Hope Hopes Commission Plan To Attract Industry
Our Daily Bread argues Hope should move the municipal Water and Light Plant from city control to a long term public commission. The piece notes nearby sour gas fields and a new chemical plant nearby, urging a commission to secure long term industrial power contracts and keep profits local. It cites Conway as a model and urges action to attract investment while preserving municipal ownership.
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Columbia
LaFayette
Eity “Council
Hope
Conway
High School Band Heads to State Contest Under Thomas Cannon
The Hope High School Band, about 80 members plus chaperones and staff, will leave Friday morning for Hot Springs to compete in the State Band Contest. The event includes a 4:30 p.m. Saturday concert, marching Saturday night, and a 4:30 broadcast on KTHS. The Eastman Hotel will host the delegation as band members travel with director Thomas Cannon.
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Thomas Cannon
Hope
Eastman Hotel
Martha Ron Alexander
Melba Moore
Caralyn Sue Sutton
Oloe
Sarah Jane Murphy
Eugene Jones
Thomas Kinser
Sucpher Garner
Roxie Jane Sutton
Pauline Tolleson
Neil Crow
Bolse Sterling
Robie Joyce Formby
George Ware
Myra Dossett
Margaret Bush
Bobby Ward
Eva Jean Milam
Helen Troy Hammons
Billy Harris
Eunice Dale Baker
Alle Bix
Mary Elizabeth King
Dorothy Nesbitt
Ophelis Hamilton
F. B. Ward
Bisson
Marty Lee Duck
Cornet
Kenneth Crank
Billy Masés
Kinard Young
Charles Clifforel Franks
Everett Lamah
Daniel Grays
Daly Byers
Billy Md Basye
Alfred — Braynun
Wallace Deene
Bobby Barnett
Joh
Paul Saralers
Jimmy Miller
C. Conk
Tromsanes
Dark Cronk
H. C. Ky Ser
Travold Gunter
Jones Roy Gates
W. T. Caldwell
William Beard
Ledford Bell
Martha Jane Brian
Joe Bell
Sonmny Barnett
Briant Bundy
Davis
Jit Martindale
Mark Buchanin
Ja Yucum
Howard Boyett
Duncan Cobb
Dorothy Whitsell
Baggage
Aubrey Collier
Jimmy Jenry
Cranium Crackers Quiz of Fishing Facts and Names
A comic page presents a quiz about fishing lore. It asks for the largest red cord fish by nod and reel, the state with most catches, how wall eyed pike differs from northern pike by pickerel, another name for the Dully Varden fish, and which of the listed names are associated with fishing.
Embree to Be New Fire Chief in City
James Embree, former fire department engineer, will become fire chief, Mayor Albert Graves announced. He will assume duties around May 10 and has worked privately the past two years, succeeding Tom Bryent as chief.
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James Embree
Albert Graves
Embree
Tom Bryent
Italian Government Protests Britain Over Basra Troop Landing
The Italian government sent a strong protest to Britain via NBC in New York, denouncing the landing of troops in Basra as a violation of Italy’s sovereignty and signaling diplomatic tension between Rome and London.
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Iag
Britain
New York
Basra
NBC
Dunkerque Re-Enacted at Port of Athens Amid Moves
German officials report ships and troops massing at Firaeus port of Athens as forces push Greek and Allied lines east and west. Lamia fell, Volos captured, and British positions south of Lamia fortified as German advances threaten a final Balkans clash near Athens.
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Port of Athens
Sunday School Officials Plan Three Course Training School
More than 60 class officers and council members of the First Methodist church school were hosted by the Children's division for dinner. Rev. Kenneth L. Spore outlined plans for a three course training school to be held next week.
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General Council Church
First Methodist Church
Aly li
Kenneth L. Spore
Coal Operators to Reopen Negotiations
Southern coal operators acting at the White House request will return to New York to reopen talks with the United Mine Workers on a contract allowing resumption of coal production in the Appalachian region.
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Washington
Coa
White House
New York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
A Tip on Thinking With the Feet
Clyde A. King a Tulsa banker credits psychology advising comfort in desk posture with feet on the desk and even a cud of tobacco to ease customers trust He says a relaxed banker signals a clean conscience while alertness unsettles patrons and notes a naval salvo would move 40 tons of TNT across 18 miles.
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Tulsa
Okla
Clyde A. King
Arkansas Floods Hit Dyer Mulberry Bottoms Fort Smith
Arkansas river rises flood the Dyer Mulberry bottoms forcing about 50 families from homes and inundating 1000 acres near Dardanelle. Crops including corn hay cotton flooded. Red River stands at flood threat with 22.1 feet and Fulton area urged caution as rainfall totals reach 1.45 inches. Local stations report rising and receding gauges as regional rivers swell.
