Congress Repeals Arms Embargo in Final House Vote
In a late Thursday vote the House approved the cash and carry policy, repealing the arms embargo for European belligerents and aligning with the Senate. President Roosevelt planned proclamations after signing, with signing expected and passage to become law soon. The measure opens U S supplies to Allies while restricting neutral and non-American shipping, and conference negotiations with the Senate aimed to finalize the bill for presidential signature.
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Washington
Belligvents
Europe
Senate
Arkansaga
America
Congress
North Atlustic
Roosevelt
Germany
Shine
Russia
Italy
Thew
Warliee
Shanley
Dens Ct
Allbuster Gins
Pendergast Era Police Chief Pleads Guilty in Kansas City
Former police director under Boss Tom Pendergast pleads guilty in Kansas City. Sentenced to two years in prison after the May plea. Worded as a downtown crime case, the filing notes a financial crime link and the end of a era in local law enforcement.
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A. 2. Higgins
Kansas City
Kansas. City
P. Higgins
Tom Pendergast
Kaipus City
Textbook Issue Preoccupies Arkansas Education Association
In Little Rock members prepare to vote for 1939 40 officers and executive committee from ten districts. The showdown centers on textbook company influence and attempts to gain control of the association, alongside a bid to remove executive secretary Willie A Lawson.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Education Association
Little Rock High School
Ralph B. Jones
Fort Smith
Willie A. Lawson
State Commissioner of Education
State Department of Education
Musical program draws about 500 at Hope city hall
About 500 people attended a Thursday night fiddlers contest and musical program at Hope city hall hosted by the W. C. W. Ledgeteam. Mayor W. Atkins gave the welcome. M. L. Nelson of Mevins was master of ceremonies. Judges were Clifford Franks P. W. Taylor and A. G. Leverett. Blevins High School string band won 10-dollar top prize. Hope string band second. Other winners include Miss Wihman Jean Tate of Blevins for Best Piano Solo, Best Quartet and Best Yorddler Watson White Prescott, and more across categories with locals from Hope Blevins Prescott and Prescatl.
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Hope City Hall
W.C
W.ledge
Hope
W. S&s. Atkins
M. L. Nelson
Mevins
Clifford Franks
P. W. Taylor
A. G. Leverett
Blevins
Secondsprize
Hope String Band
Miss Wihman Jean Tate
Hope Gospel Tabernacle
Watson White
Prescott
Mickey Boyett
Ernest Ridghill
Vernon Simpson
Alviey Brown
Bussie Lee
O. C. Story
Prescatl
Monrece Grant
Melvin Dorman
Improved Condition Reported for injured Hope teachers
Mrs. Kelly Bryant among four Hope school teachers injured in an Arkadelphia area automobile crash ten miles south of Arkadelphia. Bryant’s husband, Trape Star ad manager, said she faintly improved and will remain in hospital several days. Others injured include Miss Ruth Taylor and Mrs Ray Stephenson. Florence Suton and GC Bryant are bedside in Arkadelphia.
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Kelly Bryant
Hope Schol
Arkadelphia
Bryant
Trape Star
Flood
Florence Suton
Fayetteville
Arkagtelpha
Hope
Ruth Tayloy
Ray Stephenson
Rey Allison
Alfred Terrell
Terrell
Curtis, Ark
Broadcast Set For Hope Blytheville Football Game
Hope fans will hear a live play by play of the Hope Blytheville game from Blytheville stadium via Mills Radio. The 7 57 p m broadcast at Hope City Hall auditorium expects 500 plus listeners with tickets 15 and 25 cents, receipts issued by Mills cover the entire family. Coach Hammons sends a strong pony backfield with Ellen at quarterback, Jimmy Sims, Ray Baker, and David Coleman, plus a heavy line up and center Pawk.
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Hope- Blytheville
Mills
Hope
Hope City Hall Auditorium
Blytheville Stadium
Leo Robins
Blytieville
Foy Hammons
Ellen
Jimmy Simms
Ray Baker
David Coleman
Blythevoler
Lope Baxter
Green
Enel Johnston
Calhoun
Tuckle Bennett
Breviling
Grave Gadwin
Bundy
Pawk
A. Quimby
Justice
Simpson
Tavkie Warrington
I Busan
Enid Hood
Mosely
Oh . Lok
Sims
Balt Colon
A Thought Troubles Often the Tools by Which God Fashions Us
A reflective line noting that troubles act as tools used by God to shape better outcomes. The quote attributes wisdom to LL W Beecher, suggesting adversity refines character and aligns life with higher purpose.
