Act No 8 Takes Over Debt of Bridge Improvement Districts
Arton Little Rock report on a special legislative session where Act No 8 would ask voters in November to let the state assume the debts and maintenance of bridges built by bridge improvement districts. The measure would issue refunding certificates to creditors and retire debts of street improvement districts linked to state highways. Proponents cite a revenue source from motor vehicle taxes to cover debt service and relieve local communities.
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Little Rock
Niderilyyal
U.S. Says Police Winked at House of Karpis Wife
In a Hot Springs harboring conspiracy case, prosecutors seek to prove police knowledge of Alvin Karpis gangsters. The trial, expected to last two weeks, features testimony from 17 witnesses including newspaper carriers. Grace Goldstein, described as Karpis’s common-law wife, faces related charges.
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Little Rock
Hot Springs
Alvin Kirrpis
Waieao
Grace Goldstein
Kangster
Alvin Kargis
United States District Court
Trily
Herbert Dutch Akers
Joseph Wakelin
Cecil Brookleen Chetaw
Karpisten
Public Enemy No. 1
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Oklahoma Football Team to Be Filmed in 24 Cities
Norman Oklahoma University officials announced the Oklahoma football team will be filmed for a movie this fall. Davities will tape in 24 Oklahoma cities with sound accompaniment, capturing the team in action for a campus sponsored production.
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Norman
Okki
Universsity of Oklahoma
Oklahone
Unclear local notes from Boone misspellings and ivy crawl
Boone residents search for guidance amid odd observations near a school wall and brickwork. An ivy plant grows through masonry while a weed is found in a cornice crack above an entry, sparking questions about nearby properties and safety.
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Phas Gee
Boone
Iowa
Ploy
Patel
Unclear Classified Query About Fictional Gluvacter
A cryptic ask on the Classified Page questions a fictional creature Gluvacter, its creator, the character it imitates, and the full book title where it appears. The text mentions a bomb proof shelter adaptation and a farm yak named after the parody, but provides no concrete names or titles to identify.
Picnic Saturday Draws Hempstead County Farm Bureau Members
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau plans an annual barbecue and picnic at the University of Arkansas Agricultural Station northeast of Hope on Saturday October 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Negro families join at Verner Bligh School Hope from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. R. F. Short Arkansas Farm Bureau president will speak on the 1939 cotton program and farm issues, with A. J. Weatherington and AW Llaskey contributing insights on rural schools and federation leadership. The Blevins High School string band will provide music, with Jim Ford Stuart coordinating a 400 pound meat barbecue.
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Mie Fruit
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Riley Lewallen
Shove Er
George Ware
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Arkansas
Arekansas Farum Bureau Federation
Donkey Baseball Carded in Hope This Weekend
Two donkey baseball games are sponsored by the Young Business Men's association and will be played in Hope. The best game is set for Sunday at Fair Park at 3 PM, with the second on Monday at 8 PM at the same park. Captains are Chase Robins and Speedy Hutson. admission is 1 dollar and a small amount. Donkeys are brought from Eniporin, Kansas.
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Young Business Men's Association
Fair Park
Wyrlach
Chase Robins
Speedy Hutson
Valantes
Fran Eniporin
Kan
Will Leave Hope for Nashville Trip Friday Night
Arrangements were completed for a special train to Nashville Friday night carrying the Bobcats and Scrappers, band, student body, and fans. The seven-coach train departs Hope at 6 15 p m, tickets 55 cents round trip, with a return after the game at 8 p m. The game is Friday at Nashville Stadium, Scrappers expected to shape a tow form.
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Leonard Ellis
Nashville
Bobcats
Scrapers
Missouri Pacific
Bliaelock
Vine
Hope
Foy’ Hammons
Tenancy Commission to Draw Legislative Plan
TEXARKANA report states the State Farm Tenancy Commission will meet in Hot Springs on November 2 to discuss a program for submitting to the legislature next January. Key aim is to bring back grass to western ranges and halt desert encroachment. over 40,000 pounds of carefully prepared grass seeds will be sown by CCC workers.
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Texarkana
C. EL Palmer
State Farm Tenancy Commmission
Hot Springs
Monsey
James
CCC
Cotton opens in New Orleans at 40 closes 8.52
New Orleans December cotton opened at 40 and closed at 8.52 on Thursday. Spat cotton closed steady after rising 16 points previously, with middling at 8.62.
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New Orleans
Automobiles Wanted for Henderson Football Trip
Automobiles are urged to meet at the station at 7 p m to transport Henderson college guests from the Missouri Pacific depot to the football stadium. The Henderson team will leave Capital hotel at 7 sharp, with fans assigned to cars on arrival of the special train from Arkadelphia at 6 45 p m. Speedy Hutson will coordinate drivers at the depot.
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All Hope
Young Business Men's Association
Missouri Pacific
Henderson College
Arkadelphia
Henderson
Capital Hotel
Andrew
Speedy Hutson
Atkins Elected President of YBMA in Hope
W S Atkins was elected president of the Young Business Men's association succeeding Roy Stephenson at the annual election in Hope City Hall. The vote was unanimous with Max Walker named treasurer as a crowd filled the council room. Atkins pledged to complete committee staffing soon and the group outlined plans for the Henderson State vs Louisiana Northeast Center football crowd and scheduled the annual Hope football banquet for October 27 before the game with the Camden Panthers on October 28.
