Smead Wins Arkansas Skeet Title At Wilson Club
Bill Smead of Camden won the all gauge championship at the Arkansas Skeet Shoot held July 4 and 5 near Columbus after a four way tie at 197 of 200. Julius Petty, W. Dewis, and EB Price also tied. Smead scored 50 straight in the shoot off and also led overall with 300 targets. Jim Wilson captured the 20 gauge cup with 50 straight as Mrs. Price won the ladies title and Jimmie Ponds took the junior crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smead
Camden
Arkansas
Wilson
Columbus
Batesville
Mr. Smead
W. L. Davis
Texarkana
Ark
Jim Wilson
B. A. Price
Garland City
Jimmie Ponds
Stuttgart
Anth
Jewell Atkinson
L. Davis
Buck Morgan
John Shobe
J. Ht, Lawham
RL. Bennett
Paul Putty
Edwin Freeson
J. M. Hom
D. Andrews
W. L. Little Boo
Hershel Parks
Daylight Saving Time debate prompts Hope city plan
The Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce will discuss adopting Daylight Saving Time for Proving Ground personnel and town operations. Supporters cite extra evening daylight for leisure while opponents warn rural impacts. Possible store-hour changes could compensate if DST is adopted. Meeting set for 7:30 at Hope city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Proving Ground
Proving Ground
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Cranium Crackers Defense Strikes and Questions
Question prompts discuss major aircraft and motor company strikes in California and Detroit, the role of defense strikes in industry pace, and figures like James Dewey John R. Steelman Cyrus King Clarence Dykstra. It asks what actions by the National Selective Service Board aided settlement and explains terms wildcat strike and men days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
Detroit
Automobile Corporation
James Dewey
John R. Steelman
Cyrus “King
Clarence Dykstra
National Selective Service Board
Brass and Bluff in Hitler's Rise and Papen's Proposal
Willis Thornton argues Hitler's defining trait is brass, citing the Reichstag fire and territorial claims. He highlights Franz von Papen's proposal to unite Germany and Britain against Russia and rebuke the idea that free people anywhere would accept such manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Brass
Germany
Reichstag
Munich
Europe
Soviet
Russia
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Turkey
Britain
England
Dunkirk
Crete
Dominions
Cage Hinkle Dies Former Hope Post Office Janitor
Cage Hinkle a 76 year old well known Hope Negro and former janitor of the post office died of a heart attack Sunday. He had lived in Hope for 36 years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Lonoke church with burial at Okolona. The president of a Georgia girls school ruled students must not smoke on campus to avoid fires and preserve traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cage Hinkle
Hope
Georgia
U S Navy Arrives in Iceland Amid Atlantic Tensions
President Roosevelt disclosed that U S naval forces moved into Iceland to bolster and eventually replace British presence, citing threats from a German occupation that could affect Greenland shipping and munition flows to Britain. The move aims to keep Atlantic approaches open and free from hostile actions while clarifying Western Hemisphere boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Navy
Iceland
Roosevelt
Congress
America
United States
Germany
Atlantic
Denmark
Teeland
Greenland
North Atlantic
Britain
Americas
Guernsey School Project Receives WPA Designation
Congressman Oren Harris informs Guernsey Public Schools that the President has designated a Work Projects Administration project to remodel the auditorium into a gym, add classrooms, dressing rooms and stage area, build a toilet house and sewer system, at an estimated cost of 5 223 dollars. Harris advises immediate contact with Floyd Sharp to begin work under state WPA discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Eugene Woodall
Guernsey
Oren Harris
Woodaill
Work Projects Administration
Floyd Sharp
Junior Chamber Meet Tuesday in Hope City Hall
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular July meeting at 7 30 PM Tuesday night at Hope city hall. The membership meeting occurs on the second Tuesday of each month and is limited to one hour, urging all members to attend promptly says President Vincent Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hope City Hall
Vincent Foster
Elmer Purtle Sent to Chanute Field
