Christmas Day Benefit Game Promises Strong Grid Showdown
The Christmas Day charity football game at the high school field features Hope versus Prescott. Proceeds after expenses go to the high school athletic association. Lineups list state college stars, all-state players, and a Packers alumnus from Green Bay. The event includes players from Henderson State Teachers and Ouachita, with faces from Arkansas and Hendrix, and is set for 2:00 p.m. rain or shine.
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Arkansas
Business Men's Association
Lone
Hope
Prescoli
Green Bay Wisconsin
Prescott
Als
Heno
Chool
Lynn Harrell
Pfs
Carl Darryiele
Heniderson
Red Johnson
U. of A
dackle-Buckbey
Henderson
Huey Long and the Fight Over Louisiana Public Schools
A critical view of Huey Long and the Louisiana political clash over public education. The piece argues Long’s push toward control of 15,000 public school teachers signals a dangerous drift toward dictatorship, contrasting it with the state’s aim for free public schools and American constitutional norms. The editorial warns that Long’s tactics threaten the republic and linger as a warning against demagogic governance.
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Kong
Louisiana
Kingfinh
Commonwealth Trust
United States
Long
Gong
Thamers
Huey Long
Fb Ws
Hope-Ozan Road to be Regraveled by Highway Dept
Hope-Ozan road is being regraveled with 500 yards of gravel per mile. A complete new coat will be laid between now and January, with work extending to the Ozan Nashville sector after. Washington stretch prioritized due to poor condition. about a dozen trucks operate daily, hauling gravel from pits at new Blevins, labor supported by FERA.
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Hope-Ozan
Burnside
Ozan-Nashville
Highway Department
FERA
Jtone- Washington
Yugoslav Cabinet Quits Reconsidering After Resignations
Belgrade reports the Yugoslav cabinet reconsidered its decision to resign after the foreign minister Bogolyub Yevitch and Agricultural Minister Kojich quit. The Geneva settlement shifted responsibility on the King Alexander crisis to neutral observers per League of Nations rules.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bogolyub Yevitch
Anc
Kojich
Nad
Bogolyub Yovitch
Geneva
League of Nations
Isellement
Austria
Alexander
Legion Volunteers for Road Patrol in Little Rock
Little Rock officials discuss forming a volunteer state police force from American Legion members. A secret committee will screen volunteers, with 150 to 200 men possible if the plan works. Focus will be on traffic law enforcement and enhanced patrols.
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Little Rock
Earl R. Wiseman
American Legion
M. M. Eberts
Little Rol
Legion
Wiseman
Executions Reported After Ukraine Counter Terror Trials
Report states 28 more counter revolutionary suspects in Ukraine were condemned to death by Soviet authorities. The dispatch notes ongoing investigations into remaining 59 defendants and mentions interference from Soviet leadership in trial proceedings.
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Kiev
U.S
Ukraine
Riwmania
Polit Carrgive
Strged
Kjruff
Hope Goodfellows Raise Funds for Christmas Aid
The Hope Goodfellows reached $106.40 toward their $250 quota for clothes, food and toys for the city’s needy this Christmas. The Hempstead county post of the American Legion conducts the drive, with Oliver Williams and Dewey Handety on the Legion committee.
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Hope Goodfellows
Goodfellows
Hempstead County
American Legion
Legion Committee
Oliver Williams
Dewey Handety
Road Bid Tally Totals $400000 for Arkansas Works
The State Highway Commission on Tuesday received bids totaling about $400000 for eight road projects. The two largest involve concrete pavement in Lincoln and Green counties, with bids also for a Bearden Thornton route 7.6 miles grading and drainage structures in Ouachita and Calhoun counties.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Lincol
Green
Ouachita
Calloon
Bearden-Thornton
Norwood Proposes Homestead Relief
Norwood proposes a constitutional amendment to exempt small homesteads from taxation. The plan, drafted with Attorney General Walter L. Pope, would exempt homesteads valued at 2500 or less or up to 4 acres outside corporate towns or on city dwelling lots, with any excess value deducted from assessed tax.
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Little Rock
Hal L. Norwood
FHA
Gener
Walter L. Pope
Norwood
Ceneral Pope
Murrell
Futrell
General Assembly
Cox Again Raided by Revenue Men
Six state revenue officers plus Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies raided Dink Cox’s Prescott garage Tuesday morning seizing unstamped cigarettes and other contraband. Officers forced entry after Cox refused a key, while the hiding squad included E. Q. Hamilton Jord Wallace Harrey Baskin Coy Dildy Will Orton Miles Dawns and deputies Karl May and Jeff Hays provided support.
