Radical pick for Interstate Commerce Commission faces Senate review
Washington reports on Thomas R. Amile, a three term ex congressman turned nominee for the ICC, described as tall and serious with a farmer politician image. He defends a middle of the road stance amid fears of radical leanings and potential fascist danger as the Senate weighs Roosevelt’s surprising nomination.
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Wail Cae
Ashlig
Senate
Ual
Rel Baker
Wisconsin
Upton Sinclair
Advocaia
Manufacturing Up as Inventories Fall in January
The Federal Reserve Bank reports improvement in January 1939 with manufacturing leading gains after a mild fall and early winter. Increased orders from jobbers and wholesalers support production, though overall trade remains below 1937 levels. Inventory reductions follow conservative buying and higher selling, while 1939 farm prices stay weak and planting area hints emerge for spring.
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Louis
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Manines
Inc
Bowen
Pansenant
Lonsbriggs
Anak
Shemicals
Dun & Bradstreet
Unots
Farm Products
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Spring Dresses Displayed At J C Penney Store
Living models will be on display in the show windows of the J C Penney company store here Wednesday and Saturday afternoons as part of a spring dress event. The local store joins nationwide stores in a one week sale with models showing the latest spring dresses, said A E Stonequist, local manager.
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J. C. Penney Company
Penney
A. E. Stonequist
Cranium Crackers Quiz Query From a 19th Century Page
The page presents a true false puzzle about Maine borders Henry Pack Irish descent and a Missouri senator remark. Several statements seem misprinted or humorous. It asks which of the five items are true, with an answer on page.
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Maine
Pack Henry
Senator West
Missouri
Congress
Camden Pastor to Speak Wednesday Night
Rev A W Tanner pastor of the Assembly of God church in Camden will speak Wednesday night at Hope Gospel Tabernacle. He leads a growing church and will be accompanied by several vehicles of youth from his church for a musical program.
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A. W. Tanner
Assembly of God Church
Camden
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Focas
Berk Web
Tinefer
Arkansas
Smackover
Taner
Bored Patient Keeps Chick Hatching at Home
Harold Ryder, after a long hospital spell in Waikato New Zealand, amused himself by hatching a chicken egg. After 25 days the chick moved, the shell split the next day and a White Leghorn hatched. Ryder hid the chick under bedclothes and fed it boiled egg.
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Waikato
New Zealand
Harold Ryder
Ryder
1939 Recreational Program Outlined to Kiwanis Club
Earl W. Erion district WPA recreation supervisor and Ed Wayte NYA area supervisor addressed the Hope Kiwanis Club on the 1939 recreational program. Erion said no funds for playground equipment exist but the program will furnish directors and supervisors for activities such as basketball dramatics music handiwork softball tennis and other outdoor pursuits. A district contest for amateur dramatic actors tap dancers and singers will be held in Hope with winners advancing to a Little Rock state meet. Wayte detailed NYA aims to equip youths aged 17 to 25 for skilled trades and cited the Fair Park Boy Scout cabin and the local high school NYA building as early Arkansas projects.
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Earl W. Erion
WPA
Arkansas
Ed Wayte
NYA
Hope Kawanis Club
Hotel Barrow
Erion
Federal Agency of Recreation
New York
Q Wayte
Wayte
Fair Park
A Thought Pardon Not Worth Is God’s Best Attribute
Quote from B. Naylor appears as a moral reflection on humility and value, framing forgiveness as a divine quality. The line suggests a weighed view of worth and piety, presenting pardon as an attribute linked to deity.
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B. Naylor
Mind Your Manners Quiz Questions and Answers
A 1939 etiquette quiz on proper letter writing covers avoiding insults and anonymous letters, using Mrs or Miss for unmarried women, addressing an unmarried woman as Miss Mary Brown, and whether to apologize for typing a friendly letter. The answers indicate no insult, no anonymous letters, use Miss, address with Mary Brown, and handwritten or dictated thank you notes, with typing acceptable.
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Mary Brown
Apawers
Accident Victim to Be Buried Tuesday
Prescott funeral services set for Elmer McKinnon 22 of near Prescott after a Sunday automobile crash near Longview Texas. He died from a neck injury when the car struck a bridge abutment. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs D A McKinnon and several siblings.
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Prescott
Elmer-McKinnon
Longview
Texas
McKinnon
D. A. McKinnon
Thompson Jr. Buried at Emmet After Auto Crash
C V Thompson Jr age 21 of Emmet died of pneumonia at Prescott's Cora Donnell hospital after sustaining injuries in a No 67 collision between Hope and Emmet last summer. Funeral held at Emmet Methodist church with Rev J F Walker officiating and burial in the Sreli cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs O V Thompson two brothers Claude and John and four sisters Mary Lee Wee Edna June and Joan. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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Hope
Cora Donnell
Prescott
Methodist
J. F. Walker
M. E. Scott
Stephens
Sreli
Thompson
Shis
O. V. Thompson
Claude
John
Mary Lee
Wee Edna
June
Joan
Ivan Wade
Jimmy Rowe
G. W. Crumby
James Garrett
Denman Wyth
Cecil Richards
C. B. Ward
Odie DeHan
E. H. Hood
Tom Garland
Mackerland
Ernest Beaty
Tom Snell
Wirt Garlang
Frank Haltom
Will McFarland
Dave Stoll
Manton Defends Record on Bench
New York senior judge Martin Manton, a top U S racist figure, resigned from the Second Circuit amid an inquiry into loans totaling over 400000 dollars from parties with cases before him. He denied wrongdoing and said stepping down protects public confidence in justice while leaving potential criminal probes to proceed.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Second
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Washington
Murphy
Justee Department
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Gregory F. Noonan
Manton
Wilson
Circuit Court
Wasington
Pinellers
Dem. Tex
House Judiciary Committee
Wny
Aline
Italy Pledged to Maintain Peace, Chamberlain Says
London reports Prime Minister Chamberlain stated in Parliament that Italy pledged to maintain peace and would back the British Italian agreement to preserve the Mediterranean status quo. He cited Mussolini promising loyalty behind the pact, noted France and Italy’s barrier over Spain, and said no immediate negotiations with Germany or Belgium.
