Arkansas Farm Bureau backs measures for farmers wary of bills
A Kansas Farm Bureau analysis notes Arkansas Senate Bills on truck regulations feed and fertilizer inspection and taxes on liquor and beer. The federation urges farmers to monitor legislation and contact their legislators, citing implications for agricultural services, extension, and agribusiness. Led by L C Sommerville, Frasier, and state officials, the group stresses keeping farmers alert during the upcoming sessions.
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Waldo
Farm Bureau Federation
Hempstead Yaster
Arkansas Senate
Kansas Farm Bureau
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Frasie
Texas
Arkand
and Fertilizer Inspection Bill Arm Bureau
Fann Bu
Frasier
L. C. Sommerville
Somerville
British Malaya Tin Trade and Corruption Probe
British Malaya contributes 62 million dollars annually, employing nearly 100,000 people with a Chinese majority and small Malayan share. Singapore and Penang are key tin hubs, with ore from Malay and Dutch Indies mines processed in Straits Settlements smelters. A public inquiry exposed corruption in Mines Department, with several jailed and ordered to repay illicit gains. The region’s security and the Singapore base are tied to potential Japanese interest in tin mines.
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Singapore
Penang
Malaya
Netherlands Indies
Straits Settlements
Arnhem
Holland
Straits Trading Company
Mines Department
Fin
Perak
Japan
WPA Project Extends Soil Conservation Aid District
Terre Rouge Bodcaw Sail Conservation District gains WPA labor under a Works Progress Administration grant to expand soil conservation on individual farms. About 123 WPA workers will work with CCC and Soil Conservation Service equipment to develop permanent pastures, terraces, and erosion control. Farmers may apply through the Board of Supervisors or county agent.
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Terre Rouge-Bodcaw
WPA
Ccc
Soil Conservation District
Hempstead
Nevada
Lafayette
Lewallen
Soil Conservation Service
USDA
Myr. Lewallen
Board of Supervisors
Welfare Fund Virtually Gone
In Little Rock the State Welfare Department will need at least 250100 to maintain current assistance through August. Welfare Commissioner John G. Pipkin announced February payments totaling 257644.25 distributed to 3365 recipients. A House bill H. R. No. 318 proposes 320406 from the sanatoria fund to the Welfare Department. Pipkin notes 44500 more is needed to sustain payments through January 1942 at current caseload and grant rate. Old age grants are currently set at 60 percent of the recipient budget deficit.
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Little Rock
State Welfare Department
John G. Pipkin
House
Sanatoria Fund
Welfare Department
Pipkin
Wilson Address Hope Kiwanis Wednesday
Robert Wilson Hope postmaster gave a full history of the regional post office at a Kiwanis meeting. Guests included Dr Jim McKenzie and Jack Lowe. The talk touched on printing terms noting serif letters derived from Hebrew seraph meaning serpent.
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Robert Wilson
Hope
Lerial
Kiwanis Club
Say
Jim McKenzie
Jack Lowe
Sertts
Hempstead County Farmers Grow Eight Certified Sweet Potatoes
Hempstead county has eight growers of certified sweet potato seed, per Arkansas State Plant Board data shared by county agent Oliver L. Adams. They hold about 1000 bushels of certified seed. disease-free slips require clean, previously unused bed sail and certified seed with a plant board inspection label. Growers listed include Brown Plant Farm, J. L. Buckley, W. B. Porterfield, Bruce Rhodes and P. M. Rhodes of McCaskill, and A. P. Davis, H. C. Davis, D. M. Samuels of DeAnn.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas State Plant Board
Hy Oliver L. Adams
Brown Plant Farm
J. L. Buckley
W. B. Porterfield
Bruce Rhodes
P. M. Rhodes
McCaskill
A. P. Davis
H. C. Davis
D. M. Samuels
DeAnn
Jennifer Whitney romance sails with convict voyage
A book review for Janet Whitney's Jennifer describes escape fiction set in a mill town era. The heroine Jennifer, age about 15, endures crime and a convict ship bound for Botany Bay, with twists of love, murder, and historical backdrop including a convict riot.
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Jennifer
Janet Whitney
Jennier
Napoleon
Elba
Sho
Philip Trefusis
Christopher North
Trefusis
Philip
Yarreal
Botany Bay
New South Wales
Macgregor
Sidney Plantation
Couse
Sidney
Christopher
Miss Whitney
Limited Twins and Triplets in BO Births Across Ages
A fragmented report notes limited twins born once in BO births, triple births occur eighty times eighty, and quadruplets eighty times eighty times BO births. It also claims three fourths of the old US population resides near Yellowstone National Park.
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United States
Yellowstone National Park
DeAnn club organizes homemaker demonstration meeting
Miss Mary Fletcher and the DeAnn community ladies met January 23 at Mrs. M. R. Samuel’s home to organize a home demonstration club. Despite 80 percent sickness, demonstrations covered chair seating, rug making, and pruning shrubs. Officers elected include Mrs. Roy Burke president and Miss Belva June Burke vice president.
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Fletcher
Roy Burke
Belva June Burke
Richard Arnolds
C. R
D. M. Samuel
Arlene Burke
Holds Seamuel
Vala Dean Arnold
M. R Samuel
Irvin Burke
Vivian Burke
Sallie Timber~lake
S. R. Samuel
Harry Robenson
W. M. Burke
Norma Clark
Poole
M. R. Samuel
Sunday Visitors Brighten Will Campbells Home
Sweet Home visitors included Mr and Mrs Will Campbell at the home of Mr and Mrs Lewis Calmon. BI McDougald, stationed with the National Guard at Camp Robinson, visited his parents Mr and Mrs W L McDougald during this time.
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Will Campbell
Lewis Calmon
BI McDougald
National Guard
Camp Robinson
W. L. McDougald
Women Aid in Air Defense Workend Funeral of Finley Ward
Funeral services were held for Finley Ward who died Saturday near Tokio. Burial at Marlbrook church followed, with many attendees from Vernon Texas and Searcy Arkansas. Local notices mention Army enlistment, new birth, and Bible study growth amid community activities.
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Finley Ward
Tokio
Marlbrook Church
Rural James
Everett James
Vernon Texas
Chester Brown
Searcy
Ark
Baugene Ward
Dorothy Gene
Ralph Barnes
Earl B. Montgomery
St. Louis
Sylvester Car
Special Assessment Notices for Hope Arkansas Districts
Legal notice states six books for collecting special assessments on rent property in Street Improvement District No 6 and District No 5. Owners within districts must pay within 30 days to W. Plagee, collector, or legal action and penalties will ensue. Payments may be made at Citizens National Bank, with dates listed January 17 and February 7.
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Hope
Arkansas Street Improvement District
Sail District
Sie
Ure Citizens National Bank
Arkansas
Curb & Gutter
W. Plagee
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Citizens National Bank
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NEA Radiophoto
Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
Gottlitzer
Terre Rouge- Bodcaw
Wilson
Hope Kiwanis
Ee A
Union of South Africa
Sweet Home
Franklin D
Franklin Eleanor
Charlotte Rhodes
Grace Worthan
Dorthy Gene Ward
Ford
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