Friday Music Club meeting moved to Friday at Mrs Watkins home
Social and Personal Phone 768 notes the Friday Music Club will meet Friday at 7 30 pm at Mrs Dick Watkins home due to a date change from Thursday to Friday October 26 194? George S Revels 21 of NSA McNab Arkansas ordnance technician has been awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge as part of a veteran Liberator Bomber Group cited for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Watkins
George S. Revels
NSA
McNab
Arkansas
Nine workers listed for Red Cross Surgical Dressing Rooms
On Wednesday the Red Cross Surgical Dressing Rooms reported nine workers including Mrs. Robert Votson, Mrs. D. B. Cutler, Mrs Jewell Moore, Mrs. A. E. Stone iquist, Mrs. Leo Robins, Mrs. W. K. Lemley, Mrs. A. E. Morsani, Mrs. B. L. Rettig, and Mrs. W. Y Foster. A total of 1,000 dressings were completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Surgical
Robert Votson
D. B. Cutler
Jewell Moore
A. E. Stoneiquist
Leo Robins
W. K. Lemley
A. E. Morsani
B. L. Rettig
W. Y Foster
Prescott Bride Brides Mildred Purtle Weds Lt Jack Simpson
Miss Mildred Purtle daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Purtle married 1st Lt Jack Simpson son of Mr and Mrs Pat Simpson in Prescott on a Wednesday afternoon at the brides parents home with Rev R Moore officiating. Brides sister Nora Le Purtle was maid of honor and Skippy White served as best man. The couple plan a brief wedding trip to Memphis and will live in Prescott while the bride continues schooling and the groom reports to San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Purtle
Leslie Purtle
Jack Simpson
Pat Simpson
Prescott
R. Moore
First Methodist Church
Nora le Purtle
Gladelias Skippy White
Memphis
San Antonio
Texas
Visiting ladies and local hosts greet travelers
Mrs Henry Watkins Mrs H E Thornton and Mrs H J Chesser plan Thursday in Shreveport. Mrs Mary Shull ex Hope High School faculty arrives today from Washington DC to stay with Mr and Mrs Hamilton Hannegan through Saturday. Miss Hazel Putman Mrs Truman Humphries and daughters Barbara and Dianne of Shreveport return home after a visit while Mrs George T Crews and Mrs J A Henry came back from Little Rock after attending the State meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shull
Wo Ber
Hope High School
Washington, D.C
Hamilton Hannegan
Hazel Putman
Truman Humphries
Barbara
Dianne
Shreveport
George T.crews
J. A. Henry
Little Rock
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Air Force Liberator crew cited for distinguished service
Corporal Brice B. Anderson of Rt 1 Hope Arkansas serves in the B 24 Liberator Four engine Bomber Group based in England and is commended by General William E Kepner commanding the 2nd Bombardment Division for distinguished and outstanding performance of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Brice B. Andersin
Rt. 1
Hope
Arkansas
William E. Kepner
2Nd Bombardment Division
McAdamses Welcome Baby Jimmy Wayne at Josephine Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ervin McAdams announce the birth of a son named Jimmy Wayne born Wednesday October 25 at Josephine hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin McAdams
Jimmmy Wayne
Josephine Hospital
W R King Visits Uncle in Hope From Memphis
W R King a Memphis business leader and head of a large dry goods firm visits his uncle W J Arnold at 808 East Second Street Hope. King, born in the area, rose to become president of Wm R Moore company and chairman of the board of the National Bank of Commerce of Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. King
Arkansas
Memphis
Wm. R. Moore Company
National Bank of Commerce of
Hope
W. J. Arnold
East Second Street
Super Heavy Cruiser’s Armament and Armor Details Revealed
The ship boasts nine 16 inch guns in three turrets and numerous 5 inch, 40 mm, and 20 mm guns. Secondary batteries are high angle for air and destroyer threats, with armor shielding to enable the main guns to reach distant targets. Tests show firing in various modes, while damage checks focus on the impact of broadside. Reported loss is limited to thirty pieces of Chinaware soap.
Keeping Up With Ration Coupons
Ration notices announce dates for blue red and airplane stamps in Books III and IV. Blue stamps in Book IV remain valid indefinitely. red stamps in Book IV remain valid indefinitely. Airplane stamps 1 and 2 become valid May 1 1943 and November 1 1943 respectively. Sugar stamps 30 31 32 in Book IV cover 5 pounds. stamp 33 in War Book 4 covers 5 pounds. Gasoline coupons A-12 B-3 B-4 C-3 C-4 provide varying gallon allotments. No further details provided.
The first sea voyage of the 45,000 ton battleship
The ship, a purpose built battleship with vast gun and armor capacity, tests stability during firing and turning studies. Turbines hum under high pressure as she proves sea handling before a cautious port dock. A crew monitors side slip and compass data while preparing for a second voyage.
Schoolmasters to Meet at Barlow Monday Night
The Southwest Arkansas Schoolmasters Club will convene at Hotel Barlow Monday October 30 at 7 30 p m All Hempstead County and Southwest Arkansas school men are urged to attend This is the first meeting of the school year H E Tve Ashdown superintendent of schools is president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Arkansas
White and black berries noted in statement
There are actually white black berries. More than half of all U S fires occur in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Germany Will Try It Again in War to Peace Tactics
Sigrid Schultz outlines German plans to win the postwar peace through economic, diplomatic, and military campaigns. She cites use of holding companies, black markets, and refugee traders to seize assets, plus a postwar division of world markets proposed to the United States, with a continued German presence in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine. The piece notes how Allied leaders view such probes and warns that a German insistence on economic control could threaten future peace.
