Bond Board and district reforms proposed in state plan
Executive Waldo Frasier says a refunding plan and district consolidation will shift control to local voters. The program funds agricultural extension, vocational education, forestry, and dairy and cream testing. A tax on milled rice aims to finance an educational drive to boost rice use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer M. Adkins
Waldo Frasier
Tront
Te Board of Education
Aatural Extension Service
Vocal Agricultural Education
Forestry Commission
Fedids
Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Farm 2
Special assessments on Hope district tax books notice
Multiple street improvement and curb and gutter districts in Hope Arkansas announce special assessment taxes for January 1941. Collectors AGEE and JOHNNIE MCCABE warn property owners to pay within 30 days or face legal action, penalties, and costs. payments may be made at Citizens National Bank or First National Bank. Lists district annexes and district boundaries north and east of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Public notices dated January 17 1941 with February 7 deadlines referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Arkansas& Gutter District
Agee
Missouri Pacific
Citizens National Bank
Arkansas Street Improvement District No
TVEN
Citizens National
Arkansas
Mts
Imput
de Johnnie McCabe
South Main Street
Syd McMath
First Nations
Farm Bureau backs rural school program reforms in Arkansas
Mr. Frasier states the Farm Bureau supports resolutions from members and seeks immediate action on rural school funding and management. He notes the governor's advisory committee recognized the issue after months of study and urges legislative attention to fund operations and assist administration for farm communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frasier
Farm Bureau
Guv. Adkins
Committee On Education
Arkansas
Thief Snatches Cloth Sample Then Returns for Bolt
A thief entered a Asheville store and clipped a sizable sample from a bolt of cloth. The next day he came back and stole the bolt itself, police report.
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Asheville
N. C
Willkie Arrives in Lisbon Aboard Yankee Clipper
Wendell L. Willkie reaches Lisbon aboard the Yankee Clipper en route to England. Pan American Airways notes the voyage in their report while detailing the pure dry air composition present at the time. An earlier line warns readers about tax filing before the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
England
Lisbon
Pan-American Airways
Serial Story Conscript's Wife by Betty Wallace
Martha bears housework and childcare as Helen lies in hospital while Paul Elliott wants a hired helper. A tense clash over family duty, work, and marriage unfolds as Martha resists leaving her sister and kids. Paul threatens to call Bill, and Suzanne looms with trouble as the chapter ends.
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Marshall
Martha
Paul Elliott
Helen
Paul
Bill
Genie
Sis
Mr. Elliott
Sister
Aetha
Genia
Eugene
Mr. Nugent
Suzanne
Buick to Introduce Four Cheaper Fin Cars in Memphis
Max Cox of Hempstead Motor Co announced General Motors will soon roll out four new compact Buick cars as additions to the Series 40 line. The models will share big car engineering but feature a shorter wheelbase and overall length, with lower prices and improved economy. Details arrive next week with February land display planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buick
Memphis
Max Cox
Hempstead Motor Co
General Motors Corporation
Cox
Uw Cara
T'can
Roosevelt to Greet Halifax in Maryland Arrival
President Roosevelt left the White House by car on Friday likely to meet British ambassador Lord Halifax aboard the battleship King George Fifth. He rode in the front seat with his driver while a second car with Secret Service followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Maryland
Lord Halifax
U.S
Secret Service
British Bomb Rhodes Island In Mediterranean War Report
Italian high command said Friday that British planes bombed the island of Rhodes, a major air base in the Mediterranean. Other raids targeted Berna in Libya as Malians claimed Fascist forces remained intact. Italian planes pressed strikes on British forces on all fronts.
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Rome
Pieturesque
Rhodes
Italy
Mediterranean
Berna
Hillman’s Journey From Russia to America and Freedom
A fragment traces Sidney Hillman born 1887 in Zagar, Lithuanian Russia, abandoning orthodox Judaism at 16, fleeing autocracy after 1905 rumors, crossing to England then emigrating to the United States aboard the Cunarder Cedric seeking broader liberties and a new career in American labor leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russie
England
America
Hillman
S. S
Cedric
Wot
Ellis Island
Zagare
Lithuanian Russia
Russia
Manchester
Sidney
Benjamin Franklin Father of the American Postal System
The account notes Franklin’s role as Postmaster General under the Continental Congress and his lasting portrait on stamps, highlighting his pivotal place in early U.S. postal history and his rare distinction alongside presidents.
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Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Favorite Composer Puzzle and Crossword Clues
A mixed OCR puzzle list presents clues and answers for a crossword style page. It includes references to composers, coins, directions, numbers, and various short definitions across multiple vertical and horizontal entries, with partial phrase fragments and misprints common to old newspaper puzzles.
Sam Rayburn Poised as Key House Leader This Year
Bruce Catton notes Sam Rayburn will be a potent speaker in 1940s Washington, citing Roosevelt’s confidence and Rayburn’s square‑shooter image. Stories show improved ties with Congress, with Rayburn shaping major New Deal measures and guiding defense and communications legislation.
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Sam Rayburn
Washington
House
Texas
William B. Bankhead
Roosevelt
Congress
Rayburn
Speaker Bankhead
St. Joe
San Francisco
Buffalo Bill
FDR
Sam
Garner
Ine
Bankhea
Bankhead
New Deal
Bill
Federal Communications Commission
Ruyit Elvetification Administration
Lyndon Julingen
Sulle Jy Tn
Raybuen
Pitcairn Island portrait: paradise amid isolation
Story sketches Pitcairn Island life and history, noting descendants of mutineers, strict religious regime, seven work days a year on public projects, compulsory education, and absence of livestock. Mentions Norfolk Island transfer in 1858 and persistent isolation affecting mail and travel. Also describes political contrasts between Rayburn and McCormack, their personas, and a souvenir gavel from Texas.
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Pitcairn Island
Fietcher Christian
Pitcniin Fe
Pacife
Australia
South America
Chile
John Adams
Pitcairn
Norfolk Isand
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Arsenal
Ong
Wendel L. Willkie
Betty Wallace
Copyright
Ide
NEA Service, Inc
Ber Xister
Bil
Halifax
Rhodes Island
Derna
Knudsen
Postal
Worizontal
Toar Ag
Birja
Bruce Catton
NEA
Hias
Wilson
Deyd
Post Office Department
Ean Rayburn
McCornack
Floge Sealer
Raylyen
McCormack
Exas
scraAr
Gelanst Arkansus Machine Specialty Co
N. Waliut Hopu, Ark. Ee
Harry W. Shiver
SEE Morae Feed CO
Hen Win
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