Roosevelt's Southern Cruise Amid Political Heat
Bruce Catton notes President Roosevelt’s pattern of late winter trips to the South and Caribbean to escape political fire. He recalls past cruises during tense battles over relief, wage-hour, and court programs, suggesting the excursions are a Roosevelt routine and possible political strategy.
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Bruce Catton
NBA
Washington
Roosevelt
Caribbean
U.S
Congress
Judge Roberts
House
Mr. Roosevelt
Maine
James
Franklin
John
Nova Sabia
Potomac
Alfred M. Landon
FDR
Huey Long
Mtall
Florida
Bahamas
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Dr. Wirt
Wanger
Senate
NEA
212 Millions to Be Paid Farmers on 1939 Program
Washington The Agriculture Department outlined how 212 million dollars will be shared among cotton, corn, wheat and rice producers who cooperated to curb surpluses. Payments depend on acreage allotments and production. cotton 6 cents per pound, corn 6 or 11? cents per bushel, wheat 11 cents per bushel, rice 12 cents per hundredweight. Distribution hinges on compliance and allotment planting.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Flight of German Jews Financed Plan Receives Backing
An Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees provisionally approved a German plan to relocate Jews from Germany. A private international settlement corporation would help fund about 200,000 Jewish emigrants over five years. The scheme envisions limited Aryan involvement, property financing, and a Berlin office to supervise orderly emigration. The project is estimated at $200 million with 32 nations represented.
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Berlin
Germany
Cranium Cracker Puzzle Resolved in Brief Card
A classic riddle features two fathers and two sons sharing a drink for a total of 30 cents. The group comprises three people: a grandfather, his son, and the grandson. Each person pays 10 cents for a drink, making the total 30 cents.
Bobcat Cage Team Whips Willisville Bobcats Rally
Hope High School basketball team extended its winning streak by routing Willisville 42 to 24. Norman Green led with 14 points, J. D. Jones added 10, while Bobby Ellen and Charles Ray Baker left with four fouls each in the third period.
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Hope High School
Willisville
Bobcats
Norman Green
J. D. Jones
Prescott Hope
Jonesboro
Bobby Ellen
Charles Ray Baker
Hope
Green
Jones
Elen
Eason
Baker
Murphy
Purtley
Sanges
L. England
Prescott
Ashdown
Benton
Senate approves bill to fund $30 pension monthly
In LITTLE ROCK the senate passed the Abington-Houston-Higginbotham measure 25 to 3 without debate, aiming to fund old age and blind pensions at $30 monthly by allocating 75 percent of welfare revenues after administrative costs and a $100,000 indigent sick hospitalization fund, while proposing changes to county board elections. A separate senate bill to abolish special attorneys stalled as house debate continued past the hour.
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Little, Rock
Senate
Abington
State Commission
House
Tourist in Mexico racket ends in smuggling arrest
Alvin Killinger Jr of Stoneham Massachusetts, after a five day vacation in Mexico, returned to Del Rio Texas minus $40 and his automobile. He was jailed near Villa Acuna and charged with smuggling his own car across the border. He paid fines totaling $900 and had his car seized by Mexican authorities. Police Chief Cole Blackwell said five other American tourists faced similar treatment in six months, calling it a racket run from Villa Acuna.
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del Rio
Texas
Alvin Killinger
Stoneham
Mass
United States
Mexico
Killinger
Cole Blackwell
Mexico i
Villa Acuna
Rio Grande River
Cole
Mind Your Manners Etiquette Quiz and Answers
A 1939 etiquette feature tests proper dinner guest timing, explanations for substitutions, repeating requests, hospitality reciprocity, wife inclusion on dinner invitations, and handling guest opinions. It concludes with tactful approaches and recommended answers, emphasizing polite, discreet conflict avoidance.
Kiwanis Speakers Highlight Hope Luncheon
Rufus Herndon Jr and the Rev Ve A Hammonds spoke at the Hope Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Barlow in observance of National Scout Week. Herndon, scoutmaster of Troop No. 68 sponsored by Kiwanis, outlined troop history and 1939 plans while Hammonds discussed BOOW and promoting boy scout activities. The meeting was organized by Byron Evans. Thel Joplin of Geo W Robison & Co attended.
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Rufus Herndon, Jr
Ve A Hammonds
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
Byron Evans
Herndon
Hope
The
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Hammonds
Thel Joplin
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Miami Hotel Robbed of 200000 Dollars in Heist
Four to five robbers hit the Blackstone hotel, rifling safe deposit boxes and escaping with about 200000 dollars. They bound five guests and five employees during the Wednesday robbery in Miami.
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Miami
Fli
Blackstone
Arkansas seeks ruling on Sunday beer sale legality
Revenue Commissioner Z M McCarroll asked Attorney General Jack Holt for interpretations of a Supreme Court ruling that beer sales on Sunday are illegal in dry counties. The move aims to clarify enforcement while McCarroll delays orders pending points, as McKeown seeks rehearing over a $25 Sunday beer fine.
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Little Rock
Z. M. McCarroll
Jack Holt
Arkansas Supreme Court
McCarroll
C. W. McKeown
Malvern Cale
High Tribunal
Arkansas
Supreme Court
McKeown
Hot Spring
Arkansas Malt Beverage Association
McCarrall
J. C. Mitchell
Robert W. Griffith Jr
Pulaski
Britain Complains Ships Never Wear Out
London reports British shipowners in continental trade praise iron vessels with modern engines and cargo gear. A study lists vessels under 3,000 tons built before 1830, showing 84 still on register and noting one at 14 years old.
