Government land purchases near Hope Proving Ground raise doubts
Senator Lloyd Spencer cites War Department policy against speculative land profits while residents fear displacement as a map of the Hope Proving Ground is rushed to publication. He notes reimbursements for removal and urges wise investment of proceeds in local development amid broader debates on U S competition with a Nazi economy.
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Visiting day at Arkansas Agriculture College near Hope
The University of Arkansas College of Agriculture's Fruit and Branch Experiment Station near Hope holds its annual visiting day Friday, June 27. Assistant director George W. Ware says visitors from 40 counties in Arkansas and several states are expected. Grover B. Hill will speak in the amphitheater after a farm tour in the morning. Gov. Momer M Adkins and Dean Waller R. Hoylacher are also slated to attend.
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Cranium Crackers Eastern Mediterranean Quiz Preview
A playful Eastern Mediterranean quiz asks which island Crete or Cyprus was lager and their wartime allegiance, whether Hood fell to dive bombers in the Crete sea clash, the sole British possession beyond an island in the eastern sea, who ruled Syria before the French mandate, and the location and ownership of the Dodecanese Islands.
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Move Doesn't Imply Break in Relations
Washington ordered German consulates closed by July 10 citing agencies inimical to the United States. Wells insisted the action does not sever diplomatic ties and did not affect the German staff in Washington. The note demanded removal of all nationals connected with the agencies including the German Library of Information and other offices. Berlin and Rome reacted with statements about payments, retaliatory measures, and possible delays before formal responses.
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Draft to Call 16 July 7 Hempstead JG item costs 35000
State selective service headquarters Monday modified local draft boards of the number of men they would be required to supply during July 1 20 induction period. Induction date and detention date included. The Indian rhinoceros costs about 35000 in the United States.
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A Thought He Who Forgives Readily Only Doubts Offense
A terse aphorism attributed to Carmeille states that those who forgive quickly may doubt the severity of the offense, implying forgiveness can reflect caution or skepticism rather than weakness.
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Dive Bomber Invented by U S Navy in 1924
U S Navy introduced the dive bomber as early as 1924. The article notes dive bombing as a key naval tactic for offensive strikes, defense against enemy aircraft, and fleet scouting. It highlights pilot and aircraft strain during vertical dives, the stick-freezing device used by Nazis, and the broader importance of torpedo planes and aircraft carriers in naval power.
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Syria Campaign Is Slowed Up
London dispatch reports bloody fighting slowed the Allied drive into the Levant as Beirut and Damascus neared, with Kissone on the right and Sidon on the coast falling to British and Free French forces despite stiff Vichy opposition. continued on page four.
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35 Saved on Robin Moor Arrive Capetown After Drift
CAPETOWN South Africa 35 survivors from the American ship Robin Moor reach Capetown aboard a British ship after lifeboat drift. Among the 35 are seven passengers and 28 crew. One survivor from Brazil’s prior rescue headed to the United States, while more details aim to identify the submarine that sank the Robin Moor.
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Proving Ground Work Will Reach Two Million Payroll
Lloyd Spencer reported a week end briefing on the Hope Proving Ground showing a payroll of about 100000 weekly during construction, totaling two million by January 1. The project, land value at about one million, will shift distressed farmland off the market, boosting local property values while employing 3000 to 4000 workers with frame buildings and a government job.
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