James Roosevelt Denies Huge Profit From Big Business
New York report states James Roosevelt released five years of income tax returns showing income rising to as much as 172,078.03 over the period. He defended his finances amid calls for investigation, noting earnings included salary and dividends from Ro osevelt & Sargent and a shift into a White House role.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Tursday
Baying
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Walter Davenport
Cutler
Peachett
Alva Johnston
Roonvelt
Ieine Furance Titainess
Daven- Hart
Tistratee
SGM
Boston Insurance
Roosevelt & Sargent
Bassages
Debn Sargent
Massachusetts
Armistice Boundary Tensions Escalate Between Russia and Japan
Reports from Sakhalin Island and Shikika indicate renewed Russo Japanese border clashes despite a formal armistice. Soviet police actions near Hankow are cited as part of broader Sino Japanese activity, with diplomatic talks led by Litvinov and Shigeno not resolving the frictions.
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Japan
Soviet
Russia
Pei
Sak~hatin Island
Soviet Union
Domei
Agencs
Shikika
Sakhalin
Aia
Siberia
Muonchoukue
Marais Litvinoff
Mamoru Shioenitau
Dr Warner Quits Civil Service Job
LITTLE ROCK Dr Kenneth Warner state personnel director since the Arkansas civil service law began operative resigned Thursday to become executive director of the Northwest Council of Education Planning and Public Administration. The council is largely funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. He will start Monday, then visit Chicago and possibly New York for conferences with applicants for staff, then open headquarters in Portland, Oregon, on September 1. Appointment of Mr Warner's successor will be Tabled by the commission, members of which are Chairman Lews McDaniel Forrest City CG DeMatt Hendersonitt Rock and i By Pyeutt of Payottevitle.
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Little Rock
Kenneth ©. Warner
Sinc
Arkansas Civil Service Law
Ifie Northwest Council
Rockefaller Foundation
Chicago
New York
Portland
Ore
Kr. Warner
Cagimisisan
Lews McDaniel
Forrest City
CG DeMatt Hendergan
Ditte Rock
Pyeutt
Payottevitle
Kappa Alpha Phi Frat Ends Spa Convention
Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity wraps its inaugural convention with the election of Nicole Le Kon as national president Juha A. Smith as vice president and Chankinl Sweetson as secretary. Around Bek cemetery repairs and weed removal planned with volunteers urged to bring tools. A cabinet bound for Douglas Aircraft Co. is noted for wartime transport use by the War Department.
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Hov Springs
Ark
Kaper Alpha Phi Fraternity
Eho
Prieliy
Micole le Kon
That Springs
Ins
Juha A. Smith
Pe- Wil
Chankinl Sweetson
Stullgart
Fragmented Puzzle of Names and Places in Classified Teaser
A garbled mix of historical figures and locations appears as a puzzle styled item on a classifieds page. It mentions Sir Henry, Baron Corve, a Japanese statesman, a 8th century painter, Italian diplomats, and several parks and cities across Europe and America.
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Menri Dethelang Coord
Byron
Heney Levingd
Baron Corve
de Sibycus
Sean Amored
Vramercy Park
the Bois de Boulogne
Kensington Gardens
Lincoln Parks
Brussels
Oxford
Chicago
Glasgow
Mississippi Puts Luxury Taxes Up
Mississippi lawmakers approved tax increases to fund a new revenue plan. The House backed higher cigarette and beer taxes and restored some homestead exemptions, aiming to raise funds for a deficit and reduce reliance on state revenues. A soft drink tax proposal was also discussed to offset shortfalls, while a Senate measure to tax bootleggers without legalizing liquor was defeated.
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Maciain
Miss
House
Thigh White
Hac
Mississippi
Ways Hatt Means
Safeguards Agios
Treasury
Senate
Finanee
W. B. Roberts
A Thought Vhegderd are leavers peculiar rare
A fragmentary line from an OCR note hints at unusual terms and names, mentioning Ovid and a sense of rarity. The readable text lacks clear events, persons, or places to form a full news item, but preserves a curious reference to a peculiar phrase connected to classical author names.
Roosevelt Urges Georgia to Defeat Senator George
President Roosevelt in Barnesville calls for the defeat of Senator Walter F. George for liberalism and backs Lawrence Camp in Georgia’s September 14 primary. George accepts the challenge amid cheers as Roosevelt attacks conservative policy and pushes for progressive reforms across the South.
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Waltington
Roosevelt
Walter ¥. George
Senate
Georgia
Barnesville
Ga—ll
Persipring
Waler F. George
Lawrence Camp
Forestry Festival Near Ashdown August 17
Rush Jones forest ranger announces a forestry festival three miles north of Ashdown on Wednesday August 17. Afternoon events for young widows include hog calling cow milking and talking moving pictures. Public invited bring picnic luncheons.
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Ashdown
Rush Jones
Forest Ranger
Holt Extends Lead in Arkansas Supreme Court Race
Official results from Arkansas Democratic primary show Holt widening his margin over W R Denham to about 2,577 votes after updates from Garland, Phillips and Sebastian counties. Unreconciled totals from Yeil county and 69 other counties leave the final outcome uncertain as county committees begin canvassing Friday afternoon.
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Little Rock
Holt
Election Returns Canvassed Friday
Lyman Eley of Belton, secretary of the Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee, and other election officials met at Hope City hall at 10 a m Friday to canvass Tuesday’s returns. The group adjourned until 1 p m and will finalize the official count as soon as work is finished.
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Lyman Eley
Belton
Hempstead
Malvern Girl Killed in Little Rock Wreck
Miss Verla Sent, 20, Malvern Welfare Department employee, died when the automobile she rode in left the road at Fair Park in Little Rock and struck a tree. Her escort, Dr. Payne, 20, also of Malvern, was not seriously injured.
