Here and There Editorial Calls for Affidavits on CWA Gossip
Avex H. Washburn defends the national relief effort and rebukes street gossip about the Hempstead CWA payroll. He urges affidavits to expose truth, warns against spreading rumors, and notes the dual structure of CWA with relief work and supervisory roles. He highlights Joe R. Floyd’s $25,000 personal bond and warns of graft risks in a $3.5 billion program while urging citizens to seek facts.
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Oyalty
Hempstead
CWA
Hope
Star Office
Bert Keith
Keith
Joe R. Floyd
Dyess Defends Relief Program in Arkansas Speech
Arkansas relief director W K Dyess urged moral support for the Civil Works Administration and warned that taxes will pay the bill. He criticized agitators, noted rising relief rolls, and defended the state’s handling of the program amid calls for accountability and continued work.
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Little Rock
W. Kk. Dyess
Little Rock Senior High School
Arkansas
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Dyess
Pulaski
Negroes Organize Goodfellows Club
A representative group of negroes met Monday morning and organized a Negro Goodfellow's club to bring Christmas gifts and cheer to destitute negroes. Officers elected were W. L. Holbert chairman A. Reed treasurer and C. H. Yerger secretary. The club will solicit donations this week.
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Ffope
W. L. Holbert
A. Reed
Weasurer
C. H. Yerger
Christ Story Wise Men See Star Guide They Sought
The Wise Men depart after hearing the king and rejoice to see the star glow above guiding them to the place they eagerly sought. They follow the celestial light to reach their destination with joy and purpose.
Transfers Voided on Ground Bankers Evading Debts
Arkansas Supreme Court voided conveyances by J. E. Lightle and his wife after finding the couple tried to shield property from creditors. Lightle, a Searcy businessman and former bank head, owed multiple banks. State bank commissioner filed suit on behalf of Searcy bank and several Little Rock and Beebe banks. In Washington, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved a loan up to 5 million dollars to Guardian National Bank of Commerce to pay 103,000 small depositors. A parallel plan for First National of Detroit would return all funds to 609,000 depositors with under 500 dollars each.
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Little. Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
J. E. Lightle
Searcy
Lightles
State Bank
Searcy Bank
Little Rock
Beebe Bank
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Detroit
First National of
Cuban Mob Burns El Pais as Six Die in Havana Riots
In Havana late Sunday a mob of hundreds of government supporters, mostly Black, attacked and burned the independent Spanish language newspaper El Pais. At least six people were killed and 13 wounded as guards fired toward the crowd and gunfire erupted throughout midtown Havana.
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Havana
Cubs
el Pais
Grau San Martin
Three Nations Still Free Press Standouts
Willis Thornton surveys global press freedom, contrasting Britain, Scandinavia, and North America with Nazi Germany, fascist France, Soviet Russia, Mussolini Italy, and Austria. He warns liberty erodes where censorship dominates, imagining a United States with no independent press and no Communist or socialist publications.
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Great Britain
Scandinavian Countries
United States
Canada
Germany
France
Russia
Communist Party
Italy
Mussolini
Austria
America
Daily Worker
Vorwavrts
Cotton Options Release Planned This Week
The Farm Administration announced county agents will release six cents a pound cotton options to farmers holding options on about 2.4 million bales of government cotton. It is estimated that $43 million will be distributed to roughly 600,000 farmers.
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Washington(p
Farm Administration
Department of Agriculture
Lindberghs Fly Home From Miami After 28,000-Mile Tour
Lindberghs departed Miami at 8 48 CST on the final leg of their 28,000 mile tour that crossed the Atlantic twice. Their plane carried 400 gallons of fuel enough for about 1600 miles. They were about 10 hours from their son Jon.
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Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindberghs
Jon
Messiah Thrills Large Audience at Friday Music Club
Under Mrs J C Carlton the Friday Music club chorus gave excerpts from Handel s Messiah at First Baptist church. The program noted Messiah began August 22 1741 and finished 24 days later. The Dublin audience praised it as the most finished piece of music. Mrs H D May sang Lie by Man Come Death among notable arias. continued on Page Three.
