Bank forgery fraud ends in missing funds and forged checks
Edmund Sparks discovers two forged checks drawn on his account after bank processing shows unexpected debits. A dealer tells him forgery likely stemmed from a misdelivered bank statement and a clever scam, with forgers copying his signature from staged mail stolen from a vestibule. The bank refuses to cover losses, citing possible contributory negligence.
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Sparks
Art
Clare
Edmuns
Edmund
Clara
Edn
Minuet
Nettie Buyter
J. A. Dauphin
Dowt
Edonard
Bathtubs Debate Stirs Senate Over Books and Lynchings
Senators argued over Ferdinand Lundberg’s America's Sixty Families as Bailey denounced the secretary and the book’s author. The heated exchange touched on anti-lynching measures and North South race tensions, with Bailey and Ellender clashing over crime and policy.
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Thomas
Smith
Thoms
South
Bailey
Secretary of the Interior
Ileas Cone
Wes Bray
Ellender
Ellenilea
Cotania
Eilenilir
Pony Express Terminal Offered as Museum
In Sacramento California a historic Pony Express terminal is offered to serve as a museum. Officials say the building could become a pivotal regional exhibit, preserving telegraph and frontier era history for visitors and researchers alike.
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Pony Express Terminal
Sachamento
Calif
Owner of 8-Gauge Gun Easy to Find Delivers Letter
A confusing letter about an 8-gauge shotgun arrived at the Hope post office Saturday morning. Officials suspected it was for E. A. Wood of 410 East Division Street. Wood confirmed he owned such a shotgun. The note came from Le. Underwood of Fornfelt, Missouri.
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Wao
Hope, Ack
Hope Post
Poole
E. A. Wood
East Division Street
Hatactives
Wood
le. Underwood
Fornfelt
Alcatraz Snickers Over Dig at Lawyers
In San Francisco a pincer of unknown craft surfaced satire about lawyers aboard Alcatraz. A prisoner allegedly took a correspondence course in Spanish and translated quips about a good charger and a lawyer losing his clin work, signaling defiant humor amid censorship.
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Alcatraz
San Francisco
Alcatras Priss
Transla
Talsu
Bato
Russia Cuts Off Payment to Italy, Vessels Held Up
Russia declares Italy refused payment for Soviet oil and halted commercial payments to Italy, while Italian firms and the Soviet government suspend dealings. A Japanese policy draft says China will not abandon anti Japanese stance, signaling a sustained punitive campaign. Fronts on the China battlefront risk rail junctions near the central plains as Tsining is recapitalized, and a new insurgent offensive looms in Teruel.
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Associated Press
Russia
Italy
Talian
Aldo
China
Meh
Tsining
Teruel
Business Leaders Meet F D Roosevelt in Search of Relief
Washington— Friday, leaders from government, industry, finance and labor gathered in the White House to discuss ways to end the business slump. Attending were Thomas W. Lamont, Owen D. Young, Charles W. Taussig, A. A. Berle, John L. Lewis, and Philip Murray. Lewis spoke to reporters after the session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Thomas W. Lament
Morgan
Owen D. Young
General Electric
Charles W. Toussig
American Molassas
A. A. Berle
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Lewis
Funeral for John Hipp Set in Nashville Sunday
Burial services for John YY. Hipp, 55, who died Friday in a New Orleans hospital, are planned for 3 o'clock Sunday in Nashville. Hipp formerly lived here but moved to Nashville several years ago.
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John YY
Hipp
New Orleans
Nashville
Avon
Sihurdiy Neon
Mr. Hipp
Mind Your Manners Cartoon Quiz
A social etiquette quiz asks what a gentleman or lady should do in scenarios about offering help with dropped items. Answers reflect varying expectations, including a man offering to lift an umbrella, helping a woman who drops something, and a husband holding a wife’s coat. The piece ends with dated humor and a country-titled moral.
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Clue Theater
Columbus Man in Army Maneuvers and Funeral Plans
Major J. L. Autrey of the United States Army, a Columbus native, sails from New York with First Division troops for maneuvers near Culebra Puerto Rico. Funeral services for Lon Polk of Hope, killed in Beaumont, Texas, set for Sunday in Hope with burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
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J. A. Autrey
Culebra
Sisters, Land
Puerto Rico
Elm Street
J. L. Autrey
United States Army
Columbus
Fort Hamilton
N.Y
New York
Calebra Island
Puerto Rive
Tie Woop
Arkansas
Major Autrey
Dro
Mes. Austrey
Brooklyn
Quantico
Califfornia
San Clemente Island
Lon 2
Polk
Hope Merchant
Beaumont
Texas
Pearl
Ruth Volk
South Site Street
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hope
Missiouri Pacific
W. C. Wagstaff
Imogene Robertson
Houston
Minor Danes
Tes
Jim Coleman
Boston
Mass
Frank Polk
Austin
Lawrence Polk, Jr
Roy Sutton
Ruth Palk
Harry Polk
Los Angeles
Cml Jewell Polk
Little Rock
Lawrence D. Folk, Sr
Here
McGraw
Palk
Ark
la Hope
Oil Dealers Meet January 26 in Hope Arkansas
The Hemp stead granty Dil Doulas association will hold its annual meeting January 26 at 7 30 p m in Hope. EB R Jolson chairman announces. W F Scar borough Arkansas Oil Beaters' association secretary will discuss Tepoint program aimed at relief of automotive taxpayers. Officers for 1938 to be elected. attendance urged. The second item notes Columbus sailing to the Venezuelan coast as first voyage of the American mainland.
