Family Living on 22 A Week In Plymouth Feature
A wartime AP report follows Ralph C. Suter of Plymouth and his family as they live on about 22 dollars weekly. It details their frugal budget across clothing food insurance and utilities, noting rent for a six room house and the challenge of staying warm with limited heating while maintaining a modest standard of living. The piece contrasts the Suters expenses with a typical American family and highlights savings considered by the head of household.
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Morgan Ot
Wetter Plymmouth
Ind
Ralph c. Suter
Plymouth
Ralph
Tipethor
Ineo
Ana Tyel T
Halph
Suter Nune
Childeen
Pension Bills Milwin of Harrison Passed Without Discussion
The Arkansas House Revenue and Taxation Committee reconsiders a two percent levy on out-of-state purchases for Arkansas use and returns a favorable recommendation after a Tuesday hearing. Lawmakers debated taxing bauxite to fund old age pensions and clashed over a proposed amendment favoring independent firms. Representative Howell, a football player, opposed the amendment and plans to mount opposition on final floor action.
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Milwin
Harrison
RFC
Little Rock
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Committee Inc
Jin Lee Howell
Lonake
Ina
Plo
Howell
Parker
Hot Springs
Saling
Republic Mining and Manufacturing Company
Notable Household Upgrades In Quiet Island Home
The Suters adapt with modern conveniences including radio, electric lights, gas, a vacuum cleaner, and an electric washer. Erina Suter manages two children while handling household tasks, hosting neighborhood gatherings, and relying on a telephone absence by choice.
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Erina Suter
Wahi
Spring Hill Shoots Past North Reights in Two Wins
Spring Hill High School basketball team, Hempstead county champions, defeated North Reights of Texarkana 29 to 0 with Andersen leading Spring Hill with 20 points. The Spring Hill junior boys beat Worth Heights 33 to 5, Martin top scoring with 15. Girls fell to North Heights 22 to 6 as Boyce led Spring Hill with 13.
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Spring Hill
Hempstead
North Reights
Texarkana
Andersen
Worth Heights
Martin
Boswell
Spring Hild
North Heights
Boyce
Spring Mill
WW. C. Kennedy
Hope and Wenderson
Feild Amendment Targets Bauxite Tax Scale in Arkansas
Feild of Hempstead offered an amendment to tax bauxite by a graduated scale from five to 255 cents per ton, replacing a flat 104 cents. The plan, supported by administration, would tax companies by monthly tonnage, with estimates showing total yearly yield about $585,582.45 and matching federal funds boosting pensions by $1,071,165.70.
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Tativ Feild
Hempstead
Monty
Feild
Arkansas
Consolidated Chemical Industries
Houston
Tex
Crouch Mining Company
Little Rock
Arkansas Bauxite Company
Dixie Bauxite Company
Sweet Tame
American Cyaninid and Chemical Corporation of
New York
Republican Mining and Manufacyturing Company
Dr Branch Reports War Losses and Medical Strain
The speaker recalls armored divisions and wartime logistics, notes quarantines and a ward with 150 contagious cases, and lists illnesses including scarlet fever measles flu and pneumonia. He emphasizes intensive surgery, civilian injuries, doctor shortages, and round-the-clock work.
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Hitler
France
Axis Threatens U S Again in Editorial Warning
Berlin reports the Axis three powers Germany Italy and Japan threaten to strike at any American armored intervention. Julius Krauss in Boerseneel Un warns that for Italy Japan and Germany this is a question of life and death made possible by shipments from the United States.
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Berlin
Axis Tripartite Fact
Germany
Italy
Japan
Boerseneel UN
Master of the Pacific
Julius Krauss
United States
Nazis Plot to Blow Sofia Water Works Uncovered
Bulgarian police disclosed a plot to contaminate Sofia water supply as German troop movements in Bulgaria sparked rumors. Police reported many arrests and the discovery of large quantities of explosives and chemicals intended to be dumped into the water.
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SOFTA
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hopeful Hope Bobcats Enter District 10 Tourney
Hope high school Bobcats prepare to leave for Lewisville for the district 10 tournament starting Thursday with teams from A and B towns. Hempstead county contender Spring Hill joins the field as coaches report 16 boys training daily and expect 13 to 20 more prospects after the basketball season.
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Hope High School Bobcats
Lewisville
Spring Hill
Hempstead County
Hammens
Jimmy Simms
Texarkang
Post hospital capacity and trainee note from Lt. Branch
Lt James W Branch U S Army med corp writes from Fort Knox Kentucky on February 23 1941 about a 1400 bed post hospital and the training and experience gained by leaving his medical practice for a year or longer Edilys Note mentions Buck copies requested and signed sincerely by Branch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Branch
U. S. Army
Fort Knox, Ky
Warning Order Hempstead Chancery Court Case Plaintiffs vs Linton
Hempstead Chancery Court warning order requires defendants Susie Perry Prank Linton Welchie Linton and others to appear within thirty days and answer the complaint. Sophia Eve sues Leon Eye. notice to appear and respond by the deadline. Court clerk J P Byers notes February 1 1941 with attorneys listed Fol 18 26 March 5.
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Fprans Linton ET AL
Susie Perry
Prank Linton
Welchie Linton
Theophilus Linton
Lena Linton
Tony Linton
G. T. Blankenship
Farmers Royalty Holding Company
W.R. Pruit
W. R. Pruitt
Leon
Leon EB
Sophia Eve
Chaff From the Mill of Congress
Washington reports on Dirksen praising an honest man during hearings on the 1942 independent offices appropriation. A $10,000 line item for a Gatun Lake biological lab was objected to and eventually cut. The piece notes monkey studies by Smithsonian scientists, a quip about government monkeys, and discussion of practical value. Five Thanksgiving bills advance in the House with varied dates, plus a teaser about a plastic-bodied car weighing about 300 pounds.
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Jack Stinnet
Washington
Congressional
Everett M. Dirksen
Pekin
Independent Offices
Mr. Dirksen
Gatun Lake
Canal Zone
Gutya Lake
Dirksen
Charles L. Gifford
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Fathers
Congress
He Lives While Living's Good in Oklahoma Death Row
In Tulsa Oklahoma a death row inmate year old orders luxury foods like caviar and a special crebment perplexing prison steward Ben Buller. Guards note the inmate’s taste may come from novels he reads as he selects menus beyond the hillboy’s past meals.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Ben Buller
Butler
Death Row
Tuxgle
Bares and Disarmament Echo Amid Turmoil
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Chicagoan, a $10,000 payment, and 2106 Italian prisoners amid unrest. Mentions a paymaster, a telephone booth, and headlines about Rouge Makers and Regular Ladies. Readable names and concrete phrases hint at a chaotic scene unfolding.
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Mahy
Tung
Rouge Makers
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Pinkham
California
Chamber of Commerce
Garden Gate Park
Talbot Feild Jr
Arkansax
Fant
Feposhmeer
Coca-Cola Company
Hope Coca- Cola
West
Dr. Branch
Axis
U.S
Paris
National Machine Tool Builders Association
Ediley
J. P. Byers
Chancery Court of
J.P. Byers
Clecle
W. R. Thrasher
Pvt. L. E. Wilson
Atty Ad Litein Fol
Mill of Congress
Congressman
Bares
Talbot
Pontiac
Buick
Hempstead Motor Company
Max Cox
Hope
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