Spending-Lending Program Openeo Grants 45 Percent Loans 55 Per Cent
The PWA opened the 1938 spending lending program with 41.6 million dollars in grants and 9.0 million in loans. Grants cover 45 percent of project costs, loans 55 percent, with applicants making up the difference. Arkadelphia College building listed with 54,454 grant and 69,000 loan. Stock markets rise on hopeful recovery prospects for a third straight day in New York trading.
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Ashington
PWA
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Arkadelphia
Ark
College Building
Associated Press
Knpatch
Hemipstead
New York
Wall Street
the Stock Exchange
Hempstead Group to Visit E G Anderson Farm
Business leaders and livestock producers from Hempstead County will tour the E G Anderson farm between Fulton and Marked on Highway 67 Thursday noon. County Agent Lord L Smith heads the delegation, which departs from City Hall at 2 pm to tour the farm and discuss cattle breeding and livestock development.
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Hempstead
E. G. Anderson Ilye
Fulton
Varkann
Lord L. Smith
Telly Hall
Anderson
Moreford Catt
Develo Tnt
Ane
Lehman to Be Senate Candidate in New York
New York's governor Herbert H. Lehman announced he would accept the party nomination for the United States Senate to fill the late Senator Copeland's seat. Copeland's death leaves two Senate seats from New York up for election next November. Wagner's future remains uncertain, with potential impact on seniority in the Senate.
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New York
Wetali
Herbert H. Lehm
United States
Ial’s. Copeland
Stor
Washton
United States Aator
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Lehmin
Pritosh
Ant Roosevelt
HoPpaeal
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Senate
A Thought Obstiiacy and Veheimency Opinion
The fragment presents a quoted aphorism about thought obstinacy and vehemency, attributed to Barton, framed as an opinion on proofs of stupidity. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear event or context beyond the quotation.
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Barton
Cransom Fill the Holes in These Sentences
The page presents wrong wordings in five items with corrected targets. It includes a Roosevelt quote, a misclassified marriage fact, a misnamed former president, an inaccurate transcontinental distance, and Stonehenge’s location, all prompting readers to answer on the classified page.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Herbert J) Hoovey
United States
New York
San Francisco
Democrats Invited to Join the GOP in Birmingham
In Birmingham Ali John Hamilton, a Republican chairman, urged Wednesday that Democrats be invited to join the GOP. He framed the move as uniting followers of Jeffersonian philosophy with organized party strength.
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Birmingham
Ali
Jefferson Philos
John Hamilton
Oklahoma Primary Pressure Tuts Roosevelt Stayout Request
Washington reports Governor Marland asked President Roosevelt to refrain from visiting Oklahoma until after the July 12 Democratic senatorial primary. Marland, a candidate against Elmer Thomas and Gomer Smith, fears a campaign boost or backlash depending on the president’s timing. The White House has not changed its western trip schedule, and no preference between Thomas and Marland is shown by the president.
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Washington
Marland
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
White House
Elmer Thomas
Gomer Smith
Thomas
Okhahuma
Tax Expert Charged 18 Dollars For 3 Cent Tax
In Pueblo Colorado a woman puzzled by the forms hires a tax expert. The service cost 18 dollars while the tax due was only three cents. She paid with a postage stamp.
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Pueblo
Colo
Wedding Etiquette Questions From a Pastoral Guide
A reader asks about archaic wedding customs including who may give away a bride lacking a father, whether a widow may be given away by her son at a second marriage, if a groom’s family should host a shower, who pays for bridesmaids’ gowns, and which anniversary is wooden. The piece offers terse yes or no answers and reflections on etiquette in a dated tone.
City Accepts Star on $211 Loan for Park Lighting
City approves a $211 loan to Hope Softball to install flood lights at Hale Park with Hope Star contributing half the funds. Lights will be free for amateur league games. admission charged for exhibition all star or visiting games. Loan to be repaid from game gates, with plans for 6 light poles and a 6:10 start for three nightly games. Also approved related public works and waivers including a $500 stadium restroom loan and an several infrastructure items.
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Hope Softball Association
Fale Park
Hope Star
Softball Association
Roy Anderson
and Pierson
Roy Johnson
E. P. Young
Hope High School Stadium
Sehnvleys
J. M. Harbin
Hope Retail Limber Yar
South Hazel
East Division Streets
Carter Johnson
Moore
Albert Graves
Hamilton, Cassidy and
Henry
Elks
WPA
South Main
South Rim
11-Pound Cabbage Grown by Local Tenant
Ned Williams, a negro tenant on the Nora Carrigan farm near DeAnn, brought to The Star office a cabbage weighing 11 pounds. He noted last year he produced a 16 pound cabbage, and cited progress in his cultivation efforts.
