Draft Registration Day Explained For Hempstead County Officials
Our Daily Bread explains that the nationwide October 16 draft registration applies to all men 21 to under 36 and must be completed on that day. It notes that registering anywhere in the United States is valid, urges compliance, and warns that failing to register violates federal law. The piece discusses future steps for local boards and emphasizes public understanding of the process.
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London Daylight Raids Probe German Bomber Crash
London reports two daytime raids on Monday as German raiders targeted several areas. A four-engined bomber reportedly crashed after anti-aircraft fire while London suffered casualties and damage, including a convent and multiple houses. Continued on Page Four.
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London
Vy Gondon
Britain
British Press Association
City Court Hears Two Murder Cases At City Hall
Two murder cases headed the city docket as examination waivers moved both defendants to the grand jury. Joe Stith bound over on a $1000 bond for killing Endrey Smith with a gun. Virginian Smith released on $500 bond after stabbing King Tobe Nelson. City docket included numerous drunkenness pleas with fines and bonds. note indicates continuation on Page Four.
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Joe Stith
Endrey Smith
Virginian Smith
King Tobe Nelson
W. K. Lemley
Cotton New York Opens and Closes Low. Middling Spot Declines
December cotton opened at 9.23 and closed at 4.6. Middling spot stood at 9.68.
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New York
Adkins to Talk for Democrats in Arkansas
Governor designate Homer M. Adkins will address Arkansas citizens on the national campaign and its impact. He will speak in a 7:30 to 7:45 a.m. Breakfast Table radio discussion carried statewide via KARK and stations KOTN KEOL KCMC KFPW KBIM.
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Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
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KOTN
Pine Bluff
KEOL
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KCMC
Texarkana
KFPW
Fort Smith
KBIM
Jonesboro
J. Herbert
Man Escapes in Attempted Robbery Here
Mr and Mrs Grady Hairston and child of Hope were held up at gunpoint in front of John Gibson home on West Division street by a white male. Hairston knocked the gunman down after the assailant fired twice. The robber escaped on foot heading north along the Missouri Pacific line. police searched the area for hours but could not locate him.
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Child of Hope
John $. Gibson
West Division Street
Missouri Pacific Railway
Training Class for Library in Hempstead and Nevada Counties
The Hempstead and Nevada counties library systems announce a training class at city hall on Tuesday October 15 from 1:00 to 3:30 PM. Programs include Dewey Decimal system by Elsie Weisenberger, a round table, Arkansas Legislature actions for county libraries, a book review, Library of Congress by Evelyn Simpson, and Rural Library Service development by Lester Boyce among other sessions.
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Nevada County
John Keith Gregory
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Nevada
Elsie Weisenberger
Arkansas
James Pilkinton
Osa Johnson
Tom Mix Dies In Auto Crash Near Florence
Tom Mix, famed silent film Western star and former circus performer, died after his overturned car pinned him on a detour 18 miles south of Florence, Arizona. Investigators noted he was driving alone from Tucson to Florence and Phoenix and carried cash, travelers checks, and jewels. Born in Mix Run, Pennsylvania, he won riding contests in Prescott and Canon City and was a noted performer in circus and law enforcement roles.
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A Thought Wine Lets Out Secrets Not Invention
A Thought Wine is cited as not creating new ideas but revealing hidden truths, with a cryptic line attributed to Schiller about fates and secrets.
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Five Escape Serious Injury In Wreck Near Fulton
Five persons escaped serious injury when their car plunged into a bridge pillar on Bois D Arc Creek five miles from Fulton highway Sunday afternoon. Charles Houcher of Wilton Arkansas was the driver, and the car suffered heavy damage.
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Cranium Crackers Synonym Test Challenge
A newspaper puzzle item asks to choose the closest meanings for five key words. Contemny, gratuitous, coquette, Auguy, and Quixotic are matched to options like witness, surprise, flirt, guard, visionary and others. Page Two includes answers.
Local Library Exhibit Sent to State Convention
Mrs. Carrell Bishop, librarian and executive secretary of the State Library Commission, informs Elsie Welsenberger that the Hempstead County Library exhibit from the County Fair will travel to Little Rock for the State Library Convention on November 1 and 8. The display features a Hempstead County map with roads, the Hope library headquarters, and branch libraries across the county.
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State Library Commission
Hi Elsie Welsenberger
Hempstead
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Hope
Supreme Court bars communists from Arkansas ballot
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday barred the Communist party from the general election ballot, affirming Pulaski circuit court decree. It also blocked November 5 ballot access for initiated Act No. 2 backed by the Anti-Saloon League to relax local liquor election calls and invalidated the 1939 act allowing city minimum service prices, finding the House did not concur with a Senate amendment.
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Supreme Court
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Arkansas
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Anti-saloon League
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Senate
Revival Enters Second Week at First Baptist Church
Sunday drew the largest crowd yet for the revival led by Dr. C. C. Warren of Little Rock continuing through the week. Attendance at Sunday school and the morning worship was at capacity in the auditorium and annex as Warren preached on Dying Without Christ. He argued the fate of those who die without Christ and warned against choosing personal ways over God's path, noting there is no second chance after death.
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Little Rock
Warren
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Hell
Israel
Nazi and Soviet Forces Rally on Danube Front
Budapest reports German Italian mission to resolve tensions as Russian and German forces concentrate along the Danube and the Black Sea border. Britain presses Romania over perceived mistreatment of nationals amid rumors of a diplomatic break near Transylvania.
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County court probes county judge election votes
In Hempstead the circuit court resumes the county judge election case after a Monday recess, with Judge Bexter reconvening Tuesday morning. Clerks sort challenged ballots from undisputed ones across precincts as the lengthy task continues.
Black man injured by sharp object after contest
Tobe Nelson, 45, a Black man, was cut in the neck during a contest with Virginia Smith, a 29 year old Black woman, at a house in the north section of Ho. Nelson died at the police station. Smith was arrested, confessed, and the case was bound over to the November 12 grand jury.
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Virginia
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Nelson
Hempstead
Virginia Smith
Keep U. S. at Peace Willkie Warns on War Drift
Wendell Willkie told cheering crowds in Schenectady and Amsterdam New York that President Roosevelt could provoke a war his country is unprepared for. He urged preserving peace and avoiding reckless statements that might push the United States toward conflict.
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