Arkansas cinnabar mines spark national defense surge
Governor Homer M. Adkins toured Arkansas cinnabar deposits between the Womble branch of the Missouri Pacific and Murfreesboro. A 76-pound mercury flask now fetches 182 dollars, up from about 70 dollars in 1935 36, underscoring why Arkansas cinnabar is vital to U S defense and independence from imports as mercury powers detonators and war needs.
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Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Womble
Missouri Pacific
Murfreesboro
Leo Yount
Arkansas Quicksilver Company
Akansas Cinnabar
Spain
Italy
United States
Anlu
Mercury
Duces
Bavn
Hempstead Divides into Four School Zones for Board Seats
Arkansas Hempstead County adopts four zones to select County Board of Education members under Act 1 No 327 Section 3. Zones list includes Spring Hill Summan Island Stephenson Patmos Oak Grove Marmeny Liberty Hill zone two covers Fulton Sigratnga Howards Nazarene Guernsey Hope Centerville Rocky Mound zone three lists Temple Columbus Fair Star Washington Oaklin Brierley DoAnn Piney Grove zone four covers Blevins Wesley Grove Oran Clow Resllind Nolen Shiloh Iron Springs Ebeneanon Chestnut Hill with Nashville and Saratoga portions joining larger districts. One at large member also to be chosen. Signed April 18 1341 by E E Austin County Examiner.
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EB. E. Austen
Monray
Hempstead
County Board of Education
Mr. Austin
General Assembly
State of
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Fred A. Luck
Frank Hill
Austin
hesZone
Spring Hill
Summan Island
Stephenson
Patmos
Oak Grove
Marmeny
Liberty Hill
Fulton
Sigratnga
Howards Hempstead
Nazarene
Guernsey
Hope
Centerville
Rocky Mound
Temple
Columbus
Fair Star
Washington
Oaklinnl
Brierley
DoAnn
Piney Grove
Blevins
Wesley Grove
Oran
Chestnut Hil
Nashville Schuel
Hempsteal
Nashville
Monard County
Saratoga
sHaward County
Burral
E. E. Austin
Red River Rises to 22 Feet Monday
Sources at Pullin announced the Red River stood at 22 feet on Monday, three feet below flood stage. Rainfall upstream was unknown, so overflow chances could not be determined, and no warning had yet been issued by the weather bureau.
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Pullin
Red River
Hassever
Weather Bureau
Cranium Crackers Cranium Crackers Movie Occupations
A quiz listing film stars Ronald Culman Jenny Arthur Edward G Rebisch Bette Davis and Robert Oyler asks for the occupations each played in noted pictures such as She Light That Pulled Bulldog Drummond Too Much Husbands Mr Smith Goes to Washington The Sea Wolf Little Caesar The Letter Whatsize entries reference classic roles and titles though OCR fragments are partial and uncertain.
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Ronald Culman
Bulldog Druamond
Bucky
Jenny Arthur
Mr. Smith Gugs
Washington
Edward G. Rebisuy
Oredkil't
Lile Cyesan
Bette Davis
Petrifing Fuost
Wlizabedy
Robert Oyler
Yank
Oxford
Billy the Kid
WPA Mento Aid on levees near Ar kansas stream
WPA laborers were ordered to reinforce weak levees along the Arkansas River between here and Fort Smith after flooding raised the stream to near flood stage. Army district engineers requested the extra manpower from the Works Progress Administration to shore up vulnerable spots amid forecasts of more rises from recent heavy rains in eastern Oklahoma.
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Works Project Administration
Munday
Arkangas
Here
Fort Smith
WPA
U.S. Army District Engineers
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Lahorers
Crawford County
Lega
Yall & Pupea
Petgy
Conway
Faulkner
Kendall Smith Enlists in Navy Heading to San Diego
Kendall Smith, 17, a Hope High junior and Bobcat football player, enlisted in the Navy over the weekend and was to depart for the San Diego Naval Training Station late Monday. The report also notes a sentence about a bullfinch being in the same family as the English sparrow.
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Kendall Smith
Navy
San Diego
Hope High School
Calif
Salad Book seventh in Star Theorgy recipe series
The Star promotes Salad Book seven as part of its twenty booklet series offering colorful salad ideas for lunch, dinner, and buffet menus. It highlights high vitamin salads and varied dressings, with recipes spanning appetizers to desserts, promising vivid flavors and easy preparation.
Chiropractor's Case Dismissed in Hempstead Court
The Arkansas Medical Society sued Drs Crow and Crow seeking an injunction to bar the chiropractors. Hempstead Chancery Court heard the case before Judge A F Steel of Texarkana on Monday January 6 and handed down a decision, though he withheld his ruling at that time.
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The
Arkansas Medical Society
Drs
Crow
Hempstead Chauncery Court
A. F. Steel
Texarkana
Steel
Mayor Graves to Speak at Hope Kiwanis Luncheon
Mayor Albert Graves, Hope's new leader since April, will address the Hope Kiwanis Club at a Tuesday lunch in Hotel Barlow. Club secretary Buford Pog urged full attendance to maintain the organization's strong weekly turnout.
