Hope to Nashville and paving for new military ground
The Observer discusses paving Main Street west to the city line and Highway No 4 while a northern proving ground site prompts road projects. It notes state laws aiding street paving for property owners and WPA involvement, plus a call to residents to support wide road openings for future housing and growth. It reflects wartime urgency, labor questions, and prompts readers to consider where they stood during significant production efforts.
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Main
Nashville
Blevins
Proving Ground
Toelnur
Hope
Fairpark
WPA
Tuscania
United States
Thhem
Republic
Michigat
Wisconsin
Shane
Axis Gearing Up for Attack Upon Cyprus
Axis forces reportedly ready for a Crete style assault on Cyprus as Germany and Italy push plans against the British island off the Syrian coast. Reports from a German controlled station in Norway say Nicosia and the naval port of Limassol are targets, with British and French forces advancing toward Damascus Beirut and Syria. Vichy defenses in Syria are described as holding, amid tensions with Jordan and Druse factions. In the Far East, tensions rise as Japan and Dutch tensions threaten trade and potential moves against Dutch holdings.
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Italy
Geault
Crete
Cyprus
Adolf Hitler
Beltish Sioe
Mediterranean
Mike East
Suce Canal
Damascus
Syria
Beirut
Lebanon
Cailure
Freer Syria
Cairo
Ganly
Vicky
Jordan
Vichy
Far East
Japan
Daiies
Darlan Appeals to French Vichy Regime
A damaged dispatch reports Admiral Darlan urging French support for collaboration with Germany. He claims to ease the present situation in France, to prepare for Tunisia and a new Europe under German influence, and to shape France's future in a German-dominated order.
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VICHY
Dartan
Yudia
Germany
Dilan
Syria
Evilivisay
Prance
Europe
Burbot Ling Also Known By Varied Regional Names
The burbot, a member of the cod family known in New England and Great Lakes waters, is commonly called ling in some regions. Alternate local names include celpout and tosh, reflecting regional dialects and historic usage.
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the Great Takes
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Lesh Walter
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Wad
Garrett Revival to Close This Week
A large crowd continues to hear revival services daily at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church. Tuesday night the Rev. Ward will speak on How Do I Know That I Am Saved. Services continue throughout the week and the public is invited.
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Heart
Garrett Memorial Baptist
Ward
Strikers Vote to Return to Seized North American Plant
UAW strikers at the North American Aviation plant agreed to return to work under conditions of no discrimination and retention of union cards. Army control remains in effect under President Roosevelt's orders as Lt Col Branshaw reviews the proposal. capacity runs at about 74 percent with 4,075 workers back. The AFL Automotive Workers Local losed the strike after wage and closed shop demands were denied, but loyalty to the union asked the plant to maintain operations and meet Britain and U.S. production quotas.
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Army
Roosevelt
Branshaw
Los Angeles
Charles Brannshaw
Bearshaw
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Attomobile
Loeal
Abel
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NEA
Ft. Lewis Washington
North American Aviation, Tie
Inglewood
Calif
Wiehard Prankenstein
Milional
C. I. Gy
Aécraft Civisian
U. A. Ww
Pisa
North American Aviation
Tne
Steiking
Lex Michoutz
Atlel
Nvmns
Elmer Freitag
Airport Awaits WPA Approval
Municipal airport plans have cleared Civil Aeronautics Authority and WPA review. William Thomas announced on Tuesday that final submission to the WPA for approval is in hand and may take five weeks to two months before the project proceeds through WPA channels.
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Mope
Civil Aronaucies Authority
W. P. A. Ofiials
C. Q. ‘Thomas
Lease Officials to Stay in Hope for Army Maneuvers
Ackadelpha reportedly secured the field headquarters for United States Army maneuvers in Hope as more than 80 000 troops move through the region this August. Local offices will house Army personnel on courthouse space if needed with tenants and soldiers sharing facilities. Mayor Albert Graves said the Army is welcome to use Hope Village hall and extra space as required.
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Ackadelpha
United States Arm
Minheuyers
A Thought On Earthly Power And God’s Mercy Justice
A compact meditation on how earthly power appears when mercy senses justice. The lines contrast human sovereignty with divine measure, pondering mercy as the stronger force guiding righteous rule.
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Justice Shakespeare
Junior C of C to Hold Tuesday Meeting in Hope
Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting Tuesday in City Hall at 7:30. President Vincent Foster says meetings will be limited to one hour, with a 8:20 departure, and the board will approve a monthly Farmers Auction and Trades Day in Hope modeled after a 14 year DeQueen event.
