Farmers Warned Against Planting Too Much Cotton
In Little Rock, Cully A. Cobb of the AAA warned Arkansas farmers and students that stabilizing prices is essential. He argued against expanding cotton acreage, citing oversupply risks, world consumption, and past policy actions like Bankhead and soil-building shifts, urging cautious planting to maintain gains and prevent price declines.
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Little Rock
Arkansaa
Cully A. Cobb
AAA
Southern Agriculture Faw
Cabb
Trix
Cobb
Tue
Cobb Si
Copeland Named State Ranger as Recruiting Rises
S W Copeland of Hope and 12 others were appointed to the State Ranger force Thursday by the State Police Commission. The appointments lift the roster and include J L Potilli Poinsett county and G E B Atkins Miller among others. J B Gebrki of Little Rock won a remodeling bid of 7052 78 for the old penitentiary building as a new headquarters. The legislature allotted 7500 for the work and a recruit training school will open Monday at Camp Pike with DOJ instructors from Texas.
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W. Copeland
Hope
M" Systems
State Police Commission
Jack Porter
J. L. Potilli
Poinsett County
G. EB. Atkins
Miller
S. W. Copeland
Hempstead
W. E. Bilis
Clay
F. G. Henry
Calhoun
Jack Benton
Lonoke
J. J. Biggs
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Agous
Texas Rangers
Rotarians Aid Hope Boys Band Trip Fund Drive
Rotarians contributed 46 dollars after weekly lunch at Hotel Barlow to support the Hope Boys Band traveling to the state band contest in Little Rock on April 23. Mrs. Luther Giwner announced about 1,000 of the 200 dollars needed had been raised to date. The band, third last year, is favored for top honors in 1937. Botavians nominated Robert M. Wilson as club president for 1937 38 after nominations by N P Jewell. The May program featured Eddie Spragiuss and talks by Frank Stantey Janis Case W S McDowell Fred Bradford and Monroe Kapton.
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Hope Rotarians
Barlow
Hope Boys
Little Rock
Luther Giwner
Bone Auxiliary
Hope Band
Botavians
Rohbert M. Wilson
N. P. Jewell
Rev. Thomas
Brewst
R. A. Atbintton
Max Walker
Ro Henry
Beldhg Spragius
Meiday
Eddie Spragiuss
Frank Stantey
Fort Worth
Hope
Janis M. Case
The
Soil Conservation Service
W. S. McDowell
Fred Bradford
Camden
Monroe Kapton
New Orleans
Mrs Josie Reed Dies in Chicago
Mrs Josie L Reed long a member of Hope Pioneer families died Wednesday afternoon at her Chicago home. Her body will be returned to Hope for funeral services Saturday from the homes of Mrs Sid Henry and Miss Mae Jamison on South Main Street. The Rev Charles C Janes of St Marks Episcopal Church will conduct the service. Survived by son Millard G Hicks daughter Mrs Hilla Hicks Kimbley and several grandchildren, all of Chicago. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Josie L. Reed
Hope Sed
Affernoon
Chicago
Hope
Pom
Sid Henry
Mae Jamison
South Main Street
Charles C. Janes
St Marks Episcopat ¢Ehurch
Reed
Millard G. Hicks
General Motors Bid Seen In Mo Pa Rail Sale
New York on Wall Street Thursday awaited a decision in the race for control of the Van Sweringen rail interests. GM officials led by Donaldson Brown faced a narrowed field after a Midwestern syndicate withdrew. Senator Wheeler urged timely equity action as GM negotiates to purchase the controlling stake held by George A Ball and Mickinlson, with ongoing talks involving Pyod Fisher and E I du Pont interests.
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New York
Wall Street
van Sworinnen
General Motors
Thursheer
Donaldson Brown
General Motors Finance
E. TY. duPont de Ne
Raikways
Brown
Wall Steve
Wats Pyod Fisher
Cuneetal
duPont
Automobile Clubs Tour Arkansas From 17 States
Directors of automobile clubs from 17 states and Washington DC travel through Hope Arkansas en route to Pine Bluff as sponsors of the Arkansas Centennial Commission. A Missouri Pacific bus carries the group past Hope toward Little Rock, with stops and meals planned in Arkadelphia and Pine Bluff.
