Bobcats Down Pine Bluff in Second Win of Season
Hope High School earned a 47 to 32 victory over Pine Bluff Zebras in a tight conference clash Friday night at the local gym. The Bobcats led 23-12 at halftime, with Norman Green and Elmer Purule each scoring 15 points to share team high honors amid a rough game that saw 27 personal fouls. The Hutson twins of Pine Bluff were fouled out late, and Hope’s strong guard play preserved the win as the team jumped to an early lead and never relinquished it.
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Hope High
Pine Bluff Zebras
Philbrick
Yorum
Pine Bluff
Hope
Hutson Twins
Bobcat
Zeorys Ware
Bobcats
Stelar
Jones
Baker
Ewson
Nazi Plane Hits a French Column in Paris War News
Paris dispatch reports a German fighter hit a column of French trucks with machine gun fire. The raid marked the first such attack of the war, according to military reports. Three British planes tried to engage the raider, which banked into the clouds and escaped with no debris found.
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Paris
France
Principal Sponsors Snowball Battle at Taft Junior High
OKLAHOMA CITY. Principal J. R. Born of Taft Junior High School organized a 9 minute snowball battle after a storm left abundant snowball material. Born encouraged his 900 students to stage the event saying it was natural for children to throw snowballs and that allowing it prevented targeting passersby.
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Oklahoma City
J. R. Born
Taft Junior High School
Pt Rocess
Born
Warmer Weather at Last Forecast in Arkansas
The weather bureau predicts rising temperatures over the weekend in Arkansas after one of the coldest spells in a decade. Expect fair skies next week with possible rain midweek and a turn to colder by Friday and Saturday. Hope reports a 12 degree rise on Saturday morning, with 9 degrees Friday night.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch
British Reply Is Rejected by Japs
Tokyo reported Saturday night that Britain’s reply to Japan’s protest over the seizure of two Germans from the liner Asama Maru was unsatisfactory. The communique followed a conference between Japan’s foreign minister and the British ambassador.
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Tokyo
Sapan
Japan
Britain
Asama Maru
Light computer cuts flight calculation to a minute
A new light computer lets pilots determine every factor of 4 flight within one minute, whereas previously it took about 45 minutes to compute all the variables involved in flying.
Cotton NY Opens, Closes Higher on Weekend Trade
May cotton opened at 10.40 and closed at 10.47 48 cents. Middling spot closed at 11.10, down one cent. Trading notes reflect a modest gain for the session with futures firming into close.
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New York
Otto Strasser warns of a second Versailles if Hitler wins
Otto Strasser, Bavarian anti Nazi leader, in Paris warns that a prolonged German defeat could lead to a second Versailles. He argues the war’s length threatens Europe and Germany, and urges liberal resistance to avert catastrophe. Strasser claims his faction must direct efforts to save the country.
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NEA
Paris
Goering
Otto Strasser
Hitler
Black Front
Germany
Strasser
Europe
Versailles
Burton Wheeler Emerges as Possible Democratic Nominee
Montana Senator Burton Kendal Wheeler rises as a potential presidential candidate if party divisions split conservative and progressive factions. Nebraska independent Senator Norris backs Wheeler for the presidency if Wheeler secures the Democratic nomination, signaling Wheeler’s growing political stature amid Roosevelt era tensions.
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Burley K. Wheeler
Montana
Belef Siketch
Arter
Monfai
Norris
Nheeler Wallington
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Wheeler
Five Hope stars join Arkansas Razorbacks from 1939 crop
Five Hope athletes nicknamed the cream of the 1939 football crop will enroll at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville for the second semester or next fall. Roy Taylor Jimmy Daniels Wesley Calhoun Norman Green and Joe Eason are the players. Taylor and Daniels will depart Hope Sunday morning, with Green and Eason remaining to finish studies and basketball careers.
