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a a BUY UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS World- News Coverage Given Impartially by The Weather Associated Press Hope Star Colder with freezing or lower temperatures Saturday night. ON THE OF BROADWAY VOLUME 43 NUMBER 93 Star of Hope, 1899; Press, 1927. Consolidated January 18, 1929. HOPE, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1942 Means Associated Press (NEA)- Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n PRICE 5c COPY British Evacuate Malaya Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor ALEX. H.

WASHBURNWhere Tribute Is Due South Main Dispatch is Texarkana, where three ordnance Chas having been a major police problem. for an epidemic of hit-and-run information has risen to $150. that Hope has been very fortunate in year--and this is a pretty good compliments. The Infiltration Attempts of Japs Are Halted Prisoners Taken as Batan Defenders re Await Expected Push WASHINGTON -(AP)-. General Douglas MacArthur reported Satur-! day that his American-Philippine de-re fenders of Batan Peninsula in the Philippines had frustrated determined enemy attempts at infiltration through their lines in the past 24 hours.

The War Department said in a morning communique that some anese prisoners were taken. Fighting on the peninsula where fresh enemy troops have been arriving amid indicated Japanese preparations for resumption of a largescale offensive has been only sporadic in nature, the communique VirI tually no hostile air activity was noted. Urges Saving of Equipment Farmers Advised to Repair and Save Implements V. ing stoves Hempstead county farm families usmade largely of iron and steel were urged Saturday by Miss Fletcher, county home demontration agent, to retain and repair these and other domestie cooking articles made of the same materials as a measure of national defense. A recent order issued by OPM curtailing the use of iron and steel in the manufacture of stoves and other domestic cooking applicances is designed to save about 58,000 tons of metal in the first quarter of 1942, and additional supplies can be released fr othe production of essential munitions through voluntary reduction of civilian consumer demand, Miss Fletcher stated.

Hempstead county farm families can freduce their purchases of iron and domestic equipment, Miss Fletcher pointed out, by repairing the equipment on hand. A new grate or lining for the kitchen range or heating stove, according 40 Mrs. Ida A. Fenton of the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture, will require very few pounds of metal as compared to that contained in a new stove, so it is an act of patriotism to repair instead of making new purchases. In ordering new parts, the Extension economist in home management advised, the make and the number.

of the stove should be included in the -order to insure the delivery of correct parts. By checking equipment and placing orders for repair parts immediately, two important ends will be gained, Mrs. Fenton said. Manufacturers will be able to determine how much metal to set aside for civilian use, and house hold expenses will be reduced through the more efficient operation of the equipment and the prolongation of its period of usefulness. Cranium Crackers 43 War Dictionary From A to new names are popping into our war vocabularics with the extension of conflict around the globe.

How many of these places in the war news do you recognize? 1. Aparri, Ambonia, Algeria. 2. Zamboanga, Zuetina, Zainbales. 3.

Kharkov, Kuantan, Kyushu. 4. Pontianak, Pearl Harbor, Prague. 5. Dakar, Darwin, Davao, Derna.

Answers on Comic Page Front Appears Stabilized in Northern Africa British Troops Ousted From Bengasi Rejoin Main Army Forces CAIRO -(P)- The British Middle East command said Saturday there was no change to report in the situation around Bengasi but columns of the the Indian Brigade, ousted by Seventh Axis detachments of Gencral Erwin Rommel from about Libyan port, had rejoined the main British forces. "In the Msus area (70 miles southcast of Bengasi) our mobile columns continued throughout the day to engage enemy whose patrols ugain withdrew making contact," the communique said. RAF Strikes Back ROME (Frim Italian Brondcast) The Italian high command announced Saturday that British forces were continuing to retreat under heavy Axis pressure and declared the scene of battle was being steadily extended. "We are maintaining frequent contact. with the enemy," the command said und also reported that Axis bombers heavily blasted British troops concentrations and communication lines.

However, the Italians acknowledged that the RAF was striking back sharply at advancing Axis forces. Red Losses Big; Nazis Say BERLIN -(From German Broadcast by AP)-German, Italian, Rumanian and Slovak troops cooperating on the east front inflicted heavy losses on the Russians the German high command Said Saturday. Police Station Funds Approved President's Approval announced by Rep. Harris Congressman Oren Harris tele. The Star from Washington Saturday as follows: happy to inform you that the president has today approved the Work Projects Administration (WPA) project for the construction of a police radio broadcasting station near Hope.

