Flying officers clash with brass hats over unified Air policy
The editor notes a second high ranking officer resigning over aviation policy. Major Al Williams joins the late Brig. Gen. Mitchell in criticizing separate Army and Navy air forces and calls for a single independent Air Corps despite opposition. The piece argues pilots understand aviation needs better than desk-bound officials amid wartime Germany’s coordinated tactics.
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United States
William
Billy) Mitchell
Army
Navy Air Corps
al Williams
Marine Corps Reserve
Mitchell
Williams
Navy
Europe
CMTC This Year Draws Best Men of Entire History
The Citizens Military Training Corps this year drew a large, diverse group at Camp Robingean led by Roy Anderson. Four CMTC classes differ by year and age, from 17-year-old trainees to officers in the Reserve Corps, with free transport from camp and varying training tracks across machine gun and non commissioned roles.
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Citizens Military Training Corps
Cunp
Joseph
Rohimon
Lae
Royce
Hater
Hanley
Roy Anderson
CMTC
Camp Robingean
Stuone
Conmipany
Repute
Conehuled
Priday
Charence Smith
Little Rovle
Texas Shark Hunters Bag 550-Pound Shark
In Port Isabel Texas a 550 pound shark was caught in a cotton patch after a levee break sent floodwaters through the Rio Grande area Resiling Pay and companions used a pistol and axe to capture the massive creature as waters receded and the shark was left stranded nearby.
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Port Isabel
Texas
Rio Grande
Cranium Crackers Misused Words Quiz
The page presents five sentences with misused words. Replace each misused term with the correct word to restore meaning, noting the proper choice for each item as specified on Page Two.
Wallace to Quit Cabinet Post as He Campaigns
Washington reports President Roosevelt indicated on Friday that Secretary Wallace would resign from the cabinet once he begins active campaigning as the Democratic nominee for vice president.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fridlay
Wallace
Foe Would Save This MARISSA Bird in Stove Puzzle
Marissa man Logindunes opened a soot stained stove fire box and startled a bird that had flown down the chimney into the unlit stove. The incident shows a lucky escape as the bird wandered out from the darkened cavity.
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Marissa
Logindunes
Solicitors Move Late Friday Into Business District
Three hundred and two gas customers signed a petition for lower gas rates on the first full day of socialization. A canvass by six local girls showed 20 rejections. signatures gathered in wards one to three, excluding ward four and the downtown business district. The solicitors moved into the business district Friday afternoon and will canvass residential wards Saturday morning. Names of canvassing girls listed. Petition copies to be submitted to city government for action.
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Huntred
Consumers Committee
McFaddin
Enola Alexander
Mary Carenelia Hollaway
Nancy Ruth Carrigan
Martha - Ann Singlétin
Nell Louise Broyles
Marie Antonnette Williams
Typhoid Outbreak Reported in Eureka Springs
State Health Officer W B Grayson announced a typhoid outbreak of epidemic proportions in Eureka Springs Arkansas as officials from the health department arrived to investigate. In related notes, factory sales for the first quarter of 1940 reached 1,259,027 vehicles.
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Eureka Springs
Little Rock
i/Pi
W. B Grayson
Arkansas
Grayson
Health Department
Gas Consumers Sign Petition to Back Cheaper Hope Gas Rates
Petition campaign in Hope Arkansas seeks public backing for a Consumers Committee to push cheaper gas. Signers pledge refunds on gas bills to fund the committee’s efforts, while asserting no personal liability beyond potential refunds. The group asks city council aid to transfer refunds and provide funds to support the campaign.
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Consumers Committee
Hope
Arkansas
Consumers’ Committee
City of Hope
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
City Council of
Bob Harrell Injured in Fall at Bully's Bar
Bob Harrell of Hope suffered severe cuts and facial bruises after fainting and falling at Bully's Bar on South Walnut Street. Manager J S Conway said his face hit the concrete floor, and Harrell was rushed to Josephine hospital for treatment and released shortly after noon.
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Bob Warrell
Hope
South Walnut Street
J. S. Conway
Harrell
Josephine Hospital
Ex Local Citizen William M Ororke Dies at Wickes
Funeral services for William M. Ororke, 63, who died at his home in Wickes, Ark., were held at BeAnn church. Burial was in DeAnn cemetery. He lived near Okolona, then Wickes, after two years in Wickes. Surviving: one daughter Mrs. Mary Monre of Hot Springs and son Frank Ororke of Hope.
