Goodfellows Drive To Start Here Monday
The annual Goodfellow drive begins here Monday with TLS Cornelius Jast as commander of the American Legion sponsors. Committees from the Legion Kiwanis and Rotary will canvass downtown for gifts and money. Mrs Arch Moore will handle buying and distribution of food toys and clothing for Needy families as in past years. Donations of clothing toys and items to aid Christmas relief are welcomed by the American Legion in conjunction with the Ministerial Alliance.
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TLS
Cornelius
American Legion
City Hall
Legion
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Arch Moore
Hope
Willy
Moore
Ministerial Alliance
Cecil Weaver
B. C. Hollis
Linus Walker
Kiwanis Club
Cecil Dennis
Ghost Writers Invade the Legislature Backfires
A Little Rock effort to sell paid press-agent services to legislators has been canceled as reporters pledge to maintain independence. The piece argues that direct communication between legislators and the public is essential, praising impartial reporting over paid advocacy and stressing accountability through journalistic standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Star
Lil Rock
Tand
Associated Press
Lite Rock
House Journal
Windsor and Roosevelt discuss U S defense bases in Bahamas
President Roosevelt and the Duke of Windsor conferred for nearly three hours aboard the ship Tuscaloosa off Matha Island Bahamas. They talked about defense outposts for the Panama Canal and the mainland. The Duke said the Bilkunis favored base establishment and that they are ready to follow the president’s lead. Plans for a Buhamag base were put in abeyance due to unfavorable conditions at Mayaguana Island, reported Thursday.
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U. & S. Tuscaloosa
Matha Island
Bahamas
Rachiod
Roosevelt
Duke of Windsor
United Sates
Panama Canal
Amerigas
Mayaguana Island
British Warned Not to Make Italians Mad
A CBS broadcast from New York quotes an Italian announcer warning Britain to avoid angering Italians. He says Italians are easygoing until provoked, then may respond strongly, urging the British to remember this to avoid provoking a tough reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Britain
CBS
War at Sea Names Refer to Historic Naval Incidents
The prompts list City of Rayville Taranto Tampico Jervis Bay and Queen Elizabeth as naval incident hints. Each name evokes a notable maritime clash or event in wartime history, prompting readers to match against known battles or incidents for a comic page puzzle.
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Rayville
Taranto
Tampico
Jervis Bay
Queen Elizabeth
Jury Acquits Nude Model in Boston Case
In Boston twelve jurors acquitted Shirley Warren, a young model, of lewdness after appealing a lower court ruling. She testified she posed for artists and photographers without immoral intent, while prosecutors warned an acquittal would excuse pandering to passion. Defense argued nude posing as a professional model is historic and legitimate.
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Boston
Shirley Warren
Brunetto
Thersany
Edward M. Sullivan
Haskell Freedman
Local Guards to Sponsor a Farewell Dance
Hope Comins A 133r Infantry Arkansas National Guards will host a farewell dance at the armory Friday night December 20. Funds will buy gear for guardsmen headed to Camp Robinson in early January. A benefit show with Fred MacMurray’s Range rs of Fortune is planned for December 22 in partnership with Suenger-Maleo Holiday Festival. Tickets allow entry to both events.
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Hope Comins
Infantry
Arkansas National Guards
Armory
Hery
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Fred McMurray
Rangers of Fortune
Tommy Kinser
Monthly Meet of Blevins PTA
The December meeting of the Blevins PTA was held in the high school auditorium on December 12 at 7 38 p.m. with about two hundred present. Program included Devotional by Mrs Chester Stephens President's Message by Miss Margaret Gray Christmas pageant by Miss Joella Goodl sponsor Christmas Carols by Miss Ethel Bruce sponsor. After adjournment the school plant held open house with each department arranged for a desirable school life. Superintendent A B Wetherington and Miss Clyde Martin sought to emphasize the educational program through cooperative parents and faculty.
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Blevins P. T. A
Chester Stephens
Margaret Gray
Joella Goodl
Ethel Bruce
A. B. Wetherington
Clyde Martin
Selinat
Imiushes
British Fail to Find Raider Off Brazilian Coast
Montevideo Uruguay reports a large British search for the unidentified German raider that attacked the light cruiser Carnarvon Castle and damaged British ships off the Brazilian coast last week. Commodore Frank Pegram, commander of the South Atlantic Squadron, said if the raider had been found it would no longer exist. The cruiser Enterprise docked and would be in port about 48 hours to take on fuel and provisions.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Frank Pegram
Enterprise
Pegram
NEA
Dick Lawrence
Montague
Texas
Preserve
More Red Cross Funds Reported Here
Donations across Hempstead County totaled 1627.33 reported by county chairmen on Saturday. Listed contributions include telephone operators four fifty and Mrs Lex Hells four dollars. Beards Chapel and Grind totals appear, with grassroots donors adding to the county effort.
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Hempstead Red Cross
Lex Hells
Vee Bai
Beards Chapel
Aimarly
Hope Couple Bags 2 Deer in Dallas County Hunt
Mr and Mrs A A Halbert of 416 West Division street killed two bucks on consecutive days in Dallas County. Mrs Halbert took an 80 pound two pointer on Wednesday and Mr Halbert followed Thursday with an 85 pound five point buck. He works for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company and resides in Frankfurt Germany where automated machines produce printed weather forecasts for the next 24 hours.
