Here and There Editorial on Prohibition Conflict
Editorial notes Empstead county prohibitionists plan a meeting at Jlope city hall next Tuesday to discuss a speaking tour ahead of the February 18 liquor referendum and public morality. The Star argues that piling up restrictive burdens harms law and public morality in a moral crisis. Roy E House, a Kansas press figure, recounts a Topeka scandal amid dry era details of liquor served in Topeka hosts. Prohibitionists complain when laws aren t adopted and also complain when they are, arguing vice and deception grow under enforcement.
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Empstead County
Jlope City Hall
Star
Topeka
Kan
Roy E. House
How
Kansas
William A. Smith
Stratosphere Flight Navigation Challenges Revealed
In remarks on post stratosphere tests, Billy Parker discusses Wiley Post’s high altitude radio issues. Calibrations drift with decreasing air density, radio compasses lose accuracy, and celestial navigation proves impractical above cloud banks due to speed and uncertain altitude. Planes may rely on radio beacons as an extra check, while pilots navigate toward broadcasting stations to steer their course.
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Billy Parker
Associated Tress
Wiley Post
Los Angeles
New York
Jim
Missouri begins old age pensions with first payments
Jefferson City Missouri state pensions for the aged become a reality as requisition blinks are mailed to applicants for the first payments to arrive within two weeks State Pension Commissioner Allen M Thompson said 4000 applicants over 70 will receive 7 to 12 monthly disbursements will continue at about 1000 per week until 15000 to 18000 Missourians have received installments More than 80000 have applied The average pension checks are expected between 9 and 50 monthly for the elderly unable to earn a livelihood and lacking support
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Jefferson City
Wilson Defended From Nye Attack
Washington reports accuse members of the senate inquiry committee of attacking Woodrow Wilson amid a probe into foreign policy during wartime. Senator Connally of Texas defended Nye, calling him a ghoul and accusing others of political gain while denouncing the investigation as a sham.
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Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Noth Daketti
Wilan
Connally
Texas
Wilson
Nye
Aristein T
North
Tibeta
Return to Normal Agriculture Duty Reported
In Forrest City Arkansas officials and agents reported progress toward normal agricultural duties as a public hearing opened in the St Francis County courthouse. WPA official Hopkins praised Arkansas administrator Dyess as a strong leader while county and home demonstration agents gathered in Hope for a two day conference focusing on expanding programs and improving efficiency.
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Forrest City
Ark
Palatlal
Department of Commerce
St. Francis County
BR. W. Schroeder
Dan T. Gray
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Mope City Hall
Arkansas
Dean Gray
C.C. Randall
Midrnoon
Officials urge ban on street skating by children
City officials led by Chief Ridghill pressed parents to stop their children from skating in the streets after numerous complaints. Officers will warn youths, and teachers may warn pupils. skating on sidewalks is allowed, yet street skating risks death or serious injury if not curbed.
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Palice Jobe
Ridghill
Chick
Ridglill
Circuit Court to Convene Monday in Hengehead
Circuit Court sessions set to begin Monday with civil docket focus. Sheriff Hin Beard urges attendees for a one day session near Tuesday. Thursday and Friday will handle criminal cases while a few defendants are warned to appear next Wednesday.
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Hengehead Ecircuit Court
Ferchy
Hae
Sant
Arkansas Woman Injured En Route to Washington Vote Digest
Mrs une W Velvin of Lowlavill Ark injured while traveling to Washington to attend a general federation meeting. Police report states a collision occurred when a trolley car struck the vehicle in Bisville. The incident ties into nationwide survey results showing public attitudes toward the New Deal era policies and labor reforms. The dispatch notes that most respondents oppose vetoes and favor expansion of federal programs.
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Washington
Une W. Velvin
Lowlaville
Ark
Arkansas
Warren
Lily Doar
Monte Daly
Bis Ville
Letter to the Editor from a Mother on Liquor Debate
A reader urges education over politics in the liquor question. She argues liquor harms health and work, cites American liberty roots, and proposes school courses on physiology and alcohol effects to influence youth. The letter emphasizes teaching over coercion and honors Mrs. Charles Bryan. January 15, 1936 Hope, Ark.
Prohi Rally Set for Tuesday in Hope County Meeting
A wet county-wide Prohibition rally is announced for next Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Hope City Hall. Attorney John P. Viesey leads the organizing committee for the prohibition forces. Dr. J. A. Cannon, ex pastor of First Methodist in Hope now at DeQueen, will speak, introduced by Rev. Thomas Brewster of First Presbyterian. Campaign plans for the February 18 liquor election will be arranged, with a push expected to mobilize support statewide.
