The Art of Smoking by William Feather
William Feather argues for varied tobacco use across Turkish, Havana, Virginia, and Burley blends. He cites experiments with Melachrino, Pal Mall, Benson & Hedges, Helmar, Murad, Mogul, Coudax, and Noimeses, noting slower smoking and broader flavor. He defends moderate smoking as relaxing and questions single-blend dependence amid tax impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Paclages
Melachrino
Pal Mall
Benson & Hedges
Helmar
Murad
Mogul
Coudax
Noimeses
Camel
Chesterfield
Heilmar
Han
Havana
Virginia
Burley
New York committee warns on communism threat to US democracy
S Burton Heath reports a New York legislative inquiry finds communism risks growing influence beyond wartime alliances. After 16 months of study, the panel cautions that communists pursue their own goals, not democracy, noting ties to Russia and Stalin. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Russia
Josef Styrin
Cyrarun
Weather Slows Oil Activity in Midway Area
Weather slows Midway field oil work in Lafayette county as heavy rains delay several wells. Drilling at Baynsdale Oil Company Roberts No. 3 reaches 6090 feet. Barney Powell and others continue sites while water recedes. Royalty prices range from 10 to 50 dollars per acre.
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Stamps
Midway
Lafayette County
Bodcaw Creek
Baynsdale Oi Company
Roberts
Roberts No
Barnsdall
Charles McClain
Southwood Oil Company
Hodnett
McAlester Fuel Qt Company
New -Hee
McKamie
Jeffus
Arkansas
McKumb
Stumps
Carter Oil Company
Holt
Britons Demand Government Canteens Grow Crowd Fast
London workers press for more government canteens offering cheap meals. A NEA report notes canteens provide tasty, plentiful food for about twenty cents, versus costly restaurants, and crowds seek relief from supply issues and black market fears.
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Rosette Hargrove
NEA 5 Service
London
Tfml
Vng
17 Killed in Crash of Big Airline Plane
Salt Lake City reports a United Airlines jet crashed on a ridge near the airport killing 14 passengers and 3 crew. Witness George Gearhart described the fiery wreckage and searches for survivors, noting one occupant lived briefly and visibility was good despite light rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George Benton Gearhart
Fang
United Alrlines
Gearhart
Mic
Cookers Can Be Tested for Home Demonstration Clubs
Notice to women and cooperators with pressure cookers. A gauge tester is in the county and tests may be done by bringing cooker tops to the Home Demonstration Agent's office on set dates in May. Meetings include Guernsey Community May 5 2:00 p.m. Shaver Springs May 6 2:00 p.m. Sardis May 13 2:00 p.m. Also May 4 9 12 May 5 9 12 May 9 all day. Lead groups from several communities urged to attend and bring tops.
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Guernsey
Bryant Anderson
Shaver Springs
Ei. Aaron
Sardis
W. J. Cox
Comonsteation Club Ware
Jan Martin
Evening Shade Home Demonstration Club
Liberty Gill
Evening Shade
Springhill
Holly Springs
Crank’s
Aire
Hop
Fishing tale from Nowata editor wittily clips yarn
Nowata Oklahoma report recalls Mrs Jim Sliapson returning from a fishing trip with a long string of fish and mentions that she used wickets for bait The Nowata Star trims the tale and the editor notes Mrs Freda Holstin once had good Joes using apple Vors as bait, though the memory ends abruptly.
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Nowata
Okla
Jim Sliapson
Nowata Star
Freda Holstin
Mail Goes Patriotic Governor Ends Letters With Victory Wish
Annapolis Maryland Gov Herbert K O Connor directs official correspondence to end with Yours for Victory a patriotic closing. The policy aims to reinforce wartime morale and public service spirit across state communications.
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Annapolis
Herbert K. O'Connor
Dodds Seeks Assessor Post in Hempstead County
George F. Dodds filed as a candidate for tax assessor in Hempstead County. In a campaign statement he outlines his farming background, 12 years as a teacher, work in grain and furniture businesses, dairy farming, and county road work. He emphasizes independence from any group and asks for voters’ support.
