Roosevelt reorganization aims fall short of original plan
Bruce Catton outlines Roosevelt’s 1939 reorganization bill limits as Congress weighs what can be changed. The President gains only partial control over agencies, with cabinet expansions, budget shifts, and new assistants possible, but key powers remain denied or constrained.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Sela Welfare
Department of Public Works
Interior Department
Department of Conservation
Communications, Power and
Ratie
ICC
SEC
NLRB
Coast Guard and Tariff
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
NEA Service, Inc
Bearden Accused in Hempstead County Tax Shortage
Audit by J O Golf's office finds former Hempstead County Sheriff J E Bearden liable for 14928.65 in fines and 12492.75 in taxes from 1938-89, with irregular receipts and disputed collections. Auditors demand repayment by Bearden and bondsmen and call for full reconciliation, noting 12 miscellaneous receipts and unsupported personal tax payments.
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Little Rock
J. O. Golf
Hempstead
J. E. Bearder
Homer Howell
Aubrey McCasland
Bearden
Beerlen
Washington
J. E. Beayden
Arkansas
Counnty
Foyer
Hempstead County
Thormion Burns
Bodean
Jesse Winsley
Redland
Ray & McDowell
Ralph Bailey
Circuit
Chancery
Shayif! Bearden
Ace U
Cranium Cracker Quiz Question Teasers
Cranium crackers pose a word puzzle on Europe alliances and a film actress nicknamed by a rhymed last name. The Qs ask how many Roosevelt grandchildren exist and note John Torrio’s New York tax trial. Unscramble NFOWARBED to find the new U S comptroller of currency. Answers on page.
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Europe
France
Spain
Poland
Romania
Finland
Turkey
Hollywood
Presideit
Presideit and Mrs. Roosevelt Now Have? 4. John Torrio
New York
U. S
Cueney
East Arkansas tornado toll topples lives in 23 dead
COLLINS Ark- Sporadic tornados struck more than a dozen rural communities over the weekend. Twenty three known dead two missing and at least 223 injured across south Arkansas. Center Point suffered 11 killed and 60-plus injured as the disaster center. Tornadoes devastated homes churches and farms from Collins to Dumas and Ladd. Severe weather caused record rainfall up to 10.4 inches and widespread property damage across Hempstead and Lafayette counties.
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Collins
Ark
Arkansas
Arkansas River
Oklahoma
Missisissippi River
Center Point
Dearly
Tillar
Onal
Toxarlann
Dumas
Colmer
O Dinasler
Thomas West
Monticalla
W. C. Bledsoe
Toxupkana
J. A. Gabbie
Hattie Willis
Frank Poe
Wiliam Abston
Woodrow Abston
Newton
Two Softball Games Set for Fair Park Tuesday
Fair Park hosts a two game softball exhibition season opener Tuesday night led by Business Manager Bill Brasher. The 7:15 start features Alton CCC Camp vs Bruner-Ivory, with the winner facing the Lou Robins sponsored team in the second game. Admission is 5 and 10 cents, no free list.
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Seasor
Fair Park
Bill Brasher
Alton CCC
Bruner-Ivory Handle Lompany
Steam
Lou Robins
Alton
Bruner
Robins
Brasher
Fair Park Commission
Hope Softball Association
Star Office
South Walnut Street
Herbert Lewallen
Thought Riches as Instrument, Not End of Life
A publication notes that wealth of ideas should serve as a tool for a wife, quoting H. W. Beecher on how intellectual riches aid domestic harmony rather than defining life’s purpose. The remark reflects 19th century domestic ideology and moral guidance.
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H. W. Beecher
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners
Poll of etiquette questions tests social norms. It asks if a hostess should push church attendance, if a yard player excuses lateness, whether considerate people always argue the opposite, if guests should stay late knowing the host works next day, and how a social drinker should handle pressure. Answers indicate not insisting on church, not making excuses, not always opposing, and guests being considerate of hosts by deciding stay or depart. Copyright 1999 NEA Service Inc.
Mrs J C Williams Dies Early Monday
Mrs J C Williams died at 4 30 am Monday at her home on South Elm Street. Funeral services are at 9 am Tuesday at the home then burial at Dennison Texas. Surviving are her daughter Mrs Edgar Briant of Hope a son John G Williams of Dallas and five grandchildren Evelyn Briant Marie Antoniette Williams Glenn L Williams Sophia Parkins Williams and Nannette Williams. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named from local families and friends.
