Streamlined Education Plan Breaks Up School Years
Henderson State Teachers College president Joseph A. Day urged a Hope Rotary audience to adopt a 13-year system. He proposed six years of elementary, a four-year junior high, and a senior secondary block combining high school and two years of college. The shift targets ages 16 to 20 for vocational training and increased student aid, arguing education must adapt as society evolves.
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America
Joseph A. Day
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Hope Rotary Club
California
Day
Jis
Isemi
Law
Iedi
Icine
Pnil
Reduced Charges on Postage History of Stamps
NEA Service traces the evolution of postage stamps from Britain’s 1840 first issue the Penny Black to the U S 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington stamps in 1847. It notes wars debt influenced rate hikes and highlights a global spread driven by collectors and dealers, with thousands of U S stamp dealers handling vast yearly volumes.
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NEA
Hawlly
Napoleon
Franklin
Roweland Hill
Hill
Britain
U. S48
Joe Doakes
Jim Farley
U. S
New York
George Washington
Vera
U.S
Army Battalion Plans Overnight Camp Near Hope Arkansas
The 6th Engineer Battalion will camp overnight near Hope Arkansas on or about May 29 1949 during a motor convoy from Fort Riley Kansas to its home station. An advance party with two vehicles and five men led by 2nd Lieut. Leo V Harman arrives May 27 1940 to select a site and arrange food and fuel purchases. Due to limited rental funds the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce secretary assures Hope citizens will host the unit and provide recommendations.
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U.S
National Guard
The
Chamber of Commerce
Fidley
Hope
Serdie
Theft of Graduation Gifts Causes Arrest
A Magnolia Magnolia County arrestee, a negro from Spring Hill High School area, attempted to peddle graduation gifts stolen from a girl’s home during school hours. Gifts valued at 40 dollars were recovered and returned. unsuspecting buyers were refunded. The suspect was confined by Deputy Sheriff Elijah Newberry in Minden Louisiana.
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Magnolia
Ark
Spring Hill
Bussey
Regra
Elijah Newberry
Minden
Hempstead Red Cross Fund Reaches $20 Total
Hempstead County’s European Relief Fund stands at $20 after a $5 check from E. T. McFaddin. At Friday noon’s Hope Rotary luncheon President A. B. Fallon urged civic clubs to give, with checks made payable to American Red Cross and sent to Mrs. Kline Snyder at the county chair or The Star or a local bank.
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E. T. McFaddin
Hempstead
American Red Cross European Relief Fund
of Hope Rotary Club
A. B. Fallon
Civic Club
Amery Sin Red Cross
Kline Snyder
Bank
the Star
Cranium Crackers Puzzle Questions Wry Answers
Genuine stampers are told not to fret if half the questions are missed. The quiz asks about labor versus tabard, ascaily versus gretic, Vulcan, and Elisha Graves. Answers on age two.
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Carly Ell
Tabor
Asceliy
Vulcan
Elisha Graves
All 48 Governors pledge aid to national defense
President Roosevelt said all 48 state governors would meet in Duluth around June 2 to pledge cooperation with the defense program. He announced the pilot-training phase of the defense program is nearly ready, with basic pilots to train 50,000 men over 12 months beginning July 1, leading to advanced instruction for service in army, navy, and air corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Duluth
Minn
Army
Navy
Air Corps
War area map scales Arkansas city to Paris and Brussels
The Associated Press imagines a wartime map exercise showing how fighting lines might stretch across Arkansas. By scaling operations to the state, towns such as Memphis, Little Rock, Fort Smith, and Paris are positioned against European targets like Paris, Amiens, Le Havre, and Brussels, outlining a hypothetical invasion arc through Arkansas. The piece uses a playful, illustrative approach to convey the scale of conflict to readers.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Little Rock
de Paris
United States
France
Belgium
Montmedy
Memphis
Brussels
Poplar Bluff
Calais
English Channel
Dover
Eureka Springs
Ark
Amiens
van Bureau Couty
Clinton
Hober Springs
Soissons
Bulge
Searcy
Wynne, Augusta
Bald Roob
Independence County
Heber Springs
Arkansas-Missouri
Jasper
Huntsville
Cambrai
Melbourne
le Havre
Hitler
Fort Smith
Paris
State Cotton Sold For Fifty Five Thousand Dollars At Auction
Arkansas State penitentiary sold 1 000 bales of cotton Thursday at 138 to 198 points, totaling about 55 000 dollars. Auctioneer W Porter Grace oversaw four lots. A E Bell of Anderson Clayton bought Lots 1 and 2 and Burford Kennedy took Lots 3 and 4.
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Arkansas State Pensitentiary
W. Porter Grace
A. E. Bell
Anderson Clayton Company
Burford & Kennedy
Edttion
Calais Drive Aims to Weaken English Channel Defenders
A London dispatch reports German high command pushing a major attack to reach the embankment of the Lys and sever Allied lines. Heavy forces threaten the coast as 5 000 mechanized troops are described as isolated in Amiens while other Nazi units stall for fuel.
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Calais
England
Lys
Paris
English
Flanders Fields
Cambrai
Somme
Chai
Amiens
NEC
Local Libraries Combine Friday Open House in Washington
The Hope Hempstead county library project uses the former circuit clerk office at the old court house to display about 400 books from the Hope Hempstead library and host an open house Friday night. Mrs Joe Jackson will serve as librarian as the first Washington branch library plans a Monday opening with a broad display of philosophy religion science arts literature history poetry and fiction for public viewing and explanation.