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George F. Dodds
Hempstead County
Mrs J D Hall Dies at 31 in Patmos Home
Mrs J D Hall aged 31 died at her Patmos home Friday night. Funeral services set for 10 Sunday morning at Herndon Cornelis Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband M L Thomas of Patmos, father, three brothers Sid Vnonias of Patmos Frank B Thomas of Hope James Thomas of Nashville, and sister Mrs John Shields of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D Hall
Herndon Cornelis
Rose Hill Cemetery
M. L.thomas
Patmas
Sid Vnonias
Patmos
Frank B. Thomas
Hope
James Thomas
Nashville
John Shields
Doughnut Holes And Hawaii Islands In History
A boyhood tale explains how doughnut holes originated from a New England sea captain Harson Gro bary noting the doughy centers of his mothers cakes. The text also lists Hawaii islands including Oahu Molakai and Niihau among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harson Gro- Bary
Hawaii
Kuhowlawe
Kani Tania
Mari
Molakai
Nihau
Oahu
Employment Office Resumes Regular Schedule
United States Employment Office at 201 East Second Street under Manager W. O. Brakesida announces return to hours 8 20 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday and 8 30 to 12 30 on Saturday after ten days extended hours to assist Selective Service registrants with occupational questions.
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W. O. Brakesida
United States Employment Office
East Second Street
Selective Service Registerants
Weir
Texarkana Seeks Oct 1 Rent Freeze Date Change
Texarkana fair rents committees and local real estate groups urged Price Administrator Sean Henderson to set the Texarkana rent freeze as of October 1, 1941 instead of July 1, 1941. The July date was previously announced for Texarkana while nearby Bowie and Miller counties received different terms. The recommendation was prepared at a Thursday meeting and discussed again by the Texarkana Real Estate Board Friday.
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Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
Sean Henderson
Henderson
Miller
Bowie
Texarkang Real Estate Board
Trimble Wins Skeet Shoot amid Bustling Federal Census Talk
Trimble triumphs in a skeet shoot as census data highlight heavy consumer spending across the United States in 1949. The census cites 4,861,625 families and 1,710,000 retail outlets contributing to daily national expenditures surpassing 140 million dollars.
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Uniteed States
U S Troops in Middle East Confirmed by Officials
Cairo dispatch reports Major General Russell L Maxwell announced a U S presence in the eastern Mediterranean as service personnel supporting Allied forces. He said many Americans rear and in uniform, with a RAF aircraft training school now overseen by U S crews, highlighting extensive U S participation in the region.
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Cairo
Vu. 5
Mediterranean
Russell L. Maxwell
U. S
Raf Personnnel
RAF
Middle East
USA
Hope Student Earns Blue Key Honor at Hendrix College
Conway, P. R. Young Jr. of Hope is among new pledges to the Hendrix College Blue Key chapter. The Hendrix sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. EB. Young Sr., is active as vice president of Martin Hall, vice president of Delta Alpha, Booster Club and International Relations Club. He recently received an appointment to an academy.
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Conway
RE. P. Young, Jr
Hope
Hendrix College
Blue Key
Young
Hendrix
EB. Young
E. P
Martin Hall
Delta Alpha Social Fraternity
Booster Club
International Relations Club
Ane Wapalis Academy
Red River Water Level Rises Overnight To 3312 Feet
The Red River rose about half a foot overnight reaching 3312 feet. Fulton observers expect the crest to hold briefly and water may fall within hours. Residents report the river falling four mouths of i fot at Indiex several miles upstream. A flying fox described as a large Old World fruit bat is noted.
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Red River
Fulton
Fulton Area
Indiex
Suwam
Oil and Gas Filings Nevada County May 1 1942
Oil and gas filings listed for Nevada County dated May 1 1942 prepared by Helen Hesterly Assan include assignments of O and G leases from E Thompsen to Federal Land Bank J M Bates to Barnes Refining Co and others. Entries specify sections townships ranges and recording dates in 1942.
