Social and Personal Wednesday September 12 Events
The Hope Iris Garden Club meets at Mrs. Tolleson’s home with Mrs. Holbert as associate. all members urged to attend. The First Presbyterian Sunday School Council will meet at 8 pm in the church educational building with officers and teachers asked to attend. The Jett B Graves Sunday school class hosts a social and business gathering at Mrs. Mills’s home at 8 pm with Mrs. Joe Jones and Rob Jones as associates. Thursday events include the Business and Professional Women’s Club meeting at Hotel Barlow at 7 pm. the Executive Board of the Osby PTA at 3:30 pm at the school. and the Jr. and Sr. High School PTA met Tuesday with 12 members present and plans for the new school year.
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Hope Iris Garden Club
C. P. Tolleson
A. A. Holbert
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Jett B. Graves
O. W. Mills
Joe Jones
Rob Jones
Business and Professional Women's Club
Barlow
The
Ogesby P.T.A
Friday Music Club Meeting at Mrs Garrett Story Home
The Friday Music Club will meet at 4 oclock Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Garrett Story. All members are urged to attend as important business is to come close the meeting.
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Garrett Story
Franklin Middlebrooks heads to Arkansas campus
Franklin Middlebrooks left Friday for Fayetteville to attend the University of Arkansas as a student. Cpl and Mrs Leo LaBranche have returned from a wedding trip to Memphis. Mrs John Priola of Memphis visits Hope relatives. Mr and Mrs W M Ramsey tour Albuquerque to see their son Sgt W M Ramsey Jr. Mrs L A Green and daughter visit Gainesville relatives. Wade Warren announces birth of daughter Ginny Lee born Monday September 10 at Josephine hospital.
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Franklin Middlebrooks
Fayetteville
The
University Arkansas
Cpl
Mrs
Leo LaBranche
Memphis
Tennessee
Mrs. W. M. Ramsey
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Sgt. W. M. Ramsey, Jr
Arths
Wade Warren
Ginny Lee
Josephine Hospital
San Antonio Serviceman Returns for Reassignment
S Sgt Floyd A Sprague after 12 months in the European Theater of Operations has arrived at the San Antonio District F Personnel Distribution Command for processing and reassignment. He earned the Air Medal for nine missions with the 8th Air Force in England and was a prisoner of war captured after being shot down. He was recently released from a German POW camp. Processing and reassignment for RAF returnees ordinarily are completed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Texas
Floyd A. Sprague
East Third Street
Hope
San Antonio
Sprague
8Th Air Force
England
Germany
Texas
Thomas Watt Bonds
Blevins
Ark
AAF Personnel Distribution Command
Bonds
AAF
Veterans and Navy Men Celebrate Pacific Victory On USS Intrepid
Three Hope Arkansas natives and other service members are noted for duties and celebrations aboard the USS Intrepid in the Pacific. Mack May Jesse Earl Patton and Charles Sanders participated in a post victory observance with thanksgiving services and a turkey meal. Additional reports mention Lt Thomas Watt Bonds returning to the San Antonio district for reassignment after a German POW camp release. Cecil H Cox, home on furlough, is reassigned at Hot Springs redistribu tion with four European battle stars and prior POW status.
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Pacific
Interpidt
Cecil H. Cox
Fulton
Army Ground and Service Forces
Hot Springs
Ark
Pfc
Cox
Typhoid Clinic and Midwife Meetings Announced
County Health Unit A Typhoid Clinic is held in Belton every Friday at 10 a.m. Typhoid, smallpox and diphtheria shots are given. A clinic also occurs in McCaskill at 1 30 p.m. The Fulton and McNab mid wife meeting is set for Monday September 19 1945 at 1 p.m. in McNab. The Ozan and Washington mid wife gathering will be at the colored Baptist Church on September 24 at 1 p.m.