Private Elmer L. Purtle son of Mr and Mrs Leslie G Purtle Route 2 Hope has been sent by Special Order of Lieutenant Colonel George M Palmer Post Commander of the Air Corps Basic Flying School at San Angelo Texas to the Army Air Corps Technical School at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois where he will pursue a course in airplane mechanics Private Purtle won this appointment in an open competitive examination given to all men at this station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Purtle
Leslie G. Purtle
Route 2
Hope
George M. Palmer
Air Corps
San Angelo
Texas
Army Air Corps
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Purtle
Final Approval for Airport in Hope
The WPA’s Washington office approves Hope airport project and awaits presidential signature this week. Total cost 87 647 dollars with 62 638 from WPA and 25 000 from the city. Hope bought about 100 acres near the Proving Ground for 12 000, city equipment to cover land value, expediting local airport development serving official and private planes and possibly airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPA
Hope Airport
United States
Lloyd Spencer
Star
National Capital
City of Hope
Hope
Proving Ground
Wreck Victim Dies Sunday in Local Auto Crash
Clyde Brasher aged 20 of Fulton died in a hospital Sunday after injuries from an auto wreck about three miles west of Hope on Friday July 4. The crash also claimed LeRoy Williams, a Fulton resident, who died minutes later. Several others had minor injuries. Brasher leaves a widow and one child. Funeral services were set for Monday afternoon near McNeil Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Brasher
Fulton
Hope
LeRoy Willams
Brasher
McNeil
Ark
Reports differ on Red German War front shifts
Moscow reports claimed counter-offensives halted a German drive into Russia in five sectors and mocked Hitler's tanks as wood and canvas. Berlin asserted the Stalin line was broken and Bucovina and Bessarabia had fallen, with Cernauti seized and Axis forces advancing toward Dniester and Lviv regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Lesday
Stalin Line
Ostrov
Pskov
Andhoy
Berlin
Cernauti
Bucovina
DNB
Hitler
Bessarabia
Rumania
Soviet Union
Carpathias
Anis
Dniester River
Galicia
Seret River
Lwoan
Russian Ukraine
Binsk
Dniester
Dvina
Volynia
Ukraine
Kiev
Revival Near Hempstead County Courthouse Postponed
Revival started by Rev Angel Martinez near Hempstead county courthouse grounds was set for Monday July 7 but postponed due to the mess surrounding the pastor. Announcement said the three week event will resume at an unspecified future date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel Martinez
Hempstead County
Nater
Film to Be Shown at Kiwanis Meet
A technicolor film Refreshment Through the Years will be shown at the Kiwanis club weekly meeting at Hotel Barlow on Tuesday. Martin Poole is program director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Meet
Kiwanis Club
Psalm Verse Fragment Reflects Faithful Exaltation
A fragmentary biblical utterance proclaims the Lord liveth and God of salvation exalted, praising the rock of strength and divine protection. The succinct line echoes psalmic devotion.
Army Returns to Memphis to Apologize to Girls
About 1200 soldiers of the 35th division were recalled from the Memphis route to apologize after boisterous behavior toward girls in shorts near a golf course. Lt General Ber Lear contended the conduct was a breach of discipline and ordered the convoy back to Camp Robinson, with further steps to be decided in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Camp Robinson
Ber Lear
Lear
McNutt Urges Firm Stand Against Japan and Axis
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt warned Washington that U S interests in Asia cannot be abandoned to appease Japan. He warned of possible Axis collaboration with Japan if Germany overwhelms Russia and urged China and the United States to act now to prevent a totalitarian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Asia
Japan
America
Far East
McNutt
Russia
China
U. S
Europe
Landowners Reminded to Sign Crossing Permits for August Maneuvers
The Army Land Board announced that landowners and tenants must sign and return permits to allow crossing of local farms during August maneuvers. Although Hope is not the headquarters, the exercises will occur in southwest Arkansas and require permission to cross any land involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Land Board
Hope
Arkansas
The
Land Board
Guardsmen to Register Also
