Taxed by Morals and Money in Arkansas Debate
An Arkansas legislature hypothetical weighs liquor legality and horse racing against public school funding and aged care costs. The piece critiques tax options, arguing sales taxes raise deadweight burdens while prohibition does not solve core funding. It urges regulation over outright bans and notes church groups resist compromise.
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Carreetly
Murely
Taday
Eac
Whyielf
Arlimeas
Auv
Iqeor
Tor Garland
Wats
Leisaye
Teme
Hal Sprig
McRal
Gorka County
Ittel
Supreme Court to Pass on NRA Puts Off Gold Decision
The Supreme Court agreed to pass on the constitutionality of the NRA and delayed a ruling until February 4 while refraining from announcing its decision on suspending old gold payments. The court also did not decide on Thomas J. Mooney’s request for release from a life sentence for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing.
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Supreme Court
Washington
United States Supreme Court
NRA
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin
San Francisco
Severe cold grips Arkansas as Hempstead county records eight inches rainfall
A winter storm drenched Hempstead County with about eight inches of rain while a record cold front drove temperatures to four degrees below zero in northern Arkansas. Snow accompanied the chill as cattle faced shelter needs and minor local floods appeared in some areas.
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Borth
South Portion
Fruit and Truck Branch
Fulton
Red River
Wa. m
Bame Hhour
Little Rock
Arkinsis
I Ec
Mariliy Naan
de. CG
D. Stubbs
State
County Schools Face Shortfall Amid War-Era Revenue Shuffles
State and local revenue for public school purposes in 1941-34 totaled 1,424,221 with an added 50,928 from FERA funds, yielding a grand total of 1,742,888. The Department of Education cites this as 450,282 more than the prior year. Of the total, 242,830 goes to state common school apportionment and 7,435 from local district taxes. the rest from miscellaneous sources. A proposed sales tax could cut the fund by about 1,200 and slow the minimum program for 1936-36. Regional figures include Hempstead, Howard, Miller, Nevada, and other counties.
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Little Rock
Fera Canela
Departmentaf Education
Cnmnmon
President's Birthday Ball Planned in Hope
Mrs. C. Lowthorp of Hope has accepted the county chairmanship for the President's Birthday Ball to be held January 30 at Elks hall. The event localizes 70 percent of proceeds for Hempstead County crippled children, 30 percent to a national hospital aid fund. Committees will be named and plans announced soon. music will be provided by a high class organization.
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Lowthorp
Hope
Roosevelt
Hope and Hempstead County
Elks Hall
United States
Warm Springs
Lowthorpy
Bobcats to Play McNeill Tuesday
Hope High School basketball team will meet McNeill here Tuesday night in the second home game of the season. The contest starts at 7 30. McNeill, a Columbia county school, is expected to bring a strong quintet to battle the Bobcat. Two county games will be arranged as preliminary contests to be played in the high school gymnasium.
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Hope High School
McNeill
Columbia County
Census Personnel Named at Camden
Wash Hutson of Camden protests letters criticizing the census appointments in Hempstead County. He states all appointments were made by Okey E. B. Westfall, district manager, Camden, Ark, in a January 2, 135 column.
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Camden
Politar
Hempstead
Iewish 10
Okey EB. Westfall
Distict Six
Ark
Wash Hutson
Mine Disaster Leaves Many Dead In Pocchville Event
A mine disaster at the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. mine in Pocchville traps dozens. Officials cannot yet confirm death toll or injuries as rescuers search the cavernous nether for victims.
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Povpeville
Philadelpha
Reaching Coal & Tron Co
Debs Rally Uses Messenger Boys For Roosevelt Birthday Drive
Debs mobilizes messenger boys to gather names for a nationwide birthday greeting to President Roosevelt. The Postal Telegraph plans to collect names at 25 cents each to fund infantile paralysis research, with 70 percent returned locally and 30 percent to the national commission led by Col. Henry La Doherty.
