New Air Chief of Scrap to Steel Making in War Demands
Electric furnaces require high scrap quality and 90 percent strap uptake. Baled scrap compresses to 20 inch cubes of about 350 pounds. Scrap mines cluster where people live, proving citizens are a major war resource. Axis power capacities and Allied output terms are shown, with American capacity around 90 million tons and citizens contributing roughly 13 percent.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Italy
Germany
England
Russia
Social Calendar Highlights From Local Clubs
Wednesday and Thursday events cover Surgical Dressings department chairmanship, Daughters of the Confederacy hosting at Mrs Crews home, a You Can Defend America program by Mrs J A Henry, Rose Garden and Cemetery Association meetings, Tuesday Contract Club hosted by Mrs Broad with two substitutes, and a late report of War Savings stamps and knitting drive. Junior engineers at Southwestern Proving Ground celebrate with informal dinner at the Barlow, with numerous attendees listed. Gardenia Garden Club meets at Mrs Franklin’s home with president Mrs Ward presiding, flower talk by Mrs Hamilton, and a flower contest won by Mrs Lon McLarty followed by salad and hot chocolate.
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George 7
Crews
Pat Clelburn
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Ana Hanna
Ben Good Iett
Ozu
America
J. A. Henry
al, Broach
Syd McMath
Jefferson ‘Proving Ground
Madison
Ind
Southwestern Proving Ground
Barlow
Jill
Alearn
Wanda Lana
Ciois Tt
Martin
Evelyn de Noevelle
Arthur
Holland
Morlan Taylor
Gardenia Garden Club
R. D. Franklin
R. V. Herndon
Frank Ward
W. BR. Hamilton
Lon McLarty
Returning visitors and guests dot local social calendar
Mr and Mrs E E McMahon and son Jerry returned from Mag- nolia visiting relatives. E E Walker of El Paso is house guest of Mrs Gordon. Mrs A C Whitehurst and Miss Lorraine Whitehurst plan a Little Rock visit with Mr and Mrs R L Broach and relatives. Norma Lewis returned home from New Orleans and Bastrop. Mr and Mrs Paul May of Camden host on week. Thompson Evans Jr departs for Wichita Falls to join Pvt Evans at Sheppard Field. E P Young return from motor trip to Washington DC and Annapolis visiting Senator Lloyd Spencer.
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E. E. Walker
el Paso
Minor. Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Bonneville
A.C. Whitehurst
Lorraine Whitehurst
Little Rock
R. L
Thompson Evans, Jr
Wichita, Falls, Texas
Pvt. Evans
Shepyptured Field
E. P. Young
Washington D. C
Annapolis
Washington
Lloyd Spencer
Why America Needs a Massive Scrap Metal Drive Now
Howard Blakeslee explains that Old metal outshines virgin iron for weapons and steel, as scrap has fewer impurities and speeds production. The piece details how every citizen, from homemakers to factory owners, must contribute, with millions of tons of steel to be produced from scrap this year and next.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Wide World Science
New York
America
Morgan
United States
Brightness Gone Chapter XVIII Drama on a Rainy Road
Martin Corby rushes to a wedding rehearsal amid a storm as Faith confronts his divided loyalties. He defends his patients, faces jealousy, and struggles to balance love with duty while a dangerous drive ends in a perilous near collision. Strong entities include Martin Corby Faith and Mrs Simmons.
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Martin
Faith
Timothy Simmons
Taith
Corby
Darling
Candace
Hartshornes
Jall
Scrap yard metal sorting during wartime drive continues
The passage describes a scrapyard operation where tanks planes and guns, plus civilian contributions, are hauled in by truck to a yard. Magnets lift metal, then experts classify into three scrap categories using torches and shears to cut pieces to specified dimensions.
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Ami
Proposed constitutional amendment on county hospital taxes Arkansas
The Arkansas General Assembly proposes an amendment to allow counties with publicly owned hospitals to levy up to one mill tax on real and personal property. Electors vote at the next general election. if approved, funds go to hospital maintenance and operation. The measure details petition requirements, ballot wording, tax allocation between hospitals, and procedures to raise lower or abolish the tax with a self executing provision and publication of results.
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General Assembly
Secretary of State
House OF Representatives
Senate
State OF Arkansas
State OF
Arkansas
County Board of Election Commissioners
G. Hall
Witness of Tokyo Attack to Speak Here
Dr. W. Maxfield Garratt, a former missionary in Japan, will preach at First Baptist Church next Sunday morning and night. He was teaching at a Tokyo theological seminary when war began, was interned, and witnessed the American bombing of Tokyo from his internment site.
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W. Maxfield Garratt
Japan
First Baptist Church
Garratt
EB. P. J. Garratt
Prescott
Tokyo
21 Negroes Are Called to Duty With the Army
Twenty one Hempstead county Negroes have received notices to report October 8 for induction under the selective service act. The list includes Neverleston Harris, Lee Roy Ragland, Reuben Rogers, Nathaniel Loyd, Ervin Moore, Walter Led Watson, Charles Witherspoon, Henry Baker, Jewel Stuart, Lee Roy Cheatom, Wilbert Hartfields, Howard Muldrow, Ervin Wheaton, Edwin Louis Tyus, Fred Douglass Coleman, Bennie Wright, Chester Claud Wilson, Briant Davis, I. D. Jones, Paris Tremble, and Velo Phillips under the command of Jim Doolitile. De Dr. Garrett is expected to tell of his internment experiences at the Sunday night service.
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Hempstead
Neverleston Harris
Lee Roy
Ragland
Reuben Rogers
Nathaniel Loyd
Ervin Moore
Walter Led Watson
Charles Witherspoon
Henry Baker
Jewel Stuart
Lee Roy Cheatom
Wilbert
Hartfields
Howard Muldrow
Ervin Wheaton
Edwin Louis Tyus
Fred
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Allied Air Force
Southwest Pacific
George H. Brett
Robert Wilson
Red &Pss
Rose Garden Club
J. L. Rogers
P. O'Neal
Io'vlok
Cemetery Association
City Hall
Ia'clack
W. G. Allison
Hempstead County
NEW Saenger
Tracy
Mark Fi
Garfield
John Steinbeck
Frank Morgan, Akio Tararofe
John Qualen
Allen Jenkins
Sturt Bison & Co
Nashville
E. E. McMahon
Erry
Mag- Nolia
New Orleans
Bastrop
Norma Lewis
City
Paul May
Camden
Robert Lacrane
Fir
U.S
Ermiser
Big G
Kiska Island
U.S. Navi
U. S
E. P. Young, Sr
Carville Hall
John Vesey
Arkadelphia
J. W. Scerest
Paris
Kilgore
Texas
Mike Cross
Allah, TL
Principia , College
Joe Jones
Holly Watterson
NEA Service
Tnc
Mrs. Simmons
Army
St. Joseph
Rialto
Shirley Temple
Ann Dvorak
Ben Lyon
S. Theatres
Saenger
Matinee Daily
Kathleen
Tripoli
Office of Defense Transportation
Hall Bros
J. L. Green
Garner the
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