145 Industrial Plants Miss Hope in Arkansas Review
James Thrasher comments on a state industrial review showing 145 new or added plants in Arkansas this year, noting Hope is omitted while nearby towns gain. He argues for local effort to build resources, jobs, and population, and warns against neglecting regional opportunities. The column cites Henry L. Stimson’s farewell on preparedness and international trust.
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Arkansas
Harrison
Helena
Herpes
Hiwasse
Hot Springs
Hope
South
North
World girdling air ride opens as C 54 starts
Washington September 28 A giant C 54 begins the first regular world girdling schedule carrying seven men and a woman as guinea pigs and observers on a 23147 mile flight. The Globster departs from Washington National Airport at 4 p.m. for Bermuda then Azores North Africa Egypt India China and back via the Philippines Honolulu and Pacific Isles.
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Paul Miller
Washington
Atlantic
Washington National
U. S. Army Air Transport Command
Bermuda
Azores
North Africa
Egypt
India
China
Philippines
Honolulu
Pacific Isles
Rhode Island Governor Named Solicitor General
President Truman appoints Rhode Island Governor J Howard McGrath as solicitor general of the justice department succeeding Charles Fahy who resigned. McGrath, a former U S district attorney for Rhode Island, will assume duties immediately and has been a Rhode Island bar member since 1929.
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Washington
WPI
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Justice Department
Charles G. Ros
McGarth
Charles Fahy
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Ross
Mcrath
U. S
Arth
School Bus Driver Clinic Set for October 1 2
All district and contract bus drivers must meet at city hall October 1 and 2 starting at 1 a.m. under E R Brown county supervisor and Lt Jack Rhea of the Arkansas State Police. Evening session ends at 2 p.m. Officials urged attendance by superintendents and school men.
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E. R. Brown
Jack Rhea
Arkansas State Police Department
General Wainwrights Story to Begin in The Star
General Jonathan M. Wainwrights own story from Corregidor to liberation will begin in The Star on Monday October 8. King Features Syndicate outbid magazines for the costliest feature ever bought by the daily press. The Star paid more for Hope than all cartoons and serials combined for the five to six weeks it runs. It is a first release with unabridged text and full illustrations. The public is warned The Stars press run is limited to subscribers only. no back copies.
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Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Japan
Star
King Features Syndicate
Daily Press
Hope
the Star
General Wainwright
Saturday Evening Post
Collier's
Wainwright
Crack Down Fires Across Argentine Press
Buenos Aires enforces full censorship as military rulers detain editors from La Nación and La Prensa. A nationwide radio blackout follows and foreign commentaries are banned. Asylum seekers rise to 15 in Uruguay embassies, sparking regional concerns ahead of the Rio conference.
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John Wallace
Buenos Aires
Farrell-Peron
Argentina
Montevideo
Uruguyan
Mano Guido
Radical Party
Eduardo Helguera
Luis Lopez
Profs
Alberto Pawlosky
Luis Rocque Gondra
Abel Houssay
la Nacion
la Rensa
Marines to Discharge 8000 Weekly Under Point System
The Marine Corps expects to reach a peak of 8,000 discharges weekly under its point system next week. By September 21, 6,286 had been released, including 1,200 returned from overseas. Delays stem from units en route to occupation areas and limited shipping space, with total strength at V J Day about 162,000.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Marine
Marine Corps Headquarters
Fulbright Pushes Exchange Scholarships Finance Plan
Senator J William Fulbright a former Rhodes scholar proposes using foreign surplus property credits to fund exchange scholarships for U S students studies research and related activities in other countries The move aims to foster mutual understanding and strengthen friendly relations through international student exchanges.
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Washinon
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D. Ark
Rhodes
Oxford University
United States
U.S
Fulbright
U S Envoy to Make Policy on Argentina
President Truman awaits the arrival of Spruille Braden to decide policy toward Argentina. Braden will become assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs and adviser on hemisphere matters. He criticized Peron era tactics and urged support for democratic reform. U.S. policy may move toward early conference of American foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro starting October 20. The piece notes Braden’s Puerto Rico stop and Miami remarks about Argentine desire for representative government.
