Local Persons Injured in Shreveport Vivian Crash
Three people were injured in a Sunday night collision eight miles south of Vivian Louisiana. Miss Phen Mann Miss Louise Hannegan and James William Cantley suffered injuries described as non serious. Ray Yarner escaped injury. The party’s sedan and another vehicle damaged severely with one side crushed. Injured were treated at Vivian's office.
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Hope
Shreveport-Vivian
Vivian
Phen Mann
James William Cantley
Louise Hannegan
Ray Yarner
Miss Mann
Hinnegin
Cantley
Staple Inn
Tax per slot upheld on vending machines revenue measure
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday upheld a tax on vending machines, ruling the levy applies to every slot on a machine. The decision affirms an annual tax of 5 dollars per slot, backing the state revenue plan.
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Little Rock-Pi
Arisa Supreme Court
Delel
Buch Ein
Tuesday Deadline for City and State Vehicle Tags
Auto owners must buy city and state license tags by Tuesday to avoid penalties. City Treasurer Charles Reynerson said the office would stay open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. to help late purchasers. After Tuesday a $2 penalty runs through March 10, with a March 31 increase of $2.50. City tags cost $2.50, and about 600 tags had been sold by Monday. Last year 61 city tags were sold. Delinquent state tag buyers face a $4 penalty after Tuesday, with March 1 fixed as the final date for city licenses.
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Charles Reynerson
Momlay
Arlanatis Lewishwave
Ity Eaung
Cotton market opens at 108 and closes 124 in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton opens at 108 and closes at 124 as prices move higher amid quiet trade. Market shows subtle gains with futures around 9.44, reflecting modest demand and light activity for the day.
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New Orleans
Has Law Authority Over Street attire Question
In today’s Cranium Cracker feature the Hope Star presents a playful legal profile asking if law can dictate what people wear on the street. The column introduces the first incident and invites reader responses to everyday legal questions in a light, brain-teasing style.
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Hope Star
Flood refugee dies in hospital amid Red River disaster
Mrs. George O'Dell 47 of Fulton, a Red River flood refugee, died Sunday in Josephine hospital of pneumonia after backwaters surrounded her home. Funeral at Saratoga cemetery. Survived by husband, two children, sisters, brother, and mother. Red River fell to 31.5 feet from 36.5. roads and railways gradually reopening. Red Cross camps near Fulton to aid refugees for two weeks with local donations. A baby named High Water Jones born during rescue as a drowning hotel scene occurred near Garland City.
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Fulton
Red River
Josephine
Pneumona
Willie McCorkle
Saratoga
Addie McKve
Sacramento
Calif
John Walker
Los Angeles
Julia Walker
Tam
Highway 55
McNab
Frisco Railroad
Hope
Ardmore
Oklo
Frisco
Cotton Belt
Stamps
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Garland City
Red Cross
R. T. Bridges
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Hoag
Wayne MW
England
Haye
City of Hope
Frallay
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J. D. Luck
Fred R. Harrison
RC. Lewis
C.J. Rountee
C. ¢. Clark
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A. R. McKinley
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Will Cooper
Pearl Lewis
M. J. Jackson
Flora Cotton Slater
Carrigan ‘Buildange
Highwater Jones
Wighwater Jones
Yonkers City Bathing Ordinance Conviction Question
A girl in yellow shorts and a blue polo shirt and a bay horse were tried under Yonkers city rules barring public bathing attire for those over 16. The defendants challenge the ordinance as vague and undefined.
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Yonkers
Former Policeman Kills Himself in Benton Jail Cell
Benton Ark prison story reports former Little Rock policeman BE. A. Hensley, 38, jailed on a $5,000 jewel robbery charge, hanged himself using sheets. He was found dead about an hour after arresting officers discovered the body. other arrests linked to a North Little Rock robbery include a man and a woman, with a stash of diamonds, watches, rings, and weapons tied to the case.
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Benton
Ark
BE. A. Hensley
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Hensley
Hot Springs
Oshlawn
Arkadelphia Highway
Camden
Washburns Leave for Tour of California
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Washburn accompanied by their son Alex HL Washburn publisher of The Star left Hope Sunday for a six weeks tour of California. The elderly Mr. and Mrs. Washburn of Wilkes-Barre Pa joined their son in Hope Saturday. They left Sunday afternoon traveling by automobile.
