Politicking Over Neutrality Legislation Draws Congressmen
Washington reports intense House maneuvering over repealing neutrality controls as Tobeet G. Allen of Pennsylvania leads an independent bid. The debate drew in Sol Bloom and James Wadsworth with support from Bruce Barton and James A. Shanley, while the State Department showed mixed interest. Patton Sumner’s informal debates boosted Allen’s stance and gained tactical prestige for Connecticut’s Shantey. Continued on Page Four.
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British Cabinet Attacks Indirect Force Policy openly
London reports say the British Cabinet under de la Warr declares standing by allies and resisting direct aggression as the likely course. Washington notes Democratic opposition may limit President Roosevelt's aid package to Britain and France as war fears rise.
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Big Delegation for 4 H Study Days at Arkansas
A large 4 H Study Days event at the University of Arkansas drew 2460 farm boys and girls from numerous counties. Delegations from Clark Garland Miller LaFayette led large groups while other counties participated under extension agents and local leaders.
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University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Suation
G. W. Ware
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Fred Varrick
Ue National Cement Associations
Doris Web
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Aaphitheater
Thy Model Laboratories
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Suasion
Unclear snippet on Thought As Unow Wilted
Fragmentary text from a historical page shows a ciphered line about thought fading and a line mentioning a Keme pis. The readable portions are insufficient to identify a person, place, date, or event, preventing a solid factual summary.
Cranium Crackers Beauty Quiz Prompts Odd Advice
A fragmented humor piece offers beauty tips with garbled lines about makeup coordination, hair care, and posture. The text is patchy and unclear but implies a quiz format with answers on another page. The style resembles a light local column or filler item.
Antarctica Claim For U S Led By Byrd In Expedition
Washington reports Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is commissioned to head a U S Antarctic expedition to claim parts of the continent. Roosevelt orders immediate outfitting with a target launch between October and January. Congress appropriates 340000 dollars and a 675000 square mile claim is outlined including Marie Byrd Land and James W Ellsworth Land. A snow cruiser project may accompany the voyage with a scouting plane onboard.
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Richard E. Byrd
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Norway
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Galapagos and Cocos Islands Key Air Bases for Canal Defense
War report from Ancon Panama Canal Zone outlines strategic use of Galapagos and Cocos Islands as enemy air bases. It details how German and other powers could threaten the canal from secret bases in the Caribbean and nearby lands, and stresses the need for strengthened air defenses, more aircraft, and expanded patrol facilities to guard the waterway.
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Fiomas M. Johnson
NEA
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United States
Germany
South Atlantic
Cano Verdes
Azores
Caribbean
Innes
Canal Zone
H. G. Wells
Pacific Isles
Canal
Cocos Island
Costa Ries
Tiny Islets Hold Key To Canal Defense Strategy
The article notes a final defense plan for the Panama Canal with air patrols within 500 miles of the zone. It describes U S battle planes operating from the Canal Zone, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, and Cuba to deter invaders. It warns Pacific gaps allow enemy carriers to approach undetected, urging bases on Cocos and the Galapagos Islands to extend patrols.
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Panama Canal
St. Thomas
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Atlantic
Canal
Pacific
U.S
Cocos Island
Galapagos Islands
Germany shuts three Protestant theology schools at Nazi push
In EMblin Germany three of 16 Protestant theological schools were ordered closed as part of a Nazi campaign to pressure the church. The move followed a Nordland article criticizing theology study as without value and unnecessary. The affected schools were Mouleberg University and the Universities of Leipzig and Rostock.
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Emblin
Germany
Gerim Mally
Gulgher 4 Tne
Nordland
Vely Mouleberg University
Universites of
Leipsig
Rostock
Norelind
Prison official sentenced in Holmesburg death case
Francis Craven deputy warden was sentenced to one to three years for involuntary manslaughter in the Holmesburg prison heat death of four convicts last August. He appealed after a January 12 conviction as the first of a dozen officials tried. Francis Smith was convicted and seeks a new trial while former Supt James Mills and seven guards were acquitted.
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Philadelphia
Franis Craven
Holmesburg
Craven
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Francis Smith
James Mills
All-Day Singing Planned at Shover Springs Church
An all-day singing is set for Sunday July 18 at Shover Springs church. The public is invited and attendees are urged to bring basket lunches and song books. Ten quartets have been invited to perform.