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Belton
McCaskill
Fulton and
McNab
Ozan
Washington
Colored Baptist Church
Peacetime ice cream and air of change in Truman era
A light, opinionated column notes wartime ice cream gives way to peacetime flavors. A Missouri doctor claims 40 as the ideal age for love. The piece questions the author’s age and previews Truman’s peacetime message proposing jobs for all and unity of armed forces under one command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Quotes on War, Broadcasting, and Civic Duty
A collection of remarks from James V. Forrestal Paul Porter and Gov Thomas E Dewey praising war restraint fair treatment and strong civic education. The Pittsburgh press cites American equality and the need for children to receive the best preparation for future work in a wartime context.
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James V. Forrestal
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Law and wisdom meet in careful rulemaking
The quote emphasizes equal law for strangers and citizens, underscoring divine guidance. It contrasts with Samuel Johnson’s belief that law arises from human wisdom for public good. The remark on whales notes their rank as the planet’s largest sea animals.
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Samuel Johnson
Birthmarks Shape Childs Personality Says Dr OBrien
The article explains birthmarks are moles or blood vessel developments not caused by fright or maternal injury. It notes strawberry marks redden with heat, port wine stains, and that most marks do not change size. removal is hard but cosmetics help conceal. Parents should seek medical advice early and offer sympathetic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. O'Brien
NEA
First Transmission of Electricity by Stephen Gray
A brief note recalls Stephen Gray in 1729 achieving what is believed to be the first transmission of electricity. He conveyed electricity generated by rubbing a glass sphere along a silk-threaded string, marking an early milestone in electrical science.
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Stephen Gray
Dorothy Dix Advice columns on career marriage and family
In these Dorothy Dix letters the adviser urges that marriage and motherhood can be a true career, warns of the high cost of pursuing fame, and counsels leaving an abusive husband to protect children while noting that women often change views about having children after marriage.
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Miss Dix
Dorothy H
Dorothy Dix
Clara T
We the Women We the Women
Ruth Millett argues women shape marriages by guiding husbands into domestic life. She counters the idea men are suited only for freedom, urging persistence and acceptance that many husbands become steady through effort, even if they resist traditional roles.
Marriage for a Man Built for Marriage Imagined
A speaker argues that only a man designed for marriage would appeal to women, and that a husband incapable of marriage would make the union dull, whereas a man truly made for marriage would present a compelling challenge.
Questions and Answers from the wartime briefing
A series of Q and A items covers colonial trouble, oil production, Naval Academy centennial, Chinese capital before Chungking, U S air travel priorities, and the Civil War ironclad Monitor and Merrimac engagement. The questions include Syria and Annam, Tarakan oil, Annapolis founding date, Nanking as capital, and the 1945 abolition date. The final note mentions the Monitor versus Merrimac as an early ironclad clash.
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Monitor
Merrimac
Thayer's Distress Deepens as Hildreth Intervenes
In a tense scene Corinne confronts Thayer as the girl, overwhelmed by worry and illness, seeks help after missing Aunt Hildreth. Dr. Lacey arrives to treat the distressed daughter-in-law while Brock and Mrs Kittridge face mounting concern and accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth
Thayer
Aunt Hildreth
Brock
Guernsey High School Opens September 24 With Strong Schedule
Guernsey plans to open Monday September 4 at 10 a.m. under Superintendent Morgan Griffith with no tuition for entering students. Registration at 10 a.m. Bus routes unchanged. Faculty meeting set September 22. Mrs. Josephine Armitage heads Commercial department. Mrs. Evelyn Nichols English. Morgan Griffith to teach Science. Vacancies noted in high school staff.
