Hope Livestock Trade Growth and a Call for Infrastructure
A week’s caravan of 248 cattle through Hope ends in a Tuesday Sutton & Collier auction drawing strong publicity for southwest Arkansas. The article highlights last Tuesday’s sales of 89,814.96 and notes a year-round cash market with a stockyards buyer, urging city support for larger quarters and loading pens. It compares Hope with Pine Bluff and Texarkana’s exchanges and stresses urgent action to expand the livestock exchange system to sustain regional income.
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Hope
Sutton & Collier Slack Yards
Arkansas
Sutton & Collier
Hyo
Texurkany
Kraft-Phoenix Cheese Corporation
Poogriane
Aerial Demonstration Set At Barksdale Field Sunday
Lieut Col Donald P Muse invites Hope and Hempstead county residents to a mammoth charity air demonstration at Barksdale Field Shreveport on Sunday November 1 A fleet of 54 low wing Northrup Army attack planes from the Third Attack Group will fly over Hope Prescott and east Texas starting about 4 00 a m en route to Shreveport The visit was part of an annual event and included a personal invitation to local citizens
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Hope
Hempstead County
Donald P. Muse
Barkedale Field
Sundy
Shreveport
Wi-State
Arkansas Lt Colonel Muse Invites To Shreveport Air Show
Native Arkansan Lieutenant Colonel Donald F Muse extends invitation to Suediy demonstration at Shreveport He is a distinguished Army Air Force officer born in Junction City Ark The program features over 10 combat planes bombs and mass machine gun fire with high speed fighters and parachute drops Major General Frank Andrews will present two trophies to Barkdale Field units The event runs from 6 to 4 30 and expects 25000 spectators with large parking and military police traffic control Continued on Page Three.
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Arkansan
Suediy
Shreveport
Arkansas
Army Air Force
Junciton City
Ark
Muse
Uncle Sam
GHQ Air Force
Army
Flying Fortress
Goecut
Frank M. Andrews
Barksdale Field
Frank Luke
Barkslale Pier
Gual Military Reservation
Parente Ay Huaidreds
Cranim Crackers Quiz Questions on Finance and Royal Names
A classified page teaser lists five trivia prompts: cabinet size for Prosifeit, international currencies including dinar and zloty, the Star Spangled Banner as the U.S. national anthem, the royal family name before World War I, and the president’s salary. Answers promised on the Classified Page.
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Prosifeit
United States
Druelyna Piper
WU. S
Washington Man Thomas Catts Dies at 81
Thomas Noel Catts 81 a well known Washington and Hempstead county resident died at his home Monday night He was born in Missouri in 1846 moved to Arkansas later in life Surviving are a daughter Miss Mary Catts of Washington a son E C Catts of Atlanta Ga five sisters and three brothers Funeral services will be at 4 pm Wednesday at the Washington Baptist Church with Rev A Whitlow officiating Burial will be in Washington cemetery Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are listed.
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Thomas Noel Catts
Washington and Hempstead County
Washington
Missouri
Arkansas
Vcmpstead County
Tre
Mary Catts
E. C. Catis
Atlanta
TY. Bouthe
Piercy City
Waashingeon Baptist Shurch
A. Whitlow
Artodulphia
Washington Cemetery
E.R. Timberlake
Paul Dudney
P.Q. Lovely
Joe Juckson
We 1
Stroud
Samary Brith
Crit Simart
Gene Polgar
F L, Pilkinton
Oscar Geld Jang Page
Deh Matterson
O. T Deck
I B. Levis
JF Doaer
W &. Elmore
WB. Prager
ALN
OR. Card
Ligher Sais
Velgin
Alp
Belniey
Experiment Farm Program At Ozan Hope Event
On Tuesday November 16 members of the experiment station at Hope will present a program to farmers and their families of the Oven community at the Cassdi school building. There will be no moving pictures and only musical numbers. Lectures are planned and refreshments provided. All residents of the Ozan community are urged to attend.
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Sktiow
Hope
Qasdi
Ozu
Negro Committee for Unemployment Named
A seven member negro committee was formed to assist local Negroes with filling post office forms for unemployment reports starting Tuesday. Members include Edmond Davis as chairman, T. Hamilton, Will Cooper, Dr. R. C. Lewis, Chester Yerger, Jim Glenna, and A. R. McKinley who will provide aid at the post office.
