Rural electrification push and Hope city power stance
The piece argues for stronger rural electric expansion in Hempstead county under the REA program led by Morris Coske, urging Hope to cooperate by selling wholesale power to farm cooperatives and encouraging municipal plant support to extend current to countryside customers. It condemns past resistance by Hope’s municipal plant and calls for immediate action to improve the record.
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America
Hope Mnicipale Ss Levant
Hope
Hempstead
Star
Arkansas
Corporation
Hope Star
Mompstead
Hope Municipal
Gyro-Pilot: Key Device in Modern Planes
A Newark-based article outlines the gyro pilot as central to aviation safety and speed gains. It explains dual gyros for course and vertical height, boosters, and instrument panels with visual indicators, alongside retractable landing gear and engine instrumentation enhancing reliability. The piece notes rapid capacity growth and hints at upcoming 40-seat airliners within 18 months.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Newark
N. J.C
Jack Herlihy
Nying
Herlihy
United States
Weronmution
Mier
Pir
A Thought On Faith And Pleasing God
A brief religious reflection cites Hebrews 11 urging belief to approach God. The text emphasizes faith as essential to pleasing Him and serving as reward for the diligent seeker.
Official Toll of Asiatic Storm Eases at 93 Dead
Manila reports 93 killed and 654 missing from Luzon Typhoon with about 20,000 homeless in one province. tally reflects official figures issued Tuesday as relief teams mobilize across devastated areas.
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Manila
Luzon Island
Debt Adjustment Meet Rescheduled to Thursday Afternoon
The Fara Debt Adjustment Committee meeting date moved from Friday October 16 to Thursday October 15 at 2 30 p m in the office of A H Wade rural supervisor of the Resettlement Administration Harry Butler district supervisor will lead the session Also noted China cigarette consumption has risen to over 70 billion annually with per capita far below the U S and Texas accounts for half the world pecan supply
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Fara
China
United States
Class Issue Debate Highlighted by Roosevelt and Landon
President Roosevelt in Kansas rejects claims of class division and accuses Republicans of sowing class antagonism before a full Lawrence Stadium crowd. Governor Landon, in Ohio, argues workers face false friends as labor vote tactics unfold, praising Samuel Gompers for shielding labor from political entanglement.
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Wichita
Kan
Roosevelt
Landon
Lawrence Stadium
Andon
Toledo
Ohio
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
R A Boyett to Run for Hope Mayor
R A Boyett formally announced his candidacy for mayor in Hope in the Democratic city primary on November 24. He cited long service and record of growth, noting terms from 1917 to 1934 and pledging continued management if elected.
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Tla
Ruff
Boyett
Hope
Today
Star
Sam
Agint
37 Buick Models Viewable by Dealer in Flint
Max Cox of Hempstead County Motor Company Buick and Pontiac dealer returned home from Flint Michigan where he saw the 1937 Buick line first revealed. Buick dealers from across the United States gathered in Flint as General Motors guests for the unveiling.
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Max Cox
Hempstead County Motor Company
Buick
Pontise
Flint
Mich
United States
General Motors
Blevins Parent Teacher Association to Meet Thursday
The Blevins PTA will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday with Miss Pearl Williamson, superintendent of DeQueen public schools, as principal speaker. All parents urged to attend and the public invited. A note mentions horn prices and curative use in local context.
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Blevins Parent Teachery Association
Thur Ut Blevins
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens and Closes Steady
The Associated Press reports New Orleans cotton opened Tuesday at 1.8 and closed at 1.91 bid. Spot cotton finished steady with middling at 12.35.
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New Orleans
Madrid Assault. Thrown for Loss!
Insurgent forces pressed toward Madrid as government planes bombed fascist concentrations at San Martin and De Valdeiglesias, injuring Moorish cavalry and destroying mounts and buildings. Madrid’s war ministry claimed repulsed attacks at Robledo de Chavena blocking the drive toward Escorial, the sector base for the offensive.
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Associated Press
Madrid
San Martin
de Val de Iglesias
Madrid War Ministry
Robledo de Chavena
Escarial
Relief Issue May Yet Rule Campaign
The relief problem emerges as a campaign issue with widespread debate over Roosevelt administration relief policies. Political attacks by Republicans and counter charges by Hopkins frame relief as a possible decisive factor, while cabinet tensions and imminent resignations loom as underlying tensions surface in October.
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Byron Price
Bureau
Associatedress
Washington
Dupont Dynasty
Ant
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Senate
Pennsylvania
Landon
Rebief
Hopkins
West Virginia
Holt
Soue
Beimstone
Ministrawn
Ms. Hopkins
Coughlin Confronts Reporter Over Boston Meeting
In Boston the Rev. Charles Coughlin accused journalist John J. Barry of Boston of meddling with a meeting between Coughlin’s Rhode Island officials and the priest. Barry denied any interference and expressed willingness to meet. Coughlin offered threats but gave no details.
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Boston
Mass
Charles Coughlin
Rhode Island
Hhis
John J. Barry
Coughlin
U S Britain and French Gold Pact Established
Secretary Morgenthau announced a new tri power gold standard linking the stabilization funds of the United States Great Britain and France. The pact permits free exchange of gold but bans individual gold holdings and allows any nation to join. it can be revoked with 24 hours notice.
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Washington
Morgenthal
United States
Great Britain
France
Morgenthau
Offnet
Arangement
Germany protests over insult to Hitler at Strasbourg
The German embassy announced an official protest to France after a Communist insult to Adolf Hitler. The charge d affaires delivered an oral protest to a French foreign office official regarding statements during a speech in Strasbourg by Maurice Thomes, secretary general of the French Communist party.
