Tax ruling signals Arkansas school funding squeeze
In St Louis the Missouri Pacific railroad victory over Arkansas taxes prompts a 10,000 dollar annual cut in Hempstead County property taxes. The piece links tax shifts nationwide to transportation funding and predicts limited relief for schools as highway taxes replace railroad contributions. It warns further revenue changes loom due to sales tax limits and tax-exempt shopping.
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United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St . Louis
Hempstead
America
Inc
Shosts
Star
Texas
Tennessee
Arkansas
Chicago
Greeks Take New Positions Near Tepeleni
Greeks besieging Tepeleni in Albania announced gains over the Malians with Italian artillery withdrawing from heights. Greek forces captured many prisoners and seized mortars, machine guns, rifles, and supplies as morale of the Italians dropped. British reports cite extensive desert offensives around Bardia with thousands of Tutian prisoners. Rome warned America against aiding Britain via neutral routes, fearing an expanded war.
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Athens
Tepeleni
Albania
Cairo
Bardi
Bardia
Libya
Ttaly
America
Rome
Virgina Gayda
Trilith
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
Gayda
Jaxgain
Haly
Germany
Washington
What Defense Means Now
President Roosevelt reshapes defense policy by naming a single director to expand production. Morgan M. Beatty notes Knudsen leads the new Office of Defense Production with aims unlike World War I. The piece contrasts wartime authority then and peacetime mood today, warning of confusion in military planning.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Washington
Roosevelt
Big Bill Knudsen
Barney Baruch
Baruch
War Industries Board
Wilson
Knudsen
Office of Defense Production
Germany
Paralyzed Texas girl paints and sews
Nyla Glandine Thompson, 14, paralyzed by infantile paralysis four years ago, uses a tooth-held brush to paint and a quilt sewn from four-inch squares. She grips scissors with her teeth and her uncertain right hand to complete crafts in Wharton, Texas.
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Wharton, Texas
Nyla Glandine Thompson
Nyla
Germans Intensify Rumanian Farming Effort
Berlin reports that after Romania joined the Three Power Pact Germany plans to raise Romanian agricultural output. All of Romania’s tillable land is to be tilled next year, with a staff of tractor mechanics trained and a trade school set up near Bucharest.
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Berlin
Rumania
Germany
Mihai
First Public Building The White House In Washington
The White House was the first public building erected in Washington D C. Cornerstone laid in 1782. Its first occupants were President John Adams and his wife who moved in during November 1800. To maintain an air force of 5000 planes about 700000 men would be required.
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White House
Washington, D. C
John Adams
Police Turn Michigan Man Over to FBI
City police handed over Fred J. Holly of Michigan to federal authorities Saturday. Held in Hempstead county jail on forgery charges, he was wanted by the FBI for impersonating a federal officer and violating the Dyer Act, with Michigan charges for stealing a 1939 Ford Deluxe. The car, owned by United Rental Car System of Detroit, bore stolen Civil Aeronautics plates. Holly claimed to have studied law at Purdue University.
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FBI
Fred J. Holly
Michigan
Hempstead
Holly
J. W. Jones
Q. A. Graves
Hope Auto Company
Texarkana Federal Prison
FL. Smith Court
United Rental Car System of
Detroit
Civil Aeronautics Authority
J. W. (Son) Jones
Purdue University
Long Statue to Be Unveiled
A six foot five bronze statue of Huey Long will be unveiled in the Capitol's Statuary Hall after the new session begins. Louisiana split its delegation with antis winning five House seats, but two Long-era congressmen remain. The dedication may occur despite opposition from some Long opponents and will feature sculptor Charles Keck's work funded by $15,000 set aside by the state.
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Jack Stinnett Washington
Congress
Huey Long
National Capitol
Statuary Hall
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Capitol
Hueys
Charles Keck
New York
Huey
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Bob LaFollette
Wisconsin
House
John H. Grerton
Allen J. Ellender
Overton Brooks
Newt V. Mills
A. Leonard Allen
Kingifish
Cranium Crackers Five Dams Listed in the United States
Five large American dams are named here including Mormon Flat Boulder and Grand Coulee. The reader is asked to name the river each dam blocks and the state or location. Answers on the comic page.
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United States
Mormon Flat
Boulder
Peck
Grend Coulee
Idle Money War and Taxes Keep Interest Low
A review of 1940s business results notes a mixed year for corporations, with war-affected firms reporting strong profits while others lag. Tax burdens and low yields on bonds depress investor returns, and despite war orders, officials see little chance of a major rate rise, affecting real estate and financing prospects.
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Treasury
Atchison
National City Bank
Finnish Leader Vigorous Man
AP Feature Service profiles 75-year-old composer Jean Sibelius in Helsinki. He remains energetic, debating war, health, and the future of his music with cigar in hand while working late into the night. He shares thoughts with Finnish army chief Baron Mannerheim and pursues perfection in unfinished manuscripts amid a relentless pace.
