Notary Fee Joke and Rumblings on Russia
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a late night insurance man who agrees to a notary fee of 9.99 to seal a bill of sale, then accepts $5. The text shifts to critique of prewar Russia perceptions, noting visiting anti-Communist businessmen who found Russian factories efficient, aircraft ready, and workers capable, proving generalized judgments unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Ure
Thez
Saki
Ya. m
J. P. Morgan
Courteoys
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia
Russia
France
Germany
America
Britain
Moscow
W. L. Batt
Office of Production Management
Amereca
Bruner Ivory Rebuilding Its Ash Plant Here
Bruner Ivory Corp. reconstructs its ash handle plant in Hope after October fire damaged a quarter of the facility. New tile and brick construction, with a brick firewall, aims for December completion, with a total cost near 30000 dollars. The project preserves many skilled jobs and improves fire protection while remaining orders continue to ship to the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruner Ivory Han@eompany
Heber Springs
Hope
Guy E. Basye
B. W. Edwards
Hempstead County
Basye
War Department
Bruner Ivory
Yat
Survey of SPG Payroll Dollar Spending Patterns
A survey at Southwestern Proving Ground this week shows defense payroll dollars are not spent on impractical items like fifteen dollar shirts or patent leather work gloves. The study, requested by another government agency, notes favorable spending traits offsetting possible negative reactions and recalls similar merchandise trends from the prewar preparedness drive. Continued on Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Proving Ground
Aather
Cranium Crackers Pigskin Puzzlers Comic Page
Questions test basic intercollegiate football rules. Can a player recover a fumbled ball and run for six points The three plays for extra points and the correct placement of goal posts on college fields Are football and gridiron origins explained Why is football called gridiron Answers on the comic page.
City Engineer Faulted Over Water Saving Push
Salisbury reports City Engineer Clarke Gardner urged residents to conserve water during a two day repair. Authorities say the city’s water system saw an excess 300 000 gallons daily, prompting questions about messaging and management.
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Salisbury
Clarke Gardner
Summer and Fall Myth Counts At Major Soldier Shows
Reports indicate over 1000 separate shows were given before soldier audiences amid myths circulated about 3,000,000 attendees during the summer and fall of this year.
Correction of Lives Lost on Reuben James
The Navy Department corrected the list from 97 to 98 deaths for the torpedoed destroyer Reuben James. Seven men previously not reported on the ship were found aboard and seven listed as lost were removed. The ship’s company now totals 142, with 123 dead overall, as corrections accompany duty changes and location updates for the seven new aboard and seven removed. Names added include Kenneth C. Neely, Lewis Aubrey Turner, Anthony Gedminus Stankus, Charles C. Hayes, Herbert Ralph Barrett, William Harding Newton, and Jerald E. Mills. others previously listed on board but elsewhere were Peter Anderson, Frederick A. Bishop, Jack A. Campbell, Vernon B. Howell, Cincanto Lane, Hirman Morgan, and Marvin D. Wilson.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Vincent C. Lane
Army
Beliglermait
Atlantic
Kenneth C. Neely
Cunard
W. Va
Lewis Aubrey Turner
Atkins
Ark
Anthony Gedminus Stankus
Massachusetts
Charles C. Hayes
Akron
Ohio
Herbert Ralph Barrett
Cleveland
Wiliam Harding Newton
Health officials halt strep outbreak check in Hempstead county
State Health Officer W B Grayson reported routine checks found normal strep cases after sending engineers and specialists to Hope and the Southwestern Proving Ground area. A county Health for Defense drive begins with a street sale to fund the local health unit. Local girls will train Saturday to assist plans. A pursuit plane built resembles pterosaur outlines of prehistoric times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
W. B. Grayson
Treabse For Defense
State Health Department
County Health For Defense Committee
Health For Defense Committee
M. M. McClaughan
C. C. Lewis
Claud Nunn
Nancy Joe Coleman
Virginia O'Neal
Marjory O'Neal
Betty June Monts
Mary Jane Hearne
Mary de Dickinson
Martha Dane Eason
Frances Gyn Williams
June Duke
Norma Jeu Duke
Rose Myra Duissett
Mary Elizabeth Bright
Mary Stuart Jackson
Sara Dane Murphy
Marilyn Eywin
Frances Bruner
Elizabeth Rae Wiggins
Margaret Bush
Billye Irene Dumes
Strikes Are Rare Under Britain's Labor Policy
Britains labor policy under Ernest Bevin aims for arbitration and freedom of discussion while holding a big stick if needed. The wartime approach reduced lost working days to two million in two years, with unprecedented labor capital cooperation and round-table talks. Amid scarce strikes, workers protested muddled planning, demanding efficient production and government action to avoid chaos.
