Hope census delay hints at 7,000 mark and 1930 recall
A front page note forecasts Hope’s census figure may hit 7,000, with a reminder of Hope’s 1930 census miss by 223 persons. A Blytheville Courier News item outlines plans for the 1940 Mississippi County Fair, including four days of horse racing, ads, half-price tickets, seaworks, a musical revue, an old car derby, and livestock exhibits.
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Blytheville Courier News
Hempstead
Mississippi
Blythoylie
Mississippi County
Arkansas
Sweden Prepares for Possible War Against Nazis
Sweden weighs Plan No 1 for action if Germany invades while seeking evidence of a blitzkrieg threat. Five factors show growing Swedish urgency, including German interest in Nordic resources, Allied aid pledges, and Swedish anti aircraft production. Norway’s campaign and Narvik logistics shape Stockholm’s caution as markets falter and supplies tighten. Continued coverage on page four.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Washington, D.C
Norway
Swedish High Command
Germany
Washington
Seimidlayin
Stockholm
Sweden
Secred Service
Scandinavia
Oslo
Gubrandsdaten
Europe
MOP Switchman Dies of Injuries in Texarkana Yard
Roy Mosier a 47 year old Missouri Pacific switchman died in a Texarkana hospital from a skull fracture after a freight car incident in the yards. He had railroading for 25 years and was found unconscious beside the tracks by a worker. Survived by wife and three children, funeral set for Tuesday at County Avenue Baptist Church with Rev H S Fhorpas officiating.
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Texarkana
Roy Mosier
Missouri Pacific
Henley Frudhome
Brinkley
County Avenue Baptist Church
H. S.fhorpas
Melvern
New Hempstead County Courthouse to be Accepted
Hempstead county's new 200000 courthouse and jail, completed early this month and now occupied by county officials and records, was slated for formal acceptance by the courthouse commission at 3 o'clock Tuesday. The April 30 deadline marks the end of the PWA construction period and contract work is complete. after acceptance, balances are due with ten percent withheld for 30 days from the April 30 deadline to contractors unless defects appear. The date for the ceremonial opening has not yet been announced.
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Hempstead
Court House
Local Industries receive safety award in Hope
Hope Chamber of Commerce awarded an “Award of Merit” from Holland's Southern Institute for Town Service for outstanding industrial safety. R C Morrison of the institute attended a March safety foremen meeting. Ui State Labor Department official W E Bunton praised the program. Plants cooperating include Sriher Ivory Handle, Hope Haslet, Union Compress & Warehouse, Hope Heading, and Gubter Suprbor.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Holland
Southern Institute For
R. C. Morrison
Southern Institute
Hope
South
W. E. Bunton
Ui State Labor Deparment
Department of Labor
Sriher-Ivory
Hope Haslet Foompany Union Compress & Warhouse Co
Gubter Suprbor Company
Anl
Cotton opens and closes higher in New York futures
July cotton opened at 10.51 and closed at 10.54 as the market moved on speculative demand while mid daily middling spot stood at 10.39.
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New York
Cranium Crackers From the past descriptions
A brain teaser listing five brief character sketches. Each clue hints at a person by traits such as a cigar smoking observer on the Empire State Building, a genial hairless favorite headed to a Chicago convention, a hefty muscular figure who patted Wheeler, a movie actor aged 41 who rose from The Last Mile on Broadway, and a former secretary of war named as a potential GOP presidential candidate.
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New Yorks
Empire State Building
Chicago
Senatory Wheeler
Mass Meeting of Hempstead County Farmers Planned for Friday
Farm leaders in Hempstead county call a mass meeting at the county courthouse in Hope at 2 p.m. Friday to urge restoration of parity subsidy payments deemed abolished by Congress. Speakers include R. G. Arnald of the American Farm Bureau federation.
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Hempstead
Congress
R. G. Arnald
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hampstead County
Hempstead County
Hone
L. C. Sommerville
T. A. Cornelius
Lee H. Garland
W. V. Frazier
W. S. McDowell
Tom England
Warren Nesbitt
H. Earl King
Frank J. Hill
James A. Harris
Oliver L. Adams
R J Green Dies on Monday Night
Hempstead county man R J Green died Monday night at his home on Highway 29 south of Hope. Survived by his wife and 19 children, including Roy Green of Delhi Louisiana and D H Green of Hope Route One. Funeral services set for 3 p m Thursday at New Hope church.
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R. J. Green
Hempstead County
Highway
Hope
Roy Green
Delhi
D. H. Green
Hamm Grown
Lewisville
Bowle
L. C. Hinton
Nashville
Guy Green
Heles Westfall
Camden
Harald Green
Edna Civeen
Herbert
Lester Green
Littlemore
Callé
Beard's Chapel to Hold Homecoming Sunday May 5
Otis Landers announced the Beard's Chapel community will celebrate Homecoming Sunday five miles north of Emmet on May 5. The event features an afternoon of community singing and is open to all residents.
