Our Daily Bread: Crowell Praises Arkansas Gas Conservation
Alec M. Crowell director of Arkansas State Oil and Gas Commission speaks at Governor Adkins conference in Little Rock. He highlights MeKamic Pool in Lafay ette county and Buckner Pool near Buckner, noting gas conservation laws protect reserves, projecting a 25 year supply with repressuring. He argues Arkansas and California lead in gas protection.
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el Dorado
Alec M. Crowell
State Oil & Gas Commission
Adkins
Little Rock
Arkansas
A. My. Crowell
LaFayette County
Lewisville
Stamps
Buckner
Mechamie Pool
Mecamie
Crowell
California
America
Names of Cake Pie Donors Announced
A long list of citizens donated cakes pies and cookies to the American Legion Auxiliary for Hempstead county soldiers in training at Camp Robinson. Donors include Mrs Zimmerly Mrs B G Routherland J R Sullivan J A McElough Mrs McCullough JW Cunningham Mrs Earl Bowden Mrs Charley Bales and many others. The note indicates the list continues on Page Three.
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Miepeeltlaens
American Legion Auxiliary
Hempstead County
Camp Robinson
Zimmerly
B. G. Routherland
J. TR. Sullivan
J. A. McElouh
Dames McCullough
JW Cunningham
Earl Bowden
Charley Bales
C. C. Parker
Walton
J. R. Robinson
Penship
Ray
Ovie
Bonn SY Spokes
Ruel Oliver
Horace Billingstey
Ward
Harry Keith
Carl Lincoln
J. E. Hamill
D. C. Whatley
Fred Sutton
Jettie Ehtridge
Evelyn
Pennybaker
John Martin
Spring Hill
W. E. Maylon
Cnakies
K. Taylor
Finley
Oastler
Mrs. Robinson
Will Ramsey
R. W. Halbert
Stewart Hunt—canty
Rigsdale
C. P. Zimmerky
Dcin Rigsdale
Allen Plipps
Harrington
Candy
Leland Womack
Nathan Harbon
Jessie Matthews
H. 2
Benson
Lester Hudsley
A. D. Mistilebrooks
Frank Ward
H. O. Kyler
Mra
Dewie Hendrix
Frank Wrimble
Bob Cain
Don Smith
B.C. Acker
George Brown
Roy
H. D. Coffinga
Otto Smith
E. C. Sterling
J. H. Reaves
Eugene White
Roller Bruner— Capiy
Glen Williams
Calude Agee
W.M McCloughan
Charles Rowlon
W. M. Cantley
Carter Johnson
Ms. B
Ode Luck
Cranium Crackers Spots at Sea Quiz Prompts Isles Guide
A cranium cracking quiz asks where the Aland Islands and Azores Islands lie and why they are strategically important. It references Canaly and Bugleurie Ist and Micway Islands with enigmatic questions about Wake Island and Baker Island, inviting readers to turn to the Comte Page for answers.
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South Sea
Aland
Azores
Eal
Canaly
Dittle Corn Fund Great Corp
Wake I
Baker I
Comte
Love Power and the Atomic Switch
In a fictional serial based on scientific ideas, Dr Robert Hale and Miss Sarmi confront a colossal power unit. The scene shows halted energy upon flipping a massive switch as characters debate destiny and danger in a lab amid tense suspense.
Four Die in Mine Gunfight Near Kentucky State Line
In Middlesboro Kentucky area gunfire left four dead and many injured as miners from surrounding counties confronted coal operators amid disputed work contracts with CIO United Mine Workers. The ambush occurred near Fork Ridge Coal, about a mile inside the Tennessee line, around 2 a.m. local time. Deputy Sheriff C C Haynon of Claiborne County Tennessee confirmed the timing. Marmop could not determine a motive.
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Middlesboro
Kentucky
Guy Harrell
Kentucky-Tennessee
CIO United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Fork Ridge
Marmop
Better Homes Week Starts County Campaign Apr 27
The County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs with 41 clubs will join county state and national Better Homes Program April 27 to May 3. Civic groups churches schools and merchants assist in a county-wide campaign to showcase farm and town homes improvements since April 1940. A county meeting is set for Saturday April 26 at 2 p.m. in the courtroom to organize plans for the first two weeks of May.
