USHA housing push seen as slum clearance option
Washington examines the US Housing Authority plan to fund and manage affordable rental homes for low income families. The program uses low interest loans, subsidies, and tax exemptions, demolishing substandard units per new construction, with aims to house 160,000 families and reduce urban slums.
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Washington
Somabert F.waghee
New York
Congress
Uncle Sam
PWA
Housing Authority
USHA
Tur
Authority
Pulldsing Trades
Ogres
Mount Hope
W. Va
NEA Service, Inc
California Firms Revolt on Social Security Taxes
A Fresno business group called the Citizen's League led by John A. Martin opposes federal payroll taxes and pledges to resist penalties on constitutional grounds. The movement seeks broader repeal of the Social Security program and aims to deport Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, amid rising California discontent with relief costs and state budgets.
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San Francisco
Calif
Fresno
California
Congress
Elliott
Dem. Cal
House
Ways and Means
San Joaquin County
John A. Martin
Freene
Harry Bridges
Martin
Citizen's League
Treasury
Morgenthau
Culbert L. Olson
Citizens League
Bridges
Australia
Divorce Is Asked by Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford filed for divorce from Franchot Tone in Los Angeles charging mental cruelty. The suit cites a signed property settlement and seeks court approval, noting Tone allegedly objected to her studio schedule and social engagements, led to repeated quarrels, and implied the marriage was a mistake.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Miss Crawford
Fort Lee
N. J
Tone
Hur Ine
Douglas Fairbanksby
Tony
Fragmentary verse lines spark grim warning about fate
A jagged couplet warns that those who flourish wickedly are gathered for destruction. The fragment hints at personal discipline and divine judgment, urging perseverance despite harsh words.
Mind Your Manners Quiz on proper dessert and table etiquette
A etiquette quiz asks when to bring dessert spoons, serving after dinner, use of sugar tongs, stirring coffee, and guest conversation balance. It presents questions with authoritative answers: dessert served with the dessert, use sugar tongs, no vigorous stirring, hostess ensures all guests speak, and choose to say you cannot have dessert.
Bobcats Triumph Over Texarkana 74 to 30 in Big Win
Hope High School basketball dominated Texarkana with a 74 to 30 victory as the B team also won. Jyad Little led with 24 points, Norman Green added 16, and the band provided halftime entertainment. The late-season romp marked the second straight win over Texarkana for both Hope squads.
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Bobcats
Texarkana
Hope
Ark
High Razorbacks
Bekcats
Bekwats
Razorback
Jyad
D. Jones
Norman Green
Lille Ravk
Beebe
Beebe Badgers
Lite Rock
Tigers
Little Rock
Badgers
Masls
Young
Smith
Highfill
Masle
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Atkinson
Wife Answers Longevity of Razor in Texas Story
In Van Alstyne Texas M Neatherly, a retired druggist, notes his razor has lasted 60 years. His wife offers the answer not from science but from use avoiding chores like ripping seams sharpening pencils and other tasks. It remains the only razor he has ever used.
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van Alstyne
Texas
M. Neatherly
Mrs. Neatherly
Neatherly
Air raid kills workers and freighter in Valencia
Insurgent planes attacked Valencia the city’s largest government port. At least 20 people died and 40 were wounded as bombs pounded the port district. The British freighter Lucky was hit but no crewmen aboard were hurt as government forces faced renewed air raids amid Spain’s civil war.
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Valencia
Spain
Madrid-Valencia- Alicante
Juan Negrin
Madrid
Dr Colton Speaks to Hope Students
Dr Colton, author and international lecturer, spoke at Hope High School under Rotary Club auspices about International questions. He described Soviet Russia's class divisions, peasant repression, and the drive for shared wealth, contrasting it with nationalist cultural pride and divergent diplomatic aims among nations.
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Hope
de. Ethat Colton
Rotary Club
Southwest Arkansas
Hope High School
Colton
Soviet Russia
Russia
Wathlass
France
England
Franco May Crown Alfonso's Son as Puppet King of Spain
London reports that if Franco wins control of Spain and accepts a monarch, Don Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio, son of Alfonso XIII, could be named king. Don Juan, born 1913, educated in Cadiz, served in the British Navy, and is seen as a figurehead potentially favored by Italy but opposed by Hitler and Mussolini. Uncertain conditions and German Italian vetoes loom.
