Readers pick influential lawmakers shaping New Deal era
Bruce Catton surveys Congress to name men who stand out as influential. cites Cox Smith Martin Woodman Tabor Vinson May and others as key figures shaping policy and Navy Army funding, opposition to New Deal programs, and neutrality debates. notes ongoing roll call of leaders across parties.
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Washington
Congress
Cnutins
Knowleedgers
Knowles
Ren Jinn Thailly
Tiene
Eugene Cox
House
Howard W. Smith
Vireyinkh
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Clifton Woodman
WPA
Jobit Tabor
New York
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Bolls
Billy
Mr. May
Arthur Vatclenberg
Michigan
Republian
Tate Ty
Krik Ship Canal
Benators Bennett Clark
Maouri
Hiriatm Johnson
California
Willam E. Borah
Idaho
Gerd Nye
North Dakota
Alva Adams
Colorado
Carl A. Hatch
Beer tax case sparks Arkansas Supreme Court appeal
Governor Bailey said he will petition the Supreme Court for a rehearing after its ruling voided the emergency clause of the highway debt financing act. He warned the decision could jeopardize refunds on highway bonds and curb funding for the University of Arkansas Medical School Welfare Department and extension services.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Bailey
Supreme Court
Harding
Paul Gutenfelsa
Fort Smith Aus
Mo. Gutensol
Nyberg
Gutensohn
Senate
State Tuberculosis Sanitaria
University of Arkansas Medical Set
Welfare Department
State Agricultural Extension Service
State Vocational Education Division
Extension Service
Medical School
Liberculosis Siatoria Burihing Pwegenn Jad
B.A. McCulloch
Joseph McHill
Bort Smith
General Assembly
Gayfvini Bailey
Cranium Crackers on Congress and its leaders
A reader asks basic questions about the 76th Congress including salaries, state representation, presiding officers, and party dynamics. The item notes questions on who earns more, which state has the most members, who presides in the Senate and House, and which six states have a lucky number of representatives, hinting at a page two answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Softball Tourney Resumes With 13 Games Saturday
The Southwest Arkansas District Softball tournament will resume at Bair Park Saturday night with 13 games. Opening at 7:30 p.m., Murray Auto Service vs 282 Service, then Hast General Home of Texarkana vs Nashville. Finals set for Monday, with winners meeting El Dorado entrants Tuesday. Admission 1.25.
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Southwest Arkansas
Bair Park
Murry Auto Service
Prescott
Hast Guneral
Texarkana
Nashville
Secon
Brither-Tvory
Hope
Bruner
Basic Funeral Mone
Sefball
Bil Brasher
Singing School Enrollment Reaches 135 in Texarkana
Enrollment in the Shower Springs singing school led by R. C. Kennedy and Miss Mamie Liles of Texarkana reaches 135. The program continues two more weeks with daily classes from 4 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Interested persons may contact Oscar Phillips or George Crews.
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Shower Springs
R. C. Kennedy
Mamie Liles
Texarkana
Oscar Phillips
George Crews
Secret file on Huey Long era informs inquiry in Louisiana
A secret photostatic file centers on the Huey Long regime and its successors as the East Baton Rouge grand jury probes state scandals. The story highlights Alice Lee Grosjean Thorpe a former secretary and confidant of Long once loved by Lang as the dammed best man in Me plate.
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Alice Lee Grosjean Tharpe
Mason Dixon
NWA Service
Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Kingfish
Awu
Louisiana
Men in a New Crime War Name Corruption No 1
Washington feature outlines a new crime war as G men target the backbone of big rackets. Allies draw near on the darkest scheme behind the big fix. The piece argues without this wire the wealthy would falter and crime would lose its organized force.
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Washington
G-men
Prohibition Ends and Crime Racket Era Continues
Morgan M. Beatty analyzes post prohibition crime patterns in a three part series. Federal officials launch a nationwide drive as New York Kansas City and Louisiana report ongoing racketeering concerns. J Keigar Juever and others provide time situation data and statistics.
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New York
Kansas City
Louisiana
J. Keigar Juever
Morgan M. Beatty
Pursuit of Lepke Buchalter Brought Into Spotlight
The piece outlines a nationwide manhunt for Lepke Buchalter, a New York racketeer backed by gangster methods. It notes Dewey and the FBI’s joint bid to capture him, with political implications debated over custody and timing, while the principals deny rivalry.
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Gouls
Lepke
J. Didgay Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dewey
Frank Murphy
Texan Sought by Louisiana Freed
A Texas man, Burford, was indicted in Louisiana on conspiracy charges tied to a pipeline deal with Seymour Weiss and Gov elect Leche. The case, heard by Judge Davidson in Texas, centers on alleged payments and attempts to influence Louisiana politics.