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Little Rock
Verla
State Welfare Department
Malvern
Little Rock Fair Park
Or. Payne
Malver
Belief in Magic Formulas Promises Riches in Old Tales
Burman narrates odd financial superstitions from around the world and inside the United States. A famed novelist discusses cabalistic methods said to conjure wealth, including Arab mystic practices and a Steamboat Tennessee Belle tale about a man named Rabbit. Continued on Page Three.
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Syjni
Armeren
Jesse
Ime
Rabbit
Uncle Jesse
Illiteracy Wiped Out by CCC Camp at Hope
CCC camp head Lt Harvey announced in Hope that the camp provides work and daily one hour five day a week schooling, reducing illiteracy. He cited a former student who advanced from illiteracy to a third or fourth grade level in eight months. Recruits include Hempstead county boys. camp staff run operations while field work is managed by the Ratarimms technical team. A district meeting at the Experiment Station Friday August 26 will discuss sil conservation improvements. Stuart Spragins of Little Rock attended the club meeting.
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CCC
C. Harvey
Hope Ratyry
Barlow
Alton
Harvey
Hempstead County
R. ©. Ellen
Clifford Smith
Ratarimms
Sil
Stuart Spragins
Little Rock
Two Million Allotted to Bridge in Mississippi
Washington county receives 2 025 000 dollars from the PWA for a 4 500 000 dollar bridge over the Mississippi River to replace the ferry. Funds will buy land and ferry facilities and build a two lane cantilever steel bridge to improve the service.
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Washington
PWA
Washington County
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Germans Fly to New York From Berlin in 25 Hours
Four German fliers who had dinner in Berlin arrived in New York Thursday afternoon completing aviation's first westward flight between the two cities. The 24 passenger Focke-Wulf craft covered over 342 miles of land and water in 25 hours, proving air service feasibility between Germany and America. Captain Alfred Henke and crew of three flew in an all land plane, a bold early step in transatlantic flight.
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New York
Berlin
al Williams
Alfred Henke
Adand
Not Guilty Says Louisiana Robber Won’t Plead
SHREVEPORT La A- Herbert Shin Oy ong among seven charged in a Minden bank robbery last June 1 faced a hearing before United States Commissioner Albert E Bryson entering a technical plea. United States Attorney Harvey C Fields said Skaggs made a complete statement unraveling planning and the robbery. The haul was over 32000 with 18260 32 cash and about 14000 in bearer bonds. Skaggs wife later returned 9000 in bearer bonds plus 1510 cash. Continued on Page Three.
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Shreveport
Herbert Shin OY Ong
Minden
Wnd
United States
Albert E. Bryson
Entree
Harvey C. Fields
Skaggs
Fields
Man Slayers Are Put to Death in Kansas Hangings
Leavenworth Kan Friday saw the first double execution in the state in over 70 years as Robert Suhay and Glen Applegate New York gunmen were hanged for the murder of Federal Bureau of Investigation agent W W Baker. Baker was slain April 16 1937 after Suhay and Applegate opened fire while fleeing a Topeka post office trap tied to a bank robbery in Katansh New York.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Robert Suhay
Glen Applegate
New York
W. W. Baker
Federal Penitentiary
Kansas
Baker
Subay
Applegate
Topeka Post Office
First bale cotton reported in Hempstead county
Co. F. Rowe of Hope Washington road four miles northwest of town brought in the first bale of 1938 cotton in Hempstead county. The bale weighed 17 pounds, was ginned at C. Cook gin, moved to Hope Compress, and remained unsold at noon Friday. Planted March 24 in a 4 acre block, the improved Rowden variety is regarded as the earliest in recent years.
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F. Rowe
Hope~ Washington Road
Here
Hempstead
Hope
C. Cook
Mgr. Rowe
Mind Your Manners Test on Group Introductions
A 1938 NEA Service etiquette item quizzes readers on proper introductions. It asks if all the women are presented first, whether a doctor's wife should be called Mrs. De Brown, and how to address a wife to servants, with answers indicating women first, no, no, yes, and yes.
Nazi Ambassador Fired Over Bund Noncooperation
Washington heard that Hans Luther the long time German ambassador to the United States lost his post for not fully cooperating with the German American Bund Nazi group. Investigator John Metcalfe quoted Bund leader Fritz Kuhn who recruited him for a speaking tour. France instructed diplomats to send details on German military preparations to Paris as reports of unusual Nazi measures attract attention.
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Washington
House
Hans Luther
Bund
John C. Metcalfe
Fritz Kuhn
Metcalfe
France
Paris
Germany
Foreign Office
Death by own action verdict in candidate death
Clarksville Arkansas report that Lewis Ragon age 50 an unsuccessful Johnson County state representative candidate was found dead in a well at his Spadra home. Dr J M Kolb acting coroner returned a verdict of death by own action by drowning.
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Lewis Ragon
Johnson County
Clarksville
Ark
Spadra
J. M. Kolb
Wallace Warns of Price Reduction Aiming to Save the Farm Act
Secretary Wallace warned farmers of potential price collapses under the farm act and urged 200 state AAA committeemen to wage a militant campaign to defend the program. He said the law is the best solution to the crisis and urged committees to promote the act while avoiding political tactics amid disputes over marketing quotas and planting limits.
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Washington
Wallace
Midwest Corn Belt
Spring
AAA
Geare
Florida
South
Ccrton
Cow Grove Ova
Corn Belt Liberty League
Cotton Market Opens and Closes Steady in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton market opened Friday at 837 and closed at 825. Spot cotton finished steady with a 20 point uptick, middling price around 30.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
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