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Hope Junio Chamber of ‘Commerce
Vincent Foster
Usiness
DeQueen
Perry School Chooses Carrigan Building Location
The Hope branch of the Perry Business Schools selects the Carrigan building on Sout Bly street as its site and plans classes to start next week. Miss Marguerite Grintley, field manager from Boynstick, Ga., home office of the Percy system, announced the move. The school will operate on the second floor in quarters formerly used by the Soil Conservation Service with Miss Brumley handling student interviews at 220 Mast Second street, White House.
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Perry Business Schools
Carrigan
Sout Bly Street
Marguerite Grintley
Boynstick
Percy System
Soil Conservation Service
Brumley
White House
Mast Second Street
Action Asked on Strikes and War Power Change
Washington reports Congress was urged to sidetrack property seizure legislation to permit quick passage of a bill enabling the President to act on defense strikes. The House committee weighed an amendment to the selective service law aligned with Sen. Connolly or Chaitin Ivnson to fit War Department needs. The note references the Panama Canal adjustment in 1914.
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Thesday
Congress
Patterson
House
Sen. Conolly
Chaitin iVnson
War Department
Mo Pac Fined for Violation by State Forestry Service
The Missoni Pacific Railroad was fined 10 dollars and costs for proceeding on its right of way without notifying the State Forestry Service. Forest Ranger Roland Jones of McNab testified against Mo Pac in Justice T J Logan's court, with appeal filed by the railroad. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Albert Graves represented the state and Jann H Pilkinton defended Mo Pac.
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Missoni Pacific Railroad Company
Pullen
State Forestry Service
Roland Jones
McNab
T. J. Logan
Albert Graves
Jann H. Pilkinton
Naval Recruiting Party to Nashville
A naval recruiting party from Tex terkuna Texas will visit Nashville on Saturday June 21 to recruit men for the U S Navy. Headquarters for the effort will be at the Old Nashville courthouse. Texas Roses advertises 14 000 varieties of roses and a harvest of 20 000 000 rose bushes annually, claiming a large share of the world supply.
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Texas
Nashville
U.S. Navy
Texas Roses
Red River Flood Rise Feared as Levels Jump
Red River stood at 18.35 feet Tuesday noon with reports of rising water downstream from Oklahoma and prospects of a sharp rise in the next few days. Flood stage at Fulton is 25 feet. Quivyer range noted 1 to 2 feet in four months and has never been down. Greenland Eskimos sometimes use igloos for emergency housing.
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Red River
Oklahoma
Fulton
Churchill Is Put on Defense
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill defending Britain’s Crete campaign as pivotal to defending the Nile valley. He accepted full responsibility for Crete’s losses, cited 15 000 British deaths and missing or prisoner figures, and warned against yielding without a fight while arguing the Allied cause of resisting German advances toward Syria and Suez.
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House of Commons
Crete
Nile Valley
Saria
Leay
Persia
Britain
Cretian
Ord
Mediterranean
Assuves
Germany
Syria
Suvidt
Suez Canal
Masons to Confer Masters Degree at Whitfield Lodge
Whitfield Masonic Lodge 239 will confer a masters degree Tuyex day night at 7:30. All master masons are urged to be present.
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Whitfield
Mussolini in New Defi A Ship
Premier declares Italy at de facto war as Axis unity tightens. Mussolini warns U S intervention would prolong the war and vows loyalty to Axis. Turkey Greece relations cited. In Brazil the steamer Robin Moor sunk by a U boat prompts U S concern. other reports conflicting from Berlin authorities.
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Bedits
Germany
Japan
William Phillips
Mussolini
Fadio
Britain
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Ankara
Washinton
Berlin
Hempstead Soldiers Fund Reaches 846 Dollars
Hempstead county campaign for United Services Organizations to sponsor recreational clubs near Army camps reached 846.88 dollars on Tuesday. Donors included 4.50 from Hope and 26.50 from Columbus, with earlier acknowledgments totaling 515.83 dollars. Continued on page three.
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Hempstead
United Services Organizations
Hope
Columbus
Southern Ice Co
T. Liebtong
H. H. Stuart
Presidents and Their Middle Names List
A compact compilation of historic presidents and their middle names. John Adams and William Harrison share middles in this chart, followed by Rutherford Hayes and Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge, James Polk and Ulysses Grant, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Wiliam Harrison
Rutherford Hayes
Wareren Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
James Palk
Ulysses Grant
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
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