Social Calendar and Birthday Dinner At Local Homes
A social calendar lists an al fresco party for Mrs. Clyde Monta on Brond Road and a birthday dinner hosted by Mary Haynes on West Second Street with guests including Miss Mary Smiley and others. Bridge luncheon at the Barlow features Mrs. P DP Smith of Dallas with many attendees and four tables of games. The Hempstead County Library reports the new wartime bestseller This Above All by Erle Knight, noting its limited wartime setting and open summer hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Black
Clyde Monta
West Second Street
Mary Smiley
Texarkana
Martha Houston
Miss Haynes
Frex Taylor
Arthur Barr
Frank Howson
Barlow
P, Dp, Smith
Dallas
Helen McRae
Robert Wilson
B. C. Mlyatt
Brooks Shultz
Robert LaGrone
Frank Nolen
Lyle Moore
Tom McLarty
E. F. McFaddin
Prank Johnson
Robert Vesey
Robert Campbel
Terrell Cornelius
J. D. Winder
Ft. Smith
Catherine Howard
Alfred Brannan
R. A. Boyett
Commer Boycott
T. 5. McDavitt
Smith
Hempstead County
America
Erle Knight
Dunkirk
England
Prue
Clive
Hollywood Studios and Stars Rally for War Preparedness
Hollywood’s film industry actively supports defense efforts through training films and troop morale events. Studios fund and donate labor for scientific research and visual education, with Darryl Zanuck and John Ford guiding efforts. Stars and executives organize shows, yet industry-wide credit remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Hollywood
Army Signal Corps
Research Council of the
Motion Picture Academy
Sost
Darryl Zanuck
John Ford
Engineer Corps
Personal notices of visits and departures in Arkadelphia region
Miss Nell Louise Broyles leaves this weekend for Arkadelphia to join Henderson State Teachers College. Little Cynthia Still visits grandmother in Arkadelphia. Mr and Mrs Fred O Ellis of Ft Smith visit Judge and Mrs W K Lemey. Mrs W W Wrinkler of Shreveport visits daughter Mrs Coner Boyett and family. Eugenia Knighton returns to Little Rock after visiting A C Whitehurst and friends. Captain and Mrs Harry J Lemley Jr and daughter Margaret return to Ft Sill Okla. Bit Gover of Mayden visits city. Bruce McRae returns to Little Rock after visiting. Mr and Mrs Howard Stuart of Tuscaloosa enjoy vacation with Claud Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Louise Broyles
Arkadelphia
Henderson State Teachers' College
Cynthia Still
Arkadelphia J
Arch Cannon
Fred 0. Ellis
Ft. Smith
Eugenia Knighton
Little Rock
A. C. Whitehurst
Harry J. Lemley Jr
Margaret
Harry J. Lemley
Ft. Sill
Okla
Chic Amid Machines Women workers redefine wartime Canada
AP feature by Margaret Kernodle notes hundreds of Canadian women under 30 enter munitions plants and farms this summer. Half of small arms plant workers are female. pay starts at 17 to 30 cents an hour with raises. Women in gun factories wear slacks, nets, and polish, with lower accident rates and capability across thousands of gun operations for Hurricanes and Spitfires. Additional Farm Service Force volunteers from Ontario, housed by YWCA, live in hostels and tents, earning minimums for fruit growing and related tasks while learning agriculture skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kernodle
Servier
Toronto
Canada
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Cafetrela
Allan Scott
Ontario
WE THE WOMEN: Do's and don'ts for visiting army camp romances
Ruth Millett advises in this column for young women planning vacations with soldiers. She urges advance notice, discreet affection, and avoiding flirtation with other troops. The piece cautions not to boast about promotions or officers, to keep visits brief, and to leave while still welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Millett
Doris Duke
Farm Workers Bused from Toronto in Growing Practice
Report notes hundreds are sent daily from Toronto on trucks to farms for manual labor. The practice is described as spreading to more farms and communities, with workers traveling long distances for seasonal farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Martin Dies
Toronto
Army Leader Wins Finn War
AP Feature Service profiles Marshal Semion Timoshenko as he revives the Soviet army during the Winter War. The article details his rise from peasant youth to defense commissar, reforms reducing political commissars, restoring officer ranks, and pushing field exercises. It notes his decisive moves after the Mannerheim Line fell and his reunion with family after 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Semion Timoshenko
Mannerheim
Timoshenko
Stalin
Kliment Voroshiloff
Defense Committee
Bessarabbia
Russia
Romania
Bessarabia
USO tour highlights and transport challenges for players
The article notes a spectacular USO tour but emphasizes the hidden strain of long training trips. It mentions players traveling by bus to training camps through desert roads and the need for transport planes to widen coverage and reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service Organizations
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George Ware
Mary Waynes
Mary Haynes
Harrison
Paul Harrizon
Rialto
Tim Holt
Iaenger
Edward G. [Robinson
Ida Lupino
John Garfield
W. W. Wrinkler
Shreveport
Coner Boyett
Boyett
Mrs
Howard Stuart
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Mr. Stuart
Claud Stuart
James Summer O
Rephan’s the Friendly Store
General Electric
Erie
U. S
Soldier Boy
Tee Theatres Saenger Thurs
Colorado
People
Buck
Motion Pictures
H. T. Shull
Marshall Timoshenko
Dad Cushing
W. G. Ferguson
Cushing Christian
Arid
American Institute of Laundering
ABC Tissues
ABC
Zephyr Gingharms
ABC Gallant Swiss
ABC Demity
ABC Normandy
ABC Tuxedo
Batiste
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Nashville
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