Wallington Plots Extend La Follette Inquiry Into Associated Farmers
Bruce Catton reports California linked political moves aim to extend the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee to probe the Associated Farmers. A $100,000 funding surge is under Senate consideration, with support from the National Granger CIO and AFL backing fuller investigation amid prior money shortages. The extension fight hinges on Senate action and pressure from labor and farmer groups, while Department of Justice Civil Liberties Unit prepares west coast inquiries.
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Wallington
Associated Farmers of California
LaFollette Civil Liberties Commitee
Ene
Associated Farmers
Schwellerbueh
Downey
Natronal Granger
C I
A.B. of L
California
Schwellenbach
Senate Committee On Adult and Control
Associated Mariners
A. PF. of L
LaFollerite Committee
Civil Liberties Unit
Department of Justice
Handyveris
West Coast
Bates Booth
Civil Liberties
Criminal Division
Department
Bonth
Washington Court Removal Case to Be Heard Monday
The Arkansas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on the Hempstead county vote to move the Hempstead County courthouse from Washington to Hope. Ed Velvin appeals a lower finding that a legal majority supported removal, with contentions over poll tax requirements and alleged irregularities in the election. Opponents argue irregularities were not proven, while supporters lament the loss of Washington’s historical status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Supreme Court
Hempstead
Washington
Hope
Ed Welgin
Dexter Bush
Bush
Velvin
Couny
G. P. Casey
George R. Steo
Bushy
Hempstead County
Court of
Casey and Steel
Augustus H. Garland
Daniel Ringo
John R. Aiken
B. B. Battle
A.B. Williams
Joe D. Conway
James K. Jones
Granditon D. Royston
Daniel W. Jones
Aseys
Steve Carrigan
E. F P. McPaddin
Albert Graves
O. A. Graves
Hoyce Weisenberger
L. E. Glover
Casey
Steel
Lown
Augustus He Garland
B. Buttle
Lille Rock
Washington, D. C
Dudge Joe Be Cratveny
Texarkana
Ark
Uni
Leper Isle Life Lures Cured Inmates to Remain on Kalaupapa
In Kalaupapa, cured lepers prefer staying on the settlement island where life is comfortable with a self contained village, moving pictures, radio, athletics and electric appliances. About 400 people on Molokai run their own small community within one of four leper settlements in the territory. Early Spanish settlers in 1621 brought cattle into the Texas cattle raising region.
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Honolulu
T. H—P
Kalaupapa
Molokai Island
Texas
Test Suit on Beer Tax May Be Filed
A test suit challenging Nyberg beer tax likely to be filed in Pulaski chancery court this week. Attorney J Hugh Wharton for Arkansas Malt Beverage Dealers Association notes the tax also applies to whisky and faces legislative opposition. Proceeds would fund a tuberculosis sanitarium construction program.
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TLR
Nyberrg
Pulaski Chancery Court
J. Hugh Wharton
Arkusas
Aswciation
Tyustay
Tuberculosis Sanatariunt
Can You Be A Lie Detector Puzzle Card
Three statements are false in this Cranium Crackers item. Echometry is defined as measuring sound duration. The man in the iron mask was a French state prisoner in Louis XV’s era. Edgar is Gloucester’s son in Shakespeare’s King John. Au fond means thoroughly in French. Latten is cloth in thin sheets. Ichabod Crane is a Washington Irving character. Sagamore is a North American Indian chief.
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Man In the
Louis XV
Edgar
Gloucester
King John
Ichabod Crane
Washington Irying
Sagamore
Pege
Distribution of Hempstead Cotton Checks Totals 51670.67
A second allotment of cotton checks totaling 51,670.67 was ready for distribution to Hempstead county producers. Checks will be delivered at Hope city hall for 1306 farmers on 54 farms, with previous payments reaching about half the county’s farmers. Number of receipts and program notices are mailed as checks arrive.
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Hempstead
Hope
B. BE. McMahon
AAA
Oliver L. Adams
Timabe
Former Hope Man Buried in Tulsa After Illness
Roy W. Berry a former Hope resident and Frisco railway agent died in Tulsa after about five months of illness. He served as Hope’s first Frisco passenger agent and later as freight and passenger agent in Tulsa. He was the son of the late W. S. Berry, longtime Hope city marshal. Funeral services and burial were held in Tulsa, with surviving relatives including his mother, sisters in Hope and Texarkana, and his widow and two children in Tulsa. Attending from Hope were Mrs. C L Bowden, Mrs. Charles Bader, Steven and Edward Baier.
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Roy W. Berry
Hope
Tulsa
Berry
Frisco
Gener
W. S. Berry
Emma Berry
Texarkina
C. .L. Bawden
Charles Bader
Joh McCall
Henry Turner
Texarkana
Charles Berry
Alma Jean Berry
C. L. Bowden
Steven
Edward Baier
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Social Usage
A vintage etiquette Q and A asks readers to test knowledge on conveniences, vacation plans with casually known people, requesting strangers to pose for photos, tearing up unwanted negatives, and optional photos with a conquest. It provides answers and scenarios for respectful behavior.
Southern Giant Bar Clover Emerges as Key Legume for Southwest Arkansas
On Hempstead county farms Southern Giant Bar Clover proves successful as a winter cover crop and rotation ally. J W Ray’s Providence road plots show the legume self seeding between cotton rows, with rotation plans to plow under clover and plant cowpeas, Irish potatoes, corn, and cotton in successive seasons. Experts note legume nitrogen benefits and seed abundance backing adoption despite past failures with winter legumes.
