Census systems compared Mexico and United States in 1940 analysis
The piece notes U S enumerators work April for the 1940 census while Mexico conducts a single day count using teachers. It discusses climate and logistics, predicts preliminary U S figures for Hope, and traces population changes in Hope and Hempstead County from 1910 to 1930.
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United States
America
Mexico
Perle
MVR
Hope
Trempstead County
Mempstead County
Armstrong Is Nominated U S Marshal for Western Arkansas
President Roosevelt named Henry C. Armstrong of Fort Smith as United States marshal for the Western district of Arkansas. Armstrong, 43, heads a local auto service agency and is a former WPA administrator. He succeeds John C. Riley and is brother to late State Senator Fred Armstrong.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry C. Armstrong
Fort Smith
United States
Arkalsan
Armstrong
Automobile Service
Standard, Oil Company of Louisiana
John C. Riley
Tastman
Scholes
Sebastian County
Democratic Central Committee
State Department
American Legion
Chicago
Arkon , Sas’ First State Welfare Board
Works Project Administration
Fred Armstrong
Ynaskal
Munitions to Norway Sold Cash and Carry
U S munitions shipments to Norway continued on a cash and carry basis as presidential proclamations extended neutrality act powers. The move also affected a recently authorized export credit of 40 million dollars to Norway, tied to the Export Import Bank program.
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Washington
Norway
Cranium Crackers Island Iceland Facts Test
Island of the North Teeland is described as a distant land with a test asking to choose correct words. Questions cover population about a million, capital choices, church type, Danish king, and land area relative to a U.S. state. The fragment presents a playful geography quiz style from a historical page.
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North Teeland
North Atantic
Iceland
Christiania
Reykjavik
Vinland
Denmark
Hagkon IV
Dietlen
Rhode Island
Texas
Kentucky
Long Gives Last Gesture of Power
Baton Rouge Governor Earl Long ordered all Louisiana gambling halted a final power gesture as his term ended. He also reprieved five supporters convicted in election day slugging incidents that marked his defeat.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
Better Homes Theme for Next Week's Program
Hope Rotary hears Miss Mary Claude Fletcher explain Better Homes Week plans for April 28 to May 4 in Arkansas. A county wide Mower show at Hope city hall May 1 was announced, highlighting home improvement and farm income strategies amid census figures. Roy Anderson and George W. Robison shared news from the district Rotary convention at Hot Springs.
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Better Homes
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Mary Claude Fletcher
Hempstead County
George Wy ‘Ware
Fletcher
Hope City Hall
Arkansas
Roy Anderson
George W.robison
Hot Springs
Terrell, Cornelius
EB. EF. McFaddin
Arkansas WPA Roll Reductions Planned by May First
Arkansas WPA will cut 4940 workers from state rolls by May 1, lowering the May quota to 31,500. District totals show Jonesboro 7,295 and 4,75. El Dorado 8,200 and 7,170. Little Rock 16,085 and 41,635. Fort Smith 7,920 and 9,160 in two figures.
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Little Rock
WPA
Floyd Sharp
Arkansas
Jonesboro
E Dorado
Lite Rock
Fort Smith
Singing School to Begin At Unity Baptist Church
A singing school starts Monday at Unity Baptist Church in Yope on April 23 at 7 45 PM. It will run for 12 nights with Hamer Odom leading classes for all grades. Public invited. New South Wales became a British colony on the Atlantic and 767 on the Pacific.
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Unity Baptist Church
Yope
Hamer Odom
New South Wales
Atlantic
Pacific
Roosevelt Upheld by House in Veto of Higher Pension
The House rejected an override of President Roosevelt’s veto on a bill to raise pensions for 362 Civil War widows. The final vote was 217 to 134 against overriding, after Rep. Lesinski proposed overruling the president’s contention that similar increases should be extended to many more on the rolls.
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Washington
House
Priday
Roosevelt
Lesinski
D-Mich
Fletcher Becomes Catholic Bishop
In Little Rock the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Albert Lewis Fletcher was consecrated at St. Andrew's Cathedral as Arkansas' first native born bishop. The three-hour ceremony featured Arch Bishop Amleto Giovanni Curiamani as consecrator and included Bishops Jules Jeannmar d Lafayette and William O'Brien of Chicago.
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Little Rock
Albert Lewis Fletcher
St. Andrew's Cathedral
Arkansas
Pius XII
United States
Holy See
Rome
Amleto Giovanni Choumani
Jules Benjamin Jeanmard
Lafayette
William BD. O'Brien
Chicago
Fletcher
Samas
Aegean Sea
John B. Morris
Lie Rock
Morris
Joseph Francis Rummel
New Orleans
Areluliocese
Permits Granted for Rural Electric Lines in Arkansas
The railroad commission granted a private utility and a cooperative based in Homer Louisiana permits to build rural electric lines in Columbia county Arkansas. Arkansas Power and Light was authorized to serve Macedonia Hut and Rocky Mound while Claiborne Electric Cooperative of Homer LA was allowed to serve Walkerville Sea. The commission divided the territory after a hearing despite AP&L objections.
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Ities Commission
Rural Electrification Administration Co-Operative Authority
Columbia County
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Macedonia, Hut
Rocky Mound
Claiborne Elevirie Co-operative Corporation, Inc
Homer
Walkerville
APL
Co-Operative
Advise Women on Buying Underthings Demonstration
Local women shoppers will receive special advice and a demonstrat ion on choosing underthings at Geo W Robison & Co department store Saturday April 27. Miss Helen Elbert style expert for Exgraine underthings will guide attendees and assist in selecting the proper fit and type for individual needs.
