Public Works PWA funds dwindling amid recovery doubts
John T Flynn argues that despite over a billion dollars authorized for public works, only about 68 million has been spent in six months. He warns that shifting funds to military construction could delay recovery and questions the timing of housing programs versus armaments. He recalls six years of New Deal policy, lamenting missed low-cost housing opportunities and predicting battleships over homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Flynn
NEA Service
PWA
1Wu
Hughes Goes Around the Earth and a Around the World Flight
July and August 1938 feature Howard Hughes and Douglas Corrigan's remarkable sky routes. The piece surveys global events from Evian to Roosevelt’s coast-to-coast tour, noting political and industrial shifts, labor strife, and rising international tension as 1938 unfolds shaping future conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Volta
Torrey AP
Servier Welter
Howard Hughes & Co
Douglas
California
Jere I
Corrigan
New York
Dublin
Carrie van
England
Hore-Belisha
América
Viscount Hunemann
Czechoslovakia
San Francisco
Farley
Hamilton
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Dixie
ICC
Arthur Morgan
TVA
Elmer F Andrews
Maytag
Civil Liberties Inquiry
NLRB
Jimmy Roosevelt
Nationals
Jupin
Sir James Sexton Dies In Britain Labor Leader
London report confirms the death of Sir James Sexton a veteran British labor leader. Details mention his long service and status within the movement highlighting his prominence in labor circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sexton
Great Britain
London
Eng
Ghi
Janes Sexton
Jondes
Demand Amending of the Wagner Bill
Representative Short of Missouri urged amending the Wagner labor bill on Tuesday. He warned he would offer his own measure to give both employer and employee consideration if Democrats failed to propose one. He said the law is currently one sided and would turn if the Democrats act as the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waliington
Short
Missouri
Congress
Thoughtful children and their many cares
A fragmented line reflects a reflection on children and happiness, noting the joys and burdens in childhood as a loose, literary reminiscence without a clear event or place. The text hints at parental or societal concerns about child welfare and wellbeing.
Mind Your Manners Questions and Answers
A distressed reader quiz on social etiquette asks if interrupting a busy clerk is rude and whether pushing a clerk is improper. It advises letting the clerk guide size and price, while noting polite responses when a desired item is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whit Queter
Woman Ends Life by Paris Green Poisoning
An unidentified white woman, about 40 to 45, died after ingesting Paris Green at Hotel Snyker and later at Josephine hospital. Sheriff Bearden and Dr. Carrigan ruled it a self-inflicted death. No inquest was needed. The woman claimed to have no name or home, but $53 was found. Police sought identity amid faded clues and misread signatures on hotel tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manchuukne
Changhufeng
China
Japan
Germany
Czech
Plovakia
Paris Green
Josephing Hospital
Snyker Hotel
Jim Bearden
P. B. Carrigan
J. H. Weaver
Houston
Texas
Hope Furniture Company
Snyker
Adwinee
Snykers
Jim Martindale
Plb
Carrigan
Josephine Hospital
Lanier
T. C. Lewis
Sears
Snykee
Hotel Tarag
Monrag
Lawes
Monroe
Conservative But Steady Buying by the Merchants
Economist John T. Flynn analyzes the coming 1939 business year focusing on consumer goods impact. He outlines three movement types—major, minor, and seasonal—and notes trade confidence remains cautious with limited inventory speculation as retail gains emerge.
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Flynn
John T. Flynn
Cranium Crackers Quiz Fragments Mixed Up
A scrambled puzzle lists five items labeled as examples of proper terms with mixed letter errors and mispunctuated clues. It presents a test of identifying correct meanings for terms like prorect, Garvaaihiaat, Aip cord, Jetsany, Wasseriigti, all with unclear definitions.
Christmas Trade Improves in Arkansas Merchants Report
Arkansas merchants say Christmas buying is 4 to 5 percent above last year with heavy cash and credit purchases in major cities. Optimistic forecasts for 1939 follow, while swings in the business cycle are tied to consumer goods inventories and merchant stocking behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Decorated Homes Winners Named in Christmas Contest
Mayor Albert Graves announced the winners of Hope’s Christmas lighting contest. First prize went to Roy Anderson home on South Main for an electric mix master. Second prize to Tom McLarty on South Main for an automatic waffle iron. A three-way tie for third included Mrs. S. B. Henry on South Main L. Carter Johnson on East Second Street and Frank Ward, druggist. Each tied home will receive an automatic electric iron in duplicate awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Graves
Hope Homes
Roy Anderson
South Main Street
Tom McLarty
South Main
S. B. Henry
L. Carter Johnson
East Second Street
Prank Ward
Cach
Graves
Double Holiday Tragedies Hit Tempsteal County
Two killed and several injured during a double holiday in Tempsteal County. Jessie Bell Muldrow is reported stabbed near Hope by Cleo Sampson. An unidentified white woman died by ingesting poison at Snoyker hotel. Others in Hope sustained injuries from falls and stabbings. four suspects charged, police tally incomplete.