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Nevada County
Helen Hesterly
Assan
FE. E. Thompsen
Federal Land Bank
QO. & G. Lease
E. Thomipsen
British Reject Air War Peace in Week of Bombing Action
British reports say Germany offered a truce in the air war and would halt bombing of English towns if the RAF changed methods. British RAF bombers struck airfields in occupied France and hit a German destroyer off Norway as German raids lapsed. London papers cite Berlin dispatches via Switzerland saying public support backs continuing the air fight, while Britain renewed heavy raids on German bases.
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Britain
France
Norway
Germany
London
Berlin
Switzerland
RAF
Underground Troops Kitchens Brighten Hidden War Quarters
Honolulu dispatch describes soldiers living underground on Oahu with compact, camouflaged dugouts and pill boxes. Officers show tidy bunks, tinned rations, mushrooms grown underground, and hot running mice as part of battlefield housekeeping.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Fall of Mandalay Reported as Japanese Take Burma City
The piece notes Japanese forces reportedly captured Mandalay after a 410 mile advance from Rangoon, with Allied headlines warning of a dire Burma front. It highlights Stilwell’s Chinese army near Lashio amid Japanese tank columns and mentions attacks around Corregidor and New Guinea as the war widens.
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Rudyard Kipling
Mandalay
Burma
Imperial Tokyo
Rangoon
Tokyo
Stilwell
Lashio
Jones Given Life Sentence for Slaying Secretary
ARKADELPHIA Ark by Jones 37 former Ashdown NYA supervisor convicted of first degree murder. Jury fixed life imprisonment after deliberating six hours. Defense appeals noted. State sought death. Jones testified Miss Furlok died after he struck her during an attempted abortion near Grindstone Ridge last Feb 1. He claimed love for her and said he buried her body in the Ouachita River to hide her fate.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Pi Kk
Jones
Ashdown Nya
Mary Dell Furlok
Supreme Court
Miss Farlow
Lonely Grind- Ston Ridge
Here
Ouachita River
Library Makes Monthly Report April Circulation Totals
Hempstead County Library circulated 5271 books and magazines in April. Hope Headquarters Library moved 1907 books and 24 magazines to 347 borrowers. Hope and Hempstead county school routes circulated 1108 books. Washington Branch Library circulated 487 books and 105 magazines to 123 borrowers. Columbus Branch Library circulated 446 books and 19 magazines to 118 borrowers. Fulton Branch Library circulated 421 books. Blevens Station circulated 825 books. Pamphlets on victory gardens nutrition civilian defense and government publications were distributed. 34 788 000 children in Soviet Russia schools.
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Hempstead County
Hope Headquarters
Lbrary
School of Hope
Washington
Columbus
Fulton
Blevens Station
Victory Gardens
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Alex. H. Washburn
Tobseco
By S. Burton Heath
Gone Golf
Minnie McClain
West End
Gibr
Spain
Gibraltar
Sorsic
Adinia
Malta
Crete
Crimea
Black Sea
Turkey
Syria
Benghazi
Mediterranean Sea
Palestine
Fabruk
Aexandri
Europe
Asia
Africa
Dodds
Southern Grain & Produce Co
Union Furniture Co
Dixie Creamery
DeRoawn Township
Sutton Livestock Commission Co
GEO
Papps
J. D. Hall
Trimble
Frank
Tristle
Wilsnty
Culinbus
Yank Trimble
Meneians
Charles Wilson
Ray McDowell
Jin Wilsey
Johnny Wilson
Leo Robins
J. O. Johnson
Mary Wilson
Claude Nunn
U.S
el Bx
Aflinitc Refining Co
Ywr
W. J. Green
Lion Oil Refining Co
Nese
JL. Wesson
J B, Benson
Betty MacDonald
NEA
Service
China
Generalissimowell
Gasmata
New Britain
New Guinea
Philippines
Dénwright
Corregidor Island
Manila Hay
Library Makes
Soviet Russia
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