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J. G. Williams
South Elmstont
Dennison
Texas
Edgar Briant
Hope
John G. Williams
Dellas
Evelyn Briant
Marie Antoinette Williams
Glenn L. Williams
Sophia Parkins Williams
Nannette Williams
Tom McLarty
R .V. McGinnis
Joe Lowthorp
Be, Richards
Walter Carter
Edwin Dossaft
Cecil Dennis
G. A. Graves
C. &. Lowthorp
Floyd Porterfield
R. M. Patterson
W. P. Agee
Duval Purlins
R. M. Briant
W. 2. O’brien
Claude Wadlla
Dozen Court Cases Heard In Municipal Court
Municipal Court Judge W K Lemley resumed after a three week recess and heard about two dozen cases by 2 30 pm Monday. Outcomes included fines for drunkenness for Wyatt Vines Slaughter and others, $10 bonds forfeited for drunkenness, $5 to $25 fines for assault and battery and reckless driving, with several cases dismissed or continued.
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W. K. Lemley
Floyd Sllaughter
O. L. Wyatt
Carson Vines
Miller Crane
Ethel Mae Brewer
Jim Moore
R. B. Watson
Robert Moore
F. Slater
Henry Sommerville
Bert Webb
Perry Taylor
Ton Allen
O. d
Wyatt
Ed Lavender
Elwood Hatch
Bond Refund Act Upheld on Appeal
The Arkansas State Supreme Court upheld most provisions of the bond refunding act pushed by Governor Bailey in 1939, affirming a Pulaski chancery court decree. The decision struck down a clause allowing pyramiding of state investments in its own obligations and limited withdrawals from the treasury, excluding common school funds and highway revenues.
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Little Rock WM
State Supreme Court
Bailey
Pulaski Chancery Court
High Court
Mayor Endorses Early Diagnosis Tuberculosis Campaign
Mayor Albert Graves on Monday endorsed the Early Diagnosis campaign in Hempstead County with Miss Hattie Ann Teild as chair. He urged Hope leaders, school authorities, business and religious figures, and all citizens to cooperate in eradicating tuberculosis.
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Hempstead
Hattie Ann Teild
Citizens of Hope
Arkansas Tuberculosis Association
Hope
Fife
Cotton market in New Orleans opens and closes higher
New Orleans May cotton opened at 6.10 and closed at 8.20 with spot cotton closing about 42 points higher. Middling price reported at 8.55.
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New Orleans
Hope High Team Wins Debating Contest at UA Invitational
Hope High School swept two events at the ninth annual University of Arkansas invitational literary meet in Fayetteville. The debate team of Eayward Lester Billy Orton Frederick Taylor Frances Yocom and alternate BE P Young Jr claimed Group A honors with 26th appearance and three losses. Frederick Taylor also won extemporaneous speaking as Fort Smith High School took sweepstakes, Rogers placed second and Little Rock High School third. Fairview Camden won agricultural sweepstakes as 3500 students and teachers attended a two day meet on campus.
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Hope High School
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Eayward Lester
Billy Orton
Frederick Taylor
Frances Yocom
BE. P. Young, Jr
Fort Smith High School
Rogers
Little Rock High School
Fairview High School
New ‘Camden
Alpha Zeta
Nalion Wylie Leases Mobil Service Station
Hope youth Nalion Wylie has leased the Mobile Service Station at Third and Louisiana and has taken charge. He will operate Mobilgas oil and automobile accessories and invites friends to visit his new location.
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Nalion Wylie
Third
Louisiana
Mobilgas
Thomas Cannon Attends Grandmother's Funeral
Thomas Cannon, bandmaster of Hope High School Band, attended his grandmother Mrs J R Thornton's funeral in Genoa Nevada, as reported by the newspaper site. A plaque marks Nevada's first newspaper Territorial Enterprise. Mark Twain's early writing ties to the Enterpengate paper, which ceased in 1918.
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Thomas Cannon
Hope High School
J. R. Thornton
Genoa
Nev
University of Nevada Press Club
Nevada
Territorial Enterprise
Mark Twain
Hitler Confers With Reichstag Amid Global Tensions
Berlin reports Hitler will convene the Reichstag on April 23 to answer Roosevelt’s peace appeal. British, French and Soviet moves loom in the Mediterranean. Danzig, Gibraltar and Poland top the risk list as Rome-Berlin axis tensions rise and Britain pledges aid if war breaks out.
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Poland
Chamberlain
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Italy
Foreign Office
Viscount Halifax
Yorkshire
George
Auty Own Alarm Sparks Glendale Fire?
In Glendale California an alarm sounded its own fire, causing a scare as responders rushed to the scene. Firemen described the incident as likely a false alarm triggered by the device.
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Glendale
Calif
Saloe Mobile
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