The Arkansas State Police Commission is the sponsor." The district stute police station, from which the short-wave broadcasting will be conducted, is now under construction on U. S. 67 just north of the Missouri Pacific railroad overpass on the cast side of Hope, John P. Vesey, Hope, is chairman of the State Police Commission. Says Thai Would Welcome Allies Envoy to U.S.

Holds Country- men Wants Aid By MILTON BRONNER NAE Service Staff Correspondent -British and Chinese troops coming through Burma to altack the Japs in Thailand will be welcomed by the Thailanders as the Norwegians welcomed the British Commandos. Thailand's government, or parts of it, may have been forced to acquiesce to Japanese occupation, but the common people hate their new masters. As much us they dare, they often show their contempt by applying insulting terms to them that are right out of the Axis' own book of words. Authority for this is Mon Rajawongse Seni Pramoj, the dapper little Thailand Minister to the United States, who speaks English with the accent expected of a man who is a brilliant graduate of Oxford University. "You perhaps remember," said the Minister, "that the Germans have an epithet quite more brutal than anything decent Americans use.

It is the contemptuous -literally 'pig Well, our people, I am informed have not matched that. Thai Inflections Vary Word Meanings "They are enabled to do so, to their own satisfaction and to the mystification of the invaders, because ours is a very difficult language. The same (Continued on Pago Four) General Douglas MacArthur Fills Filipino Defenders With His Own Fighting Spirit, Believes in Them Although deprived of much of the training Gen. MacArthur had planned for them, his Filipino troops battle the Japanese invad ers with thrilling tenacity, courage and boldness. Gen.

MacArthur not surprised. He always said they there in the pinch. His frantic race against time and official indifference in the Philippines is described in the article below, detailing the spectacular career which has made MacArthur one of the most colorful, as well. as the "fightingest" soldiers in American history. By TOM WOLF NEA Service Staff Correspondent Finds Scoffed-at Faith Justified by Their Stand Against Japs One night in the late 'Thirties, a tired guest on the fourth floor of the fashionable Manila Hotel stirred restlessly in his bed.

The unceasing sound of footsteps in the penthouse apartment directly above was keeping him awake. He snapped on the light, lookcd at his watch. Two a. m. He picked up the house phone, indignantly asked the clerk: "Doesn't that guy upstairs know what time it is?" 'That guy upstairs" -Douglas MacArthur, Field Marshal of the Philippine Army-knew only too well what time it was.

He knew not only the hour of day, but the hour of history. Time, precious time in which to make the Philippine Islands secure, was fleeting. So he was working, striding up and down, as was his habit, through the long expanse of his living room, lined with books and autographed photographs of former army buddies. As he worked he -looked out his window at the lights blinking in the harbor below Manila Bay. There was a name to conjure with in American history, Manila Bay-start of the chain of events that was to give these islands the independence that he was now working to enable them to defend.

Believed Implicitly in Philippines It was he who believed most stub. bornly that they could be defended. His old and good friend, Philippine President Quezon had put the question to him bluntly: "Are islands defensible?" That's a relative question, MacArthur had said. Nothing is defensible against any possible combination of forces. But, he said, the Philippines can be made so strong that the cost of conquest would exceed any economic justification for trying to conquer them.

MacArthur's belief in the Philippines' defensibility was bolstered by his determination to defend them. This sprang in part from his Philippine background and his love of the Filipinos, More than that, he saw their importance to the U. S. "While not the door to the Pacific, or even the lock of the door of the Pacific. they are truly the key which turns the lock which opens the door to the Pacific," he had said.

He wanted that key kept away from America's encinies. When MacArthur went to the island as military advisor to the Philippine Army in 1936, defense forces there numbered Scouts and Constabulary. His was a 10-year plan to make the islands strong enough to preserve their independence by the time they won it-1946. He would raise conscript army of 40,000 A year, bring a 10-year total of 400,000. These men, trained at the model West Point he established on the islands, equipped with planes and given sea protection a fleet of motor torpedo boats, would do the trick, he thought.

He worked ceaselessly to build this defense. Despite the hard work, life in Manila was pleasant for MacArthur. In 1937 he had married for the second time. His wife was the former Jean Marie Faircloth, of Murfreesboro, Tenn The MacArthurs had one son, 210W four years old, named Arthur after the General's father. In Murfreesboro, they think of Gen.

Douglas MacArthur us Jean Marie Faireloth's husband. They call him "the General," -because that's the way Jean Marie refers to her husband when writing of him to friends. These friends were long worried over the whereabouts of Mrs. MacArthur. When the war broke out, she was living in Manila, now occupied by the Japanese.

