Missionary and Auxiliary Circles Meet Monday at Local Churches
Monday events list multiple circles from First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches meeting at 4 o'clock and 6 o'clock for mission studies and gatherings. Details include Circle No 3 at the church, Circle No 1 at Mrs Dorsey McRae Sr residence, Circle No 2 at Mrs Mack Stuart home, Circle No 3 at Mrs Ernest Wingfield home, and Circle No 4 at Mrs R E Jackson home with cohostess Mrs R E McMahon and 8 o'clock start. Mr Howsen attended the University of Arkansas with the couple planning to be at home in Hope after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Dorsey McRae, Sr
Mack Stuart
Ernest Wing-field
R. E. Jackson
R. E. McMahon
Mr. Howsen
University of Arkansas
Hope
Tuesday Bridge Hostess and Society Notices
Tuesday August 10 Mrs Rommel Young hosts an evening bridge at her home at 8 o clock. Announcements include the Clancy McRae nuptials for Janet McRae and Captain William Edward Clancy a July 24 ceremony in Jackson Mississippi with home in Salt Lake City Utah. Edith Boyett and Frank Howson Jr engagement announced for September 10 ceremony in Hope Arkansas. Various local movements visits and travel noted in Texarkana Hope Richmond Hot Springs Little Rock and Pittsburg around guests and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rommel Young
Clancy-McRae
Janet McRae
Hamilton Eugene McRae
McRae
Jackson
Miss
William Edward Clancy
United States Army
Salt Lake City
Utah
Boyett
Howson
R. A. Boyett, Jr
Wood Street
Texarkana
Edith Boyett
Hope
Frank Howson
Southwestern Proving Ground
First Methodist Church
D. B. Thompson
R. A. Boyett
Highland Park High School
Dallas
Texas
Cozzens Business College
Americans land behind Axis on Sicily coast
Allied forces report American 7th Army troops disembarked on the north Sicilian coast under cover of darkness. They struck swiftly as German columns retreated toward Messina, while other Allied units pressed San Agata and set the stage for an decisive push against Axis positions on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Allied
North Africa
7Th Army
Sicily
Messina
San Agata
Barbee’s Lab Test Blunder and Humbling Lesson
A new lab assistant Barbee, under pressure, mishandles a stop cock causing toxic gas release. Chief chemist Kent calmly fixes the problem and reassures her. Barbee, humiliated, reflects that she may have been snobbish toward Sue Keller and resolves to learn from the mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbee
Sue Keller
David Kent
Barbee
Sue
Kent
Susan
Dave Kent
Nave Kent
Ken Carter
Dinner Drive In and A Kiss Behind It
Rene Ryerson narrates a late evening encounter as Barbee and Ken attend a ball game. He presses for a date and later a kiss in the drive in. Barbee resists yet doesn’t act, wary and unsettled as the scene ends with an implied continuance.
Allied push in Sicily advances as Axis defenses crumble
Allied columns drive west toward Randazzo from Troina while American forces seize Cesaro and close on Randazzo, with the British Eighth Army capturing Acireale north of Catania. Axis troops bogged at Randazzo Pass as Allied air power harasses retreating columns. A new line may form from Taormina to Cape Orlando as the Axis repositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Agata
Eighth Army
Acireale
Catania
Troina
Cesaro
Randazzo
Mt. Etna
Bronte
Randazzo Pass
Sicily
Taormina
Cape Orlando
Axis
Intense Sound Waves Kill Men in Air and Water
A Navy report explained by Commander Bartholomew Hogan details how extreme sound waves lethal to humans operate in air and water. In water the danger radius reaches 100 to 150 feet with a five foot wave, while air effects occur within 3 to 10 feet causing disintegration, brain injury, and severe personality changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Bartholomew W. Hogan
U. S. Navy
International College of Surgeons
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Naval Hospital
Oakland
Cal
Due
Abbott
Hogan
Pacific Picture military actions near New Ireland and New Guinea
Pacific Picture reports bombings and reconnaissance actions 300 miles northwest of New Ireland destroying a freight transport a destroyer and a small cargo ship. Fighter planes machine gunned an enemy seaplane base at Rekata Bay Santa Isabel and a recon plane hit shipping in McCluer Gulf. No major activity at Salamaua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fors
New Ireland
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
McCluer Gulf
Dutch New Guinea
Salamaua
New Guinea
Allies Hold Sky Command Over Messina Gap
Forces slipped from Messina and crossed the straits while Allied air power dominates the skies. The enemy reportedly used small boats under cover of darkness to achieve limited success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Large Crowds Hear the Rev Martinez at Courthouse
