House Votes to Extend Volunteer Plan Before Conscription
Our Daily Bread reports the House of Representatives votes to extend the voluntary enlistment plan one more time, with a 400000 volunteers in 60 days option. If volunteers fail, conscription follows. the Army says not ready for recruits before that period yet warnot imminent. The piece frames defense buildup as necessary under peacetime conditions.
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United States
Germany
European
British America
High Seas
Central
South America
Europe
House Orders 60 Day Trial of Volunteers
Washington reports the House rejected bids to raise the registration age and debated scaling the Burke Wadsworth compulsory training bill. A vote approved a 60 day trial for voluntary enlistment with a 400000 recruit cap. The Fish amendment drew sharp criticism as potentially delaying national defense and elicited partisan clashes.
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Washington
Burke-Wadsworth
Rees
Anderson
Cranium Crackers Sports Quiz Teases Leading Figures
Five questions test knowledge of major sports figures this season. Identify teams for Buck Newson Freddy Fitz Simmons and Bob Feller. Match Rip Buteliff Carvel Rowell and Herry Danning to their teams. Name the tennis doubles star who sang nightly in a club. Reveal the college coach who moved to professional football in 1940. Also state who owns the racehorse Bimelech with the page reference.
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Buck Newson
Freddy Fitzsimmons
Bob Feller
Rip Buteliff
Carvel Rowell
Herry Danning
Oey
Wine and Women Foes of Good Nazis in Warshauer Zeitung
A Berlin based German Army officer writes in the Warschauer Zeitung warning comrades against alcohol loosening tongues, taking strong women on their arms, and becoming soft toward former foes. He notes fighting with guns has ceased in France but espionage remains a weapon. no mention of song.
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Berlin
Warschauer Zeitung
France
Cotton York Opens and Closes Lower on December Trade
In December, Cot ton opened at 9.34, closed at 9.29, with mid dling spot at 9.92 reflecting a softer trading day and weaker demand for futures and cash markets.
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New York
Style of Football Seen for Bobcats in 1940
Coach Foy Hammons told Hope Rotary Club the Bobcats will play a lighter, faster style this season with less veteran experience. He warned they may lose early games but aim for improvement by mid season amid expectations of more scoring and passing. The team opens September 13 in Haynesville, Louisiana, facing Blytheville and El Dorado as potential benchmarks.
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Hope
Foy Hammons
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Baraw
Bobcats
Haynesville
Hammons
Blytheville
el Dorado
County Finances Praised In Hempstead And La Fayette
J Bryan Sims chief county accountant reported to State Comptroller J O Goff that Lafayette County funds including general road and highway turnback accounts operated within revenue while Hempstead County accounts did so as well. Officers accounts were in good condition.
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Hempstead
LaFayette
J. Bryan Sims
J. O. Goff
LaFayette County
Homecoming Day Highlighted at Hempstead County Fair
Hempstead County Free Fair in Hope runs Sept 9 to 14 with Friday labeled Homecoming Day. Speaker Oren Harris, recently nominated congressman, will address attendees at 2 30 pm. Parade opens the fair Tuesday. School Day Wednesday. Livestock Day Thursday. Homecoming Friday. The event features the Lang shows with 1¢ rides and a patriotic pageant America on Parade directed by Martha Jean Robinson, costing 300 local dollars.
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Hempstead County
Oren Harris
Harris
Defense Board
Kansas City
Arkansas
Hope
America
John B., Rodgers
Martha Jean Robinson
Sca Ce
Liberty
A Thought The Lord Be Judge Deliver Me From Thee
A compact biblical verse from Samuel 4 15 declaring that the Lord judge between the speaker and another party and plead their cause to deliver them from harm in their hands.
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Samuel
Queen Contest Nears Close At Hempstead Fair
Miss Rose Marie Hendrix leads by a small margin in the Hempstead Fair Queen’s contest with Miss Dorothy Henry close behind and Miss Elizabeth Hendrix third. The contest closes Saturday at 6 40 PM and the queen and her maids will lead the mammoth parade that opens the fair on Tuesday afternoon.
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Rose Marie Hendrix
Dorothy Henry
Miss Hendrix
Elizabeth Hendrix
Nazis Try to Soften Britain in Major Luftwaffe Offensive
German raids battered London and southeastern England in a relentless air assault aimed at wearing down the Royal Air Force and clearing the way for a possible invasion. The day featured continuous battles across the capital with the fourth attack triggering a 34 minute air alert.
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Britain
Royal Air Force
England
Page Four
British Navy to Hit Italy Likely Soon Says Churchill
Indications of a large British attack on Italy in the Mediterranean and Africa emerged as Prime Minister Churchill announced in London that the Eastern Mediterranean fleet has been strengthened with powerful vessels. He also noted a continuous stream of troop reinforcements, with details continued on page four.
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Africa
Egypt
Churchill
London
Royal Navy
King Abdicates Throne Fleeing To Paris Exile
In Bucharest a military dictatorship faces upheaval as King Carol II abdicates in favor of his 18-year-old son Mihai. The king escapes with Magda Lupescu aboard a royal yacht bound for the Black Sea from Constanta. A crackdown on political figures follows in the wake of the royal departure.
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Romania
Magda Lupescu
Paris
Mlahi
Constanta
Carol
J Power
Six Convicts Captured After Liberty Escape Roundup
Little Rock reports six of the Liberty Six Convicts still at large were re captured as a statewide drag net closed in. H B Odom of His Point North Carolina Ralph Staffin of Atlanta Georgia Raymond Potts of Arkana George Edwards of Helena and Olen Abner of Philadelphia were taken near McGehee Pine Bluff and along freight lines by a posse of state police and prison guards acting on a tip from city marshal Burnell Lee.
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Cummings Origon
Lal Diy
Liberty
Burnell Lee
Gehee
H. B. Odom
Point
N. C
Ralph
Staffin
Atlanta
McGehee
Lee
Raymond F Potts
Tearkana
George Edwards
Helena
Olen Abner
Arkadelphia
Pine
Nothing Done Yet on Bases
President Roosevelt said Costa Rica and Ecuador were fully cooperating with the United States on defense in the Americas and no negotiations for additional naval and air bases were underway with any country.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Costa Rica
Ecuador
United States
Americas
French Reported to Accept Japanese Demand in Indo China
Hong Kong reports a preliminary accord granting Japan a limited right of landings for troops and supplies at Haiphong as part of a backdoor effort against China. The deal, negotiated between Tokyo and Vichy France, remains unsettled amid French resistance and Tokyo pressure.
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Japan
Indo-China
China
Hangi
Haiphong
Tokio
Vichy
France
Nishihara
Toklo
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