Local Nurse Group Elects Vesey Chairman Incal Red Cross Unit
Mrs. John Vesey elected chairman of the Incal Red Cross Committee on Volunteer Nurse's Aides. The unit, including hospital and public health reps, will supervise enrollment instruction and placement of women volunteers for the Nurse's Aide Corps to support civilian health services in support of the war effort. Members include Mrs. Mary Foster, Mrs. Leon Bundy, Dr. J. G. Martindale, Mrs. Oliver Mills, Elizabeth Woolson, Dick White, Ona Grant, and others with roles in recruitment health examinations instruction records publicity and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vesey
Red Cross
Medical Division
OCD
American Red Cross
Vesey
Mary Foster
Leon Bundy
J. G. Martindale
Oliver Mills
Elizabeth Woolson
Dick White
Ona Grant
Talking With Mrs. Roosevelt Press Conference Details
Margaret Kernodle describes wartime press access to Eleanor Roosevelt. A month in with a White House pass, attendees wait in the Green Room then enter the Monroe Room where Mrs Roosevelt greets reporters and fields questions. The piece notes her demeanor, dress, and the room’s historic ambience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kernodle
Wide World
Washington
White House
Johnson
Spain
Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Social Calendar and War Relief Activities in Local Churches
Social calendar lists Circle No 1 of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Mrs M M McCloughan’s home with Mrs PB Jordan as a cohost, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Baptist church, plus choir practice at First Methodist, Hope Chapter 328 Eastern Star, and a YMCA Young People’s swim and picnic for Lt. Shull and Mr. Whitten. It also notes yarn and helmet drives for Red Cross quotas, with many volunteers and addresses, honoring long service and war relief efforts across local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Chaatian Service
M. M. McClough- Onn
Jordan
R. D. Franklin
Edwin Ward
Methodist
Young Peoples' Department
First Methodist
Pines
H. Tull
Shull
San Antonio
Dolphus Whitten
Whitten
M. M. McCloughan
K. Li. Spore
H. O. Kyler
Red Cross
Jotn Dickinson
R. M. Briant
D. Lester
H. E. Hadden
Pla
Ather
J. C. Powell
Robert L. Grone
J. W. Pattersar
George Sissel
J. C. Wallock
Fonziy Moses
Leonard Ellis
Horace Jesris
West Ave
Yiarn
Jewell
Eurlyn Phillips
Ned Williams
Jim McKenzie
Nora Evans
Ogles
C. W. Harrington
Bernard O'Dwyer
D. HW
Ipscomd
Jobin Arnold
Murshing
Coming and Going in Siloam Springs Baptist Assembly
Local society briefs list multiple visitors and guests in Siloam Springs for a ten day Baptist Assembly. Included are Miss Nancy Coleman, Miss Betty Coleman, Miss Joyce Formby, Bobby Ward of Texarkana, Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Cannon, Jimmy Jones of Camden, Judd Martindale from Hendrix College, and relatives visiting from Texarkana Dallas Milwaukee Batesville and Little Rock. The notes also mention Mrs. Kate Letchworth of Milwaukee and Sibyl Huddleston’s weekend arrival for a two week vacation. The Saturday to Monday skeet shoot in Batesville is noted as the weekend event with participants from across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Doe
Betty Ruth Coleman
Roby
Joyce Formby
Siloam Springs
Baptist Assembly
Bobby Ward
Texarkana
G. E. Cannon
Jimmy Jones
Camden
Sibyl Duddleston
SL Vincent's
Little Rock
W. B. Huddleston
Garrett Church Hosts Baptist Young Peoples Training Course
The Baptist Young Peoples Training course of the Southwest District convenes at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday July 5 at 2 p.m. All young people are urged to attend. The program features devotions, Bible theme What I should not do, addresses by T L Epton Jr, and testimonies from the congregation. Messages stress growth in personal Christian service and applying principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Young Peoples
Southwest District
Garret Memorial Baptist
Ashdown
T. L. Epton, Jr
Hope
County Avenue
Tev
Spring Hill
Immanuel
Nashville
Matt
Grace Church
Bingen
Central
Texarkana
Rocky Mound
Hope visitor campaigns for Arkansas Supreme Court seat
Leffel Gentry, a candidate for Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court to succeed Justice McHally, visited Hope in his campaign effort. Gentry, who formerly flew in Hope but has lived in Little Rock for several years, highlighted his bid during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leffel Gentry
Arkansas Supreme Court
Justice Mchally
Gentry
Hope
Little Rock
Wartime Bus Schedules Announced by Arkansas Motor Coach