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Hope City
John P. Viesey
J. A. Cannon
First Methodist Church of
Carhe
Skate Locks End Angers Skater In Public Fall
Marjorie Waddle, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Waddle, was injured when her skate wheel locked and threw her to the concrete as she skated with companions near South Main Street. She suffered a brain concussion and was semi conscious for hours. A Miss Waddle, a Mope High School junior, was reported recovering at home Friday morning.
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Marjorie Waddle
George Waddle
Miss Waddle
South Main Street
Mope High School
Franklin feared despotism in early constitution record
Ithaca report reveals Benjamin Franklin doubted the permanence of the U S Constitution and warned of despotism before the 1787 Assembly. The draft speech, conserved by Carnell University librarian Olly Kindaddey, notes fears that corruption could allow arbitrary rule despite support for the new charter.
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Ithaca
Benjamin
Franklin
Burk- Ip
Constitution Assembly
Assembly
Olly Kind+addey
Carnell University
United States
Frankin
Federal judge refuses to free $39 million tax funds
In Chicago CIOCAGO, Judge Wilkerson on Friday denied resending roughly 39 million dollars in processing taxes impounded in his court. Packers and others who posted the money must await a final Supreme Court mandate. In Tennessee, Southern Tenant Farmers Union secretary L Mitchell reported two black sharecroppers wounded and a third arrested after a tenant meeting at a church near Earle Arkansas.
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Wilkerson
Suprnme
AAA
Tenn
L. Mitchell
Southern Tenant, Farmers Union
Earle
Ark
Bonus to Be Paid in Long War Veterans Debate
Washington debate on baby bond bonus payments features Senator Harrison asserting the bill becomes law whether or not President Roosevelt signs it. The finance committee says it will be law as a remedy, reflecting a recurring political clash over veterans' bonuses and presidential veto history from Harding to Roosevelt.
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Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
Herbert Plummer
Associated Press
Jpi
Congress
Harding
Wierdins
Coolidge
Hoover
United Sk
New Farm Plan Outlined by Roosevelt to Restore AAA
Washington announces a new farm plan to carry out AAA aims through soil conservation and erosion control. It calls for acreage retirement, federal rental payments to farmers, and funding estimates up to 4100 million for 1936, with further appropriations to reimburse invalidated 1935 contracts and strengthen remaining AAA provisions.
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AAA
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Burns
White House
Ney O
Jeunes
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Smith
Sony Carolina
Senate Agriculture Comnittes
Kipling Lingers in Hospital After Apparent Collapse
Rudyard Kipling remains alive but gravely ill in hospital with a coma. Reports of his death were erroneously carried by Friday’s papers via Havas and AP wires, prompting corrections from the news agencies.
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London
Eng
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Explorer and Pal Rescued in Antarctic Flight
British relief ship found Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon alive in Little America after fuel ran out during a South Polar flight. Damaged radio transmitter caused silence since November 23 departure from Dundee Island.
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London
Eng
Associated Press
Antarctic
Lincoln Ellsworth
Herbert Hallick-Kenton
Little
America
Bay of Wales
South Polar
Dundee Island
4 000 Ethiopians Slain Says Italians
The Italian command in Africa claimed 4,000 Ethiopians were killed in a major southern front battle. Ethiopian officials dismissed the figure as propaganda. Marshal Badoglio announced a complete Italian victory and said Ras Desta Demiu’s forces were fleeing toward the northwest as Italian troops pursued along caravan routes.
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Africa
Marshal Badoglio
Ethiopia
Ras Desta Demiu
Atkins Attendant at Parnell Rites
W. S. Atkins, Hope attorney and longtime ally of former Governor Harvey Parnell, served as honorary pallbearer in Little Rock for Parnell. Atkins, former chairman of the State Penal Board under Parnell, attended the funeral at First Methodist Church with burial in Little Rock.
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W. S. Atkins
Hope
Harvey Parnell
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jeff Davis
Atkins
State Penal Board
Parnell
First Methodist Church
Japanese Editorials Portray Allies as Foes in Naval Debate
Japanese newspaper editorials on the naval conference frame United States and Great Britain as antagonists. A vice admiral asserts Japan can prevail in a race against overwhelming odds, arguing Japanese strategy and spirit justify war readiness and strength.
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United States
Great Britain
Cabines
Sankichi Takshesu
Bate Geet
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