A P and L Starts 20 Mile Electric Line to DeAnn
Arkansas Power and Light crews begin a 20 mile rural line from Dunlap near Prescott to DeAnn with an east extension to Chandless store. The project costs about 14000 and will serve about 60 homes farms churches and stores. Local residents gain temporary jobs and celebrate when power arrives. Global company notes extend rural electrification across the state.
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Gurdon
Arkansas Power & Light Company
W. E
Bill) Cole
Wilbur Slayton
Dunlap
Prescott
DeAnn
Chandless
Harvey Couch
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Mr. Slayton
Slayton
County Red Cross Fund Reaches 1710.60 Total
County Red Cross disaster relief chairman BD. Thompson reports an additional 8 brings flood fund to 1710.60. Earlier totals include 1704.60 from W. C. Ditson Fulton 2.00 and Y. W. A. First Baptist Church 3,000, with total 1710.60.
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B. Thompson
Hempstead County
American Red Cross
W. C. Ditson
Fulton
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Fragmentary verse on Joy and pain by Mrs. Norton
A brief, fragmented thought poem discusses why joy is welcomed on earth despite suffering. The lines reference a new hour and the author Mrs. Norton.
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Mrs. Norton
Keeping Industry Outside An Editorial VS in Hempstead county
Editorial argues Arkansas lacks a workmen compensation act, inflating oil field payroll costs. It cites operators claiming 26 percent insurance on $102 daily payroll, plus a $20,000 policy limit, risking ruinous personal injury suits. It urges Arkansas to pass compensation laws to keep industry and work in-state.
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Hempstead
Nevada
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
American Federation of Labor
Arkansas Federation of Labor
General Assembly
Hope WPA Office Is Discontinued
Hope WPA office is discontinued as part of a realignment of Works Progress Administration operating districts with reductions noted. Continued on page four.
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Hope Wpa
Little Rock
Works Progress Administration
Bailey Refunding Plan Is Disputed
LITTLE ROCK Earl Page joined Lieutenant Gormer Bob Bailey Thursday in opposition to a state plan described as a refunding measure. The dispute centers on the plan’s terms and financial implications as local officials weigh the proposed arrangement.
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Little Rock
Traver
Earl Page
Gormer
Bob Bailey
Authority Denied Rangers to Enter Local Situations
In Little Rock the house struck from the Wilkinson state ranger bill a section authorizing the government to order rangers into any county to investigate law violations and make arrests. The amendment to remove the section passed 34 to 29 amid charges the provision was unconstitutional and stirring notes about future governors. The senate urged passage of a separate bill to sell lands owned by institutions and redirect funds from higher taxes to new state programs.
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Little Rock
Wilkinson State
Ward
Lee
Bailey
Senate
Chrisp
Pulaski
Fagan
Wilson
Hope
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Joe Steel Hall
Agricultural Extension Service
Branch Agricultural Experiment Station
Crane and Girder Collision Delays Fulton Underpass Work
At Fulton on Tuesday noon a crane loading material for the State Highway Department’s underpass toppled after failing to lift a 21 ton girder. The accident, captured by The Star’s camera from a railroad signal tower, narrowly avoided blocking the Missouri Pacific main line as trains squeezed by on the adjacent track. Roy Anderson and J. Hepe accompanied editor during the incident.
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Fulton
State Highway Department
Highway No
McNab
Saratoga
Missouri Pacific
Red River
Hope
Eit
Olegrow
Jeit
L Roy Anderson
Hepe
Tax Assessing and Collecting Begins in Hope
Assessment and collection of taxes will begin in Hope next Monday, announced by Mrs. Isabelle Onstead and J. E. Bearden. The offices will be at Joh Gibson Book store through March 20, then return to Washington. Landowners have until April 15 to pay first quarter taxes on real and personal property without penalty. Taxes may be paid in installments as in past years. Assessments this year cover property inside Incorporated towns. town property is assessed this year, with rural property on alternate years.
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Hope
Isabelle Onstead
J. E. Bearden
Joh Gibson Book Store
Washington
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
KNOXVILLE Tenn One thing about this New Deal is its taught a lot of us country folks who didn't know any better that we've been living under some sort of constitu tion whether we liked it or not. Of course some of us learned about it when we came back from the war and found out they'd sheaked its amendment No 18. The other 17 never bothered us to amount to anything. And a lot of people who say they like the horse and buggy days couldn't hitch up a horse if they had one. That Spanish war has killed off all the natives so soldiers from other nations are using the coun try to practice on for the next war.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ancient Babylonians used drinking straws long ago
The article notes that drinking straws are not a modern invention and cites the seal of King Hammurabi’s tomb showing a figure drinking from a pitcher through a tube. This highlights early use of straw-like devices in Mesopotamia.
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Hammurabi
L. T. Merritt Co Opening Saturday
Formal opening of the L. T. Merritt & Co grocery store on South Blain Street with redecorated interiors. The firm has taken over Boswell grocery interests and plans future expansion, with W. H. Parker named local manager moving from Glenwood.
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L. T. Merritt & Co
South Blain Street
Merritt Company
Boswell Grocery
W. H. Parker
Hope
Glenwood
Arkansas
General Motors and United Auto Strike Ends After 44 Days
Detroit reports the General Motors and United Auto Workers strike ends with a peace agreement at 1046 a m CST. GM grants 5 cents hourly raise Feb 15, pledges to resume all plants, union recognized as bargaining agent, no discrimination, and no further strikes during talks. John L Lewis comments on the settlement and MOUs.
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Detroit
Mich
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Allita
Cotton opens and closes in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton opened Thursday at 12.59 and closed at 12.57. Spot cotton finished quiet seven points lower with middling at 13.07.
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New Orleans
Spot
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Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
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Stuttgart
Marianna
Ozark
State
Confederate Pension Fund
Brown Turner
L. T. Merritt Co
Boswell
Assam
India
United Auto Union
Michigan
Filton, Mich
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
North Jersey Rapid Transit
E. J. Quinby
Metorman
Yonkers, N.Y
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Quincy
Immnintine Suffern
Glen Rock
N. J
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