Hope Airport Contends for City Land and Defense Asset
A federal engineer reviews potential airport sites in Hope as local push grows to acquire land for a permanent airfield. The piece argues aviation advances and cheap fuel make light planes affordable and urges cities to provide airports to train many pilots, viewing civilian flights as both economic and national defense assets.
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Jodey
Star
Europe
Germany
United States
Hoover Denounces Any Foreign War May Be Candidate
Herbert Hoover signaled openness to a possible GOP nomination while urging a calm realism in foreign policy. He argued the United States must keep out of wars unless the Western Hemisphere is attacked, and urged dismantling the New Deal domestically. He left room for cooperation with Roosevelt forces after the party chooses a leader.
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Philadelphia
Herbert
Hoover
Westlay
Ieadibesenlip
Taszen
Min- Hesala
Wendell Willkie
Resolutions Committee
L P
Herbert Hoover
America
Europe
Roosevelt
Word Confusion Practice for Common Pairs
This item presents five word pair questions on near homophones and related terms. It asks for definitions and distinctions for eminent versus imminent, typhoon versus monsoon, matrivide and fratricide, parsimonious versus penurious, and scetic versus aesthetic, with directions to answer on a page.
Eyes Divided Half Lookout Half Hunter in Aquatic Insects
Observation notes that certain aquatic whirligig beetles have eyes split into two sections. One half turns upward to watch for danger while the other half surveys the water for prey, enabling dual function in a single organism.
Airport site offered west of town by Hope land sale
John D. Barlow of Hope offers DS. acres one mile from city hall between the old Fulton highway and the Missouri Pacific Railroad for 1250 to be used only for an airport. N P ONeal of Hope Brick Works pledges 400 to the chamber of commerce to aid funding. WPA labor will handle improvements and land purchase will be the citys only cost. Senator Miller reports relief bill amended to expand National Defense System facilities.
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R. F P. Bowen
Hope Chamber of Commerce
E., Travis
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hope
John D. Barlow
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Civils Aeronautics
N. P. O'Neal
Hope Brick Works
Chamber ‘of Commerce
Congress
WPA
Miller
Chamber of Commerce
John £. Miller
Senate
Early Cotton Blooms Reported by Local Farms
Elroy Foster of the John Owen farm near Clearlake and Carl Coffee from a farm near Bois D Arc brought in the year’s first cotton blooms on Wednesday highlighting an early start to the season.
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Elroy Foster
John Owen
Clearlake
Carl Coffee
Nea Bois D'Arc
Spending on National Defense Today Adds Up to 12 Billions
Twelve billion dollars is the current defense outlay for ships planes and men as the President builds in Washington The piece traces defense funding from January when a 1 823 billion budget was proposed and recalls 1932 Republican critiques and Hoover era appropriations culminating in a growing fear of a billion-dollar-a-year military cost with continued escalation to Page Two.
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Jont
Flynn
NEA Service
Washington
Congress
America
Alf Landon
Hitler
Roosevelt
World Empire Is Britain's Strength and Weakness Too
Article analyzes Britain's global position as World War II escalates. It notes the empire’s vast reach but warns the cost of maintaining overseas forces strains home defense. Details fleets, air power, and troop distributions across Europe, the Mediterranean, India, Africa, and the Far East, with Britain and dominions bearing a heavy burden.
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Britain
Thomas M. Johnson
Europe
John Bull
Gernss
Arden
Farflung
British Isles
Mediterranean
Islands
A Thought Ye Have Heard That It Was Said
A line recalling Jesus reply from Matthew 5 23 teaches that reconciliation matters more than ritual. It emphasizes urging to settle disputes before offerings and notes the binding moral warning against harboring anger.
Anti Betting Bill Apparently Fails in Arkansas
Rev Claude A Jones president of Arkansas Better Government League doubts his group can collect enough signatures by July to place a proposed initiated act repealing state pari mutuel betting statutes on the ballot. He writes to the attorney general expressing concern about meeting the deadline.
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Ayalytes
Little Rock
Claude A. Jones
Hot Springs
Arkansas Better Government League
Tourist Plans Are Laid at the Spa
HOT SPRINGS A meeting of Southwest Arkansas community leaders will be held Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce to form a tourist organization for regional promotion. Bob Jones will chair, with talks on the value of tourism, Arkansas advertising, and the AAA in Arkansas. The plan grew from a recent Arkansas State Chamber meeting in Fordyce where managers from several towns agreed to establish the organization.