Arkansas Motor Coach announces wartime bus schedules effective July 1. Southbound arrivals in Hope listed as 7:30 p m, 11:45 a m, 5:05 p m, 7:45 p m, 10:00 p m. Northbound departures from Hope shown as 6:00 a m, 9:00 a m, 1:00 p m, 2:50 p m, and 8:50 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Motor Coach Company
Hope
Sioa
Cagneys Are Not Moody New York Kids Shine in Debut
Jeanne Cagney, George M. Cohan's screen sister, arrives in New York for the Yankee Doodle Dandy opening. The Cagneys, a family of New York natives, are highlighted as energetic, emotional performers. Jeanne, a Hunt er College graduate, enjoys a sunrise vigil on a fire escape after the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cagneys
Jimmy
Jim
Jeanne
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Bill
Harry
New
Martha's Vineyard
Jeaney
Big City
Mississippi
Painted Desert
High
California
Hunter College
Pele
Jimmy Cagney
Manhattan
Negro Farmer Electrocuted at Virginia State Penitentiary
Odell Waller, 25, Negro sharecropper, was executed by electric chair at the Virginia State penitentiary for the July 15, 1940 murder of white employer Oscar Davis. Witnesses from Pittsylvania County attended as he was pronounced dead at 7:48 a.m. after 640 days on death row and a governor denial of commutation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Odell Waller
Virginia State Penitentiary
Oscar Davis
Fittsylvanian County
Pittsyvania County
Waller
Darden
Orton Named to Arkansas University Honor Roll
William Rolen Orton Jr of Hope earned a place on the University of Arkansas College of Arts and Sciences honor roll for the spring semester. Dean H. M. Hosford notes his 3.88 grade point average as a sophomore in a system assigning six points for A and two for C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rolen Orton Jr
Hope
College of Arts and Science
University of Arkansas
H. M. Hosford
Orton
21 Killed in Plane Crash in West Virginia Hills
Army officials seek to identify 21 mangled remains from an Army transport plane that crashed on a southern West Virginia hillside near Premier. The former American Airlines flagship lost a wing at 600 feet and plunged in flames. 9 soldiers died in a second California crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
West Virginia
American Airlines
Premier
California
Marsh Field
A. Harness
Madson St
la Porte
Ind
Kermit Masters
Greenview
Edward Carr
Hansal St
Philadelphia
Jimer
Judge criticizes wage law as too harsh on small mills
Litt le Rock July 2 AP Judge J C Trimble says federal wage and hour enforcement can destroy small enterprises. He orders G H Bailey Lumber Co Walnut Ridge to pay 22 workers 35 cents per hour for a 40 hour week. He notes repeated similar cases and questions the law's reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littte Rock
J. C. Trimble
Gerald H. Bailey
Walnut Ridge
Trimble
Dallas
Hempstead Schools Benefit From State Aid Totals
Lite Rock reports that the 1941-42 school year saw total school equalizing aid of 1,248,108 disbursed to 462 districts in 74 counties. Hempstead received 53,078.1, with other counties including Garland 13,325.28, Jefferson 18,057.92, Sebastian 42,432.10, Ouachita 7,521.67, Union 37,030.88, Washington 12,762.32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lite Rock
Phiblins
Columbia
Garland
Hempstead
Jefferson
Ouachita
Sebastian
Union
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. 5. Lynch
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Stamps
Wyanity Baptist Church
Sharch
First Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Judd Martindale
Nendrix College
C. Bpengins
Ragland
Joe Leavell
Dallis
Kate Letchworth
Milwaukee
O. L. Wyatt
W. E. Fiddler
Pani Ark
Ida Foster Jett
Houston
Batesville
Lee Robins
George Wytle
Charles Wilson
Jim Wilson
Frank Trimble
Moro Mac
RIAL
Alice Faye
Havana
Henry Fonda
Tom Brown
Annapolis
Buck Jones
Tim McCoy “Forbidden Trails
Vine Theatres
Saenger Wed-Thurs
Rialto
Mon
Belle Starr
Alwaye
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Alfred Hitchcock
Man
March of
West Point
Negro Farmer
Wm, Orton
University
United States
Archie W. Chamblin
Leavenworth
Bus
Leon A. Olin
Erwin Stratman
Corporal Jackson
Russell A. Carter
Elmore Edwards
Floyd Hyer
Guy S. Hill
Ifyer
Hill
Kellogg Field
Battle Creeck
Mich
Robert F. Murphy
Twin Falls
Idaho
Jack W. Green
Kansas City
Kas
Staf
Charles EH. Davis
New Boston
Norman §. Anderson
Enderlin
N. D
John E. Rileo
Wigbee
Carp
Marvy Scuffos, Jr
Spartanburg
Pie
James R. Stephens
Remington
Jack Hearnst
el Dorada
I Kas
Bill Rosser
Anson
Texas
Us High School
Lexington and Concord
Gettysburg
San Juan Hill
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
General MacArthur
Bataan
America
U. S
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