Mighty Melissa the Navy mascot fuels football nerves
Feature recounts Melissa the Navy mascot who energizes the team amid a tough season. The dog’s antics, fans, and the Navy’s 10-0 victory over Army are highlighted, with Melissa earning a blue blanket honor and symbolizing Navy spirit as the squad eyes future games. A Sweden census note follows.
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Joan Grober
WLIS
Navy
Footagin
Melissa
Matt
Bill
Aot
E. E
Larson
Liss
Army
U. S. Navy
Academy
Bill VIII
Democracy and the free will of individuals in Our Country
Margaret Culkin Banning argues in this Our Country essay that democracy rests on preserving individual free will against state control. She stresses that under a democracy the mind and soul must remain free within necessary public safety limits, and that a nation grounded in the Declaration and Constitution can resist totalitarian pressures. Faith Baldwin continues the series, noting a nation with faith in its chosen way cannot be corrupted or conquered.
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God
Margaret
Culkin
Faith Baldwin
Kiwanis Elect Discussion on Arkansas Highway Refund
Senator Pilkinton urged restoring funds for state highway projects and refuting a policy of delaying until November. He discussed refunds needed to enable new pavement and the 3 percent interest debate from 1939, noting his support for the final senate bill despite amendments.
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Homer Adkins
Arkansas
Pilkinton
Arkansians
Bailey
Senate
Arkansas Morning View on Highway Bonds and New Governor
A reader argues that refunds of highway bonds should be defeated in November to let the incoming governor Homer Adkins craft a better plan. The writer notes conditions since 1939 and favors bonds only if marketable at 3 percent with callable terms. They urge cooperation with the new administration to speed improvements on highways 29 and 4.
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Vely
Arkansas
Bailey
Homer Adkins
1941 Ford lineup details reveal new design and features
The article outlines 1941 Ford models with coil spring suspension, latex treated hair padding, hydraulic brakes, and rear parking brakes. It notes a new body design in the DeLuxe and Super DeLuxe lines, improved trim such as speed lines, hidden filler caps, electric luggage lid light, ventilated windows, larger rear glass, radio grilles, twin wipers, twin sun visors, and center front license plate on Super Deluxe.
British clash with De Gaulle forces at Dakar port
The Ministry of Information said German shells hit the stranded vessel Hopes. De Gaulle attempted landings with about 7,000 men on six transports at Dakar, but fierce gunfire led to a three day stand. The British then ceased hostilities, denying any intention for war with Vichy French authorities.
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Dakar
Ministry of Information
de Gaulle
Senegal
French Equatorial Africa
Mnesty
REA Farm Show to Come Here in October
Hempstead county farm families will have an opportunity to see every type of electrical equipment for the farm and home demonstrated and operated. showdoors Arkansas in October says the gousty Extension.
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Hempstead County
REA
Arkansas
Calvacade of Electricity Show Reaches Arkansas Stops
The Rural Electrification Administration designed a consumer education exhibit titled Calvalcade of Electricity to show farm families the benefits of electricity. REA power lines will run the tents and trailers, with cooperation from farmer electric cooperatives the Agriculture Department colleges vocational teachers and equipment manufacturers. The three season tour has reached over 300 000 farm families across rural America and features include Lighting Magic The River and an electric cow that breathes moos and milks. Stops in Arkansas include Green County Paragould September 30 to October 1 Rolfe school ground Cross County Wynne Benson County Rogerson U S Highways 62 and 71 Ozark Franklin County Brown Rice farm near Ozark with multiple daily programs.
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Rea-Financed
Farmer Electric Cooperatives
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Colleges
Ida A. Fenton
Earl L. Arnold
Fim
Arkansas
Green County
Lakeside “Consolidated School Ground
Paragould
Cross County
Rolfe
Wynne
Benson County
Rogerson U. 5
Franklin County
Ozark
Japan Lands 2000 Troops Near Haiphong
Haiphong dispatch reports 2000 Japanese troops landed six miles from the port without resistance after three Japanese planes bombed a nearby railroad crossing, killing and wounding 15 natives. Tokyo said Japan would actively support Germany if the United States enters the European war, and a nonaggression pact with Soviet Russia was not unlikely.
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Haiphong
Japan
Germany
Tokyo
United States
Italy
Russia
Ships Sink, Then Settle Quickly to Ocean Bottom
When ships sink they settle to the bottom almost immediately below the sinking point unless a subocean current is encountered, a fact noted in historical observations of underwater displacement.
Local agricultural meeting dates set at rural farms
Two farm events are scheduled for October 17 and 18 at the Lewis Gaston farm in Pulaski County, ten miles east of North Little Rock, and October 21 and 22 at the Ochsenbein farm five miles south of Texarkana in Miller County. Home Demonstration agents invite interested residents to contact them. if enough people sign up, a bus may be arranged.
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Pulaski County
Lewis Gaston
North Little Rock
Miller County
Ochsenbein
Texarkana
Ford's Biggest, New 1941 Model Delivers Space and Speed
Ford proclaims the 1941 model as the largest ever built with a longer wheelbase wider seating by up to seven inches and new wide doors. It features extended windows for better visibility and faster acceleration to match its well known power, reflecting Ford's experience from over 28 million cars. Dealers offer many reasons to choose this model as the year’s car.
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Ford
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Hope Warren Grocery & Feed Co
Hope Feed Co
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