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Beard’s Chapel
Emmet
Otis Landers
Thought Tru Blessedness in a Christian Life and Death
A concise pondering on blessedness as living in faith and dying peacefully with a hopeful, godly outlook. The fragment hints at spiritual rewards tied to a steadfast life and a blessed death, urging contemplation of virtue and ultimate rest.
Starlings Spread West as a National Nuisance
NEA Service notes the starling, first released in New York in the 1890s, has become a persistent nuisance from the Atlantic to the Rockies. It nests in downtown buildings, defaces marble, and resists control efforts. The birds eat insects that harm crops but also damage cattle by pecking at them. Warmer western cities fear further westward spread as waxes of nuisance grow.
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Washington
Atlantic
Rockies
New York
U. S. Biological Survey
Seaboard
Atvard
Philadelphia
Baltiimore
Utah
Lawton
New Cyclone Strikes Louisiana Bayou Towns
A tornado lashed Bardelonville, a bayou town near Alexandria, destroying houses and killing one Black resident. The storm razed most homes, leaving only a few structures standing in the 55 mile southeast region.
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Alexandria
iPj
Bardelonville
Wage Hour Law Change Voted In House Action
Washington The House approved a tentative 14 38 decision to make overtime rules more flexible for salaried workers under wage hour law. An amendment lets time and a half be skipped if a six month regular salary period keeps the average weekly hours under 42. A final vote on broader changes was expected later this week, with other farm and prison labor provisions also debated.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Hofman
Rep
Mich
Norton
Dent. N. J
Chamber
Barden
Dem. N. C
Norrell
Dem. Ark
Buck Benn
Cal
Hinse
Buck
Senate
Singing Convention at Rosston Sunday
J W Holloway of Rosston announced that Nevada county semi annual singing convention would be held at Rosston Sunday May 5. All singers and lovers of music are invited.
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J.W. Holloway
Rosston
Nevada County
Russia uneasy on Nazi trade talks with Britain
London sources said the Soviet reply to British trade talks was not satisfactory as Moscow treats export goods to Germany as its own affair. The Soviet ambassador reportedly told Lord Halifax that Russia is willing to discuss a trade agreement on certain conditions.
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London
Foreign Office
Russia
Germany
Lord Halifax
Bailey Pleased by Prison Exemption Action in House
Gov Bailey praised the National House of Representatives for amending proposed legislation to exempt convict raised cotton and cottonseed from penalties in interstate shipments. Rep Norrell of Monticello offered the amendment, approved Monday by a vote of 10 to 27.
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LITTLE ROCK+P
Bailey
National House of Representatives
W. F. Norrell
Monticello
Hope High Band to Pine Bluff Meet Plans
The Hope High School band will be taken to the state convention of the American Legion in Pine Bluff. Leslie Huddleston post will discuss the next duty at 8 p.m. Thursday at Hope city hall. B. C. Hollis announced the plan and urged full post attendance.
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Hope High School
Emmet Seniors to Graduate Friday
Emmet High School will hold graduation exercises Friday night May 3 in the school auditorium. Rev. R. D. Nolen to deliver the principal address. Program includes processional, invocation, salutatory by Ruby Wilett, piano solo Ruth Ann Townsend, valedictory by Mildred Wise, violin solo Gloria Lite, address by Rev. Nolen, presentation of diplomas by Frank Haltor, and recessional. Infants under two ride free on transcontinental airlines, two to ten pay half fare, over ten charged the full fare.
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Bmunet High School
Emmet High School
R. D. Nolen
Thornton
O. C. Birdwell
Ruby Wilett
Ruth Ann Townsend
Mildred Wise
Gloria Lite
Frank Haltor
German Push Thwarts Allied Strikes on Norwegian Front
Reports describe a halted Western Front with German forces stretching thin yet defending key positions near Oslo and southward. Allied efforts to breach a strategic hold face stiff resistance as Nazi lines hold despite heavy pressure and redeployments.
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Holt
Tsbl
Allies at Narvik report bombardment by British forces
News from Stockholm describes Germi troops in arctic Narvik with artillery smashed and machine-gun nests under bombardment by British forces. It notes naval firing off the Swedish west coast and along the seaboard as forces move, while Prime Minister Chamberlain avoids public statements on Norway. The admiralty says two marines ships Tarpon and Sterle are overdue and likely lost. A London source says Germans captured the rail junction Storen, south of Trondheim, with a special order praising Norway expeditionary work securing direct military links Oslo.
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Stockholm
Germi
Arctic
Nepers
Seaboard
Andalsnes
House of Commons
Inter
Norway
Admiralty
London
Imp
Storen
Trondheim
Oslo
Arkansas Flier Killed in Crash
Norfolk Va. Harold C Alexander of Van Buren Ark died in a blazing plane crash when two navy planes from the air station collided off Virginia Beach Monday. Lieut Allen F Fleming, pilot of the ship Alexander was aboard, escaped by parachute. Ensign Gordon Chase in the other plane landed safely. Both aircraft were from Squadron 72 during maneuvers.
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Norfolk
Harold C, Alexander
van. Buren
Ark
Navy
Virginia
Allen F. Fleming
Alexander
Gordon Chase
Squeron 72
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