Airmail Flight Promotes Hope with Special Letters
Bruner-Ivory Hane firm of Tope planned a special airmail flight sending about 30 000 Hope area letters to all states and some abroad. The event included Mayor Graves remarks, a Hope Boys Band performance, and a display in Scott store window during National Airmail Week. Postmaster Wilson urged pre-handling at offices to avoid last minute rush before the 12:50 pm departure. Mayors and local firms joined efforts to showcase the World’s Largest Watermelons claim and local aviation pride.
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Bruner-Ivory Hane Company
Tope
United States
Earliel
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Albert Graves
Aly
Robert Wilson
Scott
Hope
Charles Deatsh
Field
Igh School
Fey
Thomas Brewster
Lnext
Frost
Five Million Dollar Federal Road Aid for Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK the U S Senate approved a five million two hundred fifty thousand dollar federal highway appropriation for 1938 and 1939 with no state matching required. Representative John L. McClellan of Malvern touted an amendment to funnel unmatched funds to Arkansas using existing highway revenues and credit options to accelerate new road construction across the state.
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Little Rock
United States Senate
Bureau of Public Roads
John L. McClellan
Malvern
Arkansas
McClellan
House Committee On
McClellan Sidewate
Sikce
Federl
Bailey
Ohio
Ninhwas
Merv McClellan
Wall Assisy
As Mount
McCellan
Cabgressman
Halfway on the way to the post office a ride arrives
A man walking to the post office turns back twice thinking he forgot letters, realizes they are with him, then gets a ride partway back. He had already traveled half the distance to the post office when he accepted the ride from a motorist, meaning he was at the halfway point between home and the post office.
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Ware
Hin
Broadway Caravan to Arrive Friday in Arkansas
The Broadway of America motorcade, led by William McComb, will enter Arkansas on Friday May 20 from San Diego California. It will pass through Texarkana Arkadelphia Hot Springs Little Rock Brinkley Forrest City and Memphis before continuing to Knoxville and Roanoke Virginia for a convention. State patrol escort and Governor Carl E Bailey will mark the welcome at the capitol and Little Rock stops include the Marion hotel. Arkansas officers Gilbert Leigh Robert Jones Terrell Cornelius C M Greenup and W A McCarney are listed as directors.
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Broadway of America Association
Arkansas
William McComb
Arkansas Automobile Club
Broadway
Amerida
McComb
San Diego
Calif
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Texarkana
Renwin
Astu
U. S. Alyerway 67
Hope
Arkadelphia
Hot Springs
Litle Rock
Brinkley
Forrest City
Memphis
Knoxville
Wid
Little Rock
Broadedway of America Association
Ape
Dy Gilbert Leigh
Robert Jones
Terrell Cornelius
Dope
C. M Greenlup
W. A. McCariney
Potato Marketing Plan Dominates Arkansas Referendum Votes
Arkansas counties report 29 of 75 voting blocs approving a proposed marketing order for potatoes. Randall, assistant extension director, cites 182,124 bushels produced since May 1, 1888, as the basis for the tally, with 904 affirmative votes and 15,100 against.
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Rock
Arkansas
Roc
Randall
Munday
Rimdall
U.S
You
Hempstead
Howard
Laylayette
Parlial
Little River
Miller
Nevada
Livestock Show Accepted at Hempstead County Meeting
Hempstead county leaders urged broader livestock farming in Arkansas at Hope city hall Monday. District Chairman Lemley and others cited low state livestock production and its potential to boost prices, with Arkansas showing 26 million dollars in value last year versus higher totals in Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. County agents noted gaps in poultry cattle and dairy on local farms, underscoring a push for a state livestock show tied to the Little Rock event.
