Hope and Hempstead county rank in 1939 retail trade
The 1940 census auxiliary bulletin shows for 1939 Hope had 148 retail establishments with 3 903 000 dollars in sales, tying Camden in total retail sales. Ouachita county had 155 stores totaling 3 970 000 dollars. Hempstead outside Hope had 128 stores and 629 000 dollars in sales, while Ouachita outside Camden had 145 stores and 1 080 000 dollars. Overall Hempstead 4 582 000 versus Ouachita 5 050 000. Hope benefits from agricultural wealth and larger territory despite Camden’s industrial growth.
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Hope
Hempstead County
Bureau of the Census
Arkansas
The
Star
Camden
Ouachita
City of
Ouachita County
Quachita
el Dorado
Hempstead to Retain Both of Seats in House
Arkansas reapportionment faces math and politics ahead of February 1. The 1996 amendment requires the governor’s board to redraw House seats based on the 1940 census, distributing 26 seats among populous counties and ensuring one county has a single seat. If Bailey’s panel finishes before January 13, Adkins inherits. otherwise he reopens the task.
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Little Rock
Bailey
Homer Adking
Govenor
Arkansas
Adkins
Enataie
University of Arkansas
Harry Rex Land, Jr
Pyranza
House of Representatives
Lonoke
Pulaski
Mississippi
Jefferson
Sebastian
Union
Craighead
Phillips
Chittenden
Garland
Washington
Phinsett
New
White
Benton
St. Frimers
Hempstead
Miller
Quachila
News
Columbia
Alenal
Misippi
Jess
Vich
Bristol Bombed Again Destroys Harbor District
British port Bristol suffered a bombing raid with harbor district fires and damage noted by DNB on Saturday. The attack also hit London and extended through southern England as French agricultural policy shifted under Petain and peasants were reorganized into regional corporations. Red Army conferences pledged readiness to defend Stalin, with 89 percent of World Fair attendees from 11 Baskeen states and D.C.
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Berlin
CPI
Bristol
DNB
London
England
Vichy
Pertain
Stalin
Moscow
Communist Party
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
New York World Fair
Baskeen States
District of Columbia
Cranium Crackers Five True or False Statements
Five statements test knowledge of musicians and works. Feodor Chaliapin, a major Russian tenor, died in 1938. The New World Symphony is a renowned American orchestral work. Beethoven composed some of his greatest works while deaf. One of Verdi’s best known operas is Carmen. Richard Wagner is closely linked to Bayreuth in public association.
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Feodor Chaliapin
New World
Ludwig van Beethoven Cone
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
Bayreuth
Sensational changes in Italian commands and war actions
Rome reports major shifts in Italy's high command as General Ettore Bastien is replaced by General Ugo Cavallero and Count Cesare De Vecchi resigns. Maly orders prison and crop seizures in Italy while Greek forces push toward Tirana after recapturing Albanian positions. about 3,000 prisoners taken and over 100 howitzers captured.
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Rome
Maly
Cesare Maria de Vecchi di
Ettore Bastien
Piestro Badoglio
Ugo Cavallera
British Broadcasting Company
Neual
Borne
Cavallere
Bee
Wiliam Keitel
High Command
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Athens
Argiracastro
Agirscastya
Secal
Conin
Porta Wdde
Tirany
Farms Boys Go H. G. Wells
Washington The Department of Agriculture has sone U. G. Wells. It lists inventions that may reshape farming and savings. Aimed at new wonders, it cites ideas like a plant fertility agent and fruit drop prevention. A Oklahoma project aims to birth determine chick sex by feathering to reduce male shipments. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Syinnett
Washington
Department of Agricuiture
Sone U. G. Wells
Oklahoma
George Jaap
Kansas City
Thoughtful quote on happiness by L M Child
A brief quotation notes that a thought and effort made for the happiness of others is above self. attributed to L M Child, reflecting a moral sentiment.
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L. M. Child
Spain Expands Axis Reach in Americas Under Franco
Long analysis of Spanish Falange influence across Latin America as Axis penetration shifts from Germany and Italy to Spain. Describes Falange networks in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Chile, and broader cultural push to unite culture, economy, and power under Franco. Notes officials like Ramon Serrano Suner and Genaro Riostra, refugee Republicans, and anti-Batista sentiments within Falangist circles. Continued discussion of propaganda and soft political pressure amid regional resistance.
