Bobcats edge Jonesboro 48 46 in tight conference win
Hope High School's Bobcats defeated Jonesboro in a close Friday night game 48 to 46 to maintain a share of the conference lead. Green and Janes McCall led with 19 points each while Purtle contributed strong inside scoring as Jonesboro battled.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Hope High Sebo
Tean
Jonesborn
Asta di
Bobuils
Kashyipy
Hope
Janes McCall
Green
Purtle
Ue Bobcats
McCilll
Robert Black
Janws
Cenfey
Bob Tos Boker
Guar
Smith
Daughtery
McCall
Claud
Johnson
Cent
Osment
Black
Offeials
Lavy
Rex Trees
Schwirta
Datypye
Laneburg Boy Wins Arkansas FFA Corn Contest
Guralt Troyeoga of Laneburg won the 19K Arkansas Future Farmers of America corn production contest. He raised 144 bushels at a cost of 15.63 per unit, with a profit of 144.27. The test was sponsored by the Educational Bureau of the Barrett Company and Arkansas Association of Future Farmers of America. He is state champion in senior class at Laneburg High School, outstanding student, and secretary of the local FFA chapter. He received the "State Farmer" award and a planting key from Gov. Bailey. continued on Page Three.
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Guralt Troyeoga
Laneburg Accotal
AL Eleptor
Arkansas Future Farmers of America
W. Chambers
Lanebureg
Educational Bureau
The
Barrett Company
OF. A
Arkansas Association of Future
Ampyien van Heytuw
South Ty Duby
Fred A. Sint
Vowulininl
Gerald
Wiswath
Cin B Bailey
Hempstead Junior Tourney Opens With Close Scores
The Hempstead junior basketball tournament began at Columbus Friday night with Washington leading Pine Grove 51 to 28 and Spring Hill beating Guernsey 12 to 0. Blevins won by forfeit when Pitmas failed to arrive. Sparks of the night included Washington’s 26 points by a star guard and Spring Hill’s Flowers scoring key baskets. Semifinals set for Saturday at Lavelick with Hope meeting Spring Hill and Columbus facing Blevins.
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Washington
Speog SN
Blevine
UPC
Hemjasteinl Counly
Columbus
Blevins
Newspapers Urge U S Aid to Finland War Crisis Editorials
London papers urge the United States to act in Finland's peril. The Daily Mail calls for real help including allowing American loans for arms. Other papers like Oslo Aftenposten criticize sympathy without action and question impact against Russia.
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London
Ia4
Giltocht
SOS
Daily Mail
United States
Finland
OSLG
Norway
Satuvels
Aflenposten
Mannerheim
Esraine Acquired for New Airport in Prescott Arkansas
Prescott Arkansas reports an acquisition of acreage two miles southwest of U S Highway 67 for a new airport. Construction of a hangar will begin next week and flying instructions will commence in early March. Names listed include B Ed Reithe and J B Hostetler as purchasers or related parties.
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Prescott. Ark
B. Ed. Reithe
J.B. Hostetler Hive
First Round Winners in Nevada Tourney
Results show boys Prescott 1, Willsville 47, Kinanet 26, Case 11. Cecil Bf, Rosstorut, Baden 25, Laneburg 1, Giels Rossion 24, Prescott 9, Cate 24, Willizville 20, Borlcaw 17, Emmet. Semimnais games set for Saturday with Prescott vs Emmet in boys division and Rosston vs Bodeaw in boys. Rosston vs Cide and Bodeaw in girls. Finals follow Saturday after semi finales. North Little Rock Wilduats vs Prescott Curly Walves.
Prosecutor Huie to Speak at Arkadelphia Bible Class
Prosecutor Huie will address the Vining Men's Bible Class at the MeLindist Sunday meeting in Arkadelphia on February 18. Liviu Spener announced the visit, describing the speaker as an engaging prose stylist. The event welcomes attendees and highlights future gatherings.
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Disk Unie
Arkadelphii Ealing
Jurdic Tiel
Liviuel
Mite
Beau Mu
Hite
Cranium Crackers Inauguration Quiz And Clipped Details
A garbled educational item outlines inauguration basics and spelling errors. It notes the president elect taking office after the last election, mentions dates for inauguration of pyrasi clents and Congressmen, and asks who administers the presidential oath of office.
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U.S
Pyrasi
Okay Cement Co fires up on gas from the new line
Okay Cement Co and Louisiana-Nevada Transit celebrate the opening of a 73 mile gas main from Cotton Valley Louisiana, with a 12 mile spur toward Hope. The line, completed in two months at an estimated cost of about four hundred thousand dollars, will supply Okay and Hope plants. Officials and Hope residents attended the unveiling ceremony.