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Geo. W. Robison & Co
Helen Elbert
Miss Elbert
Lorraine
Dakota Remembers Convicted Millionaire With Amusement
In Belle Fourche locals respond with mixed feelings to the news that Un Mac Annenberg has pleaded guilty in Chicago to insane tax evasion. The Philadelphia publisher, a neighbor who owns a ranch here, faced a $400,000 summer judgment, sparking debate about his future visits and standing in the Black Hills community.
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Belle Fourche
Black Hills
Mac Annenberg
Chicago
Poe
Philadelphia
Rating News
Indictments Target Telegraph Firm in Race News Conspiracy
Four indictments returned Friday charge Western Union Telegraph Co and 18 individuals with conspiracy to violate federal laws in connection with the dissemination of horse racing news through wire and radio services. United States attorney William Campbell cited an investigation that followed the collapse of Nation Wide News after M. L. Annenberg’s withdrawal.
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yNew
cincAcotep
Western Union Telegraph Company
William Campbell
United States
Nation Wide
M. L. Annenberg
Annenberg Eyes Western Trout Streams Visit
The article recalls Walter Annenberg visiting Belle Fourche and nearby Creek near Beulah Wyoming, seeking prime fishing spots and expressing interest in more catches. Local crowds greeted him, with publishers noting his casual cafe nickname and curiosity about where fish were bought.
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Belle Fourche
Walter Annenberg
Black Hills
Beulah
Wyo
Asinenberg
Hope Okay Will Play Here Sunday Hope Okay Will
In the Southwest Arkansas league Hope and Okay will meet in an exhibition at Fair Park Sunday at 4 p.m. The last exhibition before the regular season opens May 5 with Hope at Magnolia and Waldo at Okay. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Manager Raymond Urban calls players to report at Fair Park Sunday at 1 p.m. for a workout.
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Hope
Okay
Southwest Arkansas Baseball League
Fair Park
Magnolia
Waldo
Leo Robins
Raymond Urban
Arkansas i Federation of Baseball
Urban
Usban
Clifford Russell
John Sparks
Olen Reeves
Blackie. Elliott
Clyde Zinn
B. Herd
Tate McKee Milton Crews
Ledford Bell
Chester Ramsey
Arthur Slayton
Jack Fountain
Freyk Ramseys
Clifford Messer
Dean Parsons
Percy Ramsey
Suspects Released in Dance Hall Fire Tragedy
Five men questioned about the Rhythm Night Club fire that killed about 200 people were released. Coroner K R E Smith said investigators believed the blaze started accidentally, as the moss-draped hall was described as an iron oven in the early hours. The death toll rose to 200 on Thursday with two more deaths.
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Natchez, Miss
KR. E. Smith
Clinic Is Held for Crippled Children in Hempstead County
A PTA style clinic for crippled children was held at First Baptist Church annex in Hope on April 25 from 9 to 3. Seventy six children from Sevier Howard Pike Lafayette and Hempstead counties attended the diagnostic event. Staff from the State Welfare crippled children division assisted by local health and welfare workers and many volunteers. The organizers thanked the church for facilities and those who assisted with the event.
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Hemp- Stad Medical Society
County Health and County Welfare Departments
Aime
First Baptist Church Annex
Sevier
Howard
Pike
Lafayette
Hempstead
Crippled Children's Division
State Welfare Department
Opal Check
Mary Sullivan
State Board of Health
Willare Cargile
Sally Broening
Cecil Weaver
Joe Reece
C. B. Presley
Nallon Wylie
W. R. Herndon
Evan Wray
R. D. Franklin
Henry Haynes
A. L. Dunkum
Mac Duffie
Polly Brock
Merthel Douglas
The
Baptist Church
Holt Is Asked Rule on Bingo Games in Arkansas
Attorney General Jack Holt told Mayor Carr of Atkins that the Arkansas constitution forbids lotteries and that the Supreme Court defines a lottery as a prize distribution scheme based on chance among those who pay for a chance. He did not state whether church club bingo with admission fees and cash prizes constitutes a lottery.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
Arkansas
C. W. Carr
Atkins
Dal R
Holt
German setbacks and naval losses echo through war fronts
Berlin reports a new setback as German forces withdraw after retreating toward Osterdalen valley. Allied and Swedish dispatches flag ongoing battles near Roros and on the Norwegian coast, while Britain lists casualties from the destroyer Hunter sunk at Narvik.
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London
Admiralty
Sing
Hunter
Narvik
Lion Company Sells East Texas Wells
Lion Refining announces sale of East Texas producing properties to Tidewater Associated Oil and Gulf Rising for 2.8 million dollars in cash. Tidewater acquires 45 wells and Gulf buys a one half interest in three wells, mostly in Gregg and Upshur counties.
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EL ‘Dorado
Ark
Lion’ Oil Refining Company
East Texas
Tiden
Associated Oil Company
Gulf Riding Company
Lion
T. H
The
Tidewater
Gulf
Inter
Gregg
Upshure
Arkansas’ Company
E. L. Smith Oil Company
Cotton closes with gains on New York futures
New York July cotton moved up to 10.40 and settled near 10.46 as the market steadied. Middling spot prices held around 10.83, reflecting modest weekly strength in the fiber trade.
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New York
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