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Arkansas
Hempstead
J. W. Ray
Providence School Road
U. S. Highway 61
Oliver L. Adams
Melva Bullington
The
Star
Mr. Ray
Ray
Imo
Alice
Caver
Revival Sermon Prods Morals at First Baptist Church
Dr Garrett urged that elders shape youth and warned against “chicken hearts” in Christians. He linked government to character, urged continued revival with services daily and Sunday preaching, and announced baptism to be administered Sunday morning.
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P. J. Garrett
First Bapist Church
Heavenly Father
Garrett
Dr. Garratt
Hriday
Democracy's Fate Up to Its Citizens
President Roosevelt told the White House children's conference that democracy's success rests not on territory power or weapons but on the deep-lying satisfaction of its citizens. He cited Pan American Day themes and appealed to Hitler and Mussolini while urging widespread opportunities to develop leadership and character.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Children’s Conference
Hitler
Mussolini
Loan From School Fund Is Enjoined In Arkansas Case
Chancellor Dodge granted an injunction blocking the State Board of Education from transferring about 100000 dollars from the common school fund to the equalizing fund. The loan, authorized by Act 345 of 1980, was challenged by T. J. Ayenck, Forrest City buyer.
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Litly Rock
Dodge
State Board of Education
Commun School Fund
Equalizing Fund
T. J. Aycnck
Forrest City Texbuyer
Whitworth Students Tour New Orleans on Educational Trip
Whitworth College sophomore Dulcie Dee Compton from Hope Arkansas joined classmates for an all day educational tour through New Orleans. The group dined at the Vieux Carre restaurant in the house once inhabited by C Henry and wrote there. In other notes five dairy cows are estimated to meet home needs and provide three pounds of butter daily for sale.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Miss Dulvie
Dee Compton
Whitworth College
Hope
Ark
Whitworth
New Orleans
Raid Second Still Washington Area
Deputy Sheriff Tom Middlebrooks announced the capture four miles west of Washington on the Washington Columbus road of a 40 gallon copper still and three barrels of mash. He said the operators had just left the setup and it was nearly ready for a run. This was the second still in the Washington area that had been raided recently.
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Tom Middlebrooks
Washington
Washington Columbus Road
Middlebrooks
District Meet for Vocational Pupils in Hope
A district meeting for new vocational students in southwest Arkansas will be held in Hope this Thursday. The agenda includes live stock and field crop judging at the Experiment Station, department visits, luncheon, discussions led by J C Barnett, horse shoe pitching, speaking elimination, and a district convention assembly at Verger High School, with an evening program featuring speaking and singing contests. Henry Walker, Willie Harris, A J Trent, and Victor Bell are top four in the judging contest and will represent the school in livestock and field crops at the SNRRD.
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Newre Vocalional
Southwest Arkansas
Hope
Verger High Sehgal
J_C. Barnett
Jagent
Nepro Work College of Agriculture
Fayetteville
G. W. Ware
College of Agriculture
Verger High School
F. A. Convention Assembly
Shallow Pool Test Near Lafayette Counts Oil Find
In Lafayette county Arkansas a shallow pool test near Lewisville shows oil in the Hill zone from 3481 feet with a 600 foot fluid level and 25 pound casing pressure. The well swabbed and flowed briefly before being shut in pending tank erection and further testing by Ohio Oil, East Texas Refining, and partners Erwin and Leach.
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Lewisville
Ark
Lafayette County
Erwin
Leach Et al
Patton
Glen Rose
Ohio Oil Company
Ohio Shelldeen
Warner No. 4
East Texas Refining Company
Erwin and Leach
Mrs Broening Named Welfare Director in Arkansas
Welfare Commissioner John Thompson announced approval of 61 county welfare directors including Mrs Kathleen Whitten Clark County Mrs Sally Broening Hempstead Clem Wilder Hot Springs Mrs Jennie Bauerlgin Ouachita Joe Newton Fope Mrs Lottie Skillern White and other appointees in Little Rock government release.
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Little Rock
John Thompson
Kathleen Whitten
Clark County
Sally Broening
Hempstead
Clem Wilder
Hot Springs
Jennie Bauerlgin
Ouachita
Joe Newton
Fope
Lottie Skillern
White
Britain Enacts General Conscription For All Men
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in Parliament that all men aged 20 to 24 will be conscripted into the regular army or territorial army. The move marks a historic shift from voluntary service as Britain backs allies against Axis powers amid rising military tensions.
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Ler
Fridda
Chia
Britain
London
Eng
Pri Chamberlain
House of Comme
Scotland
Wales
Poland
Rumania
Greece
Chamberlain
House
Fayetteville Bank Cashier Surrenders
Kerr Cz Key, former cashier of the First National Bank of Fayetteville, surrendered to the U S consul in Toronto Tuesday and was taken in charge by FBI agents in Lewiston New York. Indicted in January 1930 for embezzlement of 1,750.
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Little Rock
H. E. Andereson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kerr Cz Key
I Virst National Bank of
Thought on spring time promise of resurrection
A concise reflection attributes the idea that resurrection is written not only in books but in every leaf of spring, quoting Luther to connect nature and faith. The line evokes renewal and divine writing visible in nature.
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Lord
Luther
Cotton Market Report From New Orleans
Cotton prices in New Orleans show a modest daily movement with spot values closing quietly. May futures opened at 848 and settled near 852, middling basis quoted around 8.9.
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New Orleans
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Lafollette
Supreme Court
City Hall
Dulcie Dee Compton
Nevro
Lafayette
Mrs. Broening
Br Henderson
Berlin
Germany
Pe Henderson
Amba
Chiler
Howers
Yugoslavia
Paris
France
J Ladier
Mill
Near East
Syria
Alexandretta
Turkey
Fayetteville Bank
Canada
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