Agriculture needs united farmers for parity prices
An Associated Press analysis shows farmers face dire disparities as talks on full parity for basic crops stall. Senators Russell and Bankhead warn parity demands could cost the Treasury, while industrial wages rise and urban regions gain leverage. The piece urges farmers to organize strongly to balance political power with industry and labor groups.
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Associated Press
White House
Roosevelt
Thlee
Washington
Jabar
Congress
I United Front
Russell
Georgia
Capitol) Hill
Bankhead
Alabama
America
Federal Treasury
Middle West
Hon
Ser Thel Qailroads
Nazi Attack Devastates Hull England In Bomb Raid
German bombs and incendiaries struck Hull, England, killing many and causing widespread destruction. Rescue teams labored as six community centers opened to shelter the homeless, while civilians were caught in homes and streets amid hours of relentless bombing.
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Hull
England
Eng
Britain
Liverpool
Glasgow
Mlenk
Wild West drinker? No, stray cow spooks Helena airfield
Helena report notes a mounted officer rounded a stray cow that wandered onto Lena landing field. An airport attendant proposed staging such an improvised rodeo for incoming airliners to show the west remains wild.
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Helena
Mont
Lena
Larry
Hope He Finished It Borrowed April 23 1909
Los Angeles public library book checked out by a man, returned February 24 41. The item was left conspicuously on the library desk.
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Los Angeles
Arkansans to Take Field in War Practice
Memphis reports two divisions of the Second Army will train in Arkansas at Camp Robinson August 11 to 30. About 60,000 troops from 33rd and 36th divisions will face mock battles, then join for 12 days of simulated warfare September 15 to 27 in the Sabine river area of Louisiana. Total force around 356,000 from multiple camps will participate under Col. Robert McBride Jr.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Louisiana
Second Army
Mingis
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Camp Robinson
Sabine River
War Department
Camp Forest
Tennessee
Fort Custer
Michigan
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Raweigh
Third Army
Mississippi
Texas
Robert McBride, Jr
Be Careful of Spring Diet
Spring begins this week yet diet guidance shifts away from old spring tonics. Miss Loughead and Miss Longhead urge iron rich foods like greens, liver, heart, kidneys, whole grains, legumes, soybeans, and dried fruits to boost red blood cell formation at low cost. Eggs, greens, cabbage, and seasonal produce are highlighted as abundant iron sources for a healthier spring diet.
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Mary Claude Fletcher
Mary £. Longhead
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Miss Laughed
Gliders Training School Opens in Chungking for Youth
A government sponsored glider training school opens in Chungking to foster youth aviation interest. About 100 students enroll including a girl. The report notes more U S companies produce foodstuffs than others in the region, highlighting the industry expansion.
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Chungking
China
Hope city discusses food stamp plan and park site
The Hope city council heard a telegram from R P Bowen urging a March 20 food stamp survey in Arkadelphia with county city welfare and chamber officials to attend. A committee including EP Young Syd McMath and J R Williams was named to attend Arkadelphia, Bowen to represent the chamber. Bowen also noted E L Compere questioned Fair Park as an armory site but approved the courthouse site. Council approved auditing firms and city tag enforcement plans, and deferred Elm and Main street drainage action due to Mayor Atkins absence. Alderman Young presided.
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Hope City
R. P. Bowen
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead County
Chamber Commerce
Chamber Commerce Building
At- Kiadelphia
Arkansas
N. P. Dodge
Arkansas State Department of Public Welfare
Donaghey Building
Little Rock
James S. Allen
EP. Young
Syd McMath
J. R. Williams
Arkadelphia
Charlie Walker
Kenneth Hamilton
Hope Merchants
Fred A. Luck
Sally Broening
Bowen
Reuneil
E. L. Compere
Fair Park
McDuffie, Stewart & Co
City of Hope
All Hope
Revenue Department
St of City
South Elm
South Main Streets
Atkins
C. O. Thomas
Civil Aeronautics
Thomas
WPA
E. P. Young
W. S. Atkins
Cranium Crackers War Ballad Quiz Questions
A set of multiple choice prompts tests knowledge of patriotic songs and World War I era tunes. Questions cover the Star-Spangled Banner designation, origins of the tune for America, and popular WWI songs including Over There and Pack Up Your Troubles, with references to eras and battles.
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U. S
America
England
Austria
Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Tipperary
France Seeks American Aid for Food and Peace
Marshal Petain told a Grenoble audience that American aid is essential for feeding France and that a new French constitution will wait until European peace is concluded. He spoke to both the audience and the nation by radio, stressing taxes, food shortages, and stock depletion as preoccupations. He vowed to prepare for a day France regains freedom with a peace treaty and new constitution.
