Here and There Editorial on Federal Relief in Arkansas
ALEx H Washburn notes administration errors in Arkansas relief costs with overheard expenses rising from 2 to 23.6 percent. FERA spending totals reveal $92,5045 against $5,028,000 distributed. He argues for drastic cuts if Arkansas must match federal taxes and criticizes political profiteering in relief funds. Also discusses Hollywood motion pictures crusade and cites U of Michigan herbarium's 95 year history.
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Hollywood
Thomas A. Edison
Upton Sinclair
William Fox
Wall Street
Mr. Sinclair
Mr. Fox
Will Carleton
My Fox
America
Cotton Acreage Drops to 68.6 Percent of Last Year
The Department of Agriculture estimates July 1 cotton acreage at 28,024,000 acres, 8.6 percent of the 40,852,000 cultivated a year earlier. In 1937 farmers rented about 10,495,000 acres to the government and used land for standing cotton. this year roughly 15,000,000 acres have been rented. Arkansas lists 2,206,000 acres for the year, down from 9,348,000 in 193?
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Arkanas
Two States League Playoff Set for July 19 22
A three game series between Howe and Atlanta will decide the first halfTwo States League championship with games scheduled July 19 and 20 at Howe and Atlanta and a possible final at State Line Park Texarkana The first half ended with Atlanta tied for the lead after a Sunday slate that included Hope losing 6 to 5 to Texarkana Tiremen and Southwestern Transporters routing Atlanta 18 to 2 in a game played in Atlanta.
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Howe
Atlanta
Texarkana
State Line Park
Texarkiana
Storks
Hope
Tiremen
Storks Hive
Southwestern Transporters
Afap
American woman arrested as spy in Europe probe
Pauline Jacobson Levine, 32, ordered to appear for questioning by Magistrate Hehon as part of a renewed drive to uncover an alleged international spying network. Authorities say investigations show Europewide information gathering on gas, microbes, and potential stratospheric developments.
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Paris
France
Pauline Jacobson Levine
Hehon
Europe
Arkansas Rangers Urged by Futrell
Governor Futrell renewed his plea for a state police force before the Arkansas Peace Officers association in Little Rock. He urged a Texas Rangers style system as the convention opened, with J C McDougal slated for election as association president.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Arkansas Peace Officers Association
Texas Rangers
J.C. McDougal
North Little Rock
Court Reverses Sheriff Conviction in Prisoner Escape Case
LITTLE ROCK The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed and dismissed the conviction of Mont Perrymore Logan county sheriff for permitting a prisoner escape. Perrymore was removed from office after indictment and fined by the circuit court. The appellate court’s section was presumed to reinstate the sheriff. The term adjourned until September 17 with other cases undecided. The court also discussed bank depositor cases and tax bases for the Fort Smith Gas company matter.
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Little Rock
Arkansan Supreme Court
Mont Perrymore
Logan County
Terrymore
Supreme Court
Fort Smith Gas Company
Derrick for Martin Test Completes Oil Derrick near Hope
Construction of the derrick for the I. W. Martin & Co. oil test well near Hope is finished and drilling is expected to start early next week. Wells include the Martin on A J Lafferty land SE 4 of Nav y Section 17 Township 14 South Range 24 West and the J W McWilliams site seven miles south of Hope with surface casing set. Goring Vieler located the Johnson test on George Jones land south of Hope.
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I. W. Martin & Co
Hope
Lewisville
Martin
A. J. Lafferty
Navy
South Range
J. L. Austin
J. W. McWilliams
Iepe
Range
Goring Vieler
Texas
Hope Area
Trial of Niven at Pine Bluff Begun
Pine Bluff Ark. jury panel selected for the trial of D B Niven Jr on a murder charge in the shooting death of Ray Meade 41 about three weeks ago. Defense argues for continuance and contends Niven was sane and drunk at the time. Niven pleads not guilty.
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Fin Bluff
Ark
Selves
Lon
D. B. Niven Jr
Ray Meade
Niven
Hollywood Scrub Scrape Brushes Through Decency Crusade
Hollywood faces a public crusade against rowdier films as reform groups push for cleaner pictures. Dan Thomas notes the industry’s struggle to balance entertainment with decency, highlighting films like Hell Divers and Little Women that draw crowds while avoiding sensational content.
