Remote Brazil rail venture recalled by visiting engineer
The Star recalls a 1910s Madeira Mamare railroad project in central Brazil where F. M. Gibson and F. C. Kyte, both American civil engineers, worked. Kyte notes six months without mail, a jungle monotony, and a Fourth of July keg race powered by caterpillars on a riverbank.
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Kyte
Gibson
Madeira-Mamare v
Brazil
Americas
Lan
America
Svenus i
Circuit Court Adjourns After Short Session
Circuit Court adjourned here Monday until April 7 after hearing plea of guilty cases on the docket. Steve Atkins, sentenced to one day in jail and fined $50 for assault with a deadly weapon and disturbing the peace in Hope municipal court, was pardoned by Gov. Carl E. Bailey and the case removed from the docket. Others pleaded guilty to grand larceny, forgery, rape, and robbery with various sentences. one defendant, Larry Richards, pleaded not guilty with high bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempsteat
Steve Atkins
Hope
Atkins
Carl E. Bailey
Clarence Baker
Robert Conner
Johnnie B. Franks
Franks
Tom Freel
Larry Richards
Sam Woods
Willie Washington
Grant Jarceny
Library Begins Training Class at Hope City Hall
The first in a series of library training classes will be held at Hope city hall Tuesday with Mupe and Prescott librarians participating. The program includes sessions on reports, literature for children, world almanac, vocations for girls, roundtable discussions, accession records, and the librarian’s profession led by various instructors.
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Hope City Hall
Mupe
Prescott
Heow
Me. Brewster
Luis I. Russell
Elsie Weisenberger
Vivien Gulf
Ldd
Avcessian
Evelyn Simpean
Flavine Warren
Lustuer Boye
Paga
Cranium Crackers on Kings and Thrones Quiz
A playful quiz item asks about abdicated European kings in recent decades and rulers who lost thrones. It notes George VII as king of England and prompts dates of other Georges, abdications, and invasions with answers said to appear on another page.
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Ae Mere
Mary
George VII
England
Georges
Miss Zimmerly Goes to Cosmetic School
Miss Bertha Zimmerly head of the cosmetic department at Cox Drug Company left for Dallas early Monday to attend the Helena Rubinstein school of beauty culture for a one week session. The industry article notes about 22 000 iron or steel using plants in the United States and a life insurance study cites a 1 in 30 chance against accidental death in a year.
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Bertha Zimmerly
Cox Drug Comespany
Dallas
Helena Rubinstein
United States
A Life Insurance Company
Hitler Mussolini meet to push Axis campaign effort
Berlin reports a complete accord reached between Hitler and Mussolini in an undisclosed location with Axis foreign ministers present. Military advisors discussed questions but details were not disclosed. Rome noted Italy and Germany building forces in the Mediterranean to defeat Britain as Axis actions continue.
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Louis Locimer
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Count Cinno
Halisa
DNB
Fuehrer
Il Duce
Ecru Yaeile
Wilhelmstrasse
Roosevelt
Congress
Tull
U.S
Gayda
Germany
Britain
Kennedy Opposed to British Lease Lend Bill
NEW YORK — Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring ambassador to Great Britain, urged maximum aid to England but said the United States should not rush the lease lend bill in its present form. He warned it grants authority beyond tradition and may force involvement before danger is proven, predicting hearings will show less drastic ways to meet the problem.
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New York
Joseph Po Kennedy
Great Britain
United States
England
Britain
Roosevelt
Congress
Knudsen and Hillman Odd Pals in Joint Planning
William S. Knudsen and Sidney Hillman direct America’s defense drive from Washington with starkly different backgrounds yet common purpose. The Danish immigrant and the Lithuanian garment worker-turned-union leader bring contrasting paths to a unified mission: production of planes ships guns and gear. Their daily routines differ in tone but converge on steering a vast mobilization for war readiness.
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National Defense Advisory Commission
Washington
Bill
Sidney
America
Genuleagen
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Tiliwan
United States
Ellis Island
Union Square
Jeanne Clothing Workers’ Union
J Sherply
Signus Wilhelm Poul Knudsen
Copenhagen
General Motors
Hillman
Ito
German officer slain in Bucharest. Greek-origin boxer arrested
Belgrade papers report a German general staff officer was shot on a busy Bucharest street near the Romanian palace used as German headquarters. A former professional boxer of Greek origin was arrested as the assailant after a cafe quarrel led to a pursuit and murder.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bucharest
Daring
Germain Expeditionary Forge
Romania
Hoser
Amea Ae
British Drive Into Eritrea Advances Reported
British forces pushing from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan report entry into Eritrea at two points. Headquarters says they crossed beyond Kayssala on the Sudan side, advancing eastward of Tessenei and Sabderat in contact with retreating Italian forces aided by Ethiopian regulars. Sabderat lies near the border about 20 kilometers from the front.
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Cairo
Sudan
Eritrea
Kayssala
Tessenei
Sabderat
A Thought Surely the Church as a Truce Place
A dated quote attributed to Burke hails the church as a haven for a day of truce amid mankind’s dissensions and animosities, urging reconciliation within religious spaces.
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Burke
Mrs Mary Hall Dies Sunday in Hope Community
Mrs. Mary Hall, 87, died Sunday morning at her daughter Mrs. E P Stewart home in Hope where she had lived 10 years. Funeral services were held at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home. Her body was shipped to Owensville Indiana for burial. She is survived by two daughters Mrs. E P Stewart of Hope and Mrs. Arthur Johnson of Clanton Alabama.
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E. P. Stewart
Hope
Mary Hall
Herndon-Cornelius
Owensville
Ind
Arthur Johnson
Clanton
Ala
Haynes and Lewis Embark East Buying Tour
Charles A. Haynes and C. C. Lewis departed Hope Saturday night for a buying tour in the east. They intend to attend the President's inaugural in Washington Monday and then proceed to Boston and New York City.
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Charles A. Haynes
C. C. Lewis
Hope
Washington
Boston
New York City
Roosevelt First Inauguration For Third Term Amid Crowds
Washington witnesses Roosevelt sworn in for a historic third term with Chief Justice Hughes administering the oath. A gunman was detained as thousands gathered in the plaza and at St. John’s church, while the president urged democracy’s resilience and urged continuation of America’s faith. The crowd cheered as Garner and Wallace took their respective roles, and analysts noted national defense would hinge on sustaining the spirit of democracy. The article also notes astronomical odds against multiple births, citing 8710 to 1 for twins, 880 to 1 for triplets, and up to 54 million to 1 for quintuplets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United State
Capitol
Charles Hughes
John. N. Garner
Henry A. Wallace
America
St. John’s Episcopal Church
White House
LaFayette Square
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Alex. H. Washburn
Star Office
Skeanger
F. M. Gibson
Gibby
South America
Frank Murray Gibeson
Tokyo
F. C. Kyte
City Hall
Miss Zimmerly
Mitler
Mustolini
Wilhelm Akgilol
Mullan
In Duce
Kennedy
Democracy’s
William
Sempathnes
Neral Cooperation
Odd Pals
Denmark
Lithuania
Tom Wolf Ner
Service
Dispatches
Bega
Associated Press
New Orleans
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