Hempstead County Farmers Urged to Conserve Soil and Grow Food
Hempstead county farmers are urged to use every acre for crops best suited to land while conserving soil. University of Arkansas expert Dale McGregor notes possible shortages of farm machinery and nitrogen fertilizer, urging increased pasture and meadow use, cover crops, and crop rotation to meet war needs and protect soil health.
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Hempstead County
Jared Oliver L. Adams
Dward
Ad Dale McGregor
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
McGregor
Hempstead
McGree
Home Demonstration Club Activities and Meetings
February schedule shows multiple home demonstration club meetings across Antioch Sardis St Paul Ozan Cross Roads Washington Battlefield Marlbrook Union Grove and Battlefield with programs on nutrition food preparation and the Food Victory Campaign. February 7 meeting led by Mrs Andrew Inyard with devotional by Eleven members and one visitor present.
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Antioch
Sardis
St Paul
Ozan
Bright Star
Cordel
Cross Roads
P.m
Washington
Battlefield
Idey
Marlbrook
Sweet Home
Union Grove
Ickory Shade Home Demonstra Club
John C. Allen
Fred Yuson
Community sets poultry milk goal for families
Women attended home demonstration meetings led by Mrs. J S McDowell and Miss Mary Claude Fletcher. Activities included demonstrations on making comforters, gardening, year round crops, and wartime home front guidance. Meetings hosted at Avery’s Chapel Mt Pleasant Marlbrook and nearby neighborhoods with plans for future joint sessions and seed donations.
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Holly Springs
Yat
Mary Claude Letcher
Springhill
Bolly Spring
M. N. Clements
Bryant Boho
Annle Dowell
Silas Mc Buring
Fletcher G
Broun
J. S. McDowell
Battlefield
Oats Planted Across Heypstead County Face Nitrogen Shortage
County agent Adams notes record fall oats and warns of nitrate fertilizer shortages for top dressing. Applying 100 pounds per acre can lift yields by about 30 bushels, while 200 pounds may yield about 20 more bushels. Recommend nitrate of soda or sulfate of ammonia broadcast as growth begins in spring. complete fertilizers unlikely to pay off.
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Heypstead
Reberts
Oliver L. Adams
Chartes F. Sim
Prescott News Red Cross Benefit Nets $230.60 for War Relief
The Nevada County Red Cross benefit shows at Gem Theatre raised 230.60 added to 2028.49 previously collected for War Relief. Sixth grade led by Miss Winnie Duke sold 178 tickets winning a free future show. fifth grade led by Mrs. I. E. Honea sold 169 tickets. The World Day of Prayer was held Friday at First Baptist with all Prescott churches participating. The Thursday Contract Club met at Mrs. Douglas McSwain’s home for a luncheon and bridge. high score went to Mrs. J. R. Bemis. First Baptist Church schedule lists Sunday School, worship services, Baptist Training Union, and other programs.
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Red Cross
Nevada County
Gem Theatre
War Relief Fund
Prescott
Winnie Duke
I. BE. Honea
First Baptist Church
C. A. Robinson
McSwain
Douglas McSwain
J. R. Bemis
Society Notes Highlight Arkadelphia Guests and Fort Knox Move
Mrs. C RE Prewitt of Arkadelphia guests Mrs. Prewitt's mother Mrs. H E Bemis. J O Buckley of Arkadelphia visited Friday with Mr. and Mrs. H E DeLamar. Mrs. Al Daniels spends a few days in Little Rock. Mrs. C RE Black leaves for Fort Knox Kentucky to join her husband stationed there.
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C. Re, Prewitt
Arkadelphia
Woman's groups plan church meetings and Bible study
The Woman's Missionary Society and the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church will meet for Bible study with Mrs. T. E. Logan at 2 30. The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church plans its monthly business meeting at the church. The Sunday School Council of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at the church.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Woman's Auxiliary
The
First Presbyterian Church
T. E. Logan
First Baptist Church
March window for extension agronomist advice at Arkansas College
The extension agronomist from the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture notes the best results come from early March spraying, typically March 1 to March 15. They warn that later applications often yield poorer outcomes.
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Mons
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
First Presbyterian Church Service Times Announced
The First Presbyterian Church led by Pastor R. D. Nolen lists Sunday School at 10 00 a m Morning Worship at 11 00 a m with the sermon Man s First Need is a Second Birth Vesper Worship at 5 30 p m Readers are urged to subscribe to the Hope Star delivery at home in Prescott by Mack Greyson phone 307.
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Hope Star
Prescott
Mack Greyson
Telehone
Goodby to social standards and the American dream
Our Daily Bread continues with a call to abandon envy and artificial distinctions in America and to embrace a future after the war. The piece urges dedication to victory and humanity, envisioning a land of freedom for all, as perilous times give way to renewal. A stray note on glow-worms notes their paralyzing sting and recovery.
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Goodby
America
Humanity
Peanuts to Be Big Nevada Crop This Year
Nevada County farmers are urged to plant peanuts for oil due to wartime demand and oil shortages. A comparison shows peanuts yielded $25.65 per acre versus cotton $12.84, with barley noting higher income and lower labor. State war boards promise at least $82 per ton for No 1 peanuts and seed will be provided through local agencies.
