Welfare Boards Form in Arkansas Counties
Five member welfare boards were organized across 73 of 75 counties with Miss Gussie Haynie announcing plans to appoint 75 county welfare directors within two weeks. The boards will set up county staffs and salaries range from 150 dollars a month down to a minimum, with terms varying from one to five years and a ban on more than two consecutive terms.
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Little Rock
Caownly
Arkansas
State Board of Public Welfare
Dog Finds Money In Needles Enduring Odd Tax Note
A dog found a five dollar bill and a two fifty change after its owner, Johm Gaffney, sought the city license office. The dog scratched at a door mast head and the paper turned up as a FO bill. Gaffney paid the ticket and received change from the $5 bill.
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Johm Gaffney
Gaffiey
Fragmentary Thought on Impossibility and Will
A brief, garbled remark discusses impossibility, wigs of Whig lineage, and sufficiency of will versus renewed answers, reflecting a fragmented historical note with unclear author and context.
The Stuffed Flat Swindle Exposed in New City
An exposé of a long running scam targets newcomers. Mr and Mrs Norcross fall for a furniture lease and bill of sale sale while Mrs Seeby uses instalments to claim ownership. The ruse collapses when multiple couples claim the same furniture and a city marshal seizes the items.
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William Norcross
Scoby
Waverly Avenue
Norcross
Sam Mrs. Scoby
Mrs. Norcross
Mrs. Seeby
Mr. Norcress
Mrs. Scoby
Pish
Norcrnms
Janyway
John Blondy
Brandy
Blandy
McLaughlin Divorce Case Moves In Arkansas Courts
In Little Rock Chancellor Dodge named three Little Rock attorneys as friends of the court to present an alimony petition for Florence McLaughlin. Hearing set for Wednesday. Mrs McLaughlin seeks support while divorce actions span Pulaski and Garland counties with disputes over jurisdiction and estate.
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Little Rock
Leo P. McLaughlin
Hot Springs
Florence
Pulaski
Garland County
Dodge
Charles T. Coleman
Henry N. Armistead
J. H. Carmichael
McLaughlin
Puslaski Chancery Court
Wa A
Gatland Chancery Court
McLaughlins
Pulaski Chancery Court
Arkansas Supreme Court
Chancery Dodge
Pulaski County
Supreme Court
Mrs. J. M. Reece of Shover Passes Away
Mrs John M Reece of Shover Springs near Hope died Saturday morning. A Hempstead county resident for over 40 years she is survived by husband three sons Carl L Reece W Q Reeve and H G Reeve all of Hope and two daughters Mrs J M Dodson and Mrs G L Johnson of Hope Funeral services set for 1 30 p m Sunday at Shower Springs church conducted by Rev Hollis Purtle
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John M. Reece
Shover Springs
Hope
Hempstead County
Shower Springs
Hollis Purtle
Carl L. Reece
W. QO. Reeve
H. G. Reeve
J. M. Dodson
G. L. Johnson
Markham Denies Conflict on Canal Project Clash
Major General Edward Markham, head of the Army Engineers, derides the War Department River and Harbor Board as silly and says he and the board disagree over canal dimensions and digging costs for the Florida ship canal. He cites a 34 foot depth at $197.9 million versus the board’s 87 foot depth at $269.5 million.
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Wallington
Edward M. Marklwn
Army Engineers
War Department
River and Harbor Board
Florida Ship Canal
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Markham
Chancellor Bacon to be buried in Texarkana Sunday
Judge Pratt P. Bacon dies Friday in Texarkana hospital. Funeral at 4 p.m. Sunday from First Methodist church Texarkana with Masonic burial at State Line cemetery. He was born May 2 1871 in Lafayette county Arkansas and later served as Sixth district chancellor. He married Corneil Cook and is survived by wife two daughters two brothers and three grandchildren.
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Pratt P. Bacon
Pine Street Hospital
Texarkana
O. A. Graves
E. F. McFaddin
Steve Carrigan
W.S. Atkina
Hope
First Methodist Church
Stith
Laurel Streets
Harry §. DeVore
Bacon
Bort
Mare
Lafayette County
Ark
Pratt
Henry Moore, Sr
Sixth
Laurel Street
Masonic Lodge
Corneil Cook
Ellen Bacon Nolan
Robert Holman
Texwkana
E. N. Bacon
Hope, Ark
T. J. Bacon
Orlando, Fls
Corneil Bacon Nolan
Grace Ellen Holman
Dorothy June Nolan
British Warned Against Radicals in UK Speech
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin warned Conservatives in Warchester England to guard Britain against the virus of communism or fascism. He predicted his own retirement and urged vigilance, saying the nation must not assume radical ideas cannot take root.
