Cotton, Exports and Prices Move Senate Debate
Bruce Catton reports Senator Ellison Smith of South Carolina argues for stabilizing cotton through export restoration and new programs. He cites 10 year losses, a large domestic holdover, and proposes turning surplus into cloth for the poor, price supports, and market interventions to rebuild overseas demand.
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Washington Correspondent
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South Carolina
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America
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NEA Service, Inc
Mediation Move to Close Spanish War Is Renewed
London reports renewed mediation efforts by Britain and France to end the Spanish civil war. Prime Minister Chamberlain warned against threats from any quarter, as Franco’s forces were advancing and cabinet members sought asylum in France. France opened the border to refugees and predicted influxes while Italian editor Virginia Guyda warned of continued Italian influence in Spain.
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Britain
France
Chamberlain
Suise of Commons
Virgitio Guyda
Luel
Franco
Vallaus
Spulo
Rome
Spain
Aielerlila
Gayda
Thought on discourse and living a simple life
A short quotation reflects on how a good discourse yields no possessions, urging restraint and humility. It hints that wisdom comes from thoughtful dialogue rather than clinging to material wealth.
Cranium Crackers Language Puzzle Fragments
A readable fragment puzzle lists statements about countries, phrases, and definitions. It mixes garbled terms with vague references to nations United States Canada Brazil and China, Latin phrases caveat emptor, and quirky items like a soft cushion used to test feet, plus a yacht noted for Corsair.
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United States
Canada
Brazil
China
Norge
Sooty Trains London Rail Mystery at Sydenham Station
Paper notices were hung at Sydenham station as trains pass through a tunnel, with couch handles covered in soot and passengers urged to close doors. The event appears to involve a soot issue or prank affecting arrival and door operation at the station in London.
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London
Sydenham
Coroner's Inquest Slaying Verdict At Fulton City Hall
Coroner's Inquest will be held at Fulton City Hall Wednesday afternoon to probe the shooting death of Ward a tent show incident late Saturday night. Sheriff Baker and Constable Ed Wilson testified Ward and Wilson argued after a disturbance and Ward allegedly threatened Wilson before being shot in the heart. Funeral services planned for Monday at Holly Springs cemetery near Garland City. Ward survived by widow, a young child, one sister and four brothers.
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Hope City Hall
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Baker
Ed Wilson
Fulton
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Ward
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Grace Cox
Fullon
Irish Terrorists Accused in London
In Bow Street court on Monday prosecutors alleged that the outlawed Irish Republican Army planned to drive Britain from Ireland. Twelve men face conspiracy charges tied to explosions as Scotland Yard braces royal family and public buildings against further outrages. A mysterious aluminum powder and a plan labeled X were discussed as part of a vast, comprehensive scheme.
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London
Eng
Irish Republican Army
Irelaid
Bow Street
Scotland Yard
Moss
Rockefeller Estate Becomes WPA Park Project
Cleveland AP reports the Gates and high fences surround John D. Rockefeller’s former estate as WPA workers convert the grounds into a public park. The 253 acre site near East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, bought for 1000 dollars an acre in 1873, will open to the public in 1940 after Rockefeller Jn donated it to the two cities.
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Pohn D. Rockefeller
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To Ask State to Maintain Street
LITTLE ROCK A resolution moved Monday in the house by Woolsey of Franklin county calls for one day’s notice before consideration of so called local bills voted on without debate. McHaney of Union and Welgenberger of Hempstead urged introduction of a bill to require the State Highway Department to maintain state and federal highways from cities and incorporated towns.
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Little Rock
Woolsey
Franklin County
McHaney
Union
Welgenberger
Hempstead
State Highway Department
Conlineton
Bobcats Schedule Four Games This Week
Hope High School basketball team the Bobcats will play four games this week with a pending fifth against Fordyce. They begin a two game series with Waldo High School Monday and Tuesday at Waldo. The remaining two games are at Texhowne High Razorbacks in Texhoma, Ark Thursday and Friday in Hope. Waldo is a district 10 leader and expected to provide stiff opposition.
