What It Means by The Editor The auto industry and American time virtue
The pieces trace how leaders like Keller Chrysier Sloan and Ford rose from hands on shop work to top posts in Chrysler General Motors and Ford, arguing American wealth and power stem from a machinist culture. It highlights mass production driven by coordination and time discipline across drafting rooms shops and labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation
Keller
America
Walter Chrysier
Alfred Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Henry Ford
United States
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Economists’ Office
Republicans in Maine Increase Normal Margin
Maine voters gave Republicans a sweeping win across major offices. Brewster led Brann and Hedman trailed, while in the U S House battles, Republican candidates posted large leads in several districts. A light turnout due to rain kept totals modest, with Democrats hoping for favorable later returns.
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Maine
Brewster W
Brann
Sumner Sewell
Fulton J. Hedman
Portland
James C. Oliver
Peter M. MacDonald
Margaret C. Smith
Gerrard J. Beauchamp
Two Hope Boys Enter Coast Guard Training Program
J W Bearden and Pole Oliver of THupe passed an examination in St Louis last week for entrance into the U S Coast Guard service. They left for Baltimore for three months of ground training. After this training they will be sent to stations for active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bearden
Pole Oliver
Thupe
St. Louis
S. Coastguard Service
Baltimore
Cranium Crackers Five Sports Quiz Facts
A brief feature presents five questions about team sizes in various sports. It asks how many players compose a lacrosse team what a volleyball team requires how many crew in a shell intercollegiate rowers and how many men form a football team. It notes baseball uses nine and asks cricket team size. Answers are on the next page.
Dispute Over the Draft Bill Moves to Conference
The draft conscription bill advanced to conference after a 48 to 1 Senate vote to resist the House delay of 60 days. The Senate rejected binding conferees to the 21 to 30 draft age range and backed a 60 day postponement fight. A conference committee of pro-Senate members was appointed to negotiate with the House as the bill nears final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Admas
Chamber
House
White House
Sheppard
Tex
Reynolds
N. CJ
Thomas
Minton
Ind
Austin
Bridges
Cotton New York Opens and Closes Higher
December cotton opened at 9.21 cents and closed at 9.26 cents with Middling spot reported at 52. Prices reflect midwinter trade activity in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tuition Charged for Out of District Hope Students
Hope School Board voted to charge four dollars per month in advance for pupils living outside the district who attend Hope Schools. The board cited declining local taxes and rising enrollment, and noted no new transfers will be granted except by consolidating adjacent districts with Hope District No. 1A, after which pupils from the consolidated district may attend free of charge.
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Hope School Board
Hope
Hope Board
Guernsey to Open School 1940 41 Term
The Guernsey Public School will open for the 1940 41 term on Monday September 16 with all students reporting September 1 at 1 o clock for instructions and to reaffirm classifications. Faculty includes Eugene Woodall superintendent Paul Westbrooke principal and science Lillie Belle Tucker English and social science Marie Jarvis math and social science Ordis Copeland sixth grade coach Ons Burnside third and fourth grades Marjory Hughson second grade and Edna Bristow first grade. Opening exercises were held Monday the 1th at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
The
Schoo
Eugene Woodall
Paul Westbrooke
Lillie Belle
Tucker
Marie Jarvis
Ordis Copeland
Ith
Ons Burnside
Marjory Hughson
Edna Bristow
Revival guest speaker at Hope Kiwanis meeting
Rev C W Barnes will speak at Hope Kiwanis club at Hotel Barlow in Pine Bluff as revival at Hope Gospel Tabernacle nears full attendance. With vacation nearly over the meeting is expected to draw a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Barnes
Pine Bluff
Hope Gospel ‘Tabernacle
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
St Louis Zoo Men Make Local Movie
Moody Lentz and Fete French of the St Louis Zoological Gardens visited Hope to film wildlife on Grassy Lake, a 2,500 acre Cypress lake between McNab and Saratoga, as guests of Dr P B Carrigan during prior picture and reptile gathering expeditions.
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Moody Lentz
Fete French
St. Louis
Practice Grid Game Tuesday at High School Stadium
Tuesday night at 7:45 the season's first football practice game will be held at the high school stadium. Coaches Foy Hammons and Bill Brasher announced a free session between red and white squads from the 1940 team to preview strengths and introduce new rules and penalties to fans. The red lineup lists Kin at left tackle and Breeding as captain at center, with other positions filled by Patterson or Smith, May, YOCong, Hammons, Daniels, and substitutes including Stanford, Bell, Mullins, Guthrie, Robinson, Purtle, Porter and Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy Hammons
Bill Brasher
Jimmy Daniels
Roy Taylor
Bundy
Patterson
Smith
McCorkle
Rowe
Martindale
Quivot
Propose Loans for America to Aid South America
Senator Wagner on Tuesday proposed making 500 million dollars available for South American loans to block German influence in the hemisphere similar to Hitler's control in the Balkans.
