Seaman Light's Saloon Offers Warm Welcome After Adrift
In a seaside pub, able seaman Sidney Light recalls ten days at sea after the torpedoing of the U S Uort Malet off the Irish coast. He captained lifeboat No 4, logged perilous hours, shared rations, and aided a fellow crew aboard the lifeboat St John before contact with a tug and rescue efforts continued through a grueling voyage.
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Seaman Light
Paul Manning
NEA Service
Seaport
England
Ite
Sidney Light
New York
Sidney
New Yorks
U. S. Uort
H. Light
A. B
Newport
S. E
At & Am
Eupt
Clay
Belfast
St. John
Pyner
St John
Lst
Saverin
B.S. T
War Prosperity Shapes Americans View Of Spending
A discussion contrasts rapid literary inaccuracies with daily press speed, noting the value of precise journalism. It analyzes defense spending, consumer buying shifts from wartime constraints to practical purchases, and urges prudent use of Defense Bond savings to support the government and personal security. Milwaukee data: 13th largest U.S. city, population 589,558 in 1940, 578,249 in 1930.
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United States
Milwaukee
Wis
Tax Increase in Hempstead County Rumors Denied
The Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce taxation committee states rumors of massive land tax hikes in Hempstead County are unfounded. They explain a three mill road tax limit, limited school taxes, and factual changes to road funding from the Proving Ground removal, with no lawful basis for increased overall taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Taxation Committee of Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Proving Ground
MAI General Assembly
Traffic Death Rate is High in Arkansas Maneuvers
Governor Homer M. Adkins urged a safety campaign as Arkansas reports 252 traffic deaths this year, up from 168 last year. State Police Supt Allbright joined in urging motorists to avoid highways 70 and 67, convoy routes for the Second Army, amid a 435 mph speed limit near Southwest Arkansas during maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Ganc
Arkansas
Highway Department
Supt. Allbright
State Police Department
Mutorists
Second Army
Allbright
Annual C of C Dinner Open to All Tonight
The Hope Chamber of Commerce opens its annual banquet at 7 p m on Monday at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station grounds with a barbecue chicken dinner for members guests and the general public at 50 cents Tickets are available at the Hope city hall or from listed directors After dinner at 8 o clock Dr Gus W Dyer Vanderbilt University will speak The program includes an annual meeting song God Bless America invocation report of retiring president and a benediction by Rev Kenneth Spore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Fruit & Truck Branch
Gus W. Dyer
Vandervilt University
Nashville, Tenn
Chamber of Commerce
Hope City Hall
Roy Anderson
Ched Hall
Syd McMath
C. C. Spragins
Geo. W. Robison
Henry Haynes
A. W. Stubbeman
Terrell Cornelius
Guy E. Basyo
Dr. Dyer
Southern States Industrial Council
South
Guy E. Basye
Hope Chamber
Basye
Experiment Station Arena
God-Buss
America
E. P. Young
Brewster
Ted Jones
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Kenneth Spore
Electricians in Union face union card requirement
An electrician at the Hope area reports that southwest Proving Ground work is unionized and a union card may be required to get a job. He registered with the district State Employment Service before work began, but says five electricians were hired as outsiders. Contractors claim electricians are hired through the State Employment office on its recommendation only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Territory
the Star
Southwestern Proving Ground
Praying Ground
Little Rock Lowe
Union Electricians
W. E. Callahan Company
State Employment Office
Aluminum drive nets 310 pounds in Hope district
The aluminum campaign collected 330 pounds according to the city chairman. The metal will be sent to Texarkana, the district collection center, on Monday afternoon. The report also notes the hammerhead oyster in the Indian Ocean earns its name from its hamper like shape.
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Texarkane
Indian Ocean
A Thought And Every Meat Offering Note
Fragmentary text mentions offerings and names, referring to sons of Auron and Levi Geun TL in a cryptic religious or ceremonial context. No clear event or date present.
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Auron
20 000 Troops Move Into Southwest Arkansas Maneuver
The 35th Division will pitch camp north of Prescott as more than 20 000 soldiers from the 3rd Division depart Camp Robinson for a large southwest Arkansas training maneuver. Units will organize transport, set up tents, and establish bases with infantry, artillery, and support troops following. The operation includes multiple divisions and a four day umpire training course at Camp Robinson to coordinate the exercise and determine movement rules.
