Tribute to Huskey Parity Demanded by Farm Leaders
A near capacity Hempstead County Farm Bureau meeting at city hall heard Waldo Frasier of Little Rock and H S Mobley of Prairie Grove discuss parity for agriculture, cooperative organization, and the Farm Bureau program aimed at equalizing prices, rural education, and access to opportunities, with emphasis on state and national farm policies and the need for grassroots action.
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Hempstead
Waldo Frasier
Little Rock
H. S Mobley
Prairie Grove
Arkansas Fann
Bureau Federation
Auditoria
C. Summerville
Hope
Frasier
American Farm Surenus Federation
Puerto Rico
Gna
Farm Bureau
Othr
Raster
Bijresu
Ag A Nitions
Thoughtful Murey to Him That Shows It
A fragment suggests a reflective musing directed at someone named Murey, with the text mentioning a pulpit or puleness and Cowper referenced in a fragmentary context. The scattered lines indicate a literary or devotional tone, but the snippet remains incomplete.
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Murey
Ex Convict Held for Hope Officers in Oklahoma
MALESTER Okla UP Sheriff Waller Haggard said he is holding a 28 year old former Oklahoma penitentiary convict identified as C R Slim Hudson on a warrant from Arkansas authorities. Hudson is wanted in Arkansas on a forgery charge involving a meat packing firm. He served a 25 year robbery sentence at McAlester prison. Hope Police Chief Sweeney Copeland said Hudson was wanted in Hope on a forgery charge with details unavailable.
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Malester
Okla
Waller Haggard
Oklahoma
C. R
Slim) Hudson
Hane
Ark
Haggard
Hudson
Arkinsis
McAlester
Sweeney Copeland
Copeland
Hard Work Pays for Miner in Nevada Vein Find
Winnemucca Nevada reports Jack Cahill earned after three years in a 600 foot mining tunnel. He struck a rich vein of quicksilver and has ore totaling $19,000 awaiting treatment on the dump.
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Winnemucca
Nev
Jack Cahill
Late sports figures listed with deaths in 1930s era
A nostalgic puzzle page lists several well known sports personalities who died in the 1930s. Clues reference their deaths in New York Chicago Columbus St Louis Tucson and Notre Dame connection, inviting readers to identify each figure from the hints.
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Sportsmen
New York
Chicago
Sportsman's Park
Columbus
Dan
St. Louis
Tucson
Ariz
Notre Dame
Barber Held for Grand Jury Action in Hope case
Sidney Barber, a Hope man, is held for grand jury action on a charge of assault with intent to kill after barricading himself at his home Monday. State Policeman Haynie wrestled a shotgun from him. Mrs. Barber was treated for shotgun wounds but not seriously hurt at Josephine Hospital. Tommy Oliver waived examination on assault with intent to rob and is held on $300 bond in connection with a Perry Locke grocery store attempted robbery.
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Sidney Barber
Hopeman
W. K. Lemley
Barber
Haynie
Piscornia
DB. B. Russel, Sr
Russell
Louie B. Rogers
Louis Young
M. J. Jackson
Dankie Modisett
M. M. Pierce
Buddy Simpson
Joss Atkins
Brooksie Brantley
Booker T. Rose
Two Negro Children Die In Farmhouse Fire Near Hope
On Sunday afternoon two young children of Wilton Ross, a negro tenant on the Mouser farm near Melrose church, perished when their home burned. Coroner J H Weaver said the couple left the children alone to milk cows. the house and furnishings were destroyed and no inquest was deemed necessary. Remains were taken to Sutton for burial. origin of the fire could not be determined.
