Hope High School Band Heads to State Meeting Friday
Hope High School band directed by Thomas Cannon will leave Friday morning for Hot Springs to enter the Avkisis State Band Contest. The 56 bands perform Friday night at 7 30 with Hope in Class B competing against eight bands. The Saturday morning marching contest is closed to spectators and lasts two minutes per band. Student director Wallace Van Sickle leads the group in the weekend program which includes a Saturday concert at 3 00. The band is expected to return to Hope late Saturday night.
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Hope High School
Thomas Cannon
Hope
Hot Springs
Eastman Hotel
Sadurany
Wallace van Sickle
KTHS
Sammie Segnar
Thomas Kinser
Neil Edward Crow
William Rowton
F. BR. Ward
Tunica
Dile Baker
Mark Buchanan
Siar
Wallace van Si¢kle
Tom Pat Cook
Brass Sextel
Florence Davis
Kenneth Cronk
Edwin Dossett
C. Coal
Clinton
Roosevelt Proclaims Norway Nazis War
President Roosevelt declares a state of war exists between Germany and Norway and states the United States remains neutral in that conflict. A second proclamation bars submarines of warring nations from American ports and territorial waters.
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Roosevelt
Norway
Warm Springs
Germany
United States
Baccalaureate at Columbus Sunday
The baccalaureate for the Columbus High School junior class will be Sunday, April 28, at 7 30 p m. Superintendent Hugh Bristow announced. The program includes processional, invocations, hymns, scripture reading, sermon, offertory, and benediction with speakers from local churches.
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Ienloy
Columbus High School
Hugh Bristow
L. S. Autrey
J. C. Williams
Presbyterian Church
Washington
Hyam
Holy Holy
Hyimn
Choiy
We RL Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Hope
W. R. Hamiton
W. R. Hamilon
Arkansas State Band and Orchestra Meet Preregistration
Hat Springs officials announced that 2040 students registered for the Arkansas State Band and Orchestra Association contest to be held Friday and Saturday. About 49 bands from 40 towns will compete as marching bands and drum majors are chosen at the event at the high school stadium.
Line Authorized Hope to El Dorado passenger service
Arkansas public utility board on Wednesday authorized H. B. Dumas of El Dorado to operate a passenger bus line between Hope and El Dorado via Mount Holly. The decision grants service rights for the route and connects the towns mentioned in the docket before the commission.
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el Dorado
Little Rock
Arkansas Corporation Commission
H. EB. Dumas
EL Dorale
Hoye
el Dora
Mount, Holly
Five for county judge and others vie in Hempstead races
Political rumors map five candidates for county judge with a possible sixth, plus five for circuit clerk and five for county treasurer in Hempstead County. Names include John L. Wilson Fred Luck L F Higgs on Clifford Franks H M Stephens Pat Weaver Elmer Brown Pinkie Byers Arthur Anderson W W Compton Newt Pentecost Relph Bailey Charles Reynerson Mrs G B Morris Dewitt Stephens and incumbents Sheriff Baker Tax Assessor Hendrix County Clerk Hill. Also three likely for state representative Royce Weisenberger Talbot Feild Jr Emory Thompson and John Vesey. Wade Kitchens seeks re election for US Congress against Oren Harris. Continued on Page Three.
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Hlemberk
John L. Wilson
Hope
Fred Luck
L. F. Higgsson
Clifford Franks
H. M. Stephens
Newt Pentecost of
Relph Bailey
Charles Reynerson
G. B. Morris
Dewitt Stephens
Blevins
C. £. Baker
Dewey Hendrix
Frank Hill
Royce Weisenberger
Talbot Feild, Jr
Emory ‘Thompson
John P. Vesey
Congress
United States
Wade Kitchens
Magenolia
Oren Harris
el Dorado
Union County
Hempstead
Bet On Love Serial Story Opens At Night Track
Nicer blanketed the race track as a slim girl crosses gloom near the grandstand. A youth steps from a tack room into darkness while the girl moves toward Poverty Row. She uses a pocket flash to reveal a stall door with cracks and a disturbed horse within. A mahogany man with bowed legs guards the scene with a pitchfork.
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Poverty Row
Highways of Tomorrow to Banished Death Toll Designer Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes argues for express motorways designed for long range needs with magnetic lane control and fixed speeds. He envisions segregated lanes, feeder entries, soft shoulders, and future traffic projections to reduce fatalities.
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Norman Bel Geddes
New York
Wall Street
Ihage
Guernsey Senior Play and Baccalaureate Plans
The Guernsey High School senior class will present a two hour comedy titled Phullabaloo at the high school auditorium Friday night April 26 at 8 o'clock. The cast features Dorotl Hamilton Loc ta Thomas Nellie Halys Louis Rothwell Dallas Cox Buddie Mclyer and Oraig Copeland. The Baccalaureate service is Sunday afternoon April 28 at 2 30 o'clock with Reverend James E Hamill delivering the sermon and a program following including prayers songs and readings led by Mrs Hamill and other school officials.
