National Defense Drive Through Industrial Giants
William Feather argues that preparing for modern war requires massive factory adaptation. He describes a 100 ton shell-making machine turning steel bars into 75 and 105-millimeter shells, with production scaled across shifts to meet the demand of a million shells in a day. The piece calls for rapid training and industrial mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal
Mrites Feather
Noaw
Taban Airphine
A Hope for Freedom Against Nazi Subjugation
Willis Thornton argues that defeating Nazi tyranny requires a faith in a future world better than the past. He contends that a return to medieval subjugation is unacceptable and that only freedom can deliver the aims of a new, just order, though a concrete blueprint remains unclear.
Suit Seeks Fifty Thousand In Fulton Case
Civil actions filed in Ci rigid Court target W. E. Cox and Sons of Fulton. Dr. Futrell seeks 50000 for Alfred Futrell’s widow and 25000 for his daughter from injuries alleged when a gun burned at VS lion in June 1948. Additional suit seeks 40000 for Injuries to a minor son of LD Blankinship Jr. in a related incident. Earlier jury verdict favored defendant in three combined cases against the Mississippi Pacific Railroad over crop damages from 1933-1935 due to water from a road bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LD. Blankinship, Jr
Young Blankinship
Wo EB. Cox and Sons
Lonkadao, Thompson
Cacrigen
Atkins and Stewart
Jown
Walker
Bateman
Hac Ee
Misari Pacific Railroad Company
Sgrt
Wreck Near Hope Highway Injures Two
A couple identified as Mr and Mrs Tucker sustained bruises and minor injuries in a two car collision about six miles southeast of Dallas on Hope highway four. The other driver was injured. both cars were badly damaged and rushed to a hospital.
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Dallas
Tucker
Hope Highway 4
U S Ships Ordered to Avoid Jap Ports
Shanghai reports the U S Navy issued orders to at least two American passenger liners to avoid Japanese ports on current voyages in the Orient. Informed sources say the move signals no expectation of a swift Japanese settlement in the ongoing crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U. S. Navy
U. S
Cranium Crackers Those New Taxes
A quiz warns of the era of new federal taxes with questions about toast, phone calls, clothing, and various goods. It asks how much tax is on toast, the income tax exemptions for single and married persons born, the tax per pack of playing cards, and the percentage of purchase price for sporting goods, jewelry, furs, and more. It notes auto and pinball machine taxes due annually and directs readers to the answers on another page.
British Hint at Land and Sea Attack on Italy
In a full dress Commons debate, Lord Beaverbrook urged land and sea strikes to knock Italy from the war and Britain to aid Russia in the Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Eden warned against plans that could alert the enemy, while pledging full support to Russia with Allied aid and shipments from British production.
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London
Italy
Red Army
Ukraine
House of Commons
Lord Beaverbook
Moscow
House of Lords
Russia
Ussr
Britain
Dunkirk
Anthony Eden
Government In Commons
Rossin
Lell
Beaverbrook
U. S
Stalin
Landia
Lille
Stephen King-Hall
Laborite
Hitler
Hall
Volga
Middle East
Expansion of Air Forces Plan Calls for 400 000
Secretary Stimson announced War Department plans to expand the air forces to four hundred thousand flying cadets and enlisted men by June 30, nearly tripling current strength. The program would create eighty four combat groups, each with several squadrons, while officers courses expand at Fort Benning to four thousand six hundred students. Also disclosed: about thirty Chinese pilots and mechanics arrived for training, and eleven Royal Air Force pilots with combat experience attached to share information.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army Air Forces
Aire Force
Stimsorr
Congress
Fort Benning
Stinson
Royal Air Force
Trains Collide Near Brinkley injure two near Brinkley
A Memphis bound passenger train of the Colton Belt Railroad rear ended a freight train near Brinkley station injuring two people. The locomotive and three cars were damaged. Ray Wilkins of Pine Bluff, 55, suffered a broken collarbone and broken ribs. A Black passenger sustained sprains and was taken to a Memphis hospital.
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Brinkley
Memphis
Colton Belt Railroad
Brinkley Station
Ray Wilkins
Pine Bluff
Conqueror's Smallpox and Hitler Explored in Dispatch
Washington AP Feature Writer Morgan M Heatty argues Adolf Hitler shows signs of conqueror's smallpox, a metaphor for dictatorial resistance. The piece discusses how air power and tanks shape revolt, the spread of anti-Nazi incidents, and the paradox of terror versus war aims amid global conflict.
