Soldiers Mail-Away Edition brings waves of letters home
The Star printed a Soldiers Mail-Away Edition with Second Army maneuvers in southwest Arkansas. Soldiers mailed papers to nearly every state, hundreds to New York, and a humorous anecdote about a farmer’s mule amid the exercises emerged. The piece urges readers to support morale and mentions a Cleveland Bundles From Home drive to send gifts to service members.
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Star
Arkansas
Hope and Hempstead County
Union
New York
Brooklyn
Bronx
Yonkers
New York District
Shreveport
Agatne
Marshall
Lear
Cleveland
Ohio
Kotmk Troops Take Offensive in War Games
Kotmk forces launch a broad frontal attack in Southwest Arkansas as 75th Infantry and 75th Brigade brace for withdrawals to pre position lines near Camden. Armies test complex maneuvers with supply shifts and rear guards.
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Kotmk
T. S. Adams
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Blevins
Washington
Seventh
Camden
Frent
Ohio
107Th Cavalry
Former Nevada Woman Dies in Kilgore Auto Crash
Mrs Henry OSteen age 34 former Em phyl Reside died Saturday from injuries in an automobile accident at Kilgore Texas Funeral services set for 4 oclock Monday at Baptist Church of Bannet with Rev Pearl Arrington officiating Survivors include husband mother Mrs J M Deaton of Ramnet two sons Jack and Herman of Kilgore six brothers and six sisters Also notes nearby railway station altitude 3348 feetlisting irrelevant fragment
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Henry O'Steen
Emphyl
Kilgore
Texas
Baptist Church
Leatherneck Lore Questions From The Comic Page
The text poses quiz prompts about Marines from a comic page. It asks who Marines fought at islands, the date of the argument, the Latin motto of the U.S. Marines and the days, whether Marines have an air post, where Americas first shot in the Id War was fired and its location, and other postings beyond Iceland where Marines are stationed.
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Montezuma
Ipeli
Eeland
U. S
Ipelis
America
Iceland
Strecker to Speak at Hope Kiwanis Luncheon
Major Werner C. Strecker, construction quartermaster of the Southwestern Proving Ground, will address the Hope Kiwanis Club at Hotel Barlow during the Tuesday luncheon. Rev. J. E. Hamill of the Hope Gospel Tabernacle leads the program as Maj. Strecker outlines the prov ing ground construction aspects.
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Werner C. Strecker
Southwestern Proving Ground
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
J. E. Hamill
Hape Gospel Tabernacle
Maj. Strecker
Proving Ground
Genesis Reflection Fragment
A fragmentary line reflects on companionship and adequacy in work and life, echoing a biblical verse about needing a suitable helper. The brief text suggests early moral consideration of partnership without clear context or figures.
Weekend Turmoil as Soldiers Flood City Streets
Police records show a record weekend with thousands of Second Army soldiers on leave crowding the city. A robbery, six stolen cars, and an accident left a Private Angel Arguinzoni amputated. A window broken at Perkinson's Jewelry, four watches stolen, six cars stolen with two recovered, many establishments emptied then reopened.
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Police Department
Second Army
Angel A. Arguinzoni
Brooklyn
New York
105Th Infantry Regiment
Missouri Pacific
Southern Ice Plant
Arguinzoni
110Th
Preycott
Herridon
Cornelius
Perkinson's
South Walnut Street
Washington
Evacuation Orders Issued for Hempstead Airport Site
Evacuation orders have been sent to 27 Hempstead county landowners to move from the Southwestern Proving Ground airport site by September 4. The Real Estate Branch of the War Department supplied the list to the Hempstead county Relocation committee, naming several individuals and a school district as affected parties.
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Hempstead County
Southwestern Proving Ground
War Department
Sacred Concert at Tabernacle by Wheaton Brass Choir
The Wheaton College Brass Choir, six players with two trumpets two trombones bass and pianist, will perform at the Tabernacle Monday night at 8:30. Pastor Rev Hamill invites the public with no admission charge, but a freewill offering to defray expenses. The group has just finished a western States tour.
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Hope Gospel Tales
Wheaton College Brass Choir
Wheaton
Wheaton Brass Choir
J. EB. Hamill
Tabernacle
Uncle Sam counters Axis in vital Latin American trade war
Washington dispatch by Peter Edson describes Nazi economic warfare in Latin America from 1933 to 1936. Germans used the Society of World Travelers Vagabundes as covert buyers and observers, gathering data to map resources, rail, pumps, and industry. By 1936 a second wave of traveling salesmen expanded the effort, aiming to control currencies, production, and markets across the region.
