O Neals Doubt About Proving Ground Permanence
In a letter exchange Arkansas officials question the permanence of the proposed Hope Proving Ground noting Madison Indiana buildings were brick while Hope would use frame and bull pine for most structures. C A McKay of Structural Clay Products Institute reports federal offices indicate a mix of brick and frame construction with foundations undecided. Governor Homer Adkins and Arkansas delegates press the Ordnance Department for clarity on materials and pricing comparisons to Indiana.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
Proving Ground
Madison
Ind
N. P
J’neal
Hope Brick Company
Arkansas
Congress
Homer M. Adkins
Little Rock
Washgton
O'Neal
Sheets
Ahat
Alphins
Ordnance Department
Indiana
Hope
Maddison
Wingfield
Our Daily Bread Sailors and Deep Sea Fishermen News
Our correspondent reports from the Hempstead County Deep-Sea Fishermen's excursion to Bayou LaBattyre, noting catch abundance and seasickness, with letters from Jim Wilson and others. Mentions mail posts from Columbus and Hempstead guards, and a rumor of Alaska-bound travelers. Also discusses defense supply contract concentration among six firms, harming small businesses, plus a date oddity about German rulers.
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Leo Robins
Empstead County
Bayou LaBattyre
Gulf Coden
Ala
Jim Wilson
Columbus
George Wyle
Guernsey
Leo
Gulf
Jim
Wilson Skeet Club
Cranium Crackers Quiz on Hollywood Figures
A lighthearted feature asks readers about studio stars and film trivia. Questions cover ventriloquism, initials in Covil B De Mille, cast choices for Capt. Horatio Hornblower, Lionel Barrymore’s wheelchair roles, and Marie Dressler’s successor at Wallace Beery’s side. Answers are on Conde Page.
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Holly Wood
Horatio Hornblower
W. C. Fields
Errol Flynn
Shirley Temple
Charles Winninger
Lionel Barrymore
Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery
Conde
Proving Ground Boss Pushes Daylight Time Shift
Lt. Col. D C Cabell, commandant of the Southwestern Proving Ground, urged Hope leaders at a Rotary club meeting to place civilian workers on Daylight Saving Time. He noted Army personnel and Callahan Construction already follow DST, citing potential to run two full daylight shifts and a large local payroll. A petition aimed at the mayor and city council was planned as merchants backed the change.
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D.C. Cabell
Southwestern Proving Ground
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Proving Ground
W. BE. Callahan
Star
Colonel Cabell
Rotary Club
Cobell
Roy Anderson
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Madison
Ind
United States
Hope
Eastern Front Losses Reach 3.5 Million, Source Says
A neutral military source announced Friday that combined German and Russian losses on the eastern front total 3.5 million, describing the campaign as the bloodiest in history. The estimate cites an average of about 70,000 daily losses, most of them dead or wounded with few prisoners.
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Vichy
Germany
Russia
Nazis Drive Toward Odessa
German forces push deep into Ukraine advancing toward the Black Sea port of Odessa while claiming a major Soviet pocket near Uman has fallen. Russian leader Semeon Timoshenko urged Russians in occupied areas to join the fight as Berlin reports say a northern push toward Leningrad and Tallinn may cut off the Baltic capital.
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Adolf Hitler
Knilfaing
Ukraine
Uman
Kiev
Black
Russia
Semeon Timoshenko
Red Army
Hitler
Leningrad
Wesenberg
Gulf of Finland
Estonia
Tallinn
Kronstadt
London
Skipper Keeps Anniversary Gift Run While At Sea
Captain Percival on the S S Appleton buys gifts for his wedding anniversary and returns to the voyage as the ship leaves New York bound for a convoy through the Graveyard of British Shipping. The crew stays alert as the freighter steams toward peril and a guarded night voyage.
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Paul Manning
England
S. S. Appleton
Staten Island
Newark
Percival
S. 5
Appleton
Brooklyn
Battery
Manhattan
Port-A-Cail
Statute of Liberty
Sandy Hook
New York
Atlantic
Trish
Greenland
mid-Atlantic
Cabin Bay
All-Out Tax Plan Asked by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to fund defense with a broad tax program. He sought cutting personal exemptions and raising taxes for married couples and corporations. He aimed to boost revenue from the House bill from 3.2062 billion to at least 3.5 billion, with hint of more.
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Washington
Defense
Morgenthau
Congress
Paper Warns French of U S Aid in North Africa Defense
An Evening News Paris collaborationist paper Le Nouveaux Temps urged France to abandon armistice limits and seek German help to bolster North African defenses. It warned the United States would act if words remained unrestrained, claiming French West Africa and Dakar could face danger and France might have to act alone with scant resources.
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Vichy
Geneval Weygand
Paris
le Nouveaux Temps
France
U.S
French West Africa
Dakar
Chinese Generals Present Tokens Of Water To Troops
Odd Merit Awards Toothbrushes and handkerchiefs have figured among the tokens of water presented by Chinese generals to the troops under their command.
Cotton crop forecast shows decline from last year
The Agriculture Department on August 1 forecast this year’s cotton crop at 10,817,000 bales, down from 12,566,000 last year and 11,817,000 two years ago, with Arkansas at 84 percent normal and 334 pounds per acre. The county AAA office said $10,000 in cotton stamps would be issued Saturday to farmers and up to $40,000 during the period, aiding those who reduced acreage, in a plan tied to lower production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Hope to Seek Federal Aid for Large Sewer Plant
Hope city will file with the Public Works Administration for a loan and grant to build a new large sewerage disposal plant and possibly upgrade the mains. The project hinges on defense needs and the availability of funds, with engineer M Z Bair preparing the plan for submission within days.
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Hope
Public Works Administration
Congress
Estern Proving Ground
Ation Defense
C. QO. Thomas
PWA
National Defense
M. Z. Bair
Lite Rock
Hull Denounces Axis Statement
Secretary of State Hull rebutted Berlin and Tokyo claims, saying Germany seeks Western Hemisphere conquest and Japan is responsible for its own encirclement in the Pacific. He described both sides as propaganda, denying Roosevelt era power politics in Latin America and urging sober analysis of the claims.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Japan
Pacific
Berlin
Tokio
Roosevelt
Latin America
U. S
Britain
China
Netherlan Hall
Europe
Arkansas Electric Co. announces entry to Arkansas
The Arkansas Louisiana Electric Cooperation Inc., recently incorporated in Louisiana, filed a Notice of Entry to Arkansas with the secretary of state. The company plans to build power generating plants to serve rural electrical cooperatives in Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Little Rocka.pi
Arkansas- Louisiana Electric Cooperation, Inc
Louisiana
Arkansas
Ute
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