Hope Chamber of Commerce budget critique and call to action
The piece argues Hope must increase collective funding for the chamber of commerce beyond the current 3,655.60 annual outlay and a 5,000 planned budget. It cites Camden and Jonesboro examples, promotes local promotions, warns against underfunding, and urges business leaders to invest cash and confidence to grow the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Community World Chamber of Commerce
Billions Approved for Navy and Army Bill
The appropriations committee approved a large bill funding the start of a two ocean navy and arming the army with 1,200,000 men. Debates continued on Burke-Wadsworth conscription as differences between Senate and House drafts delayed final action on mobilization of the national guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appropriations Committee
Montaga
Bennie Hoay
Senate
House
Senator Clark Attacks Bullitt Speech as Treasonous
Idaho Senator Clark said Ambassador Bullitt’s warning of a German attack and call for unprovoked war was very near treason. He criticized Bullitt for appealing to Americans to enter foreign conflict unprepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Idaho
Senate
William Bullitt
United States
Great Britain
Bullitt
Flexible Highway Adapts Traffic with Retractable Curbs
Chicago reports a new eight lane road where curbs 25 foot sections retract into slots via hydraulic racks and springs. Electrical pumps raise sections to form six lanes during peak hours and four lanes otherwise. Turbulent seams and odd non sequiturs appear in text mentioning animals and foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cranium Crackers Armed Force Rank Quiz
Five trivia questions test knowledge of U S military ranks and titles. Questions cover general officers, naval admirals, and ordering common ranks in both services, with answers noted to be found on page Ewe.
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U. S
U, S
Milwaukee sailor builds model of Old Ironsides
Walter Hull, a long time sailor and model builder for Milwaukee’s public museum, crafts a scale model of the USS Constitution to display alongside his family’s maritime legacy. Hull traces ancestry to Barnstable Mass and notes his grandfather K. C. Barker once led Detroit’s yacht club.
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Wilwaukee
Walter Hull
Isaac Hull
Hull
Milwaukee Public
Constitution
Barnstable
Mass
K. C. Barker
Detroit, Mich
International Yacht Club of the
Great Lakes
C of C Annual Meet to Be Held Aug 29
Robert P. Hall state chamber manager to be principal speaker at Hope Chamber annual meeting August 29 at Barlow Hotel. He will emphasize chamber work in community building. Guy E. Basy presides. officers and directors for the coming year to be installed after the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Guy E. Basye
R. P. Bowen
Robert P. Hall
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
Barlow Hotel
Hall
el Dorado Chamber of Commerce
Lo- Seal Organization
Guy E. Basy
Hollis
City Court Dockets Report Monday Sessions
City Court at city hall heard 25 cases with 10 dismissed. Raymond Rasberry carrying a pistol fined 50. Thomas Jefferson drunkenness guilty fined 10. John Ray drunkenness guilty fined 10. Rasberry drunkenness guilty fined 10. Mattie Walker disturbed the peace found not guilty. Gussie Fields disturbed the peace guilty fined 10. Inez Garland disturbed peace guilty fined 10. Mrs Otto Foster disturbed peace dismissed on city attorney's motion. Beatrice Foster disturbed peace dismissed on city attorney's motion. Edna Clevinger disturbed peace, Otto Foster disturbed peace dismissed. Martin Guthele disturbed peace. Bill Richardson disturbed peace dismissed on city attorney's motion. Lester Lavis grand larceny guilty held to grand jury. W. E. Roxton speeding forfeited 5. John Erwin speeding forfeited 5. Bella Boyd drunkenness forfeited 1. Grace Williams drunkenness guilty fined 10. Roosevelt Williams disturbed peace guilty fined 10. Grace Williams disturbed peace guilty fined 10. J C Kent Jr overdraft dismissed on prosecuting attorney payment of costs. Roosevelt Williams drunkenness dismissed. Garner Rogers petit larceny 1 dozen roasting ears value 1 dollar, dismissed on costs. Finley Rogers petit larceny same offense dismissed on costs. Civil docket Georgia State Savings and Loan Association vs W. D. Marlow and Mrs. Marlow rent 50, judgment for plaintiff by default for 50 and interest.
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Raymond Rasberry
Thomas Jefferson
John Ray
Mattie Walker
Gussie Fields
Inez Garland
Otto Foster
Beatrice Foster
Motion City
Edna Clevinger
Martin Guthele
Bill Richardson
Lester Lavis
W. E. Roxton
John Erwin
Bella Boyd
Grace Wiliams
Roosevelt Williams
Grace Williams
Georgia State Savings & Lent
Association
W. D. Marlow
Rephan Flies Home From New York
Rephan, proprietor of Rephan's Department Stores, was in Hope Saturday after flying back from New York to Little Rock Friday on Americaty Airlines. He said the 36 hour rail journey required only 9 bows by air despite the comparison in cost and ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rephan
Hope
New York
Little Rock
Americaty Airlines
Re-Arming of America Heads Down Tragic Course
Milton Bronner analyzes the slow U.S. rearmament three months after the president’s call. He cites defense funding, contract clearance at 35 percent, and delays from Congress over excess profits tax and amortization rules. He warns public complacency risks while Britain and France rushed to arm before war.
