Penalty of one dollar for late poll tax assessments
LITTLE ROCK Voters who miss the poll tax deadline may still obtain a receipt for voting by paying a one dollar delinquent assessment. A 1937 reform was only partly completed. Senator Armil Taylor of Chirksville backed a bill to end midcycle assessments, prohibiting offices from assessing poll tax except at the regular tax time. The bill passed the Senate 21 to 1 on March 2 and moved to the House, but action stalled as the session adjourned. The April 10 Texas deadline for tax assessments looms. Attorney General Jack Halt noted delinquent assessments can still be made after tax books reach the collector, through the county clerk, up to midnight June 4. The Supreme Court ruled that delinquent or yearly poll tax issues issued earlier were not valid for voting.
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Little Rock
Armil Taylor
Chirksville
Taylor
Senate
House
Legisiture Acte
Texas
Jack Halt
Supreme Court
American Venus Becomes Mother After Public Fame
Fay Lamphier now aged twelve years after fame as American Venus teaches her four year old daughter Shirley Ann to cook in Oakland. Once a top glamour figure, she shifted to public service with the Pythian Sisters while pursuing varied work and a stint in Hollywood.
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Oakland
Cal
Fay Lamphier
Shirley Ann
Fay
Pythian Sisters
Sidney Spiegel
Chicago
Winfield d. Daniils
Bay
California
Bunker Town
Berkeley
Asylum Believes Killer Is Death by Own Action
New York report says Dr. Russell E. Biedell of Rockland County hospital and Dr. Blaisdell floated theories on a sculptor-suspect in triple Beekaman Hill murders. They suggest the artist, after his expulsion from St. Lawrence University, may have acted in a state of shock.
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New York
Russell E. Biedell
Rockland County Hospital
Ingine
Robert Irwin
Beekaman Hill
Blaisdell
Irwin
Frank Bynes
Florida Ship Canal May Be Resumed
Army engineers stand ready to restart work on the Florida Ship Canal project contending Congress should back Maj General Edward M Markham over the War Department. The plan, costing about 34 million dollars more than earlier estimates, would create a sea level navigation channel 40 feet deep and 193 miles long from Jacksonville to the Gulf near Port Inglis via the St Johns River.
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Ocala
Army
Pavross
Florida
Congress
Bdward M. Markham
War Department
Army Engineers
Marishant
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Camp Roosevelt
Santos
Pere
Markhian
New
St Idehos
Jacksonville
Palithe
Major Battle Near Madrid Gates of Capital Spain
Government and insurgent troops clash in a fierce siege battle in Madrid. Night long fighting centered in Casa de Campo district left both sides bombarding heavily toward noon Friday after about 14 hours of hostilities.
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Madrid
Spain
Casa d'Campo
Relief Relief Likely to Be Slashed in 1938
President Roosevelt said relief cost estimates for the next fiscal year would be sent to Congress after a brief message. Senator Robinson floated cutting next year's relief rather than raising taxes, with a smaller figure or the current rate under consideration.
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Bulletin
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Robinson
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Olen
No Trace Found In Prescott Bank Robbery Case
Sheriff Brad Bright said no robbers were located after a Wednesday bank raid on the First State Bank of Prescott with 7733 in cash and diamonds. He noted investigators dwindled and may have headed toward East Dorvale, while two suspects fled in an unknown car after locking three employees in a vault. Traffic signals for the Coronation Circuit in Piccadilly are planned at London cost about 28000.
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Prescott
Ark
Brad Bright
First State Bank of
Vie
E Dorvale
Sheriff Bright
Aotlune
Bright
Noone
London
Fune
Turned Brown By Brown Turner Longview Grasshopper Note
Ten Midwestern states' farmers face grasshopper threats if rains fail. The piece jokes about remedies like jaybirds, noting birds may target crops too. It mocks farmers’ uncertainty whether to switch to store purchases or provoke crop pests to self-destruct.
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Longview
Texas
Hank
Yale President Denounces Roosevelt Court Plan
Yale University President James B. Angell labels the Roosevelt court bill a flagrant instance of political bad faith in a letter released by opponents. He warns that undermining trust in the president and the Supreme Court threatens the nation’s form of government.
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Angell
Wawshington
James BR. Angell
Yale University
Roosevelt Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Subscription Tax to Be Determined
LITTLE ROCK authorities consider a $937 act to define a legal newspaper and exempt newspaper subscriptions from the 2 percent state sales tax. Revenue Commissioner Dave L. Ford plans to ask the attorney general about the measure while Arkansas Press Association secretary C Armitage Harper argues the act defines Newspapers as a service rather than a utility.
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Little Rock
Dave L. Ford
C. Armitage Harper
The
Arkansas Press Association
Unemployment Total Hits 9,773,000 at Year Start
Washington reports a survey for Secretary Wallace estimating 9,773,000 persons unemployed or on relief at the start of the year, down from 12,838,000 idle in 1942. The figure reflects jobs relief status and compares current labor force conditions to last year.
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Washington
Wallace
Mind Your Manners Quiz The Social Etiquette Test
A behavior quiz on etiquette asks if a girl should give orders to a waiter at dinner and whether reading a newspaper at table while eating is acceptable. It covers table d hote versus a la carte, cover charges, and handling a sales visit with a strict business boundary.
