Arkansas Senate debates "good roads" bill and local politics
The Arkansas Senate rejects the notion that passing memorials will quickly create a connected road system. Senator George Steel's Nashville backed measure to direct paving between Nashville and Locksburg is criticized as futile without proper highway financing, a state plan, and professional management. Senate comments warn of overreach and emphasize funding and governance.
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Arkansas Senate
George Steel
Nashville
State Highway Commission
Locksburg
Ae Thope
Steel
Arkansas
Highway Commission
Senate
L. L. Mitchell
Prescott
House
Southland Paper Mills and Texas Forest Industry Outlook
Digest of a speech by E L Kurth of Southland Paper Mills Inc at the Daling Electric Club notes Texas forest products payrolls and employment, mill construction near Lufkin, plant capacity, materials used, and export shipments to China Puerto Rico and Mexico with a modern laboratory and quality checks. continued on page six.
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E. L. Kurth
Lufkin
Southland Paper Mills Inc
Daling Electric Club
Teras
Kurth
Texco
Angelina County Lumber Company
Lufkins Pouns Dry & Machine Company
Martin Wagon & Trailer Company
Federal Reserve Bank of
Datiag
Texas
Southland Pas Yer Mills
Southland Paper Mills
Houston
China
Puerto Rica
Mexico
Southland
A Thought on Names and Death in Ecclesiastes
A brief reflection notes that a good name is better than precious ointment and references the day of death versus the day of birth from Ecclesiastes. The fragment suggests moral or literary contemplation rather than concrete news.
Arkansas Joins Interstate Oil Pact
Arkansas becomes the eighth mid continent state to join the interstate oil compact. Gov. Adkins signed the compact under authority of a state act, with the measure brought here by former Oklahoma Governor W. J. Hollaway.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Eastern Air Lines Plane Crashes Near Atlanta Killing Seven
An Eastern Air Lines 14 passenger sleeper plane crashed in pine woods five miles from the Atlanta airport killing seven and injuring nine. Notable casualty include famed aviator Eddie Rickenbacker and Rep. William B. Byron of Maryland. The crash occurred after a New York to Atlanta flight when the craft dropped from a radio beam and broke apart. Rescue efforts were slow. seven bodies recovered and nine injured taken to hospitals as searchers worked through dawn. Rickenbacker remained conscious and directed removal of himself and others.
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Atlanta
Eastern Airlines
Here
Eddie Rickenbacker
Sam
New York
Congressman Kyled
Rep
William BD. Byron
Williamsport
Rickenbacker
H. D. Littledale
New York Times
Mrs. Littledale
Rosenfeld
New Orleans
N. Hansell
Bronx
N. Y
Compromise Eases Fight Over Unemployment Bill
Governor Adkins and opposition senators moved toward a compromise on the unemployment compensation reform. The plan includes a merit system for some employers and drops an exemption for small firms, with further talks on benefit levels and fund stability. The agreement aims to preserve the bill’s reach while preventing reserve fund depletion.
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Luptle Rock
Senate
Controver
Adkins
Jeff Davis
Lion Oil Company
Fi Dorado
Milam
Crawford
Blytheville
Milym
Reserve Fund
Rowell
Pine Blisé
Davis
Governoy Adkins
RFC Lone Bid Secures Arkansas Highway Refunding Bonds
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation offered to purchase Arkansas’s entire 136.38 million refunding bond issue with a mixed interest plan from 3.0 to 3.25 percent. The lone RFC bid, approved 19 to 1 by the State Refunding Board, calls for serial bonds through 1972 and a 34 million reserve fund to guard against default.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
RFC
Ofer
O. 'H. Murphy
el Dorado
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mercantile Commerce Bank of
Willian F. McKenna
REC
Ue Rfc
Steel Workers Strike at Bethlehem Lackawanna Plant
Buffalo reports indicate Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna workers struck on Wednesday night over defense contracts. Union leader John Riffe says settlement efforts failed amid talks with Steel Workers Organizing Committee and federal mediators. The dispute risks spreading to other Bethlehem mills and 1.5 billion dollars in defense orders. The strike follows wage demands and reinstatement of suspended workers, with a Labor Board election sought for bargaining. Ford Motor Company plants in Michigan face a threatened UAW strike affecting about 95,000 workers.
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Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Defense Commission
John Riffe
Bethlehem
Ford
Detroit
Mich
United Automobile Workers
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
British Won't Be Humiliated In Bulgaria Mission
Sofia dispatch reports British minister to Bulgaria George Rendel stating the mission will not remain in a humiliating position or bow to German pressure. He warned that withdrawal would force Bulgaria to bear the consequences of becoming a theater of war.