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Ned Williams
Nora Carrigan
DeAnn
Star Office
Williams
State Farm Meet to Be Held Here in Hempstead County
Hempstead County hosts a State Farm Bureau gathering on July 12 to honor its county bureau as the largest in Arkansas with 1490 members. Edward A ONeal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, is slated to speak alongside state and county officers. Organizers expect about 4000 attendees from every county, aiming to showcase the federation's past achievements and future plans.
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Hempstead
H. H. Huskey
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Edward A.o'neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Huskey
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Arkansas
O'Neal
Hempstead County
Hall withdraws from lieutenant governor race in Arkansas
State Senator Joe Steele Hall of Clinton withdraws to support Judge Coal’s gubernatorial bid. With Hall out, incumbent Bob Bailey of Russellville faces only Senator R. R. Thompson of Eureka Springs. Includes note that Gertrude Lawrence debuted on stage in 1908.
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Littly Rock
Joe Steele Hall
Clinton
Judge Ooal
Hall
Bob Bailey
Russellville
R. R. Thompson
Eureka Springs
Japanese push in China altered by Yellow River flood
Chinese reports describe Japan rerouting forces due to Yellow River flooding. Meantime Japanese plans seize Hankow and nearby Anking are underway with hundreds of tanks and thousands of troops. Japanese gunboats shell the Yangtze toward Hankow as 90 vessels mass near Anking.
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China
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Hankow
Sunghai Zone
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Peiping
Anking
Anhwei
Soviet
Russia
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Bridge Receiver Attacks Free Ferry Plan
LITTLE ROCK R C Butler receiver for White and Black Rivers Bridge company filed in federal court to block Governor Bailey from running free ferries that compete with toll bridges at Powhatany and DesAve The action seeks to stop the State Highway Commission from operating a free ferry at Black Rock and from proceeding with condemnation of bridge property at DesAve Also noted is the death of Doyle Shadow Lindsey a 19 year old Mills typewriter and Jack Smith shop employee from an eye and brain infection with funeral services held Wednesday.
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R. C. Butler
White & Black Rivers Bridge Company
Bailey
Powhatany
DesAro
Buller
State Highway Commission
Black Rock
Powhatan
DesAve
Doyle
Shadow) Lindsey
Mills Typewriter
Cotton market closes steady with July value set at 8.65
Reading from the market page shows July valuation opening at 8.63 and closing at 8.65. Spot cotton remained quiet with little change, middling price reported at 8.70.
President Roosevelt to broadcast fireside chat Friday
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that he will speak to the nation from Washington on Friday at 8:40 p.m. over the major radio networks. The talk is expected to cover the $4.75 billion lending and spending bill and other aspects of his program enacted by Congress.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Mrs Caraway to Leave for Home for Arkansas Campaign
Mrs Hattie Caraway the first woman elected to the Senate by popular vote plans to depart for Arkansas on Thursday to consult with friends and select a campaign manager. She notes no male colleagues have volunteered to join her bid this year, unlike Huey Long six years earlier.
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Washington
Hattie
Caraway
Senate
Huey Long
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Buckner Oil Field Sees Fifth Producer Completed
Buckner Arkansas reports rising interest after the fifth producer in the new oil field was completed last Friday. The Standard of Louisiana McKean No 2 reached output in Latic county near the Standard McKean No 1 discovery. All wells lie within three quarters of a mile of the initial discovery at 8 16 22 in Columbia county, with the latest about a mile east of Buckner. Continued on page three.
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Columbia County
Lone Rebel Raider Strikes Spanish Ports Again
A lone raider sank two British ships near Valencia harbor as bombed ships burned for hours in government-held Spain. The Union and the freighter Thorpnesa were lost with crew saved. one Chinese seaman died aboard Thorpnesa. Chamberlain signaled Italian interest in the Anglo Italian Mediterranean pact while denying Rome seeks to wedge Britain and France.
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Valencia
Union
Thorpnesa
Italy
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House of Commons
Rome
Britain
France
Barbara Hutton divorce rumors swirl after court order
London reports a British court granted Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Revent Jow a legal order to safeguard her 2 year old son Vance. Rumors of a possible rift with her Danish husband emerged after the ruling on Wednesday night.
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Eng
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Revent
Jow
Vance
Benton Aldermen Move To Seize City Plant In Fraud Riddled Row
In Benton Arkansas five aldermen, ruling majority of the city council, pressed to take control of the municipal power and light plant despite a judge ruling four had no right to office. The plant, a profitable city enterprise, funds much of local government. The issue ties to a bid to vest control in the council, and to ongoing appeals following an election declared fraudulent. Final council action awaits two weeks, with ousted aldermen planning appeals that could delay for months.
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Kenneth Coffelt
Benton
Board of Commissioners
House
Senate
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R.L. Hopkins
Means
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Coffelt Las
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