Arkansas Farm State Resists Federal Wage Law Reenactment
Our Daily Bread argues the Arkansas House tabled a state wage and hour bill, noting the federal law exempts agriculture and processing lines. The piece contends re enactment would impose industrial standards on a predominantly agricultural state, harming farm income and city labor, and suggests softer steps like restricting hours rather than raising wages.
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Severe Rumania Criminal Code Put in Effect
Bucharest announces the most severe Romanian criminal code in modern history with death for anti-government cartoons and 5 to 15 years hard labor for singing political songs. It imposes death for large-scale public fund misappropriation and doubles penalties for Jews, communists, and non Romanians. classed crimes prompt swift executions within hours.
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Chiropractors Lose in House in Arkansas
In Little Rock the Arkansas House defeated a bill requiring chiropractors to pass the same basic science exams as medical doctors. The measure sought to have the State Board of Chiropractor Examiners supervise exams and regulate the profession. The House then passed a bill to validate licenses of 145 chiropractors practicing since 1923 without full science compliance.
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M E Bishop to Speak at First Methodist Church
Bishop Charles C Seleeman of the Midwest district will address First Methodist Church at 730 p m this Thursday at Second South Pine Street Oklahoma City sermon aims to discuss church matters and district topics with attendees invited to participate.
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Hope Armory Project Tops Five City List in Arkansas
Hope is selected as the top Arkansas site for a National Guard armory, a $40,000 building with $18,000 state and $22,000 federal funds. The armory will be used for community events and indoor sports except basketball, under guard custody. Identical armories are planned for Russellville, Walnut Ridge, and Camden, with a $150,000 facility for Little Rock as part of a $310,000 total state-federal program.
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R. P. Bowen
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Hempstead
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Talbot Feild
Major Harris
Luebe
Hempstead County
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Russellville
Walnut Ridge
Camden
Hope Minister Holds 4 Posts at Diocesan Convention
At the annual Diocesan Convention in Hot Springs last week Reverend Harry Wintermeyer of St. Marchurned was re-elected to the Executive Council, re-appointed as examining Chaplain to the Bishop, elected delegate to the Provincial Synod, and named to a committee studying marriage laws. The committee, chaired by Henry Rector with Coates Jr and Henry Righter Jr, will report at next year’s convention in Little Rock. The new official church flag was carried in procession and photographed with the Presiding Bishop. Holy Communion will be celebrated Feb 7 and 11 at the Episcopal church in Hope.
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Hot Springs
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Henry Rector
Little Rock
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Henry HH. Righter
Helena
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Department of Christian Social Relations
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Adkins Declines Senate Bid Despite Pressure
LITTLE ROCK governor Homer M Adkins refuses to resign to accept a U S Senate seat. Friends urged him after Sen John E Miller's Western Arkansas judgeship appointment. Adkins says he will not desert the governorship and will complete his program.
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Western Arkansas
British Close in on Cheren in Eritrea rail town clash
British forces advance toward Cheren Eritrea a strategic rail hub about 40 miles NE of Agordat. Reports say Cheren and surrounding terrain hinder motorized attack while Ethiopian and Libyan fronts show progress. About 1,500 Italian prisoners taken with materielCaptured along Gondar road in Ethiopia.
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Blevins High School Stages Aunt Tillie Goes to Town Friday
Blevins High School junior class presents Aunt Tillie Goes to Town in three acts at Blevins Friday with a 1 pm matinee and 7 30 pm evening show. Baby contest voting closes between the first and second vets with a 10 minute window to vote and prizes awarded after tallies. Contest votes list several named participants and tallies. In northern Africa some late seeds called roassed stones are used as a substitute for vofec.
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Lindbergh argues aid to Britain prolongs war
Charles Lindbergh testified that US aid to Britain and other nations prolongs the conflict and increases bloodshed in Europe. He warned the policy invites criticism if the United States is drawn further into war, saying he favored keeping promises but opposed aiding belligerents that he says does not alter overall outcome.
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Italian Charge Is Beaten Off In Albania Front
Greek dispatches report a Wednesday assault in Tepeleni sector led by tanks in armored cars was repelled. Anti tank fire destroyed four armored cars and many tanks while Italian shock troops fled after a Greek bayonet charge. Four armored cars captured. Italians entrenching as Greeks close in. Valona port battered, Italians abandoning it as a base, with supplies unloaded at a nearby town west of Valona.
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Rex increases fuel oil use to raise speed
The Italian liner Rex needed about 400 extra tons of fuel oil daily to boost its average speed. Benjamin Franklin attended school only two years in his life, between ages eight and forty.
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Benjamin Franklin
Psalm Verse Excerpt as Prayer Line
A devotional line from Psalms 71 12 urges God not to delay in help. The source presents a concise biblical plea for divine immediacy and presence in distress.
Bert Keith 59 Dies After Heart Attack
Bert Keith longtime Frost Lumber manager in Patmos Hempstead county died near noon Thursday at Michael Meager hospital Texarkana from a heart attack suffered a week earlier. Funeral Friday 10 AM First Methodist Patmos officiated by Rev Kenneth L Spore with Rev Ralph Clayton of Texarkana. burial Sharman Cemetery Columbia county. Survived by widow three sons Paul Little Rock Victor Chicago Hugh Patmos and brothers Watson Patmos Douglas Shreveport Solon Taylor Ark Jim Magnolia Louis Hope.
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Texarkana
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South Arkansas
Hempstead County
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Kenneth L. Spore
Ralph Clayton
Sharman Cemetery
Columbia County
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Little Rock
Victor
Chicago
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Watson
Douglas
Shreveport
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Taylor
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Magnolia
Louis Keith
Cranium Crackers: Actors in Historic Film Roles
History in Films puzzles ask for the actor who portrayed famous historical figures. Identify who played Brigham Young in Brigham Young Proniersman, General Custer in Wyoming, Paul Julius von Reuters in A Dispatch From Reuters, Kit Carson in Kit Carson, and Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner. Answers appear on the Comic Page.
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Judge Roy Bean
Arkansas Wage Hour Bill Tabed In House Amid Filibuster
Little Rock debate over the AFL backed wage and hour bill ends in tabling after Rep Jo Sullivan of Pulaski stalls remarks. Public hearings draw hundreds as advocates and opponents—including Mrs L N Frazier of Jonesboro—testify on costs to small business and non covered workers, with talks of a compromise wage hour measure emerging.
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Tom McLarty
Henry Haynes
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