Large Rise in County Assessments Across Arkansas
Arkansas Tax Commission reports six counties show large gains in total property valuations for 1917 to 1918, averaging 895 644 per county. Names Ashley Drew Grant Perry Phillips Stone counties cited with increases and statewide total assessed valuation projected to top 510,091,254. Fort Smith strike ends after wage rise agreed and unions allowed for women workers. County fairs planned in Baxter and Yell counties, with emphasis on rural school representation. Governor appoints J R Baker to Cleburne County judge post and pardons Jim Johnson for grand larceny. Various incorporations and business notices included.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Tax Commission
Ashley
Shunsus
Inere
Perry County
Phillips County
Stone County
Tax Commission
Timn
Th Commission
JL. Bond
Pat Me
Baxter
Yell
Yell County
Haxter County
Schools Seek Federal Aid Under Smith Hughes Act
About 35 high schools met at the Department of Education to review federal Board of Education requirements for Smith Hughes act aid in agriculture home economics industrial and trade subjects. 25 to 30 schools applied, agreeing to meet state and federal board criteria. Arkansas’ allotment totals 315,900 for agriculture plus 5,000 for industrial and home economics, and 8,050 for teacher training. A State Board representative will carry applications to Washington for approval. A hearing to tax protestors is set for Monday as the Arkansas Tax Commission resumes sessions weekly. Governor Brough says eastern Arkansas delegates to the Bankhead Highway convention will be named for the Littlerock meeting in September 1920, with emphasis on attendance from eastern Arkansas delegates who attended the Birmingham, Alabama, meeting.
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Department of Education
Federal Board of Education
State Board of Education
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Washington
Arkansas
Brough
Litt Rock
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Mandamus Petition Filed Against State Normal School Board
Mrs Marty M Rullbeau filed in circuit court a petition against J L Ond and others as members of the State Normal School Board seeking a writ of mandamus to compel issuance of a voucher for 200 dollars claimed as due for services as a teacher at the State Normal School at Conway.
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Marty M. Rullbeau
J. L .Ond
Otters
State Normal School Board
State Normal Scjoel
Conway
State Textbook Commission Seeks Book Depositories
Governor Brough and Superintendent Tran on behalf of the State Textbook Commission request that the Latin elare depository and all county depositories receive all aid presented by students or by their parents and grant them the benefit of the six per cent exchange provided by law.
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Brough
Tran
Pension Warrants Mailed for Confederate Pensions
State auditor Hogan Oliver mailed to county clerks the warrants for Confederate pensions. Eleven thousand ninety one pensioners will receive 79.25 dollars each, pro rata of 100 dollars, totaling 872414.25 dollars in warrants.
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Hogan Oliver
Wheat rise tops Hald Knob meeting in Bald Knob
All Arkansas notes report Hald Knob Fruit Growers Association meeting in Bald Knob with strong farmer turnout advocating higher wheat production next year. Other items include Rogers post office contract awarded to Welta Sons of Des Moines, a Decatur fair and poultry show, land sale near Dermott, and a Kruse mine drilling update.
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Arkansas
Hald Knob
Federal Post Ofice
Rogers
Charles Welta Sons
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred Seaborn
Quapaw
Okla
Strike Stalls Merchant Ship Work Across Coast
In San Francisco and the Pacific coast the 28,000 iron workers and shipbuilders walkout halted more than 150 million dollars in naval and merchant construction. Yard closures spread to over 100 plants, with rioting and hospitalizations reported as workers pressed demands for higher wages while employers await federal action. The Iron Works unions claim sympathy for dock workers fueled the stoppage. both sides cite wartime profits and Liberty Bond subscriptions as context.
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San Francisco
Dactile Coast
Washington
Oakland
Union Iron Works
Bay District
United Railways
Iron Trades and Shipbuilding Industry
Stclk
Irom Trades Comune
Ainion Headauar
Union Tron Works
Liberty
Picketing at White House Helped Defeat Maine Suffrage
In the House Representative Hersey blames White House picketing for harming suffrage support in Maine. He states 76,000 Maine men favored suffrage remained unpersuaded due to protesters described as insulting to President Wilson. An embargo on cotton is endorsed by Senators Smith and Williams with expected supply drop of 700,000 bales. The American Red Cross announces 125 motor ambulances and cars for Russia, with shipments beginning immediately, following prior medicine and surgical supply aid.
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Washington
White House
Maine
Hersey
Wilson
Smith
Georgia
Williams
Miselesioni
Senate
Driver killed on duty in Hart J Norton Red Cross ambulance
Robert P. Hall of Minneapolis, a driver in Section 62 of the Hart J Norton Red Cross ambulance service, was killed while on duty at an advanced post. The shell also wounded his companion B. F. Sylvester of Plainview, Minnesota.
