Warning on holiday driving from state highway officials
The State Accident Reporting Bureau says holiday travel brings peak fatalities on Arkansas roads rain fog and early darkness raise danger. Harvey Booth of the Highway Department urges refusing rides with drinkers and asks parents to deter youths from drinking drivers stressing unsafe handling and impaired judgment and police to crack down on drunken driving.
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America
State Accident Reporting Bureau
Arkansas
Harvey Booth
State Highway Department
Cynthines
Booth
Fo Mare
Defense Now Pinch-Hitting for Relief
Defense expert explains three economic phases from private investment to public spending via consumer payments and now defense or armament production. He notes wartime spending shifts from direct relief to producer payments, with larger sums and broader impact on business future, urging careful tracking of defense tied expenditures.
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U.S
Army hopeful undergoes operation at Hot Springs hospital
Alley Pharr, a CCC recruit, is in the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs to undergo an operation to remove a disability and thus qualify for military service in the selective draft. The Stay learned Tuesday. The text mentions South America and Detroit as context but lacks clear event coherence.
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Alley Pharr
Alton
CCC
Army & Navy
Hot Springs
Hope City Council Takes No Action on Airport Purchase
At Monday night’s meeting in City Hall Hope officials took no definite step to buy land north of town for a potential airport. A 500 acre tract valued at about 12.59 million dollars was reviewed as a suitable site while an airport committee was named to seek an option extension. The council discussed Civil Aeronautics Authority requirements and possible WPA help, noting a future need for a 3,500 foot runway and extensive planning. An executive session followed, during which an ordinance banning pasteurized dairy sales in Hampstead county was approved, effective April 1. Evan Wray resigned as city meat and milk inspector to join Cudaby Packing Co. and will receive a district assignment after training.
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Hope City Council
Ag Ux
Acas
C. E. Cassidy
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Syd McMath
Courgeil
C. L. Willis
Willig
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Willis
Hampstead
Evan Wray
City
Specter
Wray
Cudaby Packing Company
Hope
Greek Troops Break Through Near Chimara and Logara
Greek forces push beyond Chimara along the Adriatic coast as Italian troops retreat toward Logara pass. Dispatches describe a hurried disorderly retreat with a rearguard at Logara while Metaxas reports Chimara fallen after a week of fighting.
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Athens
Adriatic
Chimara
Logara Pass
Chiara
Valona
Promicer Metaxas
City Court Dockets Casees Heard At Hope City Hall
Municipal court at city hall heard 11 cases with Judge W. K. Lemley. Defendants include McKinley Carson for disturbing the peace fined 10, Selas Atkins for drunkenness fined 15, Mary Brown for possessing untaxed liquor fined 25, Charles Keith for drunkenness fined 10, Wallace Johnson for disturbing the peace, Ed Williams for violation of city measure ordinance fined 10, F. B. Barr for disturbing the peace fined 10, L. P. Higgason for overdraft fine 5, Piney May Chapte for manslaughter examination waived with grand jury bond 500, J. B. Hutson for removing property to defraud owner dismissed, Lawyer Johnson for carrying a pistol fined 59 with bond 1.0 and notice of appeal.
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City Hall
W. K. Lemley
McKinley Carson
Selas Atkins
Mary Brown
Charles Keith
Wallace Johnson
Ed Wiliams
City of Hope
F. B. Barr
L. P. Higgason
Piney May Chapte
Value Set on Institutions In Arkansas Institutions Appraised
The state comptroller's office estimated the value of the physical plant and equipment of Arkansas 21 educational and penal institutions at 25.69 million dollars. The University of Arkansas tops at 5.707 million, the state hospital at 4.901 million, Booneville sanatorium at 395 thousand, and University branch experiment stations at 276 thousand.
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Little Rock
Comptroller’s Office
Arkansas
University of Arkansas
State Hospital
Booneville
University Branch
Who Are They The Cranium Crackers Quiz
Five recent news figures are described with brief clues. A former naval attaché at the Japanese embassy in Washington takes a new post at the same embassy. A Heisman Memorial Trophy winner declines to capitalize on his prize. A former Boston financier departs the Court of St James. A football star delivers his finest performance in a final season. A U S ambassador receives mixed reactions in Mexico.
