Arkansas Should Create District Highway Office Pilot Program
A Southwest Arkansas editorial argues WPA progress has highlighted local road needs. It urges establishing a state district highway office, escrowed county funds, and a flying crew of engineers to build and maintain graveled farm to market roads, relieving county judges of school and postal road duties.
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Federal Works Progress Administration
WPA
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Hempstead
Arkansas Legislature
Vey
Nevada
Akkansas
Roosevelt forecasts peace-time revenue to cut U.S. deficit
President Roosevelt predicted the largest peace-time federal revenue would reduce the year's deficit to about 2.097 billion dollars with total revenue near 5.605 billion. Expenditures were set at 7.703 billion, relief costs at 1.835 billion, and debt projections showed a net increase of 410 million amid Treasury cuts to curb debt growth.
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Washington
Moosevelt
Treasury
Lnto
Ues
Roosevelt
Congress
Drouth
Dr. H. L. Winburn Dies in Arkadelphia
Arkadelphia state Baptist convention leader Dr. H. L. Winburn, 59, who guided the group for three decades, died after a brief illness. Funeral services are planned for Thursday afternoon in Arkadelphia.
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H. L. Winburn
Arkadelphia
J State Baptist Convention
Ark
Sh. L. Winburn
State Baptist Convention
Bel Thursding Rflerninon
WPA Graded and Revealed Farm to Market Roads in Hempstead
WPA records show Hempstead County grading 20.3 miles and Nevada 12 miles graveling with totals 22.7 miles graded and 209 miles gravelled in Hempstead. survey highlights standard all weather road plans, district inspections, and ongoing labor use under the Works Progress Administration to improve rural roads and schools.
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Hempstead
Nevada County
Hope District
Works Progress Administration
Nevada
Pariadies
Forty Pound Scrapbook on Will Rogers in Arkansas
Eudora banker P E Cashion claims the largest scrapbook on Will Rogers in the world. The book measures two feet wide and three feet long and contains more than 1 500 clippings. It weighs over 40 pounds and is described as a remarkable collection from Will Rogers memorabilia.
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Rogers
Monts
Hope
Lax Traffic Enforcement Charged At Hope City Council
Alderman F D Henry condemned lax traffic enforcement in Hope noting drunken drivers go unpunished and many cars operate with faulty lights. He urged stricter charges and police responsibility, linking enforcement to safety campaigns and urging action by the City Board of Health on open toilets at Rev James H Bennett property.
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F. D. Henry
Henry
Hope Police Department
Hope
Vitlestand
Franklin Horton
W. A. Lewis
James H. Bennett
Mallee
T. R. Billingstey
City Board of Health
Billingsley
Z. H. Weaver
Counry
Tesday Night
Council
Po- Wee Pidgeill
Melon Feature Photographs Stir Controversy at Hempstead
The Star published a staged print at Rocky Mound showing a watermelon pageant with children and dice to advertise Hempstead County melons. Critics decry racial imagery while studio prints and negatives are offered for public, historical display.
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Rocky Mound
Star
Shipley Studio
South Walnut Street
Hempstead County
111 Pound Watermelon Shipped to National Bank Examiner
The Americas Banker published a one column boxed note from Hope detailing an 111 pound melon sent to Robert Neill, chief national bank examiner of the eighth district, shipped from Hope by Lloyd Spencer, cashier of First National Bank, to Neill in Washington D.C. Continued on page three.
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Heenipstead
the Americas Banker
Robert Neill
National Bank
Hope
Lloyd Spencer
First National Bank
Mr. Neill
Washington, D.C
Turned Brown By Brown Turner In Knoxville News Item
Knoxville dispatch reports a satirical column noting Spain’s government, Mussolini, and a rising casualty list while commenting on hitchhiking, automotive safety, and consumer behavior. The piece references Livy, a preference for longer car trips, and mentions the Queen Mary trans Atlantic liner with performance figures.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mussolini
Livy
Rebels advance to edge of besieged Behatia near Iran
Rebels fought their way to the outskirts of Behatia, a suburb near Iran, as a day-long battle raged. renewed bombardment by rebel land sea and air forces was ordered by Fascist commanders seeking a decisive breakthrough.
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Iran
Biriatou
Behatia
Irun
Spain
Associated Press
Lind
Third of Six Daily Sketch Strips On Labor Story
The piece by Willis Thorton and Ed Gunder notes pure and simple unionism prevailing as the AFL of L. claimed 1,600,000 members, marking a peak in organized labor. It recalls 1905 when the I W W emerged in Chicago to spread syndicalist ideas.
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Willis Thorton
Ed Gunder
AFL of
I Chicegu
School Schedule and Staff in Paisley Brookwood Hope District
The district outlines grade transitions and school housing for the new term. First through fourth grades shift to Paisley and Brookwood, fifth and sixth to Ogle, with seventh graders classifying on September 17. Elementary opens September 18. high schools begin the week of September 21, under Miss Beryl, with a mixed white and negro faculty including principals Geo M Green and B.C. Hyatt. Staff lists for Paisley Brookwood Hope High Verger Rosenwald Oaklawn Melrose and others are given.
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Hope Public Schools
Beryl
Paisle
Brookwood
Ogi
Paisley
Geo
M. Green
Prelpal
Helen Betts
Winnit Lee Floyd
Bessie Green
R. L. Broach
Martha Burta
Irma Bean
Lula Garland
M. M. Milburn
Sarah Payton
Roy Stephenson
Sarah Stroud
Verger High School
James Harris
Emma W. Walker
Myrtie Yerger
T. A. Hamilton
E. N. Glover
Verger
Ella Versger
Naomi Yerger
Mary Tellington
Emma Cooper
Lucille Harris
Edna Glover
Cora Chambers
Rosenwald
Lula Benton
Irene Hamilton
Haynes Chapel
Mildred Wright
Oaklawn
Alfreta Walker
Melrose
Luther A. Clark
Ethel Johnson
Drouth Relief Follows Rain in North Arkansas
The U S weather bureau reported heavy rains in northern Arkansas easing a severe drought. Meteorologist H S Cole said green bolls in lowland areas should improve and farmers can plant late crops. Forecaster W C Hickman noted northwest Arkansas rainfall may aid late planting after two months of extreme heat.
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Little Rock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
H. S. Cole
W. C. Hickman
Fort Smith
Northwest Arkansas
Buffalo Oil test south of Hope awaits setting casing
The Buffalo Oil Company's test wall nine miles south of Hope was shut down Wednesday to prepare for casing setting. Workmen washed the hole for two days and the test is planned at 2,450 feet. A saturated core was taken two months earlier and oil men forecast a good showing.
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Buffalo Oil Company
Hope
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