Hope needs a boulevard through town not distant by-passes
Local writer argues against costly highway by-passes around Hope and urges building a 20th century boulevard through town. He recalls past plans with Gulf Refining, cites St. Louis as a model, and warns engineers to consult taxpayers before widening Seventh Street and rerouting U.S. 67 traffic.
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Texarkana
Morning Gazette
Seventh Street
Hope
East Third Street
No. ‘Ey
Third and
Shover Streets
City Planning Board
Gulf Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Shover Street
Gulf Company
Oileampany
Third Street
St. Louis
America
National Guard unit to return home Saturday
Hempstead county National Guard with 7 men and three officers will depart Little Falls Minnesota for Hope Thursday night after 21 a of field training. About 60,000 soldiers including guard units and regular army participated in the camp maneuvers across several Midwestern states.
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Hempstead County National Guard
Little Falls
Minn
Hope
Minnesota
Dil
Coretta Deschises Arius
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Louisiana
Leon Trotsky Dies After Ax Attack in Mexico City
Leon Trotsky, 60, died at 7:25 p.m. in Mexico City after a confidant killed him with an ax at his home. Police named Jacques Vandendrensche of Iran as the attacker. Trotsky had whispered that his assailant was likely OGPU or a fascist before dying.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Memfeet
OGPU
Paive
Tate
United States
Jacques Morgan Vandendreische
Iran
Bevne
Trotsky
Coyoucan
Cranium Crackers Exiled European Rulers Quiz
Five questions test knowledge of rulers who fled exile since 1834. Questions cover monarchs escaping Axis conquests, brothers who remained, a former empress now in the United States, Alfonso of Spain’s exile after the civil war, and the end date of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s reign. Answers on Conde Page.
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Europe
Africa
Shove
United States
Alfonso
Spain
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Conde
Japan Recalls Ambassadors in Diplomatic Shake-Up
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Matsuoka recalled Kensuke Horinouchi and four other ambassadors in a sweeping diplomatic service shake-up. Domei cited 19 ministers and holders of key consular posts in New York Chicago San Francisco Honolulu and Manila among those recalled, with the Americas hardest hit.
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Tokyo
Matsuoka
Kensuke Horinouchi
United States
Domei
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Honolulu
Manila
Americas
Masons to Meet at 7 30 Thursday Night
Whitefield Lodge 239 will hold a meeting at the Masonic hall on Thursday night at 7 30. An Iasters degree will be conferred and all members are urged to attend. The note also mentions the former Hope citizen Rev Dan Taubee recovering after an operation in Vincent's hospital Little Rock.
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Whitefield
F Ormer Hope
Dan Taubee
Hope
Ron
Little Rock
Vincent's Hospital
That City
Sauday
Hempstead County Election Plans Completed
The Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee met at Hope City and completed final arrangements for the Tuesday runoff on August 27. Extra election staff will manage an additional box at the Hempstead county courthouse for Hope Ward Two. The county ballot includes two representative posts with Talbot Feild Jr and Hugh Clark for No. 1, and Royce Weisenberger and Jim Bearden for No. 2. Voting locations listed for each ward.
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Hempstead
Talbot Felld Jr
Hugh Clark
Royce Weisenberger
Jim Bearden
Ex Hempstead Woman Dies at 93 in De Queen
Mrs W W Worrell 93 a former Hempstead resident died at her De Queen home Wednesday. Daughter of E R Sages of Columbus she was born and raised there. Funeral services set for Friday in De Queen. Survived by husband, her parents, one son Robert Donald, two brothers Carl and Frank Suggs of Texarkana and an aunt Mrs C Ry White of Columbus.
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Hempstead
DeQueen
Worrell
E. R. Sages
Columbus
Robert Donald
Carl and
Frank Suggs
Texarkana
C. Ry White
Thumbs Down on Beetle Hitch Hikers
New York officials report Japanese beetles hitching rides on airplanes. USDA inspectors stationed at La Guardia monitor passengers clothing and baggage to prevent beetle spread into New York.
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New York
U. S. Department of Agriculture
la Guardia
Death of Sir Oliver Lodge Scientist and Spiritualist
Sir Oliver Lodge aged 89, noted scientist and spiritualist, died at his Wiltshire home in southwest England on Thursday. He was a prominent physicist and author known for debating science and spiritualism.
