Feud Slayers, Marshall Marshal Wounded Christmas Eve
In Poplar Bluff Missouri R E Rice, farmer, sold 670 pounds of pork to a St Louis market then bought bacon at a local store for 18 cents a pound. The piece links producer gains to packers Armour & Co Swift & Co and argues for reshaping wealth distribution while noting a Marshall Arkansas murder case context and ongoing investigations into a fatal shooting involving Marshal Barnett and the Henley family.
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Foplar Bluff
R. E. Rice
St. Louis
America
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
J. Ogden Armour
Rainfall at Prescott Heaviest In State 3.11 inches
A torrential Arkansas storm Sunday night and Monday brought the heaviest rainfall to Prescott with 3.11 inches, while Hope saw .83 inch. The broad system hit Hempstead county after a northeast wind, boosting corn and truck crops. Forecast calls for more showers tonight and Tuesday. Damage in Fayetteville area may reach hundreds of thousands as tornadic winds damaged orchards and buildings. Rainfall benefited droughtstricken regions with 2.21 inches at Fayetteville and 12 inches at Texarkana.
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Aransas
Associated Press
Prescott
Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Hempstead
Fayetteville
Ark
Arkansas
Bentonville
Texarkana
Central School Control Urged for Arkansas Colleges
Dr. J W Reynolds president of Hendrix College urged a single centralized board of trustees with one president in Little Rock to oversee all tax supported colleges and four central supervisory boards for church and state institutions. He proposed University of Arkansas as the umbrella for major higher learning, with budgeting and curriculum directed centrally and lobby access restricted to the central board. He noted Arkansas has seven church related colleges worth about 5 million and the state’s tax-supported institutions total about 9.06 million in value.
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Horsushoe
Lodge
Ark
Little Rock
J. W. Reynolds
Hendrix College
Conway
Peoples Conference On Government
Arkansas
University of Arkansas
Chiame
Hce
Pan
Reynolds
This Spring Marks Wettest in Hempstead County Since 1928
The first five months of 1934 in Hempstead County were wetter than the six-year average and nearly 1 inch below the 60-year average. George W. Ware notes a 60-year precipitation table showing 51.37 inches annual rainfall, with 24.47 inches for January–May on the long term. This year’s five months reached 23.74 inches, about 2 inches above the 5-year average, with March to May showing the strongest gains.
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Hempstead
George W. Ware
Fruit & Truck Branch
Victims of Caribbean Storm Toll Rising in Central America
Relief workers in San Salvador estimated about 2000 dead after the weeklong tornado and rainstorm. Landslides and floods devastated towns from La Libertad to La Union as heavy rains swept the region. accurate counts limited to the capital area so far. In Honduras, 500 lives were believed lost as the Ulua river flooded La Lima district and Ocotepeque reported the village wiped out.
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Caribbeans
U. S. Air Corps
Pan American Airways
la Libertad
la Union
Yegucigalpa
Honduras
Ulua
la Lima
Ocotepeque
Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Tax Prohibition on PERA Vehicles
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the state cannot impose a tax on automobiles operated by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration or on gasoline used for them. The decision upholds a Pulaski chancery ruling in Wiseman v. Dyess. The court also affirmed that the Texarkana Forrest Park improvement district is not entitled to gasoline tax rebate funds for bond retirement.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
PERA
Pulaski Chancery
Wiseman
W. R. Dyess
Texarkana-Forrest Park
Tugwell Defends Self at Senate Hearing
Tugwell defended admin efforts to strengthen the Agricultural Adjustment Act before a Senate committee, sparking disruption as a report was demanded by Tuesday. Separate notes say adjournment of Congress by Saturday loomed, with Vice President Garner planning to leave June 16 for Texas, while two major measures on oil and agriculture were shelved for the session.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Congress
Senate
Tugwell
Garner
Uvalda
Texas
Ickes
Walache
Roosevelt
House
Health Insurance Plan Approved by U S College of Surgeons
CHICAGO The American College of Surgeons approved a voluntary prepayment health insurance plan to assure access to hospital care for people of limited means. The report outlines four population groups and urges medical leadership, with education for the uneducated and support for remote districts.
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U.S. College of Surgeons
Chicago
Board of Regents
American College of Surgeons
Medical Service Board
Mrs L H Coleman Dies From Accidental Gunshot Wounds
Mrs L H Coleman 53 died Sunday night in Idabel Okla from shotgun wounds suffered three months earlier when her 12 year old son Walter brushed against a shotgun causing it to discharge. She had undergone operations and hospital care, was sent home last Tuesday, but her condition worsened leading to death. The family resided on Hope Washington road after moving from Hempstead county to Idabel. An Idabel ambulance transported the body to her home Monday.
