Man Arrested After Chicken Beaten On Subway Train
Police charged 70 year old Max Berger after he boarded a New York subway car with a live Rhode Island Red pullet and began plucking feathers mid ride. Passengers protested as Berger claimed he could remove feathers without harming the bird, citing a Bronx friend gave it for supper.
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New York
Rhode Island
Kay Nelfin
Max Berger
Nel-son
Berger
Frank Smith
Special Session Foresees Japanese Strife and Economic Struggle
Foreign experts warn Japan cannot sustain another three months of war finance. Government funds rely on taxes, wealth buying bonds, and a half billion yen set aside for China actions. Reports note suppressed unrest in Manchoukuo and looming debt akin to postwar Germany.
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Manchoukuo
Japan
China
S. Y
Bids Not Required by Textbook Bill
Attorney General Jack Holt told State Printing Clerk J. J. King that the Education Department may purchase and distribute free textbooks without bidding. He said the action does not violate constitutional or statutory rules requiring state binding and printing contracts to go to the lowest bidder.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
J. J. King
Education Department
Generous Help From Skies Saves Barranquilla Power
A Barranquilla generator failure left the city in darkness as its coils ran out. A Pan American official in Guayaquil heard the plea and arranged an airliner to bring replacement generator coils from the United States, keeping the city’s power and routine from collapse.
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Chefoo
Shanghai
Augusta
United States
Asiatic Fleet
U. S
Harry E. Yarnell
B.C. Oartel
Coast Guard
Barranquilla
Colombia
Bogota
Guayaquil
Ecuador
G. R. Jimenez
Black Senate Leader Advocates Court Reform and Labor Bill Support
The article outlines Senator Black's stance against monopolistic NRA features and his call for regulated profits, while arguing for government intervention when real competition fails. It notes his 30 hour week push and early 1930s court reform plans, plus his role promoting administration labor bills and broad view of Congress's interstate commerce power. It also paints a personal portrait of Black in Washington, his lifestyle, and reading habits.
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NRA
Justice Brandeis
Black
National Resources Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Senateducation and Labor Committee
Enate
Washington
Senate
Thomas Clay
Prescott Grocer Fire Confession At Trial
A Prescott grocer recounts lighting a fire after spilling buckets on the floor and fleeing. He says he hasn’t returned to the building, heard the fire trucks, and was arrested about 3:30 am by Curtis Ward and Horace Hale. He admits the statement could be used in court and that Ned Stewart warned him.
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C. C. Harvey
Curtis Ward
Horace Hale
Ned Stewart
Copeland Attacks on Monopolizing a Causa Prompt
Oleget comments suggest Copeland would push to monopolize the causa. He says, as a candidate, he would vote for the Ten Commandments and favor good government in response to the debate.
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Oleget
Dewson Nominated to Social Security Board
President Roosevelt named Mary W. Dewson of New York to the Social Security Board replacing Vincent M. Miles of Fort Smith Ark whose term expired. Dewson is a former director of the women’s division of the Democratic National Committee.
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Mary W. Dewson
New York
W. M. Miles
Fort Smith
Washington
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Vincent M. Miles
Fort Smithy Ark
Miss Dewson
Women's
The
Democratic National Committee
Contract Let for Home Construction Bid
John McClanahan of Emmet has been awarded the contract to build a $5,000 home for Roy Stephenson assistant cashier of First National Bank. The house will rise on Highway 6 east of Hope and should be completed within seven weeks.
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John McClanahan
Emmet
Roy Stephenson
First National Bank
Hope
Arkansas Democratic Subcommittee Report on Senator Nomination
A 1937 Arkansas document reports that a five member subcommittee studied how to select a Democratic nominee for the U S Senate after Joseph T Robinson's death. It cites 319 messages favoring committee nomination and 84 for a primary, analyzes cost fraud and timing, and concludes the State Committee should nominate a candidate.
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State Democratic Central Committee
United States Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
State Committee
Hempstead County
Democratic Committee
Democratic Party
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
United States
Beloit Taylor
Donaghey
Little Rock
Fifth
Senate
House of Representatives
Kitchens- Parks
Jeff Davis
Legisla
James P. Clark
William F. Kirby
Hattie W. Caraway
Robinson
Caraway
Kirby
Hays
James , Clark
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Herndon-Cornelius Burial Association
Hope Furniture Company
Hope, Ark
Orville W. Erringer Hope
Ark
Hamilton Trust Fund
Hamilton Depositors Corp
ROPER
America
Harry W. Shiver
Nelson-Huckins
Penn
Tal-E-Tex Oil Co
Shanghai War Zone
Prescott Grocer
Copeland
Brewers’ Act
Eee
William
Ferguson
Reo
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Ture
June P. Wooten
Chlain Man
LaceBraky
Suzanne Chalfant Lighton
H. W. Newbold
F. W. Park
W.S. Atkins
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