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William M. Ororke
Ark
Bor
Okolona
Ororvke
Wickes
Hempstead
Roosevelt Asked to Arrange Peace in Europe?
A German controlled Dutch radio claimed Roosevelt was asked to arrange a discussion for peace between Germany and England. Netherlands officials in London disavowed both the committee and the broadcast.
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Roosevelt
London
Helversum
Netherlands
Germany
England
Witness Choice Pre-Trial Question Shapes Fort Smith Case
In Fort Smith Arkansas the liquor conspiracy trial heard that a prosecution witness was asked to choose between testifying or defending himself. J S Garelick Monroe CPA testified charges against him were dismissed. Bailey’s son was excused from testifying as govt witnesses presented Revenue Department agents in the case against McCarrall Toland Huse and Sherman allied with Southwestern Distilled Products and accused of transporting liquor.
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Fort Smith
J. S. Garelick
Monroe
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Garcick
Frank Bailey
Southwestern
Illinois
State Revenue
2. M. McCarrall
Butler Toland
Joe W. Huse
Dave Sherman
Little Rock
Hettor
Embargo Fallout and Naval Bombardment Reports
Tokyo warns of severe impact from any US embargo on scrap iron and oil shipments to Japan. German high command reports speedboats sinking three merchant ships totaling 22,000 tons off southern England near Brighton, with another 2,000-ton ship set afire. Italian high command claims a second bombardment of the British naval base at Gibraltar after attacks from Italian territory. State health officials name Winston C. Prothro as medical director for District five, replacing E. J. Easley who will take a Hopkins scholarship.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Yukichiro Suma
Berlin
England
Brighton
Rome
Gibraltar
Little Rock
W. B. Grayson
Winston C. Prothro
E. J. Easley
Clark and
Hempstead
Easley
John Hopkins University
Americans Gauge War Involvement and Aid to Britain
Fortune poll data shows 37.0 percent think the U S will enter the war, 43 percent say yes if England collapses, and 14 percent don t know. Most favor arming but oppose direct military aid to Britain. Americans doubt Western Hemisphere defense unity, with rising support for aiding Canada Mexico Brazil and the Philippines yet mixed views on armed intervention realities.
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NEA
Fortune Magazine
U. S
England
Fortune
Europe
Hitler
South America
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Selovest
Samy
Canada
Brazil
Philippines
Public Library Sees Record Loan Increase in War Years
Fortland Maine reports a record rise in books loaned since the European war began. Nonfiction biography literature and technical subjects like radio aviation and diesel engines lead lending growth.
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Fortland
Verse from Numbers 45 31 about murder punishment
A biblical line states that one guilty of murder shall be put to death with no life satisfaction. The directive emphasizes swift capital punishment as the consequence for murder.
Indignant driver in Streator jailed for $5 fine
A traffic law offender told Police Magistrate F F Goebel he would go to jail rather than pay $5 and costs. He received 17 days in jail and his first meal of bologna, bread, and coffee was untouched as he requested release, saying he would pay the fine.
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F. F. Goebel
Germany attacks British coast as war in Europe widens
German forces renewed pressure off North Irish and southeast England coast amid heavy gunfire and Allied counterattacks. Britain reports 28 raiders sunk or driven off and five small merchant ships, 5,104 tons, damaged. two destroyers hit. In Berlin, Walter Funk warns the United States to trade on Germanys terms, proposing a barter dominated Reichsmark system across Europe and rejecting a single monetary union.
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Britai
Southeaster Downs
Con’voy
North Irish
Britain
Berlin
Germany
Rand
Reich
Europe
Louis P. Lochner
United States
Adolf Hitler
Walter. Funk
Funk
United Front
Avenol Quits as League Secretary
Geneva report says Joseph Avenol, secretary general of the League of Nations since July 1, 1933, resigns citing the realities of present times. His action is described as possibly delivering a formal death sentence to the League as a political body.
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Geneva
Joseph Avenol
League of Nations
Avenol
League
Cotton New York Opens and Closes Amid Tight Trading
In New York December activity opens at 9.34 and closes at 9.30. Middling spot remains at 10.43, reflecting a narrow trading band and steady demand despite modest price shifts.
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New York
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Heapstead County
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Mir
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Bob Harrell
W. M. Ororke
DeAnn
San Bernardino County
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