Here and There editorial on Arkansas highway biases
The editorial criticizes the state highway commission’s regional bias amid Governor-elect Carl Bailey’s pending appointment. It argues for a unified trunk-road plan, questions toll-bridge rhetoric, and notes state funding gaps for city street improvements, school bus routes, and farm roads while stressing broader statewide development. continued on page three.
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Reminerce
State Highway Commission
Trun
Flaming airliner crash near Croydon claims 14 lives
A Dutch airliner crashed four minutes after takeoff from Croydon airdrome killing fourteen people including Juan de la Cierva inventor of the autogyro. Three survivors suffer injuries. Surviving passengers include Walter Schuberk and Fraulein von Bon Gertiman. Also killed were Admiral Arvid Lintman and others. No Americans aboard.
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Croydon
Eng
Juan de la Cierva
Rumyas 2
Walter Schuberk
von Bemmel
Fraulein von Bon Gertiman
de la Cierva
Arvid Lintman
New Federal Farm Program Aims at Controlled Production
California reports detail a 1937 farm program with stronger crop controls, soil building payments, and acreage shift incentives. Farmers may receive up to 500 million for switching from major crops, with corn quotas and penalties for overplanting to curb price volatility.
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Wallington
Niger
Sane
Arkadelphia Man Appointed to Penal Board Chair
Little Rock reports the appointment of B D Dalton of Arkadelphia as chairman of the State Penal Board, succeeding Wallon Isles. Dalton will head the board under his administration and begin his tenure at once.
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Arkadelphia Man Penal Board
Little Rock
Eleer Corley Boies
Welnesday
H. Dalton
Arkadelphia Ja
Dralton
Wallon Isles
Pyoigedina
Optional Domestic Gas Rate Touts City Savings
P A Lasley, chairman of the State Department of Public Utilities, outlines an optional domestic gas rate in Hope showing 213 of 17 domestic customers benefit with total savings of $1,949.40 for a year. It notes a future rate for commercial and small industrial use and details monthly caps of 43 cents and a maximum 45 cent monthly rise in other months.
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Feli
Star
Office of the Gas Company
P. A. Lasley
State Department of Public Utilities
Murfreesboro Declares Dry After Tight Local Vote
Murfreesboro and Thompson township voters approved local option liquor by a 12 vote margin. Final tally 154 for dry and 117 against in Murfreesboro, Ark.
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Murfreesboro
Ark
Thompson Township
Duke of York Life Story Aids Speech By Stuttering Prince
The future Duke Albert, later George VI, grew up stammering and facing public speaking fear. Born December 14, 1895 at York Cottage, Sandringham, he differed from Edward VII in temperament, favoring study and industry over social diversions. He became heir presumptive when his brother ascended.
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Royal Lodge
Windsor Great Park
Prince Albert
King Edward Vel
Milton Bonner
NEA
London
Eng
Albert Frederick Arthur George
Duke of York
Edward VII
Edward
Albert
Alber
George V
Queen Mary
York Cottage
Sandringham
Hns
the Prince of Wales
Charles Defied Advisers and Lost His Head Chronicle
The column reflects on monarchs who challenged ministers, noting Charles I and James II in Britain. It recalls executions, exiles, and refusals to yield, contrasting fate with past rulers who faced various ends. The piece hints at Henry VII and broader stories of royal defiance.
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Charles
James
Suite
Ed McDonald Indicted on Four Bribe Charges in Arkansas
Little Rock secretary of state Ed F. McDonald was indicted by Pulaski County grand jury on four counts of accepting bribes related to state house supplies purchases over 18 months. Prosecution cites a $3,250 bribe and three suppliers totaling $2,873.41. the case does not remove him from office and trials were not scheduled.
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Little Rock
State House
Ed McDonald
MD F. McDonald
Pidaski County
Grand Jury
Fred A. Denham
McDonald
Dunham
Wold
Janus VM
McRonald
Stat
Buypwity
E. Cape
Sanity Hearing Set in Michigan Slayer Case
Circuit Judge Bel and Cave appoint a sanity commission to examine Hope Morgan, 29, accused in the murder of former college classmate Elizabeth Gilter, 23, daughter of the Michigan State College dean, amid sensational courtroom proceedings in Lansing.
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Lansing
Micha Cirtuit
Bel and Cave
Sanity Commisson
Wednentiy
Cotton Market Report From New Orleans Opens and Closes
Cotton trading in New Orleans notes a Wednesday opening at 22.49 with spot prices steady and midday activity reported. Observer details provide limited text on dealers and specific bids, focusing on price stability and routine daily movements.