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Berlin
Sigrid Schultz
Germany
Russia
Switzerland
Spain
Turkey
Sweden
America
United States
Adolf Hitler
United Nations
Norway
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Ukraine
France
Belgium
Holland
Europe
England
China
Asia
Britain
Yanks Slam Central Pacific Targets With Air Raids
Aircraft continued their comprehensive assaults against Mindanao and Southwest Pacific targets. In widespread raids 21 small freighters and coastal vessels were sunk or damaged and a 3000 ton freighter transport damaged.
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Philippines
Mindanao
Rev Robert Moore to Be Honor Guest at Banquet
The Rev and Mrs Robert B Moore of First Methodist church will travel Friday to Little Rock for a Friday night banquet honoring the Rev Mr Moore hosted by the Robert Moore Bible Class of Asbury Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moore
L.A
Robert B. Moore
First Methodist Church
Little Rock
Mr. Moore
Asbury Methodist Church
Loy Ward Wounded Again in Italian Theater
War Department reports Sgt. Loy Ward wounded in action for the second time in Italy. He sustained a shell fragment wound to the leg and has been awarded the oak leaf cluster. Ward is hospitalized. last reported in the Italian theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Sgt. Loy Ward
T Sat. Loy Ward
War Department
Iis
South Elm Street
Sgt. Ward
Sale of War Plants Still Is Uncertain
Washington explains RFC and DPC control war plant sales and leases. Jones issued a catalog of 879 plants with plans to sell or lease subject to war contracts. Some misreadings followed, prompting a clarification that sales could occur while plants remain in war use until officially surplus.
RFC shelves Buffalo DPC plant sale to Chevrolet
RFC will not sell the Buffalo plant to Chevrolet until the surplus war property board is appointed and reorganizes RFC as a disposal agency. Congress created the three man board on Oct 4 but no names are chosen yet. If the sale proceeds other firms will press RFC to dispose of more surplus plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
Buffalo
Chevrolet
Congress
Clayton
Archbishop William Temple Dies at 63 in London
London dated Oct 26 reports the death of Archbishop William Temple, primate of all England, from a heart attack at 63. He had led Canterbury Cathedral since April 23 1945 amid war damage and national mourning followed by the earlier death of Princess Beatrice. Dr Temple was the son of Archbishop Frederick Temple, continuing a family lineage in the church.
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London
Canterbury
William Temple
All England
Old Caney
Beatrice
England
Queen Victoria
Temple
Church of
E. V. Long to Speak at Rotary Luncheon
Edward V. Cone attorney of Bowling Green Missouri will be guest speaker this Friday at noon at Hotel Barlow for the Rotary Club luncheon Rotarians may bring guests by notifying the hotel Long a Lincoln County Missouri native educated at Clover Stockton College and Missouri Bar in 1932 has served as City Attorney of Bowling Green president of the Chamber of Commerce and head of the Pike County Bar Committee for Civilian Defense He directed physical education in Quincy Illinois schools and is president of the Pike County Abstract and Loan Company He is a former prosecuting attorney and has held Rotary International positions including district governor and committee member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Long
Lincoln County
Missouri
Clover-Stockton College
Missouri Bar
Quincy
Illinois
Pike County Abstract and Loan Company
Bowling Green
Chamber of Commerce
Pike County Bar
Pike County
Long
Rotary Club of
Rotary International
Syria gains independence in 1920 formation
Syria, once part of the old Turkish empire, was made an independent state in 1920. Scientists estimate Earth’s core to be a molten metal sphere about 4,000 miles across.
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Syria
Earth
Clergy Leader Lang Resigns at 78 Seeks Younger Successor
Dr. Cosme Gordon Lang resigns at age 78 and requests a younger replacement. The year 1929 saw Dr. Temple become Archbishop of York after serving as bishop of Manchester, marking his rise to the church's second highest post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosme Gordon Lang
Temple
York
Manchester
Moon-Earth Distance Varies Widely and California Myth
A note on lunar orbit shows the Moon's distance from Earth changes by up to 30,000 miles. Separately, California derives its name from a legendary island in an old romance.
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California
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H. E. Thornton
H. J. Chesser
RAAF
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Rialto
Jimmy Lydon
Henry Aldrich
Boy Scout
Tex O'Brien
Donald O'Connor
Ken Maynard
Super
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene
Barlow
Washington
George E. Peddy
USAAF
Greensboro
N. C
Testetson
Talbot
Stanish
Pier Opus
Vainty
Great Britain
James Marlow Washington
Jesse Jones
Reconstructioninance Corporation
Defense Plant Corporation
DPC
Jones
Uncle Sam
Banks
Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Will Clayton
Chevrolet Company
SGIL
U. S. War
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Hope Nashville
E. V. Long
Rotary
FA Award
V. Long
Mee
Gary Kew
Archie, the
Eagle
Geo. W. Robison & Company
Robison’s
Nashville
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