WPA Work Programs Counted in Broad Survey
Bruce Catton reviews the vast scope of WPA initiatives from 1935 to 1939 detailing costs and outputs. He cites total spending of over 6.85 billion dollars with significant federal, state, and local contributions and notes millions of workers and hundreds of thousands of public projects created or repaired across schools hospitals highways parks and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Catson
Washington
Ancele Spin
WPA
Big Sba
Roosevelt Urges Mobilization of U S Resources
President Roosevelt asks Congress to consider a National Resources Committee plan for broad policies to mobilize and conserve the nation's energy resources. He stresses recognizing all fuels and water power in unified national policy rather than separate approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
U. S
Washington
Congress
National Resources Committee
Nighttime Cowboys Lose Cash to Bandit
A and B, cowboys, walk a city avenue when a bandit robs them. He takes twice as much from A as from B and leaves A with three times the remainder of B. With A starting at 100 and B at 48, determine each loss and remaining amounts. Read Page Two for the solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agun
Wettest year in decade noted in Arkansas rainfall report
The 1938 rainfall sets a record as the wettest year in the last decade in Hempstead county. A 34 inch single day rainfall is reported at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station with January totals 8.4 inches and February 6.34 inches in the first half of the year. The station also lists historic rainfall highs and lows, noting 58.95 inches in 1938 as the wettest in the decade and 29.20 inches in 1896 as the driest ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit & Truck Branch
George W. Ware
Sunday Beer Sale to Be Suppressed in Arkansas
Arkansas Attorney General Jack Holt interpreted a Supreme Court ruling to mean it is illegal to sell beer or other alcoholic beverages anywhere in the state on Sundays or in dry areas. Revenue Commissioner McCarroll is expected to issue enforcement orders, with license cancellations proposed as a method. The ruling cites McKeown vs State and notes native wines exempt under Act 108. A Senate bill seeks to repeal the 1885 Sunday sale prohibition.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
Arkansas Supreme Court
Revenue
Z. M. McCarroll
Arkansas
McCarroll
Supreme Court
C. W. McKeown
Malvers
Attorney General
Holt
McKeown
State
Dia
State of
Pope's Digest
Conveton
Rainfall Data in Hempstead County by Years and Months
Rainfall records for Hempstead County show long term averages and recent ten year figures. Notable values include average annual rainfall 0.0 to 1.87 inches for a 60-year span to 1929, 47.67 inches for 1929-38, wettest month in 60-year period April at 5.27 inches, wettest month in 1929-38 January at 6.62 inches, and a wet year 1892 at 78.48 inches.
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Hempstead
Hempstead County
TBS
Bobcats Tip Off With Prescott In Local Showdown
Hope and Prescott junior and senior boys basketball teams meet Thursday night in the high school gym. The senior series features a 7:45 p.m. main game after a 7 p.m. junior clash. Hope leads the year series two games to none and both clubs are said to be improved. Fans urged to attend.
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Hope
Prescott
Bobcats
Ashdown
Benton
Viclock
Lang finishes directors table inlaid wood work
Charles C. Reynolds of SOUTH PASADENA completed a years long project. He spent six years assembling a directors table made from 1 110 000 pieces of wood. It represents his most ambitious craft achievement to date.
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Finishes Lang
South Pasadena
Calif
Charles C. Reynolds
Mind Your Manners Quiz Card From 1834
Test your social usage knowledge with questions about hosting, dining order, and conversation. Answers cover whether guests should order, when to discuss controversial topics, and how long a visit should last, concluding with a suggested scenario for a visiting woman and dinner timing.
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NEA
New World Seen by Hitler's Aid
Vatican City Rome Italy Reichsfuehrer Hitler's ambassador to the Holy See told the college of Cardinals that the new pope would play a key role in shaping a new world. He spoke during condolences for Pope Pius XII and said the world would be erected on the ruins of the past and should be peaceful.