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Truman
Spruille
Braden
Argentina
Barden
State Department
United States
London
Byrnes
Puerto Rico
Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Americas
Peron
Miami
Rio de Janeiro
34 Japs Held for Massacre at Prison
Allied headquarters in Tokyo reported 1 490000 U S veterans would be shipped home from the Pacific within seven months while 44 Japanese officers and men were jailed over the Palawan massacre of Allied prisoners. The new plan pins October to November sailings for several divisions and delays Japan’s plea for 260000 tons of shipping to return troops abroad.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
War Department
U. S
Pacific
MacArthur
Palawan
Far Pacific
Yokohama
Philippines
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Japan
Supreme Command
Sasebo Oh Lo
Korea
Headquarters
China
Sixth Army
Kyushu
Lower
Honshu
Fighth
Hokkaido
24Th Army Corps
Third Amphibious Corps
Oie Satoshi
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Belgian Girl Plays U S Officer While Hiding German in Basement
In the Battle of the Bulge era a Belgian girl spurns a U S lieutenant despite his charm and gifts. He wins her affection after persistence with flowers and gifts, while German soldiers hide in the家 basement. The tale unfolds amid wartime Belgium’s snowbound ruins and shifting loyalties.
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U.S
Hal Boyle
Hong Kong
Papa
Mama
Belgium
Page
Strike Spreads to Textiles Idle May Total Half Million
Labor unrest spreads across industries on September 28 as textile workers in Paterson trigger a wave of walkouts. CIO demands 15 cent hourly raises while nationwide strikes threaten 1.9 million idle workers, with effects in New York City, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and beyond.
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Associated Pres
Paterson
N. J
CIO
New York City
Chicago
Washington
Schwellenbach
CIO Federation of Dyers
America
Federation
Joseph W. Knapik
Co Sa Ae
Newsey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Charles Vermorel
dyres _ finishers employers association
West Virginia
Pacific Northwest
AFL
Detroit
New York State Mediation Board
F. H. la Guardia
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co
Birmingham
Ala
United Mine
Jap Arrested for Riots in Indo-China
Field Marshal Juichi Terauchi, the supreme Japanese commander for the south, was placed under house arrest by the British in Indo-China for failing to act against Annamite terrorists. Lt. Gen. Douglas Gracey said Terauchi and aides are accountable for the disorder. Annamite groups attacked Americans, French, and British, with reports of 17 French dead and 38 European women kidnapped.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Meshal
Juichi Terauchi
Indo- China
Douglas Gracey
Terauchi
Fast Work Is Required for 46 Tax Cut
Washington action demands quick congressional maneuvering to implement a 1946 tax cut by January 1. The Ways and Means Committee moved fast, with hearings unlikely, as the Treasury and joint tax experts prepare figures. The Senate Finance Committee and the House panel aim to finalize by November 1 to issue new withholding tables for some 50 million workers and 2 to 2.5 million employers.
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James Marlow Washington
I/P
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureaus
Internal Revenue
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Joint Congressional Tax Committee
Vinson
Joint Committee
House Ways and Evrl
Senate Finance Committee
End of Meat Rationing Promised by Year End
Washington report from Sept 28 notes price chief Chester Bowles telling industry advisory committees that all meat and shoe rationing will end by year’s end. He flags sugars remaining until supply meets demand, with fats and oils likely early 1946, while other durables stay under control for months. Bowles cites inflation fears and the need to manage postwar conversion and pent‑up demand.
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Helene Monberg
Washington
Price
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Clock Time Change Errored In AP Dispatch
The article notes an AP Washington dispatch misstated the clock change from War Time to sun-time for Sunday September 30. The correct hour is 2 a.m. Sunday, requiring setting clocks back one hour on September 29. It also mentions that half of Cuba’s cultivated land is devoted to sugar cane.
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Washington
Star
America
Cuba
Special on School Subscriptions for Hope Students
Parents are alerted to The Star's annual nine month subscription offer for Hope students going away to school. The rate is four dollars anywhere in the United States.
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Star
United States
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