Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin on India Self Rule Debate
The Arkansas Methodist argues Britain should mobilize resources and grant India self rule after the war. It notes India sent about 1.5 million troops, questions why England resists full self government, and asks if democracy includes self rule even in India. It frames U S involvement as a possible necessity to counter Germany.
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England
America
Germany
Pepper
John Bull
Uncle Sam
India
U. S
McFaddin to Make Memorial Address Here
The challenge of Memorial Day will be the subject of McFaddin's address at Rose Hill Cemetery Sunday at 2 30 p m The Hope High School band will provide a forty minute concert before the address under Thomas Cannon's direction Local patriotic groups will join the program The public is invited Concert High School Band Invocation Reverend John Keith Gregory Music Stephen Foster selections Address E F McFaddin Bell Call John Vesey Taps Kenneth Crank Benediction Reverend Thomas Brewsler
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EF. McFaddin
Rose Hill
Hope High School
Thomas Cannon
John Keith Gregory
Stephen Foster
FL McFachin
John Vesey
Kenneth Crank
Thomas Brewsler
Thanks Star for Bond Publicity
A letter from Third Assistant Postmaster General Ramsey S. Black dated May 19 1941 thanks The Star for publicity promoting National Defense Bonds and sale offerings. It notes appreciation for forwarding copies of the newspaper and extending thanks to publisher Alex H. Washburn for cooperation in selling the securities.
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Star
National Defense
Hope
Rumsey
Black
Robert M. Wilson
Wes Pipers
Alex, H. Washburn
Post Office Department
Ramsey
Children machinegunned aboard Zamzam as it sank
An American woman survivor from the Egyptian motor ship Zamzam, sunk by a Nazi gctuidor in the southern Atlantic April 17, said she and her six children were machine-gunned after entering a lifeboat. Mrs Elmer Danielson of Lindsborg Kansas reported the lifeboat was mistaken for an armed launch in the darkness.
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Atlantic
Elmer Danielson
Lindsbourg
Kaine
Little Rock
No Smugness or Despair On Roosevelt Defense Year
A year after May 16 1940 President Roosevelt urged preparedness. Willis Thornton argues the defense effort has done more than any nation in a year but remains uneven. He urges steadiness, notes missteps, and predicts a faster second year hinging on faith and strength as Americans invest heavily in defense production.
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Roosevelt
America
Thes
Britain vows to fight on Crete as battle rages
British and Greek forces contend with Nazi invaders on Crete, with authorities signaling no retreat. Reports say defenders hold edge as German air efforts and small troop landings continue near Malemi while Candia and Retima areas remain under defense.
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Ilondon
N—taj
Britain
Crete
Mediterranean
Churchill
Malemi Airdrone
Malemi
Eartier
Malomit
Candia
Retima
Egg Within Egg Displayed Saturday by Charley Howard
A man named Charley Howard displayed an unusually large egg here Saturday morning. The egg came from a Rhode Island Red hen and was about twice the size of a normal egg. Notes mention efforts to expand a naval training program to 16,000 officers by 1947.
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Charley Howard
Hope Route 1
Rhone Island
U. S. Navy
Nazis Hold West Crete End of Battle Claim
Berlin announced after a five day battle that Nazi airborne troops now control the western Crete coast and that the Luftwaffe has driven the British navy from northern Cretan waters. The high command said German paratroopers and reinforcements expanded the offensive, while RAF reports tallied German losses and air superiority in the Western end of Crete.
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Berlin
Crete
Luftwaffe
Cretan
High Command
Church‘hill
New Zealand
Cairo
VPI
RAF
Malem
Middle East
Malemi
Berlin Blackouts Bring Light Social Touches Across City
Berlin during air raids shows small, curious exchanges between Germans and Americans. Loyal Germans avoid speaking English in public, Americans speak French, and a chance encounter leads to a tense moment as a German officer and an American collide in a dim street. The scene hints at German attitudes, Jewish presence, and Americans' ease in public spaces amid blackouts and scarcity.
