Red Cross Drive Nears Completion in DeRosne Area
Red Cross refugee relief efforts in DeRosne township press toward closure as Keizenberger urges all workers to push for a successful county drive. The Roane township total reached 746.96 with $75.65 added Tuesday, including donations from Hope Basket Co. and individuals such as John Guthrie and Verle Rogers. Continued on page four.
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Rooseveltt
TheRoane Township
Kline Snyder
Hope Basket Co
John M. Guthrie
Dark Guthrie
Alastair Guthrie
C. R. Crutchfield
Rora Spillers
Verle Rogers
The Pen and Sword Quotation Reconsidered by a Correspondent
A correspondent praises a Star editorial while reexamining the famous line The pen is mightier than the sword Credit Richelieu and explain the context of his era 1585 1642 showing that peace allows the pen to lead while defense safeguards liberty and democracy from internal and external threats
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Star
Richelieu
Cardinal Richelieu
France
d’Artagnan
Ron
Richetieu
Cotton New York Opens and Closes on Oct Prices
October cotton in New York opened at 8.57 and closed at 8.56 with middling spars and spread described as 1,13.
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New York
Cranium Crackers True or False Quiz
A short true or false quiz asks if items such as czar and Kaiser derive from a Latin root, if Johnnycake is named after Johnstown PA, if cereal comes from sed d, if John Wanamaker coined The customer is always right, and if succotash derives from an Indian word.
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Czar and
Kaiser
Johnny Gake
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
John Wanamaker
Furniture Theft Rumor Sparks Town Laughs at 4 AM
In Corpus Christi, Justice of the Peace Joe D Browning received a call seeking a search warrant to recover a wife and furniture reportedly stolen by a man. The playful exchange ended with Browning advising to skip the wife and focus on the furniture. A Pueblo note recalls two Central high girls in horned costumes mimicking a cow at a dancing fete while dogs in the crowd nipped at the dairy scene.
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Pueblo
Color
Central High
German Broadcast Urges Listeners to Stay Tuned for Hitler Announcement
A German radio urged listeners to remain tuned for an important military announcement from the Western front headquarters of Adolf Hitler. The broadcast said the message would air that evening around 3:30 p.m. CST. The appeal came through a German-language signal heard at a National Broadcasting Company shortwave listening post.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
National Broadcasting Company
Churchill Pledges Fight On If England Falls
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain would pursue the war for years even alone if necessary. He warned of another German blow and said the empire across the seas would carry on the struggle until the New World could aid in liberation.
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Associated Press
Canada
Germany
England
Churchill
House of Commons
Flanders
Britain
Wildlife Group to Meet June 18 in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Wildlife Association schedules its annual meeting and fish fry for Tuesday night June 18 after a rain postponement. T. J. Gay of the Arkansas Wildlife Federation and D. N. Wall of the Game & Fish Commission will attend. After the fish fry new officers and directors will be chosen for the coming year, with a state federation representative to discuss making the secretary of the Game and Fish Commission a constitutional officer. directors will be elected from each township plus four at large to form the executive board.
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Hempstead County Wildlife Association
T. J. Gay
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
D. N. Wall
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State Wildlife Federation
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Game & Fish Commission
Belgian King Leopold Writes Own Story to Roosevelt
United States ambassador John Cudahy said President Roosevelt has been given the king’s personal account of his capitulation to Germany. Cudahy visited Leopold at a castle provided by the German army and was handed a letter from the monarch explaining his side of the story.
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U.S
Louis Lochner
John Cudahy
United States
Belgium
Roosevelt
Cudahy
Governors Ignore Nat s Guard Action in Conference
Duluth Minnesota reports the National Governors Conference sidestepped a rule on mobilizing the National Guard. Gov George D Aiken of Vermont introduced a statement urging defense unity while Gov William H Vanderbilt of Rhode Island warned public business must improve to avoid dictatorship. Georgia Gov E D Rivers commented on public relief laws. The gathering closed with a recreation hour game won by Mrs Elbert Rider.
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Minn
National Governors Conference
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Roosevelt
National Guard
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Vanderbilt
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
CIO Lashes Out at Law Against Reds
Washington leaders said Monday that proposed measures to ban Communists and Nazis and to limit alien employment would be used against labor. The CIO report to the National Executive Board warned that amendments to the La Follette bill could suppress unions and undermine the National Labor Relations Act. In Cleveland, a coal chute collapsed trapping Patrolman Simon L. Savage, who was freed after the chute gave way.
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C. I. O. National Executive Board
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Act
Cleveland
Simon L. Savage
Savage
A Thought Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself
A short quotation from Joubert urges charity and indulgence toward others while cautioning self-restraint. The line reflects a moral reflection on how to treat others versus self.
Mask Activities With American Society
Washington report on Fifth Column activity in the United States notes a potential strength of about a million, with Nazis and fascists expanding via Siberia Japan and Mexico. Propaganda reaches the U S through radio mail and letter chains, camouflaged in patriotic groups and organizations. Bund members join many groups while Christian Mobilizers claim 10 000 supporters. Continued discussions promise further action if Italy enters the war.
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Siberia
Japan
Mexico
Bund
Joe McWilliams
Christian Mobilizers
U. S
Italy
New York
Czech Bible Translation Underway at Prague University
Prague reports Bible experts prepare an into Czech edition. Early Latin sources guide modernizing language and removing obsolete words. Doctor Jose Hegel Cheche University Prague leads effort to produce a linguistically updated Bible.
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Haly
Ework
Jose Hegel
Cheche University’ of
State Engineers Inspect Underpass Plans in Hope
State Highway Department Chief bridge engineer N. G. Garner and assistant Mr. Gibson met with Charles Q. Thomas in Hope to review preliminary survey and drawings for grade separations at multiple Missouri Pacific crossings. Thomas has drawn crossings at Hazel and Hervey Streets and mailed them to the highway department for estimates.
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N. G. Garner
State Highway Department
Gibson
Charles Q. Thomas
Missouri’ Pacific
Carney
Thomas
Hazel
Hervey
Barton to Speak at State Meeting
Col. 1. H. Barton, President of the Lion Oil Refining Co., will be the principal speaker at the spring meeting of the Arkansas Association of Commercial Organization of Secretaries to be held at Fordyce June 16-17. R. P. Bowen will discuss the safety program now under way in Hope.
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Lion Oil Refining Co
Arkansas Assocation of Commercial Organization of Secretaries
Fordyce
R. P. Bowen
Hope
93 Pigs Stay Put After Electric Fence Surprise
In Columbia Missouri a farmer reports 93 pigs did not stray or mix with another litter after being fenced with an electrified barrier. They avoided the line even when off and refused to cross where the wires had been once the fence was removed.
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Columbia
Allied bombing raid hits Paris area and warns of swift action
In a Paris report Allied planes dropped about 2 050 bombs in a nocturnal raid around Paris and nearby towns. The attack wounded 149 people and damaged or destroyed several buildings. Allied officials pledged swift retaliation and the closing of key German stations, signaling intensified pressure as German defenses attempted to counter radio beams guiding invaders. The ministry stated German acts would not go unanswered.
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Berlin
Paris
Siike
Flanders
Flanders Was Achieved By Hard Fighting, the High Command
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