Night lights crown Capitol and Lincoln Memorial in Washington
Bruce Catton reflects on Washington at night, where floodlit Capitol dome, Washington Monument shaft, and Lincoln Memorial loom as symbols of freedom, sacrifice, and the American ideal. He notes the contrast with day, praises national unity, and urges reverence for those who built the living nation.
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NEA Service, Inc
Bids Open for Hempstead Courthouse Construction Feb 16
County will open general construction and foundation bids at 3 p m February 16 in city hall for Hempstead county's new 200000 courthouse. Plans and documents are available for 25 to bidders, refundable after bid results. County reserves right to reject all bids and waive informalities.
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McAninch & Anderson
Insurance
Lite Rock
Garland School
Stunt Night at Hope High Thursday Evening
Stunt Night program will be held at Hope High School auditorium Thursday night at 7 30 oclock with many organizations taking part. Prizes of 15 dollars will go to the three best stunts. Judges include Mrs Sturry Lemley John D Barlow and Mrs Ralph Buuton.
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Ralph Buuton
Library Club
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Vernon Simpson
Ivine Town
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Thought on God as Spirit and Eternal Truth
A catechism-style reflection asserts God is a spirit without limits, infinite in being and attributes. It cites His wisdom power holiness justice goodness and truth as enduring, unchangeable qualities guiding faith and conduct.
Salesman Dies in Mind Your Motor Accident
Arkadelphia Ark. Leo H Quint a 40 year old salesman from New Orleans died early Thursday from head and internal injuries after a machine overturned on the outskirts of Arkadelphia Wednesday. He was riding with a Joplin Mo firm when the accident occurred and the hog hospital hero listed as his destination.
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New Orleans
Joplin
Arkadel~ Pilin
Cranium Crackers True or False Quiz Misstatements
A brief exercise presents several statements and asks which are true or false. Contents identify a tractor with endless belts, Maginot Line as a railroad run by Maginot brothers, tree age from bark roughness, Ruby Keeler as Al Jolson’s wife, and the Statue of Liberty holding a torch in its left hand.
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Maginot Brothers
France
Ruby Keeler
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Statute of Liberty
Insurgents Reach French Boundary and New Peace Talks
Insurgents reached the French border at Le Perthus at 9 05 am on Thursday planting their flag on the Spanish side The Spanish premier Negrin left his near border house and entered France But Britain reportedly offered new peace terms including surrender of Minorca The Paris foreign office notes Negrin fled across the border and Spain’s republic government may be dissolved Truce talks reportedly opened between insurgents and Miaja while Negrin contemplates resignation and Madrid Valencia control remains contested
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Catalonia
Juan Negrin
Leporthus
France
London
Eng
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Balearic
Minaorea
Paris
Foreign Office
Hursday
Spain
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Perpignan
Rms
Miaja
Chamber of Deputies
Burgos
Berard
Manuel Azana
Madrid-Valencia
Epala
Miani
Neguin
Misja
Agriculture Uribe
Frango
Acces Negrin
Madrid-Valencis
Baptist Meeting Set in Fayetteville for Four-Day Session
The fourteenth annual session of the National Baptist association will convene in Fayetteville March 14 for a four day meeting. Delegates from fourteen states are expected with about 2 000 delegates and 12 churches in Washington county serving as hosts. Bilder D N Jackson of Texarkana will deliver the welcome address. Pan American shipments of merchandise by air through the international airport of Miami passed the 1 000 000 pound total early in 1929.
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National Baptist Association
Fayetteville
Washington County
Bilder D. N. Jackson
Texarkana
Pan-American
Miami
Fis
Is Tax Burden Real or Justified for John Citizen
What John Citizen Gets for His Money explains tax levels and government spending. It argues that while taxes rise, services like roads, schools, and welfare expand, justifying the burden amid population growth and inflation, and contrasts U S and foreign tax shares.
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John
No Confirmation on U S Judgeship Rumors Unsettle Arkansas
Rumors of a U S district judge appointment for Arkansas center on Harry J. Lemley with no official confirmation by mid afternoon. The Associated Press cites Washington saying no announcement yet as Arkansas senators reportedly consider a candidate for the roving judgeship, a move mirroring past senatorial role in nominations.
