Norwoods tax exemption plan for homesteads fails to ease state burden
Editorial argues against exempting Arkansas homesteads from taxation, urging creation of new revenue sources like a sales tax. It cautions that shifting taxes harms schools and public institutions, urges full taxation of personal property, and proposes improvements to local tax administration to capture missing property records.
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AL Norwood
Arkansas Homsteads
Arkansas
America
Arkansas Gazelle
Oman
Pat
Dallas
Hempstead County
Hempstead
Jim
Census-Takers Named for Hempstead's 12 Townships
Hempstead county assigns 12 township census-takers for the federal farm census mid 1930s. Wash Hutson and listed assistants cover DeRoan Water Creek Bodcan Spring Hill Bois d Arc Salina Caan Oran Mine Creek Wallaceburg Redland Mine Creek parts. Names include Luther Rider J F Stuart Bernard Webb Monroe Samuels Ira Hendrix and others.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Wash Hutson
Came CL
United States
Hempstead
DeRoam Township
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Water Creek Township
Will, Guntry
DeRoan Township
Missouri Packie
Luther Rider
Bodcan Township
Joe Porterfield
Spring Hill Township
W. J. Anderson
Bois d’Arc
Parker
Claud White
Salina
J. F. Stuart
Caan
Bernard Webb
Oran
Monroe Samuels
Garland and
Noland
Mes
Ira Hendrix
Wallaceburg
Luther Compton
Redland
H. E. Robins
Mine Creek
Orin Hyatt
Mine, Creek
Xmas Cheer Reaches 4 Negro Families in Hope
W L Sherry Holbert, chairman of the club, reports Thursday that funds and gifts reached four local Negro families. Gifts included flour, beans, rice, coffee, apples, oranges, candy, and more. Total contributions amounted to 45.04 dollars, surpassing the quota by five dollars.
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Negro Families of Hope
Christinas
negro-Condfullows Club
W. L
Sherry) Holbert
Cuota
Color Photos Aid Medical Studies
Color photographs of X rays and blood samples in their natural colors, used to diagnose and study diseases, were unveiled at a Pittsburgh AAAS meeting. Another technique photographs internal body conditions and progression of treatment with infrared rays, a method soon applied to city and object imaging through obscuring atmospheres.
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Pipusburgh
U/P
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cold Wave Hits Midwest as Rain Damps State Forecast
A severe cold wave fails to materialize in parts of the state as rain sweeps the region. Parity checks totaling 17,707.09 have been issued with 1,241 received and 1,400 still to come. Forecasts shift from subzero nights to warmer, rainier conditions. frostbite incidents reported near Albert Lea and widespread travel disruption noted across the northern Midwest.
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Frank T Stontey
Mruit and Truck
Midwest
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Minn
Wester Canada
Mercury
Calgary
Hamonton
Regina
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
Dumblane
Sask
Blood purge rumor sparks Nazi fears in Germany
Volksstimme reported a new blood purge in Germany with 1 million allegedly murdered and 1,000 arrested, though Terlin officials denied any purge. The claim mirrors last June, stirring national alarm and political backlash across the Saar Basin region.
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Tess Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Germany
Volksstimme
Terlin
900 Fighting Planes in New U.S. Group
Washington reports the Army Air Force forms about 900 fighting planes into the General Headquarters Air Force to modernize combat. Lieut. Col. Frank M. Andrews named commander, under Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Units to operate from bases in California Virginia and others with reorganized leadership.
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Washington
Army Air Force
War Department
Dern
General Headquarters Air Force
Frank M. Andrews
Army
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army Air Corps
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Atlantic
Middle West
Weit
Tiamilton Field
Cal
Lawes Vield
Ort Crockel
Bex
Fort Crackett
Barksdale
Fielt
Tate
Wyewer
Thet Field
U S Intervenes in Shank Sanity Plea
In Little Rock, less than 48 hours before execution, Mark H. Shank received a reprieve as a federal judge stayed the death sentence. A writ of habeas corpus and restraining orders blocked governor action, alleging denial of due process and a sanity hearing, with claims of mob threats and armed guards at the Latino circuit trial. Continued on page three.
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Little Rock
Clevtria
Mark H, Shank
Akran
Ohio
Martineau
Jineau
Futrell
Shank
Yodhunter
Shane
United States
Todhunter
Latino Circuit Court
Tororem
Elsie Reet
Hot Springs Sisters Slain in Murder and Self-Destruction
In Hot Springs Arkansas two Burroughs sisters from a prominent family were found shot in a bedroom. Coroner Randolph ruled murder and death by own action. Christine Burroughs 27 shot her sister Clare then shot herself. Family heard shots. Clare lay on floor, Christine in bed. The coroner said the killer suffered a nervous breakdown.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Siere
Randolph
Christine Burroughs
Clare
Ed H. Burroughs
Brel
Relief, Bonus, NRA Congress Issues
Democratic leaders forecast three major debates at the opening session on January 3 relief cash bonus and the NRA. They expect further disputes over inflation unemployment insurance and social security measures and possibly the World Court.
