Dan Hamilton Wins Kiwanis Essay Contest in Columbus
Dan Hamilton of Columbus won the Kiwanis Club essay contest with the top prize of $10. Entries from Hempstead and south Nevada counties were judged by Rev. Geo F X Strassner W S Atkins and J R Floyd. Prizes totaled $17.50 cash plus 16 merchandise awards from local businesses and donors.
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Kiwanis Club
Dan Hamilton
Columbus High School
Hempstead
Nevada
Hope Special
Columbus
Mabel Jacobs
Ozan
Mozelle Hutchinson
McCaskill
Mutual Life of
N.Y. T. Cross
Lor
Ena Stuart
Darnall
Hope Furniture
Herndon
Arnold J. Mid
Green Book
Chas
Hope Star
Velma Lee Heuilton
Atkins
Hazel Moses
Rephan
I. Rephen
KR. T. Hipp
J. C. Penney
A. E. Stonequist
Gladys Johnson
Spring Hall
Rt. 1
Hope
Scott
Parks Fisher
Carl Hicks
Halliburton Sheet Metal Works
Ira Halliburton
Oliver Blackwood
Willie Mae Reese
MacCaskill
George Fi
Strassner
Rene Davis Johnson
Squirrels Migrate to Palisades Park for Nuts
News from Bear Mountain reports gray squirrels migrating westward to Palisades Interstate Park seeking a daily peanut meal. Maj. W. A. Welch, park general manager, says ten feeding sites serve two bushels of peanuts daily at four cents a pound, costing about $240 per day. The movement is not sudden but has continued for about six weeks with sightings along the West Short road and even aboard ferry boats.
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Bear Mountain
New England
Palisades Interstate Park
Virginia
Maj. W. A. Welch
Welch
West Short Road
Hudson
Hope High Glee Club Wedneday Program Cancelled
Amul Christmas program by Hope High School glee clubs scheduled for Wednesday afternoon was canceled due to lack of time for preparation. The school will dismiss Wednesday afternoon for the holidays and reopen Tuesday January 2.
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Amul
Hope High School
Glee Clubs
Yeestlay
Peter Zenger and the rise of press freedom
This 2nd in a five part series recounts Peter Zenger's fight against Governor Cosby. Zenger published a bold report in the New York Weekly Journal, jailed for libel, defended by Andrew Hamilton, and helped spark the principle of freedom of the press.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
United States of America
Morris
New York
Cosby
Hastchester
Grand Central Station
the Gazette
Zenger
New York Weekly Journal
Andrew Hamilton
Alesander
Hinton
Roosevelt chairs emergency council for recovery efforts
Washington reports President Roosevelt summoned the National Emergency Council for its first meeting to organize recovery work into a central unit. Until a new organization is set, existing recovery agencies will continue through January 16. Frank Walker, acting executive director, presented plans for state unit setups.
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Washington
Roosevelt Tursday
National Emergency Council
Adminnistration
Frank Walker
White House
Bethlehem Star Guides Three Wise Men to Christ Child
The star that led the Three Wise Men moved ahead as a guide to the Christ Child lying in a manger at the Bethlehem Inn in Judea, fulfilling a sacred signaling moment in the nativity story.
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Christ
Bethlehem
Judea
Christmas drive kicks off in Hope led by Goodfellows group
The Goodfellows campaign for Christmas funds begins in Hope, organized by the American Legion post and aided by Legion Auxiliary volunteers. The drive aims to gather gifts for needy families, with money turning over to supply food, clothing, and toys. Santa visits stir crowds in Cleburne, while In sull plans to move to England as Greece ends his police residence permit.
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Goodfellows
Hope
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Star
Auxiliary
Legion Post
Hope Ctizens
Cleburne, Tex
Santa
Claus
Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
England
United States
Insull
Chicago
Republic of Greece
True American citizens aid CWA relief efforts in Hempstead
In Hempstead County stories reveal citizens and officials collaborating to target work relief. Seven of nine complaints led to removals from CWA lists as investigations continue. About 800 jobs are allotted, addressing roughly seven percent of local families amid 5,000 applicants.
