August 27 Supper And Fall Plans At First Methodist
August 27 supper for Jett B Graves class members at First Methodist Sunday School at 7 30 o clock. Primary department plans annual summer picnic at Education building 6 30 o clock. Evening contract bridge club at Broach home 7 30. Episcopal Women fall conference set for September 21 22 and 25 at Mather Lodge Petit Jean mountain. Senior Home Economies students to meet with Miss Ruth Taylor Thursday morning at 10. Mary Delia Carrigan hosts luncheon honoring Mrs Malcolm Presley of Texarkana. Mary Lemley Daisy Heard and others noted in wedding announcements. Georgia Ellen Root married Norman L Lewis in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jett B. Graves
First Methodist Sunday School
Ialiat
Ummer
Thursda
R. L. Broach
Episcopal Women of the Diocese of
Arkansas
Mather Lodge
Petit Jean Mountain
Malcolm Presley
G. B. Morris
Webl Laseter
Mary Lemley
Daisy Dorothy Heard
Miss Carrigan
Lewis
Georgia Ellen Root
Norman L. Lewis
Louisville
Ficlen Rae Ashcralt
Kenny Moran
Broom
Farden Denits
Upper Cumberland Club
Mr. Lewis
Gib. L. Lewis
Hope
Hope High School
the Universty of Arkansas
Pryor
Oklahoma
Miss Root
Norman
Coming and Going in Arkansas Social Notes
Hiram Meeks visits Little Rock business associate today while Sydney McMath travels to Dallas to visit relatives and friends. Elva Pickard and Mrs. Jack Fountain host at Woodson home in Blevins. Enola Alexander returns from Indianapolis to city life. McMath household notes include an overnight guest, sister Mary Sue Vick from Arkadelphia, and other relatives visiting Wardlaw family. Birth: Rex Lyman Biey born to Glen and Mary Eley of McCaskill at Julia Chester hospital on August 24.
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Sydney McMath
Dullas
Elva Pickard
Jack Fountain
Rs. Fountain
J. Edgar Woodson
Blevins
Indianapolis
Enola Alexander
City
Syd McMath
Mrs. McMath
Mary Sue Vick
Arkadelphia
Glen D. Eley
McCaskill
Julia Chester Hospital
Rex Lyman Biey
Crime reports reveal war driven counterfeit and drug networks
Washington reports show war shifts counterfeiters and dope runners to Mexico as borders tighten. Treasury investigators describe an international ring moving stolen Canadian gold into the US, while the Know Your Money campaign weakens counterfeiting in early war months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Elmer L. Ivey
Treasury Department
Morgenthau
Mexico
United States
Totel
Secret Service
New York
Benny Can't Forget Louis on The Meanest Man in the World
Hollywood set notes reveal Benny reluctant about the script adaptation of George M. Cohan's play. Priscilla Lane to slap Benny with gloves for a gag, while Lanfield softens the sting. Benny fears the dog sequence and title misread but proceeds under producer Perlberg's leverage. Stilwell biopic project linked to Dennis Day’s rising film profile.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Sidney Lanfield
Priscilla Lane
Jack Benny
Benny
Joss
William Perlberg
George M. Cohan
Hiller
Dennis Davy
Columbia
Foreign funds division halts smuggling amid war effort
The foreign funds control division blocked numerous attempts to smuggle industrial diamonds machine tools platinum and other war necessities out of the country Two major narcotics rings were broken up on the Mexican border one in California and one in Arizona Eighteen people were arrested eight linked to the old Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano mobs in New York The 100 investigators conducted 2 000 investigations the most notable uncovering 510 000 000 in assets tied to fugitive Henry Blackmer of Ten Pat Dome fame Internal Revenue collected prosecutions in 111 income tax violations and recovered 38 000 000 for the war chest through taxes and penalties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ury
California
Arizona
Schultz
Lucky’ Luciano
New York
Henry Blackmer
Tenpat Dome Fame
October 9 and 10 date set for Nevada County Fair
The Nevada County Fair Association votes to stage a two day fair on October 9 and 10 focusing on livestock exhibits home economics 4 H club activities and FEA amid wartime unrest. The fair aims for satisfactory attendance and ongoing recreational attractions.
