Social Calendar Full of Christmas Events Around Town
A December social agenda lists Iris Garden Yelub and other clubs meeting at homes and schools. Activities include pot luck luncheons, puppet performances, carol singing, puppet snow Hansel and Gretel, and an evening run supper for Kazellan class. P.T.A. gatherings, girl scout meetings, and church circle events fill the day with programs, talks on conservation, and holiday social hours.
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First Baptist Sunday School
Archhiveh
Evelyn Ankers A Hollywood Starlet With Deflated Ego
Hollywood stage feature profiles Evelyn Ankers, a famed actress with two continents of fame, who mocks her public image with humor. Born in Valparaiso to a British mining engineer, she trained in ballet and ballroom dance in England before entering film after a note from Alexander Korda. She appeared in about 20 English films and did radio work in Buenos Aires before returning to South America.
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Hollywood
Robbin Coons
Evelyn Ankers
Miss Ankers
Valparaiso
Chile
Aidi Ved
South America
England
Savoy Grill
London
Alexander Korda
Vivien Leigh
Buenos
Christmas gathering at Nell Williams home noted for story
Mrs Lawrence Martily read Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man after an inspiring Christmas season talk by Reverend Robert B. Moore. Mrs Syd McMath, circle chairman, welcomed guests and led them to a buffet supper centered by miniature Santa Clauses and red plowing candles. Assistants included Miss Mary Claude Fletcher, Mrs E Henderson, Miss Ruth Taylor, Mrs Joe Black, and Mrs Lyman Armstrong.
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Nell Williams
Lawrence Martily
van Dyke
Robert B. Moore
Syd McMath
Circle
Mary Claude Fletcher
R. E. Henderson
Ruth Taylor
Joe Black
Lyman Armstrong
Visitors and departures mix in Little Rock social notes
Mrs Roy Anderson and Mrs Kelly Bryant visit Little Rock. Max Cox leaves for Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota as a patient. PvL Guy H Lee of Los Angeles arrives to visit his parents. Births: Clyde L Yarborough Jr born December 6 to Clyde and wife in Cincinnati. Evelyn Ankers gains attention during a New York sojourn and Ladies in Retirement publicity. life in Hollywood noted with a strand of anecdotes.
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Roy, Anderson
Kelly Bryant
Little Rock
Guy H. Lee
Los Angeles, Calif
Mrs
Jim Lee
Arkansas Racing Commission Eyes Spa Races Permit
Hot Springs December 8 A member of the Arkansas Racing Commission believes approval for the Oaklawn Jockey Club to stage its annual February races will be unopposed at the December 19 meeting Conway Hall of Batesville personally endorsed the plan and said no commissioner would oppose it
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Hot Springs
Arkansas Racing Commission
Oahlawn Jockey Club
Conway Hail
Batesville
Actress pursues fame with dozen films and Hollywood marriage
She says she will have clothes specially made for her and has completed more than a dozen pictures. She hints at a possible big project and growing fame in the U.S. Navy era market. Meanwhile she has married Yeoman Richard Newning, a former movie man in Hollywood.
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Uss.a
Hollywood
Richard Newning
U.S.N
The
Movies
The Edge of Darkness Chapter XX Burial Watch
Mey lays Sixtus in a plain coffin as villagers gather after curfew. The burial on moonlit shore unfolds with drums, a wary lookout, and rumors of ships and aircraft signaling an English submarine offshore.
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Mey
Sixtus
Pastor Aalesen
Lars Malken
Dr. Stensgard
Gunnar
Nils Brategaard
Knut Osterholm
Mortensen
KjJevlof
Kaare Jensen
Gunnar Brogge
Kjerlof
Maiken
Osterholm
Knut
Malken
Chester Forks Municipal Court Disturbing the Peace and Drunken Driving Fines
The Chester Forks Municipal Court processed multiple cases: Ester Walker and J. T. Stokes pled guilty to disturbing the peace and drunken driving with fines of 100.00 and related bond forfeitures. numerous defendants for gaming, drunkenness, and reckless driving had bonds forfeited or fines assessed. The State's cases include Edgar Williams charged with assault with intent to kill and Nathan Warren for murder, both examined or held to grand jury with bonds set.
