Roosevelt Orders Four Steps Taken In Nat's Defense
President Roosevelt proclaimed a limited national emergency to bolster neutrality and defense. He announced four executive orders: boost Army recruiting and recall reserves, expand Navy personnel but not to full peacetime levels, authorize up to a million dollars to help Americans return home, and increase federal investigative agency personnel to curb subversive activity.
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Washington
Roosevelt Tiday
United States
Lader Peck
Department of
Hamm to Lead Legion Hut Drive in Hope City
Hamm Will Head Legion Hut Drive and anny was appointed chair man of the Snares committee to raise funds for construction of the American Legion hut at Far Park. The Hue legion post met at Hope City hall Thursday night and named a committee including PS Cornelius Ellen Lloyd Spencer Bates Geel Weaver and KE McFaddin with Post Commander H O Kyler approving. The ground plot at Pair Park was chosen as the site and the drive is expected to begin in the next few days.
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Anny
American Legion
Far Park
Hue Legion
Hope Oity Hall
Mr. Hammade
PS. Cornelius
2. C. Ellen
Lloyd Spencer
M. 3. Bates
Geel Weaver
KE McFaddin
H. O. Kyler
Hope City Council
Pair Park
Legion
Income Taxes Off 16 Pet. for 1938
Washington internal revenue figures show total tax collections at 581,574,502 dollars for the 1938 fiscal year, a drop from 1937. Commissioner Gaylord Gelvering notes revenue falls across individual, corporation, and miscellaneous taxes, with Arkansas data and other state figures included.
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Washington
Gay T. Gelvering
Arkansas
Cranium Crackers Mystery In A Old Page
A fragment describes a riddle about creme dolls arranged in a row on a bed. Betty recalls a friend’s bed sighting and a boy’s description of positions between dolls. The Frosty page hints at how many dolls were present and their layout.
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Belty
Betty
Little Boy
City traffic ordinance urged for safer streets and parking
Mayor Atkins appeals for public reading of the new traffic ordinance in Hope, detailing aims to improve safety, keep streets clean for traffic, provide parking, and extend bicycle rules. He notes two hour parking in the business district and a Missouri Pacific lot for 44 cars, urging citizen cooperation.
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Missouri Pacific Railway Company
Barlow
Two German Ships Lost in North Sea
The German steamer Helfried Bismarck sank south of Ore Sound after an explosion, killing seven crew. Survivors said a mine likely struck the vessel between Sjaellami and Sweden. Another German freighter off Adtor near Punnen was blown up with all hands lost. Observers suspect a German attack, as Allied ships faced new submarine warfare warnings and several freighters were sunk or attacked.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ore Sound
Sjaellami
Sweden
Uie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Atlantic
UU. Vocate
Mannar
Olivegrove
Pakkastan
Rench
Tamar
Ministry of Tin
Bremen
Gertan Myerelant
el Sn
Mail-Order Sale Football Tickets at Hope High
Hope High athletic committee announces a mail order sale for football box seats and season tickets. Sales open Monday afternoon at the Arkansas Bark & Trish Go building with first come, first served handling. Prices range from four to eight dollars for box seats and three dollars for season tickets, with student and individual rates noted.
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Alvinee
Hope Football
Whiel
Arkansas Bark & Trish Go
Hope High Selivet Athletic
Wot. Young
Calyly Cassidy
Robert M. LaGrone
Adil
Ture
Dein Conferumee
Ve Eel
Enel
St Warth
Do Seas
Tower
Hope High School
Thoughtful curse on light and kin in old verse
A fragmentary dated style lines curse anyone who sets light against family and father or mother. It opens with a religious cadence Amen and cites a biblical-sounding verse. The tone mirrors archaic moralizing diction from a manuscript page.
Practice Game Set With Public Invited Friday Night
Couch Pay Hammons will field two picked football teams at the high school stadium for a practice game at 8 p.m. Friday as a lead up to the September 14 opener. The Reds and Whites will showcase Hammons Red squad with Cargile replacing Daniels, and Gayne Tinsley’s Golden Hurricane clash with Haynesville, La. The public is invited with no intermission. new rules will be explained and 1939 squad members introduced.