But recently her aunt, Mrs. Marie Beard Glenn, of Louisville, said that Secretary of State Hull had notified her tiat Mrs. MacArthur and the boy were safe in the Philippines. Exact location of their haven was not revealed. Mrs.

MacArthur's brother, Cameron Fairchild. Nashville, bread company executive, and for that matter the people of Murfreesboro, have never seen General MacArthur. Even Jean Marie has not visited home since (Continued on page four) Small Causeway to Singapore Island Blasted plants are now building, Among other things there drivers, and the reward All of which reminds us its police affairs the last time to pass around the Southwestern Proving Ground -Ois practically completed. It brought a peak employment of 7,000 persons, most of whom were in or around our town during 1941. Any city of 7,475 faced with such an influx can count itself lucky if it manages to half-way preserve law and order, But the weekly publication of the police court record shows that the Hope police did maintain an energetic patrol of the city throughout the boom, dealing out justice with a hard but fair hand.

It seems to me that Chief F. V. Haynic and his force are duc well-carned recognition for their performance during a difficult time. Which further reminds usSouth of us a now oil field is developing, and newcomers are already on our streets Oil men make themselves popular wherever they go, each new boom finds some of them permanently settled in the town with the new discovery, Hope's recent performance the Proving Ground construction era gives them a guarantee that this is both a good town to visit and a good town to live in. 24 Our South Main strect customers may hear a loud scream tonight.

Don't a pay it any attention. the The street's grapevine best-known tells me that houscholders one of has succumbed to the cold snap and taken down with lumbago. Last night he put a poultice back. Tonight may be the night they snatch the poultice off. And the banshee-wail of an airraid alarm.

won't have 'anything on a man and a poultice parting company. By WILLIS THORNTON The Kanks Have Come! It is with a curious mixture of clation and anxiety that one reads the news that American troops have already landed in Northern Ireland. We knew we were in the war, of course, when Pearl was attacked, when the Marines making their stand at Wake Island, when last MacArthur's Magnificents began their defense of the Bataan Peninsula. An army in Europe, however, force. To the winning of the war in brings it all home with reodubled all areas and in every phase, we arg, When committed.

the United States entered World War it was almost a month before the first destroyer units reached Queenstown to take up its share of the submarine war. This time they were engaged in such a task long before actual war came. The First Division sailed for France on June 14, 1917, more than two months after war came. This time American troops in the Pacific outposts were attacked as the announcement of war, have been fighting ever since, and a month and a half after war came, our troops are in North Ireland. What is their mission we do not know, and it is right that we should not know.

For any general knowledge of that mission in this country would certainly get speedily into the hands of Hitler. It is hard, of course, for the parents and friends of the Amerjean soldiers not to know precisely whither their boys are bound. In 1917 everybody knew. There could be but one destination--France. This is another war, a strange, world-wide conflagration in which there are a dozen fronts, with Americon troops needed on all of them.

It need not be surprising at any time to in hear of American of troops turning up any one al dozen theaters of war. the There will, of course, be criticism of sending of troops to Ireland while MacArthur needs them so badly in the Philippines, and the British and Duich are so hard-pressed the South Pacific. Such criticism 'is illfounded. We have general assurance that such help as it is possible to send, is already 011 the way to those places. That is all that can wisely be announced for the present, for the sake of the safety of those who go.

The very secrecy of the movement to Ireland, trying though it may be to those who wait at home, is the best asto insure the soldiers' safety. surance that every step, was taken No American can greet this news without spontaneous urge a resolve little deeper, little work a little harder, a more firmly that these American soldiers shall be backed to the hilt with every possible support from the home front. Olive Oil The ond pounds 2,335,019 oils. United States, during the seequarter of 1940, imported 9,160,882 of sulphured olive oil, and pounds of other edible olive Burma Road Also Threatened as British Quit Moulmein in Burma By the Associated Press Britain suffered two grave reverses in war in the far Pacific Saturday as back Imperial defenses of Malaya fell onto Singapore Island and far to the north British troops evacuated: strategic Moulmein, across the bay from Rangoon, Burma. treasure Burma is house the of gateway India, to also the vast, vital' China as the "backdoor" of the Burma.

road, lifeline of China war supplies, "Our troops withdrew over the stores and equipment," a bulletin said Selween river after, removing all: adding that heavy casualties were inflicted on the Japanese. The Salween river empties into the Gulf of Martaban at Moulmein, 100 miles east across the Gulf of Rangoon. Leave Ghost City Japanese dispatches said Moulmein had been left virtually a ghost city. With the collapse of British resistance on Malaya peninsula Singapore authorities destroyed the causeway to the mainland and called on every man to battle the Japanese siege armies until help can come. Thrown back 350 miles in two.