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Paul Sjoblom
Helsinki
Finland
Jean Sibelius
Roosevelt
Baron Mannerheim
Sibelius
Alexander Calls Bowling Meet in Hope
E S Alexander, president of the Hope Bowling Association, announced a meeting of team sponsors at Fairpark Monday night at 7 30 to divide plans for a new schedule. The current schedule ends in two weeks and teams entering the second half must post cash deposits for incidental expenses. December 30 Lruner vs Life and Casualty Co Gunter Lumber Co vs Kiwanis Club December 31 Standard Oils Blackwood Grocery SCS vs M System Grocery January 1 Hempstead Lumber Co vs Rotary Club American Legion vs Ritchie Grocery January 2 Kraft Cheese Co vs W O W Lodge George Robison Co vs Experiment Station
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E. S. Alexander
The
Hope Bowling Association
Fairpark
Lruner
Life and Casualty Cy. Gunter Lbr, Co
Kiwanis Club
Nevada County Cotton Bales Count Drops to 8502
Nevada County reports 8502 bales of cotton stored or shipped by December 13, down from 16214 a year earlier per Carl Munn, Willisville, federal Department of Commerce. Also notes Edison’s early moving pictures and gramophone milestones, with a tip about needle dust prevention using oil-soaked flannel.
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Nevada County
Bates
Carl Munn
Willisville
Federal Department of Commerce
Quote From I Samuel 20 3 In Death Step Proximity
A biblically framed line declares that there is but a step between the speaker and death, invoking a vow of faithfulness to God and intense personal peril within the narrative setting. The passage emphasizes moral resolve amid danger and loyalty in a tense moment.
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I Samuel
Hunter Shot By His Dog in Oklahoma City
John Johnson tried a bird dog training method with a shotgun resting on the ground. The dog leaped for a bird, landed on a branch, and triggered the gun. Johnson was struck in the shoulder and hospitalized.
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Hunter
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Johnson
Johnson
Taxi cycle boom as Holland taxis ride bicycles
Gasoline controls push Dutch taxi drivers to swap cars for bicycles with taxi meters and saris fortifying double seats. Competing with horse carriages, bike taxis surge after 1 p.m. as supply tightens from 26 million to two million gallons. Bicycle use expands to doctor calls and fashion, with tandems popular and chauffeurs steering.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Aew
Doodles of FDR Shape Naval Design and Namesake Oddities
Washington notes reveal President Roosevelt sending doodles to admirals for ship design ideas, with Navy past roles and Atlantic navigation expertise cited. Also a report traces a gas house district stroll by United States Attorney General Robert L. Jackson, amid a quirky dictionary lesson on skelp and spiegeleisen and their defense implications.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Hemisphere
Roosevelt
Navy
Atlantic Coast
Rock Creek Park
Federal Bureauig of Investigation
Bus House
Virginia Avenue
United States
Rober L. Jackson
Department of Justice
Mr. Jackson
Skelp and Spiegeleisen
Websterian
Munich
Spiegelvisen
Seeing Stars the Painless Way
New York naval reserve midshipmen learn navigation at the American Museum of Natural History. Constellations are projected under the black dome and lecturers explain how to determine a ship’s position. Captain J J London notes rapid training to become navigators.
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New York
Naval Reserve
Byden Sanctarium
Amer Museum of Natural History
J. J. London
Warships and Colonies: Petain's Linked Moves Stir France
Reports arriving from Lisbon claim Petain authorized several French naval officers to vacation in North Africa while ships sailed there from Toulon. Travelers said Petain would rule France himself, resist foreign troop passage, and favor collaboration with Germany, prompting cabinet letters to Hitler. London bombings followed with RAF raids on Nordics and France. A Japanese raider near Nauru hoisted the swastika after threatening wireless shutdown.
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Lisbon
Portugal
France
Petain
North
Africa
Toulon
North Africa
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Navy
Hitler
Germany
London
Britain
Bay of Biscay
Norway
U.S
Balkans
Evening Standard
RAF
Fleet Air Army
The
Haugesund
Nazineld Harbor
Hats Off to the Ladies Who Take Hats Off in Movies
New York radio singer Bea Wain launches Hats-Off-In-The-Movies Club to protest women wearing architectural hats in films. She prints membership cards and distributes them through women’s clubs while campaign song by Lanny Grey encourages the gesture.
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New York
Bea Wain
Lanny Grey
One Way to Get Rid of a Mustache
A Columbia story describes Robert Carson shaving off his prized mustache after his young daughter coaxed him into a demonstration with rod liver oil, which steamed and smelled foul. The tale notes persistent effort finally led to removal amid a humorous note on the oil’s odor.
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Columbia
Robert Carson
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