Arkansas Trade School Plan Sparks Debate in Legislature
The legislature advances a $50,000 state owned trade school under the State Department of Education to be located in Little Rock, a move seen by critics as centralizing taxpayers’ money in the capital. Proponents argue trade schools fulfill national needs, expand skilled labor, and spur employment across Arkansas.
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Hope City Council Votes to Exercise Airport Option
Hope city council held a special session to approve exercising an option on 0.95 acres owned by Fay Brant and R. M. Briant for an airport site north of Hope. The move raises total airport land to 595 acres at a cost of about 11,850 dollars.
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Yugoslavia to Sign With Axis
Belgrade reports indicate Yugoslavia will agree in principle to the German Italian Japanese trilateral military pact. Premier Cvetkovic and Foreign Minister Markovic to visit Berlin to discuss terms amid a crown council decision to delay upheaval and counter British influence.
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Germans Claim Heavy Toll on Shipping
German sources announced on Wednesday that Allied supply lanes were heavily hit from November through February, with Britain losing about 2,037,000 tons of shipping due to attacks.
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Mythic figures as common English meanings
Five mythological figures or groups listed as common English meanings. Identify each: Calliope, Cassandaea, Lotus eaters, Pandure, Nemesis. Answers by Comic Page.
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Italians Lose 31,000 Men in Somaliland
The British Middle East headquarters said on Wednesday that Italian losses in Somaliland reached 31,000 soldiers.
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Vesey Named Chairman of State Police and Arkansas Trustees
Gov. Adkins appointed John Vesey to chair the newly formed state police commission. The same day he named Marvin Wathcoat Fred L. Brown and Euclid Smith to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. New police commissioners are Jon Vesey E M Frizzell and P J Aycock. Vesey will chair the commission.
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Forrest City
W. S. Atkins
Annual Contest at Blevins Fiddler Contest Set for Saturday
The annual old time fiddler contest at Blevins High Gym Saturday night features Uncle Ed from Gatlio as host and invitational guest to Hot Springs for a radio program. Entry deadline is 7 30 p m. Prizes include Best Quartet Second Best Quartet Best Yoeller Comical Reading Comical Song Trick Fiddling Tap Dancer All-Round Fiddler String Band Second Best String Band Imitations and more with M L Nelsson of Blevins as judge.
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Centerville Social Wednesday Night
A Centerville church will host a local social event Wednesday night with parsons invited. Plans for a community light plant will be discussed.
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Girl Scouting Is Defense Birthday Week Message
A newspaper piece argues that national defense begins with youth as March 12 marks the 29th birthday of Girl Scouting. It praises Hope Girl Scouts for training girls in motherhood and citizenship and urges expanding such training for more girls now.
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Roosevelt seeks seven billion for war aid to democracies
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a seven billion dollar wartime appropriation to supply weapons and materiel to democracies, with two billion earmarked for aircraft and aeronautical material. He urged immediate enactment as part of expanding aid to Britain and Greece, following passage of the British aid bill. Churchill thanked the U.S. for the action, calling it a Magna Carta. Germany warned it would torpedo aid and prepare for any outcome.
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Snow Hits Part of Arkansas Snow Hits Part of Arkansas
Snow fell in the Rogers area with a late wintry disturbance expected to bring general snow or rain tonight and Thursday. Temperatures dropped notably in Bentonville and Fort Smith after a mild Tuesday, with Bentonville at a 28 degree reading early Wednesday and Fort Smith starting around 45.
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Hotel Blast Seen as Plot to Wreck British Turkish Ties
Istanbul reports state the hotel bombing aimed to damage Turkish British relations as British Minister George Rendel, fresh from Sofia, escaped. Four dead and up to 20 injured in the Fere Plaza blast were tied to a Bulgarian plotted attack with bombs hidden in luggage at the Sofia railroad station.
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Greeks Repulse Italian Attack in Albania Pushes
Greek military dispatches report Italians used their largest force yet in six Albanian sectors Tuesday but were repulsed. Blackshirt units stormed Greek lines chanting Avanti per duce with one battalion largely wiped out and 187 prisoners taken. Greeks advanced in Tepeleni as RAF said five Italian planes were downed in central Albania.
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March Meet of Blevins PTA Opens at High School Auditorium
The March meeting of the Blevins PTA will be held in the high school auditorium on Thursday March 13 at 7245. The program centers on Religion in the Home and School with guest speaker J J Leiblong superintendent of Fulton schools.
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Deuteronomy Verse Prompts Godly Obedience
A quoted verse from Deuteronomy encourages keeping the Lord thy God's commandments, walking in his ways, and fearing him. The aphorism reflects traditional religious instruction emphasizing obedience as a covenantal duty.
Penal Probe to Continue Amid Arkansas Legislature
The seven man House committee won a resolution to continue its probe of state penitentiary conditions, after a Gates bill failed 49 to 19. A subsequent resolution, adopted 31 to 0, grants indefinite extension in cooperation with the state comptroller. The panel also cleared the University of Arkansas medical school and hospital of mismanagement charges and offered recommendations. Gov Adkins urged passage of the Frierson retirement bill for Justice Basil Baker after ill health, defeated 32 to 39. The Senate authorized a $50,000 loan from the vocational education fund to establish a state trade school in Little Rock.
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Mrs Sallie J Wolff Dies in Hempstead County
Mrs Sallie J Wolff of Bingen Hempstead county died Monday at her home Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bingen Methodist Church with Rev B T McAfee Rev S T Baugh Rev Arthur Terry and Rev Arthur Terry officiating She was the widow of Dr J L Wolff and a native of Hempstead county She leaves a daughter Mrs J D Baker Prescott a son John A Wolff Bingen and two grandchildren
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No Damage From Grass Fire Near Hone Streets
A grass fire at South Walnut and Fourteenth streets was extinguished by the Hone Fire Department at noon on Wednesday, with no damage reported.
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Four Million Men on Greek and Turkish Frontiers
Nazi warplanes bomb Greek towns as Four Million men mass on Greece and Turkey borders. Yugoslav leaders gather amid pressure for quick compliance with Nazi demands as Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance looms. British sources report air raids and a Belgrade dispatch notes Soviet massing on the Danube as Turkey faces potential invasion.
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Move to Save Assembly Seat in Arkansas Redistricting Fight
Pulaski county seeks an extra representative under a Supreme Court petition to intervene in the 1940 census apportionment case. Shofner and Rep J H Autry of Mississippi and Nabors Shaw of Poinsett contest the State Board of Apportionment, with Weisenberger arguing Pulaski should gain and Hempstead should not lose a seat. Evidence from the Federal Census Bureau is proposed to show a plan: Pulaski seven and Mississippi four, Jefferson and Sebastian three, Union two, Poinsett two, Lonoke one, others two or one as listed.
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Spain's Suner Reaffirms Pact With Germany in New Europe
Madrid foreign minister Ramon Suner asserted Spain's unshakable friendship with Germany and said both nations strive for a new Europe. The report notes Quebec's 1939 provincial hay and clover field valued at $46,968,000.
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