Here an and There Editorial on Road District Taxes
A letter from the Arkansas Road District Protective Association asks Hempstead county landowners to volunteer for a campaign to keep district taxes from returning. It warns that tangled highway finances may shift tax burden to landowners and reduce state aid. The piece critiques Huey Long era politics and calls for leaders who treat politics like business to curb demagogues.
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Arkansas Road District
Prtective Association
Old Road Improvement
Hempstead
K. E. Mitchell
Morriston
Ark
FE. W. Hogan
Russellville
Hope
McNab Men Held in Palmer Attack on Savings Plan
C Young and H Moss report McNab men held after Palmer attack as Hope explores organizing a federal savings and loan association. J D Barlow, A D Middlebrooks, and G O Graves sign the petition. J Curran Conway from Little Rock outlines requirements: 30 subscribers, 250 paid shares, at least 2500 local subscription. Conway says government subsidies could bring total capitalization to 100000, with local and federal contributions. The plan aims to finance housing and boost local investment while preventing bank competition.
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Federal Savings and Loan Association
Hope
Little Rock Federal Home Loan Bank
J. D. Barlow
A. D. Middlebrooks
GO. A. Graves
Little Rock
J. Curran Conway
Federal Home Loan Bank
Conway
Savings and Loan Association
The
Star
Mr. Conway
Hope Federal Savings & Loan Association
Five Thousand Victims in Fifty Years Lynching Record
Carlton Young and Moss of McNab were arrested in connection with the stabbing of Gail Palmer at Fulton. Palmer, though weak from blood loss, is reported to be recovering. Moss identified in a cafe fight after Palmer’s remarks. Young later arrested after flight. Both were released pending further proceedings.
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Carlton Young
Moss
McNab
Gail Palmer
Fulton
Palmer
Wan
Young
J. Cc. Fulton
Doran to lead Liquor Code repeal authority
Washington reports Dr. James M. Doran, former commissioner of industrial alcohol, to head the Distillers Code Authority as repeal takes effect Tuesday. President Roosevelt returns from Warm Springs and meets Morgenthau on liquor tax policy while Congress eyes a $400 million revenue from legalization. Importers are notified foreign liquor shipments resume Monday night with permits already granted and releases planned after repeal and Utah ratification.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Morgenthau
Treasury
House Ways and Means
Distillers Code Authority
Doran
Hhtet Doran
High Seas
Utah
Lindbergh Prepares Trans Atlantic Flight From Bathurst
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife prepared for a night takeoff from Bathurst, Gambia, aiming for South America. Unfavorable winds halted two attempts, fuel was jettisoned, and plans depended on a late Sunday departure with a range over 2,000 miles. The Westfalen refueling ship would only assist if delays pushed the start past Monday.
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Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
Charles A. Lindbergh
South America
Lindberghs
Natal
Brazil
Fernando Do Noronha
St. Paul
Westfalen
Robert Huguenin’s Brother Killed in Train Tragedy
Robert Huguenin of Hope learns his elder brother Paul has died after being struck by a train in Peabody Kansas. The 62 year old livestock breaker for the Kansas town, long a local figure, cannot attend the funeral as Mrs Huguenin remains ill.
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Robert Huguenin
Hope
Paul
Peabody
Kas
Huguenin
Kansas
Hughenin
Louisiana Election Methods Rapped by Connally
Senator Connally, chairing the Senate inquiry into the Overton Broussard election, condemned Louisiana election practices. At New Orleans hearings, the subcommittee said it would not recommend unseating Overton or ruling on Huey Long, focusing on campaign expenditures contributions and patronage.
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Louisiana
Washington
Huey Long
Senate
New Orleans
Overton
Long
Houston
Texas
Connally
Minday
Senate Committee
John H. Overton
Huey P. Long
Tom Congally
Jake the Barber Extradited to England by Supreme Court
Washington reports the U S Supreme Court approved extradition of John Jake the Barber Factor of Chicago to England for trial on a charge of participating in an eight million dollar swindle. The action, approved Monday, follows the request from English authorities.
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Washington
England
John Jake the Barber Factor
Chicago
United States Supreme Court
Fulton Duellists Are Given Burial
Funeral services were held for Hanan Jack Turner and Elbert Seymour, duelists who killed each other at a Fulton railroad station. Turner died hours after being shot three times. Seymour died minutes after being shot once. Burials were in Water Creek and Rose Hill cemeteries. An old grudge dated 12 years fueled the tragedy. Turner's father was arrested on an accessory to murder charge. he faces a Hope municipal court hearing Wednesday morning.
