Nearly a Million Is Spent in WPA Work This County
Weer county and Hempstead officials report WPA activity since July 1935 led to expenditures totaling $847,936 through June 30, 1939 with further disbursements since. Floyd Sharp cites road, building, and school repairs across Hope Fulton Columbus and nearby areas, noting most projects nearly finished despite later budget adjustments.
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Weer
WPA
Hempstead
Floyd Sharp
Frank Rider
Sharp
Hope-Sarcs
Ozan-Bingen
Melrose
Blevins
Wallaceburg
Fulton
Hope
Columbus
McNab School
Schoal
Spring Hill
Satin Cheater
Highway Department
Blevins and McCaskill
Clow
Tanegro
Washington
Patmos
City
Shover Springs
Walnut Cirove
Sara Lage
Springhill
Raretaker
Smith-Hughes
Parnos
Miss Ruth Lee Hurt in Auto Accident Near Hope
Ruth Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs L W Lee 208 East Avenue C was injured Tuesday night in an automobile collision on Highway 671 west of Hope She was taken to Josephine Hospital then returned home Wednesday The Mortis family from Hope sustained minor injuries The car she rode in with Mrs Lee and Mrs W L Farvis traveled east toward Hope while another vehicle headed west toward Texarkana The accident occurred about a mile west of the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lee
L. W. Lee
East Avenue C
Hapu
Josephine Hospital
Jesse Mortis
Hope
Texarkana
Lee
Ruth
W.L Farvis
A Thought That Which Is Pure From Thy Lips
A fragment from Deuteronomy 24 urges keeping words spoken as a freewill offering to God. It emphasizes performing vows and the importance of oath fulfillment aligned with devotion. The wording reflects ancient law and religious duty.
Classical Composers Quiz from a Damaged Page
A ragged music quiz lists titles with multiple choice composers. Students choose Iren Moonlight Sunset Mendelssohn or Beethoven Gershwin Afternoon of a Faun Debussy Wagner Prelude in a Sharp Minor Paderewski Rachmaninoff Sullivan Carmichael Unfinished Symphony De Kuven Herbert Kreisler Schubert.
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Toa Cay
Iren
Mayda
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Gershwin
Debussy
the Hach
Nevin
Milton
Tannhauser
Mozart
Tachaikowsky
Wagner
Cyrusy
Jal Paderewski
Rachmaninoff
Sullivan
Carmichael
de Kuven
Herbert
Kreis Fer
Schubert
Scandinavia Plans Defense Alliance
Scandinavia weighs a defense alliance as Sweden debates closer Nordic unity amid the Russian Finnish war. Former Foreign Minister Richard Sandler urged policy adoption in parliament. In Finland, Russians are reported to have retreated from the Salla sector with 40 000 troops as Finnish forces claim bombing success and harsh winter conditions. A London blast at a royal gunpowder plant caused casualties and damage, with authorities calling it accidental.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Freerik Storm
Formre
Richard Sandler
Fins Pash
Helsinki
Finland
Salla
Hvetic Whele
London
Eng
New York
Royal Gunpowder Factory
Waltham Abbey
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sal- Lu
Berlinske Tidende
Newspaaper
Northen
Red Army
Ayelle
Laylan
Regional Meeting of Bands January 25-27 in Little Rock
Arkansas State Band and Orchestra Parents club president Mes. Boyue A. Drummond announced a regional band clinic to be held January 25-27 in Little Rock for members and directors of high school bands from six states in region seven of the National High School Band Association. Arkansas will be represented by students from high schools in Ashdown Benton Booneville Camden Crossett DeWitt Port Smith Prescott Rogers Searcy Smackover Stuttgart Texarkana Van Buren Gorgon Harrison Hartman Helena Hope Fort Smith Waldron Warren.
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Little Rock
Ark
Boyue A. Drummond
Arkansas State Band and Orchestra
Arkansas
Ashdown
Benton
Booneville
Caimden
Crosett
Dewitt
Port Smith
Prescott
Rogers
Searcy
Smackover
Stuttgart
Texarkana
van Buren
Gorgon
Harrison
Hartman
Helena
Hope
For Springs
Waldron
Warren
$20 000 Suit Set for Trial Friday
A $20,000 personal injury suit set for trial Friday in Hempstead County Circuit Court. Jeff Wright of Hempstead County sues Max Cox of Hope over a September auto collision near Prescott on Highway 67, alleging Cox crossed the center line and hit Wright’s eastbound truck. The case names Hempstead County Motor Company.
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Jergust
Hempstead
Wright
Prescott
Jeff Wright
Hope Hames
Ludie Herd
Negra
Lynn Simpson
J. S. Andres
Floyd Nelson
Charles Williams
Community Ice & Produce Company
Andres
Nelson
Williams
Frog tale boomerangs to North Texas state talk
Dr W J McConnell president of North Texas State Teachers College reacts to the Airless Joe Chico legend and a Costa Rican tree frog tale. He quips about a wooden frog named Chico living a century in a tree and surviving termites as a humorous decoration on his desk while lampooning the enduring yarn.