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County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Civi
Better Homes
Yugoslavia Armistice Report Denied by All Sides
Budapest reports deny Yugoslav armistice request as rumors swirl from Rome and Berlin. British and Berlin sources call the tale propaganda while German officials suggest the Axis aims to compel capitulation of Serb forces after Poland.
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Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hungary
Rome
Goslavia His
Berlin
London
Livestock and Pasture Meet at University of Arkansas Station
The Annual Livestock and Pasture Meeting will be held Friday April 8 from 1 30 to 4 30 p m at the University of Arkansas Fruit Truck Branch Experiment Station. George W Ware assistant director in charge announces an instructional program with demonstrations and discussions on livestock and pasture development and management featuring J F Rains Warren Gifford N W Hilston R P Bartholomew Charles F Simmons and Ware. Delegations of farmers from southern Arkansas are expected to attend with county agents vocational instructors and other farm leaders invited.
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University of Arkansas Fruit & Truck Branch
George W. Ware
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Southwesteen
Arkansas
J. F. Rains
Warren Gifford
Department of Annuel Industry
N. W. Hilston
Department of Animal Industry
R. P. Bartholomew
Department of Agronomy
Charles F. Simmons
Extension Agronomist
Hempstead Singing Meet at Sweet Home Church
The first session of the 1941 Hempstead county Singing convention will be held at the Sweet Home Church two miles east of Blevins on Sunday, April 20. Harvey Odom announced Tuesday that several quartets will be present and the public is invited.
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Hempstead County
Sweet Home Church
Blevins
Harvey Odom
A Thought Love Begins With Love La Broy Ere
A brief note observes that thought and affection start with love and notes the poet La Broy Ere as a source of reflection. The fragment hints at romantic or philosophical themes without specifying events or persons beyond the named figure.
Arnold Love Power ac Four for Four
Arnold Love Power ac four for four. Arnold continued on page three.
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Arnold
Grave Period Ahead for U S
Washington reports note remarks by Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson to senators declaring U S forces superior in tanks and aircraft. Secretary Stimson warned of a dangerous prolonged emergency while Secretary Knox warned of a decisive period and growing encirclement by other nations.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Europe
Patterson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Stimson
U. S
Stimson
House Naval Committee
Navy
Knox
Italians Seize Knin and Sibensky Fronts in Yugoslavia
Italian forces report occupation of Knin the Yugoslav rail hub and Sibensky port, and reoccupation of Corizza on the Albanian highway. Axis gains on the North Africa and Greece fronts cited. Greek and Italian air actions with shipping strikes at Piraeus. Athens reports Luftwaffe raids on Firneus with RAF losses. Sage harvesting guidance included.
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Rome
Zara
Knin
Sibensky
Corizza
Daily War Bulletin
Salum
Greece
Piraeus
Athens
City Officials to Take Oath In Hopeal City Meeting
Hope’s new city officials and aldermen will be inducted at the regular city council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. The oath takers include Albert Graves mayor, Charles Reynerson city treasurer, W K Lemley municipal judge, Ward 1 Lawrence Martin, Ward 2 F Y Trimble, Ward 3 Ched Hall, Ward 4 Syd McMath. The old council will wind up business before installation. Graves announced F W Haynie would replace J W Jones as city police chief. Fire chief position offered to James Embree, formerly chief engineer, who is out of town and undecided.
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Hope
Albert Graves
W. 5
Frank Nolen
Syd McMath
F. W. Haynie
J. W. Jones
James Embree
Embree
Reo
Columbus Branch Library Opens to Public
The Columbus library will be officially opened Tuesday. Miss Elsie Weisenberger county librarian announced the local board rented a building in the business district and made many improvements to provide ample space. Board members include R. C. Stewart, Mrs R E Jackson chairwoman, Mrs C R White treasurer, and Robert Caldwell. Books from Hope headquarters have been placed in the Columbus branch. Miss Dorothy Sipes will serve as librarian.
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Columbus Ranch
Presidential July Fourth Oddity
Three of the thirty U S presidents died on July 4 and one was born on that date. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died together, James Monroe also died on July 4, and Calvin Coolidge was born on the holiday.
