Rural second class rates spark debate over mail costs
Our Daily Bread examines federal deficits in second class postal matter and asks whether raising rates could help federal revenue. The piece argues the issue is between government and rural readers, not newspapers, and calls for improved rural delivery with potential costs. It cites Arkansas figures: 70,116 collected and a 308,592 deficit, noting willingness to pay for better service.
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Congress
Curvier Boys
Star
Hope
America
Arkansas
Furthermnor Hope
Portheyp Hempstead
Blevins and McCaskill
Strong Outposts by June 1939
Willis Thornton argues that by mid 1939 the U S Army had 187 886 men in active service and today over 200 000 American soldiers man outer bases from Kodiak Island to Guam and Greenland to Guiana, reflecting a shift caused by those who chose war over peace.
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United States
Kodiak Island
Guam
Greenland
Guiana
Election Case Moves Nearer Close Tuesday
Hempstead county judge election contest nears closure as final ballot checks proceed Tuesday afternoon. Morning re checks favored incumbent Reed AL Luck by two votes, narrowing John L Wilson's lead to unofficial 14 votes. Witnesses heard include Robert F Parton Guernsey B Aullen Spring Hill B Rhorles Tokio John Vesey J P Byers Hope.
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Reed
Tuck
John L. Wilson
Wilson
Luck
Robert F. Parton
Guernsey
B. A @uillen
Spring Hill
B. Rhorles
Tokio
John Vesey
J. P. Byers
Hope
Work Resumed at San Francisco Shipyards
San Francisco area shipyards reopened after a six week break as 600 CIO machinists picketed to press Metal Trades president John P. Frey. Frey led a large scale work movement amid naval convoy escorts and widespread labor tensions at Moore drydock and Gillan yard gates.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Foo L
John P, Frey
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L. Men of All Trades
Moore Dryvndock
Gillan
Fickers
Frey
President to Address Nation Tuesday Night
President Roosevelt plans a fireside address Tuesday night extending by 15 minutes to discuss a government policy. Stephen Early, his secretary, said congress would receive 3,319,000,000 in appropriations for more airplanes as part of the plan.
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Roosevelt
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Roosevelt Speech Sets 4:40 PM Air Talks on Nation
The president's Tuesday night address is slated for 4:40 o clock across major networks. A statement from Early on Capitol Hill reveals a request for 2.79 billion dollars for the Army and 529 million for the Navy. He declined to estimate plane counts or bomber emphasis and did not detail presidential message contents.
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U Boats Claim 14 Sinkings in Atlantic West
Berlin reports fourteen heavily laden enemy merchantmen totaling 77,600 tons sunk by German submarines west of Africa. Sources said the sinkings occurred in recent days, with one 3,000-ton British tanker sunk near the Orkneys and another 4,000-ton ship destroyed elsewhere in the North Atlantic. Reports also claim Luftwaffe rain on a 8,000-ton transport near Crete.
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Africa
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Orkney Islands
North Atlantic
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Rescue of Marconi Crew by Coast Guard and Navy
The Coast Guard cutter General Greene rescued survivors from the British steamship Marconi about 270 miles southeast of Greenland. About 46 crewmembers remained missing, believed drifting in two lifeboats in heavy fog. the search continued as the ship was torpedoed earlier.
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Wasitington
Coast Guard and Navy
Cuast Guard
General Greene
Greenland
Navy
Coast Guard
Marconi
Hope H High School to Hold Graduation Exercises
Graduation exercises of Hope H High School will be held Thursday night in the high school auditorium at 7:00 p m May 29. Dr. Gaston Foote, pastor of Winfield Memorial Church of Little Rock, will give the class address. The four highest ranking seniors will discuss the theme American Defense. The public is invited. The program includes processional invocation music readings class address and diplomas with E P Young announcing.
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Hope H High School
Gaston Foote
Winfield Memorial Church
Little Rock
Kenneth L. Spore
E. P. Young
Frances Mitchell
Thomas Kinser
Frances Thomas
Thomas Gordon
Selo
Helen Crews
Board of Education
Revessional
Eastern Arkansas clubs convene in Batesville on June 26
The annual eastern Arkansas Young Men's Clubs summer convention will meet June 26 at Batesville after bidding between Paragould and Batesville. The board awarded a $120 annual scholarship to Arkansas College and approved the meeting plan.
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Eastern Arkansas Young Men’s Clubs
Batesville
Board of
Paragould
Arkansus College
Dr. F. D. Henry Named as Dental Examiner
LITTLE ROCK Appointments of 74 physicians and dentists to aid physical examinations under the selective service program were announced Tuesday by Brig. Gen. E. L. Compere, selective service director. New examiners included Dr. F. D. Henry. The report notes a tube railway station in London is feeding as an air raid shelter after four years closed.