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W. O. Washburn
Alex
HL. Washburn
The
Star
Hope Sunday
California
State court docket quiet as city cases absent
Monday in La Porte Indiana municipal court had no city cases on the docket. State cases heard included Lige Aubrey fined 25 for possessing whisky, Ernest Buchanan held for circuit court after a preliminary on stealing three chickens, Sylvester Graves acquitted of stealing two hogs, and several traffic and license cases dismissed or settled. A local employment office anecdote noted a job seeker asked for a social security number and revealed it tattooed on his chest.
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W. K. Lem Jey
Lige Aubrey
Ernest Buchanan
Ac Giety
Circuit Court
Bennie Jones
Sylvester Graves
J.A. Harris
Louia F. Lawbaugh
WR. Lewis
W. E B. Atkins
James Plummer
James Hail
Cosh
LA Porte
State
O. K
Much Work Awaits Red River Flood Refugees Near Fulton
Flooded Red River region near Fulton leaves homes, barns, and poultry ruined. Water drifted across fields with sand deposits, many houses damaged or washed from foundations. Refugees shelter in camps or with relatives as cleanup, drying, and rebuilding days stretch ahead.
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Fulton
Red River
River
Red Cross
Jevees
Nazi March Halted on City of Vienna
The Austrian army stopped a Nazi march on Vienna on Monday with swift Graz reinforcement halting Lunding's plans. Nazis announced a two day armistice with the Schussenigg government as Britain protests Chamberlain policy and Moscow prepares for trials of Stalin enemies. War in Spain remains quiet while Japan advances in Shansi. Ankara reports Greece Yugoslavia Romania and Turkey recognizing Maly's Ethiopian conquest. Balkan states move to send commercial agents to Franco.
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Schussenigg
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Ankara
Turkey
Greece
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Nevada County Farm Meeting Series Opens in 1938
Nevada County prepares for a series of meetings about the new 1938 farm program led by Dr. Vaught and C. L. Rogers. Public attendance urged with dates and locations listed across Emmet Liberty Alabama Albany Prescott Camilla and Caney areas in Georgia and nearby townships.
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Caney Church
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Bluff City
March
Leake
Glenville
Laylor
Willisville
Canny Township
Court Sustains NLRB Rulings On Labor Unions
The Supreme Court upheld Monday orders by the National Labor Relations Board directing two bus companies to withdraw recognition from unions they allegedly formed and dominated. The actions target company dominated unions tied to Pennsylvania and Pacific Greyhound operations.
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United States Supreme Court
National’ Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Pacific Greyhound
Urges enactment of wage and hour legislation
Washington notes Bernard Baruch urged Congress to pass wage and hour laws to stabilize the economy. He told the Senate unemployment committee that a board to fix wages and hours is unnecessary, recommending Congress set limits with reasonable differentials for different production areas.
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Washington
Bernard Baruci
Senate
Congress
General Pershing Reported Better After Illness
Doctors announced Monday that General John J. Pershing was taking nourishment by mouth for the first time in four days as the World War commander remains critically ill for the past week.
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Tyceon
Anit
John J. Pershing
Thought of a loving king in paradise on earth
A reflective line extols a king whose heart holds true love and divinity within him, depicting a paradise on earth where God resides in the king himself. The phrasing resembles a meditative spiritual verse.
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Earth
New Suspects Hunted by G Men in Spying Case
U S government agents pursued several new suspects linked to a broad spy ring connected to German interests. Three suspects were arrested, and Mitchell Field in New York fortified security as investigators probe military secrets sold abroad. The arrests follow earlier seizures including a German woman and two soldiers. Authorities caution no nation is named publicly while noting possible German involvement.
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New York
United States Army
Navy
Reed Vetterli
Air Port II
Col
Thomas Hanley
Mitchell Field
United States Army Air Base
Air Corps
Beld
Mitchell’ Field
Bulwark
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Issac Platt
Pheld
Reed Vetterlie
FBI
Panam
Canal Zone
Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Fraulein Hoffman
Dresden
Gunther Gustave Rumrich
Panama Canal Zone
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
Glaser
Leipzig
Rumrich
Hardy
Wetterlit
Edgar Hoover
Washington
Moscow
Awarich
Russia
Smith Honored by Federal Land Bank Conference
Hugh Smith of Hope Arkansas was inducted into the $200, 00 Club and the 100 Fam Club at a Federal Land Bank of St Louis conference in St Louis. He transferred 109 farms totaling 208000 to the bank during 1947, representing multiple counties in southwestern Arkansas.
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Hugh Smith
Hope
Ark
Federal Land Bank of
Little River
Miller, Mempstead
LaFayette
Neada
Columbia
Clark
Ouachita
Union
Arkansas
The
Land Bank
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