Katy Railroad Bankruptcy Sparks Reconstruction Loan Debate
John T Flynn argues Missouri Kansas Texas known as the Katy should file for bankruptcy to wipe out debts and restart. He claims the Interstate Commerce Commission supported a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to delay reorganization, keeping railroads alive instead of forcing full bankruptcy.
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Katy
Isch
Reconstrruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commitece Commission
Lastman
Mahaffle
Meyer
R. F.C
China’s “Chicago” Taken by Japan in 1938
In October 1938, Japan seized Hankow and Canton as China’s industrial hubs nicknamed “old Chicago” fell to invasion. The era’s chaos touched politics, labor, and society with strikes, wage law changes, and wartime fears shaping U S policy and public mood.
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China
Chicago
Japan
Volta Torrey AP
Weiler
Orson Welles
New Jersey
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Alford Duff Cooper
Munich
Britain
London
Hitler
Col. Lindbergh
Theode de Cardinal Innitzer
New Orleans
God
Master
New York Herald Tribune
Helen Frith Stickney
Napoleon
Suiteton- Iand
Heilo
Fuehrer
Hellzapoppin
Broadway
Times
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Hankow
Canton
Metronalis
Tokyo
America
U. S
Bednard Baruch
Uncle Sam
South America
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
A Thought The child is the father of the man Wordsworth
A compact reflection on Wordsworth’s famous paradox about how childhood shapes the adult self. The line suggests early experiences determine adult identity, linking youth to future character and choices.
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Man Wordsworth
Cranium Crackers Clarify True False Statements
A mix of statements includes incorrect items such as Areopagitica as a poem title and Turkish harem synonym. The English Derby is misnamed venues. Shuko is not a known Japanese wine. The list appears to present riddled, flawed facts with several false claims.
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Aintres
Saline Sheriff Reported Short After Audit Findings
Saline County official Virgil A. Rucker faces immediate resignation after an audit shows he owed the state 15015.26 from 1937 tax collections and a state shortfall totaling 15,615.26. Comptroller J O Goff states Rucker is liable under law and will notify bondsmen as he seeks recovery and removal.
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Little Rock
J. O. Goff
Virgil A. Rucker
Saline County
Camptreller Goff
Rucker
J. Bryan Sims
Benton
Haskell
Trashwood
Mill contract awarded for Lufkin news print plant
Southland Paper Mills Inc announces Merritt-Chapman and Scott of Duluth and New York win the bid to build a newsprint mill four miles northeast of Lufkin named Herty. L. M. Mitchell will manage construction expected to last about a year starting after January 5. The site covers 250 acres along Angeline and Nechee rivers.
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Lufkin
Texas
E. L. Kurth
Southland Paper Mills Inc
Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corporation
Duluth
New York
L. M. Mitchell
Kuril
Mitchell
Herty
Charles Herty
Savannah
Angeling and
Nechee River
900 Millions to Be Farm Program Goal in New Year
Washington sources say the administration aims for about 900 million dollars for next year’s agricultural program with 500 million from Treasury funds and 350 to 400 million from new processing taxes. Tax would target processing of wheat cotton corn isobacco and rice.
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Washington
New Deal
Treasury
Laramie Christmas hitchhike aids students home for break
Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Laramie started a data bureau to connect traveling businessmen with homebound students during Christmas. Requests came from students short of funds seeking free rides, and many travelers offered lifts. The bureau kept students off highways and off thumbing for rides.
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Laramie
Wyo
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
What Would You Do Mind Your Manners Quiz
Mind Your Manners quiz tests social usage by questions on topics like conversational etiquette and honesty. It asks how to respond to prompts about boasting apologies and sharing trip tales, offering answers that stress modesty ignorance admission and brief explanations.
