Editorial on Jim Crow law for horse drawn farmers in Mississippi towns
Mississippi editors clash over a proposed ban on farmers arriving by horse drawn vehicles. Birney denounces street filth and calls for action. Harris argues towns depend on farmers and urges practical stables and new parking spaces. The piece urges local government to provide a loading area for farmers to support trade.
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VO Mississippi
Lattle
Editex Birney
Columbus Miss
Comercial Dispatch
Columbus
Harris
West Point
Times
Birney
Habody
Court of Appeals Upholds TVA Contract Legality
The Fifth Circuit sustains the TVA act as constitutional and valid, reversing Judge Grubb. The ruling affirms Congress’s power to authorize TVA to sell and distribute electric power in competition with private utilities, affecting Alabama Power contracts and regional power arrangements.
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New Orleans
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
TVA Power
W. N. Grubb
District of
Alabama
TVA
Alabama Power Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Congress
Ganner
Net
Power Company
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Lowee
Orihe
Madman Power Company
Gribb
Court of Appeals Sie
PVA
United States
New Market to Open Saturday at City Markets & Grocery
Harnal opening of the City Markets and Grocery at 216 South Main Street will occur Saturday. Q Davis and Harry Hawthorne, proprietors, announce the purchase of the entire grocery sink by Davis from Hawthorne. Hawthorne will run a meal market from his current site while Davis operates the grocery department in the same building. Davis is a former manager of the A. and B. grocery.
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South Main Street
Q. Davis
Harry Hawthorne
Mr. Davis
Hawthorne
Hawtorne
Hawsthorne
Italians Dying in the Jungle Heat
Italians die daily from intense Eritrean heat as troops suffer. A large group of Malian families transfers from Jibuti to a Malian steamer en route home. An Italian warship stood by as further relief and repatriation efforts continued.
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Aden
Arabian
Eritrea
Mogadiscio
Maly
Mayor of Camden Is Found Shot to Death
Camden Ark. mayor C. L Barton was found shot to death at his home on Thursday morning. Police say no inquest is planned as the death appears to be a personal safety related wound. Barton, 42, also manager of Cameron Bottling Company, had served as mayor for under four months amid reported business pressures.
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Camden. Ark
C. L Barton
Camden
Pat Greening
Barton
Cameron Bottling Company
Bayless Boswell Dies After Illness in Bodeaw
Bayless Boswell, 65, died Monday at his home in Bodeaw after several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Union Cemetery. A Nevada county native, he is survived by his widow, one daughter Mrs Elsie Herring, one son both of Bodeaw, three brothers Joe Boswell of Frescott Lass Boswell of Rocky Mound and Slerting Boswell of Hope, two sisters Mrs Florence Fincher and Miss Parloe Boswell both of Rocky Mound, and three grandchildren of Bodeaw.
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Bayless Boswell
I Bodeaw
Union Cemetery
Nevada County
Elsie Herring
Bodeaw
Joe Boswell
Frescott
Lass Boswell
Rocky Mound
Slerting Boswell
Hope
Florence Fincher
Parloe Boswell
Guy Payne Leaves Hope for L A U
Guy Payne, star back of last year’s Hope High football team, departed Thursday for Baton Rouge Louisiana to enter Louisiana State University this fall. An outstanding halfback, he was particularly dangerous on sweeping end runs and in broken field. Payne came to Hope after three years as quarterback at Nashville High School, where he captained the team his final year.
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Guy Payne
Hope
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Payne
Nashville
Congress Roasts President Is Cool in Summer Heat
News account recounts President Franklin Delano Roosevelt handling a heated session as about 30 congress members were treated by House Physician Dr. George W. Calvert during the Washington heat. The piece recalls past Florida fishing trips and clashes with critics, noting Roosevelt’s calm facade amid controversy.
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Astington
FDRR
Florida
Carracuda
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Free Listings for Rentable Residences
Hope property owners with gas can rentable residences are requested to list them at the office of Hope Star. The listings will be turned over to Claude Mann, district head of the Works Progress Administration. Mr Mann notes several district staff families need homes. Listings not published will be supplied daily to Mr Mann. no charges.
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Hope
Hope Star
Claude Mann
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Two-Gun Alterie Shot Dead in Chicago Slaying
Chicago crime figure Louie Alterie known as Two-Gun Alterie was gunned down after leaving his hotel on Thursday and died an hour later. police suspect bootlegging era rivalries driven the shooting as authorities investigate lingering gangland feuds.
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Chicago
Louie
Tivo-Gun
Alterie
Williams Family Receives $4190 in State Claim Awards
The state claims commission approved several awards Monday including Glenn L. Williams' widow Mrs. Glenn L. Williams who received 4190.06 for 6000 claimed. J. O. Blutcher, former highway patrolman injured in a motorcycle crash, was granted 1673.90 for 5000 claimed.
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Ritele Rock
State Claims Commission
J. 0. Blutcher
Glenn L. Williams
Fulton
Hudspeth Saved by US Supreme Court Stay
In Arkansas, A T Hudspeth former head of a bank chain avoids immediate penitentiary entry as the US Supreme Court intervenes and delays surrender. Bondsmen had posted a 6000 cash bond and await release by a court order after arguments with Attorney General Carl E Bailey and Hudspeth’s counsel. A stay of execution filed in the Arkansas Supreme Court and a request for a majority vote postponed the bond forfeiture pending further action.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court of the United States
A. T. Hudspeth
North Arkansas
Hudspeth
Arkansas Supreme Court
Carl EB. Bailey
Bailey
Penitentiary
Ment
Rorex
Laywy
W. P. Sadler
Supreme Court
Owen 2. Robpenty
Supreme Courh
United States
Washington
Sendler Glass
Demu
Rit
Virginia
Cummings
Senate
Cynings
Virginian
Sunrenmve
Atorney General Tool
Glass
McAdoo
California
The
Treasury
Wesent
Henry Horgenthau
New Deal exposed in Washington headlines and charges
The Washington scene shows sensational claims by critics about the New Deal brain trust. Rep Brewster and Dr Wirt face house investigations amid denials from key witnesses. Ernest Gruening, former Portland editor and Gruening’s testimony, contradicts Brewster’s accusation.