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LL W
Beecher
Cranium Crackers Puzzle Seeks Correct Definitions
A scrambled puzzle presents multiple choice pairings for terms like humerus and piquer, asking to match each word with its correct definition. Players must choose from options listing meanings such as risky, witty, or spherical particle, while avoiding incorrect pairs.
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Uci
Dl Wantede
Bude
Ape Deposit
Db Durden
Vilwable Gem
Seraywany
Heter Kent
Inventor Pacifist at Heart Sought to Abolish Wars
NEA Service profile traces Alfred Bernhard Nobel from explosive inventor to peace champion. Nobel built dynamite and naval weapons yet funded the Nobel Prizes to reward peace efforts, promoting international arbitration and nonnational consideration for prize recipients.
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Willis Thorton
NEA Service
Alferd Bernhard Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Nobel
Baku
Morehhan
Worl
W. R.L Cremer
Barliment
France
England
Cotton New York Trade Gutta Margin Closes Higher
A fragmented market report notes December activity in New York where cotton prices closed firmer. Traders eyed futures and noted gains amid broad commodity strength, with speculative interest improving sentiment for nearby contracts.
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New York
Hay
Hempstead County 4-H Set for Achievement Day Saturday
County 4-H clubs plan the annual Achievement Day at Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station on Saturday November 4 starting 10 a.m. Ray Glanton presides as 4-H county council president. Winners include county champion boy and girl from among 875 members. largest club counts announced. State and national programs broadcast on KARK with guest theater viewing. An acre equals 43 560 square feet.
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Hempstead
Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
Oliver J. Adams
Mary Claud Fletcher
Arkansas
Worl
Ray Glanton
Ray
Guernsey
Frank Rider
E. McGregor
Lee Garland
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Hempstead County Farm
O'Clork
KARK
Little Rock
W. J. Jernigan
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
R. P. Bowers
Hope Chamber Air Commerce
Saenger Theater
Hugh White Nevada County Surveyor Dies at 74
CAMDEN Ark Hugh White county surveyor of Nevada county died at his home west of Camden near Rosston on Wednesday. He served as county surveyor 44 years. He is survived by a sister Miss Florence White of Rosston.
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Camden, Ark
Hugh White
Nevada County
Hentia
Camden
Rosston
Florence White
Pilkinton Warns on War Profits and Neutrality Law
State Senator James H. Pilkinton addressed the Hope Rotary Club at Hotel Barlow about curbing war profits as part of neutrality law revisions. He warned that cash payments and credit risks could pull the U S into war, calling for a cash basis with no credit to belligerents and noting travel bans for nationals aboard belligerent vessels. He cited past neutrality acts and described the effects on American trade, stressing that Canada Mexico and South America are exempt.
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James H. Pilkinton
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
United States
Congress
Pilkinton
Europe
Canada
Mexico
South America
Barry
Senator Pilkinton
Fred Cook
Prescott
Blevins School Head Sets Up Workshop for Teachers
The Blevins school system plans a year of faculty workshops to boost student needs and interests. Superintendent Witherington leads a democratic, survey based program focusing on state evaluation, guidance, reading difficulties, vocations for teachers, teaching challenges, and a community recreation plan.
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Blevins
State Department of Education
M. R. Owens
City of Flint Seized Freighter Followed Toward German Port
U S assurances claim safety of crew aboard the seized City of Flint. British admiralty notes warships near but may avoid entanglement and let ship stay within Scandinavian waters to Baltic exit. Paris and London cheer U S congressional vote lifting the arms embargo, while France reports German troop movements near Sarreguemines ahead of possible frontier clash.
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Washington
Germain
United States
City of Flint
London
Eng
Admiralty
Baltic
Flint
Paris
Berlin
Congress
France
Sarreguemines
Liquor-Laden Car Nabbed at Fulton
A two mile chase on Highway 67 west of Fulton led to the arrest of W B Blackwell of Texarkana and the seizure of seven gallons of moonshine from Hempstead to Miller county. Wallace Woods was also arrested at Fulton and a whiskey still found under a home floor with twelve barrels of wash and other equipment. both men jailed in Washington awaiting a hearing before Judge Leinley in Hope.
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Fulton
W. B. Blackwell
Texarkana
Washington
W. K. Leinley
Hope
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