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Guerney
Morgan Griffith
Griffith
Josephine Armitage
Hope
Guernsey High School
Armitage
Arkadelphia
Camden
Evelyn Nichols
Morgan’ Griffith
O. H. Bristow
Forney Holt
Avonna Tinsley
Guernsey
Navy and St Johns clash over Annapolis expansion
A Washington Post letter from John Hazard questions Navy plans to seize historic St Johns College for Annapolis expansion. The piece weaves in Henry Wallace tennis lore, Sidney Hillman rumors, and a De Gaulle sighting at Blair House, all framed in postwar political discourse.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
John Hazard
Washington Post
Navy
Annapolis Academy
St. John's College
Mr. Hazard
St. John's
Annapolis
Henry Wallace
Jean
United States
Arequipa
Peru
United States of America
Sidney Hillman
CIO
Gen
Charles de Gaulle
White House
Marshal Henri Petain
Verdun
New
York
Old Black Jack Pershing
President Hoover
Petain
Aussies Will Fly Supplies to Prisoners
A group of 24 Royal Australian Air Force Liberators undertake a mercy mission to drop supplies to starving prisoners of war in Java. The operation starts with half the planes leaving Darwin for a 4,000 mile round trip to Sydney to gather loads, then transferring to 12 other Liberators en route to Java. A second wave flies across the Timor Sea to Marines in Java, with refueling and a return leg via Cocos Island.
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Melbourne
Royal Australian Air Force
Java
Darwin
Sydney
Timor Sea
Cocos Island
Cocos
Atomic Power to Be Tested on Railroad Locomotive
Belleville N J September 11 A New York Central locomotive will be converted to atomic power drive by the U S Industrial and Development Co Elmira NY Chief engineer Ralph Lucas says one tea cupful of exploded mercury atoms could haul 120 freight cars on 45 round trips between New York and San Francisco The turbine uses a gas engine generator and transformer to create direct current feeding an eight inch steel casting to withstand 500 000 psi and produce 350 times the power of a normal locomotive Experiments and installation are expected within four months and six months to a year of testing
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Belleville
N. J
New York Central Railroad
Ralph Lucas
U. S. Industrial and Development Co
Elmira
N. Y
New York
San Francisco
Lucas
Footnote sandals spark homeward thought in war letters
Pvt. Joseph G. Began, shopping in Manila for souvenirs, chose wooden sandals but then decided not to send them. He wrote to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Began, noting the shoes bore the Vulcan Corp. Wood Products mark from Effingham, Illinois.
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Effingham, Ill
Manila
Joseph G. Began
G. J
Vulcan Corp
Wood Products
Effingham, Ml
Dog returns lost purse with contents in Lockport
In Lockport New York on September 12 Peter Heary reported his pocketbook with 35 dollars missing. A few days later a springer spaniel owned by Heary's landlady returned home carrying the purse and contents, but the dog was not rewarded with a steak.
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Lockport
N. Y
Peter Heary
Heary
Prisoner of War Reaches Home En Route From Japan
A recovering prisoner of war arrived home today and sent a brief message to his family stating no fleas no lice no rice and that home is near. The line captures wartime hardship and hopeful return.
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Japan
No Fair Share Car-Pool Plan Scrapped by Theft Incident
Hill Field Utah September 12 Capt John G Hazen in charge of employee car pools reports the share a ride rationing plan has limits after his own car was stolen from the base parking lot just as he went to fetch it. The incident underscores security concerns about pooling on base.
Sin and inheritance in need of personal repentance
Waymon D. Miller argues against inherited sin, citing Isaiah 59:2 and 1 John 3:4 to claim sin is personal transgression of God's law. He contends babes are born pure and become sinful only after iniquity appears, urging conversion to enter the kingdom of heaven.
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God
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Ezek
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus
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J. Carrol Naish
Cowboy
Gary Cooper
Unit
Truman
Congress
Paul Porter
Federal Communications Commission
Pittsburgh
Whales
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Hollywood
Liv
Syria
France
Annam
Tarakan
Borneo
Naval Academy At
China
Chungking
Nanking
Sun Yat-Sen
Peking
Peiping
U. S
Doris
NEA Service, Inc
Mrs. Kittridge
Dr. Pelham
Dr. Lacey
Henry Pelham
Corinne
Guvner
Charles C. Gossett
Capitol
Statehouse
Arkansas
Ben Laney
Kansas City
Summit Cafe
Lucky Dog
Barwick’s Electric Service
Third St. Hope, Ark
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Waymon D. Miller
Church of Christ Sth
Grady Streets
Hope, Arkansas
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