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New Orleans
de Bevender Cotton
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
NASHVILLE Tenn Since the government meddled in liquor and drove gangsters to cemeteries and prisons it has collected a billion and four hundred million dollars in taxes and turned the country back to the people Repeal seems the greatest thing since automobile salesmen quit calling cars or jobs Speaking of autos you cannot tell brands apart from price tags and lawyers When they hit the road they go so fast even red cars look blue streaks and you cannot stop one with an injunction it takes a cow on the highway or a reinforced telephone pole
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Nashville
Tenn
Ohne
Amateur Show at City Hall Friday in Hempstead County
EP Young Jr will act as master of ceremonies for Hempstead county amateur and beauty contest to be held at City Hall auditorium Friday at 7 p.m. County winners advance to the state contest in Little Rock with screen and radio auditions. preliminaries Thursday at 6:30 p.m. All county residents eligible. Sponsored by the Australian Hope Boys band and featuring a Shirley Temple parade and Jim Taylor quartet.
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EP. Young, Jr
Hempstead
City Hall
Little Rock
Austrary of Hope Boys Band
Sind
Jim Tuylor
Hope Boys Band
Civil War Bombing Claims Stir Wednesday Debate
Fragmented OCR reads as a chaotic brief about civil war bombings, mentioning government, planes, and retaliation. It references a 23 Sinsenveenal pine and an airport context with BOVERDINENS position, but details are unclear.
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Madhid
Sysvigg
Amd
Hans
Pei
Sinsinveenal Pines
Wesda
Rites Wednesday for Mrs L Giles
Mrs Lor Giles widow of Lee Giles of Hope died Monday in Little Rock. Her funeral was set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs John S Gibson Sr home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by sons Ered and Jimmy Giles of Little Rock, sister Rose Johnston of Little Rock, brothers T M Miller of Little Rock and FL H Miller of Memphis.
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Lor Giles
Lee Giles
Hope
Little Rock
John S. Gibson
Rose Hill Emectory
Jimmy Giles
Rose Johnston
T. M. Miller
Qitile Rock
FL H. Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Fourth Nevada field producer reads 1400 feet oil in test
In Camden Arkansas a drill stem test on Bene don & Trees C C Fincher No 1 in section 1 14 20 showed 1400 feet of oil in the hole with casing set He describes the fourth Beaudin Trees well to become an oil producer or gas saver The Tokyo sand at 2147 feet yielded pay in several feet of oil sand The Groves Land and Yimber Carmysing No 1 is pumping at a rate of 0 barrels daily The Groves No 3 pumps 1000 barrels of heavy crude daily at about 1200 feet in the Nuellosh sand producing two sands in the field
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Camden
Ark
Nevada
C. C. Fincher
Benedon
Beaudinn
Tokyo
Groves
Fragmented OCR Note on Faithful Prose and Names
A garbled passage discusses trust in God and an archaic belief in a guided path. The text is incomplete but references a father figure and a vow or oath, with mixed spellings suggesting OCR errors. No identifiable events, people, or places are clearly extractable for a fuller summary.
Baldwin Reveals No Settlement in Commons Speech
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin called a sudden session of the British cabinet to coordinate a final statement in the Commons on Edward VIII's crisis. Ministers met after a tense night with the king, while Mrs Wallis Simpson's status remained unsettled and the king’s decision loomed.
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Baldwin
London
Eng
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Edward the Eighth
Wallie Simpson
Edward
Fort Belvedere
Baldwi
Birt
Simpson
Cannes
France
Wallis Simpson
King Edward
Theodore Goddard
Lord Brownlow
Goddard
UPI
Edwards
Sadoeee
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Fordyce
Carl Bailey
Arrison Daily Times
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South Arkansas
Harrison Jiagier
Highway Commission
Arkansas
Harrison Times
Hve
Bailey
London Field
Lindman
Tpaladena
Calif
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
American Farmer
AAA
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dalton
Waller Stelms
State Board
Little Rock, Ark
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Edward VIII
Great Britain
England
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Simpson Id
Shus
Menry
Herey VII
Henry Rane
Anne Holeyn
Fleury VIII
Henry VIII
Anne Gis
James Vo
Willian of Orange
Ed Mdonald
Secretary of State
Michigan
Brown Turner
E. P. Young, Jr
Mrs. L. Giles
L. A
C. G. Fincher
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Hie Prest
Une Ah Masa
Luuk
Gichl
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Iyiy
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