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Bert Keith
CWA
Sties
Keith
Hempstead
Andrea
Hempstead County
Relenting custody fight over newborn ends in court
In Hot Springs Arkansas a juvenile court case centered on a baby girl desired by two women. Judge Charles Davis awarded custody to a local family and ordered Mrs. Van Meter, mother of seven, to surrender the child after she refused to reveal the infant's whereabouts. The young mother had earlier signed an order transferring custody to another family.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Charles Davis
Lindberghs Land Safely at Home
Charles A. Lindbergh and family completed their 25,000 mile world flight and returned to New York. They landed at Glenn Curtiss Airport in North Beach Queens at 130 o clock CST to hang their baby's stocking for Christmas.
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York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Globe
Glenn Curtis Airport
North Beach
Queens
Truce Declared in Gran Chaco War Between Paraguay Boliva
The League of Nations said Paraguay and Bolivia accepted an armistice to begin at midnight. Peace talks will start soon in Montevideo to arbitrate longstanding Gran Chaco border claims. The Paraguayan drive reportedly left about 15,000 Bolivian deaths in the conflict.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Montevideo
Chaco
Lower
Wright Plane to Be Brought Home
The Smithsonian moved to resolve a long running dispute with Orville Wright to return the original Wright airplane from England to the United States. The controversy centered on a Maynard label calling the Langley machine the first to fly with a man. Wrights shipped the aircraft to South Kensington’s Science Museum in 1928.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Orville Wright
United States
England
Wright
Smithsonian
Langley Airdome
George Maynard
Wrights
Maynard Lebel
Science Museum
South Kensington
Lenny falls briefly as temper rises in Rogers area
Bulletin notes Lenny fell here for a brief spell Tuesday morning as the 7 a.m. temperature stood at 52 degrees and rose later. In Havana, shooting erupted near the presidential palace after noon as armed gangs roamed streets forcing closed shops to reopen. Lindberghs resumed their hop north from Miami and Fisk toward Newark or Long Island airports, not announcing the destination. In Washington, Robert Lord testified on loans to Guardian- Detroit Union Group Inc totaling 12 million dollars, blaming the bank holding collapse on the depression and detailing stockholder efforts to rescue it.
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Rogers
Atk
Lenny
Havana
Cuba
Charleston
8. C
Lindberghs
Miami
Fisk
Newark
Long Island
Washington— (P
Guardian- Detroit Union Group, Inc
Robert Lord
Senate
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Lord
CWA payroll reaches Hempstead County total over $22,000
The largest payroll since the WPA began in Hempstead County was released Saturday and Monday totaling $11,659.32 for more than 800 workers. With 23 CWA projects active, Malaria control crews near Hope and Ozan employ about 200, including women in sewing units. County projects total $94,597.21, part of a national effort to put unemployed people to work with a projected Arkansas expenditure near $12 million.
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Hempstead
Joe Floyd
Hope
Ovan
Roosevelt
Arkansas
The
Star
W. R. Dyess
CWA
ERC
Dyvis
Contempt Appealed by Pine Bluff Paper
Pine Bluff Commercial publisher W. W. Freeman and editor Walter Sonreliger sought a writ of certiorari from the Arkansas Supreme Court to review a circuit judge T. G. Parham ruling fining them 100 dollars each for contempt of court. The contempt citation stemmed from publication of an article critical of marble machine seizures in Pine Bluff and Jefferson County while related cases were pending.
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Little Rock
W. W. Freeman
Walter Sonreliger
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
T. G. Parham
Jefferson
E. W. Brockman
Bond Compromise Reached For Arkansas Roads Funds
LITTLE ROCK Governor Futrell said a special legislative session may be called for highway financing. A subcommittee announced an agreement with road district bond holders to fund 87 million in bonds by issuing 5433 three percent state bonds with a 500 thousand dollar annual sinking fund. The plan includes 15 year non interest notes for about 3.452 million in past due interest. No decision yet on session date or further revenue changes.
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Rock
Futrell
Annou
Little Rock
Fuliell
Legislati
St. Louis
Road District
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Dusty Report From New York
Market notes show New York Cotton opening firm with Jan at 9.91 up 9 points from prior close as March trades edge near 10.08 while New Orleans and Chicago grains mention modest gains. The brief update signals mixed gains across cotton futures with slight strength in grain markets.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
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Great Britain
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Department of State
Greec
Alex. H. Washburn
Solomon
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Harry Shiver
Federal
Pine Bluff Paper
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