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Hatchett
Cleburne
E.G. Fendley
Leslie
Barnett
Noah Bryan
Vance Barnett
Vance
Barneth
L. H. Coleman
Ide
Idabel
Jim Coleman
Ex-Kaiser Praises Hitler in Daily Mail Interview
Former German ruler Wilhelm II in a Doorn interview with Randolph Churchill praises Hitler's work and says his family would aid a constitutional monarchy if returned. He criticizes price destruction, warns of famine, notes Japan's rising power, and ridicules the League of Nations as ineffective.
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London
Eng
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Daily Mail
Doorn
Holland
Randolph Churchill
Randolph
Wilhelm
Argentina
Brazil
Japan
China
India
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Crank Pie Supper Slated for Friday Night
A pie supper will be held at the Crank schoolhouse at 8 o clock Friday night June 18 announced by Hopes Mondiis.
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Crank
Mondiis
Terrorism in Alabama Labor Strife Claims One Life
Terrible violence in Alabama's industrial zones over the weekend includes dynamiting and gun battles. One worker died and another was seriously injured amid disturbances impacting labor-related tensions. The unrest disrupted several towns and involved sporadic clashes as authorities attempted to contain the violence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Crazed Man Kills Five in California
Five persons were knifed to death in Susanville California on Monday. Victims included three women and two men. The suspect Peter Dalosi, a lumber mill worker, was taken into custody by Sheriff Leavitt after the killings at the homes of Joe Lazio and then John and Lena Amistani.
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Susanville
Calif
Joe Lazio
Madden
Sazlo
John
Lena Amistani
Leavitt
Peter Dalosi
Arkansaw Put on Tax Appeal Board
Bolon B. Turner former Little Rock attorney was nominated by President Roosevelt for a 10 year term on the United States Board of Tax Appeals. The nomination was sent to the Senate after April 1 1933 Turner has been principal attorney in the Treasury Departments Office of the Special Assistant and worked on internal revenue matters and tax legislation before Congress and as legal counsel to the Treasury Secretary.
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Little Rock
Bolon B. Turner
Roosevelt
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Washington
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Harriman Stresses Budget Balance in Funds Shifting Debate
Henry Harriman of the United States Chamber of Commerce urges Congress to limit Roosevelt’s power to shift funds in a 1.172 billion deficency bill. He warns transfers from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to relief and public works could derail the 1936 budget balance by moving expenditures from loans to outright payments. The letter to Senate Appropriations chair Glass argues the House bill allows excess spending beyond the budget. The note cites U.S. share of world population and motor vehicles context.
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Washington
Organized Business Sunday
Senate
President
House
Harriman
American Line Tragedy: Airliner Found in Catskills Crash
The American Airlines missing airliner, lost in the Catskill mountains, was found twelve miles north of Livingston Manor New York. The craft was destroyed by fire with four passengers the pilot co pilot and stewardess inside dead. Ground crews rushed to the scene as a large search fleet circled the area. Buffalo businessmen and a New York traveler were among the passengers. Pilot Clyde Holbrook was among the country’s most experienced fliers.
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Newark
N. J
American Airlines
Catskill Mountains
Livingston Manor
N. Y
Buffalo
New York
Clyde Holbrook
John Barron
Little Rock
Memphis
Margaret Huckaby
Chicago
Insurance Firm Defends Lea Bond Authenticity
The Life & Casualty Insurance Co. said Sunday night it believed strong evidence supports the validity of about 40,000 in Henderson County bonds deposited with it by Luke Lea. The company noted other securities bearing the same numbers held elsewhere were genuine and that bond attorneys had passed on the bonds, with a detailed inquiry confirming their genuineness.
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Nashville, Tenn
The
Life & Casualty Insurance Co
Henderson
Luke Lea
Lea
Drouth Relief Funds Announced for Western States
Washington reports additional relief funds for drought areas totaling 1 300 000. Nevada receives 40 000 Colorado 500 000 Utah 40 000 Arizona 100 000 New Mexico 150 000. Funds largely as gifts for work relief projects aiding farmers and city dwellers in water and food preservation amid drought. Congress to consider 42 000 000 requested by Roosevelt for human relief with swift passage expected.
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Washington
Drouthstricken
Harry L. Hopkins
Nevada
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Congress
Roosevelt
Collision on Main Street injures no one
No one hurt in a Monday morning collision on South Main Street. Two sedans were badly damaged when Alva Dyke Middlebrooks rear ended Miss Marion Brummer as she slowed to turn toward Elm Street. Wet pavement contributed to the skid and loss of control.
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Alva Dyke Middlebrooks
Marion Brummer
Middlebrooks
Brummiett
Elm Street
Middlebroks
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