drunkenness speeding and carrying a concealed weapon. Defendants include Viola Miller Willie Lewis Buddy Finn Fred Scott Cherica Shirley Elmer Jennings Carl Strong and others with various outcomes noted.
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Viola Miller
Willie Lewis
Buddy Finn
Fred Scott
Jim Thomas
T. J. Rodgers
Oscar C. Miles
Lee Morris
Will Griffith
J. M. Fincher
iWylie Fairchild
Albert Dye
John Dismuke
Mike Campbell
Cherica Shirley
Elmer Jennings
Carl Strong
W. Z. Ward
Roy Bullock
Mehl
Red Scott
Pearl Monts Dasott
Pearl Monts Basott
Vols Even Dixie Series with 4-1 Win in Opener
Nashville Vols rebound to even the Dixie Series at 1-1 as Shreveport hosts game three in Louisiana. Jeffcoat and Shilling spark the win, with Shilling belting a two run homer and Cal Chapman and Charlie English delivering key hits. Vito Tamulis to start for Nashville, manager Sally Parke eyeing Gordon Maltzberge for the next game.
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Nashville
Tenn
Shreveport
Nashville Vols
Vols
George Deficant
Eastman Jim Shilling
T-L
Jeffeuat
Shilling
Johnny Michalle
Big Jim
Jack Brillheart
Shreveport Hurler
Cal Chapman
Charley English
English
Elthe Paul Erickson
Vito Tamulis
Volson
Sally Parke
Gordon Maltzberge
An Antiquarian Tale of a Night in Ireland
Two travelers wander into a cemetery in Ireland and discover a gravestone. One reads the name as Miles from Dublin, while the other recalls a hospital visit and a wife’s remark about a blonde dancing companion. The anecdote blends irony and mistaken identity in a late night moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Miles
Dublin
Jove
Old Boy
Sinking of Lexington Ignored For Weeks News Censorship
A veteran recalled that censorship hid the May 8 sinking of the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific for over a month. He said naval experts believed Japanese misjudged American strength, contributing to their retreat at Midway.
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Lexington
South Pacific
Japan
Midway
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South Main Street
Thomas E. Power Lumber Co
Tesorkang
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Tr&p
Market Report
New York
Stoges
Santa Fe
Canadian Pacific
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Dow Chemical
Allied Chemical
Douglas Aircraft
DuFont
Yellow Truck
General Electric
Red Army
Colorado
Red McChures
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
Cobblers
Wisconsin Bliss
N. Meh
Desert
U. S
Lafayetteville County
Ralph Routon
Fiano Studios
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