Southern pine newsprint mill front in political clash
In Hot Springs yesterday the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association denounced the War Production Board for blocking renewal of newsprint priority for the Lufkin Texas mill project. John D. Ewing urged unity among presses across the South against Northern spruce mills, arguing the move harms Southern industry, jobs, and wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hot Springs
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
War Production Board
Southern Pine
Lufkin
Texas
John D. Ewing
Shreveport Times
Association
South
Esse
Jones
RFC
Senator Connally
Jesse Jones
Congress
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Great Lakes
America
Hope
Astiman
Siedieln
Dieppe Raid Cost Allies Nearly Half of Troops
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Dieppe losses were very nearly half the total troops involved. He cited unexpected German street barriers, faultless RAF support, and casualties among Canadians. Churchill noted tanks performed under test, and referenced Northern Ireland IRA disturbances tied to U S troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Dieppe
RAF
James
Henderson Stewart
Greane Scipheer
Renuvenitt
Royal Navy
Mnister
National Defense
Church Hills
Emanuel Shinwell
Northern
Treland
Northern Ireland
Petit Jury Chosen for October Term Court Session
Judge Dexter Bush presiding as venire for October term includes Hugies Hamm Butler Laseter Patrick Coffee Greenburg Byers Tarpley Archer Johnson Jones Luck Manis Broach Ward Rogers Garlin Marlin Burke Holt Tollett Levins Weaver and alternates Rosenbaum White Samuel Ann Jones Bailey Morrow Bleying White Boyd Franks. The selection notes London receives 300 hours of sun yearly while North Carolina boasts over 3000 miles of navigable sounds and 300 miles of coastline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Bush
Henry Hugies
Hope
B. R. Hamm
T. H. Butler
Webb Laseter
M. E. Patrick
Vieve Ric
C. G. Coffee
Star Greenburg
Byers
C. W. Tarpley
Early Archer
C. Lohnson
Hempstead County Cotton Ginned Totals Nearby 194
A government report through September 15 shows Hempstead County ginning 246 bales of cotton versus 280 bales in the same period in 194. New York City's first auto taxi cab was introduced on Fifth Avenue in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Senate Adopts Compromise to Inflation Bill
The Senate voted 6 to 4 to modify the anti inflation measure by inserting a Barkley drafted compromise. It would require that an adequate wage be counted in rising costs and would direct lifting of farm price ceilings when they did not reflect labor and other increases. The measure ends eight days of administration and Farm Bloc dispute over price stabilization terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Senate Farm Bloc
Roosevelt
House
Hateh
Reed
Kansas
Tydings
D-Md
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Missing 10-Year-Old Dolores Smith in Little Rock
Police widen search for Dolores Smith, 10, last seen after leaving school with a man. An organized search of a wooded western area yielded no clues. Deputy prosecutor reviews possible links to a suspect held without charge as relatives are checked. The mother says the girl was warned about talking to strangers and may have known the man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Dolores Smith
Byron Bogard
Fugitives money mystery tied to court ruling in Cincinnati
Cincinnati David Mitchell, a hospital fugitive, was captured with six thousand one hundred ninety dollars. He claimed multiple finds then survived a court ruling that the source of the funds remained unproven. The judge deemed his tale unworthy of belief and ordered the money awarded to Mitchell. In Alaska, a cow is shipped by air to McGrath and another flight heads to the same address. In Chicago, two men plead guilty in a federal court case after a witness revealed a special agent was present during the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
McGrath
Alaska
Dave Cisugh
Chicago
Joe Irayk
Chester Kosloa
Johns
Esposito
Lyk
Alcohol Tax Unit
Defenders of Stalingrad Hold Off Nazis in Kaisgard Battle
Soviet forces near Stalingrad repelled German armored and motorized assaults as relief attacks routed two German divisions along the invasion flank. Red Army fronts across the northwest region, including Kalinin and the Don basin, pressed offensives with bombardments of air bases and countertacks that halted enemy advances. In the Caucasus, Red Marines repulsed a Romanian division near Novorossisk while Black Sea aerial forces sank Axis vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Mozdok
Comsompl Pravda
Young Pravda
Steppes
Red Army
Kalinin Front
Rzhev
Don-Valga
Rumanian Mountain Infantry
Novorossisk
Red Star
Army
London
Seopes
Don Bend
Tuapse
Berlin
Black Sea
Caucasian Front
Autumin
Tere
Comsomol-Pravda
Don
Voronezh
Staalingrad
Fuehrer
Germans
Saenger Sells War Bonds Totaling 48831.60
The Saenger theater reports a total of 48831.60 in War Bonds sold as its contribution to the national drive. An initial rally raised 11875, with a larger event boosting the running total to 48831.60. Community leaders and audiences participated, and October will carry a similar quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saenger Ihember
Hope Fire Chief Warns Kiwanis on Gasoline Dangers
Hope Fire Chief Jim Embree warned Kiwanis members of real fire risks from storing gasoline at home to beat rationing. He cited ignition from pouring between containers and friction from nearby objects, and stressed calling the fire department immediately rather than attempting to handle fires. Royce Smith and Joe Jones attended as guests, Churchill reportedly dictating letters while bathing is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Embree
