Uncle Sam Hangs Men Wanted Signs Across Nation
Washington reports a nationwide drive launched March 15 to recruit skilled labor for defense contracts. The effort targets aircraft, shipbuilding, and machining trades, with 1,500 main offices and 3,000 state branch offices coordinating through the United States employment service to register unemployed and retrain workers for skilled jobs.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Social Security Board
Federal Security Administration
Sheel My
Koudsen
Hatta Dayzen
National Defense Advisory Commission
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
United States Office of Education
Defense
William S. Knudsen
U. 5
Making Strangers Welcome by Avoiding Stilted Remarks
The piece advises skipping insincere openings when meeting newcomers and suggests inviting them to share tea or a congenial visit at home. It argues polite, direct hospitality creates genuine warmth, avoiding common tactless questions that leave a new arrival feeling overlooked.
Social Calendar Women circles meet at churches
Monday events include Circle No 1 of the Women’s Visionary Society at Mrs KF Higgason’s home at 2:30 and Circle No 4 at the First Baptist Church home. The Women’s Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist meets at 2:30 for a China mission study. Circle No 2 hosts Mrs Harry Shiver and Mrs John Shiver, at 2:30 with co-hostess, Circle No 3 at Mrs Magh Jones’s home at 2:30.
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7Th Circle No
The
Women's Visionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Hie
Mira
B. KF Higgason
Women's Society of Christian Service of
First Methodist Church
China
Cirele No
W. M. U. of the First Baptist Church
Magh Jones
First Baptist Church
W. MU
J. H. Walker
W. M.U
Henry Haynes
First’ Christian Church
Gardenia Garden Club
Steve Chrngan
Ray Jones
First Christ
Community notices and club events in Hope
A jumble of church circle meetings, hostesses, and social gatherings dominates the page. Planned events include W M U circles at First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches, a Girls Scout anniversary observance, and a studio of bridge groups hosted by Mrs. Campbell, with guest speakers and tea plans noted.
Girl Scout Council reports strong units and sale plan
The Hempstead County Library lists Hope's Brownie Troop and six Scout Troops totaling 70 Girl Scouts with 16 captains and lieutenants. A sample sale is planned for April 14 to fund activities for the coming year, while the broader article praises Girl Scouts and outlines their leadership training and community service ethos. The excerpt also reviews Taylor Caldwell's novel The Earth is the Lord's and its portrayal of Temujin's rise to Genghis Khan, noting its vivid drama and historical detail.
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Harry J. Lemley
Harry Lemley
The
Hope Girl Scout Council
United States
Juliette Low
Great Britain
Girl Guides
Mao
Guides Iibroad
Girl Scouts
Inrga
Hope
Taylor Caldwell
Termujin
Nf Yeaukal
Yellow Gray
Central Asia
Temujin
Genghis Khan
China Sea
Dneiper
Tomujin
Mounton
Karelen
Fovor
Genghis
Knosar
Subedai
Chepe Noyon
Jamuga
Paladin
Avira
Marth
Hempstead County
Local Social Notes from Hot Springs Weekend Visit
Personal mentions include Miss Edna Pekin and Jack Pietding driving to Hot Springs Monday to observe races. Mrs. Sid Buerly travels to Clarksville Texas to be at her ill father. Miss Wyhle Whaberly joined Miss Opal Cheek in Rock. Mary Lensley and Mary Delia Carrigan visited Hot Springs with friends and attended races. Richard Milburn also went to Hot Springs to see events. Mrs. Burgher Jones of Conway is named in the notes.
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Edna Pekin
Jack Pietding
Hot Springs
Sid Buerly
Clarksville, Texas
Mary Lensley
Mary Delia Carrigan
Aces
Richard Milburn
Rues
Burgher Jones
Conway
Salt of the Earth and other recent reads reviewed
A country editor profile notes Victor Holmes Salt of the Earth as a biography of a country editor and a week with the Herald Porterfields and friends. Beatrice Foster visits Texarkana relatives. Janet Leindey aims for Association of Women Students presidency and Chi Omega vice president. Arkansas entries include spring festival travel and garden club pilgrimage plans.
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Victor Holmes
Macmillan
Herald Porterfield
Beatrice Foster
Texarkana
University of Arkansas
Janet Leindey
The
Association of Women Students
Chi Omega
Barbs and bets across headlines in 1940s odds and odds
A collage of satirical items mentions a Chicago dancer seeking 15000 for a broken foot, Turkey’s humor at Hiller’s friendship bid, Indiana loosening Sunday fishing, a Massachusetts dishwasher inheriting 10000, Britain’s war hopes, cinema horse smart alecks, a mystery spas serpent in Canada, a secret weapon rumor, tax dodge vigilantes, and American exporters totaling 83000000 dollars with Cuba in 1940.
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Chicago
Hiller
Indiana
Massachusetts
Britai
Canada
Cuba
Comstock Lode era factories in Normandy supply cloth
A fragment notes factories in the Normandy area aiding Comstock Lode activity. It mentions a man who cornered influence in France and a water supply for mines, with textiles described as containing 40 percent cellulose.
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Normandy
Ihe
France
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Peter Edson
Grand City
Doutor
Doc Hayes
Lottie
Decetor
White Farm House
Charlie
Hin
Due
Dug Uayes
Asing
Employment Service
Abaye
W. PB. A
Welco Comet
Tomer
Temple
Hewcomeers
Maling
Swanger
Rialto
Saenger
Basil Rathbone
Ellen Drew In
the Mad Doctor
Tobacco Road
Ladies Specialty Shop
Edwin Dossatt
First Presbyterian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
A. J. Neighbors
H. O. Kyler
B. Cain
C. OR. Crutchfield
Hattie Richardson
Lloyd Spencer
de RR
Henry
Capital Hotel
Daisy Dorothy Heard
Contract Bridge Club
George Robison
Bay View
Cub
Etta Champlin
Minnie Twitchell
Thuirsday
Hope Chapter
Order of the Masten Star
Masonic Hall
Welook
Rosa Mattar
Elistriet Worthy
P.T. A
Robert Campbell
Jack Meek
R. M. LaGrone Jr
Spencer
Campbell
Wyhle
Opal Cheek
Kent
Elsie Broach
Mary Arn Juld
Eyan Wray
Harley White
Magnolia
Natchoy Garden Club
CC. Nash
Dallas
Gertrude Briley
Springdale
T. A. Middlebrooks
George Ware
Quklawah
Jockey Club
Éens
Qs & R
Ie Ce
Barwick’s
Hesterfield
Frances Burke
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