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America
France
Britain
Milton Bronner
NEA Service
Washington
Eyer
National Defense Advisory Council
Hitler
House Committee On Miltary Affairs
Congress
Defense Board to Be Set Up
President Roosevelt spoke with state, war and navy officials by phone to seek suggestions for American members on a joint Canadian American defense board. Officials said the executive hoped the board would be named and its first meeting held next week, with setup by Thursday.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
State, War and Navy Department
Whitehouse
Hempstead County Library to buy new books
Charles Reynerson, Hempstead county Library board chair, will travel to Little Rock this week for a conference with Murs and Darrell Bishop of the State Library Commission regarding selection of about 2500 dollars worth of new books for the Hempstead County Library. County branches are in Spring Hill Fulton and Washington. Over 600 books are on display at each location. More titles are added periodically. Planning for participation in the September free county fair is underway.
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Charles Reynerson
Hempstead
Warn Nazis To Protect Ship In Atlantic Passage
The United States formally warned Germany that the army transport American Legion carrying nearly 100 Americans from Petsamo would not suffer molestation by German armed forces. Berlin had said it would not be responsible if the ship followed the route between North Rona and Cape Wrath. The note noted no practical alternative and touched on possible mine risks noted by the German embassy and Navi. The story also mentions federal, state and local government payrolls totaling about 8,000,000,000 dollars annually.
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Washington
United States
Germany
American Legion
Petsamo
Vinland
Berlin
North Rona
Cape Wrath
Scotland
Navi Governument
Cotton market opening and closing figures show early gains
New York cotton opened at 9.13 and closed at 9.19 with Middling spot quoted at 9.94. The report notes a modest uptick in trading confidence and spot prices amid market activity.
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New York
Local People Injured in Auto Wreck Near Malvern
Mr and Mrs Cecil Dennis and Mr and Mrs K J Caplinger of Hope escaped minor bruises when their car collided with a log truck about six miles east of Malvern while en route to Little Rock for Kroger company employees picnic. Dennis car sustained slight damage.
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Cecil Dennis
K. J. Caplinger
Hope
Malvern
Little Rock
Kroger Company
Dennis
Chrysler Auto Magnate Walter P Chrysler dies at 65
Walter P Chrysler Sr, 65, the motor car magnate and chairman of Chrysler Corporation, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 5:15 p.m. Sunday in his Great Neck Long Island home. Ill for over a year, he survived by two sons Walter and Jack and two daughters Byron Foy and Mrs Edward Garbisch. A descendant of early New York settlers, he rose from machinist apprentice to leading auto founder, building the Chrysler Tower and earning a reputation as the most insured man in the world.
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New York
Walter P Chrysler Sy
Great Neck
Long Island
Chrysler
Supreme Court
Walter P. Jy
Jack
Dughters
Byron Foy
Edward Garbisch
Tuenis van Dalsen
New York City
New Amsterdam
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Tower
Metropolitan
Empire State Building
No Brains Hen Sets On Potatoes In Hopeful Hatching
Mrs. W. T. Savage reports a hen at Spring Hope North Carolina proved unusually stubborn, failing to hatch chicks after many tries, then was found incubating 18 Irish potatoes with apparent resolve.
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Spring Hope
N. C
W. T. Savage
Agriculture Head Named Secretary of Agriculture Nominee
Washington reports Claude R. Wickard of Indiana was nominated by President Roosevelt to succeed Henry Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture. Wallace resigns effective September 5, announced in a Hyde Park letter exchange. Wallace said he would likely begin campaigning as Roosevelt's running mate.
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Washington
Claude R. Wickard
Indiana
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Hyde Park
U S and Canada agree on joint defense board
The United States and Canada announced a permanent joint Board of Defense with four or five members from each nation. It will study sea land and air problems and defense of the northern half of the Western Hemisphere. The move marks a shift in peacetime foreign policy linking defense bonds with a war-time ally.
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Ogdensburg
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
Dominion
W. L. Mackenzie King
Board of Defense
Armed Services
St. Lawrence River
North America
Europe
Britain Fights On In Largest Air War Yet
Britain presses the air war against Germany with renewed raids on the French coast and Dover. The Air Ministry notes heavy German losses with dozens of Nazi planes destroyed while Britain sustains limited damage at airfields. Reports claim German forces mass on the French shore as aerial combat intensifies.
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Basel
Switzerland
Geri
Geneva
Lausa
Italy
London
Germany
Britain
Minis
Air Ministry
Hitler
France
Seligim
Folland
Somaliland
War Office
Rome
Berbera
High I
T Toops
Sinc
Channel
Dover
Boulogne
Calais
British Press Association
Press Association
Royal Air Force
Croyedon
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Alex. H. Washburn
Heaven
Luther Ellison
Camden Chamber of Commerce
Camden Chamber of Commercce
BEC
Magnolia
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Navy
Lemley
City Hall
W. K. Lemley
U.S
Herr Hitler
Defense Board
Reynerson
Wickard
U.S. Canada
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