Hope Fire Department
Hope Kiwanis Club
Army
Navy
Joe Jones
Royce Smith
DeAnn Victory Rally Draws Community Support
The DeAnn school hosted a Victory Rally sponsored by the Rotary Club with O A Graves and civic leaders urging all-out effort to win the war. Scouts presented colors, songs led by Ted Jones, and war bond and scrap drives urged farmers to prevent steel bottlenecks while women on the home front were honored. A similar program is planned for Blevins High School and Sweet Home, with future communities to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Graves
United States
Monroe Samuels
Hope
George Ware
Boy Scouts
Ted Jones
Nell Williams
Martin Peal
Mr. Graves
Aubrey Albritton
Oliver Adams
Mary Claud Fletch
Lyman Armstrong
Martin Pool
Bill Wray
Hope Rotary Club
DeAon School
Blevins High School
Sweet Home
Fort Smith workers win wage increase after stoppage
In Fort Smith on September 30 city street water and sewer department employees returned to work after a wage increase agreement between city officials and workers representatives. Commissioner H S Peck said about 60 workers had been involved when they did not report for work during the stoppage tied to the water main project at the glider assembly plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Water and Sewer Department
Here
H. S. Peck
Hitler Downplays Confidence In Nazi Rally Speech
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler addressing the Nazi crowd at Sportpalast, asserting continued victory against enemies and signaling preparations for a second front while praising Rommel and dismissing rumors of illness. He warned Britain against invasion, cited Dieppe as proof of Allied limits, and emphasized strategic aims from Stalingrad to the Caucasus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Hitler
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Rommel
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Goebbels
E.W.T
Fuehrer
Europe
Dieppe
Crown
Caucasus
Ukraine
Don
Don River
Germany
Black Sea
Kerch
Sevastopol
Crimea
Lilter
Russia
Yankees Win Opening Game of World Series
The New York Yankees led 7 0 after seven innings in St Louis as the Yankees overwhelmed the St Louis Cardinals in the opening game of the World Series. The Cardinals were limited to two hits through eight innings and could not mount a comeback in the final frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Redbirds
Food Industry Sees Value of Press Freedom, SNPA Meeting
Hot Springs Sept 30 speakers from the food industry emphasized that press freedom safeguards free enterprise. M M Williams of the National Association of Food Chains noted readers understand advertising supports food distribution, despite shortages and price controls. The Southern Newspaper Publishers association addressed trends in food advertising and urged action on a Chemical Pulp Manufacturing addition at the Southland Paper Mill in Lufkin Texas to secure materials. The SNPA elected Murfreesboro News Journal to membership and discussed AP directorate elections, priorities for WPB actions, and continued scrap drives to boost newspaper strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
M. Williams
National Association of Food Chains
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Today
Arlington Hotel
Williams
Friays
SNPA
Murfreesboro (Fenn
Southland Paper
Lufkin
Tex
War Production Board
John D. Ewing
Shreveport
Hoa
Harry M. Ayers
The
Anniston
Ala) Star
Donald Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Democrats May Increase Lead Says Johnson
Democratic spokesman in Washington says the party could not only retain its House majority in November but possibly increase it slightly. The comment followed remarks by Republican Frank E. Gannett about the nation's "awful mess" in a party dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Liver Washington
Frank E. Gannett
Republican National Committee
Scrap Metal Drive Scheduled in Hope Wards One to Four
Hope City public drive led by R. EL accson Hope High School vocational students will collect scrap metal from households and businesses in four wards Oct 5 to Oct 8. Crews meet at 5 AM at Hope fire station. proceeds benefit the Army Relief Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
R. EL
Hope High School
Hope Fire Station
Hope
Army Relief Society
Allied drive in New Guinea halts Japanese advance
General MacArthur reported Allied forces in New Guinea have driven the Japanese northward, retaking Kubsiwa Ridge and Tombai Ridge. Allied troops pursue toward Nauru ten miles north of the ridge as they push to Buna along the 88 mile rail line toward Port Moresby. Japanese supplies abandoned are noted, with bombers striking rear positions and barges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macariner
Australia
New Guinea
Kubsiwa
Japan
Nauru
Tombai Ridge
Buna
Vance
Port Moresby
Eral MacArthur
Koriboliwa
Unknown Man Fires on River Bridge Guard
Police hunted an unidentified man after he fired on Monroe Love, a guard at the Missouri Pacific bridge near Boughton. Love, struck on the right side, fired back as the attacker fled into a slough. officers continued to search the woods and river bottoms. The suspect had escaped from a Little Rock hospital last year and reportedly said he went haywire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Springhill
Missouri
Little Rock
Talles
Boughton
Assisant State
Adin
Doug Morris
Thistrict
Nevada
Focal Police Force
Monroe Love
Missouri Tailroad
Missouri River
Dea
Love
Hig
Enat
Nevada County
Hempstead
Hope
Broughton Day
Missouri Pacific
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Alex, H. Washburn
North Hits
Dixie Paper Mill
Petit Jury
Bmpire
North Carolina
Capital City
Anchorage
Saenger
Kiwanis Club
England
Winston Churchil
DeAnn
Ft. Smith
Johnson
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