National Defense Bond Sale Opens Nationwide
Our Daily Bread notes the opening of National Defense Savings bonds sales across the country. It cites strong public response and the need for a formidable war arm amid European conflict. The piece reflects on 1917 experiences and warns that aviation, submarines, and agents render safety fragile, urging continued readiness and bond purchases.
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National Defense
America
Europe
U. S. Defense Savings
Graves
Wilson
Arkansas senator Miles shot in Arlington hotel
Vincent M. Miles 56 of Pt Smith Arkansas, a Senate candidate and prominent political figure, was found shot in his hotel room in Arlington. A 12 gauge shotgun was found nearby after his wife heard the shot. Miles was treated for chest wounds and reported improving. He was later slated as principal speaker at a state NA PAST convention in Little Rock May 2-3.
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Washington
Vincent M. Miles
Pt. Smith
Ark
Kenere
Post Office Department
Fiugh Jones
Arlington County Police
Miles
Wifo
L. A
United
Sttateg. Senate
Tong O
Arkansas
The
National Association of Postminsters
Little Bock
Russian Turkish deal looms in tense regional chatter
ISTANBUL Turkey reports suggest talks between Russia and Turkey ahead of a potential agreement. The Soviet ambassador to Turkey reportedly departed the capital for an undisclosed destination as the Russian Embassy refuses to reveal his whereabouts. News notes linked German troop movements to mounting political speculation about eastern alliances and potential Turkish Prussian consultation.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Thirschy
Finland
Swear By New Movie Script
In Miami writers Pan Gordon and Ted Pierce for Fleischer’s Mr. Bug Goes to Town devised new cartoon profanity. Producer Dave Fleischer urged them to coin fresh cuss words, yielding phrases like Oh whistle a thistler and Sufferin' snapdragons with Gnats as their best.
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Miami
Quiz on sports stars tied to their games
A curiosities item asks readers to match famous athletes to their sports. Lou Nova and Lou Gehrig point to boxing and baseball, Bobby Joe and Bobby Riggs relate to tennis, Sir Thomas Lipton and Tom Harmon to yacht racing and football, Eleanor Hulm and Eleanor Tennant to rowing or sailing, Hank Luisetti and Hank Greenberg to basketball and baseball. Answers appear on the comic page.
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Lou Nova
Lou Gehrig
Bobby Joes
Bobby Riggs
Sir Thomas Lipton
Tom Harmon
Eleanor Hulm
Eleanor Tennant
Hank Luisetti
Hank Greenberg
Nazis Strike Africa Offensive Near Tobruk
Berlin reports a vigorous North Africa air offensive as German bombers hit British troop columns and artillery ahead of ground forces with Italian cooperation around Tobruk. Meanwhile Axis forces breach outer Tobruk defenses as fighting continues, with reports of advances from Libya into Egyptian Salum region and prisoner captures. Boer children along the Orange and Vaal rivers discover stones that foreshadow South Africa's diamond mining.
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Berlin
North Africa
Colummns
Tobruk
Cairo
Sige
Libya
Germain
Salwm
Eastaward
Cild
Orange
Vaal
Moratorium on Strikes Asked
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged patriotic labor and industrial leaders to declare a moratorium on all strikes that would interrupt defense production. It called such threats intolerable and offensive to public safety and urged penalties under the law.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Food Stamp Issuance Begins in Hempstead County
The Hempstead County Food Stamp Plan opened on Thursday with about $282 in stamps issued by the local office. Surplus commodity organizer Neil G. Grinland announced the first buyer, Thomas G. Martin of Hope Route One, who purchased 4 dollars worth of orange stamps and received 4 dollars in blue stamps. By noon Thursday thirty-four purchasers had spent around $182 on orange stamps, with roughly $100 in orange stamps distributed in total.
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Hempstead County
Neil G. Grinland
Thomas G. Martin
Hope Route One
Martin
Ouachita Exercises to Be Held May 25
Guichita College announces commencement exercises May 25 and 26 with speakers Dr J B Weatherspoon of the Southern Baptists Theological Seminary Louisville and Dr Lewis W Webb of Northwestern University Evanston ill announced by President J R Grant.
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Arkadelphia
Guichita College
J. B. Weatherspoon
Southern Baptists Theological Seminary
Louisville
Lewis W. Webb
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
J. R. Grant
The Boys in Company A Food and Meals on Campaign
The piece notes improved army rations and dining style in Company A with meals served family style, varied menus, and ample portions. It also recounts a gas training incident where Captain Martin’s tent was targeted with tear gas, causing Cpl Frank to flee after encountering a snake-like substance and the episode with missing books.
