Contradictory Racing Bills Highlight Arkansas Legislature
The Arkansas House and Senate clash over gambling and racing laws with dog racing opposed and horse racing defended as moral yet economic. The debate reflects state versus neighboring Tennessee influence, as Hot Springs hosts the only Arkansas horse track and West Memphis hosts the dog track near Memphis. The piece notes the House rejected an unemployment compensation amendment, risking a weaker, state-wide system unless the all-inclusive single tax base remains.
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House
Senate
Mitchell
Arkansas
Hot Springs
West Memphis
Tennessee
Memphis
Bill seeks to prevent cotton warehousing concentration on coasts
Oren Harris mails constituents about H R 24 a congressional bill to store cotton near producing states to curb coastal concentration. He notes CCC plans to store cotton coastwise, risking inland warehouses and farmer costs from distant warehouses. He reports committee referrals and urges support for passage. Washington D C March 1 1.
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Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Iocnl
House
Senate
Oren Harris
M. C
Washingt
D.C
Magnolia Men Meet Spencer at formal dinner
Magnolia Chamber of Commerce members met Senator Designate Lloyd Spencer at a dinner hosted by Matel Barlow to discuss industrial development in south Arkansas using local gas resources. Spencer indicated possible attendance at the March 21 Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission meeting if he was in the state. Attendees from Magnolia included G. G. Martel Culgulut Dave McKay J. J. Baker Ray Kimball Howard Jackson Purvis Miles Heme Gree Dr. Ray Willis R. A. Gleason Dick Copeland Mr. Johnson W. C Blewster and W. M. Owen.
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Fourleen
Magnolia
Magnolia Chamber of Commerce
Matel Barlow
Designaty
Lloyd Spencer
Senator Spencer
South
Arkansas
Spencey
Grady Johnston
Magnulia Promization
Arkansas O1 and Gas Commission
G. G. Martel
Joh Culgulut
Dave McKay
J. J. Baker
Ray Kimball
Howard Jackson
Purvis Miles
Heme Gree
Ray Willis
R. A. Gleason
Dick Copeland
Mr. Johnson
W. C Blewster
W. M. Owen
Missing Woman Vanishes After Morning Departure
A Chicago case reports a brunette who vanished four months ago after telling a judge she planned to divorce. she claimed she sold her husband for breakfast money and he has not been seen since. The document also notes Texas, despite its wool production, lacked woolen mills until recently.
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Chicago
Rudalyl P
Goffen
Vreain
Kiwanis Club Meets Tuesday Hope Guests Guest speaker C B Wilson
Kiwanis Club luncheon in Hotel Barlow featured C B Wilson head of the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co as guest speaker. He presented a history of natural gas in the region with familiar local scenes on screen. Ed Hawkins produced the segment introducing new member Jim McKenzie to the club. Farmers, business men and consumers in Puerto Rico seek approval for a cooperative steamship line.
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C. B. Wilson
Rock
Arkansas-Louisiana Gis Co
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
Wilson
Br. Jims McKenzie
Ed Hawkins
Puerto Rico
Coopere‘tive Steamship Line
Senate Beats Racing Repeal Bill Tuesday
In Little Rock the House rejected a proposed amendment to the Steel unemployment compensation reform by a 20 to 45 vote. Gov. Adkins urged passage of related bills, while the Senate moved to clear the calendar of must legislation, defeating a horse and dog racing ban 8 to 19 before committee action on dog racing repeal.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Voice
Partain
Crawford
House
Arkansas
Adking
Senate
J. L. Shaver
Benten
Diaraeter
Naepost
Bailey
House Cities and Towns Committee
Sullivan
West Memphis
Memphis
Chandler
Mining job prompts Mason Arizona move for new defense work
Bluefield report notes Clayton seeks a defense role involving a gold mine. He plans to work near Mason Arizona, observing digging operations and stating he will stay on the job. The item portrays a personal job shift aimed at defense related mining duties.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Clayton
Jolson
Diggins
Mason
Ariz
Thought Repent Ye Therefore Converted For Sins Blotting
Quote from Avis 3 19 urges repentance and conversion to blot out sins until times of refreshing come from the Lord. The text frames salvation as a present exhortation and future divine renewal.
Chancery Court in Short Session Monday
Hempstead Chancery Court met in a short session at the courthouse Monday with Judge A. P. Steele of Texarkana presiding. Only a few divorce cases were heard. No action was taken in the Dre Crow and Crow disbarment case.
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Hempstead Chancery Court
Court House
A. P. Steele
Texarkana
Dre, Crow
Crow
Japs Again Set Time Limit For France Reply
Japanese news agency says Japan again set a time limit for France to answer proposals for settling the Indo-China border dispute with Thailand. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka told French Ambassador Charles Tienry a final answer was expected by Wednesday.
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TGKYO
Dormei
Japan
France
Thailand
Yosuke Matsuoka
Charles Tienry
Sugested
Matsuoka
Sales Course to Start Here
The Chamber of Commerce partners with the State Department of Education to offer a three week salesmanship course starting March 24 taught by Miss Evelyn Schaffhauser. The no cost program covers general selling across stores and will issue certificates on completion. Enrollment is open at the Chamber of Commerce or Arkansas State Employment Office with Blain Ellington offering special consideration. British merchant vessels sunk by torpedoes in the First World War totaled 1,381.
