Japan Declares War Could Trigger U S Embargo Move
Washington observers warn a formal Japanese war declaration against China could force President Roosevelt to impose a full embargo on shipments of arms and munitions. The neutrality act allows such action, but risks involving blockades, searches, and seizures would follow, amid Japan's Pacific buildup and China’s reliance on foreign shipping for imports.
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Washington
Ruasayer
Japan
China
Spain
United States
State Department
EMAL
Japa
Great Britain
Mit
Pacific
Ae Sea
Numbers Robbery Racket Across Cities Revealed
NEA Service reports a nationwide survey on a numbers racket described as a lucrative crime, profiting from the poor and corrupting communities. It spans major cities like New York Philadelphia Boston Cleveland and smaller towns, with daily profits estimated around millions. The investigation aims to quantify scope playership and social impact.
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NEA
Pathe
Carty
Woramless
Gam
Marlen
New York
Conpatiion
Newspious
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Heatsville
Intl
Plint
Mie
Canton
Ohio
Roanoke
Vic
Knoxville
Penn
Parvey
Ross
Gaaley Cauketeers
Cotton firm 40 bales purchase tops regional deal
Henry Watkins & Son of Hope announces buying 40 bales of cotton from Veissell & Hainer of Bradley Arkansas. The 400 bales total sale brings 10 cents per pound, described as the territory’s largest single deal to date.
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Henry Watkins & Son
Bradley Firm
Hope Uesday
Veissell & Hainer
Bradley, Ark
Ceflonthie
Rveunt Montis
Hope to Explain Farm Tenant Purchase Plan Soon
Arkansas moves closer to applying the Bankhead Jones act as Secretary Wallace names three man committees in 16 of 21 counties. FSA announces $487,556 in loans for young farm tenant families to buy homes and improve properties. John L. Faulkner says district meetings will educate committees. Hope hosts January 19 session for Hempstead and nearby counties with local appointees including H. Keel King, Hugh Garner, and E. M. Osborn.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Farm Security Admiration
Wallace
John L. Faulkner
FSA
Hope Januay
Hempstead
Hot Spring
Howard
LaFayette
Little River
Miller Counties
H. Keel King
Woman City Marshal Uses Persuasion Over Pistol
Crowley Louisiana report says Beulah O P ry Sigur, city marshal, handles tough cases with verbal persuasion rather than a gun. She won election by 139 votes over five male opponents after her husband’s death, and traces her entry to the day of his passing. The Oregon Trail route details are noted as context.
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Crowley
Beulah O'Pry Sigur
Sigur
Alexander Octave Sigur
Senate Filibuster Extends Fifth Day Over Lynch Bill
Senate stretched into a fifth day as Byrnes of South Carolina led a continued anti lynching filibuster. Democratic leader Barkley warned of further sessions until action. Also in Washington Secretary Wallace told a Senate committee rural relief demands rose as recession and farm price declines deepen the rural crisis.
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Washington
Byrnes
Caralina
Senate
Barkly
Kentucky
Waltington
Wallace
Rotenberry Files New Pension Bill
Little Rock lawyer and former representative A L Rotenberry filed in Secretary of State Hall's office a petition to initiate in the November 8 1938 general election an act to pay pensions up to 50 dollars monthly to persons over 65 and blind persons over 16 whose incomes are under 50 dollars a month. He urged sponsors to avoid past failure to obtain a vote at the next election.
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Little Rock
A. L. Rotenberry
Secretary of
C. G. Hall
NMG
Rotenberry
Inside the Numbers Racket in Major Cities
A survey shows the numbers racket moves vast sums daily with New York at 30000000? in play and 15000000? profit, Boston and Washington also active. The piece details profits, players, and the broad public participation across cities including Columbus and Houston, noting many workers rely on the illegal lottery system.
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New York
Talia
Kanes
Ane
Uly
Indivethy Bostur UD
Boston
Washington
D. C
Columbus
Ohio
Houston
Texas
Plow Found Buried in Twin Hearts of Giant Oak Tree
The Star reports a pioneer bull-tongue plow wedged in a forked sapling of a giant white oak on the Morrison farm near Washington Arkansas. The two hearts of the tree show concentric growth around the iron relic, likely placed around 1826 by Joshua Morrison’s era, with C. C. Stuart posing beside the find. The Morrison homestead is among Hempstead County’s earliest settlements, near the town of Washington, Arkansas.
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Hope Washington Road
Hope Washington
C. C. Stuart
Joshua Morrison
Morrison Place
Morrison
the Star
Hempstead County
Washington
Spring, Hill and
Fulton
Arkansas
Blind School Suit Lost in Chancery
Chancellor Frank Dodge dismissed in Pulaski chancery court a suit by W. M. Walls and four taxpayers to stop using permanent school funds for the new State Blind School. The court upheld state attorneys who said 1947 act did not violate Amendment 20 of Article 14. An appeal to the Supreme Court was planned. A second suit about back salaries to county assessors was postponed to January 24.