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Hope High School
Sgeant
Fordyce
Bobcats
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Wgh School
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Waldo
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Ark) High Razorbacks
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Babeuls
Susie’s longing at the Whales Sheppa in spring term ending
Susie, a polite servant at the Whable Sheppa, hides a breaking heart as handsome students flock in. Only Dick Tremaine notices her, fueling a quiet, unreturned love. The college scene ends with lingering tension on the last day of the term, hinting at a continuation on page four.
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Susie
Wable Sheppa
Dick Tremaine
Ukraine and Ukraineans in wartime Nazi coverage
Milton Bronner reports Nazi press pushes Ukrainian fate amid propaganda of new bureaus in Berlin and Ukrainian deportations in Germany. Polish Galicia farms burned amid claims of Ukrainian terror. Polish authorities deny, while Polish and Ukrainian leaders clash over history and control.
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Poland
Galicia
Texarkana Gas Rates Targeted By Court Action
Texarkana Texas sought lower rates after a Supreme Court dispute over gas charges with Arkansas Louisiana Gas. Texarkana Arkansas billed 45 cents per 1000 cubic feet, while Texas imposes a sliding rate starting at one dollar for the first 1000.
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United States Supreme Court
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
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Textbooks Probed by Sen Pilkinton
Senator James H. Pilkinton of Hope, author of a resolution, announced that two firms accounted for 48 percent of Arkansas textbook business in the 1937-38 fiscal year, when the state provided free textbooks to elementary pupils. Lysons & Carnahan Co. of Chicago and Silver-Burdell Co. of New York were named with 33 and 25 percent shares respectively, amid bids from about 40 companies. Pilkinton alleged price disparities and questioned the value of a health series per book.
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Federal Bureaus Cost Rises Sharply in Appropriations
The house appropriations committee advanced a bill totaling about 1.898 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, a rise of over 298 million from the current year. The package adds 100 million for the Maritime Commission construction fund and includes 561 million for the Veterans Administration and 50 million for the Social Security Board, while delaying 2.038 million for the FCC pending reorganization approval.
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Federal Communications Commission
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Three Cases Heard in Municipal Court Here
The municipal court docket on Monday heard three cases. H. M. Cantrell had charges of driving without proper rights dismissed on payment of costs. W. F. Blackwood faced a charge of overdraft. the case was dismissed on payment of costs after the $1 check to Webb's Newsstand drawn on Mineral Springs banks. Larene asking pleaded guilty to trespassing in merchantable goods from Morgan Lindsey store, fined $22 and sentenced to one day in jail.
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H. M. Cantrell
W. F. Blackwood
Webb
Larlene
Morgan & Lindsey
Virginia Senators Recall Row Notes In Senate Tale
Fragmentary notes from the Virginia Senate recount a moment involving Senator Carter and Senator Glass, with a brief remark about the speaker standing near the president. The snippet hints at a historical debate or incident, but details are unclear in the OCR fragment.
Supreme Court ruling on unaged couple will case
The Supreme Court Monday reviewed a will dispute from Polk County where an estate valued above 7500 dollars largely in government bonds was left to a nephew in Kansas City. The court reversed a chancery decision and held the estate belonged to the United States. T A Beck and Lizle Beck had left the property under a 1935 will and received a combined pension of 14 dollars monthly at their deaths in February 1937.
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Dairy Day Meeting Plans In Hope Arkansas
W L Gregg extension dairy specialist and D T Simmons fieldman with the American Jersey Cattle Club will address the district dairy day at Hope city hall on Thursday February 9 from 10 a m to 3 p m Leaders from dairy farmers extension Smith Hughes teachers Farm Supervisors and others are urged to attend The aim is to boost home use of dairy products and add farm income amid low crop prices The plan includes rotating Dairy Day shows across counties and notes Hempstead County in 1995 had 11911 cows and heifers on 285 farms with some farms without milk cows All interested in dairying are invited.
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Sper
D. T. Simmons
American Jersey Cattle Club
Smith-Hughes
Ifiret
Cty Hall
Hope
Thursd
Hempstead
Nashville
Chamberlain Out-Talked By Liberal Leader
In London, Neville Chamberlain was out-talked by the Liberal Leader in the last session of Parliament. The brief report notes Chamberlain as second best in the prolonged exchanges and debates.
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