Arkansas Voters Face Tough Ballot In 1911 Referendum Range
The Star argues voters faced eleven measures with risks and rewards in the general election. It highlights defeat of the Rotenberry bill which would have shifted public school funds and not increased old age pensions, and passage of a Workers Compensation Law, noting such packages show the danger of many measures in one ballot. The piece recalls long-standing calls to repeal the initiative part of the Initiative and Referendum Law and notes Bryan's era concerns about legislatures.
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Arkansas
The
Star
Hempstead
Arkansas Gazette
Gazette
Mississippi
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Bryan Oid
Hempstead Red Cross Funds Climb Slowly
Donations of 93.50 were reported Friday morning pushing Red Cross contributions beyond 400. The total reached 447.45 as local chairmen urged more donations to meet the 1,200 county quota with 752.55 still needed. Names and local business supporters listed among donors.
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Red Cross
Max Walker
Joe Wade
McDowell
P. J. Drake
Marisa Cantley
Richard Milburn
R. T. Briant
Mys
Flossy Hamen
Roy Stephenson
Reece Florist
Citizens National Bank
Olin Hope Hardware Co
E. O. Winefield
Henry Waynes
Latties Specialty
Elizabeth Hendrix
Rotary Hears Safety Plans For Hope Safety Week
The Rotary club discussed city-wide Safety week plans for Hope next week at Friday noon meeting in Hotel Barlow. Bowens as Hope Chamber of Commerce secretary outlined speakers for local schools and a public rally at Hope city hall Tuesday night. Guest W C Washburn of Wilkes-Barre Pa attended.
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Hope
Rotary Club Bunch
Barlow
R P, Bowen
Hope Chamber of Comme
Hope City Hall
W. C. Washburn
Wilkes-Barre
Cranium Crackers Five Occupations Quiz For Great Men
Five questions test the occupations of famous figures. Washington, Lewis Carroll, Hoover, Mark Twain, and Joseph Priestley are listed with multiple choice options. Readers answer which occupation each man also held.
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George Washington
Lewis Carroll
Herbert Hoover
Mark Twain
Joseph Priestley
Dope Favors Malvern in Game Friday
Malvern Leopards, with two strong backs Rowe and Fuller, visit Hope for a Friday homecoming clash against the Bobcats who have won only one game. Hope aims to rebound after a rough season, fresh from a 20–12 victory over Prescott, as Coach Hammons reports all players in good shape aside from Martindale who has been ill.
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Malvern High School
Leopards
Bobcats
Malvern
Little Rock
Camden
Rowe
Fuller
Hope
Prescott
Roberts
Foy Hammons
Martindale
Hammons Jewell
Oliver
Bailey Adkins Agree to Meet Over Workmen's Plan
LITTLE ROCK Governor Carl E Bailey and Governor elect Homer M Adkins agreed Thursday to meet Friday or Saturday morning to choose a commission to administer the new workmen's compensation law set to take effect December 5. Bailey planned his own appointments but received a registered letter from Adkins proposing a conference at any convenient time. Bailey had said he would appoint the commissioners in the absence of any communication from Adkins.
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Little Rock
Carl E. Bailey
Homer M. Adkins
Bailey
Adkins
Coventry Burned Behind Massed German Bombers
Coventry suffered vast fires and heavy casualties after a Thursday night raid by about 300 German planes. Firefighters battled blazes amid rubble as hospitals, cathedrals, and police stations were damaged. Britain reported Berlin bombings and raids across the Midlands and a large incendiary bombardment of Coventry.
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London
England
Berlin
Britain
Marshall Goering
Coventry
High Command
Jack
Zhdanov Named Russia's Crown Prince in Stalin Era
The piece profiles Andre Alexandrovitely Zhdanov as the likely successor to Stalin, noting his stocky, unknown pre-1933 rise from obscurity in Tver and Moscow. It suggests if Stalin dies, Zhdanov could lead 170 million Russians, aided by assassination-era circumstances and Politburo influence. The article hints at Kremlin uncertainty and a possible official law safeguarding leadership succession. Continued on Page Six.
