Inflation and price controls in a balanced budget crisis
The piece argues a government prone to adding programs rather than repealing failed ones faces a rising inflation threat. It warns price-control laws may be needed, covering agricultural and industrial products, amid 12 years of peace deficit. It compares 1917 18 defense inflation to the current fiscal challenge and urges accountability to prevent chronic overextension.
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Washington
America
Reeverament
Negotiations with Japan and China pledges in world drift
Willis Thornton cautions about daylight talks with Japan and the risk of secret deals over China and Manchuria. He urges U.S. vigilance to honor pledged aid to China, resist selling out Czechoslovakia-like complacency, and demand China’s consent before any settlement that affects its sovereignty. Parachute inspections for active service are mandated every 60 days.
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Japan
China
United States
Manchuria
Stooge
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Shanghai
France
Indo-China
Philippines
Vichy
Czechoslovakia
End of Daylight Saving Time Set for Sunday in Hope
The City of Hope and Southwestern Proving Ground will switch from daylight saving to Central Standard Time at 1:00 a.m. Sunday. Workers on the graveyard shift will see the biggest impact as schedules adjust to standard time starting Monday morning.
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Hope
WMG
City of Hope
Southwestern Proving Ground
Proving Ground
Southwesteen Proving Ground
Constructing Quartermaster
RAF Joins in Russian Fight on Eastern Front
The RAF has gone into action at the side of the Russians on the eastern front. In its first engagements one squadron destroyed seven German Messerschmitt planes with the loss of only one fighter. A communiqué said patrols flew in bad weather over the eastern front and had successful encounters with enemy fighters. The report also notes West Indian activities, with some periods reaching a length of one fuel.
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London
Messerschmitt
Lung
Cranium Crackers Spot the Misused Words
A quirky puzzle asks readers to correct misused words in sentences. Examples include stalagmites miswritten as stalagmites at the cave floor and arduous misused for arduous. the page promises answers on Comic Pugs.
Three Killed in Houston Flooded City After Hurricane
A Texas gulf storm battered Houston causing three deaths and widespread damage measured in millions. Power outages, flooded streets, shattered plate glass, and a demolished stadium marked the city of 500,000 as crews moved residents to shelters. Officials warned totals could rise as floodwaters receded.
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Houston
Louisiana
Texas
Nadadoches
Shreveport
Ellington Field
City Colosseum
Sheler
Ray Ashworth
NEA
Seawall
Galves- Texas
Gulf Coast
Tioy Tily
Truffles Tantalize France in Culinary Revival
In France, chefs promote the underground fungus known as the truffle, prized for omelets sauces and poultry dishes. The edible fungi are valued for aroma and flavor in French cuisine, highlighting culinary tradition and gastronomy.
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France
Counter Moves Ease Pressure on Russians
The Red Army reports from Leningrad say Soviet forces halted German advances and recaptured a point near the city while tank counterattacks were repulsed. Berlin and Moscow dispatches note fierce Soviet resistance around Leningrad and at other fronts, with German high command claiming pockets of encircled Russian troops and renewed efforts toward Kharkov and Raslov. Britain warned Finland against invading Soviet territory beyond the old frontier as Moscow pledged ongoing counterattacks along hundreds of miles of central and northern fronts.
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Associated Press
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Leningrad
Marshall Budyenny
Ukraine
Red Star
Kiev
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Gulf of Finland
Kinnish
Svir
Cray
Finland
London
Britain
Budycenny
S.A. Lozovsky
Donets
Kharkov
Raslov
Russia
Vich Gaususu
Thought on defilement by what enters or leaves
A saying quotes Mark 7 15 focusing on defilement not from without but from within. It emphasizes that things entering a person do not defile, but what proceeds from the heart defines defilement. The message centers on inner virtue over external influence.
