Contracts Are Set for Road Building
Arkansas State Highway Commission awarded contracts totaling about 230000 for road construction and announced bids for other projects due January 5. No action on funding a Mississippi River bridge survey. decision on overpass near Rock Island tracks postponed amid local disagreements. Voice of groups from Nashville and Searcy plus Heber Springs pressed for paving and federal designation on several routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
State Highway Commission
Tennessee Highway
M. O. Allen
Arkansas Department
Mississippi River
Memphis
Rock Island Tracks
South Little Rock
Nashville
Lockesburg
Searcy
Heber Springs
Eudora
W. W. Mitchell
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Crittenden County
Polk
Scott Counties
Menaworth Road
United States
McGeorge Contracting Company
Pine Bluff
Mountain View
Cafico Rock
D. B. Hill
Conway
Petit Jean Mountain
J. P. McNulty
Randolph
Pocahontas-Dalton Road
Carter-Harlin Construction Company, Inc
West Plains
Craighead
Black Oak-Monette Road
Pioneer Construction Company, Inc
Malvern
McKesson & Robbins Executives Charged In Fraud Case
Brien McMahon announced federal inquiry into arms smuggling by Coster while George Dietrich and George Vernard faced conspiracy and false statement charges over securities sold to the public. SEC officials described seven nonexistent cancer suppliers on the firm’s books and a printing firm used to forge stationery. Investigators say the motive was to net about 150000 yearly in commissions and to inflate the company’s assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brien McMahon
Washington
Justice Department
Coster
George Dietrich
McKesson & Robbins
George Vernard
New York Stock Exchange
James J. Caffrey
Securities Exchange Commission
London
Caffrey
Local social notes from Ozan Arkadelphia Texarkana
Ozan residents Mrs W B Robins and Mrs Rush Jones attended Baptist State convention in Arkadelphia last week. The C K Osborn and O C Robins families shopped in Shreveport Tuesday. Mrs R K Citty of Nashville visited in Ozan Monday. J T Nesbitt from Louisiana visiting friends in Oran. Clifton Citty visiting relatives in Texas. F P Cutty guests of Hervey Host of Hope Sunday. Leota Futrette business visitor in Hope Tuesday. Truman Hill visiting Texarkana Sunday. J H Barrow returned from Rio Grande Valley trip. Rev P D Sullivan will conduct preaching at Grand Baptist Sunday. Martha Ford Stueart in town. L J Robins and H C Murphy shopping in Texarkana Thursday. Little Miss Juanita Jones celebrated sixth birthday Saturday December 10. mother Rush Jones hosted party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Robins
Rush Jones
Arkadelphia
C. K. Osborn
O. C. Robins
Shreveport
R. K. Citty
Nashville
Ozan
J. T. Nesbitt
Louisiana
Oran
Clifton Citty
Texas
F. P. Cutty
Martha Ford Stueart
L. J. Robins
H. C. Murphy
Texarkana
Juanita Jones
Melver Land Sale in Hope Arkansas Auction
Lands of A W Melver and Walter Melver to be sold at Citizens National Bank in Hope Arkansas on Monday December 19 1988 at 10 30 a m. Small tracts then larger lots then all lands in sections Township 13 South Range 25 West offered together. Includes Hempstead County lands west of Guernsey and various described parcels along Old Highway 67 and Sandy Bois d Arc with timber pasture and cultivation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Melver
Citizens National Bank
City of
Hope
Arkansas
A. W. MeIver
Walter L. MeIver
Guernsey
Hempstead County
No. L Doe MeIver
Mo. Pace, Rd. Co
Sandy Bois d’Arc
Craney
Mo. Pace Railroad
Johnson & Billy
Water Creek
Hanchey
Chicken
Bennett
John Melver
W. Melver
Ney
Walter Melver
Walter Melver Heine
Watter Melver
Harkness
Fulton
Memsen
Moody and Foxx Win 1938 Comeback Poll Honors
New York sports poll names Helen Wills Moody tennis star and Jimmie Foxx Red Sox first baseman as top comebacks of 1938. Moody leads 113.1 to 97.0 on 3-2-1 voting with other figures like Dizzy Dean Joe Louis Hank Greenberg Lefty Grove Howard Jones Vernon Goines and Paul Derringer also listed among notable comebacks.
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New York
Uelen Wills Moody
Jimmie Foxx
San Francisco
Boston Red Sox
Mrs. Moody
Othe
Foxx
M Moody
Helen Wills Moody
Jirmie Foxx
Red Sox
Dizzy Dean
Joe Louis
Sally Krieger
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
D Owe
Lefty Grove
U Howard Jones
AL Vernon Goines
Yankee
Paul Derringer
Reds
Chicks Announce Ambitious 12-Game 1939 Schedule
Blytheville High Chicks plan a 12 game schedule for 1939 with home and away dates. Coach Joe Dildy cited matches with Pine Bluff Hot Springs Jonesboro North Little Rock and Tuscaloosa Alabama among others and sought additional opponents. Thanksgiving week lists Forrest City away as the final game.
