If America Is the Hope of the World NRA Speech
A woman speaker at an NRA meeting argues Roosevelt's New Deal boosts global recovery. She cites London trade failure, urges nations to follow American methods, and warns the U.S. must push hard for NRA enforcement to lift industry, cotton, and employment through year end.
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NRA
Charles Haynes
Roosevelt
London
United States
Wallace
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
America
Tropic Storm Moves Toward South Texas Port Cities
A 36 mph wind struck Port O’Connor as Sabine to Brownsville felt the approach of a tropical disturbance. Rough seas, high tides, and rising alerts prompted beachgoers to relocate inland from Port Arthur to Brownsville. Dam breaks in Denver caused 2 deaths and $1 million in damage along a 35 mile path, with Castlewood dam bursting and floods sweeping farms and cities, killing several and drowning livestock.
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Houston
Texas
Port O’connor
Sabine
Brownsville
Alf
Port Arthur
Galveston
Freeport
Denver
Castlewood
Franktown
Wendy
Cherry Creek
Country Club
Colorado
Claudie Hill
Matheson
Bertha Catlyn
Tom Casey
Tontitown Plans a Birthday Party Arkansas Italian Settlement
Tontitown in Washington County marks its 35th anniversary with religious ceremonies music and entertainment. Rev Father Pietro Bandini founded the colony after relocating from southeastern Arkansas where yellow fever struck the group. The town grown to about 500 inhabitants sits among grape vineyards. Anniversary events planned with the pastor Rev Father Louis Sittere coordinating activities.
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Tontitown
Arkansas
Tenttown
Pietro Bandini
Washington County
Northwest
Henry di Tonti
MMO
Father Bandini
Louis Sittere
Hope Boys Band Concert At City Hall Steps
A band concert will be given at 7 15 P M Friday night from the city hall steps by the Hope Boys band. This is another in a series of concerts by the local organization in the downtown district. An interesting program is promised.
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City Hall
Hope Boys
Destruction of Cotton Grieves Oklahoma Farmer
Ed Keithly of Webber Falls, a 190 acre cotton farmer, faced heartbreak as he plowed up 70 acres under a government contract. He hired neighbors after a fall in labor, and reportedly drank watermelons to drown sorrows, weighing about 200 pounds.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ed Keithly
Webber Fells
Sam
Keiihly
Dhe
Ain Ite
Tat Keithly
Refunding Bill Likely In Play For August Special Session
Arkansas reports indicate Futrell administration plans a special session around August 14 to address beer legislation and possible bond refinancing. A committee revival from 1938 will meet with bondholders and aides to discuss a new refinancing act or amendments, with Futrell ill at home Friday.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Voucher Forger Is Taken by Officers
LITTLE ROCK Willis E Hirsch 33, serving a sentence for forgery, was captured returning from Los Angeles in custody of Penitentiary Supt A G Stedman. He had obtained a short furlough for medical treatment and fled with 25 forged vouchers stolen from the prison safe, drafted for large sums and previously designed to cause payment refusals.
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Little Rock
Willis E. Hirsch
State Penitentiary
United States
Little Reel
Los Angeles
Cal
A. G. Stedman
Stedman
Hirsch
Pulaski
Illinois Sues for Hidden Interest in State Treasurers Case
Illinois files suit seeking about 2 million dollars from former state treasurers Leroy Lerming ton Smith of Kankakee and Fred K Sterling of Rockford alleging they used funds from settlements to earn large interest from Chicago meat packers. The action claims the state received only 2 percent interest while the packers paid 7 percent, a figure denied by the defendants who argue state income was higher under their terms.
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Chicago
Ulingis
Lermington Smith
Kankakee
Mlinois
Fred K. Sterling
Rockford
Otto Kerner
Wats
Treasyueer
Soul
Snnilonis
Small and Sterling
Machado edict threats martial law over city strikes
Havana dispatch reports President Machado signed an edict declaring transportation threats to the city’s vital food sources as a seditious movement. He threatened to suspend constitutional guarantees and declare martial law and a state of war unless the strike ends quickly. Also notes Gandhi’s rearrest in Poona after refusing to suspend political activity.