Hope Bobcats Set for El Dorado Clash in Oil City
For the third straight week the Hope Bobcats face El Dorado Wildcats in the oil city Friday night in the first conference game for both, with Hope bolstered by three new players Sanders Ponder and McCullough to offset earlier losses to Haynesville and Smackover.
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Hope Bobcats
Dorado Wildcats
Oil City
Wildcats
Haynesville
Tornados
Hope Lads
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Hope
Hope Boys
Sanders
Ponder
McCullough
Fins
Vesey Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel for South Sea Station
Major R H Vesey of Hope formerly stationed in the Philippine Islands for two years has been raised to lieutenant colonel and assigned to a post in the South Sea Islands according to word reaching this city.
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R.W. Vesey
Hope
Philippine Islands
South Sea Islands
Injured SPG Worker Better Says Insurance Official
Frank Morgan of Southwestern Praving Ground Insurance Company reports Elvin Floyd Combs, eyelid driver, injured last week, is improving. Dr. Joe Shuffield of Little Rock expects a return to work in six to eight weeks if no complications arise.
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Frank Morgan
Southwestern Praving Ground
Elvin Floyd Combs
Joe Shuffield
Fat Little Rock
Train Crash Injures Two at Division and Hazel Crossing
Two men Willie D. Long of McCaskill and Hugh Melissack of Willisville were bruised and cut but not seriously hurt when a Missouri Pacific freight train struck their truck at the Division and Hazel street crossing shortly after noon Wednesday. Josephine fius- Dilal attendants sued, Leon Robinson and Mrs Landers, others in the truck, escaped uninjured. All four were Southwestern Proving Ground workers.
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Missouri Pacific
Hazel Street
Willie D. Long
McCaskill
Hugh Melissack
Willisville
Josephine Fius- Dilal
Leon Robinson
Landers
Southwestern Proving Ground
Kiwanis Leader Speaks on America's South American Ties
Kiwanis Governor Hubert Minton spoke at an inter-club banquet in Hotel Barlow about U S policy in South America. He warned of dangers if Germany defeats Britain and urged a tourist exchange to strengthen ties, praising current goodwill toward Roosevelt and Hull while stressing keeping South American governments in power. The event drew 68 Kiwanis members and guests from Pine Bluff El Dorado Little Rock Conway Hope and other clubs.
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America
Germany
South America
Britain
Kiwanis
Hubert Minton
Hotel Barlow
Minton
State Teachers College
Conway
United States
China
U. S
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
Minstan
Vitaly
Spain
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Little Rock
J. E. Hamill
Chad Hall
G. T. Gross
Fred Moore
Joe Nemes
Wayne Jewell
Francis P. Matthew
Oscar Spears
Clarence Roth
Polivy
Review of Stars Tonight in Early Autumn Sky
The stars rise about four minutes earlier than last night and at the same hour shift one degree east. As the season passes, the Stars pass in review across the evening sky.
FDR Wants It Will Get It Says Steagall
Chairman Steagall reported after White House talks that the president seeks a price control bill and will obtain it. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged price and profit controls to curb inflation, proposing profits capped at 66 percent during the emergency. The bill is described as highly complex with many views to iron out, but broad agreement on the need. Public hearings wrap up next week.
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Washington
Steagall
D. Ala
House
Ing
White House
Etengall
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
U.S
Farmers Seek Long Leases For Hempstead County Tenure
W M Sparks FSA supervisor announces a seven point tenure program to establish long term leases for at least 10 farm families in Hempstead County. The plan aims to stabilize both landowners and tenants, improve housing and farming practices, and open new income avenues.
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Farm Security Administration
Hempstead
Hempstead C County
W. M. Sparks
FSA
Archadelphia
Congress
Sparks
Saturday Last Day for Stamps
The September food stamp deadline is September 27 with the Elks hall office closing September 29 and 30 for staff reporting. The office will also close Thursday afternoon as per weekly procedure, affecting the public’s access to services.
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Elks Hall
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