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District of Columbia
Arkansas
Arkansas Centennial Commission
Hope
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Missouri Pacific
Highway 67
Arkadelphia Rotary Club
Tuncheon
Auto Club of Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Mabel Mikkelson
Coun
Auto Club of
St. Paul
Minn
Janet Atwood
Coun Auto Club of
Minneapolis
Minneapois
Nulser
Agnes Newton
Lincoln & Nebraska Auto Club
Lincolnn
Neb
Dai _H
Lewis
Automoile Club of
Buffalo
Mes
Elizabeth D. Hendrickson
Alaon Auto Club
Akron
Ohio
Louis A. Weber
Trav
Cincinnati Auto Club
Cincinnati
Cleveland Auto Club
Cleveland
Chester J. Zytkus
Mgr
Toledo Auto Club
Toledo
Lorena Va
Pollard
Seey
Mar
Muskigiun Motor Club
Zanesville
Seey-Mar
Wyoming Valley Motor Club
Wilkes+ Barrie
Alice Leeper
Mer
Tour
Dixie Motor Club
Memphis
Tenn
T. A. Springfield
Nashville Auto Club
Nashville
Bush Enos
Tidewater Autoy Club
Norfolk
Helen Porter
Travel Coun
Huntington Motor Club
Hunitington
Littleh Rock
Ark
Little Rock
Win
McComb
Direcr
Arkansas Autombile
Mel
Little Hook
Ams
Marale Clamons
Gitly Reel
Adkansis Anta Club
Gite Rock
James 8. Clark
Lite Rock
Bhickoor
Polevnin
Kitte Baek
Dewi A. Milly
Lele Baek
Iter Mitchetl
Hows
Arkansas Awww Club
Hot Springs
Ajw
Hillier
Direator
Springfield Art Club
Springfield
Alta Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Tat Springs
Turned Brown By Brown Turner in Longview Texas
In Longview Texas a note on slot machines notes towns with free parking and others removing machines as the state raises a bowl due to falling sales tax revenue. The piece also mentions people shopping at edge-of-town stores and a quoted remark about wildlife like woodpeckers and jaybirds staging a squat strike until grasshoppers improve.
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Longview
Texas
Jury Discharged in Fourth Slayton Murder Trial
In Hardy Arkansas Circuit Court Judge John Bledsoe discharged the jury at noon Friday after nearly 48 hours of deliberation failed to yield a verdict in the fourth murder trial of John Layton for the 1931 slaying of Night Marshal Manley Jackson at Pocahontas.
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Hardy, Ark
Sharp Circuit Court
John Slayton
Manley Jackson
Pocahontas
U S Ships to Face Patrol This Section
Merchant ships flying the United States flag must submit to examination in Spanish waters. American ships must prove their papers in order but will not be searched. Inspection aims to prevent other nations masquerading as U S vessels from slipping past the blockade with contraband cargoes.
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Associated Press
United States
Neutrality Committee
Sewage Gas Powers Plants Under PWA Program
Public Works Administration engineers report success converting sewage gas into motive power for generation plants. Three sites in Coney Island North Carolina Peoria Illinois and Durham North Carolina are online. Peoria project is projected to save at least 25000 dollars annually by using gas previously burned as waste.
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Washingtona
Public Work Administration
Coney Island
N. C
Peoria
Durham
PWA
Mind Your Manners in Office Etiquette
A 1937 etiquette piece answers common questions on office dress and mail. It covers whether a businesswoman may wear sleeveless blouses, preferences for typed vs handwritten applications, whether to type a signature, what to include on letterheads without stationery, and whether to abbreviate month names when dating. It ends with a proposed behavior when faced with feeling picked on, recommending calm discussion to reach understanding.
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Walnut Street
Brooklyn
Vermont
NEA Servaew. Tae.t
Ontario Premier Bars CIO Agents at Strike Parley
Premier Mitchell Hepburn refused admission to CIO leaders at a peace conference over Oshawa strike protests affecting 3,700 workers. He announced a new Canadian mediation effort after Detroit and Oshawa talks. Ontario government stance spotlights cross border labor tensions.