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Couch
Hammons
Gayne
Tinsley
Haynesville
Robcats of
Hope
Gnp
Erid Giume
Bobcats
Jimmy Bond Daniels
Hamnons
Daniels
Tootsie Cargile
Hope High School
Cargile
Callege
Reds
Whites
Jones
Ward
Clark
Hanmons
Eason
Green
Conway
Carlson
Snyker
Stewart
Breeding
Ted Jones
Bill Tom Bmily
R. Taylor
Simns
Baker
Murphy
Oliver
Bright
Ruby Blevins to Star in Colorado Sunset at Saenger
Former Miss Ruby Bleving of Hope with radio fame and rodeo history appears in the Autrey musical western Colorado Sunset to be shown at Saenger theater on Saturday. The performer, also known as Pasty Menitane, studied violin at Los Angeles Conservatory and has been a featured act for eight years.
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Ruby Bleving
Hope
A. M. Blevins
Colorado
Saenger Theater
Berean
Pendleton
Scheoal
Hope High School
Los Aneles Conservatory of Music
Los Angles Conservatory
Rats
Atlantic
Pau
Rose
WLS
Chicago
They Winged the Hawk So to Speak
A Marysville report describes an incident where Jimmy and siblings interact with a hawk. Kermit pins the bird with a foot while Din Krabbers grasps its wings, recounting how the winged creature was handled during a moment of curiosity.
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Marysville
Kis
Jing Selon
Don
Kenmitt Holle
Hawke
Jimmy
Kermit
Greenland compared to Australia in a global view
The text notes Greenland is about one third the size of Australia and remarks on their global positioning, indicating Greenland's land area is smaller while Australia serves as a broader reference point on the world map.
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Cireenland
Australia
Australi
Greenland
Russia, Germany, and Balkan Game in War Strategy
George Fielding Eliot analyzes a possible German Russian alliance and a trade swap that could push Italy, Spain and Japan toward Rome. The piece explores how a Russian move against Bessarabia or the Balkans might redraw alliances and provoke Allied responses while warning of a fragile balance in Eastern Europe.
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Tiseman
Italy
Japan
Witler
George Fielding Eliot
NEA
London
Europe
Moscow
Russia
Warsaw
Bucharest
Belgrade
Athens
Berlin
Poland
Britain
France
Germany
Rumiers
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Bessarabia
Dlus
Baltic States
Finland
Yugoshivia
Rumania
Greece
Hungary
Danzig
Gorridar
Upper Silesia
Posen
Spain
Rome
Cormmany
Tissia
Simbiely
Fythe Black Sea
Black Sea
Caeasts
Dobrudja
Pershaps
Scuport
Aegean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
Yugashert
Cotton Forecast Shows Decline in U S Crop
Washington forecast the current cotton crop at 12 380 000 bales of 500 pounds each as of September 1, down from 13 800 000 average for 10 years and 11 943 000 last year. Crop condition stood at 7 percent of normal, far below two years ago. Page continued.
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Washington
Department of Agriculure
Melon Displayed at New York Fair
A chaotic museum like scene described from a New York fair where a large crowd gathered around the melon exhibit. The report notes vast attendance and interest in the commerce display, with mentions of exhibitors and a representative from the Hope chamber of commerce. Continued on page six.
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New York Fair
Wow
Galeiond
York
Vadermelen
Arkansin
Gill
Mir Sutherhays
Gary
Tes
Wo Darwin
Hope Chamber of
Eaumeree
Nip
New York
Ter
German Forces Enter Warsaw as War Advances North
Berlin reports a German armored unit breached Warsaw and pushed toward Nadarzyn, signaling a northern advance on the Polish capital. French Streak of pressure on the Saar basin widens as Paris says armies cross toward Germany. Warsaw broadcasts vow to fight to the finish with air fleet intact while Poles fortify Warsaw in the Madrid defense model. Sylt island attacked by unidentified aircraft as German fortifications brace for further strikes. German reinforcements moved to the northern front amid French pressure.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Nadarzyn
Paris
France
Siefried
War Mministry
Saar Basin
Madrid
Copehagen
Denmark
Sylt
Saar
Frenehy
Navi Command
Poland
Diane
Moselle
Cotton New York opens with modest start at YAT38
Report notes a modest opening at YAT38 with cotton market activity in New York. Details are sparse due to fragmented OCR. Key figures like Mirtdling spot 882 appear as unclear references.
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New York
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W. 8. Atkins
Ayoy
North Sea
Associated Press
Hope Girl
Saenger
Hitler
Eliot
Nai
Norway
Stockholt
Foland
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Iftope
Budapest
Feneh
Basel
Switeerland
Rhine
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