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Hope
Mouser Farm
Robert Ross
Henry Nelson Ross
Wilton Ross
Mouser
Melrose Church
J, HW. Weaver
Ross
Weave
Sutton
Roosevelt and Lewis clash over Finland aid in White House speech
President Roosevelt denounces the Soviet regime as a dictatorship and supports aiding Finland in a blunt White House address to the National Youth Congress attended by about 4,000 youths. John L. Lewis counters with sharp rebuke, aligning union democracies with Finland aid and criticizing Roosevelt’s stance. The event includes heated exchanges and cheers as Lewis defends miners and democratic principles.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Russia
National Youth Congress
White House
Youth Congress
Young Communist League
Comnuolsa
Finland
Congress
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Youth Congress
Democratic Party
Local drive raises 46 dollars for infantile paralysis
Mrs. H Q Kyler, chairman of the March of Dimes in Hope, announced that 46 dollars was contributed for the national fight against infantile paralysis. Contributing groups include Brookwood, Paisley, and Nerger schools, Town Breas Motel, and Hempstead county residents. Half of the total stays for local use. half goes to national headquarters.
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H. QO. Kyler
Hope
Kyler Splis
Hempstead
Miss Lawson Will Speak On Friday
The Founders Day program of the city Parent Teachers Associations meets Friday afternoon February 16 in the high school. Units merge their February programs into one event honoring organizers Mrs Alice Birney and Mrs Hearst with a national observance. After the auditorium program a Silver Tea follows at the home economics cottage. Miss Willie Lawson, Arkansas Congress program chairman, will be the speaker.
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Alice Birney
Hearst
National Congress
Peeree
Willie Lawson
Arkansas Congress
State to Demand Cigarette Taxes
Arkansas residents who import cigarettes from neighboring states will soon be contacted by revenue auditors. Auditors have checked parcel post shipments from Pittsburgh Kansas Lincoln Nebraska and Tulsa Oklahoma to uncover untaxed Arkansas cigarette purchases. Collectors will demand payment of the five cent tax per package of 20 cigarettes and civil suits may follow for refusal.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Pittsburgh
Kan
Lincoln Neb
Tulsa
Oklo
Dutch Liner Sink by a German Sub
The 6,853 ton Holland-Amerika liner Bur werdijk was torpedoed and sunk Saturday by a German submarine on a New York to Rotterdam voyage. Passengers were evacuated by the steamer Edam, and the owners announced the loss Monday with no further details available.
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Amesterdam
Holland
Burwerdijk
New York
Rotterdam
Edam
Abe Collins to Speak Here Tuesday Night
The Presbyterian Men of the Church invite all members to attend the monthly meeting on Tuesday night February 13. Abe Collins of DeQueen, known across Arkansas in religious political and financial circles, will speak at 7 30 p m with C C Spraggins presiding and introducing the speaker.
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Abe Collins
DeQueen
Arkansas
C. Spraggins
Hope to Conclude Conference Card With Four Games
The Arkansas High School Conference race could end this week as Hope leads with seven wins and one loss. They host Fordyce in two games on Tuesday at 3 30 and 7 30 p m prior to a trip to Jonesboro for more pivotal clashes Friday and Saturday. Jonesboro has four conference wins and one loss while Hurricane also plays a 12 game slate. Top scorers include Barringer of Jonesboro at 19 4 ppg and Norman Green of Hope at 15 4 ppg.
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Arkansas
Hope
Pordyce
Bobcats
Jonesboro
Searcy
Hurricane
Howard Barringer
Jonesboro Center
Norman Green
Pet
LAL
Barringer
Green
Purtle
Osment
Ray Hutson
Pine Bluff
McCord
Rob Hutson
Pine Bluff Cloud
Barker
el Dorado
Williams
Little Rock
Finnish Relief Fund total reaches $83 in Hempstead County
The FINNISH RELIEF FUND for Hempstead County totaled $83 on Monday. Previously reported names include J. D. Barlow and Mrs. Elizabeth Pritchard. John P. Cox is noted. Checks should be made out to Finnish Relief Fund and sent to Roy Andersen, county chairman, or Hope Star.
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Hempstead
J. D. Barlow
Elizabeth Pritchard
John P. Cox
Aiee
Roy Andersen
Hope Star
One Day Campaign for Scouting Here
A Boy Scout Investment Day event set for Tuesday marks the thirtieth anniversary of scouting in Hope. At seven thirty in the morning, twenty five local business and professional men will meet with the Scout Finance Committee at Hotel Barlow for a breakfast and to review achievements and plans to fund the Hope division of the Boy Scouts of America through a one day campaign supporting character building and citizenship training for area boys. The 1940 finance committee includes James H. Pitkinton E. P. Young and H. O. Kyler.