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Hempstead Granty Dil Doulas Association
Hope
EB. R. Jolson
Ackans Hus
W. F Scarborough
Arkansas Oil Beaters’ Association
Cranmbrim Crackers Puzzle Questions It Seems
A reader submission presents a set of misprinted quiz items including a bridge crossing riddle about a raccoon or reptile and bridge, a livestock family terminology question, a mammal comparison prompt, a request for three types of governments, and Napoleon exile and elephant origin inquiries.
Tax Bill Aims to Ease Burden on Small U S Corporations
House subcommittee reports 63 recommendations to revise corporate taxes, maintaining the undistributed profits tax but proposing credits and deductions that would exempt most small firms earning under 25 000 annually. Big firms would face tiers up to 20 percent if none of their income is distributed. Treasury estimates 88 percent of corporations would be exempt.
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Waslington
House Tax
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Legion Radio Program Promotes Universal Service Bill
The American Legion backs Senate Bill No. 25 known as the Shepherd Hill Universal Service Bill. It aims to draft national resources during war including men money materials industry and food with profits from war removed. Opposition exists from some peace groups. continued on page three.
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American Legion
Congress
United States
War and Navy Departments
Reed, 83, Solicitor General in New Deal cases
Stanley F. Reed, 83, solicitor general who argued for New Deal laws in Wagner Act and AAA cases, served under Hoover and plans to shape New Deal statutes within constitutional limits. He was once slated for a judgeship.
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Anacie
AAA
Stanley F. Reed
Hoover
Plow Woman's Case Reversed by Tennessee Supreme Court
John D Davis a 66 year old Cannon county farmer won a state supreme court reversal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of his wife Jodie 34 who died last May from an infection after an alleged illegal operation prosecutors tied to him. Davis testified he worked her before a bull tongue plow but denied causing her death. The court found error in excluding testimony and that the evidence preponderates against the verdict.
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Nashville
Tenn
John D Davis
Cannon County
Jodie
State Supreme Court
Davis
Body of Machinist Found on Highway
Lloyd Nail a 34 year old Rock Island railroad machinist was killed in a highway collision near the Biddle shops. Harry D Wallace 41 of Pine Bluff a truck driver was jailed for questioning. Nail and his brother Harry met the truck at midnight to go for a meal when the crash occurred. Wallace claimed no knowledge of the accident. Witnesses reported their car and other vehicles passed over the body before police arrived. A separate note says a vigorous English campaign has nearly eliminated muskrats considered crop pests.
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Little Rock
Lloyd Nail
Rock Island Railroad
Harry D. Wallace
Pine Bluff
Harry Nail
Howard A. Dis‘hough
Wallace
Nail
Fourche Bayou Bridge
Hay and
Schmuck
Nails
Confederate Boulevard
Cotton opens in New Orleans with steady close
The New Orleans cotton market opened Saturday at 8.62 and closed at 8.66, ending steady by four points. Spot cotton remained steady, with quotes around 8.76 for midis and lomhoe.
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New Orleans
i.Pi
Lomhoe
Midis
Reed Chosen as Associate Justice of Supreme Court
President Roosevelt nominated Solicitor General Stanley Reed to join the Supreme Court to replace Justice George Sutherland whose retirement takes effect January 1. Reed had long been discussed as a likely appointee amid speculation over the Van Devanter and Black succession. Hoover, in San Francisco, criticized the current administration’s handling of an eight point peace program and blamed the 1933 delay and destruction of a world economic conference for losing a chance at economic peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stanley Reed
United States Supreme Court
Reed
George Sutherland
High Tribunal
Reed Long
Supreme Court
Willis van DeVanter
Hugo Black
Hoover
San Francisco
Calif
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hope Laundry Announces Modern Plant and Naming Contest
Fred Cook, manager of Hope Steam Laundry, announces completion of two thousand dollars of new machinery at Hope Laundry. A naming contest offers ten, five, and two fifty dollars in free laundry, with entries due by month end. Submit at Hope Star, Hope Steam Laundry, or to laundry reps.
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Fred Cook
Hope Steam Laundry
Compromise Fails on Cotton Bill in Conference Row
Washington conference committee on crop control stalemated over cotton acreage policy and voting provisions. Senator Bankhead and House Chairman Jones clashed after virtual agreement on a compromise, with Bankhead rejecting a two cent a pound penalty and pushing Senate style penalties. Hope noted the dispute centered on allotment and penalty terms, delaying any agreed language for the marketing quotas.
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Washington
Congressae
Bankhead
Dem. Ala
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
Kan
House
Alabaman
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
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