Belting Surplus Foods Into Relief Families Receives Rightward Push
Bruce Catton notes a shift in USDA policy toward channeling surplus commodity expenditures through grocery stores via tickets or certificates. The plan, still undecided, would replace direct purchases and price fixing with a two-price system-like approach, leaving relief payments intact while expanding access to designated surplus foods through participating grocers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henry Haltee
Atlill
Wallace
America
1939 Arkansas Assembly totals and gubernatorial action
Piled on Governor Bailey’s desk are 1,253 bills from the 1939 session awaiting final action including 400 that passed both houses. Only 178 became law as adjournment neared. The governor faces a 2 day window to sign veto or let stand. Budget bills totaling $228,204,484.96 framed the spending plan for 1939-41.
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Bailey
Assembly
Magnolia field adds eleventh producer Hutcheson No 2
Magnolia Ark Southwood Oil Co reports J O Hutcheson No 2 SE SW 14 17 20 came in Friday as the eleventh producer in the Magnolia field. It flowed 17 barrels per hour through a 3 sixteenths inch choke. Bottomed at 7526 feet with casing set at 7406 feet. Saturation encountered about 7980 feet. Two other wells planned for Satur day or Sunday: A S Crisp No 1 SY NW 24 17 20 and Atlantic O L Garrett Bl NW NW 4 17 20.
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Magnolia
Ark
Southwood Oil Company
J. O. Hutcheson No
Alicea Sidney
A. S&s. Crisp
Atlantic-O. L. Garrett
Five Road Contracts in State Awarded
Arkansas Highway Commission awarded contracts totaling 241,444.24 for a building near the state capitol to house highway offices and five road projects across five counties. McGregor and Fickett, Little Rock, won the highway office structure bid at 90.12. Nevada County will get 24 miles of gravel surfacing and a timber bridge on Mount Moriah Crest road with a 17,243.52 bid from De Laughter Parker and McDaniel of Prescott.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
State Capitol
Pias
McGregor and Fickett
Highway Department
Nevada County
Mount Moriah-Cale Road
de Laughter, Parker and McDaniel
Prescott
Cotton Council Sees Pink Boll Worm Threat
National Cotton Council directors meeting in Memphis express alarm over a pink boll worm threat worse than the hell weevil. They plan a survey of cotton use in highway construction, discuss bills, and elect Rhea Blake of Greenville Miss as full-time secretary. The group urges congressional action to curb the pest invading from Mexico toward the Rio Grande and beyond.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Moshing
Dallas
Jane
Rhea Blake
Greenville
Miss
Delta Council
Congress
Rio Grande
Mexico
Bobcats Fall to Little Rock in State Tournament
In Fayetteville, the Pine Bluff Zebras reached the Class A semifinals after upsetting Jonesboro and advancing alongside Little Rock and other teams. Howard Hughes led Little Rock with 21 points as they defeated Hope 41 to 34 to reach the semis. Pine Bluff edged Coal Hill 54 to 35, while Ash Flat and Hermitage also moved on, setting up Saturday semis and the finals.
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Sipe
J. R
Hope Bobcat
Howard Hughes Segrees
Atkinson
Carpenter
Tult
Jonesboro High School
Smashing &Y
Bentonville
Jonesboro
Willam Tilley
Leu
Morrison
Ace Junior Girls Teams to Clash Monday Night
Walkerville's junior girls, riding 15 straight wins, challenge Willisville, boasting 17 straight victories. Walkerville accepts. games set for Monday at Walkerville with a second game at Willisville next Wednesday. If split, a decisive third game will follow.
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Ace
Walkerville
Mallseville
Willisvile
Willisville
Sister Finds Brother Not Killed in War
In Sturgis Michigan Miss Flora M Davis learns her brother B H Davis was not killed in action in the world war. They had not seen each other for 25 years until a recent chance meeting with a Sturgis man sparked a reunion and a new understanding of his fate.
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Sturgis, Mich
Flora M. Davis
B. H. Davis
Davis
Montana
Falls
Sturgis
Slaying Draws Grand Jury Probe Into Local Gambling
Champaign Urbana in Illinois faces a grand jury investigation into disorderly houses and gambling following the slaying of 18 year old William Spurrier of Toledo. The probe targets vice resorts, payoffs, and casino-style outings as investigators question casino operators, university officials, and local landlords amid wide publicity of Spurrier’s death.
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Braucher
NEA Servier
Champaign
Ill
Market Street
Grand Jury
Middlewest
Margaret Strethers
University of Ilinois
William Spurrier
Toledo
University of Dlitols
Urbana
Grand
Fred Turner
University
Illnois
Thomas R. Clark
Dean Clark
Spurrier
University of Ming
Warener
Bryson to Remain School Principal
Edward B. Bryson, Fuller High School principal and Nevada County legislator, was retained as principal by unanimous vote of the Pulaski County Special School District board. A petition from 16 residents had urged replacing him with Jon Hudson during the legislative session.
