Dramatic Episode at Death House Revealed Thursday
In Trenton New Jersey the death chamber drama unfolds as Bruce Hauptmann faces the electric chair. Officials and defense counsel describe his behavior and the case's legal prospects after recent developments. Attorney Leibowitz signals doubts about new trials while urging full public scrutiny of Hauptmann's guilt.
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Samuel Leibowitz
New York
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Defense Council
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Atterney
Letowitz
Samuel
Taibowitz
Bruno Richard Hauptman
Lloyd Fisher
United States Supreme Distry
Washington
Batol
Leibowill
Evalyn Walsh McLain
Washington, D. C
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Gast
Jays
Mau
Arkansas school tax fund and property levy details
In an analysis prepared for the Pine Bluff Commercials, State Comptroller Griffin Smith reports $10,280,000 collected in Arkansas for public schools in 1939 with $765,000 deductions leaving $9,515,000 for schools. Costs of collection totaled 4.77 percent, funded by several state and local sources including county treasurers and auditors. The piece notes major revenue streams from local millage, poll taxes, severance taxes, beverage tax, and other miscellaneous sources, totaling state and county collections of $10,280,000. It also mentions efforts by the Arkansas Congress of Forests and Teachers to adopt free text provisions for needy students.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Griffin Smith
Pine Bluff
Smith
Revenue Department
Uhe
Tammany Behind Roosevelt Report
A Tammany delegation to the Democratic National convention was described by Jeremish T Mahoney as solidly for President Roosevelt He predicted the Democratic ticket would carry New York in November. Senate passed legislation prohibiting shipments of firearms and munitions in interstate commerce except by licensed dealers. testimony in Washington alleged thousands of machine guns were being sold by the Army while the Justice Department tried to prevent delivery to gangsters. The administration tax program faced new conference as Roosevelt and advisers conferred with a few privately noting no concrete proposals yet. Treasury and Agriculture proposed levies to raise about 900 million dollars, potentially affecting income taxes. many in Congress oppose.
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New York
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Liam Sure
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Agriculture Departments
Eretury Morgenthau
Peel
Wayne C. Taylor
Daniel W
Gai Mepynan Oliphant
Rommevelt
Vleus Bunkhead
Estill
Bunkhead
Reasevell
Buchever
Tls
Paul Redfern Reported Found in British Guiana
Paranariho newspaperman Aurect Harrad reports that American pilot Paul Redfern is alive and near the Tumac mountains in Western Guiana. Harrad says Redfern was crippled from a crash that ended his Brunswick Georgia to Rio de Janeiro solo attempt in August 1937.
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British Guiana
Aurect Harrad
Paranariho
Art Williams
Paul Redfern
Harrad
Redfern
Fraternals to Pay Tax on Insurance in Arkansas
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Gentry notified 220 fraternal insurance companies they must comply with state laws on legal reserve life insurance before continuing business. The ruling, based on a Supreme Court decision, requires these groups to pay annual fees and maintain deposits to guarantee policy maturities. ages of companies range up to 82 years.
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State Insurance
US A. Gentry
Weednesday
Arkansas
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Phila
Cranissiover Gentry
Arkalyeas Supreme Court
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Georges W. Vandergriff
Tyo
Matin
Fife Iosurance Company
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Tye
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Skile
J J Threat 74 Buried Tuesday
J J Threat aged 74 was buried Tuesday in Gaiai Qean cemetery at Bingen. The funeral service was held at his home in Moki afternoon with Rev. ToL Eplon officiating. He leaves a wife and several children surviving.
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Moki
Gaiai Qean
Bingen
Tol. Eplon
Surin
Funeral Service for Famed Negro Educator Sunday
Henry Clay Yerger, longtime head of Hope Arkansas Negro schools, dies at 76. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Verger High School auditorium, with burial in the local Negro cemetery. He expanded one-room schools to three with about 850 students and 1,000 staff over 50 years of service.
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Virginia
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New York
Washington
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Hope
Little Bealt
Philander Smith College
Mt. Hebron
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Hopewell
Arkansas Negro Teachers Association
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Fehoot
Special Session Not Likely Says Governor
Governor Farrell Weedne states no special session is likely as of now. Of 63 legislators, 36 show approval for a $500,000 appropriation from the contractors' fund while others remain uncommitted or oppose. The report notes several voting positions and the governor’s continued call for fiscal restraint.
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Centennes
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Tie
van Tuapacy
Sununer Hume
Young Harris
Last Pensioner of the War of 1812 Remains in Virginia
Lydia Ann Graham, 98, of Brushy Run, Virginia, widow of Isaac Graham a drummer boy of 1812, is the last federal pensioner from that war. She receives a monthly Veterans Administration check, lives simply without modern conveniences, and relies on family visits and a mountain home life. The Civil War veterans and widows still receive benefits, but the 1812 pension list has dwindled to this single beneficiary as time advances.
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Morehan
England
Lydia Ann Graham
Brushy Run
Isaac Graham
Graham
Washington
Four Hope Rotarians Visit Gurdon Club
The Rev. Thomas R. Brewster secretary of Hope Rotary club, along with Rotarians Rebuyt MM Wilson A H Washburn and Frisk Wats dtrove to Gurdon Thursday and attended the Wingheon of the Rotary club. All four gave brief speeches to the Garden club.
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Hope Rotary Club
Adphyree
Rebuyt MM. Wilson
A. H. Washburn
Frisk Wats
Gurdon Thursiday
Rotary Club
Gardan Club
Mrs J W McWilliams Reported Seriously III
Mrs J W McWilliams reported seriously ill after a paralytic stroke at her home near Shaver Springs Hempstead county. She has long served as the town correspondent at Bhulyer for about forty years and her condition is described as worsened.
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J. W. McWilliams
Shaver Springs
Hempstead County
Marty Swans
Borvik
Bhulyer
North Mississ Is Hardest Nostalgic Snowbound Schools
Weather dispatch from Little Rock and De Queen Arkansas reports heavy snowfall across the region on Wednesday night into Thursday. Forecaster H S Cole notes potential late cold wave relief with four inches in some areas as Starkville Mississippi and nearby towns face school closings and disrupted routines.
Congress Votes to Probe Townsend Old Age Pension Scheme
Washington reports the House ordered a probe into the Townsend old age pension program by 240 to 4. An eight member committee will investigate alleged peddling of funds, with debate labeling Dr Francis Townsend as a quack and knave while lawmakers seek unpaid balances and bank accounts of promoters.
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Francis E. Townsend
Famou Townsend
Emanuel Cotley
Democrat
New York
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Celler
de. Townsend
Pepper House High School Presents Comedy Pepper House
Spring Will High School will stage its annual play Thursday night February 25 at 7:30 p.m. The comedy Pepper Huns UW features a trio of romance and mistaken identity in a lively school production at Spring Hill Wich Schuellwitchwriur.
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Spring Hill
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