Roosevelt Orders Expense Slash as Revenues Decline
President Roosevelt announced lower than expected tax receipts and ordered government agencies to cut nonessential spending to narrow the coming deficit. He urged departments to report savings plans by May 1 1937 and cited rail pension and gift levies as underperforming revenue sources.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ime
Congress
Byrnes
Dem. S. C
Senate
Tong
Hiver
Mr. Roosevelt
Jy Sinsilir
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Varlion
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Auteuny
Reads
Treasury
Hoosevelt
Thiel
Dit
Oren Groupe
Howe
Free Textbook Law Outlined for Arkansas Teachers
Arkansas frees textbook law details explained to teachers at Memphstead County meetings in Hope and Yerger High School. Austin notes statewide plan aligns with annual school emigration period April 20 to May 15, offering teachers chance to discuss implementation.
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Mempstead
Hope
Hope High School
Austin
Nro
Yerger Negra
Ford opines on unions and wage policy in Wall Street note
Ford returns to Detroit from Georgia and declines to commit on union demands. He warns unions may erode liberty and hints at keeping options open while urging not to join any lodge. Asked about wages he speaks of competition with Wall Street crowd and notes uncertainty about future plant actions as he avoids specifics.
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Associated Press
Henry Ford
Detroit
Georgia
Nate
Supreme Court
Pard Mater Company
Elecassertes
Wall, Street
Wagner
Duffie Heads Hope School Board as Wilson Retires
At the annual reorganization meeting in Hope, J. P. Duffie was elected president succeeding Robert M. Wilson, with A. A. Albritton reappointed secretary and three new directors installed. The board also re elected Miss Beryl Henry as city superintendent and named Jimmy Jones high school principal, while approving an NYA project to build a manual training shop. The old board honored Thea P. Witt and Wilson, noting improved finances and economies since the panic, plus past purchases like the Garland property for 15,000 dollars.
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Hope School Board
J. P. Duffie
Robert M. Wilson
A. A. Albritton
R. M. LaGrone
Calvin Cassidy
E. P. Young
Beryl Henry
Garland High School
City of Hope
NYA
LaGrone
Cassidy
Wilson
Witt
Young
James R. Henry
Duffie
Seendary
Hope Special
Garland
Italy to Be Topic at First Baptist
The midweek service at First Baptist Church features an illustrated lecture on Mediterranean countries. Rev. Williamy Russell Hamilton will lead features and pictures of Rome, the Vatican, Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii ruins, and the Tiber banks. Public invited to attend at 7:45 p.m. The article also notes Britain’s cold Christmas record of $660.
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Mediterranean Countries
Ciary
Williamy Russell Hamilton
Valcany
Mt Vesuvius
Fompeii
Rane
Tiber
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGVIEW Texas The base ball club owners seek no cash handout and will open the season next week regardless of weather They are a queer lot always chasing pitchers who batters cannot hit and chasing batters who can hit any pitcher Baseball grips the mind like a summer pest and returns when winter payday ends Undertakers rest up until Sunday when cars bring business again
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Longview
Texas
Lume Bago
Undertakers
Plea for Peace Is Given to Americas
President Roosevelt told Pan-American Union leaders that maintaining democracy mutual confidence and cooperation is key to durable world peace He urged pledges to implement Buenos Aires conference agreements to advance peace trade and cooperation The president recalled attending the conference and praised unity of the Americas as a model for peace
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pan-American Union
Buenos Aires
Americas
New World
Parole Reform to Be Put Into Effect in Arkansas
Arkansas moves toward a planned parole system after recommendations from Ray L. Huff of the Department of Justice were presented to Governor Wiley. The plan outlines clemency procedures, a docket system, and monthly Parole Board reviews, with Welfare case workers aiding in verification and records.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Wiley
Ray L. Huff
Washington
Department of Justice
Huff
Penal Board
Department of Public Welfare
State Police Commission
C. A. Grier
Grier
Welfare Department
Parole Board
Ministers Thank City for Service on Easter
Hope in a meeting ministers express appreciation for laymen Hope Stars and the service authorities who organized the Easter sunrise service. Rev Fred R Harrison opened with a devotional and Rev V W A Hannamund reviewed Rose Wilder Lane's Give Me Liberty at the gathering.
