Hempstead County Courthouse Under Construction In Hope Site
Hempstead County's new five story courthouse and jail rise on the former Garland High School site in Hope. The project is a joint effort with the federal Public Works Administration funding most costs and county taxpayers covering 5 percent. Groundwork includes steel piling, a main foundation, and future contracts for furniture and jail equipment.
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Hempstead
Nld
Garland I
Arkansas
Washington
Acaivity
Mape
Furn Federation
McAninch Anderson
Little Rock
Frank Rider
M, LaGrone
Lloyd Spencer
Hope
ML Stephens
Bloving
TAWA
Jfampstear
Federal Public Works Administration
PWA
Dexter Bush
Mope
Neal
de Cate
Ure Hempstead
J. C. Neal
Hermilwee
DeLaughter, Parker & McDaniel
Prescot
Hempstead Couity Courthouse
Washington Street
Garland High School
Hope Moves Forward With 400000 Building Program
Hope advances a 400000 building program with part of it completed based on a permits survey. Major work includes Hope’s 200000 Hempstead county courthouse begun in December 1978 and the community’s new 27000 fire station. A number of business buildings and new lines have risen, with many named locals and firms listed as contributing.
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Hope
Hempstead County
Large Shipment of New Fords Arrive
Four convoys loaded with Ford automobiles arrived at Hope Auto Company for interchange delivery. Manager Tom McLarty said it was the largest single shipment ever received and predicted 1939 would be a banner year for Ford sales. The new models drew enthusiastic approval from many automotive buyers.
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Ford
Hope Auto Company
Tom McLarty
McLarty
Unis
Use Company
Autor
Britain protests Hong Kong bombing by Japanese planes
Britain lodged a vigorous protest with Japan over the Hong Kong attack. Dispatches report a railroad station in the Crown Colony bombed by Japanese planes. A British Indian police constable was killed and about a dozen people were injured. In Parliament, Prime Minister Chamberlain sought support to raise Britain’s borrowing for defense to four billion dollars, warning members the sum might still be insufficient.
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London
Eng
Great Britain
Japan
Hong Kong
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Crown Colony
URI
Chamberlain
Mowe
of Commons
Britain
Mongolia Opens First Railway Line Amid Soviet Holiday
Outer Mongolia begins freight service on a narrow gauge line linking Ulan-Bator to the Ve laikha coal mines. The Soviet Republic marks the opening with a national holiday as the 28 mule long railway starts operations.
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Mongolia
Moscow
Outer Mongolia
Ulan-Balor
Velaikha
National Holsiday
Pearce Pressman and Wife Ill in Hospital
R J Pearce a Star pressman and his wife are in Josephine hospital Tuesday. Pearce had been away from the newspaper plans since the weekend with a fever. Doctors report both appear to be suffering from influenza with Mrs Pearce's condition described as the more serious.
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R. J. Pearce
Star
Ko J Pearce
the Sur
Pearce
Josephine Hospital
G. EB
Dannon
Conscience Reaches Even His Peg Leg in USSR Case
In Moscow a jeweler with a wooden leg shocked a police station by removing his limb and spilling diamonds and gems from the hollow interior. He claimed the items were stolen years ago while he worked as an appraiser, drawing admiration despite religion’s disfavor in the USSR.
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Moscow
Ussr
Canine Show at Hope High School Auditorium
The National Honor Society at Hope High School will present Miss Ruths red white and blue canine revue Wednesday morning in the high school auditorium at 8 30. Various dog tricks will be shown and admission is 10 cents.
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Hope High School
We High School
Texarkana Pair Seized by Armed Abductors on Highway
Police sought two armed men who abducted a Texarkana couple Monday night on a highway near Texarkana. B J Williams of Texarkana reported he and Miss Alberta Bain 22 were held at gunpoint after a movie, forced into their car and driven across the state to Little Rock before being released.
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Little Rock
Texarkana
B. J. Williams
Texas
MI. Williams
Sixth Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Williams
Alberta Bain
Hearing on Beer Sale Tax Sent to Public Hearing
After a heated clash between Senators Mi am of Harrison and Wilkes of Helena the senate sent the Nye berg liquor and beer sales tax bill to the revenue end taxation committee for a public hearing The bill aims to raise revenue for the University of Arkansas Medical school tuberculosis sanatorium and a proposed cancer clinic in Helena It was reported favorably Tuesday morning by the senate charitable institutions committee The senate also passed 19 to Dut- Vion bill to tax itinerant merchants Continued on Page Six
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Little Hock
Miam
Harrison
Wilkes
Helena
Senate
Nyeberg
University of Arkansas Medical School
Senate Charitable Institutons
Cranium Grag ikers: spotting five errors
Readers are asked to identify faults in five statements. The items mix sports, history, spelling, and misattributions. Errors include Michigan in a Big Ten hockey game, Cordell Hull’s attendance, spelling of inflammable combustable, and misattribution of character in Dickens. Answers appear on Page Two.
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Towa
Michigan
Cordell Hull
United States Council of National Defense
Dore Spenlow
Lickens
David Copperfield
WA Fizette
Anion
Lost in Fog Cadets Bail Out as Two Die in Navy Wreck
In dense fog eight Navy planes on a routine Florida coast training flight wrecked. Six cadet fliers survived by parachute jumps and four pilots landed safely. Lieutenant G. Presser died in Corry Field while Lieutenant N. Ostergren perished near McDavid. No blame was assigned per Navy comments.
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Pensacola
Fla
FL Presser
Corry
Fie
N. M. Ostergren
McDavid
Commar
Washington
Yately
Arkansas cold snap sets record low across towns
A chilly Arkansas Tuesday led to plunging temperatures in Bentonville and Rogers while Springdale logged 44 degrees, lowest since February 28, 1938. La Texarkana reported a 28 degree drop, with Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station recording minus 23 in the morning.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Bentonville
Rogers
Springdale
la Texarkana
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Ring and watch valued at 400 recovered by police
A ring valued at 400 dollars and a small watch missing from the A. ESS home on South Grady street were recovered and returned to the owner. Policeman Allen Shipp retrieved them based on information from Mr. Slusser. no suspect age or identity was released.
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A. Ess
Grady Street
Allen Shipp
Slusser
Ashdown to Play Bobcats Tuesday
Hope High School faces Ashdown Panishers in a Tuesday night game at 7:20 in the high school gym. Three Hope players Jones Purfle and Calhoun have missed recent practices and illness may keep them out. Coach Hammons sick. Assistant Brasher leads the team.
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Hope High School
Téain
Ashdown Panishers
Bobcats
Ashdown
Hope Squad
Jones
Purfle
Calhoun
Bill Brasher
Foy Hammons
Hammons
Ping Bluff
Pris
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Hope Shur
Five Station Ave
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Portugal
Aining
Florida
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