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Washington
House
Army Air Corps
Panama Canal
House Naval Committee
Neaval
Pacific
Guam
Bethlesshem Shipbuilding Corporation
Quincy
Mass
Federal Shinbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny, N
Johnson Ren. Cal
Senate
France
Vatican City
Rome
Italy
Reichsfuschrer
Hitler
Holy See
College of Cardinals
Diplomatic Corps
Pius
Revised Freight Rates Opposed by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission warned Congress that an abrupt overhaul of the national freight rate structure could yield more harmful than beneficial results. Commenting on Southern senators plans to equalize interterritorial charges, the ICC avoided a direct yes or no, citing a pending case. Commissioner Eastman outlined practical difficulties and noted no objection to a Bankhead provision banning undue preference while warning that abolishing regional differentials would effectively establish a mileage based system.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Charman Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Senate Iterstate Commerce Committee
Southeastern Governors’ Conference
Eastman
Bankhead
Ala
Thought on Fate and Will Above Circumstance
A brief reflection asserts that what must be shall be and a person’s will aligns with fate. It contrasts decisive inner choice with external whimsy, invoking Seneca to stress acceptance of destiny and the power of deliberate resolve.
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Seneca
Amendment No 24 Upset by Court In Probate Shift
The Arkansas Supreme Court in a special session upheld Amendment No 24 transferring probate jurisdiction from county to chancery courts. Voters ratified it last November and it became effective January 1, 1939. The ruling denied a writ and found all submission requirements met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Supreme Court
High Court
PTA Founder Day Celebration Friday at Hope High
The Hope PTA Council presents Founder's Day at the high school auditorium Friday after noon at 3. Miss Pearl Williamson is guest speaker with programs including a parrent teachers solo by Mrs. George W. Ware and the state song Arkansas. Tea follows at the home economics cottage hosted by Mrs. A. C. Kolb.
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Hope Pta Council
Pearl Williamson
George W. Ware
Saturday Farm Equipment Day in Hope
The Hope Hardware company will hold a farm equipment day next Saturday February 18 at the company store. A special representative will answer questions about current farm equipment and new machinery of interest to local farmers. He will discuss ways to reduce production costs of farm commodities.
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Hope Hardware Company
Hope
The
Hardy Company
Freight Collision Near Amory Injures Man Killed Porter
At 4 am Thursday a Frisco passenger train collided head on with a northbound freight near Quinn, east of Amory. George Bowers of Birmingham was burned and scalded, porter Laddie Ivy was killed, R. I. Dunn of Cordova and Willis editor Willis were among those badly burned or injured. the collision occurred at a curve as the freight approached a siding.
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Freigh
E ‘Willis
Surviving a Plane Crash in Snowbound Idaho Rescue Tale
Shreck survived a crash fifty miles from the top of a five thousand foot ridgeline northeast of Welfare Lodge after a three day ordeal. He walked through deep snow for twenty five miles, slept poorly, and relied on a compass and radio beam to guide him to safety. He suffered swollen feet, hunger, and thirst but refused medical aid, crediting a saved life to the compass.
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Coeur
Coeur d'Alene
Rid
Welf Lodge
Shreck
O. i
Guernsey Senior Play to Be Staged Friday Night
Guernsey High School seniors will present The Rolling Stone Friday night at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Admission is charged.
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Guernsey
Guernsey High School
Rolling Stone
Market Cotton Prices Report Opens and Closes
Cotton market notes show trading opened Tuesday at 2 and closed at 9.58 with quick movement and midling results, reflecting curious fluctuations in the commodity.
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Bruce Catton
San Jose
Hiselty
Vesey
Bill
Nyberg
Helena
Budget Committee
Little Rock-Up
House of Representatives
Budget’ Committee
Howe
Houston
Heber Springs
Vusos
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Prohibition
J. Frank Norris
Fort Worth
Texas
Fruit & Truck
LIONS
Ier
Sopal Security Board
Public Assistance
University of Arkansas Pritt and Truck Branch Experiment Station
U.S
Pat
ICC
Chancery
PTA
Hope Hardware Co
Rocky Main
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