Guardsmen who served in the active National Guard must register at once after discharge. Brig. Gen. E. L. Compere, Arkansas Selective Service Director, stressed that men aged 21 to 36 who served in the National Guard must register even if not liable for peacetime training. Those with six or more years are relieved from liability but must register. those with fewer than six years are not relieved. He noted some discharged guardsmen had not registered and urged immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Active National Guard
Selective Service Act
E. L. Compere
Selective Service For
Arkansas
Compere
National Guard
Naional Guard
German Losses Put of Million
MOSCOW report quotes Russian Vice Commissar of foreign affairs A Lozovsky stating Germany lost nearly a million men dead or wounded in the first 16 days of the attack on Russia. He cites 700000 casualties in 12 days and about 60000 daily losses, noting Russian losses were not provided and battles were growing fiercer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
A. Lozovsky
Germany
Russia
AAA Payments Are Listed Here In Arkansas 1835
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration revealed to Congress that the late J. O. E. Beck of Hughes and his son State Senator J. O. E. Beck Jr. received the largest conservation and parity payments in Arkansas totaling 33 432 91. Eldest Beck got 22 859 49 and the son 10 541 52. The largest single payment was 30 935 97 to the Arkansas penitentiary. Over 1 900 farmers received more than 1 000 dollars, with many smaller payments reported. The list names numerous individuals and firms from Arkansas and beyond, reflecting the scope of parity and conservation programs begun in 1929. The report covers payments to Twist Bros. and dozens of others, detailing towns such as Marion, Clarksdale, Tillar, Helena, Blytheville, and Port land, among others, with scattered larger sums and many smaller ones. The article notes that all payments represent specific program performance by cooperating farmers and soil conservation actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. O. E. Beck
Hughes
J. O. E. Beck, Jr
Arkansas
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
Beck
Arkansas Penitentiary
AAA
Paul H. Appleby
Agriculture
Twist Bros. Twist
R.T. Kuhn
Marion
Cromer Bros
Osevela
Lawrence Bros. and Co
Driver
Danner Planting Co
Clarksdale
Tillar Mercantile Co
Tillar
California Lands, Inc
San Francisco
Calif
RB. C. Branch
Pecan Point
Joel A. Pugh
Portland
Hugh M. Brinkley
Bruins
W. P. McGeorge
Pine Bluff
Mallory Farms
Chatfield
R. A. Pickens & Son Co
Fickens
W. G. Alexander
Scott
Willey Planting Co
Altheimer
L. E. Bureh
Mary Fathauer
Helena
C. H. Whistle
Manila
Southern Rice Products Corp
Carlisle
C. M. Abbott
Blytheville
Hope
W. C
Proving Ground to Move Up One Hour on July 14
The War Department Proving Ground near Hope will observe daylight saving time starting July 14 to speed construction of a 15 million dollar facility. About 400 staff, 2,000 workers, 150 permanent buildings, a 1.3 million dollar airport, and legal possession of 43,468 acres were announced. Labor will be through the Arkansas Employment Bureau with local workers given preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
War Department
Hope
Proving Ground
Hope High School
Werner C. Strecker
Quartermasters Corps
Harry J. Lemley
Texarkana
Arkansas
Troop movements into southwest Arkansas begin this week
The First Battalion Medical Detachment and Headquarters Service Companies of the 110th Missouri Engineers will move from Camp Robinson by Thursday or Friday to prepare the maneuver area for 110,000 troops. About 400 personnel, roadwork, bridges, and new roads will be built or repaired as engineers prep sites and water sources. The Mapping Section will survey camp sites, water, and a portable purification plant will operate with the convoy. Medical units follow, with the 43rd Engineers likely in two weeks and a giant food distribution plan under Lt Col Maurice V. Patton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Southwest Arkansas
110Th (Missouri) Engineers Regiment
Camp Robinson
43Rd Engineers
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Maurice V. Patton
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Smead
Alex. H. Washburn
Willis Thornton
U.S
City Hall
Elmer Purtle
Spencer
J.C. Brasher
Dyina
Polotsk
Orsha
Novograd
Volynski
Porut
Lepel
Berezina
Riga
Gulf of Finland
Associated Press
New Orleans
New York
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