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Arkansas
W. Kendall Leinley
Hempstead County Livestock Committee
Hope City Hall
Arkansas Livestock Show
Little Rock
Cal. T. Hearto Tava
Hempstead
Herman Stoy
Carl Coffee
A. H. Washburn
Boles
Railroad
Missouri
Oklahoma
Matsa
Smith
Todd
Jin Hempstead
Lee Garland
Ufo
Memphis dealer rep chosen for regional meeting
BP. Young of Hope Chevrolet led Memphis delegates at a regional Dealers New Car Planning Committee meeting in St Louis with representation from Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Missouri. He was elected by secret ballot to represent Memphis at a later Memphis meeting in May. Resolutions on factory and retailer relationships were adopted. Young reported on the St Louis discussions.
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BP. Young
St. Louis
Memphis
Arkansas
Tennessee
Misissippi
Missouri
New Car Planning Committee
Tha
Young
Memphis Aane
Cox & Sons Truck Burned At Fulton Overnight
A fly-ton Chevrolet truck owned by W. E. Cox & Sons burned Monday night beside the Cox store in Fulton. Found burning Tuesday morning, incendiarism is suspected. The owners carried no insurance.
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W. E. Cox & Sons
Fulton
Cox Store
Mrs McCorkle In Critical Condition At Home
Mrs Marie McCorkle was reported all noon Tuesday to be seriously ill at her home 821 West Fourth. She is the mother of Ed McCorkle former Hope newspaper publisher. Relatives have been called to her bedside as doctors say her condition is very grave after a 1 a.m. Tuesday seizure.
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Marie McCorkle
West Fourth Street
Ed McCorkle
Hope Newspaper
McCorkle
New Airliner Lost in Delivery Flight Near Los Angeles
Nine persons are missing after an $80,000 Lockheed transport plane vanished in fog over the Sierra Madre range about 80 miles from Los Angeles while en route from the city to St. Paul for Northwest Airlines delivery. The craft disappeared minutes after leaving Los Angeles Monday afternoon above the rugged peaks dividing the coastal plain from the Mojave desert.
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Los Angeles
Cutif
Sierra Madre
St. Paul
Northwest Airlines
Mojave Desert
Nevada Damage Suit Reversed in Heinz Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday reversed a Nevada circuit court ruling in Roy Duke versus Heinz Co and Hollis Luck. Duke claimed permanent disability from illness linked to Heinz chili purchased at Luck's Hope store. A jury awarded Duke 12500 dollars. the high court reversed as to Luck and remanded with directions regarding the Heinz Co.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
Roy Duke
Heinz Co
Hollis Luck
Nevada
Duke
Luck
Hope
Hope Library Adds History of Nations to Research Bureau
The Hope Public Library announces a 25 volume set The History of Nations and membership to Col lier s Research Bureau. The bureau will serve patrons via the Wape Public Library and questions may be left at the library desk for forwarding to Memphis. A list of free shelf novels includes Love is a Racket Westward Passage Back Street Secret Marriage and The Home Companion The American Cosmopolitan Pictorial Review magazines arrived this past week.
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The
Hope Public Library
Colliers Rearchers Research Bureau
Wape Public Library
Memphis
Aian Dimes
Mar Barnes
Fannie Hurst
Kathleen Norris
the Home Companion
the American
Cosmopolitan
Pictorial Review
Supreme Court ruling likely blocks Wagner Act changes this session
Senate labor experts say the high court decision confirms a striking worker remains an employee under the Wagner Act if unfair practices occurred, dampening efforts to amend the act this session. Demands for change have been raised by Senator Burky and others amid mounting labor tensions. The article also notes Philippine island areas, with only 466 of 7,000 islands exceeding one square mile.
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Wasiington
United States Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Senate
Burky
Nebraska
Nazi Tide Threatens To Reach Neighboring Nations
British report notes Germany and Italy carving spheres of influence across Europe. Austria’s annexation tightens control on the Danube, threatening Romania and Hungary. Yugoslavia and Romania fear becoming German satellites as Nazi gunboats and resource-rich Balkans position Berlin for broader regional dominance.