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Blytheville
Ark
Blytheville High School
Joe Dildy
Walter Stewart
Memphis, Commercial Appeal
Dildy
Mitchell Best
Marcus Evrard
Litle Rock
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Jonesboro
Hope
North Little Rock
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Austin High
Chicago
University High of
Little Rock
Paragould
Hat Springs
Ald
Forrest City
Party report of Little Friends afternoon gathering
Day afternoon event lists attendees Rose Mary Ball Alyce Fuirelle Mary Sue Pye Martha Ford Stuart and Barbara Ann Smith. After an hour of games the children enjoyed vanilla ice cream and a large white cake with six red candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Mary Ball
Alyce Fuirelle
Mary Sue Pye
Martha Ford Stuart
Barbara Ann Smith
Social Visits and Weekend Guests Across Towns
Blevins and Eunice residents hosted relatives and friends including Mr. and Mrs. William A. Cummings and daughter Carolyn of Eunice New Mexico. Allene Yokum spent the weekend in El Dorado with friends. Nashville visitors Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pryer and children joined Mr. and Mrs. Peeves Allston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Cummings
Carolyn
Eunice, N. M
Blevins
Will Cummings
Allene Yokum
el Dorado
Carl Pryer
Nashville
Peeves Allston
Albert Dye
Dully Gorham
Hope
Prescott Residents Visit Mr and Mrs Tom Cornish
Catherine Hunt, Catherine Stewart, Francis and Elizabeth Francisco, Alva and Matt Francisco, Mrs Robt I Stewart, John Stewart, Dorothy and Loyce Stewart, and A B Stewart of Prescott were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Tom. Mrs J D Cornish of Prescott was attending to business in Blevins on Tuesday.
Co Captains Named at Ouachita College Football
Ouachita College names Frank Reed and Joe Langston as co captains at a banquet in Arkadelphia. Reed, an all state transfer, is praised by Coach Wal ton as a top back, while Langston is touted as a premier guard. Over 100 attendees attend as the 1935 Ouachita team is touted as powerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkadelphia
Ark
Frank Reed
Pine Bluff
Joe Langston
Little Rock
Jineman
Ouachita College
Reed
Tigers
Bill Walton
Langston
Ouachita
C. K. Townsend
C. H. Mages
Little Hock
Ouachita Teanms
Standings
Prescott Squad to Be Given Letters
Prescott announces football letter awards for the season. Eligible players include Myers Adams Robert Baker Howell Byrd Lester Calhoun Eddie Danner Marvin Dickinson Edward Davis Cather Ford Albert Grayson Buck Matsell Roy Harold Munroe Harvey Olen Kelsey Leo Smith T C White Dick Williamson Watson Wilson Cyril Green Ralph Cross Bill Stanton and managers L B Helton and Dale Simpson. Only Marvin Dickinson Eel Davis and T C White will graduate. The 1939 season hopes rise as the squad plans a December 21 banquet at the high school gym with Coach Walton Ouachita College as guest speaker and other coaches invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Simpson
Marvin Dickinson
Eel Davis
T. C. White
Walton
Ouachita College
Ivan H. Grove
Hendrix
Crow
Henderson
Arkansas Razorbacks
Ground Is Broken For New Public Works Facility
McAninch and Anderson of Little Rock architects announce the PWA approved contract to the lowest bidder for a new project. The contractor must pay prevailing wages and select workers locally. The PWA inspector oversees adherence to plans, aiming for rapid completion. The Wednesday award covers furnishing and receiving concrete foundation piles at a cost of 9,787.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAninch & Anderson
Little Rock
PWA
Public Works Administration Act
Mmspector
Willy Soelie
Glowing Nickel Battle Sparks Tax Editorial Echoes
A fragmented note discusses a pink glow on the new Jefferson nickel tied to blas ing of a pulliot in a name with taueh. It shifts to a tax theme urging payment with a smile and questions where smiles for taxes will go, then abruptly mentions Hitler and astrologist orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electrolux
Hitler
Quote weights and worries cross campus lines
A collection of offhand remarks from university figures and public intellectuals critiques football culture and political stability. Quotes from Toer C. Scott Yale notes and Dr Henry Borsock Caltech are included, with rural and national perspectives on sport, science, and aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toer C. Scott
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Ducky” Pond
Yale University
Henry Borsock
California Institute of Technology
Hora
Elber
Wilson
Greeley
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John S. Gibson Drug CO
Melver Land Sale
Ralph Bailey
Garccea
Chandry Court
Chicks
Worthie Irving
Nan Irving
Ben Irving
Bill Landees
Emmet
Mirs Bertha Iz
Dorless Klauser
Carl Brown
Jack Foster
Delight
John Foster
Bill Foster
Ben Phillips
Prescott
Hamp H. Huskey
Stewert
Max Cox
Benginters
Geo. W. Hunt
Gladys
Nancy
Joswils Guth & Gutter
TR. Bullingsley
Thape
Tiger Grid
Storey
City Meat Market
K. C
Cole
Independence
American Legion
Ap Arts
Corning Novelty Company
Corning
Ppmimnsisir
Singer
Letra
Singer Sewing Machine Co
South Main St
E. Allen
Hope, Ark
Nia
Smigene
GASCO
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