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Little Rock
Frank Dodge
Pulaski
Cal. Pearce
Walls
Supreme Court
Nepatisnyi
Forest Towers Draw 1353 Visitors to Protection Unit Nine
In six months 1353 people climbed six forest fire look towers in Protection Unit Nine of the Are Iansas State Forestry Commission. Visitors arrived from states from Pennsylvania to California, reaching a sunlit railing to the top where an enclosed cab offers a view. Each tower is telephone connected to all Forest Rangers in the unit, with Magnolia as unit headquarters and eight ranger districts. A ranger leads each district, aided by roughly six forest fire guards per district. Protection Unit Nine is among the few in the southern pine region, overseen regionally by George A. Lary from Camden as fire protection expands with the Eastern Del Regina operations.
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Iansas State Forestry Commission
Pennsylvania
California
Magnolia
Pine
George A. Lary
Camden
Dela Regina
Ten Dead As Northwest Plane Crashes In Storm
A snowbound crash site in the Bridger mountains north of Bozeman holds ten victims after a Northwest Airlines M-3 Zephyr went down in a blizzard while en route Seattle to Chicago via Minneapolis. Recovery was slow due to heavy snow while inspectors and reporters climbed rugged trails. The craft had been grounded earlier in Butte by weather. The crew included Mamer, with three years at Northwest, and West, a California native and ex army cadet. A highway now links Mount Whitney and Death Valley.
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Bozeman
Mont
Northwest Airlines
Bridger Mountains
Seattle
Chicago
Minneapolis
Butte
Billings
Larson
White
National Safety Council
Mamer
St. Paul
Cranium Crackers and Quick Trivia Challenge
A set of five trivia prompts asks why water resists burning and what the march Hail to the Chief denotes who the Tories were how fire makes a buzzing sound and whether tin mines exist in the United States. The final line hints at a classified pays context.
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United States
Fay
Hope Banks Elect Officers for 1938
Stockholders of Citizens National bank and First National bank of Hope held their annual meetings Tuesday and re-elected officers and directors. Citizens National bank elected O. A. Graves as vice-president, succeeding the late L. D. Reed. The bank also added three new members as directors R. M. LaGrone Jr, Albert Graves and M. T. Sewell. S. L. Reed was elected a director to succeed his brother, the late L. D Reed. Officers and directors follow: R. M. LaGrone president, R. M Briant vice-president, O. A. Graves vice-president, C. C. Spragins cashier J. Hall assistant cashier. Directors: R. M. LaGrone, R. M. Briant, C. C. Spragins, A. L. Black, S. L. Reed, William Temple, O. A. Graves, J. A. Haynes, R. M. LaGrone Jr, Albert Graves and N. T. Jewell. Stockholders of First National bank re-elected the same officers and directors: R. G. McRae president, Harry J Lemley vice-president, N. F. O'Neal vice-president, Lloyd Spencer cashier, Syd McMath and Roy Stephenson assistant cashiers. Board of Directors: R. G. McRae, Harry J Lemley, N. P. O'Neal, E. P. Stewart, J. R. Henry, Lloyd Spencer. Cashiers of both banks C. C. Spragins of Citizens National and Lloyd Spencer of First National bank reported that their institutions enjoyed a good year in 1937.
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Citizens National Bank
First National Bank of Hope
O. A. Graves
L. D. Reed
R. M. LaGrone, Jr
Albert Graves
M. T. Sewell
S. L. Reed
L. D Reed
R. M. LaGrone
R. M Briant
C. C. Spragins
J. ©. Hall
R. M. Briant
A. L. Black
William Temple
J. A. Haynes
N. T. Jewell
First National Bank
R. G. McRae
Harry J . Lemley
N. F. O'Neal
Lloyd Spencer
Syd McMath
Roy Stephenson
Harry J. Lemley
N. P. O'Neal
E. P. Stewart
J. R. Henry
Citizens National
January 31 Deadline Urges Arkansas Employers
Arkansas employers with eight or more workers must ensure all 1937 unemployment contributions are paid by January 31, 1938 to receive federal credit. If state contributions of 1.8 percent remain unpaid, the employer owes the full 2 percent to the federal government. The rule ties to Title 1938 Social Security Act credits and state payment timing.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Alwady
Fede
Liddle
Internal Revenue
Lo Juane SL
Formal War Policy Draft Shrouded in Secrecy
Tokyo officials meeting with the Emperor drafted the empire's policy toward China, with possible war declaration under tight secrecy. A manifesto clarifying future action was reportedly to be issued within days. In Shanghai, a Japanese army spokesman said forces were prepared for the next operation if necessary. Spain's civil war saw renewed government hammering near Teruel with aerial activity continuing.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Shanghai
Spain
la Muella de
Teruel
Madrid
Drivers Compelled to Report Crash under Arkansas Act
Arkansas enforces 1937 Act 300 requiring drivers involved in crashes that injure or kill someone or cause $50 or more in property damage to file a written report within 24 hours. Law ensures tabulation, public dissemination, and follow up through the State Highway and State Police departments with reports added to drivers’ records.
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Arkansas
State Police Department
Traffic Division
State Highway Department
Traffic Department
State Highway Commission
Tthe
State Revenue Department
Cotton prices in New Orleans open and close steady
Cotton markets in New Orleans opened Tuesday at 64 cents per pound and closed at 8.63. Spot cotton remained steady with no changes. Unidentified listings show a price of 83.
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