months of bloody jungle fighting the outnumbered Australian, British and Indian Imperial troops retired to the 400 million dollar island fortress under cover of darkness it was announced officially. "The battle of Malaya come to an end and the battle for Singapore has British started," commander Lt. Gen'. E. Percivel, in Malaya announced, we tersely.

stand beleaguered in our island fortress." Seize Mainland Reservoir Japanese front line, dispatches said. Mikiado's armies seized control of the mainland water reservoir serving the island of Singapore, There seems little immediate danger, however, that Singapore like Hongkong, would be forced to surrender because of water shortage with dense water catching jungles blanketing the northwest section of the island. Singapore also has two big impounding reservoirs as wells and hidden underground supplies. The question of reinforcements for the beleaguered island colony was obscured by secrecy, Prime Minister Churchill said Friday that fresh troops and war supplies already had arrived in Malaya and others were enroute and London and San Francisco reports said large allied convoy carrying troops and war supplies had escaped attacks by 60 Japanese planes when rainstroms broke over the ships. The time of the incident was not given.

British headquarters said the Japanese made little effort to interfere with the overnight withdrawal to the island, These young Filipino soldiers are "Write your history in red on the it. Takes 14 Shells to Sink Tanker Thirty Survivors of Rochester Land, 3 Killed NORFORK, Va. -(A')- A story of bum shooting on the part of German crewmen was told by 30 survivors of the tanker Rochester when they landed Saturday at the naval operating base here. The tanker was sunk in broad daylight off the Virginia coast on Friday, The 6,836 ton tanker, riding light, was torpedoed without warning. The submarine pierced the aft porand tion of fired the ship with two torpedoes 13 shells at the hulk The first hit the engine room and trapped three of the crew there.

Captain A. L. Clark said the three men were killed instantly by the explosion and by escaping live steam. New Pastor at 1st Christian Rev. Millard W.

Baggett Opens Ministry Sunday The congregation of First Christian church will hear the initial sermon of their new pastor, the Rev. Millard W. Baggett, at the 10:50 o'clock morning service this Sunday. The Rev. Mr.

Baggeit will speak on "Life's First Lesson." The night service will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school meets at 9:45 a. m. The Rev. Mr.

Baggett was welcomed dinner given by the tion Thursday night in the church congregasocial room. Governor Adkins Is Visitor Here Friday Governor Homer M. Adkins was a Hope visitor Friday, calling on S. Senator Lloyd Spencer; Colonel D. C.

Cabell, commanding officer of the Southwestern Proving Ground; and Municipal Judge W. Kendull Lomley. pictured during the training that was breasts of your enemy," Gen. MacArthur all too short before war's blow fell. told them.

Today, they are doing Oil and Gas Filings Hempstead County January 30, 1942 Prepared by Jewelle Bartlett 0. G. Lease, dated 1-6-42, book, page, 106 acres, 10 years. Hollis Stults to Harry L. Elam Gene Goff.

Pt. Sec. 15, T. 14 R. 24 W.

Warranty Deed, dated 1-28-42, book, page, 118.82 acres, G. G. Davidson, ct ux to Joseph H. O'Steen. Sec.

21; Pt. Pt. Sec. '20 all in T. 12 R.

24 W. Warranty Deed, dated 12-7-40, book 171, page 181, R. M. LaGrone, et ux to Oliver Lloyd. North 50 acres of Sec.

5, T. 14 R. 25 W. 0. G.

Lease, dated 1-21-42, book. page, acres, 10 years, J. W. Martin, el 1IX to Jas. Grizzard.

Pt. Sec. 25, T. 13 R. 25 W.

0. G. Lease, dated 1-24-42, book, page, 70 acres, 10 years. D. M.

Brown, ct ux to Jas. L. Grizzard. Pt. Sec.

36, T. 13 R. 25 W. 0. G.

Louse, dated 1-27-42, book, page, 60 acres, 10 years. R. L. Bish, et ux to Jas, Grizzard. Sec.

35, T. 13 R. 25 W. 0. G.

Lease, dated 1-29-42, book, page 60 acres, 10 years. R. W. McCormack, et ux, Jas. L.

Grizzard. Pt. Sce. 30, T. 13 R.

24 W. page, 102 acres, 10 years. R. A. John0.

G. a Lease, dated 1-30-42, book, son, ct ux to Jas. L. Grizzard. Sec.

26; Pt. Sec. 25, 1. 13 R. 25 Quitclaim Deed, dated 11-4-41, book, page, 7 acres.

