Mississippi Basin plan eyed for federal river valley power
The Mississippi Basin Committee’s recommendations to President Roosevelt push federal development of river valleys for cheap electric power. The Arkansas Power & Light Co argues most Arkansas streams lack undeveloped capacity for full year use, urging use of hydro plus steam facilities and private partnerships to overcome seasonal limits.
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Mississippi Basin Committee
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ozarks
Arkansas Power& Light Co
Arkansas
Lynch
Tragic Subway Collision Kills Seven in Chicago Suburb
Seven people die when a car is struck by a passenger train in a Chicago area suburb. The victims, believed to be workers at an Illinois emergency relief station in Chicago Heights, were among those killed in the rear end crash.
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Chicago
Illinois
Chicago Heights
Hamilton
Ontm
International Limited
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Dundad
Pe Limited
Kayo
Passef
London
Ont
Toronto
Dundas
Iehet
Electric Appliance Sale to Be Aided
President Roosevelt said the government will help private utilities stimulate purchases of electrical appliances by using private channels. The program mirrors the Electricity Bond and Fan Authority model and aims to encourage consumer spending through utility-led arrangements.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Unyl
Younusses Valles
Christmas Day Injuries and Festivities In Hope Area
Two injuries marred Christmas Day in Hope with John Henry Colie, a Black youth, beaten by two white men and left on a country road after a liquor fueled dispute. A firecracker accident hospitalized Yocom girl with a severe leg cut. One arrest, Jess Cornelius, for grand larceny as he tried to steal a tourist’s suitcase. The city hosted a rain soaked football game won by Hope over Prescott 18 to 0 with Dildy Steely and Nettles scoring. Despite heavy rain, holiday events and a Christmas birth at 207 Hamilton were noted.
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Hope
Hemptsead County
John Henry Colie
Julix Chester Hospital
Yocom
J. J. Yocom
Josephine Hospital
Jess Cornelius
All-Stae Age Regatians
Prescott
Dildy
Steely and Nettles
A O U W Juniors to mail Christmas checks in Kansas
Seventy nine Arkansas junior members of the A O U W will receive Christmas checks of 100 dollars each this week from the phone office of the A O U W of Kansas, Newton, Kansas. Checks go to members with more than one year in the lodge, as Arkansas lodges were reorganized late. The release lists junior members and lodges including Lilo Rack of Fort Smith and others in Paris, Pine Bluff, Midland, and Van Buren.
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Arkansas
Ranior Mem
Kansas
P Hone
Kenia
Newton
Kans
Order
Ward
Lilo Rack
Fort Smith
Paris
Pine Bluff
Midland
van Buren
French flier breaks world speed record at 314 mph
Raymond Delmettee, veteran French pilot, set a world speed record of 314 mph on a closed course. The 1-year-old flier, previously holding several records, completed a run at 42 mph over the circuit, surpassing the late James Wedel’s 313 mph mark set before his death in a Louisiana crash last year.
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James Wedel
Wedel
Louisiana
Dulin Purchases Standard Station and Mission Inn
P A Dulin of St w acquires the Standard Oil filling station on West Third and the Mission Inn. He announces immediate repairs and modern equipment costing several hundred dollars for the station, with redecorating and repainting. The Mission Inn will be enlarged with up to date equipment. Dulin's son will take over active management. Dulin also owns The Pines swimming pool and surrounding property investments.
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Standard Oil
Mission Inn
West Third Street
P. A. Dulin
Southern States Improve Budgets in 1934
Southern governors review 1934 finances noting progress toward debt reduction and stronger credit. Arkansas Kentucky and Alabama act to curb new debts while South Carolina reports better economic and fiscal health under Gov. Blackwood. Mississippi shows tax revenues surpassing projections, strengthening state finances. officials aim to further cut debt and pursue full repayment next year.
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Atlanta
Arkansas
Kentucky
Alabama
South Carolina
Eric C. Blackwood
Gay. Sennett Conners
Renticks
Ganda
Ruby Laffoon
Venus
M. Burrell
Ablyinias
Shank Scheduled to Die on Friday
LITTLE ROCK Akron attorney reports two supreme court justices had been asked to stay execution for Mark H. Shank as appeal proceeds. Shank, held at Tucker Farm, broke a six day hunger strike by eating breakfast after a priest visit, and Superintendent Todhunter says he appeared in a jovial mood for the first time since custody began.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Tucker Farm
Shank
Todhunter
Grape cuttings offered by Arkansas Experiment Farm
The University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station at Hope announces grape cuttings from leading varieties. Nine varieties mature from July 7 to August 14, with notes on size color and quality. A collection of 25 to 30 cuttings plus voting instructions available gratis at the station, with a 2 cent postage/handling charge for mail orders.