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Postoffic
Hegre
Edmond Davis
T. 4. Hamilton
Will Cooper
R. C. Lewis
Chester Yerger
Jim Glenna
A. R McKinley
Kiwanis to Sponsor Christmas Lights in Hope
Kiwanis will again sponsor downtown Hope Christmas lighting with lights strung across intersections and between buildings. A three member committee Loa Tower Sid Bundy and Arthur Swanke will solicit merchant donations to replace worn lights while many decorations are salvaged from last year. The city will provide electricity free of charge.
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Mope Kiwanis Enb
Ara
Kiwanis
Loa Tower
Sid Bundy
Arthur Swanke
Ballar
Little Rock
V. Herndon
Herndon
Ed Shartess
Kijwanis International
Riley Lewallow
Hope
H. Earl King
Ovan
J. Mark Jackson
Bingen
Hempstead County
Presbyterian Meeting to Be Held Tuesday
The Presbyterian midweek service will be held Tuesday night at 7 30 in the educational building to discuss the minister's annuity pin for the general assembly and determine local action. Officers are urged to attend and a large attendance is desired. The local church will be represented Wednesday at the Presbyterians fellowship banquet in Arkadelphia where the annuity plan will again be considered. A new all metal cabin plan promises standards in quality for private, business and pleasure use.
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General Assembly
Presbyteria
Arkadelphia
Reso
Mind Your Manners A 19th Century Etiquette Quiz
A fragmented etiquette item from 1847 presents questions on dining manners. It discusses when to stop eating during refills, hosting behavior toward waiters, tipping discretion, knife use at table, and handling French menus with a recommended option to ask the waiter to interpret before choosing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warniot
Battle to Ban Roadside Signs Faces 1938 Legislatures
National Roadside Council plans next year to push broad bans on roadside advertising. Maine leads in signing a 1935 law with higher permit fees and city taxes. Delaware requires fencing for auto junkyards near roads. Legislation across states targets sign setbacks, boulevards, and curbs on billboards to preserve beauty and safety.
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NER
New York
National Roadside Council
Maine
Delaware
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Long Island Association
Arkansas
Colorado
Kansas
Michigan
Pennelsylvania
Rhode Islands
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Taethana
State Highway Commission
Massachusetts
Virginia
Stind
Nely Wy Zaulog
Civiv
American Automobile Association
Mere
A Thought Tgorance Is The Curse Of God
The fragment reflects a Shakespearean style claim that thoughtlessness burdens divinity while knowledge lifts spirit toward heaven, presenting a compact, paradoxical meditation on intellect and virtue. The quote contrasts ignorance with enlightenment as a moral ascent.
Chinese Officials Withdraw From Nanking as Japs Advance
Chinese authorities flee Nanking and other key cities as Japanese forces push toward Shanghai. The nine power conference reconvenes to consider China policy amid Italy Norway Sweden and Denmark abstentions and renewed calls for sovereignty respect. Francoist Spain alignment noted. Japan to recognize Franco regime on November 25. Government moves capital to Hankow while vowing to defend Nanling. An engineer notes cost of air transport research.
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China
Japan
Shanghai
Brussels
Far Eastern Conference
Naviking
Tsinan
Tich Shaniung
Sooshon
Naiking
Italy
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Foreign Office
Tokyo
Iran
Spain
Francisco Franco
Nini Nanking
Hankow
Yanga Newry
Red Cross Drive Nears Halfway Mark in Hampstead County
Tuesday reports raise Hampstead County Red Cross Roll Call to 428.85 dollars from 360 members, with a 750 member quota. Funds come from businesses, industrial plants, and professionals. township chairmen have yet to report, list includes L. Young, Harry Shiver, John Walton, Harry Moor, Wyble Wiebeely, Miss Jackson, William Ramsey, Will Ed Waller, Charles Thomas, Fred Luck, Mrs. Garne, George Robison, Claude Stewart, Mrs. Munn, Pauline Britt, Corbin Poster, Phillip Foster, Clyde Coffee, Marsden Bailey, C. C. Lewis, General W. Robison & Co. and others.
