Public Schools Face Federal Aid Clash Over Control
Illis Thornton warns in The Star that new federal emergency grants will aid Arkansas and other states but keep schools local. He argues shifting control to a single federal agency risks standardization and undermines local governance, urging taxpayers to demand continued local authority and funding responsibility.
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Advance $50 000 a Month RFC Loans Bill Introduced
Washington reports congressman Terry introduced a Reconstruction Finance Corporation measure to lend directly to school districts or refinance debt with district tax revenues pledged. Arkansas seeks funds to sustain rural schools with officials awaiting federal estimates and Wheat to supply relief teachers if state funds run out.
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Roosevelt Seeks Continued CWA Funds With Flexible Timing
President Roosevelt seeks emergency recovery funds totaling 1.66 billion for this year and 2 billion for the next fiscal year to sustain the Civil Works Administration beyond May 1 if needed. White House insists on budget compliance while Congress weighs a 150 million immediate appropriation and 500 million for direct relief as Hopkins reports CWA spending could exhaust allotted funds by next Friday.
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Hearing Friday on Gin License Bill
Washington hearing focused on compulsory cotton production and a possible prohibitory tax on cotton gin output. Lawmakers clashed over feasibility, constitutional issues, and plans to tie tax or production controls to acreage reductions with Secretary Wallace urging bills to boost gin efficiency.
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Synate Alture Committee
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Canning Units to Re Open in County
CWA canning units will be reopened in Hempstead County if order to reopen is approved. Seven supervisors will be employed 14 hours weekly. beef will be canned with the government receiving 20 percent. Locations listed include Washington Hope Patmos Fultony Blevins Columbus and more.
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Hope
Veneilie Black
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Magnolia brief bulletin reports injuries and a fatality
In Magnolia Arkansas a woman suffered severe bruises after a car door swung open while she hung on the high sill. Her husband, driving toward Florida, was unhurt. A second item notes the death of Leander Hamilton McCormick, famed archer and inventor, in an unrelated incident.
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Jury Deliberates in Touhy Kidnapping Trial
Chicago jurors in the Roger Touhy case and two associates, charged with abducting John Factor for a 70000 ransom, began deliberations after a day of testimony. Factor identified the defendants as Touhy, Gustaf Schaefer, and Albert Kator, with potential sentences ranging from five years to death.
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French Turn Deaf Ear to Germany
Faris France rejects Germany's non aggression offer and denounces Hitler's policies as leading to danger. British and Indian arms plans are noted with calls for disarmament and no major power expansion. French leaders view talks as necessary to avoid ongoing global tension and seek stable alignment.
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Heroic Sacrifice of Teachers Disclosed
This second of three articles on The Crisis in Onur Schools shows the low mood harming American education and the measures to restore efficiency. It highlights a New Jersey teacher handwriting essential chapters to aid her students when textbooks and funds are unavailable. Tuition in public schools, rising to 80 dollars in some districts, risks creating two educations classes and denying access for many children.
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National Educational Association
Kitchens Attacks Refunds on Taxes at Legion Meeting
A public meeting at city hall heard Wade Kitchenes criticize tax refunds for high income earners while veterans pensions and World War I bonuses were debated. Delegations from McCaskill Belton and others attended. about 20 Negro attendees observed the discussion on national finance and veteran benefits. The speaker explained the Gumnihead program and revenue impacts as veterans asked questions.
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Leslie Huddleston
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Dollar Rises in Foreign Exchange Amid Looming Gold Flows
The Associated Press reports the dollar gained against most currencies on Friday while stocks and commodities lagged. Washington predicted a heavy European gold outflow and use of the 2 billion stabilisation fund, as the Roosevelt dollar underperformed expectations. The dollar stayed strong versus the pound but fell versus the franc, with Treasury ready to pay 35 dollars an ounce for newly imported gold, prompting banks to plan shipments once procedures are clarified.
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Atlantic
Kingfish Dodges Mayor Walmsley in Washington Scene
Huey P. Long and New Orleans Mayor T Semmes Walmsley clashed in Washington as Long left a hotel with his car. Reporter Ray Moulden tried to question Long and was bumped, slipping in snow but not seriously hurt. Walmsley, re-elected despite Long’s opposition, said he would expose campaign statements.
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Payroll theft hits banks across three states
A band of robbers stole $130,000 intended for a factory payroll as two Messengers neared the Pennegrove National Bank in Massachusetts. Separately in Needham, four bandits robbed the Needham Trust Company of about $10,000, wounding two officers, one fatally. In Coleman Texas, three men raided the First National Bank, taking $35,000 and abducting six employees, with one assistant cashier held.
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Charles Woodruff
Loans to 43 judges reveal Detroit bank loans
Senate banking committee heard that the First National Bank of Detroit extended loans totaling 639,631 to 43 judges at year end. The exhibit by committee attorney Fred inand Pecora prompted tense exchanges with Detroit publisher Edward D. Stair and First National director James O. Murfin.
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Edward D. Stair
Detroit
Detroit Bankers’ Company
First National Bank
Pecora
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Gordian
James O. Murfin
First National
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange
New York cotton markets show March closing at 148 with slight gains, May bids around 164 to 161.63, and March up six points from the previous close. New Orleans figures indicate March at 4195 with bid and daily change noted.
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