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Guernsey High School
Dorotl Hamilton
Locta Thomas
Nellie Halys
Louis Rothwell
Dallas Cox
Buddie Mclyer
Oraig Copeland
Gurnsey
Hev
James E. Hamill
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
J. E. Hamill
Ordis Copeland
Selo
Serman—Rey
Hamill
Mr. L
EB. Wourlall
Ship and Fortune in Norway Escapes
Niard-bitten skipper returns to American waters and reveals fleeing Trondheim harbor with 4.5 million dollars in gold secreted in the hold. He says German raid seized Trondheim at dawn on April 9 and that the Morniadsea was the first vessel to reach the United States from the midMediterranean war zone since hostilities began.
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York
Vpi
Trondheim
Norway
Mornyndsea
William Mellale
United States
Heads of Government Quiz Spain Mexico France China?
The page lists leaders with names and asks to insert the country after each name. Francisco Franco follows Spain Manuel Predo and George T. are incomplete entries Lazare Cardenas is Mexico Henry Pu Yi is China. Page Two appears, with the prompt "free arenes."
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Francisco Franco
Manuel Predo
George T
Lazare Cardenas
Henry Pu Yi
Hope Melons Gain Fame Worldwide in Africa Report
The Bruner-Ivory Handle Company in Caswell and Co Johannesburg reports a Johannesburg Daily News clipping about Hope, Arkansas watermelons. The piece notes a 160-pound World Fair melon, with a 195-pound Arkansas record, enough to feed about 400 people, signaling Hope melons are now on the South Africa map.
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Hope
Bruyner-Ivory Handle Company
Johannnesburg
South Africa
Johannesburg
Hope District
Arkansas
America
Bruner-Ivory Factory
Caswell & Co
National Music Week Observed May 5 12
The Friday Music Club of Hope joins the National Federation of Music Clubs in observing National Music Week from May 5 through May 12. Communities including pastors, choirs, directors, schools, and clubs are urged to cooperate in promoting music’s value in American life.
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Music Club of Hope
National Federation of Music Clubs
Bovyernoys
Federation of Music Clubs of America
A. C. Kolb
Chaiman
Hope
Deuteronomy 6 27 Verse Command to Hear and Obey
A religious verse fragment urges listening to the Lord and obeying all that is spoken. It emphasizes direct hearing by the people and compliance with divine instruction as given to Moses. The brief text centers on covenant obedience and communal response.
United States to Sell Planes to Allies for 200 Million
Washington reports an allied purchasing mission indicates contracts totaling 200 million dollars have been placed for American airplanes and engines in the past two weeks. British and French representatives say the United States is now cleared for allied purchase of aircraft of various types sought by Allies.
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Washington
Allied
United States
Alles
State Tax Auditor To Visit Hope April 29
An auditor from the Arkansas State Department of Revenues will be in Hope on April 29 to assist taxpayers with preparing State Income Tax Returns. The auditor will be at the Hope revenue office with blanks for both individual and corporation filings. The May 15 deadline to file arises, and guidance notes include exemptions, deductions, and reporting rules for residents and corporations.
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Income Tax Division
State Department of Revenues
Hope
Hope Revenue Office
State of
Arkansas
Lester M. Ponder
Revenue Department
German Blitz Push Near Lillehammer With Steinkjer Fall
German forces pressed toward Lillehammer and Steinkjer in Norway, routing Norwegian troops and destroying Steinkjer as bombed rails and air attacks disrupted Allied lines. Reports say 6,000 residents left homeless as German artillery and air power widened the break toward Trondheim, while Oslo’s allies urged restraint amid fierce fighting and evacuation.
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Stockholm
Steinikjer
Norway
Glonnna
Tynset
Lillehammer
Trondheim
Roros
Steinkjer
Steinsker
Stein
Automobile Truck Crash at Se cond and Walnut Streets
An automobile truck collision at Se cond and Walnut streets at 2 8 p m Thursday damaged the car driven by N P O'Neal of Hope and a truck driven by Jim Witherspoon, negro. No one was injured.
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Second and
Walnut Streets
N. P. O'Neal
Hope
Jim Witherspoon
Cotton Prices Mixed in New York Trade
Opened at 10d, cotton quotes showed small movements with closing ranges around 10.45 to 10.46. Midale market spot eased to 0.89 amid tentative demand and light trading.
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New York
Cotta
Midale
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Hendrix
Hill
Charles B. Parmer
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U. S
Africa
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Us.a
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Ebu
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Haus
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