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Washington
Wagner
D.-N
Coleagues
Germany
Hitler
Balkius
11,000 Planes in Next 2 Years
Buffalo report cites William S. Knudson saying in 19 months the army and navy will field about 11,000 combat aircraft. He asserts the United States is producing the best airplanes and that current output is the highest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Army
Navy
William S. Knudson
National Defense Commission
Knudson
United States
Stamps Quartet to Perform at Rossion Wednesday Night
The Stamps Melody Boys quartet will give a concert at Rossion on Wednesday night September 11. The concert is sponsored by the Ladies Sundin and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamps
Rossion
Melody Boys
The
Ladies Sundin
Fragmentary note hints at guilt and conscience in Beknace
A fragmentary historical line references a shadow of wilful sin and names Beknace and Gode-feorge, suggesting a personal moral conflict or confession within a broader document. The text is too incomplete to determine full context or outcome.
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Gode-feorge
London under four air alarms as raids loom again
Londoners endured four daylight air alarms with power outages and traffic jams as German raids targeted the city. Nightly bombardments shattered warehouses near St Paul’s and rattled Fleet Street while Berlin acknowledged damage and continued “reprisals.”
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Fleet Street
Our Country Hero Dock Remembers Jonathan Harrington
The Oct. 1938 New York Herald Tribune account describes Grover's Mill resident Bill Dock taking up a shotgun to defend his home during a radio hoax about aliens landing on the Wilson farm. Carl Carmer links Dock's reaction to Jonathan Harrington, arguing the episode shows enduring values of home, friendship, and free democratic life amid fear.
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Bill Dock
Jonathan Harrington
Carl Carmer
Carl Carmen
Deep South
Alabama
Wadson
Wilson
Grover’s Mill
William Dock
Grover's Mill
New York Herald-Tribune
Big Dock
Middle Jersey
Bill
Wilson Farm
Jim Andersen
Wil- Bins
Aralson Farm
Carl
Wyatt Fonntys
Jonathan
Jonathon Harrington
Lexington Village Green
Mr. Revere
Jim Anderson
Jim
Forhays
Wyatt Fenny
Willkie Hopes to End Delay on Selective Service Act
Wendell Willkie urged Senate-House conferees to strike the Fish amendment delaying conscription for 60 days and issued a formal one sentence statement pressing for immediate start of the selective service program.
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Rushbille
Wendell
Willkie
The Captain Likes an Upper Berth
Portland report describes Captain Charles H Wade piloting the excursion boat Balmy Dave from a beam top position with a metal cylinder and a wire linking to the controls. The device, invented by Wade and educator Eduer J Wade, steers the craft by melodies akin to electric steering on larger ships.
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Portland
Ocean Point
Charles H. Wade
Dave
Captain Wade
Wade
Eduer J. Wade
Senate, House Groups Meet Over Conscription Reform
Washington report on a Senate and House conference committee session to revise conscription laws. Discussions focused on army and navy views, a 60 day test for voluntary enlistments before drafting, and clashes between House and Senate provisions on registration ages from 21 to 44 versus 18 to 30.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army and Navy
Adkins Reports His Campaign Expenses in Arkansas Filing
LITTLE ROCK four Ad kins Tuesday reported his campaign expenditures as 4775.34 in a statement filed with the secretary of state. The amount included 1238.69 for printing and statonery, 1444.50 for newspaper and radio advertising, 112.50 as ballot Fee, 390.95 for nost age, 630 for sound trucks and 710 for salaries. More than four fifths of cow's milk is water.
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Little Rock
Homer Adkins
Secretary of State
Parade Opens Hope Fair Week With Largest Mile Parade
Hempstead County opens with a Tuesday parade featuring floats clowns horses and local groups led by Miss Rose Marie Hendriq elected fair queen. Officials report a record crowd as state police film portions for safety programs. The Dee Lang Shows promise a large midway with fourteen rides and side shows. The patriotic America on Parade pageant directs 300 local participants across Tuesday to Thursday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Alton
Dee Lang
Star Office
Dee Lang Co
Hope
Fair Park
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Martha Jean Robino
Light beams on criminals with new pistol attachment
Detroit inventor G Howlett Davis perfects a detachable seven ounce lighted sight that centers a laser like beam on the target to guide a pistol bullet. Police sergeant and training officers praise its potential to reduce night shooting risk and improve aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Stafford
Detroit
G. Howlett Davis
Mrayin Driver
Detroit Police Department
Driver
Claude Broom
Detroit Police Training School
Broom
Davis
Tao
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Fuchs
U. S. Coast Guard
C. W. Barnes
Bradshaw
Simms
Hammons
Stanford
Bell
Mullins
Guthrie
Robinson
Purtle
Porter
Green
Roulon
Kudson
Athought
England
Nori
Berlin
High Command
French
Interland
Bucharest
Romania
Antonescu
Carol
Edwar E. Bomar
Associated Press
Britain
Stenfeld
Royal Air Force
Reichvilles
Our
Seoul
NEA
Johnn Steinbeck
Adkins
Oren Harris
Haynie
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