Million Dollars Distributed in 1939 to State's Jobless
Arkansas officials outlined unemployment compensation details at Hope city hall. Director Ell W. Collins described earned rights, two to five week waiting periods, and possible penalties for job quitters or drunkenness. He defended experience rating and noted only three years of benefit experience, with state law to determine future changes.
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Arkansas
Ben C. Shipp
Hits
I. McKinley
Binnie Ellington
Ict
Hope
Ins
Collins
Emil
Col- Buid
Elf
Ratig
Indusil
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State Administration
Shipp
Phink
Unemployment compensation debate at city hall meeting
An Arkansas unemployment compensation discussion outlines tax history, experience rating, and benefit rules. Key speakers explain waiting periods, base year calculations, and sample earnings showing weekly benefits up to 16 weeks, with rules on timing and eligibility.
Magnolia Field Reports 94th Oil Wall Discovery
Magnolia field reaches 94th oil wall as Watughn-Longione’s Jones D-1 wells in the northeast of section 21 17 20 begin flowing at 7 634 feet depth. The well is in the Jones extension area and was cleaning itself in pits late Tuesday.
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Magnolia
Watughn-Longione
Jones
Mayor and two officials indicted in liquor transport case
FORT SMITH Ark on Wednesday the mayor and two Sulphur Springs constables were named as defendants in federal indictments. They face charges of conspiracy with Southwestern Distilled Products and an Arkansas liquor rectifying firm to move liquor into dry states. All pleaded innocent before Judge Heartsill Regan and set for trial April 29.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Sulphur Springs
Southwestern Distilled Products
Inn
Arkansas
W. C. Seiler
Bill Kelly
Duke Brackney
Hearts
California Floods Ravage Cities After Cloudburst
San Francisco reports floods across Northern California where nine inches of rain in 24 hours triggered evacuations for around 3,000 residents. Napa, Pescadero, Winters, Redding and Marysville endured rising waters. rescue crews saved hundreds as crops and livestock suffered. No deaths reported yet. rail service disrupted and power outages occurred in several towns.
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California
San Francisco
Sacramento Valley
Napa
Woodland
Marysville
Pescadero
Southern Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Santa Cruz
Calif
Redding
Oakland
Bay
Republicans Win in Ohio Election
Columbus reports Republicans captured two special congressional seats in Ohio on Tuesday. J Harry McGregor won the Seventeenth district for the GOP, defeating Byron Ashbrook, with 22 894 to 21 etc. Frances Bolton edged Anthony Fleger in the Twentieth district, 24 348 to ?. Bolton succeeds her husband, Chester Bolton, who died October 29. McGregor praised a trend away from the New Deal as Bricker called the outcome Ohio’s sentiment toward federal policy.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. Harry McGregor
Byron B. Ashbrook
McGregor Ashbrook
Frances P. Bolton
Anthony A. J
Fleger
Bolton
McGregor
Ashbrook
William A. Ashbrook
Chester C. Bolton
Ohio House
John W. Bricker
Arthur L. Limbach
Diaiymay
Bricker
Beer Licenses in State Revoked
Revenue Commissioner Z M McCarral revoked six retail beer distribution permits in Arkansas. The actions followed information from the Brewers and Arkansas Beer Distributors committee and investigations by revenue department agents. This is part of a broader “clean up close-up” campaign affecting beer businesses.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Renue
Z. M. McCarrerol
Arkansas Beer Distributors
Revenue Department
MecCarral
Hugh Wharton
Fluorescent Lights Installed at Haynes Store
White and Frank Hammons of Salem Mass completed the fluorescent lighting at the new Charles Haynes Company store on Main Street and have departed. John Wesley is noted as a renowned hymn writer with more than 6000 hymns to his credit.
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New Haynes Store
White
Frank Hammons
Salem
Mass
Charles Haynes
John Wesley
Five Poet Names From Classic English Works Quiz
Five poems are listed with four author options each. Identify the correct author for Kubla Khan, The Blessed Danozel, The Fairie Queene, In Memoriam, and Dramatis Personae, selecting among Coleridge, Spenser, Gray, Browning, and others. Answers appear on the next page.
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Kubla Khan
Lord Byron
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
John Milton
Charles Dickens
Danozel
John Keats
Geoffrey Chance
D. G. Rossetti
Oscar Wilde
Edmund Spenser
Sir Philip Sidney
Edward Fairfax
Charles Lamb
Alexander Pope
Thomas Gray
John Duyden
Alfred Tomyson
Free Lunches for 10 Hempstead County Schools
Hempstead county public welfare cooperates with local schools to provide free lunches funded by federal surplus commodities. Schools listed include Clay Hill, Oak Grove, Crow Training, Walnut Grove, Ozan Public, Evergreen, Macedonia, Nazarene, St. Mark's and Redland Model with 977 children. Monthly visits by county welfare director Mrs. Sally M. Broening and public health nurse Miss Opal Cheek support weighing and health measures.
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Hempstead
Hempstead County
Federal Surplus Commodity Corporation
Clay Hill
Washington
Oak Grove
Washington Rouue | 1—90 Children, Crow Training School
Ozan
Walnut Grove
Evergreen
Macedonia
Columniuus
Nazarene School
McNabis
St. Mark's
Route 4
Hope
Redland Model
McCassili
Sally M. Broening
Opal
Red Lanterns Show White Hope of Peace
In LOCARNO Switzerland Italian Swiss Catholics have hung red lanterns from chimneys and church spires since 1914 for peace. The custom, begun centuries ago, marked wars in Christian nations and resurfaced during 1938 with lanterns lit again on village poles and rooftops.
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Locarno
Switzerland
Europe
Imany
Gasoline Plant Begins Operation in Magnolia Field
Magnolia The Shell Gasoline extraction plant in the Magnolia field has begun manufacturing gasoline while testing machinery and will likely be in full operation by the end of the week. It uses 10,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily, shared among oil concerns that financed the plant. The product will be shipped to large refineries in the Southwest. The plant will be inspected during the oil jubilee next Tuesday.
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Magnolia
Shell Gaseline
Finday
Welles Heads to Meet Hitler for Roosevelt Peace Push
Under secretary of state Sumner Welles left Rome for Zurich en route to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler and von Ribbentrop as part of President Roosevelts peace initiative. Myron Taylor joined Welles earlier as the presidents emissary to the Vatican.
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Sumner Welles
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Adolf Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Louy
Europe
Roosevelt
Welles
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
United States
Willian Phillips
Berlin
Taylor
Pius XI
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Britain Switzerland. Balkan war rumors and strategic notes
British and American dispatches report Germany seeking Romanian border leverage and arms for Finland, with Kermit Roosevelt considered for a command. Finnish forces resist Red Army gains on the Karelia isthmus as Britain warns civilians face air retaliation. London notes Germany and Russia trading weapons, while diplomatic talks aim to curb autarchy after the war. Berlin confirms British planes crossed into Germany. Paris praises Downing of two German planes. Hull says U.S. talks ongoing to prevent totalitarian influence postwar. A 24 seat London ministry cinema opens to show propaganda previews.
Thought on Supporting the Weak and Jesus’s Teachings
A devotional fragment reflecting on Jesus words that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Emphasizes remembering scripture and aiding the vulnerable as central Christian duty.
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Jesus
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