America Must Resist War and Entanglement Now
An editorial argues staying out of Europe’s conflict is courageous and wise. It warns that entering would bring debt and death, notes America’s failed League of Nations stance, and stresses a duty to preserve peace and prosperity at home.
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Europe
America
Germany
United States
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
League
Britain
France
Republic
Hitler
Proof Is Claimed Allies Planned to Seize Norway Too
Berlin proclaimed a state of war with Norway and charged Allies with plans to invade Norway. Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop announced documentary proof that Britain planned to seize Scandinavian ports on April 6 7. Germany cited captured prisoners and a campaigned document packet to support claims of Allied orders.
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Norway
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Adlies
von Rib
Powell Hurt in Car Accident on East Second Street
C A Powell, a Hope carpenter and cabinet maker, was injured when his car veered east on East Second Street and hit a guy wire near the Claude Hamilton home. He was rushed to Doseyhine hospital in a Hope Furniture ambulance with minor head injuries, knee injuries, and a left side issue. Physicians said he fainted while driving, causing the crash.
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C. A. Powell
Hope Carpenter
East Second Street
Claude Hamilton
Powell
Doseyhine Hospital
Hope Furniture Company
Rookly Mound
Silnyday Merally
Cranium Crackers on Congress Spotlight Claims
A quiz of lawmakers highlights why they drew public attention. Senator Carl A. Hateh debated silver purchases and clean politics measures while Luther Patrick pushed for hearings and duties, Vic Bonaheyty opposed a favorite son bid and faced census questions, and Senator John G Townsend weighed foreign gold talks and anti trust revisions.
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Carl A. Hateh
U. S
Roosevelt
Luther Patrick
Sumner Welles
Hull
Vic Bonaheyty
Senate
Fund For Care of
John G. Townsend
Garner
Ley
Weight of the Law in Portland Police Beachabout
In Portland Indiana officers are described as heavy duty with four policemen totaling 521 pounds. Sheriff Carles Imel weighs 337 pounds, heavier than any of the four deputies.
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Portland
Ind
Carles Imel
Hope Springs Eternal Wedding in Stuart Virginia
D Crocket Smith, 82, a retired farmer, and Mrs Sarah Y Aaron, also 82, were married in Stuart Virginia. The ceremony marked the couple’s third marriage for the bride and second for the groom.
HopeRanks Second Class B Marching in State
HOT SPRINGS Ark The Fine Bluff high school band won first division in class A at the Arkansas Band and Orchestral Association contest drawing about 4000 in Rex Stadium. The Zebra band led by drum major Billy Phillips placed first in its class ahead of Hot Springs El Dorado Fort Smith and North Little Rock. In class B Stuttgart Hope and Warren were first division. Magnolia Paris Van Buren Texarkana Batesville Camden DeWitt Helena earned second rankings. Additional divisions listed many bands and solos across classes C D and E with multiple accolades and individual performances.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Fine Bluff High School
Mth
Arkansas Band
Rix Stadium
Billy Phillips
Zebra
el Dorado
Fort Smith
North Little Rock
Phillips
L. A. Vaught
Stuttgart
Hope
Warren
Magnolia
Paris
van Buren
Texarkana
Batesville
Gamden
DeWitt
Helena
Harrison
Forrest City
Jonesboro
Bearey
McGehee
Junge Dale Baker
Plusy
B. W. Chatfin
Stamps
Pine Bluff
Katherine Rero- 25
de Queen
Ashdown
Prescott
Neil Crow
Mary Crumple
Charles Ferguson
Nashville
Magolia
Ni Brass
di Vision
Sammie Segnar
Homer Greer
Fittman
Martha Harper
U S Judges to Be Honored at Banquet in El Dorado
Union County Bar Association plans a May 6 banquet in El Dorado to honor three federal judges Judge Joseph W Woodrough Judge Heartsill Ragan and Judge Harry J Leniles who will preside over a three judge session for Lion Oil Refining Company v Bailey at the United States district court. The event is ladies night with nearby bar members invited. committee members include Mrs Jessie Hart John Gosnell and Bernard P Whetstone. A separate note records 1939 forest planting totaling 504616 dove units.
