Society Notes From a Local First Methodist Social Evening
The November social calendar features a church event for Reverend Amneth L. Spore and family at the First Methodist, with autumn decor, group singing, and games. Evening hosts include Mrs. A. Graves and Mrs. Henry Hitt, while Mayor Albert Graves presents a silver tray. Wednesday Contract Club and guests were entertained by Mrs. Franklin Horton with Mrs. Georgiana Beauchamp attending.
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Steverend
K. L. Spore
Evenin
First Methodist Church
Amneth L. Spore
MheriIne
Harlan
Mra
A. Graves
Henry Hitt
W, Young
Dolphus Whitten
Hy Warsmack
Singing
America
Solips
Clifford Franks
Ralph Rotuton
J. Aenry
Martin Pool
Albert Graves
Garret Story
A. B. Patten
Ernest O'Neal
Earl O'Neal
Harry Hawthorn
W. C. Miller
Dale Wilson
R.T. White
Edwin Ward
George Ware
F. C. Crow
Edwin Stewart
Mammle Briant
Stith Davenport
A. K. Holloway
M. M. McCloughan
Penny Webb
Franklin Horton
Contract Bridge Club
Georgiana Beauchamp
P T A Meetings Highlight Community Activities
Brookwood P T A held a November meeting at the school with L D B Springer speaking on child health values. Plans were set for a Brookwood Benefit Bridge and game party on November 13 at 2 50 pm with tea and prizes for guests.
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Brookwood P. T. A
L. DB. Springer
Hugh Jones
Brookwood
W. R. Herndon
Road tax progress and local notices amid wartime updates
War effort dominates A section with amendments voting tallies and a road tax note. Community items list residents' moves, travels, and family updates from Prescott and nearby Arkansas towns, including enlistments, registrations, and anniversaries.
John Brown Statue in Park Faces Scrap Debate
John Brown Again Osawa Tomic Kas report a split over whether the bronze statue in John Brown Memorial Park should be scrapped. Proponents note other hero statues have been discarded, while opponents point to the park already housing two old cannons.
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Osawa ‘'Tomic
Kas
John Brown
Brown
Deciding to confide Blythe faces a tense wait
Blythe plans to reveal the truth to Duane while racing against time as the 5 pm meeting at Nancy’s apartment looms. She navigates crowds at Pop’s office, sees Nancy’s gleeful mischief, and notes two Hollywood figures arriving, signaling a big, dangerous development.
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Duane
Blythe
Iean
Nancy
Blythe Miller
Pop
Iis
Tia
Bly
Honey
Norman
Nancy Hale
Elmer Summers
Journal Sports
Summers
Abe Loumann
T. J.natwick
Hollywood
Loumann
Natwick
Miss Miller
British Start (Continued From Page One) Alamein Breakthrough Reported
British dispatches describe Rommel's line shattered as Montgomery's forces push the Axis back beyond El Alamein eighty miles west of Alexandria. Allied air and ground units pound retreating enemy, with Italian calls for a truce in one sector and German divisions rushed from the Russian front to reinforce.
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Libya-Egypt Desert Front
Matruh
Tobruk
Benghazi
Alexandria
Suez
Rommel
el Agheila
Egypt
Axis
Germany
Italy
Greece
Romynel
Athens
Mediterranean
B. L. Montgomery
Grant
Lee
el Alamein
Allied advances and troop arrivals reported across fronts
British forces push toward El Taba near El Alamein as screens withdraw. 7,000 American troops reach Egypt and Palestine alongside fresh Allied gains on Guadalcanal and New Guinea. Soviet dispatches claim breakthroughs near Stalingrad, Caucasus, and Tuapse with significant German losses as Red Army tightens around Grozny oil fields.
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Valley of the Nile
el Taba
el Alamein
Sidi Abd el Rahman
Drain Cairn
Egypt
United States
Palestine
Hegypt
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
Henderson
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Papua
Buna
Russia
Red
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Volga
Black Sea
Tuapse
Mozdok
Central Caucasus
Grozny
Joe Jones Promoted to Baker Second Class
Joe T. Jones formerly of the City Bakery has been promoted to baker second class in the Naval Reserve and is now stationed at Norfolk Virginia. His address is N C T C Galley B Camp Allen Nor folk Va. The airplane industry under war time demands has produced more planes since Pearl Harbor than in the prior sixteen years.
