Keep State Funds Centralized in City Streets Plan
Royce Eisenberger proposes a 1941 bill to make city street sections that continue state highways part of the state system, enabling state construction and maintenance. The plan counters the current turnback idea and favors centralized highway funding managed by the State Highway Department, with streets tied to state aid as the measure of assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Eisenberger
Hempstead County
Weisenberger
Bardia Can Be Taken Anytime British Assert
British sources claim Bardia could have fallen soon but Sir Archibald Wavell delays a final assault to minimize troop losses. The campaign in Africa has yielded thousands of prisoners as RAF strikes target Italian bases to free the surrounded garrison.
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Cairo
Trisian
Bardia
Archibald Wavell
Africa
Royal Air Force
Siiking
Thought In His Dispensations God Is At Work For Our Good
A short devotional note attributes all events to God’s plan, citing John Jay’s maxim that every dispensation works for our good. The fragment suggests religious reflection and trust in divine providence.
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John Jay
Weisenberger Proposes State Takeover of City Streets
Representative Hoyce Weisenberger unveiled a tentative 1941 bill to let the State Highway Department assume maintenance of streets that are highway continuations in first and second class cities. Estimates from Little Rock officials put about 200 miles of such streets with annual upkeep near 300 dollars per 2 miles. The measure would amend Act 65 of 1929 to include portions of roads through incorporated towns, reversing the current exemption for towns of 2,500 or more. A federal inquiry sought by Hempstead County’s representative concluded the change would not constitute highway fund diversion according to a December 11 letter from Thomas MacDonald, U S commissioner of public roads.
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Weisenberger
Samuetr
State Highway Department
al Phils
Hoyce Weisenberger
Little Rock
Associated Press
Weisenhberger
Hempstead
Fadio Cravens
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Arkansas Cities
Federal Department
Thomas MacDonald
U. S. Commissioner of Public Roads
Cravens
Rainfall Totals From University of Arkansas Station
The University of Arkansas Experiment Station recorded 2.78 inches of rainfall over the past two days ending Friday morning. Temperatures fell to 46 degrees Thursday night with rainfall readings recorded on December 25 and December 26. Total rainfall noted was 1.20 inches on one day and 2.58 inches overall.
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University of Arkansas Experiment Station
Mop Upheld in Tax Cut Appeal
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled federal courts may determine the validity and amount of state taxes on a bankrupt railroad in a dispute between Arkansas and Missouri Pacific Lines. The case involves a $620,645 payment on 1939 Arkansas taxes and questions over valuation and bankruptcy proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act.
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ST. Louis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Guy A. Thompson
Meare
Arkansas
Moore
Thompson
Missouri Pacific
Court of Appeals
Government Borrowing and Taxes Clouding Business Boom
A reviewing article notes government fiscal policy through taxes and borrowing will shape the wartime economy. It cites a planned 12.058 billion dollar 1941-42 federal outlay, debates tax yields, and warns that higher debt and bond tax exemptions stir opposition while boosters push for larger deficits to sustain demand.
Famous Sonnets and Their Fathers
Five opening lines from well known sonnets are given with hints to their authors and titles. Identify each father and the sonnet title where available. The page prompts answers on Coinke Page.
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Euclid
Beauty
Theodcritus
Coinke
January Draft Quota Is Cut in Arkansas
Arkansas’s original draft quota of 702 for induction under the Selective Service Act has been reduced to 243 men by Seventh Corps Area headquarters in Omaha. Induction dates are set for January 14, 27, 28, with 68 men on January 2 and a separate Negro quota of 65 tied to an expected January 18 date. Recruits will be processed at Camp Joseph T. Robinson reception center and likely sent to the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Riley. Arkansas remains unique in the Seventh Corps Area for having a Negro quota.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Neb
Fred M. Logan
Camp Joe T. Robinson
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Beaten Tennessee Woman Found Near Fulton Texas
Maybelle Jackson, 24, a Black resident of Tennessee Colony Texas, was found fatally beaten near the Kirklane Mill Site on Red Lake south of Fulton. Deputy Ton Middebrooks said she has been unconscious since Wednesday. her husband Charlie Jackson is being sought as police search the area. No arrests to date. case labeled Keystone of Canada remains unrelated.
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Ton Middebrooks
Maybelle Jackson
Tennessee Colony
Texas
Kirklane Mill
Red Lake
Fulton
Charlie Jackson
Nellie Wright
Jackson
Wwernan
Iihy
Goodfellows Rotary Report on Christmas Aid
The Goodfellows raised about 325 dollars for Christmas distribution aiding 200 plus children. Linus Walker reported at the Rotary luncheon in Hotel Barlow. donations included five cases of fruit and clothing. The group serves city civic groups in concert with churches and discussed a Community Chest plan.
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Hope's
Goodfellows
Linus Walker
Rotary Club
Barlow
Goodfellows Organization
Cons Junction
FL McFaddin
Fageenifel
Chicago
Conference of Vocational Service
Rotary International
McFachin
Dan Bossinger
Little Rock
R. O. Bossinger
San Francisco
Calif
C. R. Chesnut
Gilbert Kimball
A. A. Albritton
Hope
Roosevelt Says No News on Peace Move
President Roosevelt gave no news on any peace move when asked by senators about negotiating an end to the European conflict. He replied that he had no news and did not rule out future developments. The report notes the world’s Christian population totals about 682.9 million, including 531.5 million Roman Catholics and 144 million Orthodox Catholics plus 206.9 million Protestants.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Europe
Italians Struggle to Hold Klisura Pass Front
Greek and Italian forces clash in Albania near the Klisura pass amid heavy snow and cold. Greek advances claim enemy losses as Italians rush reinforcements to defend the mountain gateway toward Valona and Berat. Greek reports describe intense fighting and strategic aims achieved with low Greek sacrifice.
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Athens
Klisura
Albania
Berat
Twisting Wind Hits Florida
One person died three were injured and extensive property damage and crop loss occurred Thursday night as a Gulf of Mexico disturbance spawned a general rain storm. A freak wind at Tomona north of Fort Myers toppled houses and a 200 foot wide path was cut. Damage also reported at Bonnell and Palatka.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Tomona
Fort Myers
Bonnell
Palatka
Budget Group Hears Berry Budget Hears Berry
Legislative budget committee in Little Rock reopened discussions Friday and heard testimony from a discharged treasury employee after Treasurer Earl Page declined to appear. In a 7-5 vote the panel rejected a subcommittee hearing motion for Guy Berry and also rejected an executive session motion.
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Little Rock
Legisature
Treasury
Earl Page
Guy Berry
CIO Plan Proposal Under Roosevelt Review
President Roosevelt said the CIO proposal to mobilize the auto industry to produce 500 pursuit planes daily is being seriously considered. Colorado school children overturned lawmakers and changed the state flower from white lavender columbine to white blue columbine.
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CIO
Washington
Roosevelt
Colorado
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Municipal League of Arkansas
Sie
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Manzies
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Manitoba
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Rotary Report
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Florida
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