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Denton
Tex
Mark Twain
Eastland
Rip
Crowell
Joe
W. J. McConnell
North Texas State Teachers College
Joy
Fourd County
McConnell
Chico
Delavan Farmer Holds Corn King Title Despite Drought
Richmond Robison of Delavan earned the crown with 154 bushels per acre this year, leading others at 100 bushels plus. His Nebraska farm near Grand Island produced no ears of corn due to a severe drought.
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Grand Island
Swiss Defeat Austrian Invasion At Sempach 1386
The Swiss highlanders, fighting with improvised weapons, broke an Austrian force at Sempach. Arnold von Winkelried sacrificed himself to open a path, dragging spears and killing many, including Duke Leopold. Swiss losses were light by comparison, securing independence that shaped their neutral stance.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
Europe
Leopold Hwe
Austria
Hapsburg Empire
Germany
Laverne
Finland
Leopold
Sempach
Arnold von Winkelried
Mrs Ida Gray Dies at 66 After Illness
Mrs. Ida Gray, 66, died Thursday at 1 15 p m at her daughter's home Miss Hazel Gray in this city after a three day illness Funeral services were not complete at 4 o clock The deceased is survived by two sons Kelly of Hope and Russel Gray of Los Angeles two daughters Mrs J T Hudgins of Oklahoma City and Miss Hazel Gray of Hupe Several brothers and sisters also survive
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Ida Gray
Hazel Gray
Pening Ward
Cotton New York Market Summary
March cotton trading opened Thursday at 1.05 and closed at 1.07. Middling spot price quoted at 11.51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chiropractor Welch Sentenced to 15 Years for Kidnapping
Beaumont Texas Dr W C Welch 52 a chiropractor who claimed healing powers was convicted after nine hours jury deliberation and given a 15 year term for kidnapping 12 year old Irwin Mingle son of Port Arthur automobile dealer.
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Beaumont
Texas
W. CG. Welch
Irwin Mingle
Port Arthur
Welch
Two Sales Week at Sutton and Collier Mule Barn
C H Sutton, manager of the Sutton and Collier Mule Barn, announced Thursday that effective this week there would be two sale days instead of one. Due to increasing stock sales every Tuesday, all sales of horses and mules will be on Monday each week and cattle and calves will be on the regular sale day Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Sutton
Sutton and Collier Mule Barn
Baptists to Hear South America Talk at First Church
The Rev. Clem D. Hardy, a native Texan and Baylor graduate, will speak at First Baptist Church next Sunday January 21 on the political and religious scene in interior South America. He spent four years in Brazil and may show pictures of native life. The pastor Rev. William R. Hamilton announced plans for morning and evening services with educational curiosities and an invitation to the public.
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Clem D. Hardy
First Baptist Church
South America
Hardy
Brazil
William R. Hamilton
Mr. Hardy
Mr. Herdy
Baylor University
Waco
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Forth Worth
America
Lear Mr. Hardy
Long Prepares for a Second Primary in Louisiana
Louisiana politics tighten as Sam H. Jones moves toward a February 20 second primary against Gov. Earl K. Long after Jones finished a distant second in the Democratic primary. Former Gov. James A. Noe signals continued anti-Long hopes as a federal grand jury probes alleged irregularities in the election.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Long Machine
Earl K. Long
Sam H. Jones
Long
Jones
James A. Noe
January 30 Deadline To Buy Auto License Tags
Ed Van Sickle of the local revenue office says the final date to purchase auto license tags without penalty is January 30 not January 31. There will be no further extension of time per the latest enacted law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed van Sickle
Local Revenue Office
No Hope Is Held For Idaho Senator Borah
Idaho Republican Senator William E Borah, 60, dean of the Senate, is near death after a cerebral hemorrhage. He has been in a coma since Tuesday morning when found unconscious. Mrs Borah says physicians give no encouragement for recovery and secretary Miss Cora Rubin reports the condition is very, very critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litle Rock
William E. Borsh
Idaho
Senate
Borah
Cora Rubin
Farmers Day at South Arkansas Implement Co explains event
A Saturday January 20 Farmers Day at the South Arkansas Implement Company will feature a hammer mill demonstration and a modern farm machinery style show. Manager W. Johnson says the event honors local farmers with a winter style show of farm tools and a new tractor line. Farmers may bring feed for grinding to receive up to 200 pounds ground per farmer. Registration for attendance awards begins at 9 a.m.
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the Star
South Arkansas Implement Company
Hammer Mill
W. @. Johnson
Johnson
Turkey Hit by Second Major Quake in Three Weeks
Anakar a Turkey reports a second major earthquake in three weeks in the Niğde district, killing 50 and injuring 160. The area, 200 miles southeast of the December 28 disaster that killed at least 30,000 in northeastern Anatolia, endured a string of aftershocks and ground tremors last night.
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Anakara
Turkey
Nigde
T Here
Anatolia
Musical Program at Patmos School Closes Saturday Night
The Sardis singing school will close Saturday night with a concert at Patmos High School auditorium. It features duets, quartets, and class singing with invited quartets the Henshaw Odum Brothers and the May Family. School buses will operate free of charge. Homer Odom taught the school.