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Hope
Trimble
Rayon
Arkansas
United States Senate
Virginia
Roosevelt
Glass
Byrd
Senate
Cold Wave Delayed But Still Roars Across Plains and Northwest
A harsh cold wave battered the nation with readings below zero from Alaska to Illinois. Dickinson North Dakota logged 38 below, Westhope 44 below unofficial, while Minnesota North Dakota and Nebraska endured brutal low temperatures. Three deaths by freezing reported in South Dakota Kansas and Iowa as fires and severe wind chill intensified misery.
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Illinois
Dickinson
N. D
Westhope
Canadian
Atlantic Seaboard
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
St. Elizabeth’s
Wakyala
S. D
Kansas
Iowa
Williston
Fort Peck
Mont
Leniman
Sheridan
Wyo
W M Martin Dies in Hospital Here
W M Martin 47 of Willisville died in Julia Chester hospital Wednesday. Survived by his widow four daughters three sons five brothers Newt George Steve Hartsfield Robert Martin all of Rosston three sisters Mrs W B Preeman Mrs J M Panicts both of Texarkana and Mrs F O Marlar of Rosston. Funeral services to be held at 10 am Thursday at Holly Springs near Rosston.
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W. M. Martin
Willisville
Julia Chester
Bobcats Headed to Texarkana for Two Games Thursday
Bobcats will not bring any basketball teams to Texarkana for a Thursday double header in the Arkansas High gym. On Friday Texarkana plans two squads to Hope for A and B games, while Hope High School plans to host a band performance and a stunt during the Bobcat Parker game.
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Fay Haiwanons
Texarkana
Arkansas High Gymnasium
Hope High School
Naming of Pro German Breaks Belgian Cabinet
Brussels reports a Belgian cabinet crisis as Prime Minister Paull Spaak resigns after a split over appointing Dr Adrian Martens a Wartime era sympathizer to the Bel gium Academy. The move sparks a political rift and calls for quick reformation.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paull Spaak
Spaak
Adrian Martens
Dr. Ethan Colton to Speak Friday
Dr. Ethan Colton, world traveler and lecturer, will give two talks on international affairs this Friday. He speaks at the high school auditorium at 2 PM and again at First Presbyterian church at 7 30 PM, with no admission charged. Colton has visited 43 countries and Europe 19 times, studying Soviet Russia Nazi Germany and the Danubian Valley. He has written The XYZ of Communism and Four Patterns of Revolution praised by critics including Simeon Strunsky of the New York Times.
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First Presbyterian Church
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Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Danubian Valley
Simeon Strunsky
New York Times
Europe
Pope Pius XII Stricken by Pneumonia in Vatican
An informant says Pope Pius XII, ill with influenza, has developed bronchial pneumonia. Vatican officials had said his condition was unchanged until Thursday when it worsened, signaling a serious turn in his health.
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Rome
Italy
Pius
Vatican
British Freighter Is Believed Lost
Chatham Massachusetts reports believed loss of the British freighter Maria de Larringa after stormy North Atlantic search for life boats. Rescue ships work 1200 miles east of New York with crews of 37 unaccounted. Norma Case listed as a 1939 Atlanta high school graduate. her attendance record noted.
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Mass
Maria de Larringa
North Atlantic
New York
Norma Case
Atlanta High School
Indiana Governor seeks quick action on freight rate division bill
In Little Rock reports an Indiana draft seeks veto relief and rapid passage of an appropriation bill to expand a freight rate division. Informed sources say Governor Bailey aims to empower the commission and broaden state funding for the division amid ongoing legislative activity.
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Little Rock
Bove
Indiana
O Neals Union Contract Featured in Local Paper
A signed November 1938 contract between Hope Brick Works and Local Union No 699 is presented. It outlines monthly dues and assessments, a worker representative committee, dispute mediation outside regular hours, and arbitration if needed. The notice notes a layoff rule requiring foreman consent and hints at continued discussion.
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Star
Hope Brick Works
Worlkers
Hig
Cotton New Orleans Market Report Says Quiet Trade
New Orleans market notes cotton on Thursday at 852 and closing near 8. Spot cotton closed quiet and four points lower with middling around 857.00.
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