Arkansas 1940 road death rate sets safety record
The 1940 Arkansas traffic and safety report shows 353 fatalities, with a record low 14.3 deaths per hundred million vehicle miles, while overall miles driven and gasoline use increased. Daytime accidents outnumber night incidents, but night crashes prove more deadly, with 54 percent fatality versus 43.2 percent by day.
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Afernoon
Merchants Urged to Support Hempstead Food Stamp Plan
At Hope city hall a Hempstead county food stamp committee meeting planned a minimum $250 merchant contribution as the program begins. About 30 merchants attended as Kenneth Hamilton chaired. Hope allocated $500 Tuesday night to aid organizing. A Friday meeting elected a county board of directors to solicit funds and oversee operations, with J A Davis and others from Hope and nearby towns. The Arkansas Stamp Plan aims to benefit clients and merchants though the Welfare Department may face staffing limits.
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Hempstead County Food Stamp Committee
Hope City Hall
Jack Upshaw
H. Grimland
Kenneth Hamilton
Hope City
Cranium Crackers Lexicographers on Sound Similarities
Lexicographers note that despite mixing the alphabet in endless ways, repeated cerail sounds persist in word formation. The puzzle asks to define sets with similar sounding words such as 4 Jenn gherkin workin 2 Anagram parallelogram cablegram gramophone and more including galley galley gilly golly sampan salmon sarophine wood, Strrup stirrup giddy-up with solutions on Cumle Pege.
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Lewisville Man Succumbs Here
Lewisville physician Dr Youmans 75 died at Josephine hospital likely from a heart attack around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon. Originally from Missouri he moved to Lewisville fifty years ago and built a broad civic presence in Lafayette county. He was brother to the late Frank Youmans a federal judge. Funeral plans not finalized but likely Friday or Saturday in Lewisville with burial in Lewisville cemetery. He survived by his widow and several nieces and nephews. Volcanoes Are Beneficial discusses the earths wealth from volcanic activity and how diamonds gold and gases reach the surface.
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Arkansas
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Nerces
Premier Teleki Dies of Poison and Cabinet Resigns
Budapest reports Premier Teleki died by self-inflicted poison at age 2 0 as government resignations followed. Hungarian officials at first cited heart trouble, while a Swiss agency quoted Budapest saying Teleki wrote a final letter before death. Acting premier Ferenz Keresgtes-Fischer assumed leadership amid international reactions.
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Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Haddix Dies
Infant son of Mr Haddix and Mrs Haddix died Tuesday April 1 at the family residence on Foster Age. Funeral services were led by Rev A J Bearden of Leola Ark and Rev G J Davidson of Hane. Burial followed in Macedonia cemetery. Survived by parents two brothers Glen Don Alfred and sister Cora Elizabeth.
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Macedonia Cemetery
Glen Don
Alfred
Cora Elizabeth
Mediation Moves Forward in Ford Strike
Detroit news reports Governor Murray and Van Wagoner announcing progress toward mediation of the Ford Rouge strike. Plant employs over 85,000 workers but was halted as settlement talks begin with commitments from both sides to meet mediation requirements. Also noted are anti strike law calls in Congress and Lincoln’s favorite poem Mortality by William Knox.
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Thought on Satan’s Wiles as Riches Tempt Hopeful Minds
A historical quotation notes Satan using wealth to deceive rather than poverty, asserting Satan’s craft grows wiser by offering riches to tempt the virtuous. The passage frames wealth as a lure that challenges moral resolve.
United Slavs Await Germans
Belgrade reports Germany recalls nearly all its legation staff save two to Berlin amid war talk with Yugoslavia. Croat leader Vladimir Maic joins new government as vice premier while German troops mass near Bela Crkva. The German radio accuses Yugoslavs of atrocities as recall news surprises observers.
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Airline Plane Missing Over Florida Coast
An Eastern Airlines passenger aircraft with 13 passengers and a three crew, en route from West Palm Beach to Dayton Beach, vanished amid murky weather. It departed at 1 16 a m CST and was five hours overdue, radio contact disrupted by atmospheric conditions, with enough fuel to reach New York in an emergency.
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Rainfall totals reported near Hope by university station
The University of Arkansas Experiment Station near Hope recorded rainfall of .75 inch Wednesday night. The report notes broader regional observations, while a separate line mentions butterfly diversity in the Americas, highlighting 2000 species in South America and a smaller count in North America.
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University of Arkansas Experiment Station
Hope
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North Americas
Last Rites for Hope Pioneer Stephenson
Funeral services for C. A. Stephenson 75 Hope pioneer who died Wednesday noon at Camden will be held at the First Methodist church Thursday at 2 o clock. He is survived by two sons Roy of Hope and Ralph Stephenson of Jena La, two daughters Mrs RoyGar
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Hope Pioneer
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Hope
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Jena
Roy Gar
Italians Expect Ethiopia's Fall
Rome based fascist commentator Mario Appelius warned Italians of Ethiopia's likely fall. He claimed 300,000 British troops supported by Haile Selassie forces and air power were advancing along 13 routes into Ethiopia, with the editor saying the public should brace for painful losses.
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Hailie Selassie
Mussolini
Diplomatic Row Over Naval Attache Sabotage Seizure
Candid remarks from Secretary of State and President Roosevelt frame a dispute over Axis orders to sabotage ships abroad. Morgenthau and Attorney General Jackson discuss forfeit actions while ships remain under custody, with calls to review 1917 law governing age-related seize.
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Ex Hope Woman Dies Wednesday at Booneville
Mrs Eugene Hall 37 of DeQueen former Hope resident died early Thursday after several months illness. Funeral set for Friday at DeQueen at 2. Survived by husband native of Hope one daughter Betty of DeQueen five brothers Roy Joe T Jones Sam Jones Clarence Paul Jones and three sisters Mamie Lloyd Lee Hughn and Dale Halton. Will Change Status Water from Miwassee Dam...
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DeQuéen
Hope
Booneville
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