Unemployment Criticism Hits Arkansas Leaders
Col J F Lucey of Hoover unemployment commission assails Arkansas leaders for failing to act on unemployment problems. He cites limited state efforts and calls for stronger leadership and federal aid, recalling past highway job plans and noting only modest gains from federal emergency funds. Continued on Page Three.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Col
J. F. Lucey
Hoover
Southwest
Calonel Lucey
Acatuisas
Lucey
Tied Cros
England
Parnett
T. H. Barton
el Dorado
Guecy
Arkinsay
Arkansas Defeats Rice in Two Games
Arkansas swept Rice Institute in a two game series at Fayetteville as part of the Southwestern conference race. The Razorbacks trailed 16 to 1 early but rallied led by Holt and Sexton with 10 points each in the second half. Captain Pickrow steadied the offense with key feeds to open teammates.
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Payetteville
University of Arkansas
Rice Institute
Razorbacks
Rice
Holt Arkansas
Sexton
Pickrow
Razorback
Manaaged
Hoover Nominates Two for Arkansas Offices
President Hoover on Tuesday nominated William B. Pape for the Fort Smith Ark postmastership and Leon E. Tennyson for the Arkadelphia Ark postmastership, with nominations subject to confirmation.
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Hoover
Arkansas
Washington
William B. Pape
Fort Smith
Ark
Leon E. Tennyson
Arkadelphia
Collin D. McRae Dies at 72 in Arkansas
Collin D. McRae died Tuesday at his residence in Nashville Arkansas at age 72. He was born October 18 1858 in Uniaty County Arkansas and was brother of former Governor Thomas C McTae. He leaves one sister Mrs Louella Baugham and many nephews and nieces. Funeral arrangements pending with burial at Enaimersor.
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Chillin D. McRae
Thomas C. McTae
DB. Greenix
Emmerson
Columbin County
Mr. McRae
Uniaty County
Arkansas
Louella Baugham
Nashville
Enaimersor
Leffel Gentry Wins Senate Reading Clerk Post
Leffel Gentry, son of former Senate member A A Gentry and a candidate for the legislature last August, was appointed assistant reading clerk of the senate during its session in Little Rock. He traveled to the capital Sunday night and competed with other youths whose reading voices were tested for the office.
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Leffel Gentry
Suite
A. A. Gentry
Senate
Little Rock
Gentry
Capital
19 Degrees Low in Hope Tuesday
Hope records a cold snap with 19 degrees Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Snow blankets adjacent counties with three inches in Paragould and Fayetteville. Fort Smith and Little Rock report 18 and 22 degrees above zero respectively as ice forms and a new cold front moves in before a modest warmup expected Thursday.
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Fort Smith
Fayetteville and
Ozarks
Little Rock
Missouri Line
Paragould
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Acre
The
Mercury
O'Neal
Hope
Associated Press
Depositors Asked to Meet on Saturday Over Arkansas Bank
The depositor committee for the Arkansas Bank and Trust Company sets Saturday January 17 for a general meeting. All depositors are urged to attend as the group works to organize a new corporation to liquidate the bank's affairs. Signatures representing over 80 percent of deposits have been secured, but many small depositors remain uninterested. If turnout is insufficient, the committee may abandon the plan, though individual depositors may pursue other actions. The time limit is this week, with Saturday as the cutoff.
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Arkansas Bank —It& Trust Company
Sur
Starvation Plea Rejected by Walnut Ridge Justice
WALNUT RIDGE W A The starvation plea of thieves fails to gain mercy from Justice of the Peace J F Israel in his 50th year in county service He notes thieves steal thickens to buy gasoline tires and jewelry not food He would release a hungry man with a starving family if charged with theft of food, citing no real reason for crime from his three years in various law roles
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Walnut Ridge
W.A
J. F. Israel
Israel
Sherif
Justice of the Peace
Maine's first woman deputy sheriff named in Skowhegan
Louise J. Markham wife of Sheriff Elton L. Markham of Somerset County becomes Maine's first woman deputy sheriff in a ceremony in Skowhegan.
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Skowhegan, Me
U.P
Louise
J. Markham
Maine
Elton L. Markham
Somerset County
Navy planes to start first transcontinental flight
Washington bulletin says four navy scouting planes will take off Thursday from Hartford Connecticut on a transcontinental flight with stops planned in Cleveland and Chicago. The flight leader is Licht T. D. Neblett of Forrest City Arkansas.
