City offers cash to buy Hope gas system
The city of Hope proposed to purchase the Hope gas distribution system for cash, claiming a 25 percent rate reduction and an annual profit of about 30,000 dollars. Arkansas Louisiana Gas and its parent Arkansas Louisiana faced intervening legal and financial hurdles as hearings continued before the Utilities Commission.
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Liprla
Commission
Cities Service Company
Arasis Louisiana
McFardin
Frank BE. Clowning
Mr. McFuddin
City of
Hope
Arkansas How Ine Company
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Arkansas Louisiana
Okay
Howard County
Louisiana-Nevada
Arkansas
Mrs Mudie’s Shopping Trip Time Puzzle
Mrs Mudie takes six minutes to walk three blocks to the store but returns home slower with purchases. After forgetting her bag she spends two minutes finding it and one to two times as long to reach the store again. Returning home she walks half as fast loaded with goods.
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Mrs. Mudie
Patmos School to Open on Sept 18 for 1949 Term
Patmos public school will open for the 1939 40 term on Monday September 18 with Supt B A Jameson and a full faculty headed by Miss Elise Kilpatrick and Mrs RR Brown. New staff member W H McMahon arrives from Magdela University of Arkansas training. Faculty meeting set for September 18 at 2 am. bus drivers urged to attend. Children six before January 1 1940 may enroll on opening day with no mid year promotions.
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Mathes
B.A. Jameson
Elise Kilpatrick
RR. Brown
W. H. McMahon
Owen Atkins
Eva Jane Rider
Ray Mayton
Nora Gordon
Mary Middlebrooks
Vera Reeves
McMahon
Magdela
University of Arkansas
Farm Debt Adjustment Meet at Hope Arkansas
Farmers facing foreclosure may receive expert aid at the Hempstead County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee meeting at the Social Security Administration office in Hope on September 13. The voluntary committee aims to mediate between debtors and creditors to reach workable agreements and avoid foreclosure, with impartial counseling and no charge to participants. COP Boyd, farm debt adjustment fieldman, will attend from Little Rock to assist.
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Hempstead
Ann Security Administration
Hope
Arkansas
Wa Am
Farm Security Administration
Cop. Boyd
Little Rock
Thought Curse Over Speech About Slaying An Innocent
A fragment echoes a verse form referencing Deuteronomy 27 25 and condemns the idea of killing an innocent. The line, framed as a warning, suggests concern over words used to harm and calls for caution in speech.
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Parsoin
Arkansas Livestock Show Seeks Statewide Support
Little Rock leaders urge backing for the Arkansas Livestock Show as a key driver of statewide development. Col H T Barton lauds the show as a yearly training ground for youth entry while Col Barlow and supporters promise strong civic cooperation to build a growing livestock industry that could rival cotton within two years. Walter Gay introduces the program. a moment of silence honors H Grady Manning.
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Little Rock
H. ‘T Barton
Cumber of Commerce
Barlow
Arkansas
Barton
Lite Rock
Walter Gay
BUEN
H. Grady Manning
Britain Aims to Win Over Italy in War Talks
Rome reports Friday night discussions between British Ambassador Sir Percy Loraine and Italian Foreign Minister Clana aimed at keeping Italy from entering the war on Germany's side. Britain and France reportedly warned Mussolini that they could fight Hitler for years, while Italy readies war prep.
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Rome
Great Britain
Laly
Peres Loraine
Clana
Britain
Traly
Germany
Girgles
Ualy
France
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Fichy
Hitler
Europe
Tyrol
Adriatic
Lily
German Navy May Control Baltic But It Can't Get Out
British naval experts doubt a full scale action between England and Germany this war. The Baltic route from England to Poland passes through Skagerrak and Kattegat, with Britain in command of seas up to Skagerrak. Germany aims to keep the Baltic closed using mines, air raids, and submarines while Britain may block the North Sea. Kiel canal and Heligoland are key targets, as German submarines could threaten British blockades.