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Washington
Boston
Court of
United Sates
Wil
Mexico
Jim Thorpe Declares Carlisle Era Superior To Modern Teams
New York reports Jim Thorpe, hailed as the greatest athlete, disputes today’s bowl teams, claiming Carlisle’s squad could defeat them. He recalls his Carlisle start in 1904, notes his athletic fame from the Stockholm Olympics era, and reflects on his post football career touring as a lecturer.
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New York
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle
Rune Ny
Jim
Thorpe
Ivileys
Business Loans Rise in 1940 Demand in New York City
New York banks report a 10 percent rise in total loans for 1940 as credit demand climbs. Commercial industrial and agricultural lending surged by over 300 million dollars, with roughly 206 million of that attributed to New York City banks and about 8300 million from banks in other cities.
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New York
Uphead
Federal Reserve
New York City
Ring Through Your Nose 14th Press Ad in Star Page 2
The 14th in a weekly ad series by the American newspaper publishers' committee appears on Page 2 of today's Star. It highlights the relation between a free press and representative government, continuing the ongoing campaign.
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American Newspaper Publishers' Committee
Today
Star
Pope Pius Outlines Five Moral Victories in Xmas Message
Vatican report says Pope Pius delivered a Christmas Eve message to the College of Cardinals urging a new world order based on five moral victories. He listed them as overcoming hatred and mistrust, the belief that might justifies right, economic misadjustment, and cold egoism, in response to cardinals’ greetings broadcast at 2 a.m. CST.
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Vatican City
Pius
College of Cardinals
Freight Movement Largest Since 37
New York reports full year 1940 freight conloadings at about 36,350,000 cars, up from 34,102,759 in 1939, a 6.6 percent gain and the largest since 1937 when 37,804,664 cars were loaded. Weekly totals mostly outpaced 1939, with a fall dip in ten weeks, then reestablished margins by year end.
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New York
Reddies Schedule Set for January February Basketball
Henderson State Teachers College lists 17 games for January and February with key losses from Percy Ramsey James Needham and Relph Jones. Captain Phillips leads a mix of lettermen including Hodge Phillips Doyle and Kearney as Coach Tom Murphy builds depth. The slate includes several home and away dates against Ouachita Centenary Arkansas State State Teachers Hendrix Arkansas College Arkansas Tech and ends with the State AAU tournament in Conway March 3-5.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
Henderson State Teachers College
Reddies
Conway
Henderson
Percy Ramsey
United States Air Corps
James Needham
National Guard
Relph Jones
Hodge Phillips
James Doyle
Joe Kearney
Phillips
Tom Murphy
Amen
Magnolia 4A
Magnolia
Ouachita
Megnolal A
Centenary
Pai Shreveport
Arkansas State
Jamesboro
Arkansas College
Batesville
Hendrix
England Braces for Possible German Invasion
London rumors spread of a Christmas invasion as Field Marshal von Brauchitsch and German generals spoke of striking England. British planes raided Nazi invasion ports while Mussolini vowed to keep fighting and 20,000 Italians in Bardia faced water shortages amid sieges. Manchester endured another night of bombing with casualties reported.
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Associated Press
Walter von Braucitsch
Germany
Forc
London
England
Brauchitsch
Rome
Berlin
Charchill
Mussolini
Italy
Africa
Bardia
Manchester
Second Quake Shakes Boston Across New England
A second earthquake in five days rattled Boston and extended into New England and Canada on Tuesday. The tremor began around 2:42 a.m. with shaking noted from Massachusetts to New York and Pennsylvania. No serious damage was reported, though Christmas-tree ornaments fell. Harvard seismographs measured Tuesday's quake as severe as last Friday's, while seismologists reviewed records to interpret crustal activity and prior events.
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Boston
New England
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
Harvard Seismograph
Machine Tool Output Doubled in Wartime Drive
Cleveland reports machine tool production at a record $40,000,000 monthly with ongoing expansion. Payrolls rise, about 100,000 now employed in the industry, normal around 40,000. Government tool purchases surged with a new fiscal year, reversing spring slack. Italy bans films depicting war episodes.
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Cleveland
Tell Berna
National Machine Tool Builders Association
Bema
Italy
A Thought Be That Hath My Commandments And Love
A reflective verse quoting John 14 21 on love and obedience. The speaker emphasizes that those who keep commandments are loved by the Father and will be shown divine manifestation through Jesus. Includes themes of love, obedience, and spiritual revelation.
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