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J. C. Carlton
Friday
First Baptist Church
George Fredric Handel
M Hall
Dublin
Ireland
H. D. May
Goodfellows Drive Here on Tuesday
The annual Goodfellows drive in Hope will launch Tuesday morning, led by the American Legion Auxiliary after a weather delay. The volunteer group names a community organization each year to canvass for funds, with proceeds aiding the city’s needy through the Goodfellows purchasing and distributing system. Public cooperation is asked as the Auxiliary begins the campaign.
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Goodfellows
Hope
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Gondfellows
Auxiliary
Get Day in Jail for Chicken Theft
Emory Jones and Chester Rodgers drew fines of 10 dollars and one day in jail on chicken theft charges in a short municipal court session Monday. Oscar Wilson reported 15 missing chickens valued at 7.50 each from his coop. A state case against Dennis Bell for grand larceny was continued to December 30 while Bell remains held for theft of a Ford truck from L B Rogers. A civil suit by George Badden against Market Produce Company was dismissed on payment of costs.
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Emory Jones
Chester Rodgers
Jones
Rodgers
Oscar Wilson
Wilson
Dennis Bell
Bell
L. B. Rogers
George Bawden
Market
Governor Considers Sixth Extension Of Tax
Governor Futrell said Monday he would call a special legislative session to refund highway indebtedness and include in the call the extension of time for property owners to redeem their lands under Act 2 of the 1943 special session. The act allows redemption by paying the equivalent of one year's taxes but only up to January 1. He said he would not consider other matters in the call.
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Little Rock
Futrell
To Survey Housing in Hempstead Co
Directors of two Civil Works Administration survey projects worked in Little Rock on Monday as they prepared to organize programs. Washington approved a third survey project. H W Higbee arrived to start a soil survey covering five counties with two more to be designated. A farm housing survey of eight counties including Hempstead was planned. Ninety nine men will be employed on a survey of urban real estate.
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Little Rock
Civil Works Administration
Washington
H. W. Higbee
Department of Agriculture
Hempstead
Transients to Be Placed in a Camp
Arkansas considers using unoccupied buildings of the state hospital at Benton as a concentration camp for transients. Under W H Gilnore plans, transients from Fort Smith Texarkana Hot Springs and Little Rock would be sent to Benton to work on grounds and receive care in exchange for labor. H Grady McCall sought permission from the state construction commission to use the buildings.
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Little Rock
State Hospital For
Nervous Diseases
Benton
State Emeregacy Relief Committee
W. H. Gilnore
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Texarkana
Hot Springs
H. Grady McCall
Futrell
State Construction Commission
Gold price rise sparks debate over U S monetary policy
Washington reports the Treasury raised gold to 84.06 per ounce signaling a shift after December 1. Brookings criticizes the Roosevelt monetary plan, challenging automatic price level rise via gold, and the National Economy League calls for budget balance to avoid fiscal deficits.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
National Economy League
League
Brooking Institution
Roosevelt Monetary
Ray Yard
Rongevelt
New Orleans Cotton and Grain Closing Prices Reported
New Orleans cotton futures for January and March show slight declines from the prior close with January at 9.85 and March at 10.03. Chicago grains appear mixed with quotes around 3.45 to 3.64. Closing stock listings include American Can and American Smelting, along with General Motors and U S Steel among others.
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New Orleans
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H. Washburn
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Will
Community Sunday Forum
Charles H. Browns
American Weekly
Nest Sundays
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Goodfellows Club
Searcy Man
Rooters
Edmund’ H. Gaede
Willis Thornton
Atlantic Coast
Handel
Legion Auxiliary
Hempstead Co
U.S
Brookings Research Group
Brookings
Ipics
Hope Cotton Exchange
Chicago Grain
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