Million-Man Hours Logged At Southwestern Proving Ground
SPG near the southwestern Proving Ground surpasses one million man hours this week as work accelerates. Construction across 77 square miles shifts from farms to permanent facilities with 15 buildings in progress and 50 temporary structures completed. A new railroad line, roads named East West and Meridian, and a 16,000 gallon storage tank advance, while ordnance testing fields and an airport plan with three runways shape the expanding complex.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
Spee
National Defense
Shindde Woodlands
Hugh Englid
Pnmediatel
Uded
Iso
Advertising as Economic Force in Marketing Debate
A reader cites a 1941 speech by Paul Garrett of General Motors before the Advertising Federation of America, arguing advertising aids economic growth and distribution. He contrasts advertising with mere advertisements, noting the need for distribution to reach markets and citing historical examples from Russia to underscore distribution’s role in living standards. The piece defends advertising’s value amid critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Record
Paul Garrett
General Motors Corporation
Advertising Federation of America
Boston
Cone Suners
Russia
Test for Pan Americanism by Willis Thornton
The United States backs Mexico’s push for joint Pan American action to end the Peru Ecuador war. Aimed at peaceful dispute settlement, the piece urges United States, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil to lead a rational, reasoned response and avoid force, warning that 500 years of diplomacy are at stake. Continued on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maxico
Peru
Ecuador
Peru-Henador
Mexico
United Sates
Argentina
Brazil
Peru-Ecuador
Signs Point to Full British Aid for Russians
British signals on Saturday indicated plans to reinforce the Soviet Union with troops from India and the Middle East. Observers cited German pressure on the Crimea and Kharkov as context, with London officials hinting at transport routes through Iran and the Transcaucasus to rush materiel and manpower to Russia.
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London
India
Middle Est
Crimea
Tran Dour
Crusasus
Kiev
Kharkov
Donets Tiver
Singer
Runolind
Bluel Sea
Britain
Russia
Archibald Wavell
T. Novikov
Teheran
Wavell
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Churchhill
John Dill
Imperial
Cart
Oliver Lyttleton
Churchill
Banday J Shahpur
Persian Gulf
Sr. D. Rhodes
Iran
Tan
Draftees Stamped For Blood Type
Col. Howard L. Boucher, medical chief in Ohio's selective service, said draftees are blood typed and their type stamped into their helmet identification discs to prevent bleeding deaths when transfusions are needed and blood type is not immediately known.
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Columbus
Howard L. Boucher
Ohio
Selective Service
Paging Mother Hubbard Paging Mother Hubbard NEW YORK
The text describes a grocery market chain expansion with a wide stock of over 2 200 items and notes a historic ice cream origin tied to Dol ly Madison at Montpelier Virginia.
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New York
Montpelier
Virginia
Dolly Madison
Angelica
James Muctison
Cranium Crackers Candid Comparisons
Shoppers test powers of comparison with items of varying size age or degree. Questions ask which is larger Lake Superior or Lake Michigan which is older Cordell Hull or Henry Stimpson which is taller Woolworth Building or Wittels Tower which is farthest north New York Berlin or Molvern and which is longer Gone With the Wind or Anthony Adverse with answers on the comic page.
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Secreity
Cordell Hull Oy
Henry Stimpson
Woolworth
Wittel Tower
New York
Berlin
Molvern
Anthony Adverse
Ill Starred Frigates Open War of 1812 Tales
The piece recounts early U S naval clashes in 1812, focusing on the ill starved Constitution and Guerriere duel off Newfoundland with Captain Isaac Hull, the sinking boast of Captain Dacres, and the broader struggle on the Great Lakes as the Americans rush to build the Lawrence and Niagara at Proarque Isle amid limited shipbuilding resources.
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Tom Wolf
NEA
U.S
Constitution
Boston
Newfoundland
Isaac Hull
U. S. S. Constitution
New
Royal Navy
Dacres
U. S
Hull
Capt
Verriere
Vertiere
Great Lakes
Lawrence
West
Proaque Isle
Erie
El Dorado Wildcats Rout Hope in Arkansas Conference Opener
El Dorado Wildcats overpowered Hope in the Arkansas Conference opener, 45 to 0. McKnight scored from four yards and again on a 43 yard run, Bullock and Gray added scores, and second-stringers finished strong as Hope never threatened.