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London
Putin
Cotton opens and closes in New Orleans market
In New Orleans markets on Wednesday, cotton opened at 8.52 and closed at 8.53. The market showed a slight decline with middling cotton priced at 16 cents per pound, equating to about $48 per hundredweight.
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New Orleans
Svot Cottoin
Thought God as a sure paymaster quote by Anne of Austria
A brief quotation attributes the idea that God is a reliable paymaster, noting that payment may not come weekly monthly or yearly yet will come in the end. The line is framed as a historical remark attributed to Anne of Austria.
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Anne of Austria
Argentina Reduces U S Imports Amid War Trade Shifts
Buenos Aires signals cutting imports to U S levels seen three to four years ago while German and British-British wartime gains loom. In Berlin Goering orders mass drafts to support the four year plan, deploying workers as needed with no guaranteed wages during absence.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
Buenos Aires
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Goering
Federal Labor Office
Frazier and Lemke Were College Mates
North Dakota figures Senator Frazier and Representative Lemke dominated farm legislation for years. They coauthored the 1944 Farm Mortgage moratorium act and the cost of production bill now before Congress. The pair, longtime college football teammates, shaped policy while facing bankers and business rivals.
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Preston Grover Washington
Congress
Frazier
Lemke
North
Supreme Court
Billy
Secretary of Agriculture
North Dakota
Pargo
Kemke
Cre
Four Princes of the Church Cardinal Nasalli Rocca and Friends
Giovanni Cardinal Nasalli Rocca born in 1872 held Sacred Theology degrees and served Vatican diplomacy before becoming archbishop and cardinal. Maurizio Fossati born 1878 served in hospitals in World War I, later archbishop and cardinal. Adentata Piezza born 1874 rose to archbishop and the Venice patriarch, later cardinal. Pietro Boetto born 1871 joined the Jesuits, rose to cardinal in 1935.
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Giovanni Cardinal
Nasalli-Rocca
Pontifical Gregorian University
Zeelous
Leo XII
Gubbio
Pius X
Benedict XVI
Nasalli- Rocca
Rome
Papal Charity
Bologna
Maurilia
Cardinal Fostsati
Turin
China
Cardinal Fossati
Arome
Italy
Maurizio Fossati
Novara
Congregation of the Oblates of
Sts. Gaudenti
Adendata Cardinal Piezza
Vigo di Cadore
Belluno
Order of the Discalced Carmelites
Piazza
Order of the Carmelites
Pius
Benevento
Venice
St. Mark's
Ape
Vigone
Pietro Cardinal Boetto
Society of Jesus
Giaveno
Chieri
Sociity of Jesus
Society
Aragon
Castille
Spain
Cardinal Boetlo
Taly
General Curia
Sacred Congregation of the Religious
College of Cardinals
Cardinal Boetio
Probe Findings of Speed Plane Crash
An eight-man board of inquiry in the crash of the army’s fastest pursuit plane holds findings in Washington. The twin-motored craft wrecked at Mitchell Field, Long Island after a long continuous flight by Lieut. Benjamin Kelsey. The National Aeronautic Association cited his seven hours forty five minutes thirteen seconds cross-country time as a record but the crash ended the test.
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New York
U.S. Army
Washington
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Benjamin Kelsey
National Aeronautic Association
Marchfield
Calif
Sven Hughes
Livut Kelsop
Nevada Juniors Seek Title in Prescott Basketball Tourney
The Nevada county junior basketball tournament runs Friday and Saturday February 17 18 in Prescott with boys and girls divisions single elimination. Schools expected include Prescott Bodeaw Willisville Laneburg Rosston Cecil Cale Bluff City Falcon Examet. The senior tournament follows February 23 24 25 in Prescott.
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Nevada County
Prescott
Bodeaw
Willisville
Laneburg
Rosston
Cecil
Cale
Bluff City
Falcon
Examet
Flying Lessons Begun by Little Rock Girl
Miss Eleanor Jane Feild, cousin of Talbot Feild Jr and Miss Hattie Feild, has begun aviation training in Little Rock. A junior at Little Rock High School, she is the daughter of W. Terry Feild of Hope.
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Little Rock Girl
Eleanor Jane Feild
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hattie In Feild
Little Rock
Miss Feild
W. Terry Feild
W. 7 Feildsbrevier
Talbot Feild
Hope
Crisis in Hungary and Europe Featured in World Affairs
Reports from Washington London and Budapest outline rising crisis across Europe with Hungary’s political turmoil and Italy’s Libya plans. Journal notes Spain Britain and Japan tensions, including appeals to recognize rebel governments and new border clashes between Soviet forces and Manchukuo guards.
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Peiping
Japan
Russia
China
Manchoukuo
Far Eastern
Manhhoukuo
Tokyo
Manchoukuoan
Moscow
Argun River
Manchukuo
Siberia
Manchuria
Wassily Bluecher
Red Army
Bluechey
Manchoukus- Siberia
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Revenue Commissioner
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U.S. A
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Rocca
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James Shaney
Nevada
England
France
Georgia
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Hungary
Budapest
Pedu Imredi
Tarian
Srebip
Eng
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House of C Mons
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Prin
Libya
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