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Stanley Baldwin
Warchester
Eng
Great Britain
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Weddings and Introductions
A 1927 etiquette quiz outlines correct wedding and office etiquette. It states a bride can have both maid and matron of honor, a wife should say this is my husband when introducing him, and to ask for Mr Young by name when leaving a message. It emphasizes guiding guests to favor agreeable people and proper courtesy in social settings.
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Aml
George Townsend
Mr. Young
Louis Ob
Youn
Mrs. Young
L. No
Railroad Crossing Tragedy Ends Life Of Curtis Jackson
Curtis A. Jackson, 22, of Lewisville, died after his Ford sedan collided with a Missouri Pacific express at the Hazel Street grade crossing. His car was crushed under the train near Walnut Street as the engine eased to a stop. he lost both legs and an arm and passed away at Josephine Hospital.
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Missouri Pacific Express
Hops Depot
Curtis A. Jackson
Lewisville
Jackson
Hazel Street
Walnut Street
Josephine
Hudson Strike Settled in Detroit Ends Occupation
In Detroit 1,500 sit down strikers at Hudson Motor Car Company plants ended a 33 day occupation after an agreed settlement signed by union officials and Hudson management. Reinforcements bolstered Oshawa pickets as Premier Hepburn warned against disruption of shipments and vowed protection for officials.
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Detroit
Mich
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson Management
Associated Press
General Mowrs of Canada
Oshawa
Ont
Mitchell Hepburn
Pranier Hepburn
Torey
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGWILY Texas vents a jumbled critique of Europe's looming conflict and credit wartime debts. The speaker laments lack of consensus, claims the opposing side is always wrong, and questions global institutions like the Supreme Court and the League of Nations in handling Seuso affairs.
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Longwily
Texas
Europe
League of Nations
Subscriptions Not Taxable as Sales
Arkansas Attorney General rule concludes newspaper subscriptions are a service not subject to the two percent sales tax. The opinion, written by Assistant Attorney General Millard Alford, explains the act defining a legal newspaper laid out news on page three.
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Little Rock
Jack Hult
Millard Alford
Madrid Loses in Try to Lift Siege
Madrid’s high profile offensive against Franco's lines failed, with 2,800 reported slain in one of civil war’s fiercest battles. A large prisoner group, mainly Russians, Czechoslovakians, and Austrians from northern Spain, was captured.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Tragic car crash claims Velvin son in Fayetteville trip
Lewisville residents mourn as Robert Willis Velvin, 22, of LewIsville, a Arkansas junior and football player, dies in a highway collision while en route to Fayetteville early Saturday. The accident occurred north of Hope near the Missouri Pacific Express crossing, critically injuring another driver. The Velvin family, with Mrs. Velvin once president of the Arkansas State Federation of Women’s Clubs, confirms the fatality and traces the tragedy to the Lewisville area within 43 hours of another fatal mobile crash involving Curtis Aj Jackson, 22, near Hope.
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Fayet Robert
Willis Velvin
Levers
Sity
Arkansas
D' Gideon
Velvin
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Fayetteville
Lewisville
Robert
Curtis
Jackson
W. M. Jackson
Hig
Missouri Pacific’ Express
Hope
Turnback Use Law Upheld In Arkansas Suit
Judge Dodge rules state misused gasoline tax funds and that turnback money must stay in the turnback fund for warrants. Arkansas Tractor and Equipment Co. sued State Treasurer Page and ex Highway officials over diversion claims. About $7,000 in warrants at stake. decision to be appealed to the supreme court.
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Little Rock
Tumback Fund
Hunbacke Furs
Frank H. Dodee
Arkansas Tractor End
Page
J.C. Baker
Highway Commission
Dave Block
Baker
Block
Scott County
Dodge
Dody
Supreme Court
Jack Holt
WOW Convention in Mena April 13 14
Delegates head to the Head Camp Convention of the Woodmen of the World in Mena on April 13 and 14 for what is billed as a great meeting. Local delegates include J T Crosby and John W Didghill with many Woodmen planning unofficial attendance. Officials expect record turnout with nearly all camps in the state represented.
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Hope
Mena
J. T. Crosby
John W. Didghill
Raglund
Cotton Market Update Stumbles in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans cotton session shows May contract opening near 15.89 and closing lower by five points as the market reacts to light demand. Spot cotton activity appears subdued with modest price moves and minor shifts in nearby bids.
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New Orleans
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