Hope Traffic Makers Debate Two Hour Parking Rule
Hope town faces a two hour parking limit as traffic experts note growing population. An insurance man jokes the mayor should blow a whistle every two hours to move cars. Mayor Graves reports that electric power negotiations for the Southwestern Proving Ground could double city plant output, requiring new equipment and lines. Construction workers and barracks are planned, with jobs for thousands during the build. The defense program nears a new production phase as factories roll out rifles, tanks, and ships nationwide.
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Hope
Stamps
Mid
Hoose-Gan
Southwestern Proving Ground
City of Hope
Municipal Water & Light
Albert Graves
Hope Rotary’ Club
Hotel Barlow
Nationa
Proving Ground
Walter
Callahan Construction Company
Praying Ground
Engand
Army
Milan
Tenn
Libya
Barbershops Raise Prices Across Hope Town
Beginning Friday all Hope barbershops announced increases of five cents on haircuts and shaves. New prices are 26 cents for a shave and 4 cents for a haircut. Charge reflects higher living costs and stricter inspections.
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Charving
All Hope Barberships
Robison Couple Return From Texas Market Trip
Mr and Mrs Geo W Robison returned home Thursday from Dallas and Fort Worth Texas where they visited ready to wear markets buying full merchandise for Geo W Robison and Co department stores in Hope and Nashville
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Geo. W. Robison
Fran Dall
Fort Worth
Texas
Geo. W. Robison & Co. Department
Hope
Nashville
Cupid on Overtime In The Marriage Columns
Variety of socialites and stars feature in late summer marriage notices and divorces. Brenda Frazier and Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney wed unusual matches. A band leader’s widow hints at Broadway actor Adonis. Brenda Marshall and Nancy Kelly vow misaligned fates. The youngest U.S. Senator elect ties the knot. Judy Canova’s new husband’s occupation and his fate two days after Hawaii nuptials.
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Cupid
Brenda Frazier
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney
Adonis
Brenda Marshall
Nancy Kelly
U. S. Senate
Judy Canova
Hawaii
Ageners
Exodus of Hempstead County farm families to U S Proving Ground
Nineteen forty nine Hempstead County residents begin evacuation as War Department converts a 50,000 acre tract for the Southwestern Proving Ground. Photos show families loading belongings on wagons and a home slated for occupation as a headquarters building during construction.
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Hempstead County
U. S. Southwestern Proving Ground
Hope Star
Ninteen Hundred
War Department
Hope
Sihr
Lee Garland
Hope-Blevins Highway
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Workers Battle in Canal Zone Amid Labor Clash
Police reserves were called out in Cristobal Canal Zone to quell a 40 minute battle between Latin American workers and imported British West Indies laborers in the Gatun area. An entire labor camp of 3000 men was enveloped as fighting resumed Friday after Thursday clashes then police restored order.
Aluminum Drive Show Saturday in Hempstead County
County Extension Agents Oliver L Adams and Mary Claude Fletcher announced a Saturday aluminum drive to aid the National Defense Program. The Office of Civilian Defense backs a nationwide effort to collect old aluminum utensils and parts due to a temporary shortage. 4-H clubs and home demonstration clubs join local farm families in gathering aluminum from rural areas.
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Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
Mary Claude Fletcher
Office of
Civilian Defense
Extension Service
Sunday Set as Day for Occupation of Indo China
News reports state Japan has gained authority to station warships in Cam Ranh Bay and Saigon, place troops at multiple Indo China points, and airport garrrisons near Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Major General Sumita to direct occupation from Saigon. The United States vows retaliatory action, likely freezing Japanese credits, with details pending a Saturday disclosure.
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Saigon
Japan
Indo China
Camranh Bay
Raishiro Sumita
Cambodia
Singapore
British Malaya
Netherland East Indies
U. S
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
United States
French Indo China
Washington
Army Trucks to Aid Hempstead County Relocation
Twenty large Army trucks and trailers will arrive in Hope at 4 p.m. Sunday to assist Hempstead County farmers moving from the Southwestern Praying Ground. Rep. Talbot Feild said trucks under Lieut. Melvin Amen will stay through July 31 and are available to registered residents at Lloyd's Store Urrey's Store or the County Relocation Committee office. Governor Adkins arranged the deployment through Maj. Gen. Ralph Truman and Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, with fueling arranged by the Highway Department. The trucks move residents within Hempstead County only.
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Hope
Hempstead County
Talbot Feild
Arkansas House of Representatives Defense Committee
Melvin Amen
Feild
Lioyd
Ben Lear
Memphis
Second Army
Oliver L. Adams
Adkins
State Highway Department
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Indo-China
Alex. H. Washburn
Graves
By Willis Thornton
Mrs. Robison
Canal Zone
Saenger
Malaya
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Associated Press
New Orleans
New York
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