From Thirty to Mind The End-of-Shift Signoffs In Newsrooms
Our Daily Bread recalls how reporters and telegraphers used the signoff thirty to mark the end of a story and shift, then reporters adopted thirty to end items, a practice now largely forbidden. The piece notes radio signoffs use mind and explains historical shifts from telegraph to AP era.
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Joe Doakes
Hope
Gordon
Othe
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Associated Press
MiléLater
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Eakimn
Ihe
Distillate Well First Test Reported Near Mec Kamie
Uncertainty lingered after Bodcanalmpbar company test near Mec Kamie as gas and distillate showed on the first drill result. Cashier Parker Beasley of Bodcan Bank at Stamps said field reports were brief and disappointing. similar early tests near Waldo last year eventually yielded a distillate well used to pressure adjacent oil wells. Final word awaits further tests to determine if oil gas or distillate exists.
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MecKamie
Parker Beasley
Bodcan Bank
Stamps
Star
Stamp Company
Waldo
Standard Oil Company
Columbia County
Sis
Holes in walls protect insulation study at Purdue
Purdue University researchers find small holes in outer wall cavities help vent damp vapor and prevent wetting of insulation. The work suggests similar holes in refrigerator car walls to improve drying and protect insulation against moisture.
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Lafayette
Int
Purdue University
Purdue
The Greatest Attribute of Heavenly Mercy
A brief literary note highlights Beaumont and Fletcher's view that heavenly mercy stands as the supreme attribute. The reflection emphasizes mercy as central to virtuous conduct and divine judgment.
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Beaumont and Fletcher
Cranium Crackers Questions On Everything
Trivia quiz with scattered questions on Sinbad Columbus friar and Mynheer. Answers indicate Sinbad sailor, Columbus died Valladolid Spain 1508, friar a brother of a religious order, and Mynheer Dutch equivalent Mr or Sir with notes on Dutch rolls.
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Sinbad
Mynheer
Sarlos
Valladolid
Spain
Cotton New York opening and closing prices
October cotton opened at 8.64 and closed at 8.69. Middling spot finished at 14.93, up 1.
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New York
Flying tank in air push may weaponize war plan
Walter Christie, famed tank inventor, says a caterpillar tank can be locked to a plane and flown to battle. Using a ground speed accelerator from launching catapults, the unit could reach action after a 200 yard run, landing on flat airfields in near any terrain. Christie claims the aircraftless tank could surpass all existing weapons, and plans to brief Roosevelt and defense officials within days.
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Bruce Catton
NEA
Washington
Walter Christie
United States
Chrisie
Roosevelt
Congressional
Navy
Christie
Hope Negro Dramatic Club Wins 1st Place
Hope Negro Dramatic Club won first place at the District Two competition in Pine Bluff at Artesia State Teachers College. The play The Lucky Fool, staged by George Royal and sponsored by Hope’s recreational department, earned Aro C. Swift best actress and Robert C. Jones best actor.
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Hope Negro Dramatic Club Plone
Artinsas State Teachers Colege
Pine
Bluff
Recreational Department of
Hope
Aro C. Swift
Robert C. Jones
George Royal
Ida Gorham Dies Here on Saturday
Ida Gorham of De Ruin died Saturday morning at 4 4 at Julia Chester Hospital. She leaves four sons H N Gorham Dallas Nolan Seminole Marvin US Navy San Pedro and Lee M Gorham Hope. Three daughters Mrs Max Barkan Spokane Mrs Ada Cale Mansfield and Mrs Stella Black Shreveport. One sister Mrs Thomas Hussey Washington Ark, six grandchildren and one great grandson. Services set for Holly Grove Cemetery at 3 p m Sunday with Rev Beott Stevens and Rev Sewell Methodist church.
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Dallas
Texas
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Seminole
Okla
Marvin
U. S. Navy
San Pedro
Calif
Lee M. Gorham
Hope
Max Barkan
Spokane
Wash
Ada Cale
Mansfield
Stella Black
Shreveport
Thomas Hussey
Washington, Ark
Holly Grove
Cemetery
Beott
Stevens
Sewell
The
Methodist Church
Nashville Population Rise Shown in 1940 Census
Census supervisor Buenos Sikes announced Friday that Nashville, county seat of upward s county, had a population of 2783, a gain of 314 over the 1940 figure.
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Ark
Buenos Sikes
Nashville
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Church trial of Sunday on Wednesday in Butte
In Butte Mont an experiment at United Congregational Church moves Sunday services to Wednesday during the summer to avoid competing with office worker activities. Reverend Emerson W Harris says the Wednesday services, held outside normal hours, attract more attendees and have been quite successful in two prior summers.
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United Congregational
Emerson W.harris
Hope Hosts Oilers in Double Header at Fairpark
Hope meets the Oilers in a double header at Fairpark on Sunday June 9. First game begins 2:30 pm with Blackie Elliot pitching one game and A D Russell pitching the other after Russell’s no hit game at Okay last Sunday.
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Magnalia
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Fairpark
Blackie Elliot
A. D. Russell
Okay
Negro Burglar Foiled By Little Rock Flyer Star
Mrs. Hazel Walker Crutcher, an all American forward on the Little Rock Flyers, chased and halted a thief who snatched six dollars from her purse after he entered her apartment. Police arrested the suspect for investigation.
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Little Rock
Hazel Walker Crutcher
Little Rock Flyers
World's Smallest Donkey from Bristol Stands Tiny
A Bristol breeder claims a donkey he owns is the smallest in the world. Standing two feet six inches tall, the miniature animal weighs about 20 pounds and draws visitors curious about its size.
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Bristol
England
Harrison and Pate Speak to the Press
HOT SPRINGS Ark as the Arkansas Press Association opens its annual convention with Harvey T. Harrison delivering a rambling banquet talk. H. E. Thompson praised journalists and Don Murray lauded for gifting Sam Schwieger, while Everett W. Pate warned democracy faces fear-driven threats and political muddle.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas Press Association
Harvey T. Harrison
Little Rock
University of Arkansas Extension Service
H. E. Thompson
Univrsity College of Agriculture
Don Murray
Jonesboro
Association
My. Murray
Sam Schwieger
Press Association
Evertt W. Pate
Rogers
Pate
Europe
French naval planes in visits rumor to Berlin’s front
Reported by high command as the German air offensive broadens. Nazi tank detachments, claimed smashed through the western flank, while Italian moves threaten Corsica Tunisia and Tunisia. Paris fronts retreat under Weygand orders as French line holds tenuously.
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Italy
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Tunisia
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Oise
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Somme
France
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Chemin- des-Dames
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