Skilled labor shortage drives national defense urgency
Industrial facts reveal America faces a severe skilled labor shortage amid rearmament. The piece argues government must expand apprenticeships and plan for postwar employment, warning that reliance on capital alone will not meet wartime production needs. It contrasts training times for pilots, gunners, and machinists with longer paths in the military and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Communist
Navy
gRoy Tucker
West Point
Europe
Axis air power aids Italians in attack on British Mediterranean fleet
Axis high commands claim German Luftwaffe and Italian planes hit British carriers, a cruiser, and a destroyer in the Sicilian Channel during a joint assault. British fighters countered as the convoy to Egypt faced torpedo and dive bombing in the first joint Axis air action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCME
Mediterranean
Rome
Berlin
Axis High Command
Italy
Luftwaffe
Foint
Chanel
Malian
Sicily
Tunisia
North Africa
Atic
Stefani
Egypt
Idhere
Ue Ludians
Talian High Command
Hope Ministers to Meet Here in Alliance
The Hope Ministerial Alliance holds its monthly meeting at First Baptist Church Study Monday at 10:50. It is the first gathering under the new constitution with Dr Thomas Brewster presiding and all Hope ministers urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Haye Minster
Nall
First Baptist Church
Hope Ministerial Alliance
Hope
Thomas Brewster
Cranium Crackers Behind the Batons Quiz
A faded item asks readers about band leaders and musicians in a playful quiz. It mentions baton conductors, rhythm styles, and questions naming leaders, instruments, and reading musicians.
Greek Troops Push Toward Berati Albania
Greek and British planes bombed retreating Italians as Greek forces advance on Berati in Albania. Heights near Kisura and Eliseura reportedly under Greek control, supply trucks abandoned, and Italian lines severely pressed. Athens radio cited 400 Malians dead in one area while Tepelent and coastal defenses held amid bad weather.
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Athens
Kisura
Berati
Albania
Eliseura
Tepelent
Klisura
Library Gets State Funds for Hempstead County
State aid to Arkansas libraries subsidizes rural access, aiding 463,349 across nineteen counties. Hempstead County Public Library seeks continued funds to sustain service, as county officials explain the need to the public. The article notes the nation’s low birthrate in 1932 at 15.3 per 4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Treasury drives mirror WWI bonds popular appeal
Treasury plans for large defense loans and savings stamps draw on World War I methods to mobilize broad public support. In 1917 66,281,900 subscribers aided loans totaling over 24 billion dollars, with bonds allotted at more than 21 billion. Four drives from 1917 to 1918 reached nearly 35 million Americans plus thrift stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Thornton
NEA Service
Treasury
Drawbridge on Dry Land in Feather River Area
Sacramento report notes Nick Schwall receives $50 a month as bridge tender on a bridge no longer operable. War Department designates Feather River navigable though too shallow for small boats. River channel shifted leaving the drawbridge over dry land. Handwriting shows ink is far clearer than pencil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Nick 3Ehwall
War Department
Feather River
Japanese Troop Train Hit By Chinese Mine In Hupeh
Chinese Central News Agency reports that over 300 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured when a troop train struck a mine on the P’ing- Hankow line in north Hupeh. The locomotive and 13 coaches were wrecked and ammunition casualties described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Hong
Pieping- Hankew
Hupeh
British collateral proposal eyed for lend‑lease plan
Washington officials said Britain might be asked to post up to one billion dollars in collateral for Roosevelt’s lend to Britain. The plan aims to support a New York investment trust's bid to buy about 600 million dollars of British investments in the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Brigin
Wind Type Classifications by the Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau lists wind types by speed: calm under one mph, light 1 to 7 mph, gentle 8 to 12 mph, moderate 13 to 18 mph, fresh 19 to 24 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Officers Raid Whisky Still Near Patmos
Local and state officers raided a 41-gallon whiskey still located three miles west of Patmos on Friday afternoon, seizing mash and one gallon of liquor. Two men fled into the woods as deputies and policemen from Stele and nearby units assisted in the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmos
Tom Middlebrooks
Stele
F. V. Haynie
Charlie Boyd
Farmers Cattle Testing Free and Tea Experts Note
Farmers may have cattle tested for Bangs disease by contacting the County Extension office and Dr J T Martin Federal Bureau of Animal Industry Vet. Test offers no cost but reactors must be sold, no indemnity paid. Tea experts board of seven men judge quality after testing hundreds of samples for 20 billion daily cups.