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Humania
Balkan
Germany
Austria
Danube
Romania
Black Sea
Budapest
Hungary
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Rumania
Nasi
Europe
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Appointment for Ozan Post Office Postmistress Named
Mrs Chas Twin has been notified by the Post Office Department that she has been appointed postmistress of the Ozan post office. The vacancy followed the December death of W H City. Since December Birdie Norwood has acted as postmistress. The civil service exam was taken by several applicants in March, with no permanent appointment until Thursday.
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Chas. Twin
Post Office Department
Oran
Ozan
W. H. City
Birdie Norwood
Civil Service
Columbus High School Holds Senior Graduation Friday
The Columbus High School closes the week with a seniors address by Dr J P Womack from Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia. The four seniors Isabel Boyce Mary Woolsey Andrew Caldwell and Dorothy Sipes are honored for scholastic achievements. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday at Columbus Presbyterian Church and the graduation program includes music readings prayers and the diploma ceremony with Dr Womack delivering the address.
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Columbus High School
J. P. Womack
Henderst State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Isabel Boyce
Mary Woolsey
Andrew Caldwell
Dorothy Sipes
Columbus Presbyterian Church
J. 5. Wilson
Orlester
Serviluce
Fred R. Marinsuy
Sulu
Evelyn Murph
J. T. Lugk
J. P. Wonsack
R. C. Stuart
Benedigioie
J. 8. Wilson
Atlanta Fire Toll Rises to Twenty Eight Victims
In Atlanta Georgia reports say the bodies of two men were dug from the Terminal hotel ruins on Tuesday increasing the fire death toll to twenty eight.
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Atlanta
Lpi
Terminal Hotel
A Thought Good Has One Enemy the Evil
A compact aphorism notes that the good faces a primary foe, while evil contends with two adversaries, the good and itself, attributed to J. Von Muller.
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J. von Muller
Senator Proposes State Control of Relief Funds
Washington Senator Van denberg of Michigan introduces legislation to reform relief administration to the states via federal grants in aid. The plan serves as a substitute for parts of the lending spending bill that authorizes direct work relief appropriations.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Mind Your Manners Quiz on dating etiquette
A 1948 NEA Service etiquette feature asks how a young couple should seat a girl in a two seat car, whether couples should sit opposite in a restaurant booth, and who should speak first when meeting a boy and girl on the street. It concludes: outside seat in a two seater, couples sit on opposite sides, the girl need not speak first, and thanks belong with the date.
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Iiew
German Reichswart page ties revolt to Nazis
Correio de Manha prints a Reichswart facsimile linking Brazil's May revolt to Nazi Germany. A letter from the Integralists militia chief to the European Nazi Alliance says We await your orders. Dated May 25, 1994, the page accompanies the Brazil story.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Correio de Manha
Reichswart
Integralists
Three Death Row Inmates Escape from County Jail
In Columbus South Carolina three of six convicts under death sentence for killing penitentiary guard captain Olin Sanders escaped from the county jail early Tuesday. The escapees are George Wingard of Columbia, Herbert Moorman of Detroit, and Clayton Crans of Rochester North Carolina. They broke cell locks and opened the outer door with a spoon-made key.
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Columbus
S. C
Olin Sanders
George Wingard
Columbia
Herbert Moorman
Detroit
Clayton Crans
Rochester
N. C
Intolerance claims by Landon against New Deal liberals
CHICAGO P Alf M Landon, 1936 Republican candidate, charged Tuesday that the generation has not seen a group so intolerant as New Deal liberals. He cited Senator Minton Indiana Independent and a proposed press censorship bill as proof the press would lose freedom under such laws. Minton withdrew the bill after bipartisan denunciation over prosecuting newspapers for propaganda.
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Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Inland’ Daily Press Association
Minton
Indiana Independent
Cotton opens and closes higher as May futures expire
New Orleans price action shows May cotton opening at 8.67 and closing at 8.73, with May contracts expiring Tuesday. Spot cotton remained quiet and unchanged at middling 8.77, reflecting a muted daily session.
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New Orleans
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