Proposed Arkansas six point plan to cut traffic deaths
The State Planning Board urged a six point program to reduce automobile fatalities in Arkansas, citing an average of 309 deaths per year from 1950 to 1985 and blaming pedestrian carelessness, speed, and unsafe road practices. It calls for a mandatory reporting act, a standard drivers license, uniform traffic nets, a strong highway patrol, school safety manuals, and a strong educational campaign.
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Little Rock
State Planning Board
Arkansas
State Safety Council
National Safety Council
Turned Brown By Brown Turner In Nashville Shopping Chaos
Wry, garbled piece depicts Nashville shoppers amid crowded stores during Christmas, noting distrust of politics and New Deal aftermath. Mentions traffic, seed corn, biscuits, and imagined heavy fines for storage with lines about drivers and hospitals.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cory
Christmas Vesper at First Methodist Church Sunday Afternoon
The community Christmas Vesper at First Methodist Church will be Sunday afternoon December 18 at 5 o clock. John Wellborn as Federal Supervisor will create the program with Mrs Ralph Troon as accompanist. Chorus includes Mesdames Stith Davenport Hyatt Lowthorp Viking McNeil Warimack Cox Milwin Carttan Story Keith O Neal Basye and many others with Rev. Thomas Browster and Rev Webb among presenters. The hour long program features readings carols and choruses culminating in Silent Night and We Three Kings with a large community chorus.
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Methodist
John Wellborn
Ralph Troon
Mesdames Stith Davenport
Hyatt
Lowthorp
Dick Viking
C.C. McNeil
Suny Warimack
Donny Cox
J. Q. Milwin
J. C. Carttan
Mr Harriet Story
Mary Teouise Keith
Joy O'Neal
Guiol Basye
Messrs
Ernest O'Neal
Elmer Browns
Guy Basye
A. R. Whitlow
Otho Taylor
Claude Taylor
Kim Bowden
Jing Bearden
Franklin Horton
William
Bob
William Dean
Scriplure
Freed Harrison
Josu Bambino
Dick Watkins
O'Neal
Basvey
Grubes
Claude ‘Hesler
Din Bawden
Jim Bourden
Othe Taylor
Iaa
Bortininsky
Rev
Manmonds
Harker
Mes
Rotton
Employees Filing Time Extended Under Social Security Act
Postmaster Robert Wilson announced that the filing deadline for applications under the Social Security Act has been extended to December 15 for employees only. Assistance will be available at the post office for anyone having trouble with the form, where all applications are to be filed.
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Robert Wilson
Wilson
Post Office
Saenger Publishes Weekly Program
The Saenger theatre adopts a new advertising policy providing a full week in advance line-up of pictures. Manager Arnne Swanke endorses listing all films shown through the following week, after reader input from The Star and rural subscribers. Two-thirds of The Star’s subscribers live outside Hope. they will receive the complete lineup by mail or other notice.
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Arnne Swanke
the Star
Saenger Theata
Orige Mnale
Notics
Advanc
Perideat By
Star
Hope
Narnia
Cotton market closes steady after weekend session
New Orleans cotton market opened Saturday at 12.58 and closed at 12.67. Spot cotton held steady with an 18 point gain while middling futures stood at 12.85.
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New Orleans
Sensitive King Edward Seeks Navy Hope in Paris Memoirs
Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson are explored as factors in his early loss of a naval opportunity. Genevieve Parkhurst recalls the Prince of Wales’s wistful look after King Edward’s death and discusses his need for sympathy. The piece notes public questions about Simpson’s influence and references Parkhurst’s reminiscences.
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New York
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VII
Mrs. Simpson
Genevieve Parkhurst
Edward
Prince of Wales
Edward Hansell
England's Little Princess May Be Queen Elizabeth
Milton Bronner concludes the four part series on the life of the Duke of York now King George the Sixth. The piece notes the quiet bachelor days, royal duties, and the rise in popularity of Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret Rose through 1930, highlighting press fascination and royal roles.
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Milton Bronner
George Sixth
the Duke of York
King George the Sixth
Milton Bonner
NEA Service
London
Duke of York
George V
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Prince of Wales
England
Queen Elizabeth
Wales
George
King's Farewell Speech Marks Abdication of Edward VIII
The audio address chronicles King Edward VIII announcing his abdication and allegiance to his brother the Duke of York. He cites personal reasons, love, and constitutional duty, expresses gratitude to the royal family and ministers, and wishes happiness and prosperity to the new king and the British people.
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Edward the Eighth
British Empire
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Mr. Baldwin
King
Vernon Simpson Wins Hempstead County Amateur Show
Vernon Simpson, who taught himself piano, won first place in the Hempstead County amateur show held in Hope, marking a notable achievement for a self-taught musician in a local contest.
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Vernon Simpson
Hempstead
Hope
Red Cross Fund Near $600 in Hempstead County
Hempstead County Red Cross drive reached 598.72 with rural contributions totaling 5214 and a city appeal to finish the quota. Wayne H England and Foy H Hammons report rural gifts. D B Thompson urges Hope residents to aid the county fund, donations accepted at the Hope Star office or via Hammons or Thompson.
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Hempstead County
England
D. B. Thompson
Hope
Thompson
Office of Hope ‘Star
My. Hammons
My. Thompson
Edward the Sixth Becomes King in Ceremony at London
Crowned monarch George VI saluted by garter officials as 495 million subjects pledge loyalty. Edward leaves on Fury to travel through France and Switzerland while Mrs Simpson remains in France awaiting word on future. Irish Dail Eireann passes accession bill with 93 to 6 as Edward and Wallis reportedly may honeymoon on a U S yacht if they wed.
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London
Eng
Lonsdon
St. James
Gerald Wollaston
George the Sixth
Boulogne Sur Mer
France
Fury
Edward
England
Zurich
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Dublin
Irish Free State
Dail Eireann
George the
de Valera
New York
New York Daily News
Brooklyn
Camden
N. J
Edward the Eighth
Wallis Warfield Simmpson
Eldridge R. Johnson
Victor Talking Machine Company
Fragmentary moral meditation by B Brown on life and bread
A short, cryptic reflection attributed to B Brown compares Life to a grand battle to obtain the units of the divine law and taste the bread of heaven. The fragment carries religious imagery and personal attribution with no clear event or context.
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B. Brown
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