MacDonald’s leadership in wartime coalition cited as national progress
The Literary Digest interview with Edward Price Bell presents J. Raabey MacDonald as a wise voice for progress, arguing national character and humane living standards matter more than arms. It notes his lifelong Labour leadership and his pivotal wartime coalition role saving Britain from economic collapse.
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J. Raabey MacDonald
British Empire
Edward Price Bell
Literary Digest
MacDonald
Labor Party
England
Labor
Paetisans
Trailor
Norton Rides Man Across River Then Returns Alone
In January 1881 the narrator travels from Tombstone to a Rio Grande crossing near Mesilla with two companions. A Mexican ferryman carries them across for a dollar, wading across the river with current and cold water. The river journey ends with Norton attempting the return trip alone amid a treacherous, evolving landscape of frontier travel.
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Norton
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Tombstone
Arizonaa
Southern Pacific
EL Paso
Comming
Rio Mimbres
Demingwis
Mesilla
Paso
Rio Grande
Norton-Stuart
Cools Canyon
Silver City
Rio Garade
Wisconsin Rotary program highlights Wisconsin Speaks
Hope Rotary club heard Fred Stair of Columbus guest speak on Wisconsin Rotary district work arranging weekend university student visits and linking Rotarians nationwide The program also featured Karl Harrison of Malvern Rev Ramsey of Prescott Julien Hughes and Dr Henry with N T Jewell presenting and Ed McCorkle presiding Carter Johnson giving a club talk on Rotary procedures for new members
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Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Lwadel
Fred Stair
Columbus
Wis
Wisconsin
Stair
W3th
Wii
Malvern
Ramsey
Prescott
Julien L. Hughes
Benton
FD. Henry
Hope
N. T. Jewell
Ed McCorkle
L. Carter Johnson
Rotary
Federal Reserve Area Shows Continued Gains in Two-Month Span
In December and early January the Eighth Federal Reserve District saw a broad uptrend in business activity with few exceptions. The Federal Reserve Bank report notes improved commerce, while construction inputs and weather aided movement. overall volume surpassed the prior year and rivaled early 1920s levels, forecasting usual seasonal declines in certain goods.
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Ft. Louis
Federal Serve
Lowi
Thursdy
Val Voromerce
Federal Reserve District
Handwriting Expert Opposes 8 Speaks for Hauptmann
In Flemington New Jersey on Friday the eight state handwriting experts clash as Trendley, Hauptmanns first handwriting expert, says the ransom note writer was not Hauptmann. The defense disclaims previous insinuations that Fisch or others wrote or kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. Private jurors in the Hauptmann trial adjust to life in a jury room as eight men and four women wait for verdicts.
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Associated Press
Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptnant
Himptmann
Tsudor Fisch
Reilly
N. J
Hauptmann Jury
Verna Snyder
Rosie Pill
Big Boulder Dam Project Gains Momentum in Nevada
Inoued report details completion milestones and funding for the Big Boulder Dam in Nevada. Congress allocated 70 million dollars for the dam and reservoir work, plus 200 million for government development, eight point five million for the American canal, and seventeen point seven million for interest while tolls and tunnels are planned. The Metropolitan Valley District also advances a water conveyance project to Southern California, including Parker Dam construction.
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Bouluver City
Nev
Boulder
Colorado
Congress
Constellation
Metropalisey Vatley
SECCO
California
Parker Dam
Hope and Warren Contests Set for Friday at Warren
Capacity crowds will attend two basketball games Friday at Warren with Hope High and Warren High clashing in the afternoon at 3 30 p m and the night game at 7 30 p m Warren, the 1941 state champion and a runner up a year later, faces the strongest opposition yet this season after beating Camden and other south Arkansas teams A preliminary Hope B vs Guernsey B is at 6 45 p m and Columbus vs Guernsey senior teams follow the night game Coach Foy Hammons announced starting for Hope in the afternoon are Turner and Regee at forwards Kennedy at center England and Stone at guards if the initial combination falters Cargile and Ramsey may start.
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Hope
Warren
Bobcats
Camden
South Arkansas
Guernsey
Columbus
Foy Hammons
Turner
Regee
Kennedy
England
Stone
Hammons
Cargile
Ramsey
Cast Is Announced for Y.E. M. A. Play
The three act play Yea Coach will be staged at Hone veity hall on February 15 under the Young Business Men's association with help from the Cemetery association. The announced cast lists Miriam Carlton as Jol on ny Brown, University Book Store proprietor Whitfield Davis, and Arkansas Co ed Doris Moses among many others with Lawrence Martin as coach and Jimmy Hulen as Tyamer.
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Honeveity Hall
Young Business Men's Association
Cemetery Association
Miriam Carlton
Jolonny, Brown
T. C
Lais Jones
Nick Thomas
Merlin Coop
Dick Bailey
Arkansas
Dale Carlton
Jack Daley
Nallan Wylie
Sherry Mosely
T. C.D
William Bundy
Jusser Griggs
Louisa Owen
Wilson
Lawrence Martin
Pat Ryan
the Tyamer
Jimmy Hulen
Arkansias
Sue Anderson
Hiricd Pritchard
Elizabeth Evans
Federal Job Fund Faces Congressional Scrutiny
Dwindling federal aid for job relief draws attention in Washington as the Senate weighs the administration's work relief bill. Hopk ins says funds are moving slowly toward commitments, with February as a target for a plan. Critics urge a definite program to outline handling of the president's 4.88 billion relief fund.