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Washington
Navy
Hartford
Conn
Cleveland
Chicago
Licht. T. DB. Neblett
Forrest Chy
Ark
Relief Office Aids 321 Families in Six Days
The local relief office of the American Red Cross and United Charities aided 321 families, totaling 1,563 individuals, in six days from January 6 to noon Tuesday. Hundreds received good used winter clothing from Catton Row. Mrs. Bridewell chaired the effort with Miss Marie Verniere supervising for the Red Cross. more clothing is needed as demand continues into March 1.
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American Red Cross
United Charities
D. B. Thompson
Mx. Thompson
Catton Row
R. O. Bridewell
Marie Verniere
National Red Cross
Paving Plan Set for Highway 67 and Related Projects
Little Rock Arkansas plans 23 miles of concrete paving for Highway 67 at a January 21 bid meeting. Projects include six and a half miles between Prescott and the Little Missouri River in Nevada County and 16 1/2 miles from Malvern to Benton in Hot Spring County, plus 21 1/2 miles on No 70 and paving on No 1 in St Francis Monroe and Prairie counties.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Texarkana
Hope
Prescott
Little Missouri River
Nevada County
Malvern
Benton
Hot Spring County
St. Francis
Monroe
Prairie
Hebrew shopkeeper’s window surprise adorns with new blind
A Jewish shopkeeper displays a new blind in his window and explains to Aaron and Isaac that customers paid for it. Isaac says he placed a small box on the counter labeled For the Blind, and the customers paid for the blind.
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Aaron
Isaac
Aron
Plea For Return To Local Rule By Maryland Governor
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie, sworn in for a fourth term, urged a return to localized government and self help over federal centralization and national prohibition. Speaking via radio, he argued unemployment is a business issue, not state, urged toleration, and blamed inflationary government statements for the crisis while defending individual rights.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Ritchie
Caraway Presses Food Measure Amid Drouth Relief Fight
Washington reports a Senate push to compel the House to add 15 million dollars for food purchases to the 45 million drouth relief loan program. Senator Caraway says conferees disagreed on the food amendment and was denied permission to appear. The compromise remains a 45 million loan fund for seed, feed, fertilizer, and harvest needs secured by a lien on the 1931 crop.
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Washington
Senate
House
Caraway
Conference Committee of the
Jones
Department of Agriculture
Senate Agricultural Committees
House Agricultural Committee
Governor Parnell urges cabinet form state government
Governor Parnell addresses the legislature advocating a cabinet style government with 12 departments under the governor. He calls for abolition of most elective offices, except the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, all four year terms, plus reforms in banking and insurance and consolidation of school districts into 307 centers. He also supports road paving, pension reduction, debt limits, and a state school law codification while opposing using highway funds to back city bonds for state highway continuations.
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Little Rock
Parnell
State Highway Commission
State Highway Department
Navy Air Bill Approved by House Naval Committee
The $74,000 naval construction bill received approval from the House Naval Committee on Wednesday. It funds an aircraft carrier with a flying deck, a crew of 36, four submarines, 130 airplanes, and $3,000,000 for experiments with Diesel oil engines.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Ill
Massachusetts State Prison yields higher 1930 profits
In 1930 Massachusetts State Prison reported prison labor goods sold totaling 1,090,65 dollars, up from 1,036,307 in 1929. Net profits rose to 366,263 dollars from 270,400 in 1929, despite a broader business slump.
Ginger Tolliver Defies Wealth and Duty in Parsonage Nostalgia
In a springtime memory at the parsonage, Ginger Tolliver, now wealthy and independent, resists college and laments the dull perfection of her past life. Eddy Jackson and Wesley Meeker support her stance as the group recalls former schemes, status, and family changes linked to Ginger's marriage into the Van Doorn estate.
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Ginger
Eddy
Eddy Jackson
Wesley Meeker
Anere
Dangter
Phil van Doorn
Southern Iowa
Wesley
Meeker
Philadelphia van Doorn
Doorndee
Ginger Ella Tolliver
Presta
Mr. Tolliver
Duorndee
Ginger Ella
Phil
Goobins
Goodby
Wesleyan
Arkansas Governor Warns Against Panaceas in State Reform
LITTLE ROCK Gov Parnell warned against panaceas for economic ills and urged careful reform. He urged administrative code to take effect in 1933, proposed a 12 department consolidation, constitutional amendments for a reorganization, and urged limiting elective offices to a short list with four year terms.
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Power Trust
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Wyoming
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Collin D. McRae
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Solige
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Jefferson
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