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Dan Thomas
Hollywoot
NEA
Hollywood
Holly Wood
Min
Bill
House of Rothschild
McCracken Freed on Airmail Charge
Washington court reverses lower ruling finding that the Senate lacked power to jail William P McCracken for contempt in the airmail probe. McCracken and L A W Brittin had been found guilty by the Senate on February 14 and sentenced to 10 days each. Brittin served his term while McCracken contested the action.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Senate
William P. McCracken
McCracken
Aeronaetics
L. AW. Brittin
Northwest Airways, Inc
Britlin
Mew Cracken
FERA Probers Visit Mississippi County in Arkansas
In Mississippi County the FERA program faces no justification for complaints about relief administration, as state director W R Dyess was advised by FRRA engineers George D Bobcock and Nels Anderson. The pair inspected the first relief colony amid public dissatisfaction rumors. AR officials including Winthrop D Lane, a FERA field representative, conduct a four day survey of relief activities, while Texas beef processing plans for relief are to be studied. They will view cattle shipments from southern North and several staff members travel to Amarillo, Texas.
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Little Rock
Mississippi County
W. R. Dyess
George D. Bob+cock
Nels Anderson
FRRA
Winthrop D. Lane
FERA
Arkansas
Texas
D South
Amarillo
Tex
Edgar Hodson
California and New York Families Pick Hope Reunion
California and New York siblings chose Hope as a midway reunion point after a 10 year separation. Mr and Mrs SN Wolf and family from New York and Mr and Mrs S H Dunbar and family from Oakland arrived Saturday afternoon at Juck's Tourist Camp. Two cats from New York and California reached Hope within an hour and a half of each other due to well planned arrangements.
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Kipling
Hope
New York City
Oakland
Calif
United States
Juck
SN. Wolf
New York
S. H. Dunbar
Fetter
California
School Candidate Kills 2 Relatives in Hills Clash
In Wolff County on Sunday officers pursued Smallie Banks after he allegedly shot dead his cousin Nathan Banks, 50, and Nathan’s wife during a dispute tied to a school election. The coroner ruled willful murder.
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Wolff County
Nathan Banks
Smallie Banks
Nathan
Smallie Bank
Neighboos
Smallie
Holly Creek
Farm Forum Ready for Hempstead County Meeting
The Farm and Home Forum for Hempstead County meets at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station on Wednesday July 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program targets cotton contract holders with sessions for men and women led by Extension Service agents Eliz Posey J. L. Wright and Gladys Waters along with station staff Geo Ware. Helen Griffin will oversee the women’s afternoon session with Washington speaker J. W. Butler present. The men’s afternoon focuses on the Agricultural Adjustment Act Bankhead Act and contract compliance with an AAA representative in charge.
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Hempstead County
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
J. L. Wright
Eliz Posey
Gladys Waters
Rockefeller Out of Bed on Birthday in New Jersey
John D Rockefeller, age 99, rose from his bed for the first time in two weeks to greet his son John D Rockefeller Jr on his birthday. Cooler weather allowed the ailing financier to sit up as friends noted his recovery neared, though energy remains taxed and blinds stay drawn at Golfhouse.
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Lakewood
N, J
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
New York
Golfhouse
Crosnoe Boyd and Bates Put Uncle Bond at Hearing
In Hempstead county two years after a drugstore fire, Crosnoe Martin S and Robert Perry Boyd were bound over to the grand jury with bonds of 500 each. Bates held on 1000 bond, preliminary exam incomplete, the hearing presided by Judge Lemley. A crowded courtroom and hallway audience listened as Gentry fire marshal presided. Boyd fled from Hope earlier in the investigation.
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Charles Crosnoe
Robert Perry Boyd
Washington
Hempstead
Muniel
W. K. Lemley
Crosnee
Boyd
Bates
Walid
Crosnoe
A. Jawy' Boyd
Attorne Curtis Cannon
Luke Joe
LG. A. Gentry
Hope
Babi
Hot
Crosnoc
Hawthorne
Burns
Williams Chambers
Dazzie Lee Powell
City Attoreny W. 5
Atekins
Commodore Harris
Wayland Malone
Harry Abram
Thelma Jackson
Theda Mac Moore
H. Moore
Cotton prices rise on bullish government report in New Orleans
New York October cotton closed Monday at 12.39, up 24 points after a favorable government report. The day saw a high of 12.45 and a low of 12.07. Market activity followed the bullish data as traders reacted in New Orleans. Local listings for poultry and eggs appear in the same market note.
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New Orleans
New York
Little Rock
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