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Franco
Alfonso
Spain
Milton Bronner
NER
London
Hitler
Mussolini
Juan Carlos Teresa Silverio
Alfonso XI
Don Juan
Vistor
Uel
Italy
Smiter
Aussolini
Juan
England
Prines
Asturias
Don Jaime
Jaime
Spanish Naval College
Cadiz
Engyland
Enterprise
Indian
Prince of the Asturias
Covadonga
Winchester
Ieylenait
Special Service Honors Hope Scouts Anniversary
Special services Sunday at 7 30 PM at the Presbyterian church honor the Hope Boy Scouts celebrating the 2th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Rev W A Hammond to deliver the message with a program including colors, songs, prayers, and sermons. Four troops 58 62 8? 63 serve with Rotary Methodist Christian and Kiwanis sponsors. about seventy boys total.
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Presbyterian Church
Boy Scouts of Hope
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout
W. A. Hammond
The
Christian Church
Boy Scout Council
America
Thos
Brewster
Hope
Rotary Club
Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Wealthy Readers Accused of Stealing Books in London Borough
London borough librarians claim the wealthiest readers are the most prolific book thieves. A librarian notes magazines with interior decoration plans and luxury den layouts vanish fastest, attributing the disappearances to prosperous individuals.
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London
Baling
Cotton opens in New Orleans at Friday market
New Orleans cotton opened Saturday at 44 dollars and closed at a gain of 8.4849 points. Spot cotton level reported as middling with a small advance, reflecting modest activity in the market.
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New Orleans
Cotton
Spot Cotton
Mandalay Riot Kills Eleven and Injures Fifteen
Eleven people were killed and fifteen injured when military police fired on a riotous crowd in Mandalay Burma. The demonstrators numbered about twenty defying a government ban on public gatherings, disrupting the city known for Rudyard Kipling’s Mandalay.
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Mandalay
Burma
Rudyard Kipling
Ministerial Alliance to Meet in Hope Churches
Hope ministers are urged to attend the monthly meeting of the Hope Ministerial Alliance Monday morning at 10 30 at the office and study of the First Baptist church Rev Thos Brewster president and Rev W A Hammond secretary have sent invitations to active city ministers and hope retired ministers will join in fellowship
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Hope
Hope Ministerial Alliance
First Baptist Church
Thos. Brewster
W. A. Hammond
Alliance
Cly
Stolen half-ton truck from Warren Nesbitt near his home
A half-ton truck owned by Warren Nesbitt a Blevins farmer was stolen Friday night from its parking place near the Nesbitt home. City and county officers and the state police are notified to be on the lookout. The cotton price data note 1931 average 5.05 cents and 1938 US average 8.65 cents per pound.
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Warren Nesbitt
Blevins
Nesbitt
Ben
United States
Puzzle quiz with mixed true false statements
A dated newspaper style brain teaser presents five statements about professions capitals skills and inventor claims. It asks which are true or false with an instruction to check answers on page two, mirroring early 20th century puzzle layouts.
Weather notes from Arkansas encounter rough readings
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered weather phrases in Arkansas with low readings and mentions of Pat Bentonville. References include 7 a.m. Friday and 41 degree temperatures expected Sunday, but text is garbled and incomplete.
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Pat Bentonville
Senate Approve District Road Bill in Arkansas
Little Rock lawmakers approved a district road bill amid debate over a 1934 refunding act. The measure would pledge state maturities for road districts and authorize $2680 in biennial appropriations plus $444,620 for two years of maturities and interest on bridge improvement bonds, including the Little Rock Main Street bridge.
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Little Rock
Senate
Arkansas
Ivy W. Crawford
Yille
Rowell
Puli County
Parl
Grawford
Little Rock Main Street
Little Rock Aragwey
R. S. Mason
Aly Bess
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