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America
Scout Finance Committee
Barlow
James H. Pitkinton
E. P. Young
H. O. Kyler
Hope Division
Boy Scouts of America
Ellen Will Enter State University
Ellen Will Enter State University, a 174 pound Hope High School back, plans to enroll at the University of Arkansas next fall. He favors a Southwest Conference school and would attend Baylor if Arkansas is unavailable, joining former teammates Roy Taylor, Jimmy Daniels and Wesley Calhoun at Fayetteville. Joe Bason and Norman Green will enroll at Fayetteville next fall, giving Arkansas six players from Hope High’s 1939 grid team.
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Bobby Ellen
Hope
Arkansas State Teachers College
Conway
University of Arkansas
Ellen
Baylor University
Roy Taylor
Jimmy Daniels
Wesley Calhoun
Arkansas
Joe Bason
Norman Green
Fayetteville
University
Caution on Suspect Currency and Civil Service Note
FBI warns refusing several currency notes numbered b oasov87la biiorce d02a a cooler76182 and a coo32764a. The first claims a $10,000 value while the second, supposedly the same, appears oily for $1,000. In 1939 twenty seven local governments consolidated or adopted civil service provisions for their employees per the Civil Service Assembly.
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Civil Service Assembly of the
United States
Canada
Tanks Seized
Helsinski Finland the Finnish high command said Monday that several enemy divisions launched an artillery tank and air craft attack against Finnish positions in the Summa sector of the Karelia isthmus. The battle continued through the day with Russia losing 74 tanks and at least six aircraft, claims by the Finns.
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Helsinki
Finland
Summa
Karelia Isthmus
Red Army
Mannerheim
Sumina
Summna
Karelian
Lake ‘Ladoga
Pijrkaeranta
Soviet Union
Roumania
Silver Shirt Leader Detained on Bond in Parole Case
William Dudley Pelley, head of the Silver Shirt Legion, was placed under a 2500 dollar bond Monday pending a hearing on March 12 to decide if he should be sent back to North Carolina to face parole violation charges. The piece notes editorial attacks on the Silver Shirt movement by Hope Star years earlier as part of broader anti fascist sentiment.
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Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
North Carolina
Star
Pelley
Hope Star
Silver Shift Organization
Ku Klux Klan
Arkansas
Dies Committee
A. H. Washburn
Record of citizenship class largest ever in federal court
In Columbus 190 people received citizenship papers in the largest class to be admitted here. Among them 69 year old Mrs Darinka Barach who is nearly deaf recited the Constitution verbatim. Barach, a Sephbian immigrant since 1904, learned reading and writing with help from her husband who has since died.
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Columbus
United Sites
Darinka Barach
Britain Signs Trade Pact With Turkey Amid Global Talks
Britain and Turkey announce a new trade treaty to last at least one year with annual renewals. The accord enables Turkey to purchase arms and boosts Britain’s wartime alliance framework. Reports from London and Berlin note parallel moves by Germany and Russia toward broader economic pacts, while Finland reports continued Red Army offensives near the Mannerheim Line and reflections on air power usage.
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London
Eng
Britain
A. White
Congress Hissed by Young Visitors
Hisses swept the house galleries as Rep Lambertson Kansas Republican criticized the GOP national chairman for spurning a part in the youth meeting. Rep Rayburn Texas Democrat, acting as speaker, asserted this is a place with order and warned galleries would be closed if demonstrations continued.
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Washington
House
American Youth Congress
Lambertson
Kansas
Rayburn
Texas
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Lee H. Garland
Aunty Fron Bureau
Farnt
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Bond
Labrador
Feather Hunt
Era Ae
Robert
Henry Ross
Cross
Gloucestershire
England
Miss Lawson
B. T. A. Units of
Hope eWill
New York Rotterdam
Fordyce
Boy Scout Investment
State University
Kansas City
FBI
Finn
Sue Invade
Near East
Secre
Eden
King George
Reuters
Russi
Berlin
Tokyo
Japan
Netherlands
Foreign Office
World Court
Capital Hill
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