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Sardis
Patnos High School
Henshaw
Odum Brothers
May
Homer Odom
Debates Set on Blackout Traffic Deaths in Commons
London England Prime Minister Chamberlain announced that the House of Commons will debate blackout traffic fatalities, a figure said to exceed Britain’s war casualties, in the session next Tuesday. The issue draws attention to civilian risk during wartime blackout conditions and calls for policy review.
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London
Eng
Britain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Vinson proposes 500 million cut to Navy expansion plan
Chairman Vinson of Georgia proposed a 500 million dollar reduction in the 1.3 billion dollar fleet expansion. He would eliminate four projected new destroyers and seek committee approval at the session opening. The plan trims total tonnage from 40 000 to 218 000.
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Washington
Vinson
Georgia
Many Gather for Anderson Rites
Funeral services for Mr. Thomas M. Anderson were held at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home with a large turnout of out of town relatives and friends. Attendees included Porters, Porterfield, Miss Mary Porterfield, Miss Josie Anderson of Little Rock, McCorkle of Dallas, Shapmee of Bartlesville, Cloud of Homan, Andersons from Texarkana, Mrs Monroe of Washington, and many others from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, and beyond including Little Rock, Hot Springs, Shreveport, McGehee, Prescott, Tulsa, and Augusta. Mrs James L. Jamison traveled en route to Columbia, S C, and was in Augusta when the death occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M." Anderson
Herndon-Cornelius
Auneneral
W. F. Porterfield
Mary Porterfield
Mae Anderson
Josie Anderson
Little Rock
W. R. Berry
Charles Briant McCorkle
Dallas
Texas
T. J. Shap[mee
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Cloud of
Homan
Edward Anderson
Texarkana
Pink Monroe
Washington
C. B. Lowry
Ben Hamilton
Ray Winder
Ed Counts
Frank Newell
Tom Howland
Sam Sanders
J. Bodman
Mark Valentine
E. L. Freeman
Jarrell
John Terry
Jimmie Giles
Harry
Lee Williams
Maggie Reynolds
Jal
Neeily Black
Mason Jackson
Shreveport
Vivian Morgan
Yada Webb
Lola Steiner
A. M. McFarline
John Truemple
Oscar McCaskill
W. J. Britt
John Sherrill
Jules Miller
John Allen
Leonard Ellis
J. F. Morgan
Mary Morgan
Margery Brown
Hot Springs
W. E. Monroe
Springhill
Franky Wilson
T. K. Alston
W. H. Bransford
McGehee
Ark
Clarke White
Prescott
Ed Burton
Tulsa
Okla
G.T
Davenport
Bennett Bond
Oklahoma City
Don McCrea
Augusta
Ward Allen
Monroe
Ben Laangston
Burton Vaughan
New York City
Ed Taylor
Potts Sanders
Fercy Burton
Lewisville
Frank Silverman
Little
James L. Jamison
Columbia S. C
Baker hospital refused cancer cases as hopeless at Eureka Springs
R A Bells, 50 something as hospital superintendent, testified in the Norman Baker cancer care trial that the hospital consistently rejected cancer treatment requests deemed hopeless. He stated 2401 cases had been refused since the hospital opened at Eureka Springs under government objectives.
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Little Rock
R.A. Bellows
Baker Hospital
Eureka Springs
Norman Baker
Federal District Court
Thrasher candidate for prosecutor’s office
A political contest in the 19th judicial circuit broke when Billy Bo Thrasher from Camden filed a corrupt practices pledge as candidate for prosecuting attorney. The post is now held by Ores Harris of El Dorado. Counties in the district are Ouachita Calhoun Union and Columbia.
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Little Rock
Cic
Billy Bo Thrasher
Camden Jawyer
Altorney
Ores Harris
el Dorado
Ouachita
Calhoun
Union
Columbia
Arkansas Cold Snap Affects Little Rock Missouri Kansas City
A weather report records subfreezing temperatures across the region with Little Rock near 20 degrees at noon after a morning fall. Arctic readings sweep Missouri Kansas City and North Dakota with lows from 25 below to 10 below in parts of the Midwest as forecasts warn of continued frigid air and dangerous wind chills.
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Rock
Arkansas
Mercury
Little Rock
Missouri
Arctic
Kansas City
Central State
Ohio River
Kansas
North Dakota
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Thi
Germany and Britain pound Germany into hardship
British economic warfare is crippling Germany, minister Ronald H. Cross told Parliament. He said Germany will be unable to sustain the war as rationing widens, exports are prioritized, and evasion is frequent as Berlin shivers for coal and affects life deteriorates.
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London
Britain
Germany
Reich
Ronald H. Cross
House of Com+anions
Berlin
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Amat von Winkelrieh
Scandinavia
Norway
Regional Meeting of Bands
Max Cox
Old Rip
Switzerland
von Winkelried
Patriots
Sutton & Collier
Senator Borah
Idahoan
New Tremblor
England
Navy
Thrasher
Prosecutor's Office
Fi & Truck
Houston
Winn
State of Texas
Henderson Riley
Ihe Vietha
Douglas
Aziz
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