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Stain
Andre Alexandrovitely Zhdanov
Kremlin
Russia
Politbureau
Stalin
Communist Party
St Tver
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Coldest Night Yet as Temperatures Dip to 18 Degrees
Old Man Winter hit Hope Arkansas with a deep freeze tonight as temperatures fell to 18 degrees at the University of Arkansas Experiment Station. Earlier readings showed 19 degrees Wednesday night, making Thursday the coldest so far this winter for the area. Forecasters predicted a rise by Friday night into Saturday's mild trend.
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University of Arkansas Experiment Station
Hope
Safety Day Plans Made
Merchants are urged to assist in Safety Day by featuring safety in shop windows. National Safety Council posters will be distributed to merchants and schools in Hope. A full safety day is planned for Tuesday November 19 with a 4 o’clock report to citizens on yearly safety efforts by schools industries and city administration. Citizens are invited to attend the Tuesday night meeting at the city auditorium to hear the year’s achievements. A full program will be published in Saturday’s paper.
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National Safety Council
U. S. At Rio Fair Opens American Pavilion
Rio de Janeiro hosts an American pavilion for the first time at the annual fair. The American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil arranged a rental of about $1,050 for the month and a half long event in November and December. The pavilion covers about 700 square yards amid a beehive of activity with tens of thousands of workers.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
American Chamber of Commerce
Brazil
A Thought Poverty Labor and Calamity Aren't Luxuries
A fragment quotes Hurlitt noting that poverty labor and calamity lack luxuries sought by the rich idle and fortunate who vainly seek them. The line reflects a moral meditation on unequal access to comforts amid hardship.
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Hurlitt
Annual Scout Meet Monday in Hempstead area
The annual meeting of the Boy Scout Council Hempstead area will be held at Hope city hall on Monday November 18 at 7 30 p m. Officers for 1842 will be elected and other matters of importance discussed. All supporters and friends of Scouting are invited to be present.
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Boy Scout Council
Hempstead Area
Hope City Hall
Scouting
153rd Called Out Dec. 23
Col H L McAlister of Conway, commander of the 3rd Infantry Arkansas National Guard, said the unit will be inducted into federal service December 23. The 158th, about 1,200 men, will train at Camp Joseph T Robinson. Brig Gen Dan B Byrd said the unit will stay at home stations 10 days and likely be called to camp.
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Little Rock
H. L. McAlister
Conway
S3rd Infantry
Arkansas National Guard
State Military Department
158Rd
Joseph T. Robnson
Dan B. Byrd
Cotton Market Opens With January Start in New York
January cotton in New York opened at 97 cents and closed at 10 dollars. Middling spot price reported at 10.25, reflecting market movement.
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New York
Nevada Negro Put to Death
Tucker Prison Farm reports the execution of Jack Gulley a 25 year old Black man for the September 22 robbery slaying of Orville Cox a 22 year old white farmer from Falcon Gulley had received a two weeks stay of execution from Governor Bailey on November 1 before his electrocution Friday.
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Tucker
Jack Gulley
Gov. Bailey
Orville Cox
Falcon
Fire Damages Patmos School in Arkansas
A late Thursday fire heavily damaged the Patmos High School building in Arkansas, with $500 in damages. The blaze, believed started by a wood stove, burned the floor then the walls. Bucket brigades and the Hope Fire Department contained and extinguished the fire. Repair work expected to begin immediately.
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Patmos
Ark
Hope Fire Department
Jack Atkins
Hope Department R
Laval Heads to Paris on Bid to Block Break with Germany
Premier Laval departs for Paris to avert a definite rupture with Germany amid a crisis in Franco German relations following the expulsion of French speaking residents from Lorraine. Berlin and Madrid dispatches report further diplomatic moves as Spain tightens news controls and a potential Axis strike against Gibraltar looms.
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Pierre Laval
Paris
Germany
Lorraine
Dispatches
Fromm
Washington
France
Hitler
Reich
Spain
Berlin
Ramon Serrano Suner
von Ribbentrop
Auto crash injures man near Pana on Highway 51
Charles E. Rogers of Pana was killed when his car hit a stalled truck driven by Lawrence Stevens of Jonesboro Arkansas on Highway 51 south of Pana. Stevens, who was beneath the truck repairing it, placed flares and was not hurt.
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Pana
Charles E. Rogers
Highway 51
Here
Lawrence Stevens
Jonesboro
Ark
Stevens
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