Ten Gentlemen From West Point at Saenger Jr Sunday
A Sunday screening at Saenger Jr presents Ten Gentlemen From West Point starring George Montgomery Maureen O Hara and John Sutton. The film showcases cadets at the United States Military Academy and aims to bolster patriotic spirit amid wartime context.
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20Th Century-Fox
United States Military Academy
Tenemen
West Point
Saenger
George Montgomery
Maureen Hara
John Sutton
Hollywood
Td Cregar
Acade
John Shep
Mieter Francen
Harry Daven
Ward Bond
Douglas Drum A
Ralph Byrd
Casualties of Navy Hit 886
The Navy Department announced 886 officers and men casualties from June 7 to 17 including 199 dead 54 wounded and 842 missing. The total covers Navy Coast Guard and Marine personnel with most losses from direct combat and some from accidents at sea or in the air. Some missing may have been rescued or reached safety without informing authorities.
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Washington
United States
Navy Department
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Kraft Ordered to Pay Tax Kraft Ordered to Pay Tax
Southern Kraft Corp and Crossett Lumber Co must pay over $100000 in Arkansas sales taxes for gas and power bought from Arkansas Louisiana Gas and Arkansas Power and Light over five years. Judge Frank H. Dodge ruled the tax due, ending five years of litigation. Firms claimed interstate commerce exemption. 120 days to file exceptions.
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Little Rock
Southern Kraft Corporation
Camden
Crossett Lumber Company
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Frank H. Dodge
Crossett
Tipsy Cowboy Ropes a Lion in Oklahoma
In Muskogee July 3 AP reports a drunken cowboy and companion tied a live lion to a car trunk after claiming to rope it on the road. Police released the man and said he could keep the lion. the fate of John remained unclear.
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Muskogee
Okla
James Hunter
Hunter
John
Arkansas reduces highway deaths after speed limit cut
In Little Rock on July 2, the Arkansas Highway Department reports 18 traffic fatalities in the state since the 40 mph limit began June 5, compared with 34 deaths in the same period last year under a 60 mph limit. The lower limit was set as a conservation measure.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
3 A Men Eligible as Volunteer Officers
Major Floyd S. Worth of Little Rock explains the War Department program allowing Selective Service 3A men to enter as Volunteer Officer Candidates. Applicants report for mental and physical exams to determine officer caliber. many more applications than openings cause months of delay. selection for Officer Candidate School is competitive and not guaranteed.
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Floyd S. Worth
Little Rock
Arkansas
War Department
Army
Red Cross in Session Here
Miss Francis M Vogler representing the Midwestern Area office of the American Red Cross addressed Hempstead County Chapter leaders at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last night. She praised Hempstead County First Aid and Production Departments and noted their high activity. A finance committee led by Guy E Basye was appointed to budget expenditures. A nominating committee chaired by Albert Graves was named to plan the Roll Call and War Relief Drive in March 1943. More than 30 directors and department heads attended.
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Francis M. Vogler
American Red Cross
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Volger
Builder F C Kyte Dies After Underpass Work
F C Kyte 64 engineer who completed the Highway 29 underpass on the L A railway here died suddenly of a heart ailment in Memphis. Home Hot Springs, survived by wife Mabel Kyte and two sons Frank and Ralph Kyte. Kyte, with State Highway Department since 1925, previously helped build a railroad in Brazil.
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F.C. Kyle
L. & A. Railway
Memphis
Mgr. Kyte
Hot Springs
Hope
Marianna
L'Anguille
State Highway Department
Brazil
Mabel Kyte
Frank and
Ralph Kyte
Mabile
Ala
Guide to Draft Deferments Seeks Quick War Job Classifications
Washington July 3 AP sources say essential civilian activities and critical war occupations will be listed by July 15 to guide military deferments. Lists prepared by the U S Employment Service with War Production Board and other agencies aim to keep skilled workers at their posts while local boards verify necessity.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
J i
War Production Board
War, Navy and Agrricature Departments
Paul V. McNult
Selective Service Act
Manpower Commission
McNutt
United States
United Nations
Train Delays as Bear Stops Colorado Train
A brown bear wandered onto railroad tracks ahead of a locomotive driven by Engineer J W Logan in Colorado Springs. Logan blasted the whistle and braked hard but the bear paid no mind, finally stepping aside as the train lurched to a stop a few yards away.