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Prescott
Nevada County
E. W. Loudermilk
Novara
W. Barlow
Bethel
Extension Service
Barlow
Camden
Mc Barlow
Barlw
N.N. Daniels
FSA
McKamie field crude test by Carter Oil near Stamps
Carter Oil completed a crude test at its Cornelius Unit in section 30 17 23 eight miles south of Stamps. The well produced 12 barrels of 46.2 gravity after perforations and is being reworked at about 7300 feet to test for oil after a saltwater setback. A 200 barrel daily temporary allowance was granted by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission.
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McKamie Liek
Stamps
Carter Oil Company
Cornelius
Cotton
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
MeKamie
Buckner
Columbia County
Bradbams
Sue Keys
McKee Field
McAlester Fuel Oil Company
Jeffus
Marylanders drink more liquor in fiscal year 1941
Maryland figures show the average resident consumed 437 more liquor drinks and nine more wines during the 1941 fiscal year than 1940, with beer purchases up 40 bottles while draught beer intake fell 14 glasses. A California note mentions dented bottles used to separate cream from milk.
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Annapolis
Japs Threaten Quinine Supply From Cinchona Trade
Wide World Features recounts how Dutch buyers secured cinchona seeds and built a vast East Indies quinine operation. Through selective breeding and plantations, they boosted quinine sulfate yield, making the drug vital for defense and wartime malaria treatment as tension grows with Japan.
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Manthiatian Island
Dutely
Sail
Dutch East Indies
United States
Wie
Amazon Valley
Andes
Great East Indies
Orient
Oil and Gas Notices From February 1942 Segments
Royalty deeds and lease filings appear for McRae Jr. to Charles H Thompson, Edna Linaker to Roy May, Wilson to McKenzie, Murphy to Murphy, and others. Assignments of D and G leases and Pure Oil Co transitions listed with sections in Twp 12–14, Rge 22–23 and dates around February 1942.
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G. Lunsey
Edna W. Linaker
Roy M. May
Sia
O. & G. Lease
R. J. Wilson
H.W. McKenzie
Warren Murphy
G. Murphy
J. M. Davis
A. H. Boswell
A. H. Boswell Efux In A.J. Neighbours, Si& NE
Rye
G. Hy
Parham
Rge
D. & G. Lease
Med
Roy M
Mays
Pure Oil Co
J. Warren Murphy
J. T. Barhid
Career diplomats among women eye top posts
Adelaide Kerr profiles Rosa Durland, Cuban attache in London, a rare female career diplomat who defies early 20th century bias. The piece links Durland to her Havana roots, Barnard education, and Paris posting, noting her aura and ambition as she seeks broader roles in international law and state protocol. It also touches on other women in the arts and wartime Britain, including Maria Martins and Suzanne Silvercruys, plus Queen Elizabeth and Britain's Women’s Land Army amid wartime labor shifts.
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Adelaide Kerr
United States
Latin America
Rosa Durland
Europe
Lonedon
Senorita Durland
Havana
Cuba
Carmela Niente
el Mundo
el Pais
Barnard College
Columbia
New York
Manhattan
Jess
Englis
Ste
Maria Martins
Nelson Rockefeller
New York Museum of Art
Suzanne Silvercruys
Edward Ford Stevenson
Sculpress
Queen Elizabeth
England
Britain
Women's Land Army
Edith Head
Hellywood de
Worries About Navy Building
Washington story recounts a Wake Island inspection report criticizing Navy construction for tropic climate durability and predicting little future building on the island. It notes aerial and sea attacks with casualties, then shifts to Treasury and Disney tax promo blurb and Treasury usherette uniforms.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Wake Island
Army
Navy
Islind Barracks
Ain
Treasurys Department
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Treasury
Disney
Ito
Kiclina
Henry Morgenthau
Mino T Treasury
Mr. Morgenthau
America
Yearly Report From Pave Orig Fic Books
The library served various clubs and organizations across the county with material for programs. Librarians seek to expand this service during future Hempstead county visits. Gouverneur Morris, an early US figure, died leaving his wife a life estate with income doubled if she remarried.
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Hempstead County
Gouverniur Morris
United States
Fashion Forecasts and Spring Garment Changes
Forecasts discuss adaptable garments that alter their appearance for multiple uses. Mentions Billie Nicholson, a New York telegraph figure, and references to Society relief distribution. Describes Mrs. Rudman Artuay Heeren with roses, Rita Hayworth in Egyptian memory snoods, and Mrs. Michael Arlen in a bright green felt hat.
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Billie Nicholson
New York Telegraph
Sperdler
Sentehighthouse Builders
Hay
Peet
Soothand
Bri War Relief Society
Rudman Artuuy Heeren
Aimee Lopes le Sotto
Spikes
Rita Hayworth
Michael Arlen
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Della Sweat
Mt. Pleasant
F. ©. Griffith
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H. 4. Hawkins
Martha
Joan OF Arc
MR. Clancy
Prescott News
Dr. E. P
Garratt
A. N
Baptist Training Union
Methodist Church
T. Baugh
J. D. Baker
R. D. Nolen
Burma
Sir Paw
NEA
Tan
Premer
Robert Dorman-Smith
Engoon
Burma Road
Nevada
Cofton
Sata Barbara
Calif
Sun Valley
Ana Sotherns
Ida
Dutch Indies
Oil and
Treasury Department
Department
Pave Orig
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
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