Bruce Catton On The Spring Of The Big Alien Menace
Washington notes a spring campaign against aliens in Congress with claims of 2.5 million on relief rolls and up to 1.0 million in jobs. Immigration officials estimate 3,838,028 aliens in the U S and that deaths will shrink the population by decade's end. Debate over deportation laws and the Dies bill features trial of Labor Department stance and Senator Reynolds filibuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
U. S. Immigration Service
Immigration
James Tl. Houghtelling
United States
Immigration Service
WPA
Labor Department
Mactalir Dies
Robert Reynolds
Dies
Secretary of Labor
America
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Reynolds
Fibiuster
Fale
House
Senate
NEA Service, Inc
War Situation as Seen by Average Man in the Street
Europeans watch rising armaments with mixed views. In England the public leans toward war readiness while classes fear economic disruption. Britain mobilizes, renovates defenses, and trains civilians as gas masks and bomb shelters become common. Germany displays mobilization, air power buildup, and total war readiness under Goering. France shows English calm but strengthens defenses under Daladier. Italy anticipates a tense summer without direct risk but remains armed.
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London
England
Iprey
Ster
Munich
Britain
Poland
Germany
Japan
Amillions
Asa
Goemany
Goering
France
Paris
Daladier
Italy
Aeens
Cranium Cracker Quiz On Terms And Characters
A playful puzzle asks readers to choose correct terms: 1A pica is a type measurement, 2 Cigarette is the heroine of Gunga Din or Under two Flags, 3 The War of the Roses was between York and Lancaster, 4 D L D usually means dead letter office, 5 The WyLua flyer is longer than the Nile.
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Cigarette
Gunga Din
Bombay
York
Tudor
Shropshire
Navarre
Lancaster
Wangho
Colorado
Volga
Nile
Auswe
Mind Your Manners 7 Qs and Answers from 1939
A 1939 NEA Service feature tests readers on social etiquette with five questions about punctuality, appreciation for help, listening during work stories, showing amusement to guests, and handling troubled talk. The piece includes a sample scenario about a friend and his wife, offering recommended responses and a final solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Open House at Camp Alton CCC Public Invited
Officials from state and national levels speak at 2 PM in Southwest Arkansas open house honoring Chilman Conservation Corps sixth anniversary. Hope band provides music, camp cadets guide visitors. attendees tour Camp Alton six miles south of Hope on Highway 23.
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Alton
Arkansas
W.S. Atking
Hope
C. W. Granger
Washington
CCC
Soil Conservation Service
United States Department of Agriculture
SCS
N. T. Nagle
Fort Worth
OHS
Ae Moss, Jr
State Department of Public Welfare
Glen EB. Riddell
Ed Bethune
State Welfare Department
Dennis Williams
Camp Alton
To Open Fight on the Sales Tax Law
Arkansas Taxpayers Association to circulate petitions beginning Monday or Tuesday to refer the 1939 Crawford sales tax law and seek a constitutional amendment. Petition drive targets June 8 filing, September 8, 1940, and requires 6 to 10 percent of last general election voters. Association plans county nationwide support and statewide appeal to repeal law before the 1940 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Taxpayers Association
Crawford
J. C. Linthicum
Association
Sound Wuck
Linthicum
Roy Brown
Bof
Secretary of State
More Teams to Play Softball Here
Bill Brosher, business manager of the ape Softball Association, said Saturday that nine teams planned entries in two summer leagues. More could enter as season opens. Exhibitions are planned with Alton CCC Camp vs Bruner-Ivory Handlee Co. A Leo Robins league sponsor will face the winner later. Sponsorship inquiries should contact Mr. Brasher. A fast league and a slow league will run, with a rules draft for adoption. A softball meeting is set Monday at The Star office at 1:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brosher
Ape Softball Association
Bruner- Ivory Handle Company
Hope Basket Factory
Gunter Brothers Lumber Company
Alton CCC Capp
Leu Robins
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Arkansas Highway Department
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Fran Ozan
Brasher
Star Office
Hempstead County Teachers Meet at Hotel Barlow
The Hempstead County School Masters club will meet at 2:30 Tuesday night at Hotel Barlow for the final meeting of the year. Miss Beryl Henry superintendent of Hope High School will be principal speaker Senator James H Pilkinton. Representatives Weisen berger and Vesey are expected to speak. Each member may invite a guest.