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EL Dorado
Union County Bar Association
Joseph W. Woodrough
Omaha
Ned
Heartsill Ragan Fort
How to Miss Ball-in Two Easy Lessons at Hope Park
Opening night of the 1940 softball season at Hope's Fair Park features Miss Margaret Wiggins of the Hope girls team shown by Raymond Urban teaching bat handling. A Hope girl demonstrates missing the ball as catcher Mack May of the American Legion team watches, with the boys’ Legion team batting in a nonstandard stance against the girls after Ashdown sickness forced a postponement.
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Hope's Fair Park
Raymond Urban
Margaret Wiggins
Hope
Mack May
American Legion
Ashdown
Legion
This Dog Brings Home the Money
Bil the 18 month old German Police dog owned by Lon Cox recovers a pocketbook with four one dollar bills and an ID showing owner George W Siegfried from Delmar street St Louis. Cox reports the dog found it on the Lewisville highway and left it on his back doorstep. Cox wrote to Siegfried about the recovery and notes the bag contains tooth impressions. He suspects the pocketbook slipped from Siegfried’s trousers during a roadside tire repair. Temperature range 45 to 53 degrees Fahrenheit is noted as best for keeping eggs.
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Bil
Lon Cox
Hope
Lewisville
Cox
Star Office
George W. Siegfried
Delmar Street
St. Louis
Siegfried
Urges Shakeup in the U S Land Bank
STPAUL IPI Secretary Wallace Saturday urged farmers to reorganize and fight for the reorganization of the Federal Land Bank system and a reduction in farm mortgage interest rates and liberalization of farm credit policies throughout the nation. Addressing farmers from 12 states, Wallace attacked selfish interests which have opposed efforts to improve the land bank system and put it on a better basis for serving the farmers.
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Stpaul
Wallace
Swiss Cantons Move Toward Unified Federal Penal Code
Fribourg leads in adopting the new Federal Penal Code aimed at ending the Swiss law maze. Twenty two cantons vary widely in law but Fribourg's adoption sets a trend to standardize rules across cantons, guided by federal experts and government sponsorship.
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Fribourg
Switereland
Switzerland
Cotton New York opens 1045 closes 10.53-55
July cotton in New York opened at 1045 and closed at 10.53 to 10.55. Middling spot settled at 20.98, up 5 points.
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New York
Washington Farmers Find New Feed
Washington farmers in Gardena report pea vine ensilage and pea vine hay becoming key dairy and livestock feeds in southeastern Washington due to canning industry growth. C Burlingame fed about 50 tons of pea hay, noting it fattened buck lambs and yearlings and produced ample milk for ewes. hay cured without molding by drying vines on fields. Dairymen use ensilage from racks with alfalfa at night, supplement with sugar beet tops and pulp and apple pomace from Walla Walla vinegar works. Pea silage and hay cost around $2.25 to $3 per ton, similar to alfalfa.
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Gardena
Wash
Washington
C. Burlingame
Walla Walla
Thought Christianity as a spiritual dynamic
Dean Inge asserts that Thought Christianity is a spiritual dynamic with minimal relation to the mechanism of serial life, emphasizing a focus beyond routine existence. The remark frames belief as a living force shaping perception over mere procedural life.
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Dean Inge
Allied advances push toward Danube front in Europe
Confused war dispatch reports Allied forces moving toward the Danube area with two German attacks near Storen and surrounding routes. Allied troops reportedly pressed eastward and near the border while other units advanced toward Domba road and a southern highway. A German accusation of dynamite attempts is mentioned amid military actions and shifts in control across Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Russia-related fronts.
Indictments Against Western Union and 18 Individuals
Grand jury returns three indictments accusing Western Union Telegraph and 18 people of conspiring to transmit pari mutuel betting data and lottery price lists via wire and radio. Chicago figures Frank Ryan Hymie Yevin Harry Guzik Maurice Goldstein named. Annenberg nexus noted. Bench warrants issued for all 18.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegt
Investigati
Governent
Frank Jr
Ryan
Yevin
Harry
Guzik
Maurice Li Goldstein
Chicago
Cago
Geneva
Gonwide
Annenberg
Sion
James H. Wilkerson
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Hope Star
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Western Union
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