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Washington
NRA
World Court
Ford Dealers in Memphis Prevue Ford Show
Ford dealers and bankers from six states gather in Memphis for a pre-showing of the new 1934 Ford V-8 and the One Million Car program. Directors, Ford executives, and 50,000 attendees nationwide prepare for the launch, with meetings held across the United States and Canada leading to a national rollout.
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Hope Auto Company
Ford
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Thos, Fp, McLarty
J. T. Urrey
Jonuy Gaines
Frank Walters
W. F. Duckworth
Manag
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Direut
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Michigan
Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
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Arkansas
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Reserve Head in Answer to Glass Reserve Head in Answer to Glass
Bevlus, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, denied Senator Carvey Glass's allegation that the rate-cut plan for member banks violated law. Hun Jin, a Reserve Board member, said the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation overstepped by including tax member state banks in the reduction scheme.
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Federal Reserve Board
Carvey Glass
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Hun Jin
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American Girl Freed From Nazi Prison Returns Home
Isobel Lullien Steele arrived in New York aboard the Hiner President Harding after four months in a German prison on espionage charges. She faced possible death but expressed gratitude for American help and supporters. She declined to discuss death-by-prisoner reports and described loneliness while among communists and sailors.
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New York
Isobel Lullien Steele
Hiner
Harding
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Price Fixing Thrown Out By Federal Judge
Federal district judge Merril Eo Otis rules Congress cannot fix prices in interstate commerce. The decision comes as the price fixing issue surfaces again in the city and Moe pricing under NF us rule. The ruling states Congress lacks the power to regulate such price terms in transactions.
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N City
Moe
NF Us
Merril Eo Otis
Fedwral District Court
Congress
Jersey Not To Use Alibi Law In Hauptmann Case
New Jersey officials said they will not invoke a new alibi law in the Hauptmann defense. The move would force notice of any assertion Hauptmann was at the Lindbergh scene during the crime. Officials fear constitutional questions and possible appeals. In Paris, French officials said Leon Trotsky remains safely hidden and will not be surrendered to the Soviets even if extradition is requested.
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Flemington
N. J
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Jersey
New Jersey
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Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Paris
France
Leon Troizky
Miners Blown to Bits in West Virginia Disaster
Thirteen men killed and at least forty three injured when a boiler explosion on a locomotive hauling millers to work shattered the train near Montgomery West Virginia. Pieces of the engine flew 100 yards, many injured sought shelter as hospital officials warned of more deaths. In Ohio a separate wreck killed two trainmen after a passenger train crashed into freight cars amid vandalism suspicions.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Columbus
F. HL Frick
Wreelk
Japs Notify British Treaty Is at End
London dispatch says Japanese unofficials told Britain the Tokyo government would denounce the Washington treaty of 1922 Saturday at Washington. British American and Japanese delegations began a final study of the naval sit uation as the tri power conversations officially ended last week.
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London
Eng
Tokyo
Washington
Municipal Health Insurance Planned for Woolworth
Manitoba Health plans a two year test of a municipal health insurance scheme in Woolworth with 2000 residents. The plan funds a complete interval service including surgery hospitalisation and prescriptions through a poll tax and owner property levy. It guarantees doctor choice a hospital option and price competition to protect care standards while avoiding compulsory participation. Dr P W Jackson deputy minister of health notes the scheme is voluntary.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Health
Woolworth
P. W. Jackson
Stamps Quartet to Play at Patmos on Saturday Night
Virgil Stamps and party announce a concert at Patmos Saturday night December 2 to benefit Patmos school. The Stamps Quartet, one of the best known on the road, will perform at Hope Wash Hutson announced in Hope.
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Virgil. Stamps
Patmos
Wash Hutson
Hope
Stamps
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New York
Cotton quotes show Jan around 12.42 to 12.56 in New York New Orleans and Chicago markets with varied bids and closing quotations. Grain notes include Wheat May around 99 with mixed bids and old price markers. Industrial terms reference steel poultry and farm commodities with mixed measures and prices across several listings.
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Marvel
New Orleans
Chicago
America
T&t
Amiconda Brome
Socony
American Sietier Atyhicon
Chrysler Poultry
Beurvier Des Pour
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