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Jean Graffis
NEA
Stall
Berlin
Unter ‘den Linden
Friedrichstrasse
France
Europe
America
Germany
Burin
Axis Air Network in Latin America Is Time Bomb
Pan-American Airways chair Cornelius Whitney warns in a NEA Service analysis that eight Axis dominated airlines operate across Latin America, risking U.S. economy as they receive government subsidies. He notes routes totaling over 21,000 miles, with several flights supporting potentially military aims, and cites a vanished Italian trans Atlantic flight near Brazil as suspicious.
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Axis Air Network
Latin America
Pan-Air
Roosevelt
Stile Mull
Latin-America
NEA Service
Hope Star
Cornelius V. Whitney
Pan-American Airways
Armys
Whitney
If Airlines
Soenatrate
Alr- Unes
South America
Shay
Fernansbuco
Brazil
Atlantic
Europe
Vichy
Dakar
Africa
Condor Syndicate
Corumba
Brasil
Condor
South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Huly
Wittine
Rome
Berlin
Lati
Dakat
Alviga
Itelf
Asis
America
Dr Kolb Returns as Superintendent of State Hospital
Dr A Kolb of Hope, former superintendent, is reinstated to lead the State hospital effective July 1 after Board of Control approval to abolish unused positions and adjust staff. He previously resigned in 1937 amid policy disputes under Gov Bailey, and helped craft proposed reforms later reviewed by the 1941 legislature.
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Little Rock
A. ©. Kolb
Hope
State Hospital
Hospital
Board of Control
Carl 5. Bailey
Contoversy
Hospital Farms
George Fletcher
Hot Springs
Dye Board
Walter G. Riddick
Lite Rack
Kolb
Fletcher
A Thought For Whosoever Do The Will Of God
A short inspirational note cites Mark 9 35 urging that whoever does God’s will is brother sister and mother, reflecting a community faith message for readers.
Hempstead County 4-H Rally Day Held at Experiment Station
About 250 Hempstead county 4-H members gathered at the University of Arkansas Track and Fruit Experiment Station for Rally Day. The program included devotions, a welcome by George W. Ware, a group sing, a blue ribbon talent contest to be held May 28, and plans for state camp followed by a Citizenship Ceremony and adjournment.
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Hempstead County
4-H Club
University of Arkansas Track and Fruit Experiment Station
Club
Herbert Ford
Washington
Glyn Black
Patmos
George W. Ware
Gene Urrey
State
June Donahue
Man Versus Horse in Speed Records
A quirky historical item claims a horse can run three times faster than a human. It notes a man completes a run in about 4 minutes and 10 seconds while a horse covers the same distance in 1 minute and 3 seconds, illustrating the speed gap.
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Mali
British Hood Sunk by German Bismarck Off Iceland
Berlin reports German battleship Bismarck destroyed British battleship Hood in a mid Atlantic clash near Iceland. Official communiques note heavy losses for Britain and German fleet pursuit continuing.
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H. Hood
Bismark
Iceland
Germany
mid-Atlantic
High Command
Guenther Luet
Final Rites for Hope Veteran Purss tell
Funeral services for Andrew F. Purss tell, 45, a World War II veteran, will be at Hope Gospel Tabernacle Saturday at 2 p.m. He is survived by his widow, three children Alice Joan Dora Louise and Calvin all of Hope, his father A. M. Purtell, his mother Mrs Dora Billingsley of Houston Texas, a sister and several half brothers and sisters.
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Andrew F. Pursstell
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Alice Joan
Dora Louise
Calvin
Cranium Crackers Cranium Crackers Boy Meets Girl
The passage asks to identify film pictures where a boy meets a girl in specific settings. It lists: a surveyor in a telegraph office in Ontario. a gangster in a mountain tourist cabin in California. a rich young man at his white‑collar girlfriend’s father's home in Philadelphia. a banker at a Cincinnati railroad station. a reporter at a Beate foundation luncheon in London Ontario.
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Ontario
California
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Girk
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Alex. H. Washburn
Arkansas Methodist
British Empire
McFaddin
Robt
Wilson
L. A. Man
Zamzam
Willis Thornton
Judisches Nachrichtenblatt
Cogota
Colombia
Caracas E Venezuela
Quitos
Gul
Porto Velho
Santa’ Cruz
Paraguay
Asuncion
Argentina
Catalin
LEGE
Dr. Kolb
Bailey
Associated
Hood
Admiralty
London
the. S. Hood
Naval
A. F. Purtell
Auersul Cunmie
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