Editorial on DOCTRINE and liquor tax in Arkansas
Here and There editorial by Alex H. Washburn, responding to a pasted open forum letter about Huey Long and the doctrine of prohibition. It argues against extreme enforcement, notes liquor taxation as part of public finance, and urges practical tax laws to fund schools and charity in Arkansas. The writer cautions that wars and offhand moral clashes should not justify bloodshed or impractical doctrine.
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McClellan
Patmos
The
Arkansas Gazette
Huey P. Long
Senator Long
Star
Louisiana
Hope Star
Square
Arkansas
Hquer
How Wyatt Earp Stood Off Mob to Save Desert Killer
In Tombstone Arizona 1880s I thin November I walked from Benson to Tombstone broke and hungry. I found money and luck at the Oriental saloon gambling, meeting Wyatt Earp and Curley Gil. Earp, deputy marshal and gambler, faced a mob to protect a fellow player during a tense morning at the saloon.
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Wyatt Earp
Mob
Desert Killer
Sam
Tombstone
Arizona
Benson
Cleveland
Ohio
Regia
Elita
Do Hollalay
Breathers
Giro
Curley Gil
Jaws
Walter Noble Burs
Wyilt Earp
H Owas
Oriental
Jack McCann
Loan Receper
U S School Aid to End on March 1st
Washington relief administrator Harry Le Hopkins told Arkansas officials he would extend aid to schools for one more month but after March 1 Arkansas must fund its own education. State Education Commissioner W. E. Phipps and Comptroller Griffin Smith met with Representative Terry to discuss extending federal aid, with notes from Service Division chief L. R. Alderman.
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Washington
Harry le Hopkins
Arkansas
Ste
W. E. Phipps
Griffin Smith
Terry
Hopkins
Relief Administration
Keupy
L. R. Alderman
Office of Education
Wiso
Senate Approves 2 Per Cent Rate on the Sales Tax
In Little Rock the senate passed an amendment lowering the Hall sales tax from 3 to 2 percent and opened the long path of considering 22 amendments. The house held a dull session while education committees weighed the measure. A resolution proposed inviting Secretary Wallace to address a joint session of the General Assembly was quickly adopted by the house and sent to the senate.
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Senate
Little Rock
House
Educations
Serv
Wallace
Arkansas
Natona
Leo. Nyberg
Helena
Nyberg
General Assembly
U S Per Capita Ticket Burden Ranks Second Globally
The United States carries a per capita ticket burden of 641 dollars, the second highest worldwide. England leads, France is third, and Germany is fourth in the ranking.
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United States
England
France
Gertway
New York Attorney and Ambassador dies at home
Mehard Wash ita Child attorney writer and former ambassador to Italy died at his home Thursday. Child, 4, was named ambassador by President Harding. Funeral services planned Saturday with interment in Newport, Rhode Island. Colorado Springs Colorado Albert W. McIntyre former governor dies in hospital late Wednesday night.
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New York
Mehard Washita Child
Italy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Albert W. McIntyre
Colorado
Auto Licenses Extended to Feb 15 in Arkansas
State Revenue Commissioner Ead Wiseman extended the deadline to purchase automobile licenses without penalty to midnight February 15. The move postpones the penalty period and applies to motorists seeking licensure in the state capital news coverage from Little Rock.
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Little Rock
State Commissioner of Revenue
Ead Wiseman Maursday
Sales Tax Invalid Says Carl Bailey
LITTLE ROCK The attorney general Carl Bailey says the proposed general sales tax is fundamentally unconstitutional because it taxes privileges that are matters of common right. He concludes the legislature cannot levy an excise tax on such privileges while noting some privileges may be taxed if not common rights. The opinion was requested by state lawmakers and cites Arkansas 1874 constitution constraints.
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Little Rock
Catt E. Bailey
Harve Thorne
House
J. £. Smith
Randolph County
Alfred Featherston
Torney
Arkansas
United States
Bible Conference at Presbyterian Church Schedule
A six day Bible conference at the Presbyterian Church runs February 17 to February 22 under the direction of Dr Fy Crossdes Muritz. Two study periods are held daily. Dr Morgan led a similar conference here a year ago.
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Fy Crossdes Muritz
Morgan
Birthday Ball Raised Funds for President Roosevelt
A local benefit fund gathered about 173 net from a birthday hall event at Elks hall with 409 telegrams sent to the president. Mrs C S Lowthorp announced the outcome noting 70 percent stays in Hempstead county for handicapped child rehabilitation while 30 percent goes to a national commission.
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Roosevelt
C. S. Lowthorp
Elks Hall
Roy Anderson
New Gravel Let on 2 Local Roads
State Highway Commission awarded contracts for one concrete paving project and six gravel and hauling jobs. Recipients include William F. Rodgers Little Rock for England city connection highway paving and others across Washington, Cleburne, Arkansas, and Columbia counties with project costs ranging from about 5 thousand to 80 thousand dollars.
