Weather and crops mix with wartime talk in Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread notes a rural solicitor Bowden brings alarming news about hay for subscriptions being delayed. The piece blends weather chatter with war talk, arguing rain and climate shift from European bombardment and a claimed atmospheric impact, then muses on cycles and human control of weather.
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J.T. Bowden, Jr
Bud Porter
Field
Bowden
Europe
Race Authority
Atlantic Ocean
Pby
Evans
Trimble Wins Wilson Ham Shoot At Columbus
Frank Trimble won the Wilson ham shoot at Columbus Friday afternoon. He broke 48 of 50 targets, four above his handicap, in a competition attended by 30 sportsmen from southwest Arkansas. R. M. LeGrone captured the bacon prize for the best score.
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Frank Trimble
Columbus
Wilson Ham
Wilson
Arkansas
Mr. Trimble
R. M. LeGrone
Bacon
Milk Box Grows Into a Factory
Arlington dairy farmer Marshall says it was luck that led him into manufacturing after freezing milk boxes proved practical. He built an insulated, insect proof box, won eight patents, and expanded from a haymow to a factory near Arlington employing six people as demand grew.
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Arlington
Neb
Jiny Marshall
Marshall
Jim
Camel Humps and Traits Amid Ancient Descriptions
The text describes camels with one and two humps and assigns roles: the single-humped Camel Mumps Adranedary valued for speed, and the two-humped Bavtrian or Astutic Camel prized for strength as freight carriers. It notes that female pikes are larger than males and may devour courting suitors.
NEA Cartoonist Herbert Block Wins Silver Plaque
NEA service artist Herbert Block, known in this paper as Here block, receives the National Headliners Club silver plaque for the best editorial cartoon. The award honors cartoons published between June 1939 and June 1, 1940, with Block’s depiction of Neville Chamberlain’s destination after the Norway debacle as a notable subject.
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Herbert L. Block
NEA
Here Block
National Headliners Club
Neville Chamberlain
Norway
Harblock
America's Proposed Youth Service Plan Borrows From Nazi Program
Major Paul L Reed reports that the U S plan for compulsory youth service mirrors the German model begun after 1933. German youths face compulsory labor camps with extensive military training and political indoctrination, a contrast to American CCC projects focused on parks and reforestation.
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America
Paul L
Reed Nea
France
Keted
Ry An
German Youth Labor Service
CCC
Germany
United States
Spi
Naz
Sabor
Navy Dispute Over Torpedo Boats to Britain
Washington reports show navy officials split over gifting high speed torpedo boats. Critics say the mosquito craft lack hull strength range and defense against planes, while proponents claim they could deliver a knockout in major battles. The debate notes tactical limits and strategic risks amid Washington clashes.
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NEA
Washington
Navy
Sam
Jwily
Washington, D. C
County Red Cross Drive Continues to Aid War Refugees
Local Red Cross chairmen reported donations of 3.75 on Saturday in the drive for funds to help war refugees, bringing the combined local and county total to 1,035.87. Several rural communities are yet to be reported. Donations followed previously reported totals and names appear in the record.
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Red Cross
Alexander
Dim Simpson
Huckabee
Chester Prince
Miss Flaice
Taylor
Bates
Senator Nye Demands Roosevelt Resign Over Foreign Policy
Senator Nye charged that President Roosevelt should resign amid fears his foreign policy would bring disaster to the nation. Nye urged inquiry into Woodring and partisan motives at Hyde Park as he pressed for hearings and U.S. restraint from European entanglements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Nye
Rep
N. D
Hyde Park
Harry Woodring
Senate Military Committee
Cranium Crackers Cranium Crackers Quiz
Puzzle questions on unrelated subjects test general knowledge. Entries ask about a poilu French soldier a howdah an okapi an animal a beadle a town native Indian prince and more. Submit answers with completion payoff.
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Tommy
Town
Comle Pays
Basil Newton to Be Buried Sunday in Little Rock
Funeral services set for 3 p m Sunday at First Christian Church Little Rock with Rev G Gerald Sias and Rev J B Huns ter officiating Burial at Roselawn Memorial Park Little Rock conducted by Griffin Leggett with Arkansas National Guard Association and J H Crossett chaplain in charge Pallbearers listed from Little Rock Texarkana and Hope Honorary pallbearers named from Little Rock Hope and Kansas City Secret Service officials present as part of the service
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Little Rock
Christian Church
G. Gerald Sias
J. B. Hunster
Roselawn Memorial Park
Griffin-Leggett
Arkansas Navnal Guard Association
J. H. Crossett
H. A. Emerson
EB. J. Bake
Butler
Faul Remmel
U. A
Hugh, Wicker
Harry Meek
Ray Warden
R. L. Cain
Harry Schmuck
W. F. Shearer
Polk Mobely
Terrell Commelius
BE. F. MacFaddis
John P. Cox
Robert Wilson
Roy Anderson
J .H. Sulivan
All of
Hope
W. C. Davenport
The
Secret Service
Kanasas City
Smedley D. Butler of Marines Dies
FPHILADELPHIA Pt Maj Gen Smedley D Butler 58 retired from the United States Marine Corps after fighting around the world spent years urging the nation keep its fighting men home died Friday in Naval hospital. Oh Gimlet Eye the name he earned in the Mexican campaign for learning much of the enemy succumbed at 4 pm to a gall bladder and liver aliment Since he retired in 1931 with 30 years service Butler stuck to the recurre platform advocating use of armed force only for home defense.
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Smedley D. Butler
United States Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Butler
Thoughtful Vows Split by Sweat and Shakespearean Wit
A compact reflection on vows formed by mouth and broken by sweat, echoing Shakespearean ideas of fragile promises and the tension between words and deeds. The piece uses brisk, period-tinged phrasing to probe honesty and performance in human speech.
Banker James Forrestal Named Roosevelt Aide
James Forrestal of Dillon Read and Co New York appointed Saturday as a 10000 a year administrative assistant to President Roosevelt. Duties were undisclosed at the temporary White House but he was expected to aid the president in handling the national defense program.
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Hyde Park
James Forrestal
Dillon, Read & Co
New York
Roosevelt
White House
Legion
Japan Swinging to Nazi Italian Pact
Tokyo circles indicate Japan's policy concentrates on a three point program aligning with Germany and Italy, opposing American rapprochement and signaling potential stronger action against British and French possessions in the southern Orient. Hongkong and French Indochina are noted as key Allied possessions in the region.
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Tokyo
SIP
Japan
Germany
Italy
Orient
Europe
Hongkong
Railway seek $1 million loan to renovate lines
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission on Saturday for permission to borrow $1,000,000 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Proceeds would pay off a $350,000 note and finance improvements to the railroad’s lines.
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Washington
Louisiana& Arkansas Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Germany m through authorized: 'Saturday -that! Fra-be expected to sig is the agreement.
Britain and France clash in a desperate air battle over Europe as German bombers strike southern and eastern England in the third major raid of the week while Berlin endures Allied bombardment. reports say Italian bombers hit Alex Harbor and British ships, with casualties cited on both sides and news of potential armistice talks and Pan American discussions shaping the war’s broader context.
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Germany
Fort E’cluse
Belegarde
Hellegarde
Pan-America
Europe
United States
Siete
Hull
Western Hemisphere
Pacific
Rome
English Channel
Suez
Canal
Italy
Alex Harbor
Berlin
Bren
Britain
London
England
Cotton Prices Steady as Market Closes Week
Trading closed with spot cotton quoting around 30.25 cents per pound. Market observers note steady demand amid whispers of seasonal demand shifts and limited supply on hand at major hubs.
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Yorkap
Uly Cotton
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