Harvey Couch death ends Arkansas industrial era in state
Our Daily Bread honors Harvey Couch at Lake Catherine near Hot Springs at 63, noting his rare talent to dream big and organize capital. The piece contrasts Couch’s private power ventures with public electric politics, reflecting on Arkansas’s rise, then change, and the lasting impact of his private initiative.
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Harvey Couch
Harvey C. Couch
Lake Catherine
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Jesmonn GT
Birt
America
Couch
Huey Long on the Horizon and the Din of Infamy
Willis Thornton discusses Huey Long and the Long movement in Louisiana, warning it threatens democratic government as the public weighs its dangers. The piece suggests continued coverage on page two.
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Willis Thornton
Louisiana
United States
Restriction of Gasoline in East Nearer
Secretary Ickes urged compulsory gasoline limits across the eastern states from 7 PM to 7 AM seven days a week starting August 3. About 100 000 service stations on the Atlantic Seaboard Maine to Florida would close. He cited inadequate voluntary rationing and warned of further steps including ration cards if results fail to appear.
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Washington
Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Defense Petroleum Cordinator
New Economic Group Named by Roosevelt to Direct War Assets
Washington report says President Roosevelt Thursday formed a new economic group led by Vice President Wallace to direct U S economic defense activities. Wallace chairs a cabinet committee coordinating freezing of Japanese assets and monitoring German assets, blacklisted firms, and vital war materials controls.
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Washington
V/P
Roosevelt
Wallace
U. S
Mile
Gomany
All
U.S
Western Hemisphere
Britain
Tte
Rumor 153rd Is Alaska Bound
In Arkansas rumors say the 3rd Arkansas Infantry may move from Cain Robinson. The 208th coast artillery corps will start a motor convoy Friday to Washington. Fort Bliss declined to comment on reports that the 206th night unit heads to Alaska or the Philippines. Parents in several cities reacted Wednesday to the move amid unconfirmed but persistent talk.
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Little Rock
3Rd Arkansas Infantry
Cain
Robinson
Arkansas Gazette
Hursday
53Rd
Frewls
Washington
Eid
Alaska
Roy Anderson Elected Hope Chamber President
Roy Anderson was elected president of the Hope Chamber of Commerce at the annual board meeting at city hall. He succeeds Guy E. Basye, with Basye now first vice president and Syd McMath second vice president. The board set 6 p m as the monthly meeting time on the second Thursday, and a special committee led by T. S. Cornelius will arrange public facilities for the August Second Army maneuvers, urging ice water showers and related needs from local groups.
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Roy Anderson
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Guy E. Basye
Syd McMath
Second View
R. P. Bowen
Clans
Cornelius
Mim
A. W. Stubboman
Second Army
Basye
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Guy EB
T. S. Cornelius
Albert Graves
Chet Hall
Henry Haynes
George W. Robison
C. C. Spragins
A. W. Stubbeman
Robert Wilson
Guy IE. Bas
Arkansas
Conway
City of Hope
Junior Chamber of Comemerce
The
American Legion
Where Missouri Pacific's Back Tax Goes
The article notes Missouri Pacific owes back taxes totaling 20 233 dollars. It highlights a grand total of 9 585 73 dollars, indicating a discrepancy or allocation in tax accounting. Details specify the amounts but do not provide full context for the tax distribution.
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Missouri Pacific
Army Trucks to Stay Here Until August 3
Rep Talbot Feild Jr announced Col Leffler of Camp Robinson told him by telephone that the two army trucks and 45 men aiding Proving Ground families will be allowed to continue this service until August 3.
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Talbot Feild, Jr
Col. Leffler
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Proving Ground
Moye
Committees Formed by Hempstead Defense Council
Rep Talbot Feild Jr chairman of Hempstead defense council returns from Little Rock meeting and announces committees to aid the council in wartime tasks. Industrial Resources and Production include Bowen Busye Thomas Gathings Gunter Verhalen. Housing and Buildings and Structures led by Duffie Edwards. Water Supply Sanitation and Power Production chaired by Thomas Slayton Gordon. Highways Railroads Airports led by Thomas York. Agricultural Resources and Production include Stubbeman Van Ripper Avery Sparks Adams and others. Civil Protection and health welfare groups named with local officials and extension staff.
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Talbot Feild, Jr
Hempstead County Defense Council
Little Rock
R. BP. Bowen
Chamber of Commerce
Guy KE. Busye
Bruner-Ivory Handle Co
G. Thomas
City Power Co
Graydon Gathings
McCaskill
W. H. Gunter
Walter Verhalen
J. P. Duffie
BW. Edwards
C. Q. Thomas
Hope Water
C. C. Thomas
W. N. Slayton
Arkansas
Fower and Light Co
Gordon
C. O. Thomas
Hope
Basil York
Whitten-York Furniture Co
A. Ww. Stubbeman
Oscar van Ripper
Washington
A. R. Avery
Prescott
W. M. Sparks
FSA
Olver ‘L. Adams
Cvl Protecton
Charman
Consumer Interests Secton
Health, Welfare and Consumer Interest Division
Mary Claude Fletcher
Couch Funeral Held Friday in Pine Bluff
Harvey C. Couch, founder of the Arkansas Power and Light Co., lies in state in Pine Bluff after being brought from Hot Springs for funeral services. Mourners from the southwest attend at Lakeside Methodist Church as floral tributes flood the interior. the body will be interred at Magnolia, Arkansas near his birthplace.