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Debs
Roosevelt
New England
Tore Tasses
Roosevalt
Postal Telegraph Company
Munity
Col
Henry la Doherty
Miami
Fladers
Fourth Raid for Liquor by Sheriff Bearden
Sheriff Jim Bearden and three deputies conducted a fourth raid since last Wednesday targeting Luck's Tourist Court west of town on Highway 67. They sought whisky based on information from the "dryest man in Hempylead county" but found no witnesses to any intoxicants. Luck quipped that the officers searched everywhere from the vaseline purps to the bottom of the dirty clothes basket.
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Jim Bearden
Bearden
Luck
Highway 67
H. B. Luck
Hempylead
Lrick
Jackson votes down municipal power plant plan in TVA link
Unofficial returns from Jackson show the proposed $1,500,000 bond to finance a municipal electric plant and TVA hookup was defeated 3.098 to 3.480 percent. The vote reflected strong factionalism and favorable weather, with Mississippi Power and Light and others opposing the plan.
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Jackson
Miss
Tennessee Valley Authority
Masur Ao Scotte Af
Duckson
TVA Pawes
Daven
Mississippi Power & Light Comepany
Fae
Hawi Pal
City Commission
Gotwern
Baptists Oppose Gambling and Liquor Bills in Arkansas
First Baptist church of Hope in conference Sunday opposed gambling and liquor bills pending in the Arkansas legislature. The resolution committee telegraphed Hempstead county’s representatives Emory A. Thompson and J. L. Filkinton and Senator John L. Wilson urging them to stop the measures, warning they would ruin the state and harm the youth.
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First Baptist Church of Hope
Arkansas
Church Congresstion
Church
Hempstead County
Emory A. Thompson
J. L. Filkinton
John L. Wilson
First Baptist Churety
Searcy County Salary Act Is Sustained
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that publishing a proposed county salary act twice in a weekly newspaper satisfied the initiative amendment’s spirit. Justices noted no specific enabling act was required for the petitioners’ publication. The decision upholds the legality of the act’s publication method.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Justice Baker
Searcy County
Liquor and Racing Trades eyed by Arkansas lawmakers
LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas legislature resumes after a weekend recess to discuss revenue needs and salary payments. Lawmakers consider trades and compromises to prompt early debate on liquor and horse racing. The tuberculosis sanatorium and old-age pensions also surface as potential issues.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Liquor Licenses Explained in Arkansas Confusion
Little Rock officials criticized federal issuance of liquor licenses as Homer M Adkins explains 2.0 3.2 percent beer permits cost 20 extra 25 grants liquor light wines and spirit licenses many dealers paid extra 3 anticipating state law Sheriff Brinch lists licensed dealers in Little Rock police seek six more names Attorney General Carl Bailey Prosecuting Attorney Donham and Mayor Knowlton condemn the policy amid widespread criticism and confusion
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Homer M. Adkins
Internal Revenue
Adkins
Sherif Brinch
Juneshera
Wsvillen
Fea
Carl EB. Bailey
Fred A. Donham
Knowlon
Hauptmann murder trial advances with Hauptmann to testify
Flemington New Jersey early reports outline the Lindbergh baby murder case as prosecutors expect Bruno Hauptmann to be the first witness in his own defense. The state claims $44,486 was added to Hauptmann assets after April 2 1932 the day Lindbergh paid a ransom. Mrs Hauptmann’s alibi and whereabouts are under cross examination as the trial intensifies with a judgment expected later this week.
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Associated Press
Flemington, N. J
Haupt
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
United States Department of Treasury
Fou Hauptmann
Svide
Brono Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh
W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fish
Edward W. Reilly
Wilentz
Achenbach
Hauptmanns
Markets Open With Gains Across Major Cotton Grades
New Orleans reports a firm open as Liverpool and Bombay cables boost sentiment. May and July futures rise early with May around 12 58 and July about 12 62, while New York shows steady gains led by house buying, with January 12.88 and July 12.84 for futures.
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Colton
Liverpool
Bombay
New York
Fulden and Vomnisai
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