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Washington
Senate Geniniite
Hopkins Sn
Chammain Pat Merison
Fetate
Parking
Harrison
WASTH
S Hills
Binton
Sonata Chilve Glass Democrat
Virginia
Phingeon Wightons
Reading
Amendments Adopted To Sales Tax In Arkansas Legislature
The Arkansas legislature passed three amendments to the sales tax bill and moved a State Planning Board bill toward the governor’s signature. One amendment exempts tangible and personal property with a privilege tax such as cigarettes and gasoline. The House also approved a pure election bill addressing costs of wholesale pall taxes. A bill to abolish the second division of circuit court in Ouachita and Union counties passed, with Crawford casting the lone vote against it.
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Little Rock
State Planning Board
Mason
Guachita
Ouachita
Union
Crawford
Thompson
Hempstead
Supreme Court
Gasoline-motor car crashes into freight train in Farmington
Twenty persons injured, one seriously, when a gasoline motor car failed a switch and struck the rear of a freight train on the siding. In Arkadelphia, Solon B. Suddeth named athletic director at Henderson State College succeeding Bo Sherman who retired.
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Farmington
Mass
Arkadelphia
J. P. Woonack
Henderson State College
Solon B. Suddeth
Eugene
Bo) Sherman
Singing Slayer Is Executed at N. C.
Kenneth Net, dubbed the singing slayer, was executed at the Orleans parish jail in New Orleans after noon on Friday for the murder of a Nashville business man.
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N. C
New Orleans
Kenneth Net
Slayer
Orleans Parish
Nashville
Richard Coley Indicted for Assault with Intent to Kill
ARKADELPHIA Aclsi Rick i Coley Texarkana Missouri Pas eoathway barnage man was indicted by the Clark county grand jury Thursday on a charge of assault with intent to kill in connection with the January 4 shooting of Mrs Fay Ryan a roaming house operator of Gordon. Trial was scheduled next week as Mrs Ryan remains in Prefect hospital recovering from serious abdominal wounds. Officers say Coley claims he shot Ryan in self defense during an alleged dispute with his son B L Coley.
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Ricki Coley
Texarkana
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Paseoathway
Sas
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Gordon
Ryan
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Russians Guarding Children Slain on Ship in China
Report says two Russian guards aboard a ship were killed while protecting a group of street children including American British and Scandinavian youths. The incident allegedly occurred near Shanghai with the children reported safe afterward.
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Hongkong
China
A Yeordng
Chipn Navigation Company
Ig ‘Hn Shianghai
Bearden Seizes Two New Whisky Forays in Hempstead
Sheriff Jim Bearden announces two more whisky raids in Hempstead County. Bill Blakely roadhouse operator is arrested with three pints near Hempstead Howard line. Earl Allen of St Paul near Ozan held with two pints. Both face possessing and selling charges and arraignment next Wednesday in Justice Cox's court at Bingen. The drive raises total raids to thirteen.
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Jim
Bearden
Bill Blakely
Blakely
Howard County
Earl Allen
St. Paul
Ozan
J. S. Cox
Bingen
Hempalead County
Racing Bill Granted Committee Okeh
LITTLE ROCK The House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted to refer House Bill 168 back to the House with a recommendation to pass without amendment. Speaker Harve B. Thorn urged harmony among sponsors of three racing bills and said action should move to the House Friday.
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Harve B. Thorn
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Representative Hampton
House
Thorn
Uni
Thor
Timimy
Senate
Dr. Christin
Yell
Hampton
Cobell
Carling
Coleman
Greene
Newsman Beaten in Baton Rouge Huey Long Saga
In Baton Rouge Louisiana on a Friday Huey P Long returned to confront opponents as tensions rose. G Bourgeois head of the Si Deal association faced election pressure amid Long’s leadership. A photographer was assaulted by a Long bodyguard en route to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
G. Bourgeois
Si Deal Association
Figh Huey Long
Louisiana
Lena
Huey P. Long
Resum Lone
Long
Auto Code Extended Through June with Labor Amendments
President Roosevelt extended the automobile code to June 16 with amendments to spread employment. Auto makers would hold shows to launch new models in fall, pay time and a half for overtime beyond 48 hours weekly, and continue the labor relations agreement ending last spring’s strike. AFL hoped for Wolman Auto Labor Board shakeup, but the extension preserved proportional representation. Chrysler, Sloan, Richberg, and Williams pressed terms with NRA aides at the White House as representatives of auto makers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Wolman Auto Labor Board
Auto Makers
NRA
White House
Donald Richberg
Clay Williams
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Rebels Active in Mexico Reported by War Department
The war department announced activity in nine of Mexico's 28 states in connection with the trial of eight prisoners accused of sedition in an alleged revolutionary movement. Some rebels are linked to followers of General Antonio Villarreal and to fanatic elements.
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Mexico
D. F.I
War Department
Antonio Villarreal
Cotton futures open steady with mixed early moves
Markets in New Orleans and New York opened quiet as traders awaited the gold case decision. July futures slipped after a two point rise, hedging and a softer stock market dragging prices. nearby months showed little to no change amid cautious trading and partial offsetting buying.
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New Orleans
New York
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