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Hempstead County
Hotel Barlow
Beryl Henry
Hope High School
James H. Pilkinton
Weisenberger
Vesey
Auto Fees Applied to Two Western Parks
The National Park Service announces a $1 entrance fee for cars visiting Grand Teton and Rocky Mountain National Parks, with a 50 cent fee to enter Devil's Tower Monument in Wyoming. The Grand Teton $1 is waived if Yellowstone was visited first or if the $1 is applied to Yellowstone's $3 fee. The parks adjoin in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
National Park Service
Grand Teton
Rocky Mountain National Parks
Devil's Tower Monument
Wyoming
Park Service
Yellowstone National Park
Senate panel approves compromise on freight rates
A Senate subcommittee advanced a compromise to remove discrimination in railroad freight charges. The plan directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to study rates on manufactured goods and curb undue or unreasonable rates disadvantaging any territory or commodity. Senator Hill of Alabama led the effort with support from most attendees, while one Republican member was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator Hill
Dem. Ala
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
LC. C
House
Hill
Yobey
Ail
English Lightship Goes to Graveyard
The Nore lightship, oldest of her kind, is to be towed to a ship-breaker graveyard in the Thames estuary after a career that spanned the transition from sail to steam and motor vessels. Her successor resembles a luxury yacht on a cruise.
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Nore
England
Thames
Revival at First Baptist on Sunday
The revival at First Baptist Church starts Sunday for two weeks with morning and nightly services. Morning worship at 10:59 after Sunday school. weekday mornings at 10. Night services at 7:30 with church members offering transportation to those in need. Children of attendees will be cared for each night in the nursery by the Women’s Transportation Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
H. BE. Thrash
Henry Haynes
B. M. Jones
3. T. Bowden, Jr
Jesse Brown
Transportation Committee
Our Church
Albert Jewell
W. R. Herndon
K. I. Spyder
Cotton opens mixed as New Orleans market closes firm
Cotton prices in New Orleans opened Saturday with slight gains and closed near steady. OG Spot cotton showed little movement as traders awaited further guidance amid a quiet market environment.
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New Orleans
Believe Germany Aiming at Poland
Berlin reports from DNB claim Polish Silesia hosts anti German incidents as rumors spread of German moves to seize Danzig. Officials deny a plan to march troops from East Prussia by Wednesday though reports say anti German excesses in eastern Upper Silesia are rising.
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Berlin
Germany
DNB
Polish Silesia
Danzing
Hitler
Free State
Prussia
Upper Silesia
District Play to Be Given Sunday in Hope
Sunday afternoon April 16 at 3 the district one act play contest will be held in Hope municipal auditorium. Four towns DeQueen Arkadelphia McGehee and Hope Amateur Dramatic club compete with Darby and Joan Alice Blue Gown Ann Drives a Car and The Travelers. First place advances to the state contest in Little Rock April 22 at East Side Junior High. No admission charge and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Municipal Auditorium
DeQueen
Darby and
Joan
Arkadelphia
Alice Blue Gown
McGehee
Ann
Hope Amateur Dranatic Club
Travelers
Little Rock
East Side Junior High School
IE Keeps Up With Daughter at Boston University
In Boston Mr. Resi Carissioni stops kissing his daughter goodbye as Olga heads to classes. Both attend a Shakespeare course with Mrs. Carisaimi, an unclassified student, who enjoys studying alongside her daughter.
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Boston
Resi Carissioni
Olga
Boston University
Roosevelt urges peace plan to Hitler and Mussolini
Washington Saturday President Roosevelt urged Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini to accept a peace plan for a period of at least ten years. He proposed they guarantee that armed forces will not attack non independent nations and called for disarmament and opened trade as steps toward a more permanent peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hittler
Gera
Italy
Hitler
Roosvelt
Tradt
s'Roosavelty
Rooosevelt
Britain Repeats Lessons From Crowe Memorandum of 1907
The piece argues that Chamberlain’s appeasement stance mirrors Sir Eyre Crowe’s 1907 foreign policy warnings. It cites Crowe’s view that Britain faced perpetual German demands and that concessions would provoke further, harsher asks unless Britain stood firm to gain respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Germany
Europe
Eyre Crowe
Crowe
Lord Newl-Buxton
Noel-Buston
Great Britain
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Russia
U.S. Pat
Jimmy" Phillips
First National Bank
Second Street
Main Street
Barlow
ICC
First Baptist
Hope City Hall
Mussoli
Argesantee
Peace
Romania
Morgan M. Beatty
Morocco
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