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Ontario
CIO
Toronto
Canada
Mitchell Hepburn
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
John L. Lewis
General Motors
Hepburn
Martin
Detroit
Oshawa
Bailey acts as governor in Bailey's absence in Arkansas
Lieutenant Governor Bob Bailey served as acting governor at Havernon's office on Friday while Carl J. Bailey was out of state. Bailey said he did not plan any sweeping actions or surprises and would not exercise any clemency that day.
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Little Rock
Bob Bailey
Havernon
Carl J. Bailey
Call For Help In Wheeling After Car Collision
Patrolmen Narry Wolf and Barry Cotts headed to a two car crash in a radio car. They received a call reporting their own vehicle had been in an accident and requested another car to check the first wreck.
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Wheeling
Narry Wolf
Barry Cotts
Senn Cane
Fort Smith Noises At Night Not Train Whistle Case
Fort Smith fights to close a livestock dam run by Joe Bonner. Chancellor C M Wofford ruled December 15 the city failed to prove the barn was a public nuisance affecting health and peace. The injunction was dissolved and the suit dismissed with The First National Bank of Fort Smith backing Bonner.
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Little Rock
Fort Smith
Supreme Court
Joe Bonner
C. M. Wofford
First National Bank of
Bonner
Barn Dance at Hope High School Planned by Student Council
Hope High School Student Council will host a barn dance for freshmen through seniors in the gym at 8 p.m. Friday. Attire is overalls and aprons with prizes for cutest boy and girl. The program features string band music and hot dogs with lemonade, plus other events. success could make it an annual affair.
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Hope High School
Resolution Honors Chancellor Bacon
The Hempstead Chancery Court in Washington adopted a memorial resolution for late Chancellor Pratt P Bacon praising his integrity and judicial insight It notes the court met as a Lodge of sorrow marking his passing and praises his life as a model for future judges Also includes distribution of copies to family and press and mentions an April 16 1937 adoption date.
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Pratt P. Bacon
Hempstead
Egypt
Dawyer
Bacon
Washington
Hempstead Chancery
Hempstead Chancery Court
Pratt BP. Bacon
Breaks Limit of Five Cents in Cotton Prices
Chicago wheat prices tumbled as world markets sank amid the day’s trading. Cotton also fell sharply with spot middling down 26 points to 1.30 a bale, closing at 13.54. May futures at New Orleans opened and closed around 13.33 to 14.14.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Arkansan dies in Tennessee electric chair
In Nashville Tennessee Roy Wilburn Eatmon aged 22 was executed by electric chair at dawn after an attempted holdup he killed a station operator. His wife and year old child waited outside the death house to take his body back to their Osceola Arkansas farm home.
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Nashville
Roy Wilburn Eatmon
Tennessee
Osceola
Ark
Phis
J D Clary Resigns Fordyce Post to Lead Freer Texas School
Fordyce Arkansas superintendent J D Clary resigns to become head of Freer Texas school. Effective July 1 he leaves after 14 years of progress including North Central Association accreditation since 1929. He served in Arkansas Athletic and Educational roles and taught in several districts before Fordyce. Freer, an oil town in Duval County, Texas, has a consolidated school with about 800 pupils.
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Fordyce
Ark
J. D. Clary
Freer
Preer
Texas
Clary
North Central Association of Colleges and High Schools
Arkansas Athletic Association
Arkansas Educational Association
Dallas County
Hendrix College
Conway
University of Chicago
Paris
Crossett
Cotton Plant
Parkin
West Helena
Pine Bluff
Duval County
Mooresville Women Stage Sit-Down Strike In 1831
In Mooresville Indiana the town’s women once staged a sit down protest at a saloon to force its closure. They knelt, knitted, and rocked in shifts before the bar, prompting patrons to boycott and the barkeep to quit after days of opposition.
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Moorevilly
Ind
Mooresville
Cotton futures close steady in late week trading
New Orleans market notes May cotton at 13.39 and 13.55 late, with Friday trade paving gains and a close steady 26 points higher than prior. Spot cotton remains steady at middling 1354 with little change in price, signaling a cautious mood among traders.
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New Orleans
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Alvan MacCauley
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C. E B. Weiss
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