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W. S. Atkins
Young Business Men's Association
Roy Stephenson
Hope City Hall
Max Walker
City Hall
Henderson State
Louisiana Northeast Center
Monroe
Lia
Hope
Camden Panthers
Jerusalem Siege Ends as British Guards Enter Old City
About 3,000 British Coldstream Guards marched into Jerusalem at dawn through Damascus gate and ended four days of Arab control. Nine Arabs killed, 40 captured. two British constables wounded. Troops restored order, sought out remaining pockets of resistance, and allowed residents back as areas were cleared.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Old City
Damascus
Omar
Hempstead County Cotton Ginned Pre October 1 1938
Federal observer W N T Etter reports Hempstead county ginning data for the 1938 crop. 12 745 bales were ginned prior to October 1, 1938, compared with 17 427 bales by that date.
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Catlon
Hempstead
WNT
W. H. Etter
Disorders Kill Six in Sudeten German Unrest
Prague reports six dead in two districts amid riots incited by Sudeten Germans. Japan presses toward Canton and Hankow as China braces for renewed clashes. Germany weighs Czech mediation while Poland and Hungary seek territory in Ruthenia and Slovakia.
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Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
Europe
Germany
Spain
Palestine
China
Poland
Hungary
Ruthenia
Slovakia
Berlin
May Extend Oil Pact to Include Refining
Hyde Park Texas chairman Ernest Thompson said President Roosevelt favored extending the production restricting oil compact to cover refining. A new tractment of trachoma with sulfanilamide has been reported by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
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N. Vi—Pi
Ernest Thompson
Texas
Oil Compact Commission
Roosevelt
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Otolary Algology
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers From Office Etiquette
A fragmented mock Q A on office manners asks if authority should ensure new staff meet teammates and if pressing visitors is proper, with answers indicating avoid pressuring visitors, women should avoid lunch invites to male superiors for business, and not to flirt or be offered improper advances.
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Linbert
Hand of Reds Seen in Sit Down
James Mitchell of Detroit told House investigators that Communists have influence over John L. Lewis and engineered a sit down strike at the Murray body plant in Detroit, placing the UAW in the crosshairs of anti-Red allegations during the inquiry.
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Hand of Reds
Washington
James Mitchell
Detroit
The
United Automobile Workers
House
John L. Lewis
Murray Body
Senator Miller Urges Aid for Mississippi Levee
Arkansas Democrat Senator Miller said he would urge Army engineers to allot funds to strengthen the Mississippi river levee from Yancopin to Vivechise. A Spring HAL Singing event is scheduled for Friday afternoon at 2 at the Spring Apostolic church with the public invited to bring songbooks.
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J-P
Miller
Army
Friony
Mississippi River
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Vivechise
Ark
Spring Aplist
Monastic Creed and Crown Define A Monarch’s Oath
A reflection on sovereign duty and faith, asserting that a king’s obedience rests with God and his sole creed guides rule. The lines frame monarchic authority as divinely ordained, with religious authority shaping governance and personal conscience.
Letters Read in U.S. Spy Inquiry
New York letters tending to implicate Erich Glaser, a former U S Army private, with a German spy ring in the United States were read before a federal jury at the espionage trial of Glaser and two others. Washington meanwhile speculates on German inquiries into the Philippines and potential trade aims in the Far East.
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New York
Erich Glaser
United States Army
Glaser
Far East
Washington
Philippines
Hitler
South America
WPA Project for Fulton Approved
Washington Arkansas pressmen were advised that the president approved WPA projects. Langone county receives 7971 dollars to improve Stamps streets. Hempstead county gets 1815 dollars to construct a caretaker's house on Fulton’s equal grounds.
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Washington -A—Ark
Langone County
Stamps
Hempstead County
Henderson Reddies Head to Hope for Key Clash
Arkadelphia coach Lloyd Grow brings a 40 man Henderson squad to Hope to face LSU Northeast Center of Monroe La under lights at 8 00 P M The game draws a big local crowd with special trains and box seat sales at Webb's Newsstand Officials listed include ref Alvin Bell umpire Foy Hammons headlinesman Bill Brasher and field judge Earl O Neal The Indians travel plans and player changes are noted with Ed Walker out and Semago stepping in at quarterback
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Hope
Henderson Stair Teachers
Arkadelphia
LSU
Monroe
Henderson Band
Hope High School
Henderson
LSU Northeast Center
Héfield
Cnroue
Webb
Alvin Bell
Foy Hammons
Bill Brasher
Earl O'Neal
Reddies
Ark
Lloyd
Dob
Henderson Reddies
Hope High School Bobcats
Jim Malone
New Distinction in Law on Labor The Wage and Your Admis
The article discusses a potential legal distinction in wage law affecting workers paid by salary versus hourly and the possibility of wage-warners compelling longer workweeks when a new wage and hour law takes effect next Monday October 24. An electric clock at the Washington Naval Observatory is installed to test timekeeping reliability.
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Washington Naval Observatory
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