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Tempsteal County Couides
Holiday Nevilems
Vialeree
Jessie Bell Muldrow
Cleo Sampson
Bailey Springs of
Hope
Libeat Tay Alaeucut i
Black Woman Fatally Stabbed After Dance Row Near Hope
Cleo Sampson a Black woman was jailed on a serious charge after a Sunday night stabbing near a Black dancer place on the Hope Blevins highway. Jessie Bell Muldrow, also Black, died en route to a physician after being stabbed during a jealousy dispute over a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Sampson
Jessie Bell Muldrow
Hope-Blevins Highway
Muldrow
Hope
Severe cold wave hits northern states with record lows
A brutal cold wave spread from North Dakota to North Carolina with winds rain and snow. Temperatures sank to below zero in Bismarck and Devils Lake while Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin saw double digit drops. Blizzard conditions disrupted holiday travel as the Weather Bureau warned of continued cold through Tuesday night across the region.
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Feast and Truck Branch
Chicago
North Dakota
North Carolina
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chisago
Bismark
N. D
Moorhead
Minn
Madison
Wis
Peoria
la Crosse
Des Moines
Tin
Omala
Neb
Minneapolis
Benver
Spokane
Wehens
J. R. Lloyd
Michigan
Umnais
Indiana
Lowsia
Missouri
Kinsis City
Weather Bureau
Tennesse
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryhiad
93 Die in Romania Rail Crash Near Etulea
The worst railway disaster in Romania's history rises to 93 dead as more victims of a Christmas Day collision between passenger trains near Etulea in Bessarabia succumb to injuries. One dispatcher and two station masters were arrested.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Etulea
Bessarabia
Veteran Belgian Labor Chief Dies
Emile Vancevele 72 veteran leader of the Belgian Labor party died Tuesday of heart disease. He served as vice premiership and health minister and was a former head of the Second International. He was among Belgium’s signers of the Versailles treaty reary.
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Brussels
Belgium
Emile Vancevele
Labor Party
Second Internationals
Four Children Die in West Virginia House Fire
Four children aged months to six years died in a two story log house fire near Huntington West Virginia. The blaze consumed the home of Mr and Mrs John Gartee about 15 miles from the city as the children were reportedly sleeping. Authorities classified the incident as a fatal fire with investigators called to the scene.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wit Mis. Doin Gartee
Woman Hurt Husband Held in Jail in Bavley Springs Case
A local woman was treated for two stab wounds after a Saturday fight in Bavley Springs. Her husband was jailed Tuesday without formal charges. Police refused to discuss the case, noting they did not know how it would turn out or what charges might be filed. The doctor said Mrs. Springs was not seriously injured and was up and about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavley Springs
Hope
Forces Massed on Somaliland Front in Italian Move
Paris dispatches report Italy massing troops on French Somaliland frontiers as fears rise of a campaign against Djibouti the Red Sea port. The move aims to pressure Mussolini with Tunisia’s defenses and remind him Tripoli would be defended. Rebel gains in Catalonia also noted with seizure near Lerida and Barcelona. Berlin discusses Jim Crow style segregation for Jews on German railways.
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Paris
France
North Africa
Italy
Djibouti
Zaragoza
Spain
High Command
Catalonia
Lerida
Barcelonia
Cay de Sierra
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitter
United States
Tragic Near-Miss in Hot Springs Fake Robbery
Police reveal a Christmas night prank in Hot Springs nearly turned deadly on a highway near a restaurant. A courthouse worker, a physician, and two women staged a mock highway holdup with a Texas hat and gun. Bystanders misread the scene, triggering a quick police response and a tense chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Jerry Watkins
Little Rock
Watkins
Upper Park Avenue
Cotton Opens in New Orleans Amid Mixed Bid Prices
New Orleans market reports show cot ton opening at 38 cents with a closing bid around 8.39 and asks at 41 cents. Traders note slight price volatility as few buyers and sellers in the session.
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New Orleans
Syum Gottoy
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Count
Hingwily Reventlow
Simone Simon
Ndra Martin
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Samuel
New Mexico
Gow
Clyde Tinsley
Medill McCormick
Portugal
Palestine
Roman Ruders
Arillaly
Praice
Alexandretia Ge
Syria
Turkey
Livia
Paraguay
Rep. Short
Many Children
Many Cares
Nu Children
Ng Felivity
Bovec
Citer
Devive
Jetsany
Biblica
Wasseriigti
Aavsisers
Consumers' Ponds
Consumers’ Gods
Tony McLarty
North
Balkan
Emile Vandervele
Versailles
Somaliland
Italian
Tripoli
Barcelona
Hendaye
Origial
Madrid
Valacnia
Barceloaya
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