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Hanan
Jack) Turner
Elbert Seymour
Fulton
Turner
B. A. Turner
D. N. Jackson
Texarkana
Burra
Water Creek
Old Hope-Fulton
Seymour
T. R. Seymour
J. L. Williams
Washington
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hope
Julia Chester Hospital
J. H. Weaver
Squirrel
Hope Municipal Court
Hudspeth's Term Cut to One Year in Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court reduced the prison sentence of A. I. Hudspeth, former head of nine northwest Arkansas banks, from three years to one year after accepting deposits in an insolvent bank. The court noted the plea was conditional on a one year sentence agreed to by both sides.
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Little Rock
A.I. Hudspeth
Arkansas
Imm
Arkansas Supreme Court
Hudspeth
Many Are Innocent Facts Later Reveal
Five thousand victims in a half century mark lynching in the United States with many names missing from the record. The piece traces the origins of lynching to Charles Lynch, a Virginia planter and justice, whose 1780 act inspired mob justice under the guise of law. It notes lynching’s evolution from nonlethal mob acts to deadly killings as civilization progressed and hints at broader pages.
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Stanley A. Tullsen
NEA Service
United States
Laa
Charles Lynch
House of Burgesses
Bedford County
Another Death at Princess Anne Md
The body of Miss Edna Morris age 20 white farm girl missing since last Friday was found by two negroes in a woods five miles from her Monday. Authorities declined to say whether she was murdered until an autopsy is held. Princess Anne is the scene of the lynching of Gethber 18. The negroes were questioned with one held and the other released.
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Princess Anne
Edna Morris
Gethber
Irish Republic Threat to British Relations Root Crisis
London reports a two hour cabinet session on Irish Free State and Commonwealth tensions. President De Valera awaits Britain’s stance on the declaration of a republic as Dublin questions the imperial attitude. Also notes science explainer on nudism in American Weekly insert.
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London
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Adv
Floyd Is Rumored Ft. Smith Prisoner
In Fort Smith Arkansas two women and a man injured in a late Sunday automobile crash were placed under heavy guard. The man, believed by officers to be Pretty Boy Floyd, gave the name Bob Carney but resembles Floyd. fingerprints were being obtained while guards sought identification.
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Sulletin Fort Smith
Avke
Raymond Drake
Sullivan
Okla
Pretty Boy Floyd
Port Smith
Ark
Jack Pace
Otto Kuykendall
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Bob Carney
Fort Smith
Sallisaw
Legion Fish Fry Slated At Hope Fair Park
Hempstead county Legionnaires and former service men plan a fish fry at Fair Park in Hope Thursday night December 7 at 7 30 oclock This December meeting of the Leslie Huddieston post draws all Spanish American War veterans in the county The Legion committee has arranged for a large quantity of fish and other feed items are being procured A program is being arranged according to host commander Dewey Hendrix
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Hempstead County
Fair Park
Hope
Leslie Huddieston
Legion
Dewey Hendrix
Girl Traveler at Saenger Tuesday
Miss Aloha Wanderwell and her globe trotting party arrived in Hope Monday by motor car after crossing 43 countries. She has circled the globe three times and plans talks at Hope High School and the Saenger theater with films of her journeys and remarks by Walter Baker and others.
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Aloha Wanderwell
Party of Globe Trotters
Hope
Wanderwell
Miss Vanderwell
Hope High School
Saenger Theater
Miss Wanderwell
Walter Baker
Margaret Fullerton
Ina Mae Stolte
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
The New York Cotton Exchange shows January cotton at 9.82 to 9.98 with a slight rise, while New Orleans cotton quotes around 9.8 to 9.97. Weaker close noted with Downtick points from the prior close and mixed grain and stock quotations from major firms including General Motors and Standard Oil.
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New York
New Orleans
Oso
Chicago
American Can
Ani Tel. & Rel
Anaconda
Chrysler
General Motors
Misosuri_ Pacific Socony Vacuum
Steel One
Standard Oil
N. J
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Baliwick
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Federal Savings and Loan
Federal Savings and Loan Units
Arres
Yale University Press
Far West
Judge Lynch
Stanley Berkeley
Dr. Doran
Distillers
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Colonel
David
Christ the Lord
Jake
U. S
Hanan Turner
Supreme Court
Thomas Douglas
Ohio
Bom Lynch
Princess Anne, Md
Empire
Ft. Smith
Girl Traveler
Saenger
France
Maly
Spain
Morocco
Portugal
Andorra
Monaco
San Marino
Belgium
Singapore
Hope Cotton Exchange
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