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Nevada County
Nevada County Fair Association
FEA
Society notes regret death of Mb Frank Gresley in Omaha
Society notes announce the death of Mb Frank Gresley of Omaha Nebraska a former Yale associate and social figure. The obituary mentions his widow and family connections and notes contemporaries attending services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mb Frank Gresley
Omaha, Neb
Kaiser Laughs at Impossible Kaiser Laughs at Impossible
Henry J. Kaiser, wester n master builder, bursts into Washington with a bold claim that victory in industry is achievable, driving wartime optimism as observers hail him as a decisive force. His fearless methods and scale of output, from dams to Liberty ships, mark him as a pivotal figure in mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Wide World
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Prescott Residents, Visitors Frame Social Notices
Resident of Prescott and others visit kin in Gallenton Tennessee and Dyess Arkansas. Mary Lou Marlar of Willisville guests Clara Ellis. Helen Marie Wuertz departs for Laurel Mississippi after hosted parties by Wortham Ward McAdams Willson Bratcher. Harmon of Magnolia, Montra Nix in Texarkana with parents. Bill Denman Jr. in Texarkana. Waters return from Camden. Whitaker visiting Little Rock friends. Roger Smith and family in Waterloo.
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Prescott
H. E. Davis
Gallenton
Enn
Donald Blackmon
Dyess
Ark
T. G. Wylie
Mary Lou Marlar
Willisville
Clara Ellis
Dorothy Wortham
Juanita Ward
Polly McAdams
Dorothy Willson
Sarabelle Bratcher
Helen Marie Wuertz
Charles Waters
Camden
Waters
B. E. Stilliman
Joe Boswell
Frank Tuberville
Texarkana
Mary Gail Whitaker
Little Rock
Roger Smith
Waterloo
Sale Notice for Evening Shade School House and Land
Sealed bids will be accepted until 8 30 p m Saturday September 19 at Spring Hill for the Evening Shade school house and one acre of land. Sale to highest bidder for cash. Elbert Tarpley president J W Martin secretary August 27 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Shade
Spring Hill
Elbert Tarpley
J. W. Martin
Yank in Egypt to Visit Grandmother
Corporal Readson, a four engined bomber gunner in the United States Army Air Corps, has arrived in the Middle East on duty and will be near his parents’ old home. Born in the United States to immigrant parents from the Middle East, he previously managed a theatre in Santa Fe and speaks fluent Arabic, the only man in his unit able to bargain in the local bazaars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Eakola
Standson
United States Army Air Corps
Middle East
United States
Bone
Santa Fe
Air Corps
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Mary Delia Carrigan
Mary Dello Carrigan
Abe Harlow
Bary Joe Brady
Joseph A. Brady
Abilene
Texas
Tape
Mary Joe
W. Thanbur
Jene
Lanham
Hilton Hotel
By Galbraith
WY Neas. Inc
REG. U
NEW Saenger
Gene Tierney
Henry Fonda
Temale
Milton Berle
Bashda Joyce John Rafradine
Charles Starrett Russell Hayden
Tombstone
Rialto
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
Melvyn
Myrna
Douglas Loyn
Don Red
Barry
James Jr
Robert Paige
Jane Frazee
Hiram Meeks
Miltie Wardlow
McCassill
Elton Daniels
Smackover
Patricia Ellen
Treasury
Mexico City
U.S
Customs Bureau
Office of Exports
Board of Economic Warfare
Treas
Louis
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-Shek
Florida
Helen Hesterly
Nevada County Defense Council
Buchanan Drug
G. C. Murray
Chamber of Commerce
Prescott Auto Company
Ford Dealers
John M. Pithmiun
Mary Deloache
U .S
Library Board
Prescott Library Board
Kaiser
Pop
Babbitt
United Nations
U.S.A
Parker
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Golden Gate Bridge
Hawaii
Maritime Commission
West Coast
Utah
Cuba
Hay
Irie
Mr. Big
Tampa
Pla
Frank M. Traynor
War Production Board
Yank
Egypt
NTC
American Institute of Laundering
Araid
The
Saenger
Rialto Matinee Daily
Jesse
Sun-Man
Andy Hardy
College - Business
Talbot
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