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State Revenue
Nevada
Q. Hamilton
Jord Wallace
Harrey Baskin Coy Dildy
Will Orton
Miles Dawns
Arlice Pittman
Karl May
Jeff Hays
New Congressmen Wait on Offices
Washington report notes many new House members arrive before January 3 and face delays securing official offices. Edward Brown, custodian, explains limited vacancies with 23 already staffed. some old-timers have moved out. Brown fears accusations of discrimination if he accelerates moves for newcomers.
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Washington
Ald
Abe
Edward Brown
Brown
Toaiean
Lf T
Relief From Rain Wednesday Says U S Forecaster
Forecaster predicts rain ends after three days of wet weather with clearing skies and cooler temperatures on Wednesday. National Weather Service tally shows 1.13 inches of rain since Sunday afternoon at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station.
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Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
Uniform Laws for Home Loans Asked
Roosevelt releases a letter from Housing Administrator James A. Moffett urging governors to modify state home loan restrictions to allow broader use of the federal housing program. He notes varying statutory limitations across states hinder full benefit from national housing efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Moffett
Power Companies Offer Rejected By Federal Commission
Washington report states that Franklin D Roosevelt's administration rejected McCarter's proposal for government industry cooperation to seek an early Supreme Court test of TVA constitutionality. Frank R McNinch, head of the Federal Power Commission, said public support for the Roosevelt power program remains broad. McCarter's memorandum, left on the president's desk, urged joint action to preserve investment against government competition.
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Washington
Power Commission
Thomas N. McCarter
Edison Electric Institute
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Power Commission
Roosevelt
People
Congress
Executive Departments
McCarter
McNinch
Futrell’s Hawk War Bears Fruit Title Misprint
Arkansas governor Futrell sparked a quail hunting controversy by proposing a law requiring hunters to kill a hawk first. Rumor spread that aides staged a demonstration with a dead hawk on the capitol steps, suggesting political theater or a practical joke. The governor admitted he had not killed a hawk this year.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Purrell
Gach
Mose
Senate probes war mobilization plan delay issue
Washington investigators questioned the Army plan to withhold the secret mobilization scheme from Congress until war begins. Also Secretary Dem touted a vast inland waterways program with 213,274,000 in spending and the potential for 3 billion more if approved. In New York a rescue tanker message said delaying salvage efforts for the freighter Sisto may continue into Wednesday as it sits afloat in the mid Atlantic. In Minneapolis Thomas H Robinson Jr sought by the DOJ as the kidnapper of Mrs. Alice Stoll of Louisville was reported located.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
United States
Dem
Army Engineer Corps
New York
Mofitol
Sisto
mid-Atlantic
Minneapolis
Minn
Department of Justice
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Local Men to Be Called in Contest in Hamburg Suit
Several Hempstead officers were subpoenaed to appear in court at Hamburg on Thursday in the Kitchens Parks election contest suit. Officials from Hempstead and the county were believed to be asked about alleged fraudulent activity in the county during the Democratic primary last August. Several Hempstead voting precincts have been contested, with the Stephenson Schoolhouse box facing sharp dispute. The Stephenson box is being contested by Congressman Tilvian Parks.
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Hempstead
Hamburg
Kitchens-Parks
Stephenson
Tilvian Parks
Jones Resigns as LSU Football Coach After Long Stand
Baton Rouge reports that LSU coach Captain Laurence Jones, known as Biff, has orally resigned following a heated half time exchange with Senator Huey Long during a game with Oregon. Long pressured him to allow talk to the team, and the Tigers won by one point.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Biff" Jones
Huey Long
Oregon L
Jones
Long
Tigers
Laurence Jones
Louisiana State Unit
West Point
War Department
James M. Smith
UN Ily
Washington
War Departent
LSU
Louisiana House Transfers Control of 15 000 Teachers
Baton Rouge report says Huey Long’s allies pushed through a wave of measures granting him expanding control over state and local governance. The record number of bills, including tax increases on corporations, passed as opposition from the Old Regulars concentrated in New Orleans weakened. The package aims to extend the Kingfish’s power, with many measures noted as broad expansions of state authority over parishes and cities.
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Isiana
Huey
Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Tie
West Pointer
Biff Jones
Xs XX
Senator Long
New Orleans City
New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
G. M. Lester
Tony
Revolution Threat Dissipated in Cuba
In Havana a wave of revolution talk subsided after a night of terror when over 40 bombs exploded Monday night. Three civilians and two soldiers were injured as the city returned to normal by Tuesday amid ongoing security discussions.
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Associated Press
Havana
Cuba
Cotton and grains market notes from New York and Chicago
Market listings show cotton prices in New York with Jan and March figures, plus loading highlights for New Orleans and Chicago grain benchmarks for Wheat and Corn. Objectively, multiple commodity quotes exist alongside motor and steel stock mentions, including General Motors and U S Steel, with scattered livestock prices and turkey market notes from Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
General Motors
Sveuny Vaewunm
UW V.S. Steel
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R. M. LaGrone, Sr
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