E. S. Monroe to Clyde Mitchell. Pt. Sec.

28, T. 11 R. 25 W. Warranty Deed, dated 1-24-42, filed for record January 31, 1942, book, page 82 33:100 acres. H.

M. Stephens, et ux to M. B. Davis. Sec.

30, T. 10 R. 23 W. 0. G.

Lease, dated 1-19-42, book, page, 36 acres, 10 years. Kate V. Nations, et al to Gene Goff. Pl. Sec.

33 T. 13 R. 25. W. Royalty Deed, dated 12-30-41, book, page, acres (2:920 Thomas M.

Green, el ux to Howard Waddle. Pt. See. 33; Pt. Sec.

33, T. 14 R. 24 W. Warranty Deed, dated 12-8-41, book 171, page 183, 9 acres. Thomas G.

Stewart, ct ux to J. L. Elcy, ct us. Pt. Sec.

20, T. 9 R. 25 W. Warranty Deed, dated 1-3-42, book, page, 1,000 acres. John R.

Riley, et ux to Mary Josephine McKnight. SEM Sce. 28; SWH Sec. 33; ec. 34 all 11.

R. 26 W. 420 acres. Sec. Sec.

4 all in T. 12 R. 26 W. 580 acres. Quitclaim Deed, dated, book, page, 40 acres, R.

E. DeLaughter, et al to Lee Johnson. Sec. 10, T. 10 R.

25 W. 20 acres; Sec. 10, 10 W. 40 acres; Sec. 10, T.

10 R. 25 W. 40 acres. Warranty Deed, dated 1-27-42, book, page, 100 acres. Lee Johnson, et ux to U.S.

A. Sec. 10, T. 10 R. 25 W.

Warranty Deed, dated 12-13-41, book page. H. W. Trimble, et ux to T. F.

Smith. Sec. 32 T. 10 R. 24 W.

Warranty Deed, dated 1-21-42, book, page. Arthur McClellan, et ux to Sleetie Matin Walker Monroe, et al. All our undivided (1-3) interest in Pt. PI. all in Sec.

24, T. 14 R. 25 W. Fannie Martin McClellan shall receive (1-3) interest from oil and gas during her lifetime. Lafayette County Jan.

29, 1942 Prepared by Mrs. Eunice Triplett, Lewisville, Arkansas Royalty Deed: book R-7, page 240, dated Jan. 23, 1942, recorded Jan. 29, 1942. Harlie L.

Clark and wife to W. Fair. of of Sec. 3, Twp. 15 Rge.

24 West. Royalty Deed: 1,128 Int. Book R-7, page 243, dated Jan. 27, 1942, recorded Jan. 29, 1942.

J. Maryman and wife to H. L. Lester et al. of of Sec.

5, 19 Rge 23 West. Royalty Deed: 1 256 book R-7, page 244, dated Jan. 22, 1942, recorded Jan. 29, 1942. Gene Goff and wife to H.

R. Stroube. of of Sec. 15, Twp. 15 Rge.

24 West. Royalty Deed: 1,256 Int. Book R-7, page 245 Jan. 27, 1942, recorded Jan. 29, 1942.

R. A. Stacey and wife to Gilbert S. Johnson, Jr. of Sec.

13; of and of and of of Sec. 14; of of ec. all in Twp 15 Rge 24 West. Notice of Lis dated Jan. 28, 1942, filed Jan.

28, 1942. D. L. McDonald R. Cason, et al.

To enforce contract for oil and gas lease covering the of of Sec. 6, Twp. (Continued on page four) Hope Wins Pair From Camden Local Junior, Senior Teams Score Easy Victories Led by Captain Jimmy Simms the Hope high school basketball team easily defeated the Panthers at Camden Friday night by a 41 to 22 score. Leading 19 to 12 at the halftime period the Bobcats' brilliant passing in the third quarter put them in front 29 to 14. Hope missed only one free loss while the Camden squad sunk half of 20 charity tosses.

Green and McCullough also stood out for the Bobcats. Setting the pace for the seniors the Hope juniors defeated the Camden juniors 27 to 21 in the opening contest. Thomas of Hope was high scorer with 13 while Blount and Smead led the Camden team. Cobb, Cumbie and Elmore also stood out for Hope. Now He Knows PONCA CITY, Ponca City youth, thinking he would tease his mother the family home and when she answered asked for "the head of the house." Without hesitation, back came the answer: "This is she." To remove chewing gum from any: thing, rub the surface with alcohol..