Canadian Head Visits Britain During War Tour
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King arrived in Britain to confer with Winston Churchill and war leaders and to inspect Canadian troops. He travelled with Norman Robertson and Brig. Gen. Georges Vanier and planned an overnight train trip to London amid debate over coordinating the empire's war efforts and Canada's absence from a Roosevelt Churchill meeting.
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London
MacKenzie King
Britain
Churchill
Isles
Norman A. Robertson
George P. Vanier
England
Canada
Roosevelt
Proving Ground Relocation Office Aids Farmowners
Land owners with farms for sale are urged to list all salable farms with the local Relocation Office. About 1,400 farms have been listed, including 109 in Hempstead County, with most others in south and central Arkansas. Officials offer assistance in locating, evaluating, and investigating farms and may help secure short term emergency loans for small farm owners seeking relocation. Farmer Herschel T. Harbin leads the program and emphasizes loan benefits for small holdings.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Alg
FSA
Herschel T. Harbin
War Department settlement aids finding home and farm
Major Heople arranges settlement with the War Department to apply to the FSA for help locating and purchasing a new home and farm. Renters face placement difficulties, but efforts continue to assist in finding desirable locations. A watch balance and hairspring vibrate about 19 000 times hourly, over 157 million annually, producing that many ticks each day.
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War Department
FSA
Notice to remove bodies from Southwestern Proving Ground plots
Legal notice from the War Department listing twelve cemeteries in Hempstead County Arkansas and a removal window August 15 to September 4 1941. It notes state nonrecognition of these sites as public cemeteries and that removals are at the interested party’s expense.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
Hempstead County
Arkansas
State of
War Department
Harrison in Hollywood by Paul Harrison
NEA Service column chats Hollywood trends and stars behind the scenes. Notes on past-it icons in new boards, film remakes, casting rumors, and international shoots in Buenos Aires and South America. Mentions Mae West, Mickey Rooney, Jack Benny, William Powell, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Katy Hepburn, Barry Fitzgerald, and Disney plans.
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Harrison In
Hollywood
Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Mae West
H Cirous
Mickey Rooney
Jack
Benny
William Powell
Sigrid Gurie
U. S
Columbia
M-G-M
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Walt Disney
South America
Standings and results from Tuesday and Wednesday play
Standings show New Orleans 4 Knoxville 2, Chattanooga 4-1 Little Rock 3-2 in 10 innings, Memphis 3 Atlanta 1, Birmingham 5 Nashville 3. Detroit 12-3 New York 3-8 Chicago 4-1 Philadelphia 0-0 St Louis 3-7 Boston 2-10 Washington 8 Cleveland 6 in 12. Boston 42 New York Detroit. Washington Cleveland. Tuesday results include Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 2. Chicago New York rained out. St Louis Boston rain. Cincinnati Philadelphia wet ground. Wednesday schedule has St Louis at Boston 2, Cincinnati at Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, Chicago at New York.
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New Orleans
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Little Rock
Memphis
Atlanta
Birmingham
Nashville
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Ganes
Cincinnati
Southern Association
Chiab W. L Pet
New Orlea
W. L Pet
St. Louis Oo
W. L Pet, Wey
NG Chicago
Adkins Proposes 800 Million Pound Alumina Plant
Adkins argues for expanding Arkansas alumina capacity to 800 million pounds and secures governor support for OPM steel priority on highway projects. He met industrialists in Pennsylvania Delaware and New York to spur Arkansas plants for manganese zinc cinnibar titanium and barite in hopes of developing smaller industries after the emergency ends.
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Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New York
Holt Rule Shapes Cemeteries Case in Proving Ground Area
Arkansas legal analysis states removal of bodies from area cemeteries between August 15 and September 4 is permissible amid unregistered cemeteries. No statutory distinction between private and public cemeteries. prior law relied on custom. Millard Alford released opinion copies. Harris reports no opinion on cemeteries in the proving ground. Loneliest Policeman: RCMP posted 1000 miles north of Hudson Bay near the North Pole.