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J. T. Martin
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Cate
U. S
Free Hunting Rights Sought By Indians in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Indians press ancient laws and treaties claiming perpetual hunting and fishing privileges that negate licenses. Choctaw County Judge Tom Hunter says no federal law exempts Indians from buying licenses but notes juries may hesitate to convict due to priority of rights as first citizens of the western continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Oklah
United States
North Platte
Neb
Red Men
Tom Hunter
Choctaw
Hope Boys Win Doubleheader at Hope High
The Hope High School Bobcats edged Lakeside Consolidated 25 24 Friday night with a quick, tactical win aided by passing. Smith Simms and Rogers each scored five, while Clark Green and Oliver contributed on defense. Hope B team also won by one point 2 10 18. Hammons Slade Patterson led Hope B team. Jimmy Henry impressed on debut. Lakeside coached by Jack Turner. Yocom officiated both games.
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Hope High School Bobcats
Lakeside Consolidated School of
Near Hot Springs
Bobcats
Smith
Simms
Rogers
Clark
Green
Oliver
Hope
Lakeside
Hammons
Slade
Patterson
Jimmy Henry
Jack Turner
Hope Stay
Yo- Com
Razorbacks
Arkansas Razorbacks debut 1941 Southwest Conference basketball with a 50 10 33 win over Texas in Austin. Gordon Carpenter scores 20 points, 15 in the final period, as John Adams adds 11 in the first half and 4 in the final period. Other scores show a wide list of college results.
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Austin
Texas
Arkansas
Razorbacks
University of Texas
Parkers
Longhorns
Carpenter
Gordon Carpenter
John Adams
A Thought My Son Forget Not My Law Proverb Line
A brief devotional line quotes Proverbs 3 1 urging remembrance of law and obedience, emphasizing the heart keeping commandments as a guiding spiritual instruction.
Assertion Made Following New German Pact
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet reaction to a new trade and friendship pact with Germany. Soviet officials say the agreements are not aimed at third powers and reflect an independent policy. Tass notes all economic problems between the signatory nations have been settled in a spirit of mutual confidence.
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Moscow
P—_ Investia
Russia
Ssian
Germany
Am Suneligk
Hiort-belliger
Tzvestia
Iran
Hostil
Soviet Union
Tl U
Kremlin
Nashville Production Credit Association Elects 1941 Stockholders Date
The Nash ville Production Credit Association board sets January 15, 1941 as the Seventh Annual Stockholders meeting date at the courthouse in Nashville starting at 1 am. E M Osborn announces talks by Ray B Miller and R E Wallace on cooperative credit and money costs. The meeting will discuss 1940 progress and 1941 plans, with two directors to be elected. The association serves 1028 farmers in Howard Pike Sevier Hempstead Nevada Clark and Hot Spring counties with short term credit at low rates.
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Nashville Production Credit Association
Nashvil
E. M. Osborn
Nashville
Ray B. Miller
Production Credit Corporation of St. Louis
R. E. Wallace
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis
Cooperative Credit
Howard
Pike
Sevier
Hempstead
Nevada
Will leaves bulk to Red Cross from Missouri bachelor
Joseph J. Freemann, 75, eccentric bachelor and chair store operator who died Monday in West Plains, will leave most of his estate to the Red Cross for use in Missouri and Arkansas. The will filed for probate Saturday also bequeaths $1,000 to several store managers in Paragould, Walnut Ridge, Jonesboro, Conway and Russellville, Ark, plus $500 to Inviner store employees and $200 to another group. An unrelated line notes England's 1918 war expenditure at $35,000,000 a day.
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West Plains
Joseph J. Freemann
Red Cross
Missouri
Arkansas
Paragould
Walnut Ridge
Jonesboro
Conway
Russellville
Ark
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Alex. H. Washburn
Mausire
Namne
Nene
Avi
Berafi
Army Navy
Defense
Congress
Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Gibraltar
Fleet Air Arm
Tyranto
Adriatic Sea
Valang
Corsica
Oren
Naval Bases
BES British
Africa
Roinia
Gli
Black Sea
Algeria
Uly
Haifa
Perm
Cyprus
Tripoli
Crete
Pes
Bengozi
Mediterranean Sea
Idec
Oe ‘A Sidi Barigni
Sidi Saran
Suez
East Africa
Ee Cato
Hope Boys
Southwestern
Pittsburgh
Baker
Bethel
Tarkle
Central
Payette
St. Benedict's
Wichita U
Texas Wesleyan
Hardin-Simmons
Texas A
Daniel Baker
Delta
Miss
NYU
Penn State
Michigan State
Marquette
CCNY
St. Joseph's
Phila
William and Mary
Virginia Tech
Hendrix
Arkansas Tech
Oklahoma A
Tulsa
Northwestern
Okla
Oklahoma
City
State
Phillips
East Central
North Zastern
Hastings
Mexico University
Syracuse
Fordham
Duquque
Parsons
Western Union
Grinnell
Knox
Georgetown
Temple
Wayne
Kearney
Cornell
Yale
Auburn
Sewanee
Florida
Georgia
Credit Group — Director's
Nashville Production Asso
Freeman
England
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