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Hempstead County
Washington
Joe Jackson
Hope-Hempstead County
Hope High Alumna Earns Mortar Board Honor and Lewisohn Award
Marjorie Lee Threlkeld, Hope High School class, is highlighted as one of fourteen junior women at the University of Tennessee to receive Mortar Board recognition. She serves as secretary for next year and editor for Omicron Nu, a national honor society for Home Economics women. She won the Lewisohn Scholarship valued at $250 with an Art Department assistantship at UT during her senior year.
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Marjorie Lee Threlkeld
Hope High School
University ‘of Tennessee
Mortar Board
Omnicon Nu
Lewisohn
University of Tennessee
Ex Hope Citizen M Y Downing Dies in California
News from Carlsbad California reports the death of M Y Downing a former Hope resident. He was 78 a retired carpenter and died after about 18 months of illness. Survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Cecile Sturdevant of Glendale and a sister Mrs Evrick of Omaha. The Dowings left Hope about three years ago.
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M. Y. Downing
Hope
Carlsbad
California
Downing
Jill
Cecile Sturdevant
Glendale
Calif
Evrick
Omaha
Ned
Dowings
Creation of Earth Brings Forth Grass and Seed
A biblical verse from Genesis 1 1 asserts that God commanded the earth to produce grass herbs and fruit with seeds in themselves and the earth affirmed the command as it was spoken. The wording emphasizes the self contained seed mechanism inherent in plant creation as described in the creation narrative.
Italian liner Rex voyage postponed to June 12
Rome announces the Rex sailing for New York has been delayed from May 29 to June 12. Italian Line officials in Genoa and New York offered no precise reason but indicated the delay is not war related and attributed it to traffic considerations.
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Rome
Rex
New York
Ialian Line
Genoa
Talian Line
Legion Poppy Day Tribute Saturday Nationwide Observed
Millions of Americans will honor World War dead this Saturday as Poppy Day. The American Legion Auxiliary plans distribution of about 1,000 poppies locally, made by disabled veterans at Fort Roots, providing work and purpose during winter and spring. France’s war-torn landscape is recalled in the tribute.
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American Legion Auxiliary
C. P. Tolleson
Fort Roots
France
Core planned for Sturgis oil well in Texas field
TEXARKANA Miller county operators report coring from 5272 to 9288 feet at the Standard-Sturgis No 1 wildcat near Foulk three miles northeast of it. No pay sand found in Buckner formation while core is planned. Other wells in Miller county include K B Jennings J and Jail Corp H T Wood No 1 near Bloomingburg and Red Iron Drilling J T Philyaw No 1 below 3300 feet. An item notes Tibetan Lama initiation rites in Natural History magazine.
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Texarkana
Fouk
Miller County
Buckner
K. B. Jennings and
J and Jail Corporation
H. T. Wood No
Bloomburg
Texas
Red Iron Drilling Company
J. T. Philyaw No
Standard-Sturgis No
Trotsky Attacked in Mexico City by Men of Stalin
A group of men attacked Russian exile Leon Trotsky in Mexico City on a Friday night, firing into his bedroom and slightly injuring him with flying glass. A secretary quoting Trotsky’s camp said the assault was personally directed by Joseph Stalin.
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Mexico City
Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Jury Finds Burks Guilty of Murder in Rice Field
Horace Finiton Burks, 23, an army deserter, was found guilty of murdering J. C. Calloway in a Louisiana rice field on Valentine’s Day. The jury deliberated one hour. a death by hanging sentence will be pronounced Saturday.
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Lake Charles
Horace Finiton Burks
J. C. Calloway
St. Valen Ine's
Mel
Tony
Henry
Burks
Houston, Texas
Harry
Supreme Cat
Calloway
Circuit Court Session Adjourned After July 18 Date
Hempstead court adjourned late Thursday afternoon until July 18. Judge Bush cleared most of the current docket in the session. A jury awarded Jean Vick $700 in a personal injury suit against Richards-Lightman Theater Corp for a fall in the Saenger Theater. Neg Stewart, attorney for the defendant, gave notice of appeal.
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Hempstead
Bush
Jean Vick
Richards-Lightman Theater Corp
Playiff
Saenger
Neg Stewart
Cotton Market Update Stages at 881 Middling Spot 10.37
Cotton market notes from New York report by Coley show October opening near 3.64, staged at 881, with Middling spot at 10.37. Market action reflects futures and spot movements in a compact midday briefing.
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New York
Coley
Aoe
Palmer Resigns From State Posts
Governor Bailey announced the resignation of C. Palmer, south Arkansas publisher and chairman of the Arkansas Centennial Commission, the State Publicity Commission, and the Arkansas Farm Tenancy Commission, due to pressure of personal business. He also announced T. L. Nichols of Parkdale resigning from the Merit System Council due to ill health.
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Little Rock
Palmer
South Arkansas
Dave Onee
Arkansas Centennial Commission
State Publicity Commission
Arkansas Farm Tenancy Commiss
Bailey
T. L. Nichols
Parkdale
Merit System Council
Robins elected District 7-B Lions governor in Arkansas
Dr. R. B. Robins, past Camden Lions president and deputy district governor, was elected governor of District 7-B Arkansas Lions for south Arkansas at the Fort Smith convention on May 20. He will succeed Oren Herris in July. Robins chairs the Arkansas Medical Society council and is active in medicine. He has served as Lions program chairman this year. Born in Oren, he is the son of the late R. B. Robins and Mrs. Robins.
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Oren
R. B. Robins
Robins
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