Remembering Dr. Charles Hillman Brough in Arkansas
A tribute to Dr. Charles Hillman Brough, war-time governor and liberal leader, praising his courage to think independently and his friendship with Arkansas newspaper men. The piece reflects on religion and prohibition politics of 1920s, media ethics, and public interest in the Lindbergh case. It notes NEA Service’s stance on privacy and the Lindbergh baby photos.
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Dr. Brough
Majest Alic Theater
el Dorado
The
Baptist Church
Alfred E. Smith
Arkansas
Majestic Theater
A. C
the Baptist and
Methodist
Kleagle
Ku Klux Klan
Hoover Democratic Club
Himelf
Charles Jfillman Brough
Atlantic
Lindbenghs
England
Hollywood
América
Nen
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindberghs
Fred 8. Ferguson
NEA Service, Inc
Acme
London
NEA Service
Acne
Ynadu
Heuhiad
Glidberghs
Jis
NEA
Bearden Plans 100 Private Deputies to Curb Drunk Driving
Hope Sheriff Jim Bearden will name 100 private men as secret deputies to report law violations, focusing on intoxicated drivers. Deputies may refrain from arrests but must alert officers, and any convicted drunk driver could lose their license for one year. Bearden aims to improve 1938 enforcement without increasing the budget.
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Bearden
Hope
Jim Bearden
Hope and Hempstead County
Wil
Arthur Muldrow
Legro
McNab Hills
Hempstead County
Mul
Muldrow
Joe White
White
Pepe
Rane
Qiegrocs
Six Month Sales Tax Report Required by State
State Revenue Department announces a six month sales tax report for July 1 to December 31. Revenue Agent Ed Van Siekte says blanks are distributed to firms and available in the Carrigan building. Firms have until February to file as required by Hull retail gates tax law, with oath and remittance.
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State Revenue Department
Ed van Siekte
Carrigan
van Sickle
Hull
Nyiy
Eyuse Qytend
J W Stack Dies of Heart Attack in Ishana
J W Stack, also known as JOW Stink, about 48, died Wednesday in Ishana from a heart attack. A Tope resident for years, he recently ran a hat cleaning and blocking shop on South Walnut Street. He was taken to Heber Whitesday and buried Thursday, survived by his widow.
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Jow
Stink
Ishana
Stack
Tope
South Walnut Street
Heber
Hope
Stuck
No Reprieve Likely for Bruno Declares Jersey Governor
Trenton reports Governor Hoffman announced no reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann if Clemency is denied by the Court of Pardons. The statement follows rumors he might grant a 90 day stay if the court delayed acting.
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Bruno
Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Hoffman
Haad
Bruno Richard Haupt
Court of Pardons
Hauptmann
Death of Rufus Steele Hope Writer 58
Rufus Steele a noted author producer of motion pictures and member of the Christian Service Monitor editorial board died on Christmas Day at 58. Born in Hope Arkansas, he wrote a daily rent page column for the Monitor since 1831 and held editing posts at the Pre Press Redding Cal and the San Francisco Chronicle Call. He authored works on industry aviation and public interest films and edited for Creel Committee during WWI.
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Boston
Mass
Rufus Steele
Notion Pictures
Christian Service Monitor
Steele
Hope
Ark
The
Monitor
Ewelu
Redding
Cal
Pree Press
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Call
Glenn H. Curtiss
Jotion Pieiure Indus Pity
Avila
America
Creel Committee For Public Interesta
Rise in Trade Offsets Business Revolt Against New Deal Says Expert Flynn
John T Flynn cautions that 1936 faces voter scrutiny as business conditions shift under Roosevelt. The piece reviews 1935 and contrasts Hoover's policy of letting natural forces work with Roosevelts plan of active state intervention, noting wealth losses and a changing economic landscape since 1929.
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Flynn
John T, Flynn
Nfut Service, Inc
New York
Amarida
Pingry
Tww
Hoover
Roosevelt
Cotton Producers to Vote Tuesday for local committeemen
Cotton producers in numerous townships will vote Tuesday at 2 oclock for local committeemen under the new cotton program for 1936. Eligibility includes residing in the county and avoiding conflicts of interest such as holding office or financing cotton-related businesses. The list of communities spans Beard’s Chapel to Ozan and Minecreek townships, with turnout limited to those under 1934 35 option contracts.
