Windshield Sticker Ban Highlighted by State Highway Dept
The State Highway Department urged strict enforcement of a law prohibiting windshield and window stickers on automobiles next to certificates required by law. It urged schools and event sponsors to use alternative advertising methods, noting safer options on bumpers and praising a return to metal license plates. A local note lauds the Star’s streamlined look.
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City Council Holds Meeting of Tuesday Night
City aldermen and Mayor Atkins met at the city hall for the second council meeting of the month. Bills due were approved. a July report showed 925 negro patients treated and 126 tests given for syphilis. Construction of two Fair Park exhibit buildings was deferred to allow completion by the 194? fair.
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Sid McMath
Ross Spears
L. N. Garner
Jesse Brown
J. R. Williams
W. S. Atkins
R. C. Lewis
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A. W. Stubbensan
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C. O. Thomas
Rialroad Sidewalk
Missouri Pacific Company
Plunkett Jerrell Grocery Company
C. Thomas
C. Q. Thomas and
Water and Light
Prim
Evan Wray
City Moat
Mille
Spector
Mane
Cat Shaped Cheeses And Dover Harbor Costs
A claim ties the Cheshire cat to glive molds shaped like a cat in Cheshire county England. The Dover harbor covers 600 acres and cost about $20 000.
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Cheshire County
England
Dover
Cranium Crackers West Indies Quiz Card
Five trivia questions test knowledge of the West Indies. Questions cover largest island, newly appointed British governor general and his city, islands affected by peace tests, U S purchases in 1917 and the buyer, and who discovered and named Puerto Rico. Page da Condy.
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West Indies
Europe
United States
Puerto Rico
Woodmen Ship Five Watermelons to San Antonio Hospital
Woodmen of the World camp official John W. Ridghill and officers sent five Watson watermelons weighing 275 pounds to Dr. Charles J. Kearth medical superintendent at Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital in San Antonio Texas. The melons shipped Wednesday will feed patients and staff and the annual gift continues Hope Down Watermelon Way with local publicity.
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Woodmen of the World
Fom Watson
Charles J. Kearth
Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Texas
Bruner-Ivary Hopdte Faces Green Castle In West Ark Softball Final
Bruner-Ivary Hopdte Company of Hope meets Green Castle Texarkana in the West Arkansas District Softball Tournament final Wednesday at Pair Park. Bruner beat Brookwood Grocery 10 to 3 to reach the final while Green Castle edged Magnolia Oilers 3 to 2. Magnolia then routed Grocer 14 to 1 in four innings, hounding Texarkana 2-1 for three frames before the fourth. Magnolia will face the Wednesday loser for seventh place and a shot at the state tournament starting Monday, August 26. First game set to begin at 7, second about 8.
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Magnolia
Basye Re-elected C of C Head At Hope Chamber Meeting
Guy E Basye was unanimously reelected president of the Hope Chamber of Commerce for the coming year at a special meeting at the chamber office. Officers elected include First VP Geo W Robison and Second VP Syd McMath. treasurer election postponed. Committees named with chairmen and an executive committee given authority for emergencies. President Basye urged broad committee service and monthly chair meetings. Installation set for the Thursday night meeting in August.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Geo. W. Robison
Syd McMath
R. P. Bowen
Basye
C. C. Spragins
Ched Hall
Albert
Debate rights 3d candidate for Arkansas primary
Abe Collins argues that a third place candidate should be allowed to join a second primary if the second place candidate withdraws. The plan hinges on Amendment 29. Smith says he will not pursue his claims. The issue centers on voter rights and party nomination rules.
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de Queen Sawyer
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John M. Bransford
Lonoke
Hal P. Smith
Bob Bailey
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Cotton futures open and close higher in December session
In New York December cotton opened at 9.25 and closed at 9.28 with middling spot at 9.98. Market notes indicate modest gains as traders assess weather and demand signals for nearby contracts.
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New York
Doomed Bridge Gets a Reprieve
Havre de Grace Maryland residents win a partial victory as the old double decker across the Susquehanna to Perryville is saved for national defense use but will be closed to traffic and no longer free, while a new $4.5 million span opens upstream with tolls.