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Chamberlain
London
Eng
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Gerre
Mussolini
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Rome
France
Museosolini
Spain
Hitler
Scout Leaders to Visit Hope for Little House Opening
Miss Ray Mitchell of Birmingham will preside at the formal opening of the Little House in Hope on February 5. Mitchell, executive director of girl scouting in the Dixie Region, has long been with the national organization and has held regional and local posts across the South and in Kentucky. Miss Mary Esther Brooks, also of Birmingham, will visit February 4 to 7 for training and meetings with council members and leaders.
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Ray Mitchell
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Mitchell
Dixie
Alabama
Mississipni
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Macon
Juliette
Georgia
Florida
North
South , Carolina
Nenpwvas
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Mary Esther Brooks
Girl Scout
Hope
Robert Campbell
Here-Girl Scout Council
Miss Brooks
Girl Scouting
Mississippi
Nahy
Cloudland
Chattanooga
Tenn
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pleasantville
Savannsh
Ancient Volcano Reactivates in Chile After Quakes
SANTIAGO Chile The governor of Biobio province telegraphed the Interior Minister that the 9807 foot Liniauco volcano is active after nearly two centuries of dormancy. An earthquake of moderate intensity shook southern Chile on Monday night as thousands of workers continued removing an estimated 25000 to 30000 bodies from last Tuesday’s disaster.
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Santiago
Chile
Bioblo
Aniuco
Arkansas FFA Boys Start Safety Drive
Arkansas FFA launches a safety campaign to fit reflectors and lights on horse drawn vehicles to reduce night highway accidents. W H Wohlford reports 6000 members across 164 chapters aim to reach 8000 farmers by February 28 and have them sign agreements to equip their vehicles.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Future Farmers of America
W.H. Wohlford
Radio and Recreation
FFA
Arkansas State Safety Council
Traffic Department
The
State Highway Commission
Arkansas State Police
Carl E. Bailey
Burns II Fined 8000 With Suspended Sentence
New York radio comedian George Burns II was fined 8000 and given a suspended sentence of one year and one day plus one year probation by Federal Judge William Bondy after pleading guilty to two indictments accusing him of smuggling jewelry into the United States He faced related charges with Albert Chaperau and Elma Lauer the wife of Justice Edgar Lauer in the case.
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New York
George Burns
William Bondy
Burns
Albert Chaperau
Elma Lauer
State Supreme Court
Edgar Lauer
Draw for Places in County Tourney Arranged by Schoolmasters
Heopstead County Schoolmasters club will meet Thursday at 1 30 at the Capital hotel to plan and complete the brackets and drawing for places in the county basketball tournament. J I Liebling of Fulton, president, announced the meeting Tuesday.
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Heopstead County Schoolmasters Club
Capital Hotel
J. I. Liebling
Fulton
Old Masters Get Specially Heated Train
A shipment of paintings valued at $20,000,000 traveled to the World’s Fair in San Francisco, halted in Cheyenne Wyoming until a warm air circulation system could be installed in the railroad car to prevent pigment cracking from cold high-altitude air. Experts noted the risk of pigment damage during the continental divide crossing.
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Cheenne
Wyo
Cheyenne
San Fran
Unclear Fire Loss Figures From Historic Scotia Records
Fragmentary OCR notes report fire loss figures in Scotia with comparisons to 1937 and 1998 totals including 1,598 fires and 164 fires the previous year, but many words are garbled making precise entities uncertain.
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Hove Scotia
State constitutional officers seated in rousing voice votes attempt to reduce bill
The legislature debated a $890,000 biennial increase and an overall $621 rise in appropriations while Smith of Randolph and Pease faced amendments. A bid to cut a $1,200 stenographer and a $1,000 governor’s annual expense failed, as did moves to adjust the lieutenant governor’s office and other allocations. The body also considered a people amendment allowing fishing.
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Smith
Randolph
Elary
Cotton program split as senators push for stock reserve
Senators Bankhead and Smith argued over a government plan to turn over up to 4,000,000 bales of lean cotton from loan stocks to growers to curb this year’s output. Bankhead proposed five acre minimums and loaned cotton quotas, possibly letting small growers skip planting. Smith favored a five cent per pound payment and loan-stock substitution with a cost of 5.75 cents per pound. A decision was postponed to Tuesday as talks continued. A separate item notes a 2,000 year old gold coin found at Maylow, England.
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Washington
Bankhead
C Ala
Smith
Font Save
Bankheae
Maylow
England
Cotton Market Brief From New Orleans Trade Desk
New Orleans report shows March somber days with prices around 50 cents per pound and spot cotton trading quietly near 8.48. Market chatter notes slow demand as traders await clearer signals from futures and exports.
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New Orleans
Cotten
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