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London
Sir Olver Lodge
Wiltshire
England
General Mercury Drop Keeps U S Temperatures Low
The Associated Press reports frigid air across the nation with milder warmth in the south. Highs reached 88 in Macon and Marigo mergy, 86 in Jacksonville, and 81 in Augusta. Rocky Mountain to Ohio River region remained well under 80 and under 70 in several states.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Macon
Marigo
Mergy
Jacksonville
Agusta
Rocky Mountains
Ohio River
Argentina Faces Crisis Amid Cabinet Resignations
Reports say President Roberto M. Ortiz and his cabinet may resign as a land deal scandal fuels a political crisis. Ortiz held a bedside conference with his ministers in the absence of Vice President Castillo, who has acted since July 3. Observers weigh cabinet changes in response to senate probe findings.
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Buenos Aires
Roberto M. Ortiz
Argentina
Ortiz
Castillo
Senate
Alex Boswell Named Forest Ranger in Bodcaw District
The Arkansas Forestry Commission announced the appointment of Alex T. Boswell of Bodcaw as Forest Ranger for the Bodcaw district. Boswell began duties August 1 and will serve the northwest sector bounded by Hope Stamps Waldo Rosston and surrounding highways, stressing timber protection and fire prevention with district cooperation.
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Arkansas Forestry Commission
Alex T. Boswell
Bodcaw
Boswell
Rt. 2
Ralston
Hope
Hope-Stamps
Stamps
Waldo
Rosston
Cotton New York Opening and Close Prices
In New York cotton markets for December, the item opened at 9.26 and closed at 9.22. The middling spot price settled around 9.94.
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New York
British Bases Would Extend Naval Defenses Across Atlantic
NEA Special Correspondent Walter Leckrone outlines a plan linking Newfoundland Bermuda and Canadian facilities to widen North American defense. A Newfoundland air base would guard 600 miles onboard and project 4000 mile bomber range toward Greenland and Hudson Bay while Bermuda anchors the southern flank in a 3600 mile line from tropics to Arctic.
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NEA Serviee
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Students to be photographed for Back to School Edition
College students planning to leave for college next month from Hempstead Nevada or LaFayette counties are invited to Hope city hall at 5 p m Sunday August 25 for The Star annual Back to School photograph. The event is free and serves to provide a group picture for newspaper publication.
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Hempstead
Nevada
LaFayette
Hope City Hall
Star
Three Local Races Set in Nevada County Runoff
Nevada county voters will choose among three contests next Tuesday in a runoff primary. Sheriff contenders are C D Ward and R L Vandiver, county clerk candidates are Brad Dewoody and Jesse W Baker, and the state senate race pits L L Mitchell against Edward B Bryson, August 27 runoff date noted.
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Nevada County
C.D. Ward
R. L. Vandiver
Brad, Dewoody
Jesse W. Baker
L. L. Mitchell
Edward B. Bryson
Two Races in LaFayette Co Runoff Heads to Polls
LaFayette county voters will cast ballots on Tuesday August 27 in a runoff for two county offices. In circuit clerk Bobby King and Jerrell B Jackson led the preferential primary but neither won a clear majority. The assessor race features J Boyett Powell and William Bill McClendon with L B Fuller having won the nomination.
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LaFayette County
Bobby King
Jerrell B. Jackson
J. Boyett Powell
William
Bill) McClendon
L. B. Fuller
British Patrol Zones Stretch Across Atlantic and Caribbean
The proposed system would end Newfoundland patrols and extend 1207 miles from the coast to intercept enemies, covering New York Philadelphia and Washington. Long range bombers would strike fleets 1800 miles out, linking San Juan Guan tanamo Bay and Puerto Rican bases to guard the Gulf of Mexico and Panama Canal approaches.
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New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlantic
Europe
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Carribbean
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Panama Canal
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Bermud
Brazil
New Orleans
Thoughtful maxim on judgment guiding actions
A quoted reflection urges remembering the day of judgment and keeping it in view. It recommends framing every action and plan with reference to unchanging decisions attributed to Cerlyle.
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Cerlyle
Hidden German Guns Bombard British Coast
British convoy harassed by German heavy artillery off Dover as Luftwaffe bombers engage. Smoke screens and seas of shellfire disrupt the channel battle with losses on both sides. later reports note Italian and German air activity across the Mediterranean and tensions between Italy and Greece rising.
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London
English Channel
Dover
Hitler
Rome
Mediteranean
Dr McNutt to Jump Here At Local Circus Event
Dr Walter Scott McNutt independent candidate for governor announced a parachute jump at the Hope Prescot airport on September 7. He will bail out from 2,500 feet during an all day circus and political program featuring aerial stunts. McNutt plans speeches at Prescott and Hope with other nominees invited to speak.
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Walter Scott McNutt
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Dent
Hope-Prescot
Here
Prescott
Hope
Adki
Stumph
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