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Arkansas
Holt
Millard Alford
Proving Ground
Congressplain
Jarovssage
Oren Harris
Washington
Harris
Rulin
Royal Canadian Mounted Cone Stable
Hudson Bay
North Pole
Yanks Have Combination of Hit Or Fielding Stars
New York's Joe Gordon earns praise as the best defensive second baseman seen by Stanley Harris. Harris, who managed several top second basemen, declares Gordon tops in infield range and reliability. Rizzuto also cited among great second-base combos. Harris notes improvements in throwing and quickness. The Yankees threaten major double play records while pursuing strong infield cohesion with Priddy and Sturm guiding Bedford-era plays.
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New York
Stanley Raymond Harris
Joe Gordon
The
Yankees
Bucky Havis
Washington
Ercie Collins
Napoleon Lajoie
Lajoie
Collins
Rogers Hornsby
Frank Frise
Charley Gehringer
Gordon
Oregon
Lou Boudreau
Ray Mack
Cleveland
Mack
Ciordon
Rizzuto
Harris
Phil Rizzuto
Gorton
Roger Peckinpaugh
Lie Scooter
Dante Bush
Detroit
Rabbit Maranville
National League
Hervis
Brooklyn
Hughie Critz
Gerald Priddy
Rizzuta
Kansas City
Johnny Sturn
Sturm
Yankees Power in Reserve Amid Ambitious Lineup
The team could rely on stars Red Rolfe Phil Rizzuto Joe Gordon and Johnny Sturm to keep close with steady hitting. Even if home runs vanish they would still contend with disciplined play and strong defense.
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Yanks
Red Rolfe
Phil Rizzuto
Joe Garden
Johnny
Sturm
Charles Haynes in Civil Air Course
Dallas Texas young Hope resident Charles Haynes prepares for a defense role by finishing a commercial pilot course at Dallas Aviation School in December. A 1934 Georgia Military Academy graduate, he also studied at the University of Arkansas and Cumberland University, with three years at a Hope department store. The Dallas school trains 300 students and offers RAF and Army Air Corps flight instruction as well as aircraft mechanics courses.
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Dallas
Tex
Hope
Charles Haynes
Dallas Aviation School
Georgia Military Academy
Haynes
University of Arkansas
Cumberland University
G. A. Haynes
Free Offer With a Catch in Custer City
City chamber offers to pay lodging for visitors who stay where temperatures stay above 85 degrees and travel to a mile high city. Joe Whitmore, a negro, shot his wife Molly near Clow. He fled after the Tuesday night shooting. coroner Dr J H Weaver said no inquest would be necessary.
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Custer
Tor
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Whitmore
Molly
Clow
J. H. Weaver
Whitmore
Weaver
Women protest in civilian defense plan discrimination
Mrs. Jahn I. Whitehurst, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, condemns the exclusion of women from the civilian national defense program. She cites the replacement of Florence Kerr by a man as leaving women without representation in national home defense. The piece questions when women will be taken seriously as citizens during emergencies. British women are praised for their resolve and service.
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Millett
Mind Your Manners Quiz On Polite Social Usage
A reader quiz asks if calling a physician Doc Brown is proper, if labeling a townsman as old man Smith is polite, and if saying old maid about an unmarried woman is courteous. It also covers commenting on weight, public embarrassment of a spouse, and handling a borrowed book. Answers: no to doctor nicknames, no to old man labels, say she is single, no to weight remarks, yes a wife may be embarrassed, and return a long-held book with apology plus a recommended title.
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Doc Brown
British Women Take On War Duties and Courage
The article argues that British women already perform dangerous war tasks such as driving ambulances and running first aid and feeding stations. It predicts Americans will need to join in similar roles if national emergencies arise, asserting women will step up without mockery and prove capable in home defense work.
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Britain
America
First Talkers and the Amphibian Tongue Tale
The earliest tongues arose as amphibians adapted to aquatic feeding. When creatures captured prey in water, tongues were unnecessary, but as life moved onto land, tongues evolved to grasp and manipulate food. The shift marks a key step in vertebrate evolution.
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Francis X. Bushman
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