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Morgan M. Heatty
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Conqueror
Russia
Hitler
Charles V
United States
Europe
Navigation Aides Read by Gibbon's Winds and Waves
A concise remark quotes Edward Gibbon on how the winds and waves favor the ablest navigator, suggesting obstacles test skill and resolve. The passage underscores mastery over nature through experience and judgment.
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Eiward Gibbon
Clarksville to Play Hope Here
Clarksville and Hope, two conference teams, meet at Hammons Stadium Friday night. Hope jrs lost five and won one. Clarksville fell to Blytheville Camden Hot Springs in conference play. Starferel and his brother Richard will start. guard Cumbie is out with a dislocated elbow.
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Hope
Clarksville
Sone
Hammons Stadium
Hope Jrs
Blytheville
Camden
Hot Springs
Bobcats
Hummons
Starferel
Richard
Cumbie
North Little Rock
Bo¢luck
No Kick on Boots in Mangum War Vet’s Garden
Frank R. Baker, a World War I veteran, tends his garden and heavy chores in boots worn during the war. The piece notes his hardy routine and the lasting link between service and daily life in Mangum Oklahoma.
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Mangum
Okla
VPR
Frank R. Baker Sey
Ware Named Roll Call Chairman for Red Cross Campaign
George W. Ware has accepted appointment as Roll Call chairman for the annual Red Cross campaign in November. Mengstead County Chairman R.P. Bowen announced Thursday. Miss Evwia Ethridge of the St. Louis office of the American Red Cross has been in Hope this week consulting with the local chapter regarding the November Roll Call.
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George W. Ware
Red Cross
Mengstead
R.P. Bowen
George R Kirk Improves After Dental Surgery
George R Kirk of The Stus mechanical staff, recently seen since last weekend with an inspected tooth, entered Julia Chester hospital via Unis week. Late Wednesday the tooth was removed and he was reported by a presby at the bose pit Thursday.
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George Reed Kirk
Stus
Julia Chester Hospital
Bose Pit
El Dorado Delegation Inspects Hope Housing Plans
An El Dorado official group led by the mayor and Chamber of Commerce inspected Hope on Wednesday to review the Southwestern Proving Ground site and local housing. El Dorado has a defense plant allocation and aims to observe arrangements with aid from nearby cities. The visitors, including B.C. Demme and P. Bowen, spent about an hour in conference.
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el Deoradans
Immyor
Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Southwestern Proving Ground
el Dorado
B.C. Demme
el Dorado Chamber of Commerce
Word
P. Bowen
Sverrlary
Hope Chamber of Commerce
EL Doradoans
Tarzin-type sergeant endures blood test scare at Fort Monroe
A Tarzin-type sergeant herded men for routine blood tests at Fort Monroe Virginia. He assured them the procedure would be painless and over quickly but collapsed when the needle was applied to his arm.
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Fort Monroe
Shen
Reserve Planes Troops Thrown Into Moscow Struggle
German forces push toward Moscow from the southwest with air drops and reserves as Soviet defense tightens. Zhukov replaces Timoshenko in command of the western zone while Moscow braces for continued assault.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Theouthwest
Ussr
Adolf Hitler
London
Kalinin
Donets River
Red
Tass
Maloy
Avoslages
Mozhaisk
Orel
Capital
Red Army
Hnes
Bryansk
Kuibyshev
Gregory K. Zhukov
Timoshenko
Mosecow
Pravda
Communist Party
Tiamosensko
Hotel Henry Opens New Dining Hall Behind Hotel Henry
Contractors began work on a new dining room at the rear of Hotel Henry, connected with the Diamond cafe. Managers say Ralph Bailey and Buck Powers oversee the project. The room will feature pink decor and seating for 150, with fluorescent lighting throughout.
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Henry
Diamond Cafe
Manaagers
Ralph Bailey
Buck Polwers
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Fulton
W. E. Cox & Sons
D. Tucker
New Orleans
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Germany
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Gall Goulder
Intorwit
Atlantic
NEA
TOR
Lehigh
Sauth Atlantic
MMOLE
Aileen Atkins
Vincent
Kathleen
Pedstill
Vincent Arkins
Grottom
Alssund
Bold Venture
Tate
Feelwid
Ware
Roll Call
Bowen
George R. Kirk
Union County
Zhukov
Artemiev
Zukov
Hotel Henry
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