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A. A. Halbert
West Division Street
Dallas County
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers From 1930s Etiquette Column
Test your social etiquette with questions on shop talk, phone overhearing, guest departures, invitations, and cocktails. The feature offers host tips such as providing nonalcoholic options and keeping leave-taking simple, with the best solution recommending mixed drinks plus juice for nondrinkers.
Graziani May Be Next Ousted Italian Chief
MILVON BRONNER reports overviews Graziani career from volunteer recruit to Ethiopian viceroy to chief of staff and North Africa commander. The piece notes his latest setback in Egypt and discusses possible resignation as Mussolini faces failures in the campaign.
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Milvon Bronner
NEA Service
Africa
Rodolfo Graziani
Egypt
Mussolini
Marshal Badoglio
Graziani
Italy
Red Sea
Efitdea
Tripoli
Turkey
Maly
Cyrenaica
Libya
Somaliland
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Army of the Po
Batbo
North Africa
Wreck Victim Dies Friday In Texarkana Club Owner
Mrs Ethel King 38 operator of Club Lido Texarkana's largest night club died at a hospital from injuries suffered Friday when the car she rode in collided with a stationary oil truck on Highway 67 inside the north Texarkana city limits. Driver William Linam sustained a knee cap fracture and forehead gash. Willard McDowell 26 Hope driver charged with murder was bailed. King leaves a daughter Billie Marie and several relatives. Funeral services planned Sunday at East funeral chapel with Dr I J Wilbanks and Rev Aubrey G Walton officiating.
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Texarkana
Ethel King
Club Lido
Highway 67
King
William Linam
Jpateon
Charles Buteh
Linam
Butcher
Michael Meagher
W. E. Davis
Willard McDowell
Hope
McDowell
Laval Said to Have Resigned
In Bern Swiss diplomatic circles it is reported that Premier Laval of the French cabinet tendered his resignation to Premier Persia. The rumor remains unconfirmed and appears in a fragmentary state.
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Bern
Switzerland
Laval
Vichy
Persia
Sale of Foreign Ships in U S Ports Is Advocated
Washington reports note two new aid plans for Britain. One proposes convoying supplies to the British Isles in U S ships with warship escorts. The other urges Britain to buy foreign war vessels idle in U S ports to avoid uncertain fate after German occupation of their homelands. Plans are under consideration and not yet before Hull or Roosevelt.
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Washington
U. S
British Isles
U. 5
Great Britain
Hull En Roosevelt
Fear Typhoid in Rochester
Rochester launches typhoid vaccination for 46 000 residents after accidental sewage contamination of city drinking water. State Health Department rushed vaccine as officials report a water valve connected high pressure fire mains to river water from Wednesday afternoon to Friday, prompting public notices and shutoff of some facilities while demand for safe beverages rises.
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Rochester
New York
State Health Department
Community Singing at Shover Springs Sunday Night
A community singing will be held at Shover Springs Sunday night beginning at 7 30. Several quartets have been invited and all residents are welcome to attend.
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Shover Springs
Pine Bluff Opens Aviation School for Army Cadets
Pine Bluff will host a new aviation school to train 153 cadets as army aviators at the municipal airport starting in March. Southern Air Service will establish an 80 cadet unit, with 21 buildings costing 225000 funded by the air service. Mayor James P. McGaughy and M. R. Kent announced the United States Air Corps contract, and the Pine Bluff School of Aviation will operate on land southeast of the city with multiple hangars, barracks, and support facilities.
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Pine Bluff
Southern Air Service
Memphis
Air Service
M. R. Kent
James P. McGaughy
Civie
Kent
McGaughy
United States Air Corps
Wright Skid
Dayton
McPaughy
Pine Bluff School of Aviation
Wearess
W. W. Phillips
Planter
A Thought the weapons of war perished
The line echoes sorrow over fallen arms as II Samuel 1 27 is invoked to mourn loss and lament the end of warlike trophies. The brief meditation ties ancient scripture to contemporary reflections on violence and remembrance.
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II Samuel
British Victory Becomes Rout Out of Egypt
British forces widened their advance into Italian Libya after heavy RFA bombardment and air attacks on Derna and Tobruk Bardia road. Italian counter thrusts at Albania stalled as Greek forces pushed toward Galena while major battles raged at Tepeleni and the Klisura pass.
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Egypt
Marshal Graziani
Libya
Salum
Rome
Gayda
Greece
Italy
Albania
Dsum
Athens
Galena
Fugo-Slavia
Elbasani
Berrat
Tepeleni
Klisura
Three County Banks Named Depositories for Hempstead Funds
Official depositories for Hempstead county funds were named Saturday by the county depository board consisting of the county judges, the county treasurer, and the sheriff and collector. The depositories are Citizens National Bank, First National Bank of Hope, and Banks of Blevins at Blevins.
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Hempstead
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank, of
Hope
Blevins
Great Britain
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Alex. H. Washburn
Ghost Weiters
Peopie
Windsor
F. D
Blevins Pta
Commodore
Red Cross
Rodolfa Graziani
Mrs. Halbert
Ssee
Frankfurt
Germany
T. M. Reg
U.S
W. McDowell
Union
New Zealand
Chile
Aviation School For
Iwan
Saka
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