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Havana
Cuba
Machado
Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gas Bomb Forces Exchange to Close
New York stock market shut early after tear gas bombs exploded sending fumes into the Exchange building. Police launched an investigation as fumes from the cooling system were initially blamed. Thronged financial district workers flooded Broad and Wall streets while police reserves were deployed to restore order.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
Commonia
Financial District
Broad
Rail Rate May Be Cut 30 Percent
Arkansas Public Service Commission will join several railroads in requesting the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant a 30 percent reduction in all LCL class rates for less than carload shipments within Arkansas and between Memphis Tennessee and Arkansas and Missouri. KO Wood reported after talks in St Louis with railroad traffic representatives. A Leland of the Southwest Ferry Freight Bureau filed a petition asking Missouri Pacific Minoco Cotton Belt Rock Island and Missouri and North Arkansas to set artes at 70 percent of current LCL class rates.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Corporation Commission
Arkansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
Hursday
Con
KO Wood
St. Louis
A. Leland
Southwest Ferry Freight Bureau
LC. C
Missouri Pavific
Minxco
Cotton Belt
Rock Island
Missouri and
North Arkansas
Johnson Settles Strike of Mines
Washington reports the H C Frick Coke company a United States Steel subsidiary agreed to settlement terms of the Pennsylvania bituminous strike that began at Frick mines in Wayette county after Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson met with Governor Pinchot and union leaders and operators. Johnson led the conference and said substantial progress toward settlement involved 35 000 coal miners.
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Washington
H.C. Frick Coke Company
United States Steel
Pennsylvania
Frick Company
Wayette County
Hugh Johnson
Pinchot
Bogalusa Pastor to Preach at Shover
The Rev. S. Hammock of Bogalusa La will preach Saturday night at Shover Springs community church starting at 7 30 o clock.
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Rev. S
Hammock
Bogalusa
Shover Springs Community Church
Roosevelt restores Glavis to Civil Service status
President Roosevelt by executive order restored Louis R. Glavis to Civil Service status and named him chief of the Interior Department's investigation division. Glavis had been dismissed by Taft in 1904 after exposing alleged coal land irregularities tied to Ballinger and other officials. The department says the action corrects an injustice and restates Glavis’ findings against dummy entrymen and conspiracies to control valuable coal lands.
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Washington
Interior Department
Roosevelt
Louis R. Glavis
Glavis
Taft
Department
Morgim-Gopegenhein Synsdicate
Hiw
Ballinger
George W. Wickersham
Code for the lowly paid lawn mower pasher
A 16 year old from East Texas asks Washington how a blanket wage code can include young workers like lawn mowers. He urges shorter hours and fair pay not given by parents, noting year round grass growth and his need to keep up with a growing machine.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Wirt Atmar, Jr
East Texas
Hugh 8. Johnson
Hendrix New Post Commander Legions Elect Officers
Hendrix named post commander at Leslie Huddleston American Legion meeting in city hall. New officers include W. M. Ramsey and B. C. Hollis as vice command ers, W. H. Boyett finance officer, Robert Wilson service officer, Dr M. L. Lile post surgeon. Delegates to state convention are Rumsey, Hollis, Robertson, Stringer, Johnson, Latun, Hendrix, Hanna. Installation planned for early September. Harald Robertson’s novelty sling band to broadcast Sunday from KCMC Texarkana at 1 30 p m performing old tunes and popular music.
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Pine Bluff
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Dewey Hendrix
Compiander
Ched Hall
W. M. Ramsey
B. C. Hollis
W. H. Boyett
Robert Wilson
LM. Lile
Alvi H. Robertson
J. L. Stringer
Alteragloss L. C. Johnson
WH. Latun
Dewney Hendrix
B. R. Hanna
Post
Harald Robbert
Raiio
KCMC
Texarkana
Hope Uusivite
Home Owners Loan relief outlined by Anderson at Rotary
Roy Anderson described the Home Owners Loan Corporation at the Hope Rotary Club meeting. The federal agency assists homeowners facing foreclosure by refinancing mortgages, with 20 million dollars capital and up to 2 billion in bonds. Eligibility targets mortgages of record as of June 13 1943 and allows refinances, repair or tax loans. mortgage holder must agree to terms.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
New Federal Relief Agency
Roy Anderson
Hope Rotary Club
Anderson
L. ¥. Monroe
Regions State
Texarkana
August Clark
Clark
Dick Watkins
Eleanor Foster
Mark Twain
Frank Stanley
Will Gregson
University of Arkansas U. M
Fayetteville
Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation
Mr. Anderson
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
NRA Meeting in City Hall Urges Buy Local for Recovery
Shoppers braved heavy rain to attend an NRA program meeting at city hall. Alex and W S Atkins spoke on keeping purchases within America to boost employment, with four women urging support and devotion to the president’s recovery act. The crowd heard calls to maintain the NRA ethos through year end and to press Congress on housewives’ relief. Washington says two weeks underway to gauge progress.
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Ame
NRA
Alex
W.S. Atkins
I Scondteston Tin
C. 5. Lowthorp
America
Dorsey McRae
Hove
Roosevelt
Charles Haynes
Europe
J. A. Heney
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South Texas
Oklahoma
Flapper
Fanny
Pat
Corbys
GOV
Illinois
State
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Cincago
T. G. W. Settle
Mem
Johnson
Big Soft
Mies
Foster
Rotary
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