Hope to End Overhead Wires with Bell Underground Plan
Our Daily Bread notes Southwestern Bell Telephone plans a $15,000 project to place lines underground in Hope's business district. The piece argues for an exchange building in Hope, cites population growth and the Proving Ground impact, and mentions Prescott and Camden as maneuvers headquarters options for the Army.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Com
Hope
Etvic
Municipal Water & Light
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Hane
Southwestern Proving Ground
Southwestern Bell
Southwest Arkansas
Prescott
Camden
Arkadelphia
Telephone Co. to Put Lines Underground
Southwestern Bell begins removing overhead lines in Hope downs town with 25 workers for about a month. The project, contracted to George Nichols Construction of Hot Springs, costs 15000 dollars and requires pavement cutting. A. P. Annen serves as consulting engineer. Bell also expands emergency service for the War Department Proving Ground with PBX boards at Hope High School and planned extensions to main buildings, airport, and observation posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Downstown
Hope
George Nichols Construction Company
Hot Springs
A. P. Annen
Telephone Company
War Department
Proving Ground
R. L. Bankeson
Bell
Hope High School
Bankson
Army
Bell Company
Bees and their keeper Garner in Gray Court
R Garner, 74, lives with 200 hives in Gray Court South Carolina. He says bees are like people: treat them right and they are nice. He notes some bees sting when his careless handling irritates their flighty fellows.
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Gray Court
W. R. Garner
Aone
Garner
Begun Movement of Rochdale Weavers in 1844
The cooperative movement began in 1844 when 28 Rochdale flannel weavers formed a society to relieve unemployment and high prices. It marks the birth of a wider movement aimed at fair trading and mutual aid in England.
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Co-Operative
Rochdale
England
Eyes Straight Ahead In War Policy
Willis Thornton argues the United States must focus on defeating Nazi Germany and aiding Britain, while resisting calls to shift support to the Soviet Union. He asserts aid to Russia serves Hitler’s defeat, not democracy, and urges continued support for Britain with minimal Soviet concessions. The piece defends a staunch anti Nazism stance and prioritizes victory over Hitler above all else.
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United States
Nazi Germany
Soviet Union
America
Hitler
Britain
Stalin
Russia
Better Late Than Never in Croville History
CROVILLE Calif Four score years of civic life touched by Harry James Osborne who served on the school board and learned late he was not an American citizen. At seven he corrected the record by taking out papers. A fragment recalls Plymouth Rock era hardship with scarce food forcing a landing near an unfamiliar coast.
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Croville
Calif
Harry James Osborne
Reconnaisance Begun Here for the War Games
Six senior officers of the Seventh Army Corps arrived in Hope from Birmingham to begin a preliminary recon mission in southwest Arkansas for the August war games involving 125,000 soldiers. They will inspect roads bridges telephone networks airports and other facilities to map possible campaign routes for the opposing armies.
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Seventh Army Corps
Hope
Birmingham
Arkansas
Frederic H. Smith
Texarkana
Adkins Holds Oil Conference in Arkansas Plan
In Little Rock representatives of three major oil firms pledged cooperation with Gov. Homer Adkins to liberalize sour gas for industrial growth. A joint Oil and Gas Commission and Utilities Commission will coordinate removal of gas from the MeKamix Dorcheat and Big Creek fields to supply about 50 to 60 million cubic feet daily for two 900,000 kilowatt steam plants planned in the state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Homar M. Adkins
State Oil and Gas Commission
The
Utilities Commission
MeKamix
Dorcheat
Big Creek
Dr Strong Aids Fliers Against Hidden Hurdle
A 22 year old man seeks Army air service but a cyst near the spine disqualifies him after medicals. He is directed to the American Flying Services Foundation for help. The War Department targets 30,000 recruits, with continuation referenced.
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Erman Allen
New York
Mitchel Field
al Mier
American Flying Services Pound
American Flying Services Foundation
Flying Services
War Department
Domestic Help Register Appeal Arouses Hove Area
Arkansas Employment Service in Walnut and Second streets urged unemployed Negro women to register for domestic help jobs. The office said many applications for domestic work arrived recently but stayed unfilled due to lack of registered bidders.