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University of Arkansas
Fruit and Truck Branch
Hope
Sam Demerun
Herbert
Niagara
Delaware
Agustin
Concord
Ben Seat
Humble Rich Man Dies at Age of 94
In Yonkers Minnesota, John KB Andrus a self described millionaire known for his thrifty lifestyle died at 94 at his home on Wednesday. He earned his nickname for frequently riding the subway between his residence and work as a temperate commuter and idle philanthropist.
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Yonkers
Special Panel of 48 Is Drawn for Hauptmann Case
A 48 member prospective jury panel was drawn for Bruno Hauptmann’s January 2 trial in Flemington N J. Betty Gow the Lindbergh baby nurse arrived incognito in New York to testify for the prosecution and will stay with the Morrows. The media question era continued with a radio interview of Mrs Hauptmann, reasserting innocence amid ongoing publicity.
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Hauptmann
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Betty Gow
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Cunard
Aquitania
Richard Hauptmann
Scotland
New Jersey
Miss Gow
Morrow
Englewood
Purser
Beatrice Galloway
Wating
Oliver Wheatly
Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergs
Sour Mountain
Miss Gow Brougt
Taupimann
Germans Push Pagan Christmas in Third Reich Festival
Berlin reports suggest Nazi officials advocate replacing Christian Christmas with a Winter Solstice pagan observance. Traditions like tree lights and gifts are framed as symbols of fire and solstice rites, with Christmas renamed Festival of Jul to fit Germanic roots. Governor Kurth of Brandenburg promotes the shift in Der Deutsche.
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Berlin
Germany
Third Reich
Kurth
Brandenburg
der Deutsche
Germnic Lands
Highwaymen Abscond With $18,000 From Payroll Car
In Lancaster four highwaymen stopped a Springs textile payroll car near the city on Wednesday and escaped with $18,000. In Washington President announced support for continuing state investigations into munition industry profits, voiced by Senate Committee Chairman Nye.
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Lancaster
Springs Chain of Textile
Washington
Nye
Senate Committee
Cold Wave to Hit Arkansas Wednesday
A sharp temperature drop is forecast for Arkansas with a cold wave expected Wednesday night into Thursday. Northern counties may fall to 12 to 16 degrees and southern areas to around 20 degrees as brisk winds and clear skies set in after a cool, damp day.
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Arkansas
Mercury
Tax to Be Dropped January 1
Washington reports the two cent tax on checks expires Tuesday with $41,383,198 raised last fiscal year. Congress may consider new taxes as budget plans unfold. Over twenty taxes will expire or change in six months unless reenacted, and experts estimate $416,000 in revenue this fiscal year. A postage rate cut to two cents becomes effective July 1.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Bacteria Travel by Upper Air Winds Across Ocean
Lindbergh and Fred Meier report that microscopic bacteria fungi spores and pollens are carried across the north Atlantic by high altitude winds. The team collected samples during Lindberghs 1943 flight and analyzed them, noting organisms ailment crops and possibly humans. Findings planned for Scientific Monthly publication.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindberg
North Atlantic
Department of Agriculture
Meier
Lindbergh
Coronel Lindbergh
Flyer
Mississippi Basin Power Plan urged by PWA for federal unific
Washington reports a Mississippi Valley committee urges federal control of power lines to create a national grid. The plan calls for a 1 billion dollar twenty year public works program, dam construction for navigation and flood control, and unified electric rates to spur cheap power nationwide. It highlights the Red Arkansas White and Ouachita basins as rich yet underpopulated, with potential hydro projects and a Blakely mountain dam at 76 000 kilowatts, plus several tributaries and future Ouachita river works.
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Washington
Car Supply of America
Roosevelt
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi Valley Committee
The
Public Works Administration
PWA
Red
Arkansas
Whit
Ouachita
United States
White River
Quachita River
Ouachita Dam
Blakely Mountain
Hot Springs
Rommel
Catherine
Carpenter
Hamilton
Wold
Arkadelphia
Mississippi River Committee
Arkansas Power & LightGen
Tibutary
Caddo
Little Missouri
Caddo Gan
Lenox
DeGray
Riggs Bluff
Matlock
Narrows
Ouachita River
Camden
Remine
Jack Longs Band to Play at Elks Hall Dance Thursday
Jack Long will bring his 12 piece orchestra to the Elks hall Thursday night to play for a dance. The event starts at 1 p.m. and is sponsored by the Elks lodge and Speedy Hulson, a member of the dance committee.
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Dack Long
Elks Hall
Elks Lodge
Speedy Hulson
Cor. Mille
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
Market notes show cotton prices with open high and low figures for New York and New Orleans areas. Grain futures include Wheat and Corn with May contracts and closing values. Data appears fragmented with several digits and dates unclear.
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New York
Jana
Chicago
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