A crowd of 800 or more gathered on the Courthouse lawn Sunday night to hear Evangelist Angel Martinez on What It Means to be a Christian. Monday night he will speak on The Devil's Payday. Saturday Night, Homer Martinez spoke to a large audience and will preach again Friday night. Song service starts at 8 15 with Rev Wilson Blackwell of Waco directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Angel Martinez
Homer Martinez
Wilson Blackwell
Waco
Texas
Lion Announces Net Earnings for First Half 1943
El Dorado August 9 Lion Oil Refining Co reports net income before tax for the first six months of 1943 at $1,644,059.10 or 33.78 per share on 435,090 shares. After tax and excess profits tax provisions total income is $657,623.64 or $1.51 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Dorado
Pi— Lion Oil Refining Co
No Sign of Relief From Heat Wave
Little Rock reports another blistering day as Arkansas endures five days above 100 in August, the hottest spell since 1934. Peak temps hit 108 at Pine Bluff and Monticello, with 106 at Prescott and Fort Smith, and 104 at Brinkley and Dardanelle. Little Rock and nearby cities remained around 103. No relief expected today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Pine Bluff
Montiello
Prescott
Fort Smith
Brinkley
Searcy
el Dorado
Dardanelle
Batesville
Texarkana
Wayne
Newport
Cemetery Clean-Up Planned at Betts Cemetery
The Betts Cemetery eight miles south of Hope on the Lewisville Highway will be cleaned on August 17. All interested persons are urged to help with the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betts
Hope
Lewisville
Commander Hogan on blast effects in trenches and fox holes
Commander Hogan explains that concussion waves from air explosions are greatly reduced in depressions and trenches, making hitting the dirt a protection against blast and shrapnel. He emphasizes that fox holes offer a safety measure as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Revival Campaign Opens Tonight At 8 P M In Hope
Evang. Wm. A. Ward will conduct the opening service of a revival campaign tonight at 8:00. Services continue nightly for three weeks except Saturdays with Ward’s background noted from Texas and the Eastern and Mid-Western states. Regina Basye, music director of the Tabernacle, plans special music for the services. Also mentions farm land values and Puerto Rican ginger cultivation in brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Ward
Former El Dorado Youth Shot to Death
Tulsa story reports a scuffle between two young brothers over a small caliber rifle. Seven year old John A. Rickett died from a heart shot after the boys entered a house, loaded two .22 rifles, and a discharge occurred during the struggle. The Rickett family had moved to Tulsa two weeks earlier from El Dorado, Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
John A. Rickett
James
John
Rickett's
el Korado
Ark
Train Chased Into Sicilian Tunnel By Allied Guns
Allied reports say an Italian armored train and its crew are bottled up in a Sicilian rail tunnel in the North Africa front area. The train backs in when it noses out, but American artillery thumps it back into shelter each time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Martin bomber parts count for center fuselage and nose
A wartime note states 11 500 parts are required for the Martin medium bomber's center fuselage and nose sections, reflecting the scale of assembly needed for the aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
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Carter Johnson
E. F. McFaddin
Hot Springs
Lake Hamilton
Steven Bader
Max Bonham
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Charles Bader
Mrs. Truman Humphries
Barbara June
Shreveport
W. B. Ruggles
Edmund M. Petraseck
Francis S. Johnson
Gabriel Szabo
Will Warren
St. Louis
W. Q. Warren
Charles Bryan
J. D. Rose, Jr
United States Navy
J. D. Rose
Jane Carter
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Arkadelphia
Wilson, Ark
Wilson School
Miss Carter
Henderson
W. H. Wilson
Ferrell Sparks
Pittsburg, Texas
Miss Bertha Sparks
J. C. Wise
Uniontown
Mrs. Basil York
NEW Saenger
Aunt Stromberg
Barbara Stanwick
Gypsy Rose Lee
Rialto
Lon Chaney, Jr
Wolfman
Veronica Lake
Allan Ladd
The
Glass Key
Anna Mae Wong
Chapter
Rene
Ken
Ned
Hopes’ Finest Department Store
Chas.a. Haynes Co
N Main
By Howard W. Blakeslee
Pacific Picture
Rev
Martinez
Lion
United States
W. A. Ward
Tmaiso
Wer Die Eo
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Texarkena
Dad
Arkansas Louisiana Gas CO
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