Family buying power up 53 cents from 1933 level
In Minneapolis a Northwestern National Life study shows the average family’s monthly buying power is 53 cents higher than in 1933 due to lower food costs and wage shifts. The report notes savings across most budget items since January, with living costs climbing and earnings fluctuating through April.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwestern National Life, Insurance Company
ABC
Ure
Jears
Sir Calan
Navy reform cries loud in Collier's from retired officer
Lt Commander Holden A Evans U S N retired charges the American Navy is bungling and costly in a Collier's article. He attacks the sealord clique and the high ranking officers who he says mishandle shore duties and naval yards. Evans cites waste in officer assignments and urges direct changes to boost efficiency.
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New York
Holden A. Evans
U.S. N
Collier's
Sealord Gliques
Evang
Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Companion
Navy
Evans
Britain
Navy Department
Admiralty
Bureau of Navigation
Bygus
Naval Reserve
Department Croimaniderry
Soa
Keny Willy Eine
Secretary of the Navy
Meeker
Anidyr
Washington
Cranium Cracker Hurdles and Sheep Enclosure
A farmer used hurdles to enclose 50 sheep and later added 100 more. If he arranged the hurdles perfectly from the start, how many more hurdles are needed to enclose all the sheep with the existing setup.
Body of Glen Whittaker Found on L & A Tracks Near Patmos
The 35 year old Patmos resident Glen Whittaker was found dead along the L and A railroad tracks half a mile south of Patmos. Discovered by a TE and A section crew, the body lay on the tracks since daylight Friday after three trains passed. Coroner J OH Weaver and Sheriff Jin Bear den traveled from Hope to investigate the scene.
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Glen Whittaker
Patmos Negro
Patmos
Te & A
Seriff Jin Bearden
J. OH. Weaver
Hope
Bney
Inere
Mind Your Manners Quiz From 1938 NEA Service
A manners quiz asks if it is rude to glare at a bill or pay at the table and who should speak to the head waiter. It suggests prepaying or arranging charges to avoid guest embarrassment and that the man speaks for table preferences.
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NEA Service
Two Hope Youths Injured in Truck Wreck Near L. R.
Two Hope youths Herbert Byers 19 and Winston Erwin 22 were injured when their vegetable truck went off Highway 70 west of Little Rock striking a telephone pole and a bridge. Byers, driving, sustained possible brain injury. Erwin suffered facial cuts. both were taken to Baptist Hospital.
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Litile Rock
Herbert Byers
Hope
Litle Rock
Winston Erwin
Byers
Baptist Hospital
Debt Meeting at FSA Office Here on Monday
Farmers in Hempstead County facing foreclosure were invited to confer with the Hempstead county farm debt adjustment committee meeting at the FSA office in Hope on Monday at 4 PM. Edgar M. Osherty of Hope chairs the independent panel aiding debt-burdened farmers and creditors toward amicable adjustments.
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FSA
Hempstead County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
Hope
Edgar M. Osherty
Come Wiffes
Roosevelt to send commission to England on trade unions law
President Roosevelt announced a special presidential commission would travel to England to dispel U S misconceptions about the British Trade Union Act. The act is cited by some business interests as a model for U S union regulation. Senate approves another 100 million for air clearance as part of a lending bill lifting total to 3.072 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
England
United States
Senate
Administration
Weaver Is Named Post Commander
New officers of the Leslie Hudkeston Post of the American Legion were elected Thursday night at Hope City hall. The officers named are Devil Weaver post commander Kyler first vice commander Bates second vice commander Kolb chaplain Smith post surgeon Franklin and Jones sergeant at arms.
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Leslie Hudkeston
American Legion
Hope City Hall
Devil Weaver
Kyler
Bates
A.C. Kolb
Don Smith
E. S. Franklin
Mr. Jones
Five Fugitives From State Hospital Recaptured
Five patients who escaped from the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases near Little Rock were recaptured Friday morning after escaping shortly after midnight. The report notes the group of five had fled earlier in the night and were brought into custody by authorities.
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Little, Rock
State Hospital
Tragic Deaths Touch Ozan In Quiet Arkansas Town
In Ozan Arkansas residents mourn the deaths of Mrs B E Haselman and her daughter Mrs Wilbur Robins after a Wednesday tragedy. Funeral services are set for 2 pm at St Pauls church with many locals paying respects at Mrs Gray Carrigan’s home. The tight knit 53 year old township with 155 residents reflects on a rare sorrow in its history.
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E. Haselman
Wilbur Robins
J. Hy Weaver
Aliinney Ned
Stewart
Jim Bearden
H. J. Haselman
Ozan
Ark
B. E. Haselsman
Tall
Oran
Haselian
Robins
Gray Carrigan
St. Paul's Church
At- Nivaclice
Unboats Search for Kidnapped Boy in Florida Swamp
Princeton Florida reports gunboats and divers aiding the search for kidnapped Jimmy Cash. J Edgar Hoover arrives with 146 agents by plane to assist. Divers probe a swamp bottom 40 miles south of Princeton after the discovery of what may be cloth stained with blood, per a Miami Daily News crew.
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Princeton
Fla.i
Jimmy Cash
Frovida Keys
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ciic
Miami Daily News
U S Criticizes Civilian Bombings in World News
Washington records condemn civilian bombings in China and Spain. Undersecretary Sumner Welles clarifies the statement was not tied to Britain or directed to Franco or Japan. Reports say Japanese planes killed 50 at a Canton textile factory and harmed riverboat residents.
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Washington
United States
Ching
Spain
Sumner Welles
Great Britain
Franco
Canton
Farm to Garden: Stanley Couple Move Toward 15th Anniversary
Julius Paul, still active at 107, has shifted from farming to gardening in Stanley Wisconsin. His wife is past 10. The couple plan to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary next year. They have eleven living children and fifty grandchildren.
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Stanley
Wis
Julius Paul
Thought Revibution in Divine Administration
A Thought Revibution is cited as a grand principle in the divine administration of human affairs attributed to J. Foster. The fragment presents a philosophical claim about governance through transforming thought and order in human society.
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J. Foster
Campaign to move Hempstead county seat set for Hope
A city hall rally at 8 p.m. marks the start of a countywide campaign to move the Hempstead county seat from Washington to Hope. Speakers O A Graves and Steve Carrigan will outline the need and costs of a new courthouse. The event precedes a June 1 special election. A county tour by 30 cars and the Hope Boys band will visit all parts of the county June 8 and 9 with talks at each stop.
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Hempstead
Washington
Hope
Hope City
O. A. Graves
Steve Carrigan
Sean
Audienes
Hope Boys
Waldo Woman Injured in Texas Commencement Trip Crash
Mrs. L V Benson of Waldo Ark was injured Thursday in a collision at Stamps. Her daughter Claire Benson a Waldo high school teacher rode with her but escaped injury. The other driver was Asa Tatum of Stamps. The Bensons were bound for Austin Texas for the University of Texas graduation.
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Ark
L. V. Benson
Stamps
Claire Benson
Waldo High School
Benson
Asa Tatum
Bensons
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Carl Benson
Cotton opens and closes mixed in New Orleans Friday
New Orleans cotton trading opened at 6.05 and closed at 8.16. Spot cotton finished steady with LT points up as middling prices reached 8.19.
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