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Europe
Latin America
Uncle Sam
Peter Edson
NEA Service
Washington
Edson
South America
Germany
Mr. Hiller
U. S
Society of World Travelers
Welthammiers
Teotihuacan
Hagienda Op
Berlin
Imar
Highway 67 to be blocked for Second Army movements
State Police warn Highway 67 between Prescott and Hope will be blockaded from 7 Monday night to 4 a m Tuesday. Detours will be impossible as other routes close for soldiers. Travelers from Little Rock to south and southwest Arkansas should use alternate routes via Benton Hot Springs Glenwood Murfreesboro and connections to Texarkana. Broadway bridge usage advised to reduce troop traffic.
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Prescott
Hope
Second Army
Hope-Prescott
Lidle Rock
Arkansas
Benton
Hot Springs
Glenwood
Murfreesboro
Texarkana
Little Rock
Litt Rock
Garland Avenue
Broadway
Postoffice Adapts to Daylight Saving Time in Hope
Postmaster Robert M. Wilson warns patrons that post office windows will open one hour earlier and close one hour earlier during Daylight Saving Time. Window service runs 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. DST, equivalent to 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. CST. Carrier deliveries and mail deposits will be about an hour later, due to railroad schedules operating on Standard time.
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Hope
Robert M. Wilson
Football Men to Meet Tuesday Night
Coach Foy Hammons announced that all lettermen squadmen and others interested in football would meet in the high school stadium on Tuesday night at 7 o'clock to discuss plans for the coming season. An ordinance prohibits partaking of refreshments in the city owned cemetery at Fort Collins Cole.
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Foy Hammons
Fort Collins
Cole
City Courts Listen to Monday Docket in Municipal Court
A Monday municipal court session presided by Judge W K Lemley heard a long docket of drunkenness cases with many pleas of guilty and fines set from 10 to 15 dollars. Other offenses included disturbing the peace with guilty pleas and small fines, plus a few bond forfeitures and a reckless driving matter referenced as continued on page four.
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Municipal Court
W. K. Lemley
Henry Sanderson
Walter Smith
Jerry Whittington
al Jamerson
Mac McElroy
Jessie Lee White
Clarence Jones
Fleay F
Joe Brown
A. Jamerson
Maynard Yarbrough
Milton Davis
Frank
Spicer
Guy Deaton
John Simmons
Edwin Dossett
Raymond Davis
Iva Halliburton
Mort Smith
Ive Moxes
Andrew Keith
Geo. W. Jones
Porter Jackson
Troy Stevens
Howard Halligan
Arthur Straughter
Huey Houston
James Burnett
Gillespie Woods
Albert Stuckey
Nazis Check German Onslaught With Russian Counterattacks
Associated Press reports that Red Army counterattacks using heavy tanks infantry and cavalry repelled German drives near Leningrad and at other fronts. Romania and German divisions suffered heavy losses with claims of hundreds of tanks destroyed and town recaptured while Germans claimed progress in the east.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Leningrad
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Kakisalmi
Gomel
Smolensk
Kiev
Dnieper
Dnieper-Penovisk
Informal Talks With Japs Narrow in Pacific Dispute
Secretary Hull said talks with Japan remain informal and the United States will not compromise on Pacific policy. He cited a Saturday conversation with the Japanese ambassador as typical. Prime Minister Churchill’s Far East remarks drew attention, hinting at greater risk with Japan than with Britain.
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Washington
Hull
Japan
Pacific
U. S
Churchill
Far East
United States
Britain
Iran Faces Allied Invasion Aims To Oust Germans
London reports Iran’s army of 190000 resists British and Russian forces moving from Iraq and the Persian Gulf toward oil fields and pipelines. British troops land at Bandar Shahpur as Cossacks and mounted units push toward the east. Russian troops advance from the north while diplomacy seeks to prevent wider conflict.
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London
Iran
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Ankara
Turkey
Iraq
Baluchistan
Cairo
Middle East
RAP Ina
Bandar Shahpur
Consi
Ussr
Archaball Wavell
India
Libya
Young Business Men to Meet at The Star Office
The Young Business Men's Association will hold a meeting on fall activities this Monday night at o oclock in The Star office. President A E Stonequist requests a large attendance. Note that B oclock Daylight Saving Time is one hour earlier than Standard Time.
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Young Business Men's Association
Star
A. E. Stonequist
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Alex. H. Washburn
Hempstead
Willis Thornton
Marale Jow
Blues
Nevada
Urea Point
Ockies
Railraad
Absom
N.C
Pat
Mgs. Strecker
Kiwanis
Axis
Panama City
Woolworth
Panama
U.S
Nora Wray
Reckless Driving
Whales
Sir Redding Bullard
Teheran
Russia
Atlantic
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Iggs
New York Ct
Dex
Marely
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