Canton Island Flight Stops at Tiny Pacific Outpost
Pan American Airways bi weekly clipper service brings travelers to Canton Island between Hawaii and Noumea. The coral atoll, tiny yet strategic, hosts a new Pan American hotel, a base manager, an entomologist, and a US postmaster. Visitors may glimpse abundant sea life, birds, and a central lagoon famed for big game fish. Canton’s isolation demands careful health and weather oversight by a small, skilled staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson Fuller
NEA
Canton Island
Pan American
United States
New Zealand
Pan American Airways
Hawaii
Canton
America
Noumea
New Caledonia
Canton TsIaid
Coral Atoll
Pacific Ocean
New
Los Angeles
California
Harold Graves
U. S
Pacific
Sugar Growers’ Association
J. van Zwollenberg
Cain
Equator
States
Great Britain
Pan American Service
British
Francis Fleming
Department of Interior
Mit
Social Circle and Missionary Meetings Schedule
Calendar lists multiple church circles and societies meeting on various days and times. First Baptist Church circles meet at the church or homes, including Circle Nos 1 2 3 4 6 7, with times from 1 to 4 p.m. The Ladies Auxiliary of First Presbyterian meets at the church at 4 o clock. The Hope High School Band Auxiliary meets at the library at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weren's Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Women's Missionary Society
Given Nix
North Elm Street
Women's Missionary
Society of the First Bapitist Church
Clea Frends Tolleman
Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Webb Laseter Sr
D. Hu Lipscomb
Nalelon Wylie
First Presbyterian Church
First Christian
Tievday
Hope High School
the Hope High School
Library Project Training Classes in Hempstead Hope
Announcement notes the first in a training series for library staff and board members in Hempstead and Nevada Counties to be held in Hope at City Hall on Tuesday September 17 from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. The library will be closed during these hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Nevada
Hope
Hope Haynesville football trip and Texas study plans
Personal mentions note the Wilson family and friends attending the Hope Haynesville football game in Haynesville Friday night. Mary Holloway leaves Monday for Denton to study at Texas State Teachers College for Women as a sophomore. Charles Crutchfield heads to Rice Institute in Houston as a sophomore, departing Tuesday. Robert Singleton pledged Lambs Chi Alpha at the University of Arkansas, and Rayford Camp Jeff heads to Sikeston Missouri Monday to enlist as a flying cadet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Mary Wilson
Nancy
Sue Robins
Martha
Haynesville
Hope- Haynesville
Mary Cornelia, Holloway
Denton
Texas
Texas State Teacher’s College For Women
Charles Crutchfield
Rice Institute
Houston
Hope
Robert Singleton
Lambs Chi Alpha
University of Arkansas
Rayford
Jeff Monday
Sikeston
Missouri
Local Social News and Football Outing Notes at Haynesville
Mrs Henry Davis and others visit Fulton while teachers and families travel for Hope High football in Haynesville Friday. Residents including Mr and Mrs J T Martindale attend the game. several locals plan Fayetteville and Little Rock trips. A miscellaneous shower honors a recent bride at Mrs A Boyett's North Main home with cake and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Herndon Jr
Felday
R. B. Herndon Jr
Thompson- Evans Jr
Bridge Club
Sid Bundy
Dick Watkins
Paul H. Jones
Evans
Comer Boyett
Vincent Foster
Dimes Watson
A. Boyett
Il North
Main
Red Robert
Sunday School And Prayer Services At FRRST CHRISTIAN
Church activities listed include Sunday school at 10 am with morning worship at 11 am, Bible school at 8:45 am, and a communion service at 10:50. Weekly events feature prayer meetings, community singing, and a Young Peoples Training Course. Minister John Keith Gregory invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Timothy
Young Peoples
Christian
Bible School
New Social Room
New, Testament Church Iit Action
Novel Approach to Book-Length Case
Pueblo court scene features attorney Cole Pueblo Cole presenting a traffic case. Harry Vories, the lawyer, tells the judge that explaining the accident will be as hard as explaining falling in love, highlighting the complex tone of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo, Cole
Harry Vories
Judge Denies Divorce On Grounds Of Obesity In San Francisco
