Air Blockade of Britain Planned by Nazi Leaders
A wartime briefing outlines a twofold German strategy to blockade Britain by air and sea. It describes first a total air assault on British commerce and ports, then an offensive against France if Britain resists. The piece notes weather implications, references to the Maginot Line, and Germany’s aim to prepare for concurrent campaigns in the west and on other fronts, with Easter seen as a potential trigger for large-scale operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Thomas M. Johnson
France
Toby
Verthin
Mogelle
Rhine
Pequin
Spain
Poland
Tao
Nancy Wait Sur
J W Erwin Buys Purtle Grocery
J W Erwin purchases Purtle Grocery on East Third Street and renames it Erwin's Cash Store. He plans a complete line of groceries and produce and invites friends to call on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sow
Eowii
White & Co
Bik
Cranium Crackers envoy list from foreign envoys
A scrambled clipping lists secreted ambassadors in the United States, naming Vladimir Horpan from Prince Ascania Calpyria, Count Jerzy Patocks, Ralph William Clase, and the Count de Saint-Quentin Auswols, with titles and affiliations incomplete due to poor OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitte
Vladimir Horpan
Wreck Injures Two Hempstead Men in Texarkana
Texarkana police report two Lite Rock men were injured in an automobile crash at Ninth and Broad streets. Ben McClurty, about 30, formerly of Hempstead County, suffered a neck injury and a knee injury while Sam Hutton, about 50, a sales man for a lead equipment supply company, received a knee injury. The collision involved Melarty’s car and another driven by W. D. Moore of North Little Rock. McClurty was treatment at Michel Mendgher hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ninth and
Broad Street
Ben MccLurty
Hempstead County
Sam Hutton
Sdlessman
Yead
Melarty
W. D. Moore
Nort
Hope Man Returned to Pen After Requisition
William Hill, 36, an escapee from Inwit prison, was brought from Bentonville to Little Rock for a hearing then transferred to officers. Hill, a native of Hope, Ark, had been sentenced to five years from Fort Madison for breaking into a drugstore and was arrested in Bentonville last month in connection with a Centerton robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
William Hill
Wine State
Bentonville
Bom Barley
Iowa
Hal
Hill
Hope
Ark
Fort Madison
Centerton
Naval arms bill passes House for naval armament funds
Washington report says the house approved a $58,002,600 deficiency appropriation with little debate to finance naval armament and Internal Revenue Bureau tax refunds. The measure moved ahead of the treasury-Postelfier bill as appropriations committee members argued urgent need for the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Internal Revenue Bureau
Appropriations Committee
Dr. R. B. Robbins Elected Medical Society Leader
Dr. R. B. Robbins of Camden was elected president of the council of the Arkansas Medical Society in Little Rock on Wednesday. The announcement notes Robbins assumes the post after serving in the Camden medical community and reflects regional leadership in Arkansas medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Robbins
Litle Rock
Ark
Camden
Council of the Arkansas Medical Soviety
Sub Freezing in Arkansas as Cold Wave Deepens
Sub freezing weather grips Arkansas with Little Rock reporting continued bitter cold. News notes from the Associated Press describe a broad cold front stretching from Texas to Florida with pedestrians seeking warmth and blankets. In Hope temperatures fell to 15 degrees, while two deaths occurred in Ohio and Missouri faced record cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
Little Rock
Missouri
Texas
Florida
Miami
Cald
Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Continued Cold Weather Forecast and Snow Report
Forecasts from the federal weather bureau at Little Rock show continued cold weather with temperatures from 2 to 12 degrees for Thursday night. Light snow fell in Hope Thursday morning marking the third winter snowfall, as the 24 hour low dropped to 15 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Hope
Fruit and Truck Branch
Norte
Explosion victim dies after kerosene heater accident
Blytheville man H. B. Campbell, 35, suffered burns and died at a local hospital after an oil stove explosion at his shoe shop. He was attempting to remove a tank from a kerosene water heater when a spill ignited reacting to a flame. Employee E. H. Cobb aided by wrapping the burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
H. H. Campbell
Blytheville Hospital
Wednesdday
E. H. Cobb
Cannon Is Given Band Group Post
J. A. Day of Arkadelphia was re elected to a sixth term as president of the Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association at a meeting in Little Rock amid the region seven National High School Band Association clinic. New officers include Raymond Brandon Texarkana first vice president E B McDowell Jonesboro second vice president and Addisa Watt Fort Smith re elected for the fifth time. Central board members named were Robert Hughes Little Rock Thomas Cannon Hope Mrs C Parker Steps L BE C A Hartley Batesville and Lee Waltick Monticello. Day announced the annual state contest would be held at Hot Springs April 21 and 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
J. A. Day of
Arkadelphia
Arkansas School Band and Orchesta Association
Bane
National High School Band Association
Raymond Brandon
Texarkana
E. B. McDowell
Jonesboro
Addisa Watt
Fort Smith
Beard
Central
Robert Hughes
Thomas Cannon
Hope
Mrs. C. Parker
Steps L. BE
Bites Hot Springs
C. A. Hartley
Batesville
Lee Waltick
Monticella
Hot Springs
Magnolia Man to Trial On Monday
Magnolia Ark Circuit Clerk WE Williamson says jurors have been summoned by Sheriff McCollum to appear in a special term of circuit court for the trial of Charles B Cleaver accused of first degree murder in the death of his wife Ozelly Hollis Cleaver found dead in their home last December A venire for the trial will be drawn from 82 summoned jurors and 24 regular petit jurors serving today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Ark
WE. Williamson
McCollum
Columbia County
Mounlay
Charles B. Cleaver
Ozelly Hollis Clever
Caltevin
Venice
A Thought Auimility and Confucian Virtue Base
Quotation attributed to Confucius stating that a thoughtful agility underpins all virtues, framing moral development as rooted in disciplined thinking and steady conduct. The line highlights foundational wisdom linking intellect and virtue.
