Ex-con Pitts faces baffling baseball ban and public outcry
The case of Alabama Pitts who just left Sing Sing for Albany baseball sits amid calls to hire him. National Association of Professional Leagues President W G Bramham rules Pitts cannot play, while fans and players urge the move. Also notes looming Abyssinia Italian tensions and rising government relief costs.
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Governors Give President Confidence Vote
Governors at the Biloxi conference re-elected Gov. Paul McNutt as chair and granted President Roosevelt a vote of confidence in his recovery efforts. They endorsed a nationwide program for minimum wages and maximum hours to preserve relations between capital and labor and reduce unemployment. The NRA features were supported. a plan to place federal relief funds under state supervision was defeated 13 to 3.
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Mixs
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Roosevelt
Harey Wenige
Maryland
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NRA
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Farmer Exhibits Potatoes on Tomato Vine
Thorey Robinson of DeAnn brought to Hope a Irish potato vine bearing four lomitoes and several Triumph potatoes at the roots with four gious tomatoes on top. Robinson could not explain the cross between potatoes and tomatoes. Mrs. W. A. Walser of Hope Route Two delivered a remarkably large fly to The Star office, size of an average orange.
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DeAnn
Hope
Se. Robinson
W. A. Walser
Star
Winter vegetables thrive near Redhill as mine fire glows
Vegetables grow outdoors through the winter near Redhill Worcestershire England. A fire burns beneath the farmland in old mined galleries causing the observed warmth and the unusual growing conditions on the farm.
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Worchestershire
England
Schools Must Not Exceed Revenues
In Little Rock state officials say school warrants issued beyond a district's current year revenue are invalid. Directors authorizing such debt may be held personally liable. If operations cannot be funded, boards should close schools for the year. The county treasurer is not liable for such warrants and should honor legally drawn warrants only as funds allow.
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Sistant
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G. C. Floyd
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Heory
Eight Proclaimed Dead as Texas Floods Persist
Floods surged along western streams on Saturday threatening more loss of life and property. At least eight were known dead in southern Texas as the Colorado Auane Rio Grande Frio Guadalupe and Nueces rivers ran over banks. Scores remained missing.
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Nation Wide Hunt for Mahan Shifted to Texas Saturday
Kirbyville Texas residents were alerted as a gunfight near a CCC camp Friday night left William Mahan at large after an escape from officers. Local tipsters and Jasper County officers reported Mahan in the vicinity, but officials later corrected the sighting to Alvin Karpis, once tagged public enemy number one.
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Offiewra
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Malone
Alvin Karpis
Riots erupt as allies of strikers clash nationwide
One person was killed and dozens injured as rioting spread among sympathizers of striking streetcar workers. National guardsmen in Freeport wounded six after a day of plant picket turmoil. In Toledo the Central Labor Union threