Modern America through immigrant eyes in steerage quarters
William Feather notes a Robert Davis report from a Europe bound voyage where seventeen men share steerage space. They describe work pressure, impatience, and the lure and cost of fur coats, arguing costs strain families and undermine daily life in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Feather
Imperial
America
Robert Davis
New York
Europe
Onemi
Butte
Montana
Overplaying the Hand by Willis Thornton
The piece argues Germany overplays its hand as Latin American nations push back against Berlin’s meddling. It notes Bolivia halting a military coup plan, Mexico’s firm diplomatic reply, and cautious pride in Latin American independence resisting European dictates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bolivia
Berlin
la Faz
America
Catlin
Mexico
American Southwest
Retin
Lang Wage
Jitie
Fall Study Day at Experiment Station Friday
The Annual Fall Study Day at the College of Agriculture’s Fruit & Truckers Branch Experiment Station near Trype will be Friday September 12 from 10:00 to 4:00. George W. Wire says many fall field experiments will be shown, including corn, cotton, lespedeza, soybeans, peanuts, pastures, and fall crop management. Attendees from Southwest Arkansas are expected. staff from the Agronomy Department will lead sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Agriculture
Fruit & Truers
Trype
George W. Wire
Collegy of Agriculture
L. M. Humphrey
Chas
F. Simmans
C. A. Vines
Agronomy Department
Arkansas
Cotton Short Forecast Indicates Lower Yields This Season
Washington based on Agriculture Department data, September 1 conditions put the 1940 crop at 10,710,000 bales, below last month's 10,817,000 and last year's 12,566,000. The report projects a yield around 220.8 pounds per acre, with harvest awaiting conditions near 2,038,000 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Avlangeg
Draft to Call 1 247 State Youths in Oct
Little Rock state selective service headquarters notified local draft boards they would call 2 247 white selectees during October. Local quotas and induction dates included Hempstead with 18 on October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
UM4
State Selective Service
Hempstead
Defense Savings and Bonds Quiz Answers Revealed
Readers test knowledge on defense stamps and bonds with questions about types, denominations, redemption, and purchase locations. The quiz covers Series E bonds values, interest rates, and where to obtain defense savings instruments through post offices and related channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense
Desfensu
94 Pound Watermelon Sent To New Jersey Displayed In Perth Amboy Bank
A Perth Amboy clipping shows a large water melon on display in the lobby of the First Bank & Trust Co of Perth Amboy. James C Wilson president, a native of Columbus, is linked to the display. The sign notes oil produced from Hempstead County. Snakes have no voices, and air rushing from the deflated lungs is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth Amboy Evening News
Perth Amboy
First Bank &Trust
James C. Wilson
Myr. Wilson
Columbus
Hempstead
Hope Schools to Open on September 22
Hope Public Schools will begin the 141-42 school year on Monday September 22. Superintendent Miss Beryl Henry announced that new students must register this week and six year olds on or before November 1 should enter in the first two weeks. Details will be announced by local farmers and at each school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Public Schools
Beryl Henry
Hope
South Main Street
AIL Farmer
Waterns Nown
Mother of FDR Dies at Age 86
Sara Delano Roosevelt, 86, matriarch of the Roosevelt family, died at the Hyde Park ancestral home. The death followed a brief illness with acute circulatory collapse. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt were with her at her bedside, after leaving Washington for Hyde Park to visit. The White House planned to delay a scheduled address on German American tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Sara Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Hudson River
Washington
Scott L. Smith
Campabello Islanel
New Brunswic
Lowing
Trimble and Wilson Tie At Skeet Club Shoot Near Columbus
Frank Trimble of Hope and Jim Wilson of Columbus tied for ten nonars at the Wilson Skeet Club near Columbus with 48 hits out of 50. Other names appear in the event list, including Charley Wilson and Frank McLarty, along with notes on shooters and scores. The item also notes 1938 Canadian wheat flour production figures, 16,870,000 barrels versus 13,748,000 barrels the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank Trimble
Hope
Jim Wilson
Wilson
Canada
Berlin Suffers Heaviest Raid of Whole War
Berlin admits the Luftwaffe’s fiercest raid yet as RAF strength aids a night-long bombing of the Reich capital. Fire crews battled blazes near a main railway station while Berlin reports fatalities and fear amid widespread damage. Attacks also hit Kiel, the Rhineland town, and the French town of Boulogne.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Air Ministry
Bergsa Island
Norway
Kiel
Rhineland
Bologne
Mass Jailing of Jews and Lawyers by German Occupation in Paris
In Paris more than 100 Jews and two prominent French lawyers, Pierre Masse and Theodore Valensi, were seized as hostages by German authorities after attacks on Nazi officials. Vichy officials blamed a Communist plot while claiming reprisals. Three hostages were reported shot for alleged attacks on a German sergeant, though names were not disclosed.
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Vichya
Old Republic
Pais
Pierre Masse
Theodore Valensi
Corcisa
Vichy
Inger
Paris
East Front
Statson
New Cigar Store Opens in Hope
Leopquiss and A. G. Crawford announce the Hope Cigar Store opening beside Kroger on South Main Street. It offers magazines newspapers chocolates cigars sporting goods and cold drinks with daily sports event results. The item notes colonial day foods like sausage links boiled in chocolate as a fashionable dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopquiss
A. G. Crawford
Hope Cigar
Kroger
South Main Street
A Thought on Morning Glory and the Lifelong Day
A brief reflection quotes Charlotte Perry on how a good morning spreads glory across the day, framing a simple, uplifting sentiment about starting well and carrying brightness forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Perry
City Court Dockets Monday Hearings
Municipal court at city hall heard cases under Judge W K Lemley. Gambling charges against Arthur Stuart et al led to guilty verdicts and $10 cash bonds forfeited. Drunkenness, reckless driving, speeding, and disturbing the peace were addressed with fines, dismissals, or bond forfeitures. Several individuals pleaded guilty to drunkenness with $10 fines. others forfeited bonds or were dismissed on motion. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Lemley
Arthur Stuart
Earl Conway
Isaac Clark
Wiley Clemons
Charles Witherspoon
James DeLaney
E. H. Montgomery
Jess Atkins
Harry Gable
Conway Bullard
Blanche Blair
Cleonia Cannon
Frank Pyus
Mu- Han
D. B. Russell
Eon
Webb
Elderew
Williams
R. Robertson
Tomnnie Johnson
Fred McKewn
Alg, Landers
Edward Reed
Sid
Humkunness
R E, Alexander
L. K. Bemnett
Arion Powers
J. R. Chandley
Lester Redmond
Burt Durham
Albert Loeoffler
Carl Miller
Walter Whittington
Sion Williams
Ray Roberts
Lyfus Collins
Mann
Louis Lew
Hourdous
Louis Lee
W. L. Mattison
Husband Slays Woman in Georgia on Sunday Night
Georgia Mae Bostick, 26, was fatally struck by her husband Jack Bostick, 29, who is jailed on a serious case charge. Deputy Tom Middlebrooks said the blows came with a single barreled safety item, one hit in the breast and another in the chin. The couple lived on the S R Hamilton farm near Patmos. the fatal incident occurred at the sister’s house. Bostick went there about 9 o’clock Sunday night seeking to persuade his estranged wife to return home.
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Georgia Mae Bostick
Hcers
Jack Bostick
Tom Middlebrooks
Bostick
Bosticks
S. R. Hamilton
Patmos
Middlebrooks
Assistant Home Agent Selected
Miss Phoebe T Harris of Prairie Grove Ark has been appointed assistant home demonstration agent for Hempstead county announced Monday by county demonstration agent Miss Mary Claude Fletcher A University of Arkansas 1940 graduate she has been a vocational home economics instructor at North Heights school Texarkana for the past year Her appointment effective September will cover Hempstead county assisting in home demonstration 4 H clubs and the extension program of the state university
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Phoebe T. Harris
Prairie Grove
Ark
Hempstead County
Mary Claude Fletcher
University of Arkansas
Harris
North Heights School
Texarkana
State University
Paralysis Threat Delays West Memphis School Opening
West Memphis opens Hulbert-Wea Memphis public school delayed to next week after a state health survey of infantile paralysis threat. Two cases reported, both minor, one fatal, prompting postponement and health checks in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Memphis
Hulbert-Wea
Memphis
State Health Department
Junior Chamber to Meet Tuesday Night in Hope City Hall
The Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 in Hope City Hall. President Vincent Foster reminded members the hour long session will cover club business and upcoming community events.
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Hope Junior Chamber of Commerce
Geluck
Hope Ity Hall
Vincent Foster
Inauguration Date Undecided for Southwestern Proving Ground Open House
Ground breaking date remains unknown as Under Secretary Robert C. Patterson Jr. may speak at the Southwestern Proving Ground open house. Senator Lloyd Spencer says he and Patterson hope to attend, with a definite decision by next Thursday. Hope Chamber directors and Proving Ground department officials plan an 8 o'clock Monday meeting to organize the ceremony.
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Robert C. Patterson
The
Proving Ground
Cotton stamp delivery tops twenty thousand dollars
County AAA administrator McMahon reports up to Saturday Sept total cotton order stamps delivered to farmers reach 20 538 00. Half of the anticipated total remains to be issued with rest expected in two weeks. Farmers needing ginning and marketing cards should visit the AAA office now and community meetings will be scheduled later for card delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. McMahon
AAA
McMahon
Bitter Fighting Slows Assault on Leningrad
Associated Press reports German forces cut land links to Leningrad and captured Schuesselburg, 25 miles from the city, as Soviet troops battle hard to defend and counterattack around vital roads. Stuka bombing pounds Lenin grad while weather and mud hinder Nazi advances. Ukrainian front sees heavy fighting near Kiev and Odessa as German attempts falter under Russian fire.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hiller
Leningrad
Schuesselburg
Adolf Hitler
Lake Lagoda
Lake Onega
Stuka
DNB
Lenin
Grad
Russia
Ukraine
Kiev
Odessa
U S Housing Not for Hope Defies Defense Area Pact
Talbot Feild Jr of the Arkansas House National Defense Committee received a letter from W S Daniel, state director of the Federal Housing Administration, stating Hope will not be designated as a Defense Area for housing. The act will not become operative without designations. Daniel offered to provide further information if available.
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Talbot Feild, Jr
Arkansas House National Defense Committee
W. 5
Daniel
Federal Housing Administration
Feild
Hope
First Bale Cotton Ginned September 3
A county reports the first bale of cotton ginned on Wednesday September 3, weighing 544 pounds. Idek Cromer of Blevins announces the bale, exceeding prior estimates and marking the year’s first bale. A note mentions a Disty automobile headlight lens test reducing illumination by about fifty to sixty percent.
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The
Star
Idek Cromer
Blevins
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J. Wilson
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Greer
Teeland
U.S
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Phoebe Harris
Miss Fletcher
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War Patterson
Coffen
Boston
New Orleans
UTS
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Little Rock, Ark
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