Death by own action victim identity remains unknown
Investigators examined photographs of a divorced wife of a wealthy San Antonio executive believed missing since October. Despite letters and tips from Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, the woman in the photos did not match the descriptions. Relatives in Bastrop, Little Rock, and Beaumont offered possible identifications, but no firm solution emerged as the deceased left no name or home and disposed of papers before dying.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alll
Test
Snyker Hotel
P. B. Carrigan
H. D. Beavers
Pocahontas
Ark
Carrigan
Bastrop
Biglow
Little Rock
E. M. Baker
South Marable Street
Bastropia
Memphis
Tenn
Fron
Brownville
Dyrham
Jim Bearden
E. B. Hunter
Pine Street
Hope
Beaumont
Bearden
Paris
Louisiana
Hospitalization Fund Granted for Indigent Care Program
Attorney General Jack Holt announced the Welfare Department may use up to 200000 from the state welfare fund to support the indigent sick hospitalization program for 1937 38. Welfare Commissioner Gussie Haynie had halted the program, reporting 183207.46 spent in the first 24% months. The ruling effectively adds about 23000 for hospitalization efforts.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
State Welfare Department
Gussie Haynie
Razorbacks Fall to Purdue 57 51 in Sugar Bowl Thriller
Purdue edges Arkansas 57 to 51 in New Orleans with 5,000 fans watching. Gene Anderson sidelined by a knee injury as Purdue's Robert Igney leads scoring with 18 points while Arkansas guard John Adams adds 16. Neil Martin ties game early. Freiburger hampered by fouls as Purdue pulls away late.
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New Orleans
Purdue
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Indianans
Gene Anderson
John Freiberger
Robert [Gney
Perdue
John Adams
Fred Barreta
Howard Hickey
Frieberger
Hickey
Igney
Neil Martin
Razorbacks
Ule
Freiberger
Gerald Gammill
New Cold Wave Sweeps Nation Across Regions
A severe cold wave rolled into the Northwest from Canada, following the prior front across western Canadian plains into the Rockies. Temperatures were expected from minus 25 to plus 25 degrees in various regions, with exposure-related accidents tallying at least 26 deaths.
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Associated Press
Canada
Canadian
Rockies
1938 Safest Year on Road Since 33
Chicago report says the National Safety Council forecasts 31 500 traffic deaths in 1938 if the first eleven months trend holds, down from 39 500 in 1937. November deaths total 3110, with nine months of decline. improvements credited to stricter safety enforcement, better engineering, safer cars, stronger license laws, and public awareness.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Statistiicans
D. D. Fennell
Rhode Island
Michigan
Burglary at S. B. Henry home on South Main
A burglar entered the S. B. Henry residence on South Main at 4 30 a m stole a purse with 12 and a gold wrist watch from Mrs J L Jamison. He fled through a front door leaving it open. Mrs Jamison woke to his flashlight. No description or other clues are available besides sock foot tracks and a pried rear screen door.
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S. B. Henry
South Main Street
J. L. Jamison
Henry
Doctor Awaits Word to Amputate Dorothy Lewis Faces Surgery Refusal
New York report details eight year old Dorothy Lewis with thigh cancer awaiting her father William Lewis to authorize a life saving amputation. Doctors state non surgical treatment is exhausted and without operation the child could live eight to ten months. The father wishes to keep hoping for a non surgical outcome despite medical warning.
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New York
Dorothy Lewis
William Lewis
Queen's Park
Dorothy
Gunter Lumber mill takeover amid Hope labor dispute
Gunter Lumber Company owners explain purchase of the Hope mill on the 27th and say they took over grounds and machinery only. They shut the saw mill for repairs and began operation last Tuesday while planning to take over the planing mill soon. Picket lines formed around entrances as 200 workers faced possible replacements. Officials from state labor and federal agencies were en route to negotiate a peaceful settlement.
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Ed I McKinley
Little Rock
Washington
D.C
Andianapolis
Ind
Jens
McNab
Hutchens
Gunters
Gunter
Gunter’ Lumber Company
W. Eb, Gunter
J. R. Gunter
Gunter Lumber Company
J. RB. Williams
Hope
Columbia County
Cotton market opens mixed in New Orleans bids
New Orleans cotton opened at 8.50 and closed at 8.48 bid 8.51 asked. Spot cotton finished four points lower with middling at 8.02.SEs
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New Orleans
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