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Grenoble
France
Marshal Petain
U. S
Petain
British Take Men and Positions In Eritrea Campaign
British forces report capturing additional important positions south of Cheren in Eritrea and repulsing Italian counterattacks with serious losses. The Middle East command says the situation is developing favorably as Ethiopian pressure mounts against Debra Markos and Cheren remains under heavy attack. The Jijiga occupation was announced from Cairo and Nairobi, while Debra Markos area sees continued Ethiopian resistance and British advances.
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Cairo
Cheren
Eritrea
Tralian
Middle East
General Headquarters War Bulletin
Eirnatin
Iians
Jijiga
Ethiopia
Cato
Nairobi
Kenya
Advange
Vonlinu
Debia Markos
Addis Ababa
Meeting for Prospective CCC Camp Selectees
All white young men ages seventeen to twenty four urged to attend a CCC Camp selection meeting at Hope City Hall Thursday. Mrs Sally M Broening County Director will provide guidance to attendees. More than 30 million people pass through New York Central Station by rail.
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CCC
Hope Ciy Hall
Marvel
Yadm
Sally M. Broening
New York
Cand Cenva
Italian Raps American Move
Italian editor Virginio Gayda warned that U S ships would expose themselves to attack and sinking to break the Axis blockade of Britain. He claimed the United States has dropped its mask and seeks to control the Atlantic and Pacific, defending only its dollar power rather than democracy.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
U. S
Britain
Gayda
America
Atlantic
Pacific
England
Europe
Germans Claim Six Ships Sunk In Atlantic Action
Berlin reports sinking at least six ships totaling about 34 500 tons after a morning attack by long range bombers on a British convoy in the North Atlantic. German high command also says torpedo planes damaged two heavy British warships during an attack near Crete in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Berlin
Geran
North Atlantic
Greck
Crete
Mediterranean
Ellen transfers to Tulsa University
Robbie Ellen of Hope, a sprinter on last spring's Arkansas State Teachers College champion track team and an all state bid on last fall's champion football team, has withdrawn from the college and entered the University of Tulsa in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Conway
Robbie Ellen
Hope
Arkansas State Teachers College
University of Tulsa At
Tusa
Okla
A Thought Pardon Him as God Shall Pardons Me
A Shakespearean line is quoted invoking pardon as a divine prerogative. The speaker asks for mercy and frames it within a religiously tinged moral argument. The text explores guilt, forgiveness, and the limits of human judgment in contrast with divine prerogative.
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Shakespeare
Probation for Baker Refused
LITTLE ROCK U. S. District Judge T C Trimble on Wednesday afternoon refused a petition for probation for Norman Baker hospital founder formerly of Eureka Springs Ark and Muscatine Iowa Also ruling that the 14 months he has spent in Arkansas jails run out be counted as part of his four year sentence on a charge of using the mails to defraud in connection with cancer treatment advertisements.
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Little Rock
U. 8
T. C. Trimble
Norman Baker
Eureka Springs
Ark
Muscatine
Iowa
Arkansas
Mattress program applications in Hempstead County
March 15 was the last day for mattress applications in Hempstead County per Mary Claude Fletcher. By now 9951 applications received, 8124 approved by AAA committee, 3545 mattresses made in the 1940-41 program. County councils vote to handmade mattresses, community chairmen set making dates and collect receipts at the County Extension Office.
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Hempstead
Mary Claude Fletcher
AAA
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Liberty Hill
Columbus
Hopewell
Oak Grove
Doyle
County Extension Office
Balkans Edge Toward Axis Showdown Amid Diplomatic Talks
War tensions rise as Yugoslavia signs with Rome Berlin Tokyo setup looms. Viktor von Heeren and Alexander Cincar Markovic meet 19 minutes, Munich reports say. Turkey and Greece reinforce positions while Britain delays, and rumors swirl of Russian envoys and Allied air support.
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Belgrade
Balkans
Diilsman
Yugoslavia
Viktor ‘von Heeren
Alesander Cincar Markovic
Matsuok
Rome
Egypt
Sukru Saracoglu
Turkey
Palestine
Bitish
Anthony Ed
Gree
Greece
Apy
Bulgaria
Yeni Sabah
Moscow
Out of the Hills and Into the Draft in Montana
Steve Dorn, a timber cutter from a remote Southfork cabin, traveled to Helena to learn about the draft after tuning into radio broadcasts. He sought information at the draft board, where his county number 2907 was recorded as the highest in his area.
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Helena
Mont
Steve Dorn
Wolf Creek
Dorn
Bomb raids hit London as air defenses clash
Thunderous bursts of bombs and heavy anti air barrages drive air raiders from London early Wednesday night. A U S demonstration outside the Mexican Foreign Relations office was dispersed by police after about 200 students participated. three or four were arrested. In Ankara the national assembly approved measures to extend martial law in European Turkey and the Dardanelles crisis.
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London
Tondon
Menico Cmy
Ankara
National Assembly
Andinistec
Martial Kay
Turkey
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