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Dallas
Freemin Burford
Didtlus
Louisiana
Connally
Burford
Willy Father
Richie Wy Leche
Sevimour Weiss
Dudge
T. W. Davidson
Weiss
Lewisving
Q. John Rouge
Fockerat
Texas
Rogge
Burfoml
Berford Kiew
Eleet
Seymour Weiss
Vestiman
A. C
Campbell Breaks the Boat Record in Coniston
Sir Malcolm Campbell shattered speed records at Coniston England by averaging 1.74 miles per hour over two measured miles and reaching a top speed of 141.85 miles per hour in his Bluebird Second using the old engine.
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Coniston
Eng
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Witee
Bluebird
Henry Seamouve
South Gun
Crampbell
Lion Wells Permitted to Run After Court Ruling
Lion Wells in Shuler field were allowed to resume output Friday after a second division chancery court issued a permanent injunction staying State Police shutdowns. Chancellor W A Speer, weighing arguments from Lion and state officials, ordered the injunction following a pause in pumping and a prior shutdown of 62 wells by state troopers. Oil commission engineers and Lion personnel then reopened the wells, restoring operations amid the dispute over enforcement actions related to the Arkansan Oil and Gas Cannis ruling.
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Dorado
Aris
Lion
Rew
Jones
Shuler
Chancery Court
Ile
Arkansan Oil and Gas
Bien
Chancelor
W. A. Speer
Gray Albright
Speer
Oil Commission
Chanveer
Wan
Retired Philadelphia Mayor Davis Wilson Dies
Retired Philadelphia mayor Davis Wilson died Saturday after illness. He stepped down last week, ending a long career marked by steady leadership and public service. Dr George Wilson, physician, reported he died from a stroke amid health challenges.
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Philadelphla
Davis Wilson
Philuelite
ST. Wilson
George Wilson
Tus
Park Amusement Expresses Thanks for Civic Support
The Park Amusement management at Lake Chaves Ta completes five weeks of entertainment Saturday night and thanks Hope and adjacent communities for their spirit of good will. The City and County offices Young Men's Business Association churches commercial houses and The Hope Star are specifically cited for their help.
Rainfall Report From Experiment Station Details
The Fruit and Trucks Reich Experiment Station reports heavy rainfall over two days with 3.92 inches total and a 1.75 inch burst in one hour on Friday. Downtown flooding and minor wind damage were noted in Tonipatenl county amid afternoon cloudbursts and lightning warnings.
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Reich Experiment Station
Alorl
Tonipatenl County
Masonic School Held in Hope with Lodges Represented
Twelve Arkansas lodges gathered in Hope for the first of three Masonic School of Instructions sponsored by Whitfield lodge No. ZU. The opening session drew a large crowd with two grand lodge officials four district deputy Ariel ministers and twelve instructors. The second session is planned for Friday night with visiting Masons from Texarkana Little Rock Malvern Ashdown Camden Murfreesboro Doddridge Prescott and other southwestern towns.
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Lwelve
Masonic Lodges
Arkansas
Wenl
Hive
Whitfield
Lodge Zu
Ariel
Masonic School
Texarkana
Lite Rock
Malvern
Ashdown
Camden
Murfreesboro
Doddridge
Prescott
Tawny
Germans Mass Troops On Polish Slovakia Boundary
German forces were deployed along about 100 miles of the Slovak Polish frontier as Nazi officials and press justify actions in the campaign against Poland. Bratislava radio claimed military possession of Slovakia, while other reports say occupation limited to previously agreed German control.
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Dies Committee On un-American Activities
Washington
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Fritz Kuhn
America
Kuhn
Starnes
Poland
Bratislava
Germany
Berlin
Slovvkia
Slovakia
Ferdinand Csatlos
Slovak National Council
Czecho-Slovakia
Strawberry schools prepare for 1939 40 season
MIAMI area strawberry counties adopt winter schooling pattern with Turkey Creek high as chief school east of Tampa. Public schools in Hillsborough and Polk counties run classes mainly winter months to align with January to March harvests. Commencement occurs at Christmas.
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Miams Fla—Pi
Florida
Turkey Creek
Tampa
Te Tan
Hilsborough
Pal County
Tune J
Lakeland
Cotton Prices Opened Lower in New Orleans Trade
The New Orleans cotton market opened Saturday with the price at 8.88 and a fade to 8.83 for the close. Spotcarlo dropped four points from the prior session, with middling grades quoted around 5. The report notes modest declines in the daily range amid market volatility in late October.
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New Orleans
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Appeature Service
U.S
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Committee On UN
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Andllani
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Poles
Republic
Hoangatian
Italy
Rome
Count Csaky
Hungary
Mussolini
Budapest
Csaky
Count Ciano
Farley
Pope Castel Gandolfo
James A. Farley
Pius
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