Here and There Editorial on Arkansas business outlook
Avex and colleagues survey southwestern Arkansas districts noting Texarkana area shows strong loan approval rates and personal credit ahead of other districts while Swift & Co warns profits from rising prices may vanish if not used to pay debts. The piece recalls past packer risk and warns against speculative gains, stressing productive work over unearned profits.
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Arkansas
August B. Clark
Texarkana
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Hope Territory
Clark
Haye
Little Rock
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Fort Smith
KKK
Milley
Grain Exchange
One Fifth of Americans Rely on Federal Government Aid
A 1934 survey shows more than 25.5 million people, about one in five, depend on federal support. It details salaries from federal offices, PWA and WPA spending reaching billions, and counts federal relief and employed numbers across agencies, with military and congressional staff noted.
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Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Federal Relic Administration
PWA
Public Works Administration
White House
Congress
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Purm Credit Administration
National Labor Relations Board
House
Senate
Glass Denounces Interest Cut Order in Criticism Letter
Senator Carley Gilas condemns Federal Reserve Board and FDIC for including non member state banks in their order to set higher deposit rates. He argues the agencies usurped congressional power in the move. (Continued on Page Three)
Hope and Prescott to Play All Star Game on Xmas Day
A Christmas Day football game at Hope Hill School athletic field pits Hope against Prescott. Kickoff at 2 15 p m with proceeds to the Hope High School athletic fund. Rain insured game will proceed, with lineups and officials listed and several players arriving Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Prescott
Hope High School Athletic Fund
Arkansas
Hope Hill
John Floyd
Jim Dildy
Meadows
Richardson
Plummer
Tiger Rowe
Feam
Hope High School Athletic Association
Toy Hammons
Lester Bradley
Brad Scott
Hope Prescott Moinis
Cecsncienetnenene
Swift & Co Shares Rise Amid Year Of Growth And Inventory Gain
Swift & Co president G F Swift reports annual figures ending October 27 show total sales at 619 million dollars up 119 million from 1933 and an eight percent rise in tonnage. Net profit on shareholders’ investment reached 4.4 percent with 6.501 million dollars added to inventory reserve to cushion rising meat prices. Meat and lard per capita consumption increased about three pounds in the first ten months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KX Swift & Co
G. F. Swift
Packer
Swift & Co
J. Ogden Armour
Swift
No Star Christmas Day Office Closed
The Star office will be closed all day Tuesday following its custom of three annual holidays. There will be no city edition on Christmas day. Publication resumes Wednesday in the city and Thursday morning on the mail. The Star suspends Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most Hope businesses suspend Christmas except pharmacies open until noon Tuesday.
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Star
Mail
The
Hope
Pardues Observe 60th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J N Pardue marked their 60th wedding anniversary at home nine miles north of Fulton. Married Christmas Eve in Charlotte North Carolina in 1874 they moved to Arkansas 41 years ago and have lived in Hempstead and Howard counties since. They had eleven children, six living, all in Hempstead or Howard counties. Surviving offspring include Mrs J N Fincher Hope Mrs Will Balding Columbus Mrs H S Thompson Nashville Mrs Jasper Coleman Nashville Mrs George Guilliams Fulton and Floyd Pardue Fulton. They boast 38 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
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J. N. Pardue
Fultor
Pardue
Charlotte
N. C
Arkansas
Howard
Hempstead
J. N. Fincher
Hope
Will Balding
Columbus
H. S. Thompson
Jasper Coleman
Nashville
George Guilliams
Fulton
Floyd Pardue
End of Trail for State Department Ends in 1935
The Arkansas Department of Mines Manufacturers and Agriculture will be abolished end of Mr. Page’s third term. Earl Page will be sworn in as state treasurer around January 15 after House organization. The 1933 legislature began the process, shifting bureaus to other agencies since 1925. Page serves as the 13th commissioner, with three six year terms among predecessors Ferguson Wilkes and Page relatives not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Department of Mines, Manufacturers and Agriculture
Earl Page
House of Representatives
Page
Department of Conservation and Inspection
Legislaure
State Plant Board
Secretary of State
Mr. Page
William N. Wilkes
Mc. Page
Light Goes Out and $220 Goes With It
LITTLE ROCK Mrs Carlo J Bent ley a manager of the Hub Nob sand wich shop 1001 Main street reported a police that between 215 and 220 was stolen from her purse when lights at the establishment went out Sunday Detective Sergeants Finlend who investigated said the lights went out while Mrs Dentley was away from the cash register her purse was in a drawer used the weather when the lights were switched back on the money was missing from the purse.
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Little Rock
Carlo J. Bentley
Hub Nob
Main Street
River Bottoms Tragedy Leaves 2 Dead 1 Held
Sheriff names Clark Martindale 23 charged with first degree murder after a white river south of DeWitt fight over liquor ends with Leonard Bisswanger and Van Livingston dead. Mrs Bisswanger wounded. another man Roberts sought. Bisswanger, a German immigrant, and Livingston reportedly travelled with Martindale and Roberts to buy liquor. Authorities say the shooting stemmed from an attempt to rob the fisherman.