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Little Rock
Edward B. Bryson
Fuller High School
Sweet Home
Nevada County
Pulaski County
Bryson
Pulaski
Jon Hudson
Fire Protection to Continue in State
State Forester Pred H. Land announced that full fire protection would be continued in Northern and Southern Arkansas timber areas. Forty rangers and seventy five laborers would stay on the payroll at old salaries despite a forced curtailment that led to the discharge of 360 forestry employees last week.
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Little Rock
H. Land
Arkansas
Thoughtful homage to filial piety from Euripides
A concise quotation notes that a son who honors his parents earns reciprocal reverence from his own children. It contrasts unblessed ingratitude with obedience and respect, attributing to Euripides a warning about family duty and legacy.
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Euripides
Cranium Cracker Puzzle From 1938 Army Navy clue
A brain teaser asks to add 1938 Army Navy score to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address year then multiply by California electoral votes and subtract VP Garner's age to reach 41478. Lent a question asks: which biblical city in Macedonia had an Ohio town share its name.
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Lincoln
Gettyeburg
California
Garner
Luigi Maglione Named Secretary of State at Vatican
Pope Pius appointed Cardinal Luigi Maglione to the Vatican secretariat of state. Maglione, 62, an experienced diplomat and close confidant, succeeds Cardinal Paceti who fled under Pope Pius XI. The announcement came amid a busy morning ahead of the planned formal coronation at St. Peter's.
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Pius Raul
Luigi Maglione
Vatican
Paceti
Pius XI
Cardinal Maglione
Elab
Elib
St. Peter’s
Sutton & Collier Sale Posts $6452 From Livestock Auction
Sutton and Collier conducted a Tuesday livestock sale drawing buyers from Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. The auction grossed 6452 with 185 cattle 21 hogs and 40 other livestock sold to over 40 buyers. Prices rose for cattle calves and horses, aided by recent barn improvements. In Greece commercial vehicles must be painted blue for uniformity and potential military use.
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Sutton & Collier
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkasus
Greece
Welfare overhaul returns Arkansas to federal aid plan
Governor Carl B Bailey signed the Frierson Byrd Gutensohn bill to repeal the Abington act and restore the 1927 welfare framework. The move reestablishes the system Washington recognizes, with a nine member board replacing the prior seven and aims to resume federal funding for the needy.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Carl B. Bailey
Friers an-Byrd-Gutensohn
Social Security Board
Washington
Welfare Department
Frierson-Byrd-Gutensohn
Weisenberger Bill to Get a Hearing on Gasoline Turnback
Governor Gailey set a noon Monday public hearing on House Bill 95 by Representative Royce Weisenberger. The measure would raise a quarter cent gasoline turnback, split between counties for farm to market roads and cities for street improvements, bonds, and maintenance, without increasing the baseline tax. Supporters include the Arkansas Municipal League and County Judges Association, seeking a compromise aligned with an official opinion from Attorney General Jack Holt.
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Gailey
Royce Weisenberger
Weisenberger
Arkansas Municipal League
County Judges Association
Jack Holt
Municipal League
County farmers to receive 1938 conservation checks soon
Hempstead county will start receiving 85,955.55 in checks Monday as part of the 1938 farm program. About 1,875 checks average for 85.55 each, with deliveries scheduled through the week across multiple towns. The county is the 23rd in the state to receive these payments under the program.
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Agricu
Hempst
Scheme to Reduce Cotton Production Meets Opposition
Washington politicians clash over a Senate plan to further cut cotton output and place government loan cotton on the market. The American Farm Bureau Federation pressed against the proposal after a White House meeting, while Senator Smith claimed broad support for his agriculture bill, favoring a cotton export subsidy instead.
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Washington
House Agriture
Senate
Am Farm Bureau Federation
Smith
Dent
S.C
Senirate Agriculture Committee
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
White House
Roosevelt
Well-known El Doradoan Taken by Death
George W. James age 66 a banker hamberman and hotel operator died Friday in an El Dorado hospital. A Shawnee Ohio native he came to Arkansas as a youth and lived in El Dorado 16 years. He helped found and served as director of the Exchange Bank and Realty company. He earlier ran in lumber, serving as president of Louisiana Lumber company Cairo and Bernice lumber company.
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EL Dorado, Ark
George W. James
Hamberman
el Dorado Hospital
Shawnee
Ohio
James
Arkansas
el Dorado
Exchange Bank and Realty Company
Louisiana Lumber Company of
Cairo
Bernice
la.) Lumber Company
Cotton Orlean case Balweayes used ee idding
The fragment mentions a Cotton Orlean case with confused surname and garbled phrasing about use of funds or a sentencing context. No clear entities or actions are readable to establish a definite event or outcome.
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