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Pine Bluff
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Harvey C. Couch
Hot Springs
Fife
Lakeside Methodist Church
Magnolia
Ark
H. A. Bowz
Health department warns Hope on proper garbage disposal
The city health department issued a warning to stores and citizens of Hope to dispose of garbage according to provisions in the city health ordinance. Persons using improper disposal methods will be prosecuted, the department announced.
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City Healt Department
Hope
105000 Russian Troops Killed Germans Claim
The Associated Press reports German forces smashing toward Leningrad have destroyed seven Red Army divisions about 105,000 men on the northeast front. Nazi dispatches claim Russian troops were annihilated after a German encirclement, with thousands of prisoners. Soviet defense appears strained as German advances push from the south and Finnish troops move in from the north.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
Russia
Red Army
Norway
Arctic Ocean
London
Admiralty
Kirkenes
Petsamo
Rome
Italy
Moscow
Parkhov
Norozhev
Sinolensk
Zhit
Toyoda
U. S
Briain
Japanese Office of Censorship
Japan
Teaching Grammar Rules Amid Loose Language Quirks
A fragmentary note cites Teachey advising students not to end sentences with prepositions while contrasting a quip about a repentant arrival by Juan de Horozco. The text mixes a grammar admonition with stylistic language and a historical name reference.
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Teachey
Ceeth
Plot Smashed in Argentina Authority Overthrow Plot
Buenos Aires authorities announced the smashing of a subversive plot to overthrow the government after raids in the capital. Police seized large quantities of Nazi propaganda in houses adorned with swastikas and arrested nine suspects. The plot was said to center around a Nazi network linked to northern Argentina near the Uruguay frontier.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Parna
WBS
Uruguay
State 4 H Club Camp Opens at Fayetteville
The State 4 H Club Camp will be held at Fayetteville from August 4 to August 8. It serves 4 H Club boys and girls from across the state with displays in foods and nutrition clothing household management food preservation poultry gardening and landscaping. Hempstead County girls will join judging teams in the state contest with Eva Schmitt Georgia Ruth Dudney Maurdeen Husley and Gladene Morton of Washington named for the broad judging contest.
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Fayetteville
Mary Claude Fletcher
Hempstead County
Eva Schmitt
Georgia
Ruth Dudney
Maurdeen Hulsey
Gladene Morton
Washington
Irene Morton
SS Eee
Chambers Named Assistant County Agent in Hempstead
Fayetteville Ark Barney W Chambers has been named assistant county agent for Hempstead with offices in Hope starting August 1 announced by University of Arkansas officials. A 1958 graduate of the College of Agriculture he taught vocational agriculture at Laneburg from 1938 to 1941 and later worked with the Soil Conservation Service in Quachita County. He gained fame as a farm coach at Lane burg Central High School where his Nevada County meat judging team won a state title and his protégé Reynga boy won the No 1 Boy Farmer award at Kansas City last year.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Barney W. Chambers
Hempstead County
Hope
University of Arkansas
Chambers
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Laneburg
Nevada County
Soil Conservation Service
Quachita County
Mr. Chambers
Laneburg Central High School
Kansas City
Mattress Program Underway in Hempstead County
County Home Demonstration Agent Mary Claude Fletcher reports ongoing mattress and comforter efforts. As of now 7937 mattresses and 3500 comforters are under construction, with all items made in county centers under local leadership. Applications must be signed locally.
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Mary Claude Fletcher
Hempstead
Union Leaders to Confer With Callahan Co.
Union officials in Washington D C have called a meeting with W E Callahan Construction firm of Little Rock to discuss labor policy on the Proving Ground project. L B Sheppard of the A F of L local arrives in Hope to set up headquarters and direct activities. Local carpenters and painters may join under reduced fees with jurisdiction split between Hope and Little Rock locals. The meeting is slated for Friday night or shortly thereafter.
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A.F
W. E. Callahan Construction Company
Southwestern Froving
Washington, D. C
Unio
Construction
Inceing
A. F
Lrganization
W. K. Meliyer
Arkansas State Employment Service
Metlyer
L. Man Bere
L. B. Sheppard
Little Rock A. F
Carpetera
Vice President Presidents Match Up Riddle
Cartoon puzzle asks readers to pair listed vice presidents with presidents. Items include Henry Wallace, Aaron Burr, Jefferson, Coolidge, Tyler, Buchanan, Fairbanks, Roosevelt, Hamlin, Harrison, Johnson, Adams, Dawes, Lincoln, Arthur, Garfield. Readers provide answers on the comic page.
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U. S
Henry Wallace
A. Harding
Aaron Burr
B. T. Roosevelt
Thos
Jefferson
Jefferson Cal. Coolidge Q. Collidge
John Tyler
E. Buchanan
Ch. Fairbanks
Roosevelt
Hon. Hamlin
W. Harrison
Johnson K. J. Adams
Chas. Dawes Ij
Lincoln
Ches
Arthur J. Garfield
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206Th Coast Artillery
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Guy E. Bosye
United Action
Empstead
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hope School
Fulton School
NEW Orle
Hope City
Dee
Uitan
Ozan
Agu van
Committees of Defense Council
Feild
Juan de Horozco
Blevins Highway
Star Photo
B. W. Chambers
Callahan Co
R. R. Fulmer
Hope Local
A. F. of
Hope’ Painters Union
Fulmer
Strom
Lindsborg
Kan
Alexander Strom
Kansas
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