Congress Action Lets War Industry Adapt Build Plans
The editor argues that while Congress debates war taxes progress is needed on arming the nation. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a plan allowing deduction over five years for new defense plants built after July 10 1940. The piece contrasts peacetime industry with munitions profits and urges smoother conversion from peace to war production.
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Congress
House Ways & Means Committee
Europe
United States
America
duPont Company
General Motors
D&you
House
Ways & Means Committee
Washington
Balkans Tension and Balkan Clash Rumors
Tension rose in southeastern Europe as Romanian forces clashed with Soviet Russian and Hungarian air units. A Romanian fighter shot down a Hungarian bomber over Hungary. Reports spoke of a bloody skirmish on the Russian Romanian frontier with hundreds of troops engaged.
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Budapest
Europe
Foreign Office
Five brainy jobs quiz from Cranium Crackers
The puzzle asks about unusual trades asking five questions. It queries what a pooper, an actuary, a wainwright, a wheelwright, and a hustler do, and notes that answers appear on the comic page.
House Lines Up With Senate on Burke-Wadsworth Draft
The House Military Committee voted to cap peacetime military training at 900,000 men under the Burke-Wadsworth bill. Chairman May expected approval of the full draft legislation later Tuesday. The report notes the measure’s limited duration in peace time.
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Washington
Senate
House Military Committee
May
Fifteen Girls Nominated for Hempstead County Queen Contest
The Hempstead County Fair selects fifteen candidates including Carolyn Trimble Martha Waddle Martha Arm Singleton Dorothy Henry Rose Marie Hendrix Rosalyn Hall Frances Huett Clovis Fuller Marjorie Bowen Dalpline Rowland Mary Sue Kent Elizabeth Hendrix Doris Webb Adelle Johnson Grace Martin. The winning queen and court will ride the queen’s float in the fair parade on opening day Tuesday September 10 and preside over the patriotic pageant America on Parade at the fairgrounds Tuesday through Thursday nights. Gowns and lighting are provided by John B Rodgers Producing Co. Voters should cut out coupons from local papers. contest closes at 6 p.m. Saturday September.
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Hope
Hempstead
Carolyn Trimble
Martha Waddle
Martha Arm Singleton
Dorothy Henry Rose Marie Hendrix
Rosalyn Hall
Frances Huett
Clovis Fuller
Marjorie Bowen Dalpline Rowland Mary Sue Kent
Elizabeth Hendrix
Doris Webb
Adelle Johnson
Grace Martin
Von
America
Fair Ground
John B.rodgers
Cheap Power Sways Arkansas Aluminum Plant Location
Arkansas officials study power costs to attract Reynolds Metal and Reynolds Tobacco to build a new aluminum plant and paper mill. Industrial official E Smith Reed cites annual use of 300 million kilowatt hours and seeks electricity at about four mills per kWh, cheaper than TVA rates. A Saline county site near Benton is proposed, with assessments of wood pulp water and transport.
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Little Rockk
Tennessee Valley
E. Smith Reed
Agricultural and Industrial Commission
Monay
Arkansas
Washington
J. H. Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Reynolds Metal Company
Reed
TVA
White River
L Wenry
Lttle Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Saline River
Benton
Saline County
Cotton Prices Move in New York Opening Trade
The New York cotton market opened at 9.45 cents and closed at 11.3 cents per pound. Middling spot prices stood at 9.85 cents, reflecting modest activity in the session.
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New York
Tin King Patino Could Shape U S Tin Supply If Lanes Close
The Bolivian giant Simon Patino, known as Tin King, controls 60 percent of Bolivia's tin mines and is pivotal to U S defense plans. If war cuts East Asian ore and European shipping, Patino's agreement to send Bolivian ore to American smelters could secure tin for America, though domestic smelters would still be needed.
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New York
Asia
Germany
Simon
Patina
Hoday
Tin King
Patino
Sf Tin
Bolvia
Cochabamba
Bolivia
Nin
Andes
Fle
Bootle
Liverpool
American National Lead Co
France
Paris
Nice
Biarrito
Antenor
America
U. & Defense
U. S
Hochschild
Aramago
Senor Patino
Amenga
U. & Tin
Phelps Dodge Corp
Dr Johnson to Leave Hope for Holt Krock Fort Smith Clinic
Dr. Johnson of Hope announced Tuesday he will join the Holt Krock Clinic in Port Smith as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat care. He has worked with Dr. L M Lite for a year and previously in North Carolina. The Fort Smilly Clinic staffs 12 doctors and treats about 30,000 patients annually. Dr and Mrs Johnson will depart Hope on September 1.