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Sofia
George Rendel
Bulgaria
State Honor Group Meeting in Arkansas
Approximately 56 National Honor Society chapters in Arkansas invited to the annual state convention of the National Honor Society in Arkadelphia April 18 19. Rowland Pattillo president of the local chapter announced Hope chapter will supply this year's president. Members from Hope and Arkadelphia planned a tentative program with Ouachita and Henderson State Teach ers college to assist with entertainment.
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Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Rowland Pattillo
Hope
Hope and
Ouachita and
Henderson State Teacherg College
Nazis Claim Sinking 102000 Tons of British Shipping
Berlin reports the Luftwaffe intensified sea and air warfare claiming to have sunk or damaged about 102,000 tons of British shipping several hundred miles off the west coast of Ireland. The announcement highlights the ongoing battle in the Atlantic theater amid the intensified U-boat and air strikes.
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Berlin
Luftwaffe
Ireland
Archaeological Find Reveals Malayan Center Ruins in Campeche
Archaeologists uncover ruins of a major Malayan civilization hub in an unexplored southeastern Campeche region, Mexico, signaling a significant historic site discovery and potential new insights into ancient trade and cultural networks.
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Campeche
Mexico
Temperance Bill Favored by Arkansas House Committee
The House temperance committee approved Spencer of Craighead’s bill to make the state wholesaler of all alcoholic beverages except beer. Earnings would fund old age benefits, with projected annual revenue between 2 million and 3 million dollars. The Senate recessed until 2 PM after a brief morning session to attend the refund board meeting on bond refinancing bids.
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Little Rock
House Temperance Committee
Spencer
Craighead
Senate
Antique Collector's Grave Mystifying Find In Breitensel
Workmen uncover a grave in Breitensel containing a fire stone engraving tool dated 15 000 years before Christ, a burnt clay bow dated 20 B C, and Roman drinking vessels around 100 A D. Archaeologists question why items from disparate eras lie together.
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Breitenach
Switzerland
Breitensel
War economy curbs price warnings in Swiss markets
In Bern, the Swiss department of war economy bans merchants from openly warning of price hikes or shortages. Hawkers at the public market still shout that an item is fine but may be rationed tomorrow and urge purchases now.
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Bern
Switzerland
Drawn-Out Fortune: Diamond-Studded Revolver Carried by Agent
Oklahoma City report notes special Rock Island agent John Burnett carries a diamond studded revolver with his fingerprints, signature, photo, horse image, and embedded 1960 California gold pieces. It is gold and silver plated and ruby eyed, with lodge and railroad emblems.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
John Burnett
Rock Island Railroad
Burnett
Piney Grove Merger Fails
County Judge Fred Luck vetoed a Piney Grove Hempstead county school district consolidation with Emmet over the Nevada county line. He ruled the plan would drain Hempstead tax revenue while buses would travel roads outside the county, harming overall county interests.
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Piney Grove
Emmet
Fred Luck
Luck
Hempstead
Nevada County
Library Binds Newspapers with NYA Project in four volumes
Hempstead County Library binds all subscribed daily and weekly newspapers into four volumes, each containing three months of issues, with NYA Girl's Bookbinding Project aid. Magazines will be bundled and preserved for reference. The gardener bird is found only in New Guinea.
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Hempstead County
NYA Girl’s Bookbinding
Gardener
New Guinea
Cranium Crackers About Chevrons
Readers test their knowledge of military insignia with a page feature asking which officer wears each rank mark. Items include a double chevron on the hat, a triple chevron on the arm, a silver eagle on the shoulder, a gold oak leaf on the shoulder, and two silver bats on the shoulder.
Balkans Crisis and Far East Tensions Rise in 1940s Report
Reports from Ankara and Budapest indicate shifting alliances as Soviet Russia may harden stance versus German moves in southeast Europe. Britain and Turkey discuss countermeasures to Nazi aggression in Greece while Bulgaria faces diplomatic rifts with Britain over police actions. Japan orders Indo China nationals to prepare for possible withdrawal as negotiations falter.
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Associated Press
Balkans
Japan
Thailand
Indo-China
France
Tokyo
Meditranean
Ankara
Bulgaria
Russia
Germany
Europe
Lang
Turkey
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Anthony Eden
John Dill
Ers
Greece
Stafford
Legation
Sofia
Far East
Domei
Saigon
Spencer to Speak at Young Men's Meet Jonesboro Event
Senator Lloyd Spencer of Hope is listed among guest speakers at the East Arkansas Young Men's Clubs meeting in Jonesboro Thursday night. Also on the program are Governor Homer Ads king Col T H Barton of El Dorado and W W Campbell of Forrest City. A note of natural history mentions Barrow's golden eye ducks nesting in trees.
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Jonesboro
Lioyd Spencer
Hope
East Arkansas Young Men's Clubs
Homer M. Adsking
Col
T. H. Barton
el Dorado
W. W. Campbell
Forrest City
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Iran
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Wook
Charles Lindbergh
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