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Record Low and Near Freezing Temps Across States
The University of Arkansas Experiment Station reported a record low of 54 degrees in the arc with a high around 41. Little Rock logged its coldest August night since 1891 at 50 degrees, while nearby towns in Maine and Pennsylvania saw near freezing temperatures signaling early fall. Maine dropped to 38 degrees. Albany 46. Syracuse and Buffalo 45. Across the south, highs ranged 67 to 76 with Detroit 67, Memphis 76, Nashville 0, Knoxville 76, and Little Rock 76.
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House Rejects Draft Delay
Washington report notes the House military committee rejected a proposal to delay drafting until war. The panel favored immediate service for men 21 to 45 with 18 to 64 eligible for registration, while Senate talks centered on a lighter bill. Clergymen and divinity students would be exempt and senior-year college students deferred.
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Navy Leads in U S Race for Re arming
Mil ton Bhonner reports Navy Department jumped to action after Roosevelts May call to arms. Contracts cleared totaling 1 544 billion with 1 3498 billion for the fleet. Planned bases and aviation facilities spread across Quonset Point Corpus Christi Pensacola Jacksonville Norfolk Guantanamo Alameda Seattle San Diego and Hawaii Midway Wake Johnson Islands. Navy tonnage projections show 701 vessels and 4 547 700 tons after a 70 percent fleet increase, with 1947 totals projected at 222 vessels and 738 240 tons.
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How U.S. Navy Stands Today Appropriated For Building
The report outlines current U.S. Navy appropriation levels for shipbuilding and procurement. It notes SSL 206 and UK allocations alongside totals of 4,840 and 123,500 in specified categories, with a stated overall figure of 59.0. The document frames funding priorities and compares program scales across fleets and defense programs.
Leon Trotsky Near Death in Mexico City Attack
Leon Trotsky, exiled Bolshevik leader, remained near death in Mexico City after a Tuesday assault by a pickax attacker. Associates said fight for life continues as doctors consider brain specialists flown from the United States to aid his treatment.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
United States
Hempstead Man Succumbs in County Barn Death
Burgess Mommon 5 a lifelong Hempstead resident was found dead about 6 36 Tuesday in a barn near his home three miles south of Stariice Hill Croc. Coroner Weaver ruled heart illness as the cause and no inquest will be held. Survived by widow and three others. Funeral services set for 2 30 Wednesday at Holly Springs with burial in Holly Springs cemetery.
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Hempstead County
Stariice Hill
Croc. Weaver
Hempstead
Holly Springs
Holly Springs Cemetery
Rome
Mediterranean
Italy
Stefani
Refugee Ship Off England Flown West of British Coast
The state department on Wednesday said the refugee ship American Legion was about 400 miles west of the British coastline, thus well outside the area Germany marked as highly dangerous.
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Washington
State Department
American Legion
Germany
Ed Gleghorne Dies Tuesday in Hempstead County
Ed Gleghorne aged 63 died about 1 a m Tuesday at the home of his nephew Kenneth Jones in Centerville eight miles east of Hope after four weeks of illness. Funeral services were held at Forrest Hill Cemetery at 11 o clock Wednesday. He is survived by his son Ross of Hope and two brothers L L Gleghorne of Fulton and T M Gleghorne of San Antonio Texas.
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Ed Gleghorne
Kenneth Jones
Centerville
Hope
Glegorne
Hempstead County
Forrest Hill
Thought God Standeth in Congregation of the Mighty
A fragment from Psalms 84 1 describes the thought of God standing in the assembly of the mighty and judging the other gods, reflecting a biblical verse with archaic wording and punctuation.
Canada Pact Seen as First Step in Allied Defense
London reports unofficially that Britain seeks a military alliance with the United States and Canada for mutual defense. Observers see this as the opening move in a broader British effort to secure a hemispheric accord, potentially binding defense and diplomacy across the Western Hemisphere.
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