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Joe T. Jones
The
City Bakery
Naval Reserve
Norfolk, Va
Galley B
Camp Allen
Norfolk
Pearl Harbor
Army Defenses Declared Against 50,000 Nazi Troops
Army defenses were declared to repel a force of about 50 000 Nazi troops positioned on the Nalechjk placant fifty miles to the west.
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Nalechjk
Coming and Going at Garland City and Beyond
Mr and Mrs Wiliam McGill of Garland City visited the T R Billingsleys Wednesday. Mr McGill leaves this week for Shreveport to be inducted in the army. Dr and Mrs RB Buckman of Baker Oregon and Mrs Mary Johnson of Spokane are house guests of their brother W Pruitt and Mrs Pruitt for 10 days. After residing in Waco for months, Mr and Mrs Cook have returned to the city.
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Little Rock
J2. L. McRae, Jr
Camp Robinson
Cliff Arnold Teft
Booneville
William Arnold
Joe Boswell
Berry Hesterly
Texarkana
Frank Tubberville
New Orleans
Tubberville
Coast Guard
C. A. Wynne
Washington, D. C
Marietta Wynne, Jr
A. B. Bonds
Woodrow Pate
Magnolia
Charles T
Charl M. Clark
Arkadelphia
L. J. Griffith
St. Louis
Jimmie Rodgers
Wiliam McGill
Garland City
T. R. Billingsleys
Mr. McGill
Shreveport
RB. F Buckman
Baker
Oregon
Mary Johnson
Spokane
Washington
W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Waco
Mrs. After Cook
City
FBI Probing Arkansas Parole System
Washington reports that Justice Department officials say the Arkansas parole probe remains active eight months in and not slated to end soon. The inquiry, described as statewide and large in scope, follows earlier statements that the FBI would examine allegations of officials exploiting paroled prisoners held on private plantations at nominal wages under state authority. The probe began after Attorney General Biddle announced the investigation on March 4 at the request of Wendell Berge.
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Washington
Apartment of Justice
Arkansas Parole System
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Biddle
FBI
Arkansas
Arkansas Penitentiary Commission
Wendell Berge
Millionaires Aplenty in Zurich Report
Statistics show 800 millionaires living in Zurich Switzerland and discuss how currency values shape wealth. The report notes a Romanian with 1,000,000 toi has roughly 5,355 dollars, illustrating the impact of exchange rates on perceived wealth.
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Zurich
Switzerland
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Adothers
Jerome H. Bowen
Eiith
Syd McMath
Hope
Order of the Eastern Star
Red Cross
Victory Garden Harvest Show
Lanployment
Rialto
Kay Francis
Ginger Rogers
Roxie Hart
Richard Carlson
Nancy Kelley
Tom Keene
Gabardines
Suedes
Chas. A. Haynes
NEW Saenger
Brian Donlevy
Andrew
Penny Singleton
Arthur’ Lake
Larry Simmi
North Africa
Tela
Bir
toheraJon
Lerba
Japuzzo
Libyan Desert
Bhalfaya
Plomar
Addalena
Tcairo
Miles
Dewey Hendrix
Lawrence Martin
Paisley P. T. A
P. J. Holt
Paisley P.T. A
Henry Taylor
W. R. Hamilton
Thomas Brewster
Thomas Lavin
America the Beautiful
Brewster
Prescott
Helen Hesterly
Nevada
War Department
Ration Board
Mit
Joseph B. Ingram
Joseph B. Ingram Jr
Army Air Forces
Camp Rahlingson
My. Ingram
Ark
Clyde Hesterly
Harold Parler
Clay
New Mexico
R. Crawford
D. L. McRae
Paul David Preston
NEA Service
Ihc
Joe Jones
American Institute of Laundering
Ke Theatres
Saenger
Aldrew
Blondie
Hangtown Mesa
Wake Island
Rialto Matinee Daily
Roxy Hart
Scott Stores
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