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Hot Springs
Southwest
Arkansas
Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Stanley
Stanley
R. A
Bob) Jones
Jones
Camden
Darda- Helle
Prescott
Fordyce
Arkadelphia
Malvern
Nashville
Pine Bluff
Application to Navy Must Be in Person
Men seeking Navy enlistment must appear in person at a recruiting station. Stay sold Wednesday by chiefs Ruth and Coker at the Texarkana Navy recruiting station. Navy accepts men ages 31 to 38 for a six year enlistment.
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United States Navy
C. Ruth
O. BP. Coker
Navy
Texarkana
Hitler's incognito Paris visit shocks Paris towns
AP reports Adolf Hitler visited Paris incognito on Tuesday. He reportedly paid respects at Napoleon's tomb and toured the Eiffel Tower Madeleine Church and the French hall of war trophies. In other updates, Buenos Aires cites a new trade offensive, Hull says ships will sail to Europe to bring Americans home, India moves toward mandatory military training, a Rome broadcast notes a British air raid killed twenty civilians at Trapani, and a Seattle clam-raiser sues a steamship line over shell closure.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Napoleon
Salfree
Fuehrer
Eiffel Tower
Madeleine Church
Rome
Trapani
Marriage Licenses in Hempstead County Court House
County Clerk Frank HIM reports licenses issued to Washington residents Walter Neal 17 and Juanelia Fitts 18. George Royce 24 and Evelyn Hancock 22 from Oklahoma. Roy Poster 24 and Francis Kilcaese 18 from Texarkana. Clarence May 37 and Sweet Earl Brown 25 from Patmas. Cherrie James Armstrong 21 and Daisey Taylor 18 from Washington.
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Frank Him
Hempstead County
White Walter Neal
Juanelia Fitts
Washington
George Royce
North Little Rock
Evelyn Hancock
Osage County
Oklahoma
Roy Poster
Francis Kilcaese
Texarkana
Clarence
May
Sweet Earl Brown
Patmas
Cherrie
James’ Armstrong
Daisey ‘Taylor
Washingon
Soviet adopts six day work week in wartime
Moscow reports the Soviet government has adopted a six day work week with one rest day to replace the old five day revolutionary week. The change aims to meet rising wartime demands and ensure increased water production. The move follows recommendations by the Soviet trade unions.
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Moscow
Panama Approach Is Mined by U S War Maneuvers
New York Daily News reports that the United States mined both entrances to the Panama Canal and sent heavy artillery to the Atlantic side. With 30,000 troops under arms, observers say the army is ready for real trouble on short notice while mine layers operate on both Pacific and Atlantic approaches ahead of the Conte Biancamano’s passage.
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New York
The
Daily News
United States
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Lowell Lindus
Panama
Ugs
Pacific
Biancamano
Canal
Grahan
Uner
Accident injures Tommy Rugles in birdshot incident
Tommy Rugles of Shover Springs was accidentally shot in both feet Wednesday by a birdshot load. He walked to a Hope doctor’s office where the shot was removed. the injury was not serious. A note adds that shoe manufacturing arrived in America in 1629 via Thomas Beurg and the Mayflower voyage.
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Tommy Ruggles
Shover Springs
Mr. Ruggles
Hope Doctor's
America
Thonas Beurg
British and Italian Armistice Terms Reported
The article outlines terms of an armistice involving Britain, Germany, and Italy. Italy gains several moves in North Africa and Ethiopia while France demilitarizes coastal and border zones. The plan includes surrender of the French fleet and demilitarized zones in France, Tunis, and French Somaliland, with specifics on territorial adjustments and timelines.
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Tialian
Rome
Italy
Alps
North Africa
Jibuti
Nice
Savoy
Corsica
Mae
Gulf of Aden
Addis Ababa
Talian
Ethiopia
France
Tunis
French Somaliland
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Briancon
Menton
Frantier
Britain
North
Africa
Europe
England
Cotton New York Prices Rise then Fall in Day Trade
May July cotton opened at 10.96 cents per pound and closed at 10.26 to 10.27 cents. The mid-day spot traded near 10.96 cents amid fluctuating market activity.
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New York
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