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Kiwanis Club
Barlow
Albert Graves
Hope Kiwanis Club
Thought on Truth and Fear by Quintus Gwe Rufus
A reflective note questions how truth can be bent by fear and rhetoric. The fragment hints at leaders manipulating perception to secure aims and control public opinion.
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Quintus Gwe Rufus
Attorney Is Suspended for Unethical Conduct
LIPTLE ROCK Roy Richard son Walnut Ridge lawyer and former prosecuting attorney was suspended from practice of law for one year by the Arkansas supreme court. The court ruled he violated ethics rules by approaching prospective jurors for favorable verdicts in personal injury cases in which he had an interest. The ruling, by Associate Justice L McHaney, with dissents from Tom Mehan and T H Humphreys, stemmed from a 1939 Lawrence circuit court case where BE G Fouks, represented by Richardson, won 35 000 against D F Jones Construction Co.
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Liptle Rock
Supreme Court
Roy Richardson
Walnut Ridge
Lawrence Chancery
High Tribunal
Richardson
Ariel
L. McHaney
Tom Mehan
T. H. Humpheys
Bar Rules Committee
Lawrence Circuit Court
BE. G. Fouks
D. F. Jones Construction Co
Four Hope Boys In Auto Accident On Highway 67
Four Hope youths escaped serious injuries after a car overturned four times on highway 67 between Prescott and Emmet about 1 o clock Saturday night. Sam Gray sustained a broken nose and facial cuts. J K Ashlin Henry Bourdon and Dub Oliver suffered minor bruises. The car was badly damaged.
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Hope
Prescot
Emmet
Sam Gray
Hope officer promoted to major in Hempstead unit
J Mac Duffie of Hope, captain of the Hempstead National Guard Unit, has been promoted to major. Camp Robinzer officials announced Sunday.
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J. Mac Duffie
Hope
Hempstead
German Panzer Divisions Too Much for the Allies
British forces in Greece are falling back to new positions as a strong German panzer drive and heavy air attacks push them from Thessaly across Grevena and Karditsa. Allied units, including British Australian and New Zealand troops, withdraw under pressure but inflict casualties while trees shelter delaying actions. The Athens communique confirms continued withdrawal with light casualties as German advances proceed cautiously amid difficult terrain and sand.
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Edward Kennedy
Greece
Thessaly
Larig
Trikkala
Grevena Jass
Athens
Army Comunique
Hitler
Balkans
Albania
Itelian
Britain
Middle East
Gibraltar
Spain
Africa
Atlantic
London Evening News
Auto Stolen and Recovered Same Day
An automobile belonging to Rufus Horndan Jr was stolen near Mays Lake by Lewisville around 2 o clock Sunday and recovered near Garland City later the same afternoon. A negro male and female were found in the vehicle and turned over to Lafayette County officers. The route was most damaged.
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Rufus Horndan. Jr
W Landing
Mays Lake
Lewisville
Garland City
Mier
Nana
LaFayette County
Tax Program Is Submitted To House Ways And Means
Washington awaiting details as Treasury submits a plan to raise 944 billion dollars in new taxes. Chairman Coughton declines to disclose specifics saying the plan will alarm people if it becomes a reality. Closed door meeting leaves differences between Treasury officials and staff unresolved. The committee will review and approve only what it deems wise after joint staff discussions.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Joint Committee On Internal Taxation
Axis push into Greece shifts focus to Thessalian plain
AP report from Athens details German panzer advances in central Greece as Allied lines bend south toward a new defense along the Gulf of Corinth. British, Greek, Australian and New Zealand forces fight to hold, while Bulgarian forces move into northern Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Athens
Saly
Greece
Gulf of Corinth
Agean
Lamia
Middle East
New Zealand
Ectmane
London
Havas
Sofia
Yugoslavia
George
Ae Ae
Thessaly
Histo Thermopylaeum
Local Henderson students named to honor roll list
Henderson State Teachers College released its mid semester donor roll naming Jown Ward Emmett Mallerie Bowen Hope Mary Nell Carter Hope and two others as achieving all A grades. Lucy Parks Martin and Leffel Gentry were cited for top performance in law and state revenue work. Henry Gregory Jr will become chief attorney for the Revenue Department May 4, resigning from a Pine Bluff firm to join Bridges Bridges and Young. Gentry, 33, has served as assistant to Attorney General Jack Holt and will continue handling tax assessment litigation.
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Jown Ward
Emmett
gMallerie Bowen
Hope
Mary Nell Carter
Little Rock
Lucy Parks Martin
Washington
Leffel Gentry
Henry Gregory Jr
State Revenue Department
Joe Hardin
Gregory
Pine Bluff
Bridges
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Mahdeen Hulsey
Bernice Salisbury
A. D. Monroe
Carl Wayne Burke
Gordon Lee Cagle
Herbert Ford
Eugene Urrey
Clifford Cox
von Hayes
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
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Mayor Graves
Hope Boys
J Mac Duffie
Laffel Gentry
Henderson
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