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Washington
Wirt
Ralph Brewser
Maine
Mayo
Brews
Cargoran
Pussainaquoddy
Brewster
Tholding Company
Gary
Brain
Compensatory Tax on Rayon to Help Cotton Defeated
Senate defeats compensatory tax on rayon proposed to aid cotton as Byrnes pushes a joint protection plan for both commodities. The vote blocks rayon tax amendments tied to administration AAA proposals amid ongoing farm program debates.
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Washington
Senate
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Circuit Court
Boston
Supreme Court
Byrd
Virginia
Smith
Farmer-Laborite
George
Georgia
King
Utah
N C Sewer Board Bows to Sen Long
New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board voted unanimously to accept Huey Long's state control and release 1.8 million dollars from the tied federal public works fund to hire about 4,000 men. The 13 member board included Mayor Walmsley who opposed any peace pact with Senator Long.
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New Orleans
J R Frazier 77 Dies At Home On South Elm
James Randolph Frazier born April 15 1858 in Edgefield NC died at his home on South Elm Street after a four month illness. Funeral at 3:30 PM from the home with Dr J L Cannon and Rev Wallace R Rogers officiating. Survived by daughters Ruth Fleming of Hope and W S Kennedy of Little Rock and sister Mrs W G Rowle of British Columbia.
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James Randolph Frazier
South Elm Street
J. L. Cannon
Prescott
Hope First Methodist
Wallace R. Rogers
Hope First Baptist
Mr. Frazier
Edgefield
N. C
Hope
Ruth Fleming
W. S. Kennedy
Little Rock
W. G. Rowle
British Columbia
Seven Miners Killed in Kentucky Blast
In Vanlear Kentucky seven of nine men entombed by a coal mine explosion were found dead by rescuers. Sahin Daniel head of the State Department of Mines and Minerals said gas likely killed all nine. The blast left the town without hope for the remaining two miners.
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Vanlear
Sahin Daniel
Lexington
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Men Praised by National Bar
The American Bar Association praised G men in crime fighting as a notable development in criminal law. Justice Miller highlighted federal enforcement, noting a 31 percent drop in bank robberies and improvements in prisons under Sanford Bates and parole methods. Parker urged eradicating lawyer crime and defending society from those who misuse legal process.
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Los Angeles
Cualif
American Bar Association
Justice Miller
Attorneys’ Advisory Committee On
Miller
Criminal Division
Joseph B. Keenan
Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Yonger
Yamd
Sanford Bates
John J. Parker
United States Cir
Fourth District
Parker
Lawyer
42 Solons Pledge Votes for Repeal
Balve tua repealists from across Arkansas gathered in Little Rock for a statewide Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal meeting at Hotel Marion. Jo Mel Brooks reported 42 lawmakers favor repeal, 2 oppose, and 1 undecided, with hundreds of petitions from thousands against the tax. He warned the group that a special session to repeal the 2 percent sales tax could begin at 2 pm.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Sales Tax Repeal Association
Hotel Marion
Jo Mel Brooks
Higtheville
Welthesslie
Brooks
Futrell
Fide
Better to Die Free Than Pay Price of Slavery Says Chief
Emperor Haile Selassie urged Ethiopians to take up arms to defend their homeland. He told parliament and troops that Italy’s warlike preparations prove its intent to conquer Ethiopia and declared he would lead the forces in battle.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Africa
Haile Selassie
Uberty
Fort Smith hearing splits on Lily Mae McBride sanity
Fort Smith Ark physicians offered conflicting opinions in a sanity hearing for Lily Mae McBride and her sister Dorothy McBride. Three doctors found Lily Mae paranoid after her acquittal in her brother Edgar’s fatal shooting, while one physician deemed the sisters perfectly sane.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Lily Mae
Dorothy
McBride
Fort Smith
Federal Debt Peaks At Twenty Nine Billion Dollars
The federal debt has crossed 29 billion dollars reaching a new all time peak after recent Treasury notes offerings. The daily statement shows 29,177,786,319 dollars on Monday with funds from a 500 million dollar note issue. Expenditures for the first two weeks of the new fiscal year total 535,249,207 dollars, outpacing last year’s 289,947,882. Donald Budge defeats Wilmer Allison in a practice session at Wimbledon, extending his dominance.
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Washington
Treasury
Cotton futures open barely steady amid light demand
Markets note slight declines under liquidation and foreign selling. July at 11.98, October 11.65, December 11.38, January 11.55, March 11.49, May 11.54. Light initial offerings absorbed by buying. prices steady as narrow gains spread across the first hour. Liverpool spot cotton rises four points with quotes: American futures steady. good middling 7.41, 7.11, 6.96, 6.31, 6.56, 6.36, 6.60, while futures close steady: July 6.68, October 6.26, December 6.15, January 6.12, March 6.09, May 6.06.
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Commission House
Wade Buying
Liverpool
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