Hempstead flood drive tops $573 in county aid drive
Hempstead County Red Cross raised $573.72 of a $650 quota as fivefold increases followed Cary T. Grayson from St. Louis. donors include Mrs. D. F. Wiggins, J.C. Penney Co, and First National Bank. Grayson urged rapid, daily reports and urged rural donations to meet the new goal.
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Hempstead County
Red Cross
D. B. Thompson
Cary T. Grayson
St. Louis
National Reel Cross
Thompson
Fie
Wayne Mdagland
Hope Star
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
D. F. Wiggins
Ched Hill
Annie Allen
Thes. Brewster
Lo J.C. Penney Co
A. L. Bell
James
W. II
Harman Cofield
A.C. Erwin
Helen Hiner
KB. E. Austin
E. E. Austin
Ruth Fleming
Ray Cumbie
H Manulten
Ruth Park
Horrge Jewell Coe
C. WL. Lockie Tat
Steve Carrigan
Clara Broneh
Gi. W. Wiggins Inn
Tutha Meus
Seoul
Poa Lewis
Taylor ' Am
J. W
Perkins
C. M
Lewis
Oliver
Hirris
Iony W
Anca
J. Neighibors
Doreus
Baptist Uluuprel
Evacuated Blue Grass flood scene on Paducah riverfront
Service photographer Wilma Pinegar and Mies capture Paducah amid Ohio River flood debris. Center evacuation of 15 000 acre Birds Point New Madrid floodway drives hundreds of families onto the last train out as Army engineers warn of rising waters near the Ohio Mississippi junction and surrounding domes.
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Tow—Paducar
Kyiawnea
Wilma Pinegar
Memphis
Mies
Blue Grass
Wrer
Ohio River
Birds Point
New Madrid
U. S. Army
Ohio
Mississippi
Refugee Girl Seeks Help Through Red Cross Appeal
An East Prome schoolhouse refugee girl and her family fled Bird's Point Tollway due to flood danger. Thousands of men, women, and children in the Mid-Sonth suffer, and readers are urged to support the Red Cross to aid the affected.
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Sarreys Leo Dep
Car Lear
Thistle
Es East Prome
Fanily
Bird’s Point
Gil
The
Red Cross
Army to assume command in flood zone at Little Rock
The 7th Army Corps will take charge in the East Arkansas flood area Wednesday under presidential orders. National guardsmen will operate under regular Army orders as evacuations proceed along a 200 mile front near the Mississippi river west bank levees. Mellwood area near the main line levee is under martial law.
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Little Rock
East Arkasas
Stanley Ford
Seventh
Recruit at Alton Dies of Pneumonia
Audie Amos Trotter a 24 year old CCC recruit at Alton died at Julia Chester hospital of pneumonia after a two week illness. He joined the camp 17 months ago and was promoted to first cook last month. He is survived by his parents two brothers and one sister of Ozark Arkansas. His body will be sent to Ozark on a Missouri Pacific train Wednesday.
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Audie Amos Trotter
Alton
Trotter
W. W. Trotter
Waldo
Buster Trotter
Opal Jefferies
Ozark
Merritt Co Buys Boswell Grocery in Hot Springs
L. T. Merritt & Co of Hot Springs announced the purchase of Boswell's grocery on South Main Street. W. H. Parker of Hot Springs will manage the store and move to Hope. Parker assumes active charge this week with a formal February opening. Ryby Moses remains as assistant.
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L. T. Merritt & Co
Hot Springs
Boswell
South Main Street
Merritt Company
Glenwood
Mt. Pine and Kirby
W. H. Parker
Parker
Ryby Moses
Fort Gaines Commission Adopts No Tax Policy
Fort Gaines Georgia commissioners reviewed county finances and state assessments, discovering a need to meet operating expenses. They adopted a no tax policy for the coming fiscal year.
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Fort Gaines
Clay Cugny
Miuney
A Thought Blessed Deeds and the Surveyard's Rise
A fragment notes blessings on virtuous deeds and recalls Cun greve as a late surveyard who succeeds. The brief appears as a reflective line without clear date or location. The source presents a poetic, archaic phrasing characteristic of historical notices and genealogical fragments.
Four Wiggin s Family Drown After Boat Upset Near Monette
Four members of the Wiggin family drowned in flood waters southeast of Monette Arkansas when their boat capsized late Tuesday night authorities said on Wednesday.
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Jonesborg
Ark
Wiggins
Monette
Legislature May Quit Due to Flood in Arkansas
In Little Rock Attorney General Jack Holt said the legislature could adjourn with consent of both houses if flood conditions in eastern Arkansas persist. Lieutenant Governor Bob Bailey expected to read the opinion to the Senate. emergency business could be wrapped up by Saturday. Eastern Arkansas senators have discussed adjourning until waters subside and have asked Bailey to seek the opinion. Meanwhile the House passed 73 to 18 a bill creating a state audit commission to audit all state departments.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
Bob Bailey
Senate
Arkansas
Bailey
Holt
Assembly
Eastern Arkansas
State Audit Commission
Brickhouse
Pulaski
Bailey Administration Civil Service
Nicholas of Logan
Public Welfare
Commission
40000 Recalled by Motor Plants
Detroit Michigan reports nearly 40 000 GM workers called back to 10 Chevrolet plants in Indiana and Michigan closed due to strikes in other GM units. Fisher Body recalls 5900 more in Michigan. Before the move, over 125 000 employees were idle.
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Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet
Indiana
Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body Corporation
Turned Brown By Brown Turner In Knoxville Flood Aid
Knoxville residents discuss national politics but focus on Red Cross relief amid widespread homelessness from floods. Citizens pledge donations and aid as families lose belongings and face cold and hunger.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Red Cross
Gia
Army mobilizes 35 thousand trucks for Mississippi flood evacuees
US Army plans mass evacuation from Cairo to New Orleans as Ohio River flood crest threatens Mississippi. 50 mile buffer on both sides of the river, temporary centers, Red Cross housing. Memphis engineers heighten levees from New Madrid to Louisiana, amid crested Mississippi forecast.
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Washington
Army
Mississippi
Ohio
Cairo
New Orleans
Army High Command
Jackson
Red Cross
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Charleston
New Madrid
West
Tennessee
Tiptonville
Garner Miller
Army Engineer Headquarters
Milter
Reeffoot Lake
WPA
CCC
Reelfoot
Kentucky
Eugene Reybold
Louisiana
Birds Point
Cotton Prices Rise in New Orleans Market Friday
New Orleans cotton trading opened on Wednesday with bids around 12.60. Spot cotton closed quietly with a gain of 13 points as prices firmed and traders watched the LA market.
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New Orleans
Mareh Cotton
Iosane Glosyd Ab
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Paducah
NEA
M—Tuy Soung
7Th Army
Mellwood
Ozark, Ark
Merritt Co
Boswell’s Grocery
Attorney General
Brown Turner
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