WPA Advocates Keep Faith in Federal Relief Program
Washington correspondent reports Col. F C Morrington and Col. Harrington defend WPA as a necessary permanent federal work relief system. They argue relief targets, low admin costs, and local planning determine value, while Congress presses scrutiny and fears of overreach.
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Harry Hopkins
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Roosevelt
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Pym
Proverb Snippet From WY Mun Ner Conveys Brevity
A compact line suggests condensed wisdom on lungs and experience in epigram form attributed to WY Mun Ner, capturing a terse insight within a brief, period style phrase.
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WY Munner
Great Blizzard Strikes Chicago and Midwest Region
A severe blizzard sweeps the southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Chicago faces record snow, with morning totals nearing 19.2 inches and expected to exceed it. Schools close, transit systems grind to a halt, and authorities report over 20 injured after a crash at Douglas Park.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Douglas Park
Chileno Board of Trade
Ark legislature weighs tax, liquor bills amid budget plea
In Little Rock the joint legislative budget committee was asked by the State Revenue Department to raise the number of state employees by two, with no decision by noon. The week ahead brings a revival of the 1937 wet-dry fight as bills move, including Rep Vesey’s proposal to revert to prohibition and ban sales of wine and beer. The House temperance committee will hear the measure Tuesday, with penalties for violations and prior failures noted. Other items include House consideration of Leo Nyberg's sales tax amendments and several tax and welfare funding proposals.
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Little Rock
Ediuims Tlce
Ark
Arkansas
House
Temperance
John
P. Vesey
Vesey
Senate
Leo Nyberg
Durnull
Phillips
Rozzell
Pulaski
Woolsey
Franklin
Parker Reported Seriously Ill After Emergency Surgery
C C Parker of Hempstead County Lumber Co was reported seriously ill after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix Saturday night. The incident followed an illness noted on Monday in Chester.
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C. C. Parker
Hempstead County Lumber Co
Ausesman
Julio Chester
Cranium Crackers Quiz Answers Prompt
The puzzle asks five multiple choice items with the answer given as Wu Te Wye. 1 New York City sits on an island. 2 A douglas is a bird. 3 The Hawkeye state is Iowa. 4 A dulcimer is used by a musician. 5 A dendrif may be found in a vineyard.
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Colorado
Vineyard
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Taurant
Mind Your Manners at Buffet Supper
Instructions and answers for proper social behavior at buffet meals. The piece asks whether a man should fill a plate for a woman, where to place a glass, if the ble can be touched, and how to serve and cut foods. It provides suggested actions and ends with a notice of NEA Service from 1940.
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NEA Service
Liv
Judge Manton Accused of Taking Loans During Suits
New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey charged that United States Circuit Court Judge Martin T. Manton had accepted large loans from lenders tied to Arch ie Andrews interests and Dictograph Products. Dewey outlined loans totaling hundreds of thousands from Smithers firms, noting timing around a court decision reversing a Schick case and subsequent renewals. He pledged evidence before the House judiciary committee, saying the loans were linked to favorable court actions and that some repayments were avoided.
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Sumners
Martin T. Manton
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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Manton
Thomas E. Dewes
New York
Menton
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
United States Circuit Court
Hatton W. Summers
Judiciary
Strict Allerney
Archie’Andrews
Dictograph Products Corporation
American Tobacco Company
Shayer
Summers
District Attorney’s Office
Cerm
Schick
Asuilit
Snother Efect
Dictograph
Archie M. Andrews
George N. Spector
Andrews
Spector
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee of the House
Supreme Court ruling on private power firms and TVA stakes
The Supreme Court held that 14 private power companies had no legal right to challenge the TVA power program. Justices Butler and McReynolds dissented, saying the decision goes too far. The ruling supports continued competition and sale of TVA power, amid a broader constitutional debate. Also noted is the death sentence and later reversal of Joseph Be Anders in a September 1938 Hot Springs robbery case involving a former convict. Lucille Anderson's sentence reversal is also mentioned. The article blends legal questions with a separate violent crime note from Hot Springs.