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Chamber of Commerce
State Department of Education
Evelyn Schaffhauser
Miss Schaffhauser
State Teachers College At
Conway
Ha University of Florida
Dale Carnegie
Richard Borden
Blaine Ellington
State Employment Service
War Word List From Wartime Column Five terms and meanings quiz
A brief wartime glossary appears listing Nayivot Entilade Railhead Strafe and Shrapnel. The note asks readers to infer meanings from context in the war news and test their word knowledge.
British Capture Two Italian Somaliland Towns Near Ethiopia
British Imperial forces have captured Iseia Baldoa and Buloburiti in Italian Somaliland as they drive toward the Ethiopian frontier. The Cairo announced progress and 1,000 prisoners taken since March 1, with Gen. Smuts arriving in Nairobi signaling major campaign developments.
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Nairobs
Kenya
Ethiopia
Iseia Baldoa
Buloburiti
Mogadiseln
Somaliland
Mogadiselo
Middle East
Cairo
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Nairobi
H. D. R. Margesson
House of Commons
London
North
East Africa
Lufkin Paper Mill Enlarged and Expanded
Two visitors from Southland Paper Mills report expansion at Lufkin Texas first newsprint mill after its first year of operation. The mill staff note ongoing improvements in the Southern pine newsprint with harder finish and less ink demand. The Star, a key customer under a four year contract, consumes the output as production shifts toward increased capacity. Representatives tour newspapers using the new product.
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South
Southern Pine Pulpin
Lufkin
Texas
Star
Lloyd Schenck
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
George Newcombe
The
Schenck
Newcombe
Hove
Britain closes many factories to aid arms production
London announces closure or consolidation of dozens of peace time plants to release up to 750000 workers for arms manufacture. More than 50 industrial firms with about one million workers affected, with hosiery pottery textile and leather among first industries to be affected.
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London
Britain
Germany
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttle
Board of Trade
Cabinet Post
State School Enumeration in Hope District Arkansas
The enumeration of school children in Hope School District No. LA begins March 10 under Supervisor Mrs C W Tarpley. Children aged 6 to 21 in the Hope district must be listed whether in school or not. Consolidations at Providence and Oak Grove expand the district. Parents should provide immediate answers to enumerators.
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State of
Arkansas
Hope School Bistict No
Hope
Providence
Oak Grove
Lamb to Make Melon Movie in Hope During Watermelon Season
The famed sportsman Jack Lamb plans to visit Hope to film watermelons for his national photography collection. He asks the Hope Chamber of Commerce to set dates when melons peak, noting schedules like the Dubar Cowboy Reunion on August 4 and 5 may constrain planning. The letter seeks coordinated timing with local growers and events.
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Jack Lamb
United States
Waliis
Hope
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Texas
Bowen
Ice Group Held Meeting Here
A regional meeting of the Dell States Ice Association convened at Hotel Barlow on Monday with Arkansas Regional Director presiding. Miss Mary Fletcher and Miss Evelyn Schalfhauser spoke on home demonstration and vocational education respectively before lunch. Executive Secretary H. L. Vaughan outlined a short course for managers and executives to be held in Baton Rouge later this month. Twelve Tee Plant Managers and Executives from Southwest Arkansas attended.
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Dells States Ice Association
Barlow
A. Wi
Stubbeman
Arkansas
Mary Fletcher
Evelyn Schalfhauser
Arkansas ‘Vocational Education Dept
H. L. Vaughan
Baton Rouge
Tee
Municipal Court Monday Hearings Under Judge Lemley
Thirteen cases heard at city hall Monday in municipal court before Judge W K Lemley. Defendants include Ghie Taylor and Ellison Hathcoat for drunkenness with fines from 1 to 20 dollars, Allison Hatheaat for drunkenness fined 1, Joe B Trotter for truck tail light violation, several others for drunkenness with fines ranging 5 to 10 dollars, and traffic violations including blocking a highway with cash bonds posted.
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W. K. Lemley
City Hall
Ghie Taylor
Allison Hatheaat
Joe B. Trotter
Ellison Hathcoat
Henry Faucette
Johnnie Richards
Otho Vines
Otis Gilbert
M. Ball
Ian Wray
James Knox
Hank Ponder
German Crime Decline Linked to Harsh Punishments
Berlin reports crime dropped in Germany with statistics attributing the decrease to strict penalties. Authorities note many offenses now carry capital punishment, affecting wartime crimes including violence and robbery during blackouts.
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Berlin
Germany
Balkans Hear It's Plan to Switch Allies
Turkish cabinet debates Hitler dispatch to Inonu as Sofia reports Britain to break with Bulgaria. German mission meets Turkish leaders amid war‑cloud rumours while Soviet reinforcements along the Prut border prompt Bulgaria’s heavy military activity and road closures.
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England
Turkey
Greece
Dardanelles
Straits
Albania
Anthony Eden
Athens
Sofia
RAF
Bucharest
Sovie
Bessarabia
Prut
Rumenia
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