Canada Warns of Force Over CIO Strike Crossing Border
The Ontario government under Premier Mitchell Hepburn vowed to use force if the CIO push spreads into Canada. He warned the union could bring the United States to anarchy and said an army could be raised to curb CIO influence. Ontario law enforcement mobilized as Oshawa GM tensions spread.
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Canada
CIO
Associated Press
Michigan Automobile
Ontario
Mitchell Hepburn
Committee For Industrial Organization
United States
General Motors
Oshawa
Toronto
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
President to Take Vacation on Gulf
Washington reports that President Roosevelt will spend a week in the Gulf fishing for tarpon aided by a large staff and a devoted Secret Service detail. He will travel to New Orleans by train, then into shallow offshore waters aboard the Potomac yacht, with headquarters moving to Galveston later. The party includes Marvin McIntyre and four secretaries while guards patrol day and night to keep spectators away.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
The
Gulf
New Orleans
Warm Springs
White House
Marvin H. McIntyre
McIntyre
Galvaston
Secret Service
Joly
Geishas Ready For War As Defense Group Forms
Tokyo reports 5000 Tokyo geisha girls join the Japan Women’s National Defense Association chapter. Other patrons and geisha waitresses pledge to contribute tips and earnings to the war materiel program.
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Tokyo
Mrs C D Lester Leads City P T A
Mrs C D Lester was elected president of the Junior and Senior High School P T A unit at Hope High School. New officers include Mrs Dewey Bush as secretary and Mrs Walter Carter as treasurer. The meeting was presided over by Mrs Carter. The group voted to sponsor the Girls Scout troop with Mrs J R Williams as leader.
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C. D. Lester
P.T. A
Thurdsay
Library of Hope High School
Dewey Bush
Walter Carter
Carter
Girls Scout Troop of Hope
J. R. Williams
Jack Sullivan
Burgher Jones
Roy Stephenson
J. S. Conway
You're the Doctor Junior Class Play at Hope High
The Junior class of Hope High School presents a three act comedy You're the Doctor in the school auditorium directed by Mrs. Lawrence Martin. The humor drama and romance drive the play as Friday night 8 o'clock performance follows a matinee at 3 p.m. attended by grade and high school students.
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Hope High School
Lawrence Martin
Homor
Dyrama
Youngest Federal Judge Is Only 33 in Oklahoma City
Alfred P. Murrah, sworn in as the nation’s youngest federal judge at 33, serves in Oklahoma’s fourth district with a lifetime post and a $10,900 annual salary. He reflects on a life of early hardship and the slower pace of public service, trading self-run business urgency for judicial briefings and higher court decisions.
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Oklahoma City
Murrah
United States
Alfred P. Murrah
Oklahoma
Hume
Patmos Oil Test Ends in Dry Hole
The Root Petroleum Company on the Drake land near Patmos reported a dry hole at 4,500 feet after drilling by W E Stewart. The test near Hope and the Smith No 1 test near Washington continue, with Illinois interests financing. Roy Beasley reached 90 feet on the Smith No 1 test.
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Root Petroleum Company
Drake, Land
Patmos
W. E. Stewart
Hempstead
G. P. Birdwell
W. W. Duckett Land
Hope
Washington
Roy Beasley
Ilinois
Smoking Social Code for Proper Etiquette
John Durham explains the social rules for smoking in public and private spaces. The piece advises considerate behavior in theaters, automobiles, dinners, offices, and elevators, urging use of ash trays, proper extinguishing of butts, and seeking permission before smoking in shared areas.
Chancellor of 6th District Dies After Heart Attacks
Chancery Judge Pratt P. Bacon aged 65 died at Texarkana Pine Street hospital after a series of heart attacks that began Wednesday morning. He served as chancery judge for the Sixth district and leaves a widow, two daughters, and two brothers. Funeral services are set for Sunday at First Methodist church in Texarkana.
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Chancery
Pratt P. Bacon
Pine Street
Texarkana
Bacon
Miller, Hempstead
Nevada
Clark
Little River
Howard
T. J. Bacon
Orlando
Fla
First Methodist Church
St. Arkana
Remedy Illiteracy by CCC Training at Alton Camp
Hope Rotary heard Lt. Oliver Harvey and Athletic Supervisor Bill Summerville describe CCC work focusing on education and trades. Recruits earn one dollar daily with twenty five dollars monthly sent home. Classes range from illiterates to college level with emphasis on agronomy bookkeeping poultry surveying mechanics and cooking.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Oliver C. Harvey
Bill Sam Merville
Alton Camp
Hope Rotary Club
Summeville
CCC
Summerville
Memorial Reunion Service At Bingen Baptist Church
The Bingen Baptist church hosts a reunion service honoring the old Bingen Academy and pioneer students. Rev J H Bennett of Hope will speak at 1 00 p m, with memorial services at 2 50 p m dedicated to Professor G W Howard and former academy students.
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J. H. Bennett
Hope
Bingen Baptist Church
Bingen Academy
G. W. Howard
Academy
Cotton market opens and closes higher in New Orleans trade
In New Orleans on Friday May cotton opened at 12.69 and closed at 13.88. Spat cotton closed steady 22 points dawn, middling 14.23.
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New Orleans
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Yale
President
Wetuanysa
U. S
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Galveston
Potomac
Coast Guard
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Geishas
Veterans’ Poppy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ruth Joyce Bradish
Ruth
Veterans’ National Home For
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Bush
Cone
John Durham
6Th District
Texarkana Methodist
Alton
Bingen Memorial
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