Russians Routed by Finns Near Lake Kianta in Winter War
Finnish ski troops crushed Russia’s 17,000-man 163rd division near Lake Kianta, trapping remnants and pushing toward the border. Finns reported surrounding the column with strong positions and warned many would starve or freeze without rescue. Goering consolidates war economy control in Germany as events unfold.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
Red Army
Lake Kianta
Red
Lake
Kianta
Finland
Mannerheim Ling
Arctic
Karelian
Moscow
A Thought On Valor Of Friendship In Adversity
A reflection notes that true friendship shows greater strength in times of hardship than in times of ease. It suggests loyalty, support, and presence as the measures of steadfast companionship amidst Chilean life.
1939 Industry Close Equals 1929 Mark
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins said that industrial activity in the last three months of 1839 matched the best quarter in 1925, but the same decline in production appeared certain early this year.
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Washington
Hopkins
District 10 Arkansas Athletic Association Meets at High School
District 10 officials of the Arkansas Athletic Association will meet at 2 p.m. Saturday at the local high school. E. T. Moody of Nashville presides. Agenda covers election of officers, bids for district basketball tournaments, spring music festival dates, junior literary contests, and track meet dates. Present officers include Moody president Jones vice president Shanan secretary and O Daniel treasurer.
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District 10
Arkansis Athletic Association
E.T. Moody
Nashville
J. H. Jones
Hope High School
A. G. Shanan
Stamps
EB. O'Daniel Af Waldo
Ministers Will Meet in Hope Arkansas
The Arkansas district of the Pentecostal church will hold its monthly fellowship on Monday night January 8 at the local Pentecostal church at West Dth and South Pergusan in Hope. Rev G H Brown of Little Rock will lead a service with visiting and local ministers speaking and musical numbers by visiting singers and local talent.
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Arkansas
the Pentecostal Church, Inc
Pentecostal
West Dth
South Pergusan
Danita Barnum
G. H. Brown
Little Rock
Ark
Merle Hendrickson
Arkadelphia
Mind Your Manners Quiz From Old Etiquette Guide
A fragmentary etiquette quiz asks about dining with a nun, apologizing for crunching, using a knife to cut meat, beginning remarks with ask, and refusing invitations. It includes expected answers: yes, no, break with fingers, no, no, and notes on politeness.
Murphy Named to Supreme Court by F D Thursday
President Roosevelt nominated Attorney General Frank Murphy to the United States Supreme Court and Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson to head the Department of Justice. Also named Judge Francis Biddle to be solicitor general amid a budget message urging defense tax increases and cuts across agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
United States Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Department of Justice
Senate
Francis Biddle
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Some Better Things Program at Shaver Springs Church
An all day south western district young people's meeting at Shaver Springs church east of Hop features a morning welcome address devotional songs sermon and a series of six talks on a better testament covenant better promises and better country among others. A business meeting and adjournment follow, with a closing note about seven tasters who annually judge tea samples for U.S. admission.
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Young People's Meeting
Shaver Springs Church
Hop
Shaver Springs B
County’ Avenue
Wexarkana
Heb. Tv
Texarkana
First Baptist
B.C. Magnolia
Dierks
P. T. C. Dierks
Garrett Memn
Emmanuel Church
Nashville
Grace B. Y. P
T. C
Bingen
Shoyer Springs
Hope
Cotton New York Opens On Thursday Prices Edge Higher
The March cotton market opened at 115 and closed at 110 with middling spot at 11.60 cents. Trade notes indicate modest gains as traders await New York session cues.
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New York
Use of Arkansas Gas Is Requested by State Bureau
Arkansas Utilities Commission supports serving Arkansas consumers with Arkansas gas if prices match those from Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma. Chairman Fitzhugh said the panel may visit Magnolia field to study potential excess gas for industry and domestic use. He noted reports that Magnolia gas could be sour and damage lines and appliances. Most Arkansas gas now comes from north Louisiana East Texas and Clarksville field. El Dorado NewsTimes reported state fields produce about 40 million cu ft daily with much flared, not deemed waste per conservation law.
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Little Rock
Thomas Fitzhugh
State Utilities Commission
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Fitzhugh
Magnolia
Arkansas- Lousiana
Louisiana-Nevada
Clarksville
Ark
el Dorado News-Times
Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission
Two Negroes Held in Attempted Robbery
Police Chief Sweeney Copeland said on Thursday that Fred Jackson of Hope and Johnny Washington of Nashville, both negroes, were held in the city jail for questioning in the attempted robbery of Robins Liquor Store Wednesday night. The pair were nabbed by officers in an alley behind the store. the rear screen had been cut but entry to the store was not made.
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Sweeney Copeland
Fred Jackson
Hope
Johnny Washington
Nashville
Robins
Box Supper Friday at Evening Shade School House
A box supper will be held at Evening Shade school house Friday night at 7 30 o clock to raise funds for payment of a piano for the Evening Shade Baptist church.