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Hampstead County Red Cross
W. Young
Young
Harry Shiver
John Walton
Harry Moor
Wyble Wiebeely
Jackson
Willian Ramsey
Will Ed Wailer
Charles O. Thomas
Fred A. Luck
C. W. Garne
George Robison
Claude Stewart
T. Munn
Pauline Britt
Corbin
Phillip Foster
Clyde Coffee
Marsden Bailey
C. C. Lewis
Crate
Gen
W. Robison
Bowen Named Secretary of Hope Chamber of Commerce
Directors of the Hope Chamber of Commerce chose R P Bowen of Malvern as the new secretary. The announcement, made Tuesday by president R L Kaufman, notes Bowen’s years of chamber work in Malvern and his Arkansas ranching ties. He will move his family to Hope by December first to assume duties. Bowen has also taught on the Malvern school faculty and has long been active in Malvern church work.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
R. P. Bowen
Malvern
Hope Commercial Organization
Bown
R. L. Kaufman
The
Hope Chamber
Mrr. Bowen
Chamber of Commerce
Arkannas Hanster
Kaufman
Bowen
Malvern School
Hope
Malvern Chamber of Commerce
Malver
Brother of Mrs Earl O Neal Is Found Safe
Mrs Earl O Nea l of Hope said her brother Jim Powell aged 16 who vanished from Conway nearly ten days ago has been located. A wire from his sister in West Virginia informed that he arrived there safely after a sight seeing tour.
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Earl O'Neal
Hope
Jim Powell
Conway
Cotton Ginned In Hempstead County In 1937
There were 26.48 bales of cotton ginned in Hempstead county from the 1937 crop prior to November 1, compared with 21,345 bales ginned by November 1, 1936. The figures come from W. H. Etter, special agent for the Bureau of the Census, announced on Tuesday.
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Hempstead
W. H. Etter
Bureau of the Census
F D R Program Sidetracked As Lynch Bill Moves First
In Washington the senate sidetracked the Roosevelt agenda by planning to consider the controversial anti lynching measure. Senator Byrnes of South Carolina announced motion for its consideration while leaders declined to allow immediate action on the government reorganization bill. A filibuster was anticipated by opponents, with Senator War ner warning any filibuster would be brief.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Warner
New York
Barkly
Snow Reports and Rainfall Totals Across Arkansas
The Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station logged rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday totaling 2.31 inches, lifting November to 6.24 inches. Daily figures include Nov 5 0.2, Nov 9 0.145, Nov 10 2.35, Nov 11 0.11, and Nov 15 2.31 inches, with a low 24-hour temp of 42 degrees and November minimum at 33 degrees. Snow fell in northern Arkansas with four-inch totals in Rogers and Bentonville, and snow reported in Little Rock Helena and Batesville.
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Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Arkansas
Little Rock
Rogers
Bentonville
Helena
Batesville
Big Camden Paper Mill Is Closed
Camden Ark Severa hundred men idle as Southern Kraft mill failed to reopen after a 10 day shutdown due to lack of orders. Over 1,200 workers affected. wood cutters on curtailed shifts and billets stored around the mill site near Cullendale ball park. Mill is a subsidiary of International Paper Company with other closed southern mills and a new $12 million plant under construction in Springhill Louisiana.
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Camden
Ark
Severa
Southern Kraft Corporation
Ieason
Cullendale Ball Park
International Paper Company
Bastrop
Georgetown
D. C
Mobile
Ala
Moss Point
Miss
Penanna City
Fla
Springhill
Cotton opens in New Orleans with mixed settle at 7.97
Market report from New Orleans shows cotton opening Tuesday at 7.86 and closing at 1.92. Spot cotton remains steady and unchanged with middling prices reported at 7.97.
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New Orleans
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Charity Air Party
Thomas Catts
Ozan
Ozan School
Negro Committee For Unemployment
Seven
Presbyterian Meeting
NEA, Service, Inc
Beauty
U.S
Roadside Council
Sparor
Nanking
Red Cross
R.P. Bowen
C. of
F.d.r’s
Lynch Bill
Big Camden Paper Mill
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