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Ministers of Hope
Hope
Fred R. Harrison
Rose Wilder Lane
VW. A. Hannamund
Labor Reform Is Placed Ahead of Court Change Bill
Washington reports the administration shifts tactic as Wagner act rulings shape wage and hour policy. Roosevelt aides prepare a minimum wage and maximum hour plan for submission to Congress, potentially regardless of the court bill. In Canada, Hepburn demands resignations from two cabinet members over pro union stance as Oshawa plant protests unfold amid cross border tensions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Toronto
Canada
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
John L. Lewis
Oshawa
General Motors of
United States
England
Oshawa Otders
Italy Urges Spain to Defy England
Italian Fascists disparaged Great Britain's sea power and urged Spanish insurgent warships on Wednesday to sink enemy vessels indiscriminately, signaling a hard line against England.
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Italy
Spain
England
Associated Press
Great Britain
Cotton Consumption Reaches All Time March Peak
The Bureau of the Census reported that domestic cotton use climbed to 779,302 bales of lint in March, an all time consumption high. A stray sentence about birds follows, not related to the economic item.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Mind Your Manners Social Etiquette Quiz
Social etiquette quiz asks if ruled paper suits notes, if “Respectfully” is proper, whether “Sincerely, yours” fits, who signs a greeting card first, and how to acknowledge gifts. Answers: no to ruled paper and to using Respectfully. use “Sincerely” appropriately. wife signs first in names. and how to thank a hostess’s guest friend.
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Anness
First Donation for County Seat Vote Promised by Merchants
Following news that Hempstead county may move the seat from Washington to Hope, the Young Business Men’s Association pledged 50 dollars to aid expenses for a petition drive. The pledge came after a poll of nine officers and directors.
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City of Hope
Garland High School
Hempstead
Washington
Hope
B. M
War Celebrates Birthday Republic War Celebrates Birthday Republic
Madrid forces led by Air General Jose Miani renewed attempts to push insurgent troops from near the capital as Franco loyalists marked the republic’s anniversary with air strikes and assaults. In University City, relief efforts struggled to free 3,000 ministerial hostages beleaguered by the siege while Cherokees are noted as the only Indians with literature in the Cherokee syllabary. Sequoyah created this alphabet in 1821.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Miani
Imilicianos
Brancisco Franco
University City
Sequoyah
Attorneys to Get 30 Percent Officials Pay
Little Rock attorney G B Oliver said he and assisting lawyers will take four percent of back salaries paid to claimants under the 1937 act, for legally securing pay for assessors and clerks from 1933 to 1937. Oliver chairs the State Game and Fish Commission and cited extensive research to locate funding sources.
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Little Rockhai
G. B. Oliver
Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat
Oliver
New State Game & Fish Commission
Germany Replies Sharply to Pope
Germany issued a note to the Vatican asserting it will not tolerate interference in its internal life. The official reply, referencing the 1833 concordat, was presented to the Vatican on Tuesday. The full text was not released, but a synopsis carried by Deutsche Nachrichtenbura quoted the key assertion.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Vatican
Deutesches Nachrichtenbura
Pius
Rome
Prosecution Ends Testimony at 11 in Hembree Murder Trial
The Hiram Hembree murder case opened in circuit court in Washington with an overflow crowd. Prosecution urged a death penalty after describing the slaying of Van Derryberry, while defense claimed insanity. Hembree testified that debts, perceived plots, and hauntings motivated the shooting in Hope and detailed confrontations dating back to 1931.
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Leonard Ellis
Hiram Hembree
Washington
Hembree
van Derryberry
Hope Street
Ne Stewart
Derryberry
Stewart
Steve Carrigan
Carrigan
DeAnn
Harry Derryberry
Hope
Walnut Street
Quinton
Hempstead County Lumber Company
South Walnut
Hope Star
Jim Bearden
Cotton Opens Higher in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans May cotton opened at 13.68, closed at 15.69 on Wednesday. Spot cotton quiet, four points lower, middling at 14.04.
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New
Orleans
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