Valentines Day at Rotary Club Sparks Bowling News
A Rotary Club luncheon celebrated Fred Cook’s bowling schedule suspension while a telegram reported a Fair Park exhibit hall fire. The flames end a promising era for the Beluary Bowling Team and threaten park redevelopment as telegrams mix romance and sport.
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Jimmy Jones
Cook
Pair Park
Philadelphia Phillies
Little Rock Travelers
Hope Bobcats
Arkansas venue bill aligns service of process with act
Senators Lonkindan and Mitchell seek statewide service of process under the venue act for personal injury suits. The measure, revised after criticisms, now allows legal summons to be issued in any county and directed to any county for service, while preserving the venue act’s intent.
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GC. W. Lonkindan
Arkadelphia
L. L. Mitchell
Prescott
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House
Neithen
Robisons Return From Spring Buying Trip
Mr and Mrs Geo W Robison returned home early Friday morning from St Louis where they had been since last weekend on a trip to buy spring merchandise for department stores.
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Geo. W. Robison
St. Louis
When Department Stores
Cranium Crackers Fun State Quiz Preview
A playful reader challenge asks which states bear nicknames such as the Diamond State and the Gem State and invites quiz solvers to name states named after leaders English and French royalty and Indian tribes. It also asks which was the last state admitted to the Union and which lies farthest north.
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United States
Japanese patrol Siam coast eyed as precaution
Japanese correspondents report warships patrolling the Siam coast and Thai waters as a precaution against possible developments. The reports, unconfirmed, say patrols extend toward Bangkok and the Gulf, while observers expect Germany to push an invasion of England and potential Japanese moves against Singapore and American interests in the region.
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Thailand
Siam
Tay West
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England
Orient
Singapore
Australians in Review of War
Sydney dispatch reports the Australian war cabinet and chiefs of staff met Friday after the declaration that war has entered a state of the wingest gravity. Acting Prime Minister A. W. Fadden said the defense program progress was reviewed and urged calm and steadfast national resolve amid international tensions. The Congo river note appears as a foreign detail from overseas dispatches.
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Australia
Australian War Cabinet
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War Cabinet
Commonwealth
Indy Vest
Italians Report Parachute Invasion Attempt in Calabria
Italian high command said a nucleus of parachutists aimed to blow up communications and war facilities in lower Italy. The British said they clashed with guards on the Malian lookout service, killing a civilian deputy and another civilian. Details on number and exact place were not released.
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Italy
High Command
London
Calabria
Jucania
Postal Quizz Costs Rotary with Nickel Bank
A Rotary Club noon program at Hotel Barlow featured a postal service quiz by Abert Graves. Members who erred deposited a nickel in the club bank for the Hospital Fund Cripples at Memphis, boosting the bank. The bowling schedule was suspended due to a fire at the Fair exhibit hall. Fred Cugl announced the Rotary Ladies Night for February. Guests FW. Powell and C. C. Lewis attended.
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Robert M. Wilkan
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Abert Graves
Memphis
Wilson
Fred Cugl
Rotary
Ashe Club
Albert Graves
Basye on Business Trip Through Canada
Basye, general sales manager of Bruner Ivory Handle Company, is on a business trip through Canada lasting through February. In a postcard from Alberta he notes daylight temperatures around 10 degrees above zero. No U S defense contracts let in the United States up to January 1 would give war to 9,000,080 men 40 how's a week for 0 iWeweals year.
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Guy E. Basye
Bruner Ivory Handle Company
Alberta Province
United States
Made In America Luxuries Rise From Imports
U S copies luxuries once imported as exports rise and imports fall. The piece argues America can produce many luxury and essential goods domestically, citing examples from Denmark spinach to French wines, German tools to Russian caviar, and notes dwindling stocks of items like French truffle and Great Lakes sturgeon.
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Tom Wolf
NEA
Service
Star
New York
America
U. S
U. 5
Denmarck
France
Czechoslovakia
North America
Chemistry Laboratory
Great Lakes
California
Storey Resigns as Prescott Coach After 3.5 Years
Prescott Arkansas storey resigns as head football and basketball coach at Prescott high school to take an educational advisor post in a CCC camp at Pocahontas Arkansas. The board accepted the resignation after Curly Wolves beat Texarkana Razorbacks 36 34. Honea and Hillis to coach remaining three weeks.
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Raymond Hillis
Seven Die in Fidelity Coal Plant Blast Near DuQuoin
A massive explosion at Fidelity Coal Co. liquid oxygen plant five miles west of DuQuoin Illinois leaves at least seven dead. Investigators from mine and state officials probe the cause while a company spokesman says workers were unloading a freight of explosives and none survived to share details.
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Duquoin
Fidelity Coal Company
Ganpsay
Unique Purchase By Miss Charlie Fuston
The Unique cafe on Third Street and L. A. Tracks is now owned and managed by Miss Charlie Fuston. Announcement made Friday notes she is from Bodcaw but has resided in Hope several years. She plans chicken dinners barbecue sandwiches and very good coffee.
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Cife
Third Street
Charlie Fuston
Miss Fuston
Bodcaw
Hope
RAF Strike at Nazi Held Ports Lights Across Channel
London reports a daylight RAF sweep over German held ports along the French coast. Explosions were heard from the Kent coast as British fighters clashed with German craft. One Messerschmitt was said shot down. Berlin claimed nine Spitfires down as fighting persisted along the Channel.
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Berlin
Administration to Aid Refund in Arkansas highway debt
Little Rock officials report President Roosevelt backs state efforts to refund its 1 million dollar highway indebtedness. RFC chairman Jesse Jones promised to secure an appropriate interest rate as Adkins fielded questions at the refunding board’s first session after a White House meeting. The Leicester Square Underground escalator in London measures 161 feet, the longest in the world.
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Little Rock-Aid
Gox
Adkins
Roosevelt
RFC
White House
Jesse Jones
Senate Passes Pension Tax in Arkansas Senate debate spans pensions and aluminum tariff
In Little Rock the Senate backed an 18 to 9 vote to send to voters a constitutional amendment for a one mill property tax on property to fund old age and blind pensions after a lengthy debate. The House later passed a dairy handling bill and considered a move to tax bauxite for pension funding. A proposal to tax bauxite at $1.03 per ton faced opposition as lawmakers weighed protections for Arkansas industries.
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Senate
Abington
Beebe
Ward
Marianna
House
Hardy
Faulkner
Cummins
Faystteville
Little Rocke
The
Congressing Memorial
Almerigan Aluminium Company
Congress
Arkansas
LeFlar
Benton
Basic Security Board
Abbington
Social at Hinton Saturday Night at Home Demonstration Club
A social gathering will be held at the Hinton Home Demonstration club house at 7:30 on Saturday night. The public is invited to attend and enjoy the event.
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Hinton
Hinton Home Demonstration Club
Nazi Military Convoys Roll Into Bucharest
Istanbul press reports Turkey ready to fight if needed as German convoys reach Bucharest and Romanian skies see patrols. British staff prepared for Istanbul move. Greek forces claim heavy bombing of Italian positions near Tirana and Durazzo with airfield targets hit. London bans Romania trade under the enemy act as Greek reserves are mobilized amid fears of invasion.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Reginald Hoare
Ister
Rumiania
Nent
Fienaton Aitona
Gretks
Athens
London
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Monsay
Board of Trade Announcement
Romania
New Orleans Cotton Report By Associated Press
The Associated Press reports on New Orleans cotton market conditions and price movements. Market activity shows fluctuating futures, with traders citing supply expectations and demand for domestically produced textiles. Prices respond to global market signals and regional weather developments.
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