Arkansas Breathes Heavier Auto License Fee Pressure
Editorial notes that Arkansas faces high automobile license fees and cites Pine Bluff representative A Hendrix Rowell proposing a 50 percent cut. It argues bondholders take priority over taxpayers and urges seizing the gasoline tax to relieve license costs, recalling past misallocation and political patronage. It also surveys national events from 1932 including forgotten man, Lindbergh case, and Roosevelts rise.
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Arkansas
America
Hendrix Rowell
Pine Bluff
State of Arkansas
Rowell
Mr. Rowell
County Judges Association
Sheriff McDonald Shot on Highway Near Sheridan
Sheriff Monroe McDonald of Grant county, brother of Secretary Ed McDonald, was found shot beside his car on a highway near Sheridan Arkansas. He was taken by ambulance to a Little Rock hospital with a bullet wound just above the heart and considered critically wounded. A farmer and his son found him after he was summoned from his home to investigate a matter whose nature was not learned.
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Sheridan
Ark
Monroe McDonald
Grant County
Ed McDonald
Here
Little Rock
Leela
Kiwanis Visit Brings Santa to 115 Hempstead County Children
Kiwanis members distributed toys and groceries to 115 children and 150 rural residents in 22 families on Christmas morning and afternoon. Volunteers included W. S. Atkins Dr. Frank Fickell Wayne England A E Stonequist T C Cross with Joe Porterfield aiding deliveries. Local donors J C Penney Co Hope Confectionery and club members provided most items.
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Kiwanis Club
Santa Claus
Hempstead
Santa
W. S. Atkins
Frank Fickell
Wayne England
A. E. Stonequist
T. C. Cross
Joe Porterfield
Spring Hill
Barter recall: farmer trades corn for shoes in Windfall
In Windfall Indiana Geo T Summers a local farmer recalls pioneer barter days when he traded 100 bushels of corn to a shoe merchant for a pair of shoes. The item highlights frugality during hard times and the value of barter.
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Ind
Geo. T. Summers
Flapper Fanny Says: A Sharp take on scandal
A short item notes that some unscrupulous story men evade consequences by murder and no action is taken. The column mocks sensationalism and defends steady handling of such cases.
River flood threats Lavaca area. Arkansas River crest reached
The Arkansas River overflow flooded hundreds of acres of bottomland in Lavaca section. The crest, a foot above flood stage, was reached Monday night and by Tuesday the river was falling slightly, threatening valuable spinach acreage some of which was already destroyed.
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Fort Smith, All
Arkansas River
Lavaca
Ark
1932 Year in Review: Forgotten Man Found Self
Editor's note introduces a six day feature reviewing 1932. This piece previews a resume of outstanding news events during the year and signals a series of concise summaries across fields.
Arkansas Influenza Cases Rise to 9795 in Week
The State Health Department reported 9795 influenza cases in Arkansas for the week ending Monday indicating a mild form of the illness.
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Little Rock
State Health Department
Arkansas
Federal Sales Tax Now Seems Likely
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Smoot endorses a general sales tax with farm products exempted to balance the federal budget. He supports work to revive the levy as House leaders push the plan. House Ways and Means Chair Collier foresees higher revenue while Speaker Garner says he would vote for the measure if needed. Interior appropriation bill passes in the House for next year totaling $43,632,000.
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Washington
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
House
Utah
Senate Democrats
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Department of the Interior
Senate
Expenditures Chair Plans Resolution Against Hoover Plan
Chairman Cochran of the House Expenditures Committee prepared for Tuesday’s introduction a resolution disapproving President Hoover’s program to regroup government agencies. The plan calls for realignment and transfer of more than 50 agencies.
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Hoover
Washington
Cochran
House Expenditures Committee
Auto Stolen But Recovered Christmas Morning
A Ford coupe owned by O. W. Mills was stolen from a downtown parking spot near Houston's Electric Shop around eight o'clock Saturday night. It was recovered Christmas morning on Twelfth and Elm streets with an empty gas tank. A spare wheel and tire, a rifle, 40 feet of lamp cord, and a windshield wiper were missing. license tags were muddy and bent. Tom Wardlow identified the vehicle and informed the owner.
