Mexicans to Fight for Land
World Features Writer Sam Jackson describes the Mexican desert as a strategic barrier and warns that any invading force would face barren terrain, limited routes via Laredo, El Paso or Nogales, and reliance on air power to seal corridors. He cites Yaqui and Apache resistance and notes the difficulty of projecting arms from the coast or through sparse desert.
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Sam Jackson
Guadalajara
Mexico
Vladivostok
Japan
United States
Congress
Los Angeles
LaGuardia
John J. Pershing
Pancho Villa
Americas
Toyopa
Chihuahua City
Texas
Ornge
California
Sven Hedin
Gobi Desert
Laredo
el Paso
Nogales
Sonora
Shinushng
Negro Admits Series Thefts in Hope
Local police report Marvin Lowe admitted a string of thefts after seeking medical help for a gunshot wound. He confessed to stealing chickens from G. M. Brewer and at the Hope Brick Company and to taking yoke from John Griffin. Lowe is jailed on three counts of grand larceny.
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Hope
Marvin Lowe
G. M. Brewer
John Grifh
Lowe
Hempstead
Social Calendar Highlights and Local Weddings
Wednesday events include High School PTA committee meetings at homes of Mrs. Rd. i Mreraaaie and Mrs. J. A. Henry with associates, plus a Rose Garden club luncheon at Mrs. Harry Shiver’s home at 12 30. Friday hosts a Rose Garden club luncheon at 12 30. Tuesday bridge party hosted by Syd MecMath featured high scorer Mrs. David Beal. traveling prize and defense stamps awarded. Also reports marriages of Mary Lou Turner and Lois Kelly, and a birth at Chester hospital September 1.
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PT. A
Rd. i Mreraaaie
The
Rose Garden Club
Harry Shiver
Syd MecMath
Coniriet
James
David Beal
Roy Ison
Lloyd
Brents McPherson
Oliver Adams
George Beck
Arrivals and Visits From Weatherford Area and Arkadelphia
Local residents and relatives visit and travel from Weatherford and nearby towns. Mrs Maurice Vick and sons visit Dr and Mrs Gi Cannon while Nell Louise Broyles starts the new semester at Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia.
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Maurice Vick
Nell Louise Broyles
Henderson State Teachers’ College
Arkadelphia
George Tucker profiles George Roberts as historian novelist
The piece highlights Kenneth Roberts, famed for Rogers Rangers stories, as a rigorous historical novelist. It notes his methods including two years of archival work in London, sourcing court records, and his belief that plausible depictions of historical figures come from exhaustive research. Roberts, based in Arundel Maine, writes with a vast library and travels to uncover truth behind European dispatches.
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George Tucker
New York
Kenneth Roberts
Associated Press
Arundel
Northwest Passage
Roberts
Clara Clausen
Ife
Siberia
Europe
Saturday Evening Post
Robert Rogers
North- West Passage
High Indies
London
Public Record Office
Maine
Kennebunkport
Glamour at Work in War
Hollywood faces a long wait for all female casts in war films as men dominate roles in Wake Island Air Force and Eagle Squadron while many leading parts go to male stars. The piece notes Brenda Marshall Diana Barrymore and Barbara Britton in minor or homefront roles and warns the WPB will crack down if too many actors join the armed services, threatening film output.
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Robbin Coons
Hollywood
Glamour Factory
Wake Island
Marines
Barbara Britton
Robert Taylor
Charles Laughton
Brian Donlevy
Walter Brennan
Navy
Air Force
John Garfield
Harry Carey
Gig Young
Arthur Kennedy
Eagle Squadron
Diana Barrymore
Captain of the Clouds
I Wanted Wings
Brenda Marshall
Flying Tigers
Anna Lee
John Wayne
John Carroll
Joan Crawford
WAACS
Philippines
Clark
Industry Demands Further Economies in Munition Materials
The report notes industry calls to cut costs in munition essential materials. It cites the tactic of extended rehearsals to reduce the number of takes on scenes as an expedient already in use to save resources.
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Eunice Triplett
O. & G. Lense
Sun Oil Company
Salife B. Pickett Et al
C. R. Burnett
Ney
SEY
West
Tl. H. Edwards
R. L. Searcy, Jr
Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
Boston
King’s
B. Farquhar Buzzard
Gordon
Lord Nuffield
Tinstead
J. A. Henry
Gr. . Gotin
Hone
Order of the Western Star
Masonic
R. W. Davis
Whitfield Lodge No
Stafford Kelly
Lois Kelly
Malvern
Arkansas
William Stafford
Warrenville
Carl Johnson
George Ware
George
Pine Bhift and
Wynne
Kathleeh Rhodes
Anna, Ill
Sgt
Lane Taylor
Camp Robinsho
City
Mary Sue Vick
Maurice Viel
Weatherford
Syd McMath
Sydney
C. C. Hollomans
Euest
Joe Fkeat
Helen Holloman
Little Ock
Mrs. Brooks Shults
St. Louis
Bob Elmore
Montex Elmore
Rose Mary Coop
Little Rock
Bob Elmore, Jr
Mary Elizabeth
Wilma Jean Caltoman
Y. C. Colaman
Eine Bhuif
Howard Miller
Waco, Texas
Ein
Rialto
Bing Crosby
Mary Martin
Marx Brothers
Saenger
Rialto Matinee
Sun-Man
Joe Smith
Ranger Novel
North America
South America
NEW Saenger
Gable
WPB
Ralph Routon
N. Pine
Chas. A. Haynes Co
Junior
Artemis
Cannon Towels
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