In San Francisco a judge refused a divorce citing obesity as insufficient grounds. The piece also notes skewed views on women pursuing education and mocks wartime tech rumors about invisibility aircraft and materials like glass neckties, reflecting era satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Colege
Bgen
U. S. Army
FDR
This Could Be Your Story Serial Continuation at War Aid Benefit
Sue Mary tutors dictation for Mr. Ross at the Clark home amid war refugee fundraising and social whirl. Mitzi Clark and Joan Brant inhabit high society, while Sue Mary weighs family wealth, class, and a growing sense of danger as war reshapes offices and personal loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty
Miss Grant
Sue Mary
Clark
Flowers
Mitzi Clark
Joan Brant
Society
Mitzi
Father
Miss Brant
Alice Simpson
Vera
Natalie
Nick
M. Ross Clark
Esmond Finds New Start After Hollywood Hurdles
Carl Esmond, once eager to return to Europe, navigates postwar Hollywood with contracts and hopeful moments. He recalls delays, missed meetings with Louis B. Mayer, and a shift from German officer to sympathetic professor in Little Men. Esmond, under RKO, keeps a hopeful outlook and overseas roots intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis B. Mayer
Carl Esmond
Hollywood
Acter
Noel Coward
Gilbert Miller
Prince Albert
Metro-Mogul -Mayer
Esmond
Mayer
The
New York
Metro
Mr. Mayer
Warners
Thunder
RKO
Baer
Kay’. Francis
Charles
Thim
Austria
Hitzler
U. S
Louis B.| Mayer
Mind Your Manners quiz on wedding gift etiquette
A reader quiz titled Mind Your Manners tests correct card etiquette for wedding gifts. It asks five questions about signing cards, sharing expenses, returning engagement rings, and handling duplicate gifts with answers indicating when to cross out Mr and returning gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Fed Smith
Colchicum Crocus Like Flowers For Autumn Planting
A gardener guides autumn bulbs Colchicum and crocus-like flowers for indoor and outdoor use. Plant three inches deep and three to four inches apart. Naturalized sowing creates bold color patches near trees and borders. Split into drifts for rock gardens and shrub borders with lavender white and deep tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelay
Iit
Glendale Council Bans In-Store Shopping Pickup Penalty Plan
Glendale California officials pass a rule prohibiting shoppers from picking up groceries in stores. The ordinance imposes penalties for violations, signaling a crackdown on certain in-store pickup practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Calif
Notice of Intention to Sell Real Estate in Estate of Irvin Burns
J C Bowden Jr administrator seeks order from Hempstead Chancery Court on Oct 17, 1940 to sell land and timber in the estate to pay debts. Property: South Half of Northeast Quarter, Section 17, Township 14 South, Range 24 West, 50 acres more or less. Sale proceeds to satisfy debts. Sept 14 21 28 Oct 5 publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Divisia Hempstead Chancery
Irvin Burns
Hempstead Chain Court
J. OC. Bowden, Jr
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Peter Edison
NEA. Service
Star
NEA Cliner
Island
Handsome Young
Dr. Shanks
Sam
Charles Stein
Honolulu
Regina
Department of
Ishing
Attaway
Byrd High School
Shreveport
Arkansas and Louisiana Gas Co
Mississippi Points
Lake Village
Contract Bridge Club
Roy Powell
Mel
Lyman Armstrong
Jimne McCormack
Malvern
Morcine
Sale
Lantis Specialty
SHOR
Henry Davis
Dan Horne J Hess
Mise Hardlet Harkness
Sam McGill
Fulton
Gamar Cat
Nitle Misa
Mary Caroline Cox
William McGill
Lewisville
City
Domic~iled
Toe Billingsley
Sid Bondy
Jimmie Dervis
Herbert Cox
Cecil Weaver
Mr. Weaver
Dave Finley
Foster Finley
Brooks Schults
Fayetteville
Foster
Paul Simms
J. W. Strickland
Evan Wray
Wingfield Stroud
Jana
Royce Smith
George Brandon
Kathering Hand
Little Rock
H. H
Stuart
Chicago
Detroit
Edna Bagley
M. L. McAdams
Fort Sam Houston
My. Ane
F. L. McAdams
D.L. Bush
Milton Eason
Chester Lester
Jofersey
Rufus Herndon
Byron Evans
J. W. Franks
F. D. Henry
Thomas Cannon
Dorothy Henry
Pally Tolleson
Dean Parsons
Sit McMath
Tom
Pat Conk
Wrilace van Sickle
Church News
Tipem
Unity Baptist
South
Blue Street
J. WH. Reaves
Marguerite Gahagan
Steele
Sue Mary Goek
Frogreas
Nick Cowen
Jace
Mice Vera
Joe
Ataritic Pictures
Lonton
Métra
Carl
Argus
Carly
London
T. M. Mog
U. 5
Ha Simms
Hope, Ark
Claire
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