Huge New Circular Kiln at Hope Brick Co
A vast round tunnel kiln at Hope Brick company’s plant enables N P O’Neal to turn raw clay into finished brick in 60 hours and ship by week’s end. The firm plans a new roofing tile line, with machinery already bought. O’Neal began in Gordon in 1901, moved to Hope in 1903, and celebrates 47 years in May.
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Hope Brick Co
Hope Brick Company
N. P. O'Neal
Garden
Hope
O'Nenl
Gurdon
R. S. O'Neal
D. H. Lipscomb
Mr. Lipscomb
Mr. O'Neal
Brick Works
Sfape
Hope Brick Works
O’neal
O'Neal
Cour
Russians Learn How to Spot Spies in Special Courses
In Moscow reports describe a course for red army officers and political commissars titled Methods of the struggle against spying wrecking and terrorism by capitalist powers and Trotskyist-Bukharinist agents. Another note mentions a detachment from Central Asia training to visit a mountain in Tajikistan named Mount Red Intelligence Service. Clay Lands to Pine.
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Red Army
Eara
Noreang
Middle Asia
Tajikistan
Mount Red Inteligence Service
Term of Paris Mayor Extended for King's Visit
Rene Failliot’s term as Paris mayor was extended seven days to ensure a polished greeting for King George VI during his state visit to France. The new president was to be elected June 27, with the king due at city hall June 29. The council kept Failliot in charge, planning a July 4 election for the next president.
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Paris
Rene Failliot
George
England
France
Failliot
Montters
Inside a brick kiln the long circle heats to 2200 degrees
A north side passage leads to a circular brick kiln shown in photos. Raw brick enter via a tunnel entrance on the right and travel the 60 hour circuit, reaching 2200 degrees then cooling to emerge finished. At any jam a gong sounds and an automatic alarm triggers. About 57,600 bricks occupy the kiln at once.
Industries Thriving in Hope with Cotton and Cheese Plants
King Cotton backs another key industry in Hope at Union Cotton Compress & Warehouse, employing 85 workers for four months and paying over 25 thousand dollars yearly. J. R. Williams Lumber Company, successor to J. Ty Williams & Sons, runs the region’s largest short leaf yellow pine and hardwood mill, employing 150+ and spending about 450 thousand dollars annually locally. Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Company, two years old here, processes cream cheese, buys 14 thousand pounds of milk daily, and pays over seven thousand dollars monthly, with E S Alexander expanding output. Weatherford notes Charles Kendall converting artillery caissons into trailers for Guard unit use.
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King Cotton
Hope
Union Cotton Compress & Warehouse Company
H. O. Kyler
J. R. Williams Lumber Company
J. Ty, Williams & Sons
J. R. Williams
Arkansas Machine Specialty Company
Cox-Cassidy Foundry & Machine Company
Kraft-Phoenix
Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Company
United States
E. S. Alexander
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Okla
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158Th Field ‘artiNery
Weatherford National Guard
Tsinguo Tsingtao
China
Home Ice Company
Citizens of Hope
Hope, Ark
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hope, Arkansas
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