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Hope
University of Arkansas At
Fayetteville
State University
University of Alabama
Tulane University
Centenary College
Louisiana State University
Arkansas State Teachers College
Texas Christian University
Roy
Taylor
Jimmy Daniels
Wesley Calhoun
Norman Green
Joe Eason
Razorback
South Arkansas
Eastland
Texas
Daniels
Bobcat
Ald‘rich
TCU
Hammons
Bobcats
Vesey Calhoun
Green
Eason
Bobrat
Germany of Today Not That of 1914
In Manchester Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, said Germany today is a stronger enemy than Nazi Germany then and doubted its ability to withstand reverses like the Kaisers did in the last war. He claimed British convoys face 500 to 1 odds against German sinking of merchant ships. A Munich professor reportedly taught fish to respond to sounds and colors.
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Manchester
Eng
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Nazi Germany
Germany
Ecclesiastes Reflections on Fear and Duty
A brief meditation notes fear of God and obedience, urging joy and fulfillment of duties. Quoting Ecclesiastes 9 7 it recalls gladness and earnestness in daily tasks amid life’s vanities.
Peace Rejected by South Africa Assembly Vote
CAPETOWN South Africa The house of the assembly Saturday voted down a Hertzog peace resolution by 1 vote 59 to 1. The motion called for restoration of peace between Germany and the Union of South Africa amid rising tensions.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
House of the Assembly
J. B. Hertzog
Germany
Mercury 19.6 MPG car tours Hope in national test
A Mercury test car, part of a 34-car nationwide economy study by Ford, toured Hope escorted by officials and businessmen. The vehicle logged about BIR miles since January 18, averaging over 96 miles per gallon despite bad weather. Mercury officials aim to prove mileage economy with newspaperman oversight and in-vehicle test devices.
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Mercury
Ford Motors Company
Hope Sriday
Hope Auto Company
Hope Agency
T. M. Walton
Memphis
Tenn
Hope
Gordon
Walton
Arkansas
Curdon-to-Hope
Holy City invites Jews to move with Father Riker
Father William E. Riker, founder of a mountain religious colony, leads a movement claiming to offer a haven for Jews. A giant Jeru salem Wailing Wall replica rises in Holy City Calif while eight parade floats promote his campaign for governor and a proposed global government. He offers 25000 dollars for flaws and has mailed letters to Hitler and Chamberlain. His ventures sustain about 90 to 1060 people and fund a private airplane for Riker.
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Holy City
Calif
William E. Riker
Jerusalem
Main
Father Riker
California
San Francisco
Riker
Uie
Hitler
Chamberlain
Britain to Pass Supplies to Finns
The British government announced steps to ensure speedy delivery of supplies to Finland from other countries including the United States. A ministry spokesman stressed that essential goods and airplanes would not be delayed by British contraband controls and that delivery would be accelerated amid economic warfare measures.
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London
Eng
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Finland
United States
German Coal Talks With Italy Raise Shipping Prospects
German financial expert Dr Karl Clodius is in Rome discussing the potential increase of German coal shipments to Italy. Diplomatic circles speculate the visit may link to securing more supplies through Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Karl Clodius
Habans
Clodius
World born stars quiz Cranium Crackers
Hollywood calls on lay readers to name the birth countries of five film stars living in the United States. Mary Pickford Jean Hersholt May Robson Luise Rainer Peter Lorre are listed. fill in their birth nations. Answers appear on Page Two.
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Hollywood
Warners
Mary Pickford
Jean Hersholt
May Robson
Luise Rainer
Peter Lorre
Moderate temperatures expected as Hope schools to reopen
Weather and school officials report a brief cooldown and planned thaw. Miss Henry, superintendent, said Brookwood pipes are being thawed by plumbers and that most facilities remain in good condition. Forecast calls for a weekend warmup with nights 10 to 16 degrees and a return to normal activities as repairs complete.
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Henry
Brookwood
Budget clash over debt limit and government corporations
Senate asked RFC, Commodity Credit Corp, Export-Import Bank and others to report financials. President Roosevelt favored reducing capital funds by 700 million to ease the budget, with Byrd urging use of savings to cut the national debt. Defense taxes were to raise 460 million, while some lawmakers eyed aiding Finland via a 25 thousand-dollar stake, amid cautious public opinion on foreign lending.
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RFC, Commodity, Credit Corporation
Export-Import
Bay Federal Crop Insurance
Byrd
Mr. Roosevelt
Spears
Marvin Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sumners
Jones
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