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Hove
Arkansas Employment Service
Walnut
Second _ streets
Troops Must Walk 15 Miles in Heat at Camp Robinson
About 350 soldiers from the 85th Division trekked toward Camp Robinson in heat, many dropping from trucks to walk. A harsh critique from a general labeled the conduct disgraceful, with possible officer resignations or demotions for discipline failures. The battalion completed a 15 mile march, half on foot and half in trucks, amid fatigue and a disrupted march pace.
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Memphis
Camp Robinson
85Th Division
Ben le
Mississippi River
Hope Youths Attend Camp Mitchell With St. Mark's Group
Six youths and their counselor Mrs J R Henry joined sponsor Rev Harry Wintermeyer of St. Mark's Parish at Camp Mitchell on Fouit Jean Mountain from June 16 to 25. The Diocese of Arkansas Young Churchmen held its Annual Convention during the camp with elections and honors awarded. Jimmy Henry became president of the Young Churchmen, Mrs Henry named counselor, Patsy Ann Campbell and J P Stanford named delegates. Jimmy Henry to attend Sewanee Summer Training School July 30 to August 14. Honor campers included Jimmy and Nancy Hi. Nancy edited the Camp Paper and won Most Popular Girl in the Who's Who Contest. Richard Stanford named Most Athletic Boy. J P Stanford voted Cutest Boy. St. Mark's earned Honorable Mention for the year's activities with full representation at Camp Mitchell.
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J. R. Henry
Harry Wintermeyer
St. Mark's
Jimmy Henry
Sewanee
Jimmy
Nancy Hi
Nancy
Richard Stanford
J. P. Stanford
Camp Mitchell
Former Hope Resident Dies in Shreveport
Mrs. Gertrude Lowry Freeman Braverman 64 formerly Miss Gertrude Lowry of Hope died July 4 in Highland Sanitarium Shreveport after a brief illness. She had lived with her daughter Miss Charlotte Freeman in Shreveport for nine months. Surviving are sons Benjamin of Port Arthur J L of Pittsburg Fort and her mother Mrs. Mattie Lowry of Port Arthur.
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Ben Freeman
Gertrude Lowry
Hope
Highland Sanitarium
Shreveport
A Thought That in Such Righteousness to Them
A religious reflection notes that righteousness credited by faith may bring justification before God and peace of conscience as discussed by Milton.
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God
Milton
Russians Claim Soviet Forces Hold Nazis on 600 Mile Front
Soviet war bulletin said troops held the Germans at bay along the 600 mile front before the Stalin line and repelled Nazi attempts to break through toward Moscow. reports placed heavy fighting between Estrov Latvia frontier and Novograd Volynski, with clashes in the Ukraine sector and a decisive counterblow to the Nazis.
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Associated Press
Stalin Line
Moscow
Estrov
Latvia
Novograd Volynski
Ukraine
Leningrad
Dnestr
Torsely
Adolf Hitler
Tass
Red High Command
Berlin
DNB
Ring Lost Twenty Years Found by Yangtze Salvage
A Chinese man salvaging a coat in the Yangtze River found a gold naval academy ring and sold it to Lieut. William J. Lederer Jr. of the U S. The inscription named Donald Francis Smith, who Lederer then located in New York. The ring was lost about two decades ago and is being returned.
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Manila
Yangtze River
William J. Lederer, Jr
U. S Away
Lederer
Naval Academy
Donald Francis Smith
Smith
T New York
Aged Hickpocket Nabbed by Policewomen in Store
New York policewomen Josephine Freer and Mary Graham observed an elderly hickpocket attempting to seize a woman's purse in a department store. He paused to put on his glasses, fled down an escalator, and was caught after a scuffle during which Freer’s manicured nails were torn.