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O. W. Mills
Twelfth
Elm
Tom Wardlow
Houston
Case of House Lifted In El Paso Theft
Fred Logan accuses Amelia Gonzales of stealing an entire house by parts. He told detectives that thieves removed the house piece by piece and seized plumbing fixtures from Gonzales and a man after a running fight.
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EL Paso
Texas
Fred Logan
Amelia Gonzales
Logan
Gonzales
Spotlight begins with Sheila Shayne rivalries in Hope Star
In a new Hope Star serial opening Monday January 2, Sheila Shayne faces jealousy from Marion Randolph after critics praise her Broad way dancing. Randolph demands Sheila be dismissed causing Sheila to quit and seek new work.
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Sheila Shayne
Marion Randolph
Sheila
Hope Star
Dalton Jones Held for Larceny in Hempstead Court
Dalton Jones white was bound over to the Hempstead county grand jury after waiving preliminary examination on grand larceny charges. The case arises from Tommie Thomas negro alleging Jones stole his Ford sedan. Bond set. Other local outcomes include Fred Moore and Bosley Cox pleading guilty to petit larceny for stealing from R. M. LaGrone Jr. Co. and fines plus jail time. Jack Cornelius white pled guilty to traffic offenses after initial not guilty plea. Clyde Frith white case continued. Curtis Cannon cases for disturbing the peace and drunkenness set for trial but defendant did not appear. P. G. Gates case for unlawful possession dismissed.
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Dalton Jones
Hempstead County Grand Jury
Jones
Tommie Thomas
Fred Moore
Bosley Cox
R. M. LaGrone, Jr. & Company
Jack Cornelius
White
W. S. Atkins
Clyde Frith
Curtis Cannon
P. G. Gates
Atkins to Liquidate Washington Bank Assets
Washington State Bank, defunct, will be liquidated under W S Atkins of Hope as filing of depositor claims opens at the Washington office. Atkins, liquidating agent for Arkansas Bank and Trust Co and Bank of Ozan, will manage most of the bank’s business with two other liquidations to cut overhead. Meanwhile American airplane makers produced 1 000 aircraft in nine months of 1932 with 410 military deliveries and over 100 planes exported.
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Washington State Bank
W. S. Atkins
Hope
Washington
Atkins
Arkansas Bank & Trust Co
Bank of Ozan
Ozan
Washington Bank
Uesday
U. S. Department of Commerce
U. S
Greece Refuses Extradition of Samuel Insull
Greek courts on Tuesday denied the American petition to extradite Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull. The hearing addressed grand larceny and embezzlement charges, with Insull defended by top Greek legal talent.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Insull
United States
Hope Dims for 34 Miners in Illinois Co-op Mine Disaster
In Decatur near Moneaqua a Christmas Eve explosion trapped 54 miners. Rescuers recovered 27 bodies after locating a large chamber hidden by rock barriers. Gas fumes and flame marks showed the deadly damp caused most fatalities as survivors faced a grim scene.
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Co-Operative
Moncaqua
Ilinois
Moneaqua
Decatur
Citywide Democratic primary slate released for mayor to municipal judge
Twenty six candidates entered the city Democratic primary closing Saturday night with four for mayor and two per aldermanic post. U A Gentry remains unopposed for municipal judge as Mayoral wards choose one alderman each, citywide. Names include Lowthorp Betts Vesey for mayor and Taylor Agee Ridghill Jones Hatney Reynerson among treasurer and recorder contenders.
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Financial Post
U. A. Gentry
Hope
City Central Committee
C. S. Lowthorp
A. L. Betts
Ruff Boyett
John F. Vesey
Claude Taylor
Claude M. Agee
Dwight Ridghill
Raymond F. Jones
J. W. Harper
S. F. Hatney
Charles Reynerson
Lloyd Coop
J. Travis Bowden
Bert Keith
J. Fitzsimmons
T. R. Billing
Beer Bill Faces Three Big Hurdles Ahead
The House passed the beer bill 225 to 164 in a wet victory fueling hopes for 4 percent beer and a tax. Speaker Joseph Garner faces three gates to passage Senate White House and Supreme Court with the Senate cautious and constitutional lawyers guiding delays.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Washington
Congress
Jack Garner
Garner
Jack
Senate
White House
Supreme Court
House
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