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DB. Johnson
Hope
Holt Krock
Port Smith
Johnson
L. M. Lite
North Carolina
Fort Smilly
Tobacco Chewers to Be Treated Aug 31 in Hope
Liggett & Myers Co promises a free distribution of Spark Plug cuts to tobacco chewers in Hope and nearby areas on August 31 with salesmen from Arkansas assisting. The notice also mentions the Titanic disaster, noting its impact on sea travel and safety perceptions.
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Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
Hope
Liggett Meyers Co
Arkansas
Thought on justice and the doomed self and son
A compact reflective line from Byron notes the self condemned facing justice, and the cruel paradox of a parent harming the son while condemning himself. The meditation highlights guilt, fate, and intergenerational consequence in a single terse sentiment.
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Pang
Byron
Obituary of C A O Neal 82 Hope resident dies at home
C A O Neal 82 a Hope resident for 28 years died at his East Division Street home after two weeks bedfast He was born in Tennessee in 1858 and married Ellie Sanford of Carrintha Miss in 1882 He moved to Hope with his family about 281 years ago and worked in construction His funeral is tentatively set for Thursday at Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Surviving are his widow a son Jim of Hope two daughters Tessie Bradshaw of San Antonio and Mrs Eugene Davis of Los Angeles two brothers N P of Hope and A A of Arkadelphia one sister Mrs R A Rogers of Gordon and four grandchildren four great grandchildren
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C. A.o'neal
Hope
East Division Street
Mr. O'Neal
Tennessee
Eugene Davis
Los Angeles
Calif
Herndon-Corneliis
Rose Hill
Jim
Tessie Bradshaw
San Antonio
Los Angles
N. P
A. A
Arkadelphia
War Tax Bill Advanced by House Committee
The Ways and Means Committee approved unanimously a 20 percent tax on corporate excess profits and a plant amortization plan to speed defense contract awards. The measure was requested by the administration amid a protracted deadlock.
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Washington
House
Mean
Admin
Local Sites to Be Inspected for Municipal Airport
The Chamber of Commerce received a letter from Ed Travis a government aeronautics inspector in New Orleans stating he would arrive in Hope within 30 days to inspect possible sites for a municipal airport. Landowners are invited to submit offers with size and price for suitable tracts near Hope.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ed Travis
Government Aeronautics
New Orleans
Hope
Melon Gift Sent to Don McNeil Radio Program
Hope Chamber of Commerce secretary R P Bowen announced a 120 pound melon was sent to Don McNeil and Breakfast Club members in Chicago. The melon was crated and expressed Monday night with $4.50 express charges. The gift, grown on A W Sindheman farm, followed a prior 1 pound melon sent for publicity.
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R. P. Bowen
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Don McNeil
Breakfast Club
Chicago
Bowen
Chamber of Commerce
Tracp
A. W. Sindheman
Star Election Party to Be Held Tuesday Night
Complete returns from local and state races in the Democratic run-off will be projected on a screen in front of The Star building on South Walnut Street Tuesday night. Ray Allen of Spenger Rialto theaters will handle projection, and a crowd similar to August 13 is expected. Hempstead county precinct officials should report their box directly after counting, with no public phone returns. The Associated Press wire will relay state returns during the party, and an Election Extra will publish before midnight for sale in the city.
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Star Building
South Walnut Street
Ray Allen
Spenger-Rialto
Hempstead
Associated Press Election Wire
1 004 Votes A Cast Here at 2 30 Tuesday
A survey shows seven voting cites in homes at 2 30 Tuesday in the pre primary here August 1 with 240 votes counted at Hope Star party time. County boxes near 1 900 votes total. 8 o clock election party invited. vote at 3 30 p m day compared with August 13 turnout in Little Rock and Fort Smith. Bur en and Lilly noted lighter turnout.
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Stead
Hope Star
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Buren
Lilly
Ten Farmers to Get Loans Under Tenant Purchase Act
W M Sparks Rural FSA Supervisor says ten needy Hempstead County farm families will receive 40 year loans at 3 percent under the Bankhead Jones Tenant Purchase Act. The program aims to convert tenants and sharecroppers to family size farms with stable income and no outside labor, with applications via the county FSA supervisor and farms listed by landowners for sale.
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Hempstead
Bankhead-Jones
W. M. Sparks
FSA
Sparks
High Consumption by American Blast Furnaces
Annual output shows furnaces consuming vast raw materials like arc coke and limestone to power steel. enough to fill a city square block one and a third mile deep, totaling about 114 million tons of ore and fuel.
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