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Hensystead
Alock
Beard’s Chapel
Noland Township
Piney Grove
Noland
Patmos
Bedcaw
Spring HI
Spring Hill
Guernsey
Water Creek Township
Fulton
Bois D’arc
Columbus
Saline
Saratoga
Saline Township
Cross Roads
Ozan
Washington
Ozan Township
Sardis
Minecreek Township
Bingen
McCaskill
Redland Townsship
Blevins
Wallaceburgh
DeAnn
Garland Township
Happesty Hall
DeRoan
Optton
State Cotton Board
Assassination Threat Looms After Tang Yu Jen Killing
Major General Dsogal the Japanese military attaché warned of serious results following the Wednesday assassination of Tang Yu Jen pro Japanese vice minister of Chinese railways. In Arkansas the Princess Theatre fire left one dead as investigators hunted for more bodies. In Ethiopia the government said soldiers shot down an Italian aircraft at Dageuh Bur, the pilot reportedly killed.
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Shanghai
China
Copyright Associated Press
Dsogal
Japanes
Tang Yu-Jen
Chinese Railways
Springs
Ark—s
Princess Theater
Jndlding
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Dageuh Bur
Auto Licenses Go On Sale January 2
Automobile licenses for 1936 will go on sale here January 2. Revenue Agent Ed Van Sickle announced Thursday. Applications will be received at the revenue office located in the highway department offices in the Carrigan building on South Ein street.
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Ed van Sickle
Revenue
Highway Department
Carrigan
South Ein Street
Lula Field Dies at Brother's Home in Hope
Miss Lula Field Aged 47 Died at noon Tuesday at her brother Sam P Field's home in Hope She was a Hempstead County native and had lived there for years Survived by two sisters Mattle Byrd Village community Hempstead county and W A Jones Columbus Two brothers J H Field Little Rock and Charles F Byrd Arkadelphia Funeral services were held at 230 pm Thursday with burial in Columbus
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Lula Field
Sam P. Field
Hope
Miss Field
Hempstead County
Hope F
Mattle Byrd
Village Community
W. A. Jones
Columbus
J. H. Field
Little Rock
Charles F. Byrd
Arkadelphia
Colunbus
Rural Merchant Gains More Cash Across Farm Credit Network
Washington reports Gov. W L Myers of the Farm Credit Administration predicts rural merchants will soon receive cash on the barrel head as production credit associations spur direct lender alternatives. Short term farm loans in 1935 totaled 517 million with 210 million from production credit associations, signaling a shift to cash financing through farmers’ lending bodies and banks at lower costs.
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Washington —(P
In Memorial
Manya
WL. Myers
Farm Credit Administration
Myers
Arkansas publicist Dr Brough and 1928 Smith campaign notes
Fragmented remarks on Dr. Brough a leader in Arkansas liberal thought and his split with many Protestant peers during Alfred E. Smith’s 1928 campaign. The text recalls his efforts to promote resources and speechmaking in Arkansas, his nervous breakdown years earlier, and his early death at 59 while carrying on publicist work.
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Smith
Brough
Arkansas
Demi Atic
Darter
Gion
One Mishap for the County on Holidays
A single casualty occurred in county holiday incidents when a flying piece of glass from a firecracker exploded under a fruit jar striking Mr. Thornton in the eye. He was hospitalized at Josephine and doctors fear possible loss of eyesight. Mrs. Thornton resides in El Dorado. Police reported a quiet day with four drunkenness arrests.
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Thornton
Washington
Josephine Hosspital
el Dorado
How U S Entered War to Be Told
Suppressed state papers from American and British governments reveal how the United States was drawn into World War I. The records, obtained from State Department files and JP Morgan & Co, are described as sensational by examiners and include correspondence of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Senate UN- Nicols
State Department
Front JP. Morgan & Co
Wilson
Sue
Robert Lansing
Wales
England
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Lindbergh
John
Hey
Doktor
St. Raymond's Cemetery
Funel
Britain
Famed
Christian Science Monitor
Economic Review
John T. Flynn
Hempstead
Henry HI
Ewe Eral
God Benes
Indiegla
Loye
Bulletins
McNab
Bans
Ohye
Pulicennay
Weil
Elm Street
Brother
Arka \A-LIBERAL
Chie
Stati
University of Arkansas
Eye of Washington
U. S
J.P. Morgan & Co
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