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3Rh
Camp
Robinson
Southwest Arkansas
Arca
Prescott
110Th
110Th Quartermaster Regiment
110Th Engineers
Camp Forrest
Enn
Fort McClellan
Ala
127Th Field Artillery
Southwest
Arkansas
Camp Hobinson
Edward J. Reath
1Hold
Camp Robinson
Samuel G. Pairchild
J. Paul J. McDonald
Seventh Army Corps
Birmingham
Fort Leonard Wood
West Plaines
Imboden
Smithville
Hammet
Birch Tree
Thomasville
Walnut Ridge
Buryl
Petition for Daylight Saving Time in City
Merchants circulating a petition in the downtown district ask the mayor and city council to adopt Daylight Saving Time immediately for civilian use. The appeal follows statements by Lieut Col D C Cabell of the Southwestern Proving Ground that daylight saving is required to permit two daytime shifts, with stores opening at seven and closing at five instead of eight to six.
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D. C. Cabell
Southwestern Proving Ground
Library Open for Soldiers in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County library will stay open from 8 am to 10 pm Monday through Saturday from August 12 to September 6 to serve soldiers during maneuvers. The courtroom near Hope Hempstead library becomes reading and writing space with magazines, newspapers from Missouri Kansas and Nebraska, and both pleasure and information books available. Writing paper envelopes and postal cards provided at this service. The Hope Hempstead library is in Hope City Hall.
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Hempstead County
Hope-Hempstead
Hope City Hall
Cemetery Working Set for August 14
All interested persons are invited to attend a cemetery working at Betts Cemetery on highway 29. The gathering is scheduled for Thursday August 14 and will take place about 1 mile south of Hope.
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Betts
Hope
Cotton Stamps Issued to Hempstead County Farmers
Hempstead county AAA office announced that 6132 in Cotton Stamps were issued to county farmers last Saturday and were being issued Monday. B. E. McMahon of the AAA office said most stamps issued were spent in Hope according to the report from local merchants.
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Hempstead County
AAA
B. E. McMahon
Hope
Reper Y Frei
Nazis Advance in North and South Fronts Across Front
Reports from Associated Press describe German forces pushing 60 miles toward Leningrad in the north and threatening the port of Odessa in the south as the conflict widens along the 11,200 mile front. Berlin claimed Soviet forces retreating under pressure along the Dniester and Ukraine grain regions.
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Associated Press
Germany
Leningrad
Odessa
London
Nikolaev
Dniester
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Marshall Semeon Budyonny
Red Army
Demiper
Kiev
DNB
Lake Umen
Greak
Salisi
Ilmen
Smolensk
Estonia
Bel Pserkoy
Uman
Stalin
Japan Moves Toward World War Amid Far East Crisis
Reports from Tokyo say Japan mobilizes fully and tightens control as Manchukuo and North China prepare for conflict. Canberra warns Singapore risk, while Thailand promises defense. U S and Japan edge toward severing ties with embargo and consular break anticipated.
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Associated Press
Far East
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Manchukuo
Australia
Canberra
Menzies
Singapore
Thailand
U. S
Tokio
Prince Konoye
Eetasin
China
Black Dragon’ Society
Konoye
Manchukuo’ i
State operates six North Carolina fish hatcheries
Six fish hatcheries are operated by the state of North Carolina. They are located in Burke, Alleghany, Cumberland, Haywood, McDowell and Watauga counties.
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State of
North Carolina
Burke
Alleghany
Cumberland
Haywood
McDowell
Walauga Counties
August notable events and birthdays trivia
August is noted as a vacation month yet contains several historic milestones. Questions recall an explorer sailing west from Spain in a August voyage, an airplane inventor born in August, a recent vice president and two presidents born in August, a vital U S defense link opened on August 1, and the first steamboat on Lake Erie plus the first trans continental car trip in August.
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Spain
U. S
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Imperial Type Metal
Dickens
Tony Weller
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Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Rider Haggard
John O'London
Willis Thornton
Junior C
New Orleans
C. of C
Electricians In Union
Berlin
Luftwaffe
Moscow
High Command
Cvalry
Nurlee
Kaname Wakesugi
Chugai
Wakasugi
Washington
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