Hope High Bobcats Travel to Warren for Thursday Game
Bobcats coach Doach Foy Hammons and 11 Hope High players leave at 2 p.m. for Warren to face the Warren cage team Thursday night. Friday night Pine Bluff visits Hope with a large crowd expected. Admission is five and 25 cents. Officials are Philbrick and Yocom. Norman Green may miss the Pine Bluff game due to a knee injury from last week when Hope won 60 to 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doach Foy Hammons
Hope High
Warren
Bobcats
Warren Cagé
Pine Bluff
Hope
Philbrick
Yocom
Norman Green
Green
Starves to Death but Leaves $40,000
New York widow Katherine Powers known as Bundle Mary died in a Brooklyn flat after starved herself while feeding birds and stray animals. She left more than $40,000 but no clear will or heirs, with a priest noting no visitors in 15 years and a cousin stating the family kept to themselves. Powers was 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Mary
Miss Katherine Powers
Hope Schools Close for Rest of Week
Miss Beryl Henry, superintendent, said she would issue a statement Saturday on reopening next Monday. All white schools remain closed the balance of the week to allow students to recover from influenza and colds, hoping for improved weather and fewer illnesses by Saturday. Water pipes at Brookwood school remain frozen and, along with weather and illness, caused closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Henry
Hope Schools
Heniy
Brookwood School
Neal Endorses Reciprocal Trade Program Continuation
Edward O Neal head of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged continuation of the reciprocal trade program, arguing it aids agriculture. He opposed tying Senate ratification to trade agreements beyond the current June expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
Senate
To Increase Plant Space for Engines
Secretary Morgenthau said the nation must expand airplane engine production to meet demand from the army navy civil and domestic services and foreign countries. He warned a potential bottleneck could hamper current and future orders and said all parties are studying expansion options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
Navy
SOVIET REPORTS OF SINKINGS AND RAID ACTIONS
Reports from Helsinki and Amsterdam confirm ships sunk or damaged Thursday. A Norwegian 752-ton steamer struck a mine in the North Sea with 12 lives lost. 12 passengers and crew were rescued. Finnish sources say the Red Army was repulsed on the Karelian Isthmus with heavy fighting. In Berlin the Deutschland battleship was renamed Luetzo reserve after a wartime refit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Netherlands
North Sea
Helsinki
Red Army
Karelian
Citrine
Corfimoni
Deutschland
Berlin
Germany
Atlant
High Command
Reichshrer
Adolf Hitler
Luetzo
Man Holds Daughter in 30 Foot Well in Camden
Edgar Williams, 45, was jailed awaiting commitment to the State hospital after arrest by Sheriff Edgar Pryor at Ogerman, 22 miles south of Camden. He allegedly drowned his three year old daughter and himself. Rescuers lowered a bucket. both were pulled from seven feet of water, Williams keeping their heads above water. No injuries appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Edgar Williams
State Hospital
Edgar Pryor
Ogerman
Williams
Cotton New York May Vinton Opening and Close Note
Cotton New York May Vinton opened Thursday at 10 45 and closed at 11 0 42 Middling spot 12 09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Erwin
Purtle Grocery
Hempstead
Eix
Treasury
All Over
Miami, Fla
Middlewest
Hope's
Britisher Chamberlain
J. C. Carlton
Second Street
Main
H. B. Campbell
Fulton
Prange
Maginel Line
Cannon
Confucius
Miss Henry
Neal
Farm Bureau
Rejain
Baturdey
Winston Lord
British Admiralty
Eeico
Vankleffens
Camden Man
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!