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Little Rock
State Highway , Commission
William F. Rodgers
England City
Lonoke County
Tom Eads
Fayetteville
Evansville
Washington County
Ellis & Lewis
Muskogee
Okla
Rosston-Camden
Ounehita County
D. F. Jones Construction Company
DeWitt-Jenking Road
Arkansas County
Chaney & Dudley
DeWitt
DeWitt- Deluce
Batson Brothers
Dardanelle
Rosgton- Waldo
Columbia County
Hope-Lewisville
Hempstead
Action urged for state hospital reform in Arkansas
Hot Springs board, in a report to Governor Furcelt and lawmakers, condemns the dual system after a two year trial and proposes repurposing the old penitentiary for criminal insane. It calls for a sprinkler system at the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, notes reduced waste, and reveals 1300 patients sleeping on floor mattresses.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Futrell
John L. Peters
State Hospital
Peters
Furcelt
Geneva Assembly
Aiirungag
A Chant to Mr Ground Hog February Second
A brief verse titled A Chant to Mr Ground Hog follows a playful ritual honoring the groundhog tradition. The playful piece invokes the animal figure to signal the coming of spring and the turning of seasons.
Groundhog Day Forecast From Slumbering Fog Lodge
A garbled report ties the ground hog to seasonal change and spring timing. It notes a local lodge established in 1007 and references the ground hog’s weather omen, implying spring is distant. The text blends musings on winter retreat, school ties, and a chant praising the animal’s forecast.
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Qguarryuilte, Pd
Liquor Raid Seizes Thirteen Pints at Luck’s Tourist Camp
Deputies raided Luck’s Tourist camp west of Hope on Highway 67 capturing thirteen pints of bonded whisky and gin. Proprietor H. Luck was away. officers say he will face liquor for sale charges. Investigators were Deputy Sheriffs Reginald Bearden, Bob Patterson, John Griffin, and Claude Stuart.
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Lucks
Hope
Highway 67
Hempstead
H. Luck
Reginald Bearden
Bob Patterson
John Griffin
Claude Stuart
Housing Title No. 2 Is Put Into Effect
LITLE ROCK Amended regulations under Title No 2 of the National Housing Act expand insured loan eligibility to more banks and building and loan associations for new construction. The Federal Housing Administration says formerly only lenders with 100000 capital and no contiguous trading area of 100,000+ could participate. The order lists national mortgage associations and government agencies as acceptable mortgagees, with Federal Reserve members and FDIC members automatically approved, and nonmember state banks eligible if deemed responsible. Arkansas institutions now qualified include First National Bank DeWitt Jonesboro Citizens Building & Loan Little Rock Commercial National Banks Little Rock Peoples National Bank Little Rock Union National Bank Lith Rock W B Worthen Co Little Rock First Federal Savings & Loan North Little Rock Argenta Building & Loan Pine Bluff National Bank of Russellville Bank of Nuoseliville.
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Litle Rock
Hal L. Norwood
Federal Housing Administraion
National Housing Set
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fedwal Home Loan Bank
Washington
Arkansas
National First National Bank
DeWitt
First National Bank
Joneshurhs
Citizens Building & Lawn
Rock
Commercial National Tants
Little Rock
Peoples National Bank
Union National Bank
W. B. Worthen Co
First Federal Savings
Argenta Builel
Pine Bluff
National Bank of Cain- Wee
Russellville
Banke of Nuoselivile
Land Values Jump 19 Percent Here in 1934 Sales
The Federal Land Bank in Southwest Arkansas reported a 19 percent higher per acre price for farms sold in 1934 than in 1933. The 515 farms averaged $22.61 per acre, up from $19.00, totaling $1,568,941 vs $1,601,000 from 632 farms in 1933. Most buyers were local farmers, with many urban investors also purchasing land. buyers paid 34 percent cash under Liberal terms and policy.
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Federal
Bank of St.Louis
Kugh Smith
Hope
Federal Land Bank
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Smith
Famed Dry Editor Declares for Beer in Kansas
Emporia editor William Allen White, longtime prohibition advocate, says a 3.2 beer ban would topple prohibition, predicting tens of thousands of dry supporters would revolt. Lawmakers consider bills to revise liquor laws from repeal to limiting alcohol to half a percent.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Kansas
Kentucky Guard Targets Theft Ring in Manchester Raid
Kentucky National Guard units and state police conducted a surprise raid in Manchester to disrupt a theft ring headed by a prominent official. The operation aimed to dismantle the suspected network and arrest key participants amid an ongoing investigation.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Buordanya
Witness asserts seeing Hauptmann in Bronx restaurant
FLEMINGTON N J Richard Hauptmann’s defense rests on a Bronx restaurant alibi while four others back his claim. Witness Carlstrom testified he saw Hauptmann in the bakery where Mrs Hauptmann worked the night of March 1 1932. Prosecutors pressed for a death verdict, noting possible outcomes include acquittal, conviction, or a hung jury and a new trial.
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Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Richard “Hauptmann
Dia
Haupmann
T Beigh Baby
Louis Kiss
Hauptin
Bronx
Ebvert Carlstrom
Hauptmann
New York
Fannette Rivkin
Lindbergh
N.J
Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Flemington
Brun Hauptmann
Baby Lindbergh
Anna Hauptmann
David T. Wilentz
Isador Fisch
Elgert Carlstrom
Cotton futures drift as markets open steady
Markets in New Orleans and New York opened with modest firmness and minor declines. May and July contracts posted small gains and losses amid mixed signals from Liverpool cables and sterling, while the rest of the early trading showed little change from the prior close with key figures around March to December futures in the 12.33 to 12.44 cent range.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
May
New York
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