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Paul Manning
NEA Service
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Wade
Isbor
National Front
Walter Citrine
Trade Union Congress
Midlands
Stoncv
Wong
Borlala
London Daily Herald
MI Wenner
New Russian Envoy to U S Named to Washington Post
Maxim M. Litvinoff, longtime Soviet advocate of collaboration with democracies, will become ambassador to the United States, succeeding Constantine Gurmansky. Litvinoff previously negotiated U S recognition with President Roosevelt in 1933 after a 20 year gap in relations. Since 1939 he has opposed German collaboration, leaving only Oumansky and Alexander Troyuisky as prior ambassadors to Washington.
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Washington
Maxim M. Litvinoff
United States
Constantine Gurmansky
Russia
Litvinoff
Roosevelt
U. S
Bsec
Oumansky
Alexander A. Troyuisky
ABO
Aluminum plant site chosen for Camden or Lake Catherine
Governor Adkins said location announcements for Arkansas aluminum plants were delayed about a week for gas facilities and interim power checks. State sources indicated Camden or Lake Catherine near Hot Springs as the narrowed sites, with assurances of 60 million cubic feet of daily gas from south Arkansas fields for plant power.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
State House
Camden
Lake Catherine
Hot Springs
Adkins
OPM
South Arkansas
Assured Market for Bauxite Producers
Senator Hattie W. Comway of Arkansas said the Office of Production Management assured independent bauxite producers they would find a ready market for their ore at a planned Alma mina plant in Arkansas. The report notes a strong first half of 1964 with exports 36 percent higher and imports 42 percent higher than the prior period.
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Washington
Hattie W. Comway
D. Ark
Office of Production Management
Arkangus
U.S
Japanese Ship Kohimaru Sunk By Drift Mine
Domei reports the Japanese steam er Kohimaru sank in the Sea of Japan after a drifting Russian mine. 247 survivors recovered, 143 missing, 17 bodies found. 442 passengers and 65 crew initially aboard. Tokyo protests to Russia and seeks prompt explanation. Rescue ships search for the remainder.
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Tokyo
Kohimaru
Sea of Japan
Domei
Russia
Red Cross Drive Sets Hempstead County Fundraising Tone
A Southwest Proving Ground unit sparks a strong Red Cross membership push in Hempstead County. Dick Kath coordinates the drive with project employees able to obtain annual memberships from designated employers. Alma Campbell R L Lengstrum and Helen Magus lead the roll call as funds and supplies race ahead despite limited materials. The Interior Department releases a new handbook outlining rights and duties of American Indians.
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Hempstead
Proving Ground
Red Cross
Dick Kath
CQM Motor Pool
Quartermaster's
Kutch
Southwestern Proving Groward
Alma S. Campbell
Quartermaster’s
Flood Threat Subdued as Aid Rolls Out in Arkansas
In central Arkansas the Arkansas River flood threat eased as waters moved through. The Surplus Marketing Administration then authorized the state welfare department to issue food stamps and supplies in 11 valley counties to aid flood sufferers. At Little Rock temperatures plunged to 40 degrees the coldest since spring, with 35 inches of rainfall recorded overnight and a forecast of light frost at higher elevations.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Welfare Department
Valley
George W. Ware
U. of A
Arkansas Soldiers Triumph Over 41st Division 14 to 0
TACOMA Wash Traveling Arkansas Travelers of the Coast Artillery and former Arkansas National Guard regiments defeated the 41st Division 14 to 0. Led by Aubrey Fowler Garvin Salmon and James Keeton the victorious unit scored on a 7 yard punt return a Keeton interception and a 20 yard Fowler pass TD. Strong line play by Rasberry Peters Sanders and Turner propelled the win as Arkansas’ offense rolled to four wins this season with 156 points for and none against.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jak
Arkansas ‘Traveler
Coast Artillery
Arkansas National Guard
Aubrey Fowler
Garvin Salmon
James Keetan
Arkansas Tech
Travelers
Pawler
Keeton
Paul Zuber
Salman Nkied
Fowler
Zuber
Pershing Turner
James Rasberry
Raymond Peters
Percy Sanders
Turner
Arkansas Soldiers
Wuiny
Artilerymen
Pune
Reserves Drive Germans Back In World War II Fronts
Associated Press reports mass Russian reserves breaking siege lines before Moscow while Soviet dispatches claim Nazi retreat from Donets river basin. London quarters say German air force withdrawn from Moscow Leningrad Far North fronts, indicating a defensive winter campaign. Stalin says 4.5 million German casualties since June 22 as Russia fights alone.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Ukraine
Donets
London
Leningrad
Far North
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Russia
Germany
Tass
Red
Mozhaisk
Rusian
Crimea
Black Sea
Sevastapol
Adolf Hitler
Crimean
Sevestopol
Yalta
Feodisiya
Ussr
Mostow
Uniis
Europe
Stalin
A Thought When All My Mercies My Rising Soul Serves
A devotional reflection references gratitude to God and a sense of wonder and praise. The speaker frames mercies as gifts guiding the rising soul toward reverent love and praise, invoking divine contemplation and awe.
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By Willis Thornton
SPG
Reuben James
Recheck
Bevin
Tyneside
Ithar
Department of the Interior
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Pacific Coast
New Orleans
New York
UGS
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