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South
Central America
Spain
Latin America
Europe
America
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Falange Espanola
Fraco
Falalge
Ramon Serrano Suner
Aimal
Luner
Latin
Americas
Franco
Chile
Suney
Genaro Riostra
Falange
Auxilio Social
Fulgencio Batista
Himas
Arriba Espagna
Buenos Aires
Barbee Coopwood Burial Rendered in Hempstead Area
Barbee Coopwood 68, Hempstead farmer, died at home near Washington November 27. Funeral services were held at Macedonia cemetery with Rev. W. H. Stingley and Elder Yarbrough officiating. Survivors include sons Floyd of Prescott and W. L. of Tucson, a1. three daughters Mrs. Lester Martina, Mrs. J. Edgar Dye, and Mrs. Carillon Barbee of Tucson, Ari.
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Barbee Coopwood
Hempstead
Washington
Macedonia Cemetery
W. H. Stingley
Eldeer Yarbrough
Floyd
Prescott
W. L
Tuscon, Ari
Lester Martina
J. Edgar Dye
Carillon Barbee
Peddler Makes Odd Demand At Bloomington Eatery
A deaf man, posing as a peddler, entered a Bloomington restaurant and handed a waitress a package of needles and a cava. He claimed to be deaf and dumb and asked if these were the only kind of needles available. The waitress did not make a sale.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ministerial Alliance to Hold Monthly Meet
The Hope Ministerial Alliance will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 400 a.m. at the First Baptist Church Studly. All Hope Ministers are urged to attend as the body will consider Christmas charity the drafting of a constitution and the election of officers for the next year.
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Hope Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Church
Studly
Boulder's Postmaster Sparks Prince Charming Claim
In Boulder the postmaster explains how to recover a lost slipper like a prince’s aid. A buyer may repossess the item if she proves ownership amid a whimsical exchange in Unely Sam’s mail boxes.
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Boulder
Coin
vPi
Cinderela
Unely
Sam
Junk Men and Their Hidden Treasury Treasures
Washington describe the surplus property section of the treasury procurement division as the government junk men handling $20 million yearly in leftovers and confiscated materials. They divert most of it into government use, saving staff costs, with sales at public auction for the rest.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Treasury Procurement Division
Dlay
Goverment
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau. Jr
Iit
Bureau of Enrog
Cotton prices drift in New York market report
In New York the cotton market shows prices drifting with the January contract opening lower and closing at 2011 or near, with middling cotton listed at 10.38 points off and a 3 point decrease.
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New York
Middlingsper
Ex-Convict Held for Two Robberies in Hope Area
Larry Richards 24, ex-convict from San Antonio, jailed in Hempstead county on charges of robbing Tel-E-Tex station near Hope on October 10 and attempting to rob Mr and Mrs Grady Hairston on October 12. Identified by station staff and Hairstons, he was arrested in Texarkana after a Texas police raid. The Tel-E-Tex heist yielded 77.31 dollars. Hairston robbery attempt failed when the robber was knocked down. Richards had been released from Huntsville State Prison in September after a five year term for robbery and kidnapping.
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Larry Richards
San Antonio
Texas
Hempstead
Tel-E.tex
Hope
Grady Hairston
Sweeny Copeland
Richards
Huntsville
Ralph Hunt
Tel-E-Tex
Hairston
Texarkana
Copeland
Huttsville
Alang
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Ft. Worth
Tol-E-Tex
Explosion at Allenport plant causes damage
Five miles from Charleroi Pennsylvania explosion and fire at Pittsburgh Steel Company Allenport plant caused several hundred dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. Spark from a crane started the blaze.
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Charleroi
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Allenport
Yerger Plans Founders Day Honor for H C Yerger
Yerger school designates December 9 as founders day honoring the late Professor H C Yerger. An observance program by Elementary teachers and students begins at 8 30 a m with public invitation extended.
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Yerger School
H.C. Yerger
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Alex. H. Washburn
Argirocastro
Agriculture Department
Hitler
President Mansevelt
Caribbean
Wenner
Cleveland College
Welles
By Thomas J. B. Wenner
NEA
Mariguara
Am Sound
Antigua
ST. Lucia
Abraham Bay
Sea Plane Base
Grieer Anchorage
U.S. USA
Jams
Ortland
Panama Canal
Satie
Paria
Jamaica
Caribbean Sea
Trinidad
Gros Hile
Antigu
St, Lucia
British. Guiana
Georgetown
U. S
British Islands
West Indies
Roosevelt
Francisco Franco
Steel Company
Yerger
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