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Bruce Catton
NEA
Washington
England
Germany
Poland
S Ca
Skagerrak
Bread Sound
Denmark
Norway
Kattegat
Sweden
Baltic
Britain
Baltic Sea
Lord Iisher
North Sea
Dover
Vinglish Channel
Crersan
Vondon
Hutland
Kiel
Wilhelmshafen
British Isles
Goering Predicts Quick German Victory Over Britain Blockade
Berlin reports Field Marshal Goering told the German public Britain cannot defeat Germany by force or economy. He claimed conquest of Poland would occur fourteen days after fighting begins, by September 14, and dismissed British wear-down theory while asserting secure supply lines from Russia, Romania, and Yugoslavia.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
Hermann Goering
Poland
Russia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Russia Mobilizes Reserves As Poland Front Emerges
Soviet sources report Friday night mobilization of reserves and requisitioning of autos and horses in Moscow districts as Germany advances in Poland. Doctors and nurses were registered for emergencies while a leading Moscow gasoline station closed. Reservists believed headed toward the Polish frontier but not yet at the border.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Poland
Bobcat Emblems Stolen at Game
At the high school stadium Friday night during a practice football game Bobcat emblems attached to cars were stolen. The student council plans to sell legitimate emblems only through authorized agents who carry cards identifying them as such. Members warn the public not to buy emblems without a valid agent card.
Sunk ships tally in ongoing European war effort
Associated Press tally reports 16 ships sunk by torpedoes mines and shells as European hostilities widen. Five ships were sunk on day six of the new conflict including the British freighter Winkreigh and tanker Regent Tiger raising British French losses to nine and the German fighter Helfrid Bissmark as another confirmed Nazi loss.
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Associated Press
Hestraverd
Winkreigh
Regent Tiger
Helfrid Bissmark
The Mountain That Was God Now Fourth Tallest Peak
Tacoma, Washington reports Mount Rainier, long called The Mountain That Was God, has been remeasured and dropped from third to fourth in U.S. peak rankings after a 1913 height update from 14,408 feet to 14,408 feet, while Colorado’s Mount Elbert and Mount Massive move into second and third.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mount Rainer
Washington
Puget Sound
Mount Massive
Colorado
Mount Elbert
Rainier
United States
Practice Contest Draws Big Crowd
More than 1,000 football fans filled the stands for a free practice game Friday night as two evenly matched squads played three scoreless quarters. The White team pulled ahead 12 6 in the final period with a late interception return and a touchdown after Bobby Ellen scored for the Reds. Roy Taylor led the White defense with a TD on a series of line plays, while Joe Eason missed both extra points. The Reds threatened in the final quarter but could not convert. The Bobcats open the season at Hope next Friday against Haynesville.
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Reds
Witt
Bobby Ellen
Roy Taylor
Taylor
Joe Eason
Bobcats
Hope
Haynesville
Jones
Ward
Clark
Yankles
Simpson
Calhoun
Kesher
Quimby
May
Keith
Jewell
W. Taylor
Huen
Cargile
Coleman
Steffy
Hammons
Eason
Green
Mind Your Manners Quiz Amuses Readers Delicately
A humor column poses etiquette questions about thank you notes paper quality and social versus business letters. It explores appropriate signatures and married names, offering stilted, tongue in cheek guidance on manners and correspondence amid social expectations.
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Ralph
Ralph Lugan
Ralph Logan
German Armies Sweep Poland and Threaten Warsaw
German forces spearheaded by motorized units have occupied most of western Poland in a week of bitter combat and press Warsaw as French and British forces prepare to join. Berlin reestablishes 1914 eastern frontier, pledging limited annexation while Danzig and corridor return to the Reich. Paris reports seven to eight mile French incursions into German territory as Paris and Berlin shift to a broader frontline struggle.
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Lwow
Poland
Bucharest
Warsaw
Rhine
Estern
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitter
Vistula
Danzig
Reich
Upper Silesia
East
West Prussia
Paris
France
Luxembourg
Trier
Saar Basin
Siegfried Line
Isle de France Safe in New York After Attack Suspicion
In New York the French liner Isle de France endured a blackout and window can damage while 2,668 people aboard sought shelter. The ship’s deck and public rooms were crowded as officials reassured safety and investigated the incident.
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Isle de France
New York
Middlins Sper Train Schedule Note
Fragmentary New York timetable reads Saturday 9.12 arrival and 9.35 closing near Middlins Sper with unclear Oetiber digits and times.
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New York
Oetiber
Y.p
Middlins Sper
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