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Colorado Springs
Cole
J. W. Logan
Logan
Enlisted Men May Choose Assignments
Authorization has been revised by the Arkansas District Recruiting and Induction Station to permit men aged 20 to 44 to voluntarily enlist with likely assignment to the army or services of their choice. Absent good reasons to the contrary, men will be assigned to the army or service they prefer, with substantial quotas currently in Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Antiaircraft, Engineers, Signal, Armored Force, Medical, Quartermaster, and Air Corps.
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Arkansas District Recruiting & Induction Station
Army
Infantry
Field Artillery
Coast, Artillery
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Armored Force
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Auxiliary Police Course Concludes in Hempstead County
The Auxiliary Police unit of Hempstead County’s Civilian Defense Council finished a 24 hour lecture course at city hall and will hold an organization meeting next Thursday night July 9 to assign permanent police posts. Captain Earl Scroggins of the Arkansas State Police spoke on fingerprinting.
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Hempstead County
Civilian Defense Council
City Hall
Earl Scroggins
Identification Bureau
The
Arkansas State Poliee
Rubber salvage totals for Hempstead county stations
A total of 187,200 pounds of scrap rubber was turned in to Hempstead county filling stations by last night. County Chairman Sid Bundy of the Rubber Salvage organization reported today. The national camp has been extended another week and it is hoped to reach 200,000 pounds.
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Hempstead County
Sid Bundy
Rubber Salvage Organization
Aten
Hempstead
Skill In Red Cross First Aid Saves Pet
Welch West Virginia AP a dog belonging to Stuart Moore son of Mr and Mrs R N Moore of Gary was strangled by a rope and found near lifeless in the basement Maeve applied artificial respiration taught by the Red Cross and the dog revived highlighting the value of first aid training
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Welch
W. Va
Stuart Moore
R. N. Moore
Gary
Maeve
Red Cross
Artichokes presented as edible flowers of may appear
A note explains artichokes are eaten as edible flowers, highlighting their floral structure and culinary use as a vegetable.
Hope Schools to Get $5,500 in Federal Aid Districts
Fourteen Arkansas districts received $08,898 in Lanham Act aid to cope with wartime enrollment increases. North Little Rock, Yell County rural, Texarkana areas, Van Buren, Barling, Malvern and Pine Bluff listed among recipients. Education Commissioner Jones noted more districts may share next year due to new war-related projects.
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Tittle Rock
Arkansas
Education Department
North Little Rock
Yulaskd County
Tex+ arkntm
North Heights
Texarkana
van Buren
Barling
Mansfield
Sebantlan County
Rope
Blevins
Malvern
Pine Bhulf
Ralph BR. Jones
Schoml
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Black Sea
Putstanbul
Sevastopol
England
Bob Elmore
Gunter Lumber Co. Employes
Gunter Lumber Co
Hope Industrial Safety Council
L. H. Rogers
Kraft
Citizens National Bank
Hope, Arkansas
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank Cash and Exchange
Federal Reserve System
F. C. Kyte
Eee
Bern
Switzerland
Hitler Youth Organization
Alsace
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Federal Reserve Bank
U.S. Government
Cash and Sight Exchange
First National Bank
Lloyd Spencer
W. Kendall Lemley
Syd McMatth
Roy Stephenson
N. P, C'Nrat
Stewart Jas, R, Wenry
Wellington
Bernard Freyberg
New Zealand
Middle East
Fraser
Prague
Bohemia- Moravia Protectorate
Reinhard Heydrich
Babylonia
Christ
Hope Schools
State of
Michigan
Prac
Arkansas Machine Specialty CO
Arkansas Motor Coach Co
Diamond Cafe
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