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Paris
Robert P. Hall
Minneapolis
Hart
JeNorton Red Cross
Hall
B. FE. Sylvester
Plainview
Minn
Dr Von Zant Dismissed As Telgium Governor
London Dr von Zant the civilian governor of Telgium has been dismissed according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam. The report notes official changes and confirms the removal of the head of Telgium’s civilian administration.
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von Zant
London
Telgium
Ameerdam
Rioting in Buenos Aires and Coal Embargo Threats
Rioting began in Buenos Aires after German minister Luxburg was handed passports. German districts were wrecked. police wounded seven, three likely to die. Argentina framed by cabinet action, while the U S and Britain consider a coal embargo to curb food shipments to Germany. Reports note German money in South American utilities could trigger state takeover if coal is cut.
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Buenos Aires
Count Luxburg
Maln Front
Transatlantic Co
Andes
Irigoyen
Baron Lowan
Washington
Stockholm
North
South America
Mooney denied new trial as defense minister seeks justice
The California Supreme Court denied Mooney a new trial in the bomb murder case, ruling it could not consider exterior matters and urging that relief would come from the executive. Attorney General Webb consented to the appeal after Oxman, a key witness, was accused of attempting to suborn perjury. In Washington, labor leaders are invited to a conference on compulsory arbitration to prevent strikes in war production, with Secretary Baker noting no date has been set.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
State Supreme Court
U.S. Webb
Mooney
Frank
Oxman
Webb
Washington
Council of National Defense
Baker
National Industrial Conference Board
Garfield Urges Coal Saving Appeal to American Business
Through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States Dr H A Garfield fuel administrator has appealed to American business to aid in the conservation of coal urging efficiency and reduced consumption across industries and Commerce groups.
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Garfield
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
H. A Garfield
American Businese
Military drill in Chicago schools under Indiana and French guidance
Military drill in most Chicago public schools starts under Lieut Denny of Wabash College with seven from an Indiana Military academy Artillery in France. An American artillery contingent in France joins the expeditionary army and trains intensively under French supervision.
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Chicago
Liewl. Denny
Wabash College
Indiana Military Academy
France
Hunt for blonde Eskimos in Arctic mission update
Regina Sask Rudolf Manderson reports progress from the Stefaneson Arctic expedition after a spring explosion damaged supplies. A year of travel yielded only 25 miles along the coast as the mission encounters extreme hardship and seeks the so called blonde Eskimos through Rev H Girling Emanuel of Saskatoon.
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Regina
Sask
Rudolph Manderson
H. Girling Emanuel
Saskatoon
Germany Alters Plans to Halt Submarine Attacks
Washington reports a series of high level conferences in London and Paris to curb German submarine warfare. Admiral Sims cites policy talks as allies press for fleet actions while Kaiser's fleet shifts from individual ship raids to U boat swarm tactics. Strong armed merchant ships, more British escorts, convoy systems, and tripled American warships are credited with preventing sinkings of convoyed vessels.
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Washington
London
Paris
Danicks
Admiral Sims
Europe
America
Parents confess to killing infant born with deformity
In Nashville a couple Lonnie Wilson and his wife confessed on trial to bleeding and burning their newborn daughter described as club footed and deformed. They said the infant died after a vein was opened and it was pricked, then the body was burned in a grate. Neighbors found charred fragments later presented as evidence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lonnie Wilson
High Wages For Steel Workers In Youngstown Mills
Youngstown workers in several mills are earning up to 800 dollars a month or about 10 000 a year after a wage increase negotiated with the Amalgamated Association. Heaters roughers and other skilled workers now receive 12 to 16 dollars daily as the scale ties pay to the selling price of steel, nearly doubling wages for some classes.
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Youngstown
Steel Milla
Amalgamated Association
Hog prices rise as U S hog supply tightens
Washington report notes pork costs remain high due to a shrinking hog population. Estimates show a decline of about two percent in the U S hog herd over the past year, contributing to elevated prices.
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Washington
United States
Mrs Dewey Honored as Navy Comforts Chairwoman
Mrs George Dewey, widow of the late admiral, accepts the chairmanship of the comforts committee of the Navy of the United States, responding to a popular demand.
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Dewey
Washington
George Dewey
Comforts Committee of the Navy of the
United States
Survivors Blame Mystified Admiralty After U-Boat Attacks
London reports survivors’ statements blaming the admiralty for two U boat attacks. Details remain incomplete as inquiries continue into the missteps and protective measures, with officials promising full reviews and potential policy changes.
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Jim Johnson
Union Circuit Court
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Mre. B. Andrews
Harrison
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Columbia
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H. R.bouthland
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G. B. Cunningham
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Decatur
CW. Burts
T Brammett
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Dermott
Jackson County
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Near Branch
Ozark
Harry F. Kapp
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Pike County
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Robert Lansing
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Portland
Ore
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