Arkansas Education Progress in 1937 Budget and Teacher Reforms
The 1937 report shows state loans aiding districts to buy bonds at discounts while enumeration of children six to twenty one fell from 637,836 to 621,465. Teacher salaries rise, warrants retired, and a state teacher retirement system offers annuities at age 60. Certification, training, and state funding expand, with rural districts allowed to pay high school tuition for eligible students and provide transportation where needed. Some small districts remain financially unable to fund activities.
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Joan
General Assembly
Ark- Ansas
Department of Education
Straller
Progress in Arkansas Vocational and Negro School Programs
The 1937 Arkansas education report highlights expanded federal support for Smith-Hughes and George-Dean acts, boosting vocational centers and enrollment. Civilian vocational rehabilitation doubles aid to the physically disabled. Negro schools show teacher training gains, free textbooks, and statewide surveys guiding reorganization for universal high school access, with calls for ongoing funding and improved teacher economics.
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Arkansas
Smith-Hughes
State Equalzation Fund
State Congress of Negro Parent-Teacher Associations
Commissioner of Education
U.S. Office of Education
State Department of Education
Stae
Western Auto Store Change of Ownership in Hope Arkansas
To whom it may concern Mr T T Mimms is now owner and operator of the Western Auto Associate Store Hope Arkansas having purchased from Mr Joe T Riddle on December 20 1937 and will not be responsible for debts contracted prior to that time by the Western Auto Associate Store of Hope Arkansas or of Mr Joe E Riddle the former owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Mimms
Western Auto Associate
Hope
Arkansas
Joe T. Riddle
Joe £. Riddie
Prescott Depot Moved for Modern Brick Station
Fragment from a historical page notes the Prescott depot was built on Main Street and moved in 1911 to Elm Street to clear space for a new brick station. The old building remained in use as freight. A dated闲 exchange mentions a curious anecdote about rubber bands and hills. The text also references the use of sealing wax in the construction of dry batteries.
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Prescott
Main Street
Elm Street
Alion
Christmas Crisis Shocks Trent Household In Coast Plane Mystery
Linda Benton learns Captain Trent is missing after a wrecked plane wash-ashore off Central America. Miranda Trent faces sorrow with stoic dignity as the family copes with the news and whispered rumors swirl around Linda.
White Paper in South Could Cut Newsprint Imports
The Tariff Commission told Congress that expanding white paper pulp production in the South could sharply reduce newsprint and dissolving pulp imports. In 1934 the United States produced about 5.5 million tons of wood pulp, but imported roughly 2.25 million tons of pulp and 2.75 million tons of newsprint.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Congress
Commission
United States
South
Unclear fragment hints at local news item
Readable text is a garbled fragment referencing possible imports and local happenings without clear names, places, dates, or outcomes. The item lacks decisive facts and entities to anchor a proper headline or summary.
Mosque sale offer in Instanbul amid regime heritage drive
Three hundred mosques are offered for sale in Instanbul Turkey as the government seeks to repurpose former places of worship. Of 800 mosques, 242 remain funded and many converted to museums or left as ruins.
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Instansul
Turkey
Oitomaa Empire
No Strike Pact Signed by Swedish Printers
STOCKHOLM. Strikes and lockouts are foresworn for the coming years in an agreement between Swedish newspaper owners and the printing trade unions. Workers gain a seven to eight percent wage increase via a special prosperity bonus wired for three weeks with pay. The pact may be altered by negotiation. if it breaks down, a parliamentary board of arbitrators will hear the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Linparlial Aebibritors
Prices and crops outlook for 1998 season in Arkansas
Mr. Sellers forecasts cane and sweet potato markets show reduced demand and a potential 20 percent rise in sweet potato acreage in 1998. With normal conditions, cane may yield about 235 million cases next season at Squar level, while sweet potato output could grow 20 percent. He urges sound farm management, crop rotation, storage readiness, and potential carlot shipping to support expanded production.
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Sellers
Arkansas
California land owned by the federal government
Treasury figures show the federal government owns about 38 percent of California land, roughly 38,000,000 acres valued at $414,300,000. Much of the arid state lacks irrigation, and rainfall averages under 16 inches annually, limiting profitable crop production.
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Los Angeles
Federal Kavernment
Mandi
California
Treasury Department
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