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Washington
States Supreme Court
Mai
Tennessee’ Valleyuthority
TVA
A.devision
Roberts
Hi Utilities
Dama
Innesset Valley
Supreme Court
Sna Mee
Joseph Be Anders
Ariery Chai
Lucille . Anderson
Hot Springs’ Street
Wages Rise Yet Pecan Industry Shrinks Jobs
In San Antonio a wage hour ruling pushes pecan plants to 25 cents an hour, hastening mechanization. One worker may shell in a 40 hour week what three did, leaving two of three workers out of work. Families and women workers adapt as automation rises. Processing centers resume cautiously. labor leaders accept mechanization as a better alternative to shutdowns while preserving overall earnings. The Southern Pecan Shelling Co seeks a three month 15 cent learning period before moving to 25 cents, with CIO cooperation to keep production pace.
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NEA
San Antonio
Texas
Labor Department
Southern Pecan Shelling Co
New Tremor Strikes Chile Survivors Amid Aftermath
A fresh tremor hit Chile Monday described as very strong in the quake zone near Conception and Chillán, with 20 people injured as aftershocks extended terror to the homeless. Reports say 25,000 to 30,000 had died in the disaster.
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Santiago
Chile
Conception
Chillan
Iowa Banker Held in Huge Shortage
Harold John Cook Kriebs, arrested near Little Rock, faces federal embezzlement charges for $83,000 taken from a DeWitt bank where he served as cashier. He agreed to return to Davenport for grand jury arrangements on April 4, held under $50,000 bond, with $41,200 already seized.
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Little Rock
Harold John Cook Kriebs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Davenport
DeWitt
Kricks
Iowa
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
V. C. Pettie
Kriebs
Towa
Must Apply for New Cotton Land Allocation 1939
BL EL McMahon Hempstead county administrative assistant reports a state AAA notice. Farmers with no cotton grown in any of the last three years who want to grow cotton in 1939 must apply for an allotment by February 15. New farms or those not growing cotton in the past year receive about 24 percent of cropland for cotton, depending on plans to plant in 1939. Farmers affected should visit the AAA office at Hope city hall to submit their application at once.
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BL EL McMahon
Hempstead
State
AAA
McMahon
Hope City Hall
J O A Bush Dies at Prescott at 84
PRESCOTT Ark A Bush aged 84 an attorney and former legislator died at his home Sunday afternoon after a sudden illness He served in the Arkansas house 1887 to 1893 and in the state senate 1915 to 1919 He was father to Circuit Judge Dexter Bush and long allied with a family law practice in Hempstead and Nevada counties.
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Prescott
Ark
A Bush
Dexter Bush
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Mr. Bush
Pike County
Nings Fies
Tribune
Hempstead
Nevada
Senate
Bush
Revolution Fails in Siam Asserts Youth King Wins
In Bangkok Siam police arrested more than 50 high ranking officers after a Monday failed plot to overthrow 13 year old King Ananda. One officer was killed escaping arrest and another died by self-inflicted action. Plan allegedly aimed to assassinate leaders and restore Prajadhipok.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda
Prajadhipok
Guernsey School Visits Arkansas Legislature Tour
On Tuesday January 24 at 6 30 p m the Guernsey High School American Government class led by Hugh Bristow left Hope for Little Rock to tour the 52d General Assembly. They stopped for breakfast at Caddo hotel Arkadelphia and visited the Hospital for Nervous Diseases near Benton before arriving in Little Rock to view the state capitol and the House gallery.
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Hugh Bristow
Guernsey High School
Hope
Little Rock
Senate
52D General Assembly
Bob Bailey
Senate of Arkansas
Caddo Hotel
Arkadelphia
Benton
State Capitol
House of Representative
Coretain
Week-End Robberies Hit Hope Neighborhoods
Hope police investigated a series of residential robberies and attempted break-ins Saturday night. At Sid Bundy’s 1303 South Main home about $8 in cash was taken. at A B Spraggins’ South Main residence around $10 in old coins and bills disappeared. An attempted entry occurred at Mrs W Broening’s West Fifth Street home and another at the Boswell residence on South Washington Street. The Spraggins break-in used a dining room window. robber opened doors for quick exit. Police have no clues.
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Hope Police Department
Sid ‘Bundy
South Main
B. Spragging
Broening
West
Fifth Street
Boswell
South Washington Street
Bundy
Spraggins
Municipal Court to Be Held Wednesday
Municipal court here was not in session Monday and all cases on the docket will be heard at the session on Wednesday morning this week.
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Sesssi
Cotton closes lower as markets drift in New Orleans
Spot cotton prices eased with March cotton closing around 8.55 cents, reflecting softer demand and a cautious market mood in New Orleans. The report notes declines across futures while middling grades held near prior levels in early trading.
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New Orleans
Mareh Cot
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