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Shover Springs Church
Lie-Detector Test in Torso Murder Case in Cleveland
Cleveland authorities ordered a lie detector test for Frank Dolezal on Saturday to close loopholes in his confession to the No. 3 torso murder. Detective Harry Brown said the case is far from a court-ready sign. Sheriff Martin O'Donnell added they are not yet satisfied and will question Dolezal from every angle. The Patmos cemetery will be cleaned Wednesday July 12 and all interested workers are asked to report.
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Ohio
Frank Dolezal
No. 3
Harry Brown
Martin O'Donnell
Dolezal
Patmos
Mind Your Manners at Luncheon Etiquette Quiz
A reader quiz on luncheon table etiquette covers candle use, tablecloths, matching napkins, bread and butter baskets, grapefruit sections, and handling extra servings. The correct responses emphasize appropriate restraint and polite refusals, with option 1b highlighted as the best solution.
Cotton acreage up for Arkansas in July cultivation
The Agriculture Department reports July cotton in cultivation totaled 24,943,000 acres, 99.7 percent of last year. In Arkansas 2,208,000 acres were in cultivation, or 102 percent of the prior year, among state by state figures released Saturday.
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Department of Agriculture
Arkansas
Clipper Takes 19 on Northern Route 1
Nine teen persons, the first to make a commercial transatlantic flight over the northern route, left Fort Washington Saturday aboard Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper. The huge plane left the waters of Long Island Sound at 6:25 a.m. and headed for Southampton, England.
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Pan-American Airways
Long Island Sound
Southampton
Eng
Rabbits Prove Efficient Meat Producers in California
Fontana Calif 12 The rabbit bite is the most efficient means of turning hay and brain into meat says George Templeton director of Uncle Sam's rabbit experiment station He cites a doe that in eight months produced rabbits weighing 110 pounds and notes no other animal can yield ten times its weight in meat per year
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Calif
George
Templeton
Uncle Sam
Boy with photostatic mind answers 100 questions from image
Henderson Texas report on Everett Neel Joaquin high school senior dubbed the boy with the photostatic mind. He studies a mental image for a moment and then recalls minute details by answering more than 100 questions about the picture.
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Henderson, Tex
Everett Neel
Joaquin
First Sheriff Announces Woodard Breed on Trial
Prince Next Sheriff Jim Sanderson of Ashdown told The Star that Woodard Breed of Hope will be first to stand trial for arson in the burning of the Princess hotel. Breed’s case is set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Little River County Circuit Court at Ashdown. Other defendants include Earl Poindexter, Robert Johnson, E R B Jarvis, and J T Prince, with Wheaton having pleaded guilty and awaiting sentence.
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Jim Sanderson
Ashdown
Star Over
Woodard Breed of
Hope
Princess Hotel
Breed
Little River County
Gillham, Ark
Earl Poindexter
Robert Johnson
Negro
E. RB. Jarvis of
Jarvis
J. T. Prince
Gillham
Argu
Chris Wheaton
Hope Negro
Minor Milwee
Milwee
Wheaton
Sanderson
General Motors Suspends Benefits Amid Strike Tie Up
General Motors halted employee income security payments as a skilled workers strike threatens delays to 1940 model production and idles about 6,000 workers. The walkouts, by tool and die workers, engineers and maintenance men in four plants, stem from a jurisdictional dispute between C I C and A F of G factions of the U A W. James F. Dewey urged both sides to decide their stance. wage demands exceed 10 cents an hour with working conditions to be adjusted. The strike, not affecting 1958 car production, targets 1940 models and employs the U A W C I O banner.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Tool and Die
William S. Knudsen
Corporation
A. F
James F. Dewey
Battlefield Cake Walk at Battlefeld Community
A cake walk will be held Friday night July 14 at Battlefeld community to raise funds for a church project. The public is invited to attend and support the event.
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Battlefeld
Cotton market opens, closes higher on Saturday New Orleans
New Orleans July cotton opened at 8.66 and closed at 9.59 bid with 9.61 asked. Spat cotton closed dull five points lower with middling at 9.50.
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