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Red River
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Dyer
al Harper
Alma
Ark
van Burean Lovce
Dardanelle
Carden
Arkansas River
Fulton
Little River
Saratoga
City Court Hearings Reported From Waubickpal
Monday session before Judge W K Lemley includes cases of drunkenness with fines of 10 or 10 dollars for Andrew Springs Odis Smith and others. Reckless driving bond 25 dollars. Disturbing the peace Ed Reed fines 10 dollars. One vagrancy case with two women Vera Lumbiers Christine Bailey fined 1 dollar with costs. one suspended on condition of leaving the city. April 28 trial date set for Steve Atkins on drunkenness and resisting arrest.
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Waubickpal Court
W. K. Lemley
Paul Hanson
Clarence Jester
Olive Rosenbaum
Martin Guthrie
Andrew Springs
Igen McCoy
Theodore Powell
Odis Smith
J. L. MeGes
Ed Reed
Disturbing Peace
Dwight Ridghill
Steve Atkins
Truman Downs
Vera Lumbiers
Christine Bailey
Tring
Belfast Air Raid Toll Exceeds Five Hundred Fatalities
A Belfast air raid last Tuesday caused more than 500 deaths with 420 seriously injured and 1,142 slightly hurt, according to the security minister as reported to the House of Commons. United States nickel production topped 180 million for the fiscal year, with banks receiving the new coins.
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Belfast
House of Commons
United States
Telnis
Magnolia Camp for Objectors
Washington A Civilian Conservation Corps camp near Magnolia was converted by the government for conscientious objectors to military training. The National Service Board said this seventh camp will house about 125 men classified 4-E who object to service. The Magnolia site, 2.5 miles north on state highway 79, will focus on soil conservation and be run by the Brethren Service Committee, aiming to be ready by June, though that date is tentative.
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Washington
Magnolia
Brethern Service Committee
U S Observer Killed in Plane Crash in Africa
Col Gerald Brower U S military air observer attached to the RAF in the Middle East was killed in a plane accident in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan The State Department said the casualty is the first among American military observers in the European war The cable from Cairo placed El Olfrid 250 miles southwest of Khartoum with limited details and said military attache in Cabra would report to the War Department.
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Washington
Gerald Brower
U. S
Sudan
War Department
Brower
RAF
Middle East
State Department
Cairo
el Olfrid
Khartoum
Aniultwy
Cabra
Graves Addresses Hope Kiwanis on City Plans
Mayor Albert Graves told the Hope Kiwanis club that paving part of Highway 29 could occur this year though not guaranteed. He urged federal funding with a local citizen as U S Senator and Hempstead native as Congressman. He discussed the proposed airport and the City Light and Water Plant, urging public support to improve rates and service. Guests included James Gunter C D Gipson R E Henderson.
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Albert Graves
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
Hope
United States
Hempstead
Mr. Graves
Lloyd J Spencer
Oren Harris
James Gunter
C. D. Gipson
R. EL Henderson
Graves
Bond Between U S and English Ties Cited by Winant
U S Ambassador John G Winant told the American Chamber of Commerce that the United States will help Britain and that a bond of common sympathy and purpose exists between America and the free peoples of Britain that will endure after the war.
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London
United States
John G. Winant
American Chamber of Commerce
Britain
America
Island
Yugoslav Armies Hold Out Against Axis Forces
Diplomatic sources say five Yugoslav armies totaling 300000 to 400000 men are holding the center of Yugoslavia against German and Italian forces. The area they control forms a rough triangle bounded by a railway to the east and by rivers to the west. Only the first and fourth armies surrendered in the north. others withdrew to new positions.
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Vichy
Face
Strife Seen in Australia Over Greece Troop Decision
In Sydney political observers warn of strife within a fortnight as Labor seeks to topple Menzies over the war cabinet's Greece troop dispatch without Labor advisory council consultation. Arthur Fadden acting prime minister admits the issue while Menzies consults in London with the British government. The government holds a one vote majority.
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Sydney
Australia
Greece
Labor
Menzies
Arthur Fadden
Labor Advisory Council
London
British Greek Forces Fall Back Under German Pressure
Allied troops withdraw to Lokris mountains northwest of Athens as German assaults intensify. The Thermopylae line and coastal passes are cited as key defensive routes while air raids and anti aircraft fire disrupt daily life in Athens. British and Greek units prepare for a potential stand near the historic pass.
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London
Prim Churchill
Germ
Samothiake Island
Dardanelle
Black Sea
Samothitake
Islardanelles
Annie Change
Greece
Charel Emnly
Thermopylae _pass
Athens
Agean
Volos
Lamia
Ioannina
Mir
Olympus
Lami
Bri
Leonida
Thermopylae
Lokris
Thessal
Tonk Sea
Lokris Mountains
Thermopylae Pass
Erg
Loktis Mountains
Attic
A Thought The Lord Shall Smite Thee In The Knees
A biblical verse from Deuteronomy 28 30 references divine judgment. The passage describes misfortune striking from feet to head using archaic phrasing. No named people or places are present. The line appears as a religious text snippet rather than a news item.
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