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Bisswanger
Ethel
Ark
Martindale
Officrrs
Livingston
Roberts
Mother Denied News of Russ Columbo Death in 1943
Beverly Hills report that Mrs. Nicholas Columbo, mother of singer actor Russ Columbo who died December 2 from a fatal head wound, has not been told of the tragedy due to her heart condition. Cablegrams and forged notes from Carole and Russ, plus a lie about him being in Europe, delayed informing her. Doctor Blodgett says it will be at least a month before she hears.
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Beverly, Hills
Culit
Russ
Nicholas Columbo
Russ Columbo
Europe
Columbo
Cavale Lombard
Fila Acetress
Eame
Carole
H. WH. Blodget
Batesville Girl Burned to Death
Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore, 20, was burned to death when a fire destroyed her home early Monday in Batesville Arkansas. Her brother Maevin was injured while rescuing her after taking two other sisters to safety. The blaze is believed to have started from a defective stove.
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Batesville
Arkyfi
Mary Elizabeth Moore
Maevin
Moore Is Named LSU Head Coach
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University announces Bernie Moore as head coach of the Tigers football program succeeding Captain Laurence Biff Jones who resigned after an argument with Senator Huey P Long. Dr James M Smith LSU president disclosed the appointment on Monday.
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Baton Rouge
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State University
Tigers
Laurence (Biff) Jones
Huey P. Long
James M. Smith
Jury panel tampering charges hover over Hauptmann case
Pamphlet mailings and a suspected deliberate effort to influence the jury for Bruno Hauptmann’s Lindbergh baby trial trigger discussions of a new panel. Prosecutors and defense weighed actions as investigators probe distribution of material tied to the case.
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Plemington
N. J
Bruno Diehard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Pomphietty Jucars Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Toade Sundy
Figirls
Bhiaylmonte
Anthony M Rauch de
Hunterdon Comagy
Stephens da
York
Llaad Pischer
Netter Lovet
Somig
the Conficentia
Pope's Christmas Plea Is for Peace
In a Christmas address to cardinals at Vatican City Pope Pius urged prayer and work for peace as he warned that the clamor of war spreads further. He said the world must curb arms buildup and seek ways to reduce conflict.
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Vatician City
Home
Pius
Roosevelt Christmas at White House Four Generations Gather
Four generations gathered at the White House as Christmas gifts poured in. A giant fruit cake and a large buck deer were among the seasonal offerings. The Washington gift scene included a Kiwanis Club party for crippled children and Carl Scouts Christmas curals near the mansion.
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Washington
White
Washington Post Office
Lars
White House
Shis Avilanche
Roosevelts
Ur Executive
Kiwinis Club
Roosevelt Surkhis
Garl
Central Union Mission
Movs Arid
Betts Stricken Suddenly on Downtown Street
A. L. Betts, a well known Hope man, collapsed Monday afternoon on a downtown street. An ambulance rushed him to Julia Chester hospital where doctors fought to stabilize him, but his condition remained uncertain.
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AL. Betts
Hope
Hope Focnitre
Julia Chester Hospital
Texarkana Woman Worstly Injured In Car Collision
Mrs H Howell of Texarkana is listed as most seriously hurt after a head on crash between Texarkana and Prescott on highway 67 late Sunday night. The Howell party and two other Texarkana residents, including Mr Tucker, were taken to Josephine hospital with varying injuries.
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Texarkana
Prescott
Hope
Highway 67
Horace Howell
J.B. Fonay
Claude
Tucker
Texarkena
Ada Howell
Hot Springs
Josephine Hospital
Howell
Drew Williams
Williams
Trurt
Lake Village
Ark
Chester Moore
Gaines Landin
Junius Hanar
Moore
Kahar
McRae Searcy
D. Jenkins
Searcy
McRae
Search
Jenkins
Garner Lynn
Claude T. Lynn
Claudia Jean
Little Rock
Oastler Brother of Local Man Dies at 51
B R Oastler 51 former Hope cotton buyer died Friday night at his son Thomas W Oastler's home in Atlanta Ga Funeral services were held Sunday in Atlanta He left Hope years ago He is survived by his widow a son Thomas W Oastler of Atlanta three brothers J R Oastler Pasadena A T Oastler Kansas City and J R Oastler Hope a sister Jennie Oastler Kansas City
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B. R Oastler
Hope
Thomas W. Oastler
Atlanta
Oastler
J. R. Oastler
Pasadena
Calif
A. T. Oastler
Kansas City
Jennie Oastler
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange
Cotton market summaries show New York open high low and close figures with Jan and March contracts. New Orleans cotton prices firm, Chicago grain items listed with wheat corn and general market standings. Livestock and poultry lines include hens roosters turkeys and geese with dressed birds and weights noted.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
BEA
Reese Amrcan
At & T
Anacanih
General Motors
Secony Vacuum
U.S. Steel
Standad
Atchisony Chrysler
Poultey
Ald Lye
Iirkuys
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Avex
H Axex
H. Wasusu
Glass
Plapper
U.S. Pat
Laula
Swift Co
U. S
Walter Wirehel
Melotyre
Will Rogers
Chicago Herald
Bammer
Pardues
Charlotte, N. C
State Department
Mines, Agriculture Bureau
White River
DeWitt, Ark
Shelbyville
Renn
Memphis Press-Scimiter
L.S.A
Biff’ Jones
Huey Long
Lindberghs
Jersey
Age the
Pope
Roosevelt
A. L. Betts
Mrs. H. Howell
Neat
B. R. Oastler
Hope Cotton Exchange
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