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Thomas Franks
Captain Martin
Martin
Cpl Franks
Cpl
Franks
Eas
Dover Shelled Across Channel
German long range guns shelled Dover across the English Channel with two salvos of four shells each striking the coast from across the strait. The bombardment lasted seven hours and raised fears of a possible invasion on the southeastern coast as limited visibility hid the Nazi fire.
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Diver Strait
Hitler
England
Luftwaffe
Portsmouth
Channel
Dover
Tueany
Fire Fatalities Rise in Helena Mill Blaze
Helen, Ark. Three people died from injuries after a Tuesday night fire at the Chicago Mill and Lumber Company plant in Helena. Victims include Wice Brown, 28, and additional men Charles Moon, 48, and George Leggett, 45, all of West Helena. The blaze raised the count of fatally injured to three.
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Helena
Ark
Wice Brown
Chicago
Guibey Company
Charles 5S
Moon
Barton
George Leggett
West Helena
U S Tankers to Carry Oil for Britain's War Effort
The Maritime Commission planned to place 50 American tankers in British service within days. Tankers over 5,000 gross tons were invited to aid, to operate from South American oil regions to U S north Atlantic ports for transfer to British convoys. Senate debate on convoy policy continued with Guffey urging hemisphere convoy and Tobey promising a roll call on anti convoy legislation as an amendment to trade measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Martime Commission
South America
U. S. North Atlantic
Atantic
Senate
Sen. Guffey
Sen. Tobey
N. H
Guffey
Britain
Senate Foreign Relation Committee
Germans Bomb Crete Harbor In New Naval Strikes
Berlin says German forces followed the Crete flight of British and Greek units with a fresh bombardment of ships in Suda harbor damaging a tanker and two large merchant vessels. The daily communique notes scattered detachments in the Peloponnesus and a Tobruk dive bombing in North Africa.
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Berlin
Germany
Crete
Suda
Peloponnesus
Tobruk
North Africa
High Command
Oil Leader Pleased By Committee Action
Tulsa oil leaders praised a congressional committee decision not to pursue federal regulation of the oil industry. President Frank Bujman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America said operators were grateful for the committee's action on Wednesday.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frank Bujman
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Cole Congressional Committee
R R Cornelius Dies Thursday
R R Cornelius 74 of Fulton died in a Shreveport hospital early Thursday after months of ill health. An oilman and livestock dealer, he helped develop the MecKamie field and owned a slack farm on Red River at Fulton. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at McKamie High School Auditorium. burial Oak Grove Cemetery near McKamie. Survived by widow three daughters Mrs Silas Poe Cisco Texas Mrs A L King Hope and Mrs Tommy Parks McKaning and a son Paul Cornelius Fulton
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R. R. Cornelius
Fulton
Southwest Arkansas
Shreveport
Center Point
Cornelius
Hempstead
Hope
McKamie
Ark
MecKamie
Red River
McKamie High School
Oak Grove
Silas Poe
Cisco
Texas
A. L. King
Tommy Parks
McKaning
Prepaid Tax Plan Studied
Secretary Morgenthau announced the Treasury was working on a plan to let citizens prepay their taxes under heavy rates being discussed by Congress. He described a special security that could be used by taxpayers to pay taxes instead of cash, but gave no details.
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Washington —ii
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Singing Program at Spring Hill Church Sunday Night
Nine quartets will appear on a singing program at the Spring Hill Baptist church at 7 30 Sunday night. O J Phillips director announced Thursday the public is invited. A torn ado winds may waver at 500 miles per hour on jou
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Spring Hill
Spring Hill Baptist Church
O. J. Phillips
Hitler's blitzkrieg blamed for colossal losses in Greece
Reported Thursday as 48 000 of 60 000 BEF troops fought to defend the kingdom. Communique notes 9 400 remaining, many being pulled from Peloponnesus beaches. Total BEF casualties around 3 000 killed or wounded. Britain announces German casualties unclear. Allied moves include Basra strike potential and threats to Egypt and Suez. Analysts foresee Nazi push toward England, with six perceived factors cited. Russia counters with May Day warning and readiness to defend frontiers against Berlin.
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Adolf ‘Hitler
Greece
BEF
East ‘Command
Peloponnesus
Australia
Wy Fadden
Cole
London
Basra
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Palestine
Iraq British Crisis Near Basra Threat to Air Base
Reuters reports Britain demanded removal of an Iraqi troops concentration near Basra to avert incidents at Basrah’s air base near the Euphrates. Baghdad sources noted tensions over the British force size, while civilian chairs are not used for dining by about 30 percent of people globally.
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London
Britain
Iraq
Basra
Persian Gulf
Reuters
Agen
Hianiyah
Euphrates River
Bagdad
Wanderings in the wilderness due to Israel's sins
A Biblical verse notes the Lord's anger guiding Israel to wander forty years until the evil generation perished, leaving a new generation to continue the journey.
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Israel
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