Supreme Court Orders New Trial In Hempstead County Nomination Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a Hempstead County ruling in the August Democratic primary contest between John Le Wilson and Fred A. Luck. It held 190 voters appeared on poll tax lists not in the official voter book, voiding Luck’s nominal victory. The decision directs a new trial and notes intent of voters must be considered case by case.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
Tn Ai
John le Wilson
Fred A. Luck
Hempstead County
Hemp Head
Frank Smith
Wilson
Luck
Jower Court
Cec
Smith Jane Athers
Bly Mayfield
Danish GM unit tests peat fueled Chevrolet in Copenhagen
Copenhagen reports General Motors Denmark redesigning a Chevrolet to run on peat gas as an emergency fuel. A sample car is already in use and the peat would power about one hundred miles for roughly $1.30 worth of peat.
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Copenhagen
Aktomobile
Firth
General Motors
Chevrolet
Europe
Inventions in the Movies Biographical Tech Spotlight
A quiz lists five inventions—the gleetyie light the steamboat the telephone the phonograph and hydrophobia treatment—asking the movie featuring each invention the inventor and the actor portraying him. Answers appear in Cony Page.
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Gleetyie
Brookwood School to Reopen Tuesday After Leak Closure
Miss Beryl Henry announced Brookwood School would reopen Tuesday morning after a gas pipe leak under the payment shut off fuel from the school, forcing authorities to close Brookwood Monday.
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Beryl Henry
Brookwood Gronmat School
Furl
Brookwood
Prizes Awarded for First Baby in Hempstead County
Mr and Mrs Orvie Byers of Hope Country club section won the first baby prize in Hempstead county for the new year. A son born to Mrs Byers at 3 25 pm Friday January 3 with Dr A C Kolb attending. Prizes from Rephan’s department store John P Cox Drug Shipley’s Hempstead Lumber J C Peake’s Stueart’s Diamond cafe and others.
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Orvie Byers
Country Club
Hope
Hempstead
Byers
Rephan
Johnson & Johnson
John P. Cox Drug Company
Shipley
Hempstead County Lumber Company
J. C. Peahey's Department
O Hope
Star
Stueart's Grocery and Market
Chiropractor's Case Heard in Memphastend Chancery Court
The Arkansas Medical Society sued Drs. Crow and Crow to bar them from practice in chiropractic work. The case was heard in Memphstead Chancery Court Monday with Judge A P Steele presiding. The judge took the matter under advisement and will rule in a few days.
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The
Arkansas Medical Society
Crow
Mempstead Chauncery Court
A. P. Steele
Exarkana
Steele
Four Arkansas Convicts to Die
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds death sentences for four Arkansas convicts Williymt McHard William Landers William Heard and Floyd Boyce for the killing of Deputy Sheriff Frank Gartman during an escape. The case confirms the most costly scientific publication note references the Wilkes Expedition report issued by the U S Government.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Caldwell Parrish
Louisiana Supreme Court
Frank Gartman
Williymt McHard
William Landers
William Heard
Floyd Boyce
Antarctic
U. S
Arkansas Tax Reform Push Faces Sales Tax Instability
The Arkansas General Assembly will tackle tax reform this session to stabilize public school funding. The sales tax, once seen as a fix, now rests on shaky political ground amid competition from tax-free rivals and recent abandonment in Louisiana. Proposals include shifting assessors to permanent civil service, centralizing state capital taxation, and tying auto licenses to personal tax receipts. The Star urges three measures and a transition period to protect school revenue and curb ad valorem pressure.
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Arkansas
General Assembly
Iml
Tennessee
Texas
Louisiana
The
Arkansas Education Association
Esfal E. Sparling
Fayetteville
Caunty
Arkansas Gazette
Winter & Companion
Adkins
Advisory Committee On
State Comptroller’s Office
Legislatores
Little Rock
Bardia Falls as British Drive to Tobruk Quickens
British patrols broaden the Libyan wedge toward Tobruk as mechanized units seal a close blockade south of Tobruk and Bardia's garrison surrenders. More than 30,000 prisoners and大量 of arms, guns, and stores fell into British hands as the advance establishes Tobruk as a new base in the campaign.
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London
Tobur
Wavell
Libya
Toburk
Bardia
Cairo
Lnitain
Tobruke
Island Paradise Shaken by U S Bases Deal in Bermuda
Bermuda faces labor unrest as Britain leases naval and air base sites to the United States for 99 years. Bermuda workers push for American wage parity and form the first labor union, while U S military surveys advance on Long Bird and St David’s among other island sites.
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Bermuda Islands
Looe Bird Island
St George’s Island
Fied
Castle Harbor
Hamilton
Bermuda
Great Britain
U. S. of Naval
U.S. Army
Bermuda Labor Board
Bermuda Workers’ Association
Busey
Lund
Canada
South America
U. S. Naval
Long Bird
St. David's
Cooper'’s
Stocky
Donald White
Methodists to Meet in Prescott District Gathering
A district Methodist meeting will be held at the First Methodist church in Prescott on Wednesday January 8 1941 at 7 15 am under District Superintendent Rev John D Baker. Principal speaker Dr King Vivian of Nashville Tenn and Rev Fred G Roebuck of Little Rock will address along with other speakers to promote the World Service Program in a time of need.
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Prescott
Hempstead
Nevada
Pike
Mont-gomery
Howard, Clark
Scott
First Methodist
John D. Baker
King Vivian
McKendree Methodist Church
Nashville, Tenn
Fred G. Roebuck
Agebury Methodist Church
Little Rock
Methodist Church
Kenneth L. Spore
First Methodist Church of Hope
Tulsa Visitor Seeks Tulsa Bomber Plant Job
A St Louis pipe fitter visits the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce to learn about a proposed $10 million bomber assembly plant. He hears the site has not yet been chosen and decides to wait for more word as local officials assess the project.
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Tulsa
Oklah
Chamber of Commmerce
St. Louis
Roosevelt State of the Union Urges Foreign Aid and Armament Rise
President Roosevelt told Congress the United States faces an unprecedented foreign peril and urged swift increases in armaments for defense and aiding democracies. He outlined three national policy pillars and the Four Freedoms emphasizing security, resistance to aggression, morality, and a world with reduced armaments to deter war.
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Washington
Ph Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Abi Roosevelt
State of the Union
Senate
Greatihs
Wwourt-Asse
Roosevelt
BB Peasers
A Thought Mei Reflects on Unity Against Evil
A brief, period tone quotation urges hearts not to be opposed within but united against evil, stressing collective strength and harmony rather than internal conflict. The line emphasizes solidarity and moral focus over infighting.
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Mei
Canlyle
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Hope, Jane
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Hayaliton
Alex. H. Washburn
Associated Press
New York
Island Paradise
U.S
Islands
Bermuda Air Ware
Tom Wolf
NEA
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