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EL Dorado
Do Howe
McKnight
Raymond Bullock
Wildcats
Pay
BR. J. Miller
Dile Gray
Hope
Gray
Paint
Wildcat
McGee
Roy Geady
Jin
Swere
Jean
Cadet R A F Cadets Are Americanized
Arcadia Florida Jax Chefs at Carlstrom Field hosted Royal Air Force cadets who arrived preferring American dishes. They ordered roast beef kidney pudding and tea were noted but the cadets favor broiled steak Southern fried chicken and coffee. They enjoyed plentiful portions and standard American side dishes with vegetables and salads.
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Arcadia
Jax
Carlstrom Field
Concord
Royal Air Force
Peeferrou
Kiev battle yields massive Soviet losses amid claims of victory
Theerman high command Saturday announced the encirclement of Kiev area with 5 Soviet armies destroyed and 665,000 prisoners captured. German sources claimed the Russian retreat continued elsewhere while Soviet counteroffensives and defense of Leningrad and the Crimean approaches persisted.
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Associated Press
Theerman High Command
Kiev
Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Volga
Seligey Lake
Red Army
Kievar
Leningrad
Crimean
Black Sea
Red
First Baptist Church Keeps Daylight Saving Time Schedule
The church issued a statement after consultation with officers to continue Sunday Promotion Day services on Daylight Saving Time through Sunday night to avoid confusion. Officials noted previous city announcements about changing time were issued too late to inform many congregants and remind hundreds of students and the school community.
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First Baptist Church
Fagtime
Supe
Aldough An Pr
Most Teams Evenly Matched
HOT SPRINGS Trojans beat Clarksville 46 to 6 for first conference win as second string played in second half. Fordyce and Pine Bluff tied 0–0. Blytheville defeated Bobcats 25–10 at Sexton Field with diverse scorers and heavy substitutions.
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Hot Springs
Hot Springs Trojans
Clarksville
Milan Creighton
Panthers
Zebras
Fordyce
Fordyce Redbugs
Pine Bluff Zebras
Blytheville
Walnut Ridge
Blytheville Chicks
Bobcats
Sexton Field
Sallings
Grisby
Chicks
Lloyd
Saliba
Beshare
Deal
Cats
Ash Handle Mill Fire Rips Bruner Ivory Company Losses
A fire at Bruner Ivory Company in Hope damaged about a quarter of its operations, destroying the ash handle mill, a hickory warehouse, two dry kilns and a dipping room. Fire officials said lacquer barrels and sawdust fueled the blaze, with minimal impact on the main factory. Estimated losses run to at least 36000,000, and defense contracts were disrupted though most work centers on the hickory plant. The ash mill may be rebuilt. the hickory plant to resume Monday.
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Bruner-Ivory
Vexa
Hope
Tallow Protects Legion Boots For Long Marches
French Foreign Legion troops stuff beef tallow in their boots to harden feet for long marches over burning sands. The tallow, aided by rubbing with raw spirits, proves more efficient against blisters than socks.
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French Foreign Legion
Football Scores From Arkansas and Nearby Games
A broad list of football scores from Arkansas and nearby areas includes Arkansas Tech 26 over Wentworth Academy 0, Camden 32 over Magnolia 0, El Dorado 45, DeQueen 0, Paragould 45, Arkadelphia 40, Paris M over Waldron 0, Fayetteville 39, Forrest City 12, Springdale 27, Stuttgart 20, and several ties and close contests. Numerous small schools and towns report varied outcomes with many 0s and multiple high-scoring games scattered across the week.
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Horatio
Paragould
Hoxiv
Arkadelphia
Amity
Gordon
Murfreesboro
Rogers
Bentonville
Bald Knob
Clinton
West Helena
Barton
Carlisle
Cakota
Cotton Plant
England
Arkansas City
Wilmar
Batesville
Conway
Dumas
Clarendon
Monticello
Hamburg
Alma
Hartman
Paris M
Waldron
O. Brinkley
Lonoke
Hot Springs
Clarksville
Fayetteville
Silvana Springs
Fort Smith
van Buren
Pine Bluff
Fordyce
Utics
Mansfield
Mena
Ashdown
Valliant
Okla
McGehee
Malvern
Springdale
Berryville
Forrest City
Benton
Tayetteville
Siloam Springs
Stuttgart
Subingo v. Blytheville
Walnuy Ridge
Ing
Ace
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SPG
Alex
He Washburn
PF. W. Taussig
Karl Marx
Lenin
Willis Thornton
Caplin
Lake Erie
Bisbee
pAriz
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Little Rock Tigers
Jonesboro Hurricanes
Tigers
Hurricanes
Scrappers
Smaackover High School
Buckaroos
Nunshville
Scott
Smackover
Shaddox
Nashville
Rains
Schuler
Culling
McGehee Gwis
Malatae Aces
Daly Wert
Gee
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