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Okay Cement Company
Okay
Arky
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Cotton Valley
Louisiana
Fulton
Louisiana- Nevada Transit Company
W. A. Delaney
Ada Oklad Oil Operator
M. O. Matthews
Ideal Cement Company
Ada
Fran Hope
W. Mike Murphy
Louisiana-Nevada
Four Die in Ark House Fire
AT TRUMAN Arkansas four persons were burned to death when a two story residence burned at midnight. Victims include Mrs. Alice Dickens 71 Mrs. Dutlie Dickens 77 Elwin Dickens 4 and Shirley Ann Dickens 18 months. Elway and Shirley Ann Dickens were children. eight other occupants escaped.
Photographer in Finland Front Battles Freezing Cold
Rovaniemi Finland reports photographer Eric Calcraft battles arctic cold to capture Finnish front scenes. He uses two cameras to manage temperature and lighting brief daily daylight limits. He recalls near miss from a Russian fighter plane and notes scarce fuel and shared transport amid brutal winter logistics.
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Rovaniemi
Finland
Petsame
Pekkaniemi
New Hope Resident R E Brown Named Localite
R E Brown, a former Dlastep finisher and contractor on the Hempstead spurty courthouse project, has chosen Hope as his permanent home. He moved from Beau Mand Texas and now resides at 42 South Main Street. He notes no new cement works in Hope and discusses linseed lime and phosphate use for dairy cattle per Penn State College guidance.
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RE. Brown
Hempstear
Brown
Hope
Beau- Mand
Texas
South Main Street
Blais
Fragmentary Biblical verse fragment as reader note
A garbled OCR style line presents Deuteronomy 32:32 language about a command and addition, with unclear attribution and corrupted spelling, resembling a historical scrawl or marginal annotation rather than a full article.
Opposition Arises to Special Session
In LITTLE ROCK opposition surfaced to a proposed four day special session to fund full school terms. Governor Car E. Bailey suggested the state board of education might resolve the issue, while a visiting delegation warned that many schools could close after six months unless funds are provided. A survey would dictate whether a special session would be called.
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Little Rockam
Eura
Car E. Bailey
State Board of Education
Bailey
Date Is Fixed for Demo Convention
The 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago will be held Monday, July 15, to select nominees for President and Vice President. Postmaster General Farley and national committee chairman announced the date on Saturday. Justice Thomas Todd and Lucy Payne Washington were the first non-royal couple married in the White House on March 30, 1911.
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Maml
Pla
Chicago
Farley
Thomas Todd
Supreme Court
Lucy Payne Washington
White House
Oil Shutdown Is Hit By Lion Firm
Lion Oil Refining of El Dorado files a Supreme Court brief contesting an Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission order on August 16 that closed wells for 10 days. The company claims the shutdown was arbitrary and aimed at influencing Arkansas oil output and prices, comparing it to other states’ actions. A court decision on the commission’s authority and emergency powers is pending, with no timeline for a tribunal ruling.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Lion Oil Refining Comany
el Dorado
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
W. A. Speer
Union County
Arkansas
Kansas
Istina
Texas
Oklahoma
Ar- New Mexico
Lou
Aidcontinental
Emmene Cum
French Planes Unloaded Other Materials on Harbor
French planes arrive unloading other materials and heavy artillery items at the harbor. Armament and munitions shipments accompany the aircraft as part of the ongoing supply movement to the front.
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Har
Rescued Britons in Altmark episode and Finnish War push
Paris reports French reserves of war materiel to aid Finland as British forces free prisoners from the German ship Altmark after a bold breach of Norwegian waters. In Finland, the Red Army advances along the Mannerheim line with massive aerial support, claiming gains near Summa and continued heavy losses on both sides as the battle for Viipuri and surrounding fortifications intensifies.
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Condon
England
Tsh
Germany
Freei O
Altmark
Admiral Graft Spee
Montevideo
Gemiahy
Norway
Helsinki
Summa
Verdun
Viipuri
Finland
Riihimaki
Lappeenranta
Thief Steals 14 Hens. 30 Police Nab Suspect In Pueblo
In Pueblo, a thief stole 14 hens and two roosters from Mary Terlip’s Sopp farm. Feathers scattered along the trail as the raider carried the loot to a rope and house. Officers tracked the clucking path and captured the suspect, identified as Onan.
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Pueblo, Colo
Mary Terlip
Onan
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