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Chester Forks
Ester Walker
T. G. Stokes
Loyd Lingo
L. Daniels
John Penton
Frank Noble
J. H. Brown
Willie Neal
Sam Atkins
Ned Clark
Evason Lee Holt
Louie Mayton
T. B. Powell
Homer Scott
Jack Miller
Jess Blackwood
D. E. Rogers
Charles Shirley
Lex Jones
Motion City
Edgar Williams
Nathan Warren
Arthur Hunter
Herbert Dixon
Ellis Confident Power Hearing Will Be Held
Representative Ellis of Arkansas expresses confidence that the delayed Federal Power Commission inquiry into Lake Catherine aluminum plant power contracts will proceed. He notes the delay arose from a presidental directive expanding war power contract powers and aims to verify if private companies in the southwest power pool profitUnduly from wartime power deliveries to the Lake Catherine plant.
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Washington, de
Ellis
Ark
Tw Tce
Federal Power Commission
Lake Catherine
Arkansas
Power Commission
Southwest
Defense Plant Corporation
Hills
Yowser Commission
State wary of revenue loss from racing
The state argues it cannot afford to lose revenue from gaming as most money wagered comes from visitors from other states. Local officials emphasize the economic impact of betting on races and urge caution before policy changes.
Build a New Stock Watering Tank for Livestock
County agent Oliver L. Adams urges stock water tanks to ensure year round, disease free water. Properly built concrete tanks are watertight with careful mixing. Cast continuously, remove forms after 2 3 days, keep tank sealed 5 days, and cover with burlap to cure. A 4 inch concrete apron reduces mud around the tank.
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Oliver L. Adams
Belts Tighten as Rationing Expands for War Year
In a wartime report by IRVING PERIMETER, John Doe braces for broader rationing after Pearl Harbor. He and others face limits on meat, milk, butter, clothing, and transport as Leon Henderson forecasts continued controls through 1943, with wage and tax adjustments to fund the war.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
Dec
John Doe
Pearl Harbor
Leon Henderson
John
South
Central America
Gulf
Malaysia
East Indies
United States
Germany
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Naional
Office of Civilian Supply
Heer
Chiefs face consequences after unwise power deal
The piece argues the chiefs must bear consequences for an ill advised agreement with power companies. It claims the defense plant corporation aided the power firms in profiteering at the expense of the federal government.
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Defense Plant Corporation
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Iris Garden Yelub
C. P. "Tolleson
Rab Jones
R. L. Branch
Opplesby
Matel Istridge
Puppet Snow
Hansel
Gretel
Hunterdick
Scoul Troop No
Z. O. Milam
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Robert Campbell
Paisley P. T. A
Flerry Haynes
Joh Cain
Daughters of the American Revolueition
Girl Senat Troup 2
Jeacher
J. 0
Milam
Hope Business and Professional Women's Club
Azalea Garden Club
Henry Haynes
Hés
Circle 1
W. S.C
Circle No. 1
Women's Society of Christian Service
R. D. Franklin
L. D. Springer
Edwin Ward
Franklin
D. Moore
R. V. Herndon
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
G .C. Stewart
Itoss Bright
C. A. Williams
Ada ‘Alley
Stith Davenport
R.T. White
Mary
Mother of
Jesus
H. H. Stewart
T. R. Billingsley
God
Lis
Davenport
Dorsey McRae, Sr
C. C. McNeil
Thomas Lavin
Bessie Green
Wesleyan Guild
Southwestern
Lamarr Cox
Elizabeth Hendrix
Elsie Weisenberger
RB. L. Broach
Ralph Routon
NEW Saenger
Joan Grawford
Noy ‘Douglas
Rialto
AL Cma
David O. Selznick
Max Cox
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Clyde Yarbrough
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clyde L. Yarbrough, Jr
W. Q. Warren
Aries
New York
Gilbert Miller
Evelyn
Ankers
Los Angeles
Abbot‘and Costello
Yuletide
WAAC
NEA
Galveston
Marjorie Hampton
America
Says
EDGE
Darkness
William Woods
Solveig
Gunda
NEA Service
Rayon
Weill
Fort Arthur College
Texas
Loreoh Rabin
Juanita Little
Edith Gartman
OPA
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