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Little Rock
Selective Service
L. Compere
Heapstead
F. D. Henry
King William Street
London
Famous Wives and Their Husbands Through History
A fragmented quiz notes famous wives and seeks to name their husbands. Items include Jane Seymour with Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn with Henry VIII, Marie Antoinette with Louis XVI, Josephine with Napoleon, Queen Victoria with Prince Albert, Mary II with William III, Deanna Durbin with William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck with a husband, Dorothy Thompson with Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Getling
France Pledges to U S on Fleet and Colonies
Washington reports the French government renewed assurances that its fleet and colonies would not be surrendered to Germany or any power. Ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye delivered a note drafted under Vichy instructions to Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles. He said the note aims to reassure the world that pro-Hitler elements are not in control at Vichy.
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Washington
Hull
Vichy
Henry Haye
New Jewelry Store Opens in Hope by Veteran Jeweler
T. S. Perkinson, a jeweler with 100 years experience, opens a new shop at 218 South Walnut Street in Hope adjacent to the Sinclair station near Walnut and Third. He moved from Searcy Arkansas where he managed a store and served as official watchman for Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railroads. The shop features fixtures installed and is now open, offering watches rings bracelets and lockets with a first class repair department.
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T. S. Perkinson
Hope
Walnut Street
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Walnut
South Wahu Street
Perkinson
WPA Quota for June Reduced in Arkansas
State WPA administrator Floyd Sharp announced a June quota of 28 300 workers a reduction of 2 300 from May 1. District quotas with last month include Jonesboro 6 180 and 6 750 E Dorado 5 600 and 6 200.
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Little Rock
WPI
WPA
Floyd Sharp
Work Projects Administration
Jonesboro
E Doradue
Weisenberger in Army Talk at Kiwanis meeting
Rep. Royce Weisenberger spoke on What I Know About the Army at a noon Kiwanis club meeting in Hope. He said the army is in good shape manpower wise but short of material, and urged Americans to support leaders whether war comes. Van Hayes will be guest speaker next week.
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Royce Weisenberger
Hope
Kiwanis Club
United States Army
Weisenberger
van Hayes
One Killed In New York Harbor Pier Fire
A harbor edge blaze at Greenville terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad yard burned one man and 24 loaded freight cars. Fire crews from multiple units fought the flames as tank cars and cargo on an 820 foot pier burned, with workers dragging burning cars into the yard to save freight. Tugboats and Coast Guard cutters aided, and three alarms brought 3 fire companies plus numerous ships and tugs to the scene.
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New York Harbor
Greenville Terminal
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New York
Coast Guard
Open House at Stamp Office in Fiks building
The Hope Chamber of Commerce sponsors a formal opening of the Welfare Stamp Office and No Y A now located in the Fiks building. The entire building is redecorated and the open house ties to Clean up week. Offices will be open to the public from to 10 p.m. Tuesday night. The public is invited.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Welfare Stamp Office
No Y. A
Fiks
Axis Blocked at Sea Off Crete
British Mediterranean fleet has lost two cruisers and four destroyers in Crete week of battle but repelled German landings. Reinforcements arrive to Crete as Germans parachute troops. 18,000 Nazis dead cited by Greek sources. Allied ships report heavy losses to transports. British claim fleet remains relatively stronger than before Cape Matapan. RAF says five Nazi transports shot down at Malemi airfield.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Crete
Middle East
Malemi
Canes
Cape Matapan
RAF
El Dorado WOW to Meet Here
The Woodmen of the World local camp plans its largest attendance at the regular meeting Thursday night May 29. A large delegation from El Dorado Ark and nearby camps is expected. New members will be introduced as refreshments are served. W O W degree team to lead introductions. Clerk John W Ridgdel urges all members to attend at 6 o'clock.
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Woodmen of the World
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Ark
John W. Ridgdel
Sinking of the Bismarck by British forces in Atlantic chase
The German battleship Bismarck, pursued for three days west of Brest, was sunk by British guns and torpedoes aided by aircraft from Ark Royal and other ships. The Hood had fallen earlier, and the Bismarck's last radio message spoke of fighting to the end. Naval authorities credited American Catalina sightings and a Royal Navy plan that sealed the Bismarck's doom in the North Atlantic.
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Greenland
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Thought Swearing Acknowledges Devil's Superiority
This line frames a provocative claim by Robert Hall, describing Thought Swearing as a super fluity of maughtiness and a pepper corn sent to acknowledge what is deemed the devil's right of superiority.
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