Weekend Standings and Upcoming Matches in League Play
Sunday's results show Chattanooga 4 7, Little Rock 0 6, Nashville 74, Birmingham 5 5, Knoxville 4 8, New Orleans 1 1, Atlanta 8 7, Memphis 4 2. Monday features Chattanooga at Little Rock and Knoxville at New Orleans with no other games scheduled.
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Reese
Flying Co Ed Mystery Ends With Uncertain Rescue
In a storm damp night at Midland, Anne Norris flees two gunmen after a Villa Alpha shooting. Dick Douglas arrives in a car, helps Anne escape, and insists she must return to face possible expulsion and police questioning. He offers aid and leaves her resolved but unsettled about Tony Scott and the future.
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Little Rock Drops Two Games Sunday
The Travelers were unable to push a runner past second in the first game and failed to reach second after trimming the lead to four in the second, losing 4 to 0 and 7 to 6 to the Chattanooga Lookouts at Traveler Field. This marked a second straight doubleheader defeat, following a loss to Atlanta the night before. Ken Ash, a former Traveler, starred for the Lookouts as Little Rock stranded four singles and showed persistent futility.
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Chattanooga Lookouts
Traveler Field
Atlanta
Lookout Racing
Knoxyle Smokies
Ken Ash
Piith
Social Calendar Busy Tuesday Meets
Social and bridge events fill Tuesday with the Women’s club at 1 30 p m hosted by Mrs Flossig Hamm, a bridge session at Mrs R V Herndon’s home at 2 30, Woodman Circle Drill at Woodman Hall at 8 p m, and Emanon Club gathering at the Jewell home where guests enjoy summer flowers and bridge games with Mrs Don Ligon of San Antonio among the attendees.
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Flossig Hamm
R. V. Herndon
Woodman Circle
Woodsman Hall
Emanon Club
Nick Jewell
Don Ligon
San Antonio
Texna
Personal Mention Guests and Weekend Plans Across Arkansas
Local social notes list Mr and Mrs Charles Routon and daughter Mary Beth of Little Rock visiting Mrs Routons mother Mrs Ida Arnett and Mr Routons parents. Many families travel for visits with relatives in Smackover Athens Prescott Texarkana and Luverne Alabama as well as trips to California and New Orleans Galveston and Houston.
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Charles Routon
Mary Beth
Little Rock
Routen
Ida Arnett
Mr. " Routon
C. F. Routon
Lloyd Coop
Misa Rose Mary
Coop
B. F. Campbell
Huge, Oklahoma
Olver
J. W. Franks
Tilman Bearden
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
Texas
Omisa Sue Rucker
Gunston Hall
Mary Haynes
Washington, D. C
Arive
Philippines
Hope Cancels Hope and Magnolia Game
The Hope and Magnolia baseball doubleheader was canceled Sunday due to wet grounds with games postponed to a later date. Hope will host Magnolia at Fair Park on Friday at 3 30 with a large crowd expected.
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Waldo
Magnolia
Fairpark
Rainfall Hits Milwaukee Waterworks Revenue Drop
Milwaukees waterworks report a poor business as rains in early 1940 cut irrigation and reduced revenue by about 50000 compared with the same period last year.
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Local Social News From 62 South Hervey Street
Miss Nancy Faye Williams returns Monday from a visit with Miss Jerry Smith in Little Rock. Patricia Williams comes back from time with cousin Miss Billy Lee Sanders in Bearden. Sanders is now a guest in the Williams home. Seeya Gibson and son Johny resume home from a vacation near Hot Springs. Gwen Nix and children drive to Idabel for Vanderbilt family reunion. Wallace Beene leaves for a trip in Arizona. A L King and son Carlton spend weekend in Texarkana. Mildred King returns home after a month with sisters in Texarkana. A B Spraggins hosts Mrs Spraggin’s nephew Robert Sale of El Dorado. Welton Taylor visits sister Mrs John Rowe and Mr Rowe in Monroe Louisiana.
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Little Rock
E. J. McCain
el Dorado
Mes
Spragins
RD. Pronkiln
Bobby Jeft
California
Omrs. C
C. A. Keith
Jean Louise
Vincent Edger
Texarkana
E.G. Coop
J. R. Williams
Lake Hamilton
Will Stumsalster
J. Ross
Chamber of Malvern
Nancy Faye Williams
Jerry Smith
Patricia Williams
Billy Lee Sanders
Bearden
Sanders
Williams
Seeya Gibson
Johny
Lale Catherine
Hot Springs
Gwen Nix
Idabel
Vanderbilt
Wallace Beene
Arizona
Omr
A. L. King and Son
Carlton
Mildred King
Harold Lawerence
Mr. Lawerence
Truett Simmons
Mr. Simmons
Yexarkana
A. B. Spraggins
Sprasulin
Robert Sale
O~ Welton Taylor
John Rowe
Mr. Rowe
Monroe
Louisiana
Atlantic and Caribbean forces eyed in wary wartime balance
Bruce Catton notes U S naval strength and air power within reach of Caribbean islands, detailing the Atlantic fleet’s battleships carriers and cruisers, submarines, and air squadrons. He discusses Martinique’s tense situation, neutrality zones, and the Monroe Doctrine as Havana conference topics.
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France
Conventions Need to Be Explained by Stinnett
Stinnett reflects on the 1940 conventions in Philadelphia and Chicago, noting Wilkie's nomination and Roosevelt's silence, and plans to explain the era's political upheavals. He praises reporters for providing facts and considers the press’s role in shaping perception during the conventions.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Wilkie
Chicago
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Transformation Toward Facist State Speculation
A brief note considers a centrist to fascist trajectory and the possibility Germany could gain air and submarine bases near the Panama Canal without violating the Monroe Doctrine, suggesting strategic moves in a tense international climate.
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Germany
Panama Canal
Democratic convention whispers and uncertain orders
The piece recalls the 1940 Democratic convention mood with leaders like Garner Wheeler McNutt Farley and Roosevelt aides unsure what the nominee would want. Reporters roam the Stevens lobby asking for decisive direction while a jittery party contemplates an overwhelming victory or a contested outcome amid rumors of a vice president pick. A closing note warns that no organ is immune to tuberculosis.
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