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United States
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Calvin Coolidge
Arkansas misses represent at Waco convention
Misses Dixie Mavie and Mary Marie Mc Clure of Mountain Home, students at Central College Con way, will represent Arkansas at a Win convention in Waco Texas April 25 26. They were chosen from 12 entries by newspapermen.
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Little Rock
Dixie Mavie
Mary Marie McClure
Mountain Home
Central College
Conway
Arkansas
Waco
Texas
German gains in northern Greece and Yugoslavia reported
Berlin officials say German troops drive into northern Greece near Kozane and Veria cross the Aliakmon river. British armored cars destroyed near Ptolemais as the German high command notes ongoing pursuit of remnants of the Serbian army in Yugoslavia and advances in northern Yugoslavia and northern Greece.
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Berlin
Greece
Fidemais
Kozane
Thel Jatter
High Command
Aliakmon
Eria
Mount Olympus
Ptolemais
Yugoslavia
Mostar-Sarajevo
Dreva-Danube Lver
Donya
Novi
Allies Pour Greek Defenses As Nazi Pressure Mounts
Allied lines in northern Greece report continued German pressure as Greek and British forces bolster the defense around Mount Olympus and Ptolemais. Greek commanders say German columns push toward Kozani on key road junctions while Greek troops battle near the Vardar plain, with casualties and drives that stress the mountaineous front.
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Athens
Alli
Greece
Phlorina
Mount Olympus
Ptolemais
Advai
Phiorina
Tali
Yugoslavia
Ohrich
Ptoli
Kozane
Vardar Plain
Corigga
Nisault
Art Exhibit at Local Library Friday
An art exhibit will be held at the city hall library Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It features paintings by focal artists, copies of old masterpieces, and prints, including works that have resided in Hope homes for years. Lectures on painting history will be given by different speakers, with times to be announced. The Hope Hemstead County Library sponsors the free event and invites the public.
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Hope
Hope- Hemstead
Bowen Addresses Kiwanis on Cotton Industry and War Prospects
Bowen, secretary of the Hope Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the Hope Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Barlow urging civic cooperation for National Cotton Week May 16 24. He noted Hempstead County towns tied to agriculture are most prosperous and referenced a governor’s conference in Little Rock discussing Arkansas war industry potential. Basil York presided and introduced the guest Odom from Louisiana.
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Hempstead
R. P. Bowen
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Old the Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
Bowen
Bill Berry
Little Rock
Lite Rock
Arkansas
Basil York
Odom
Louisiana
Arkansas Seeks Defense Plants Drive under Adkins plan
Arkansas officials at the Governor’s Industrial Conference in Little Rock outline a statewide defense plant mobilization. A Defense Council will be formed under Governor Adkins with H Wooten of the Home Loan Bank as chair. The initiative envisions a state clearing house assisted by agricultural and industrial commissions to coordinate defense industry expansion across Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Arkansa
National Defense Industration
Gorney Adkins
Defense
Governor
Capitol
Adkins
H. Wooten
Fe Home Loan Bank
Little Reel Chairian
Clearing House
Ocil
State Agricultural and Industrial Corpmissi
Nazi Official to Tour Poland on East Wall Fortifications
Berlin minister Fritz Todt, builder of the Westwall, travels with three aides to Ostroleka Poland for extensive inspection of Germanys eastern fortifications. The tour will run along the German Russian frontier from Ostrov leky to Przenysl as thousands of German workers dig toward the East Wall following the border agreement.
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Berlin
Munissions
Fritz Todt
Westwall
Ostroleka
Poland
Germany
Todt
Ostrov
Leky
Przenysl
East Wall
Russia
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Alex. H. Washburn
Robert Hale
Miss Sarmi
Robert
Leana
Miss Orm
Fork Ridge Coal Mine
Sweet Home
la Broyere
Ed Gunder
Dr. Hale
Miss Sormi
U.S
U. S. Armament
Yugoslav
Firneus
RAF
The
Associated Press
New Orleans
New York
Columbus
Bulletins
Mexico City
Pontiac
Cairo
Tobruk
Libya
British African Command
Sofia
Mounta
Salonika
Veria
Aegean
Bosna
Sava
Drina
Allies
Kiwanis Meet
Guv. Adkins
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