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New York
I Josephine Freer
Mary Graham
Freer Deshly
Small Cotton Crop Forecast for 1941
Washington reports this year's cotton crop may be the smallest in 46 years. If yields reach last year’s 252.2 pounds per acre, production could fall to about 11.665 million bales, the smallest since 1895. Acreage in cultivation on July 1 was 23.519 million, down 4.5 percent from last year and 28.6 percent below the July 1 average.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Seward's Folly Alaska Purchase Recalled
The Alaska purchase once dubbed Seward's Folly by Secretary of State William H. Seward faced derision for valuing land many believed worthless, though the deal shaped U S expansion and regional status.
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Alaska
Russia
Seward
William H. Seward
Mind Your Manners Answers to Household Etiquette Quiz
A compact study of social usage questions with solutions. It covers appropriate attire for informal garden events, ideal times for serving corn on the cob, hostess provisions like occasional tables during outdoor refreshments, and polite refusals of offered food. It also asks how a woman should respond at a civic dinner when seated beside a stranger and whether to say thank you when a servant fills a glass.
80000 Men May Go to Iceland
Washington reports indicate Teceland may host a large U S garrison overseas, with estimates around 80 000 to 118 700 troops including Hawaii. Iceland’s British occupation force near 80 000 prompts talk the American force could equal or surpass it. Roosevelt pledges would send troops only within the continent but Rome notes the move as intervention in European waters.
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Washington
Teceland
U. S
Hawaii
Iceland
Herman Jonasson
Roosevelt
Rome
Berlin
Reserve Air Corps Officers Called to Active Duty
Washington dispatch reports the air corps is ordering reserve officers not on active duty and whose civilian jobs are vital to national defense to report for active duty. The move targets personnel essential to ongoing defense programs.
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Washington
Way Department
Air Corps
Cranium Crackers Identify Jack and Robin Variants
A list of names and phrases illustrating the use of Jack and Robin as first time forms or inanimate designations. It groups examples like Jack of Spades Jack Be Nimble Jack in the Box Jack of All Trades June Knight Day in June June Bug June Berry Joe College Joe Miller Charney Horse Tom Tom John Doe Robin Hood Robin Moor Robin Redbreast Robin Burns with a note: Answers on Come Page.
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Jack
Knight
Bug
Berry
Joe College
o-Jo
Joe Miller
Charney Horse
Tom-Tom
John Doe
Robin Hood
Robin Moor
Robin Redbreast
Robin Burns
Auwers
Proving Ground Evacuation Prepared For Monday
Government farm services held an emergency meeting at Hempstead courthouse to outline a plan for about 1,000 farm families facing evacuation from a 45,000 acre federally condemned tract. Northern areas may move in 30 to 40 days, southern portions immediately, with tent cities and temporary financing needed. A relocation committee was named to assess evacuees needs and government offerings. Rental controls announced for Hope area to house Army personnel, with strict enforcement.
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Government Farm Services
Emergenc
Hempstead
I Farm Security Administration
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Oliver Adams
Agen
W. M. Sparks
Farm Security Administration
Buford Poe
Soi Conservation Services
Lee H. Garland
The
Proving Ground
Hope House
Southwest Proving Ground Hope
Arkansas
War Department
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Proving Ground
Cabell Charies A. Armitage
Similes Added to Lion Transfer At Bronx Park
New York report notes cat like similes as nine residents describe cats as nimble. Five lions moved to a barless enclosure away from spectators by a mast. One lion is 80 and clumsy, having fallen several times. the others have fallen at least twice.
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New York
Bronx Park
Poaching by Auto Costly in Texas
A driver who struck a deer with his car was fined 21 dollars and spent 19.50 on repairs. A state game warden traced the incident using deer remnants, glass, and a damaged radiator to a town ten miles away.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
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Maneuvers
New Orleans
Coen
By Willis Thornton
Plymouth Rock
Virginia
Somuehing
7Th Army Corps
Ala
Adkins
Dr. Strong
Vichy
Finland
Sleningrad
Estonia
Lithuania
Hungary
Borisny
Es Minsk
Iuisk
Molensk Soviet
Breax
Germany
U.S
Reserve Air Corps
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