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Evening Shade
Evening Shade Baptist Church
Inventions in chronological order puzzle tease
The note asks to reorder inventions from earliest to latest: telegraph, combustion of steel is mislisted, sewing machine, electro magnet, photography, television, typewriter, lightning rod, quinting missing, telephone, incandescent lamp, cotton gin, motion picture machine, steamboat, wireless telegraph. It invites answer on Page Two.
Robbery attack kills Roy Coleman 60 in Chester alley
Roy Coleman, 60, an Ivory Handle employee and Heber Springs native, died Thursday of a fractured skull from an alleged robbery attempt in an alley behind a North Hazel Street church. Police in custody questioned four Black suspects. none confessed. Coleman’s funeral is set for Friday at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home with burial at Rose Hill cemetery. surviving family includes a widow and several children.
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Roy Coleman
Ivory Handle’ Company
Chester Hospital
C. E. Baker
Peli
Sweeney Copeland
Welre
Coleman
Church
North Hazel Street
J. H. Weaver
North Main Street
Julia Chester
Bruner-Ivory Handle
Harris Ery
North Hazel
Harris
North Main
John McDonald
Bruner-ivory Company
Heber Springs
Herndon - Cornelius
Funeral Home
South Main Street
Rose Hill Cemetery
C E Christopher Dies at Prescott
C. E. Christopher, 65, retired Missouri Pacific railroad agent, died at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Cora Donnell hospital at Prescott after several months illness. He lived in Hope since 1910 and retired last March due to ill health. He served 47 years in rail service with Rock Island and Missouri Pacific, working at Little Rock and Prescott before moving to Hope. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, conducted by Rev. Thomas Brews ter, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by brothers William of Minneapolis, Grover of New Folden, three sisters Mrs. Clara Peterson of Plankington, Mrs. J. Moe of Alpena, Mich, and Mrs. Emma Pursley of Minneapolis.
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C. E. Christopher
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cora Donnell
Prescott
Christopher
Hope
Railway Serice
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Presealt
Herncon-Cornelius Funeral Home
South Main Street
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas Brewster
Rose Hill Cemetery
William Christopher
Minneapolis
Minn
Grover Christopher
New Folden
Clara Peterson
Plankington
J. Moe
Alpene
Mich
Emma Pursley
Statewide Safety Meetings Planned in Arkansas
The State Board of Education Pavk and Arkansas State Police announce county conferences across the state with public school heads to adopt a uniform safety course for schools. Hempstead county will join a conference in Arkadelphia mid month with Hope officer Holand Humble representing state police. Discussions cover home, school, and highway safety to reduce fatalities.
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State Board of Education Pavk
Arkansas State Police Department
Holand Humble
Hope
Arkansas
Hempstead
Arkadelphia
Oon
540 Pupils Escape From Fire in School
Providence Rhode Island reports five hundred forty pupils and twenty teachers escaped death as flames enveloped the Point Street grammar school. The blaze began in the boiler room of the three story building.
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Providence
Point Street Grammar School
British Welcome U S Rule on Sea
Washington reports that Britain and France would be pleased if the United States pledges to keep German raiders out of the western Atlantic. The British may insist on narrowing neutrality guarantees to include blocking German surface and undersea raiders, and forbidding refueling within the zone, to keep their merchant ships safe. Continued on Page Five.
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Preston Grover Washington
Atlantic
Germany
Graf Epee
Graf Spee
Atlantis
North Sea
Jaumacia
Neil Bacon Not Seriously Injured After Fall
Physicians at Julia Chester hospital said Neil Bacon of Hope was not seriously hurt when he fell from a 16 foot ladder at Third and Pine streets. He had contact with a live wire while removing Christmas street lights, causing a shock that toppled him. no broken bones were found and he was to be sent home Thursday afternoon.
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Julia Chester Hospital
Neil Bacon
Hope
Third
Pine Streets
Bacon
Third and
Pine
LSU Tigers Get Fed to Fend Through School
LSU sophomo re Osce Jones feeds ten pounds of ground hamburger daily to Mike the Bengal tiger at the campus zoo. Jones earns 44 dollars a month helping manage the animal, while the care routine includes salt and cod liver oil. He sometimes calls on his twin Roger as a backup keeper, and the tiger responds to Mike by name despite a wary temper.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Osce Jones
Mike
Jones
Osee
Roger
Osce
Sheik
Arkansas
Fevs
Poison Found in Magnolia Case Involves Cleaver Murder
Magnolia Arkansas Thursday prosecutor Karen Harris said tests found poison in the vital organs of Mrs. Qzella Cleaver. Her husband, Charles Cleaver, 49, remains jailed on a first degree murder charge.
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Magnolia
Ark
Karen Harris
Qzella Cleaver
Charles Cleaver
Irish Army funding charge fuels special session debate
Dublin legislators met in a special session to draft laws to confront threats to public safety and heard a charge that the outlawed Irish Republican Army is financed with money from the United States.
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Dublin
Ireland
Iish Republican
United States
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Sherron Jackson
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