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Paris
France
Adolf Hitler
Foreign Office
Strasbourg
Maurice Thomes
Communist Party
Kiwanis History Recall by John Cox for Hope Club
John P. Cox spoke at the Hope Kiwanis initiation ceremonies at New Capital hotel recounting the club's 1928 origin in Hope and Kiwanis growth from Detroit 1914 slogan We Build. He noted reorganization of Hope’s first club, pledged members to effort, and highlighted prizes in a club contest including a soap statue of Popeye and an onion prize for the best singer.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
United States
John P. Cox
New Capital Hotel
Cox
Kiwanis Club
Hope
R. V. Herndon
Joe Floyd
Martindale
Kiwanis
Detroit
Canada
Wayne England
Ri V. Herndon
Joe Sutton
Louie Riffe
Franklin Horton
Ruel Oliver
Ramon Parrott
Barbers License Law Push Starts in Arkansas
A campaign for an Arkansas barbers license law opens with a meeting at Pulaski courthouse at 8 p m Thursday led by Joh B Robinson of Dallas first vice president of the Journeymen Barbers International Union He announced the series will visit Pine Bluff Mt Dorado Prescott Brinkley Jonesboro and Fort Smith with Robinson leaving for the 1987 legislative session after the meetings Arkansas South Carolina and Virginia lack such a law and only four other states share that status plans were firmed at a Sunday conference
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Pulaski
Joh B. Robinson
Dallas
Journeymen Barbers International Union, of America
Pine Bluff
Mt Dorado
Prescott
Brinkley
Jonesboro
Baptist Ass'n Opens Two Day Meeting at Stamps
TEXARKANA Texarkana area report says the Hope Baptist association spanning Miller Lafayette Hempstead and Columbia counties will begin its annual two day session Thursday at Stamps Arkansas. Rev O J Wide moderator and Rev J B Buck clerk announced the event with an opening sermon by Rev B Burnsides Texarkana pastor. Activities include officer elections and varied church work discussions.
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Texarkana
Hope Baptist Desociation
Stamps. Ark
O. J. Wide
Beech Street Baptist Church
J. B. Buck
Magnolia
Hope Assocaion
Miller
Lafayette
Hempstead
Columbia
B. Burnsides
College Hill Baptist Church
Turned Brown By Brown Turner Turned Brown By Brown Turner
CENTRAL CITY KY special report describes a miner at depth who plans to write to the President for an easier job. He notes aging and gender shifts in employment as frost loosens coal and as new fall dresses reveal underskirts. The piece observes many people going to work and trampling sunflower patches.
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Central City
Winter Strikes Blow at the East
Winter drives a cold snap across the East as polar air from Hudson Bay chills New York. Frost nips ankles and light snow falls in northern regions with Bloomingdale recording near freezing at 19 degrees.
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New York State
New York
Canada
Hudson Bay
Bloomingale
Pensioners in Hempstead Co rise to 14231 in October
Arkansas welfare officials report 14,231 residents in Hempstead County received old age pensions in October, up 4,000 since June, with total payments of 128,342 split between state and federal funds. Federal contributions aided 9,536 dependent children and 515 blind recipients, while 2,980 unemployables received direct relief. October disbursements totaled 194.93 with 113,624 from the state and 77,110.07 from the federal government. County administration costs reached 17,679.30.
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Little Rock
Charles H. Andrews
Radio County
Paul Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Miller
Nevada
Arkansas Utilities Commission Puts Forward Rural Electrification Plan
The Arkansas Public Utilities Commission held a conference in Little Rock to discuss a statewide rural electrification program. The plan would use federal loans at low interest through the REA, funded to connect farms to wholesale electricity, with cooperative or municipal lines serving Hempstead County and other rural areas.
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Little. Rock
Arki Utilities Commission
Thurad
Major
Arkansas
Arkasos Farms
Philadelphia
Nancé
Hempstead
Hope Municipal
Night Work Continues Through Long Arctic Winter
Soviet icebreakers return from summer expeditions as colonizers settle in the Far North to work through the polar night. Winter drives all boat and field activity inland yet fails to slow industry, with 120,000 year round residents sustaining lumber, catering, and other services. Igarka remains the regional metropolis as hardy crews endure isolation and harsh climate to harvest Arctic wealth.
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Anoyermivasivas Eee
Moscow
Soviet Far North
Igarka
Nevada Club Day Plans Set for Thursday
Nevada County home demonstration clubs announce Nevada Club Day on Thursday October 15 at Prescott. Exhibits feature farm grown products and handmade items by club women such as quilts rugs baskets and thrift garments. The program includes songs invocations welcomes and talks by local leaders and district agents with a panel discussion and judging demonstrations.
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Nevada County
Prescott
Ben Johnson
D. O. Montgomery
J. F. Queen
Judge Weaver
J. H. Harrison
Camp Pine
Earl Mitchell
Delta
Chas. Murrah
Rebecca Daniel
Ella Posey
H. H. Huskey
Nellie Nelan
WPA administrative costs cited at 4.1 percent share
Harry L. Hopkins reported that up to September 1 the Works Progress Administration spent 72.3 million dollars on administration excluding the Washington office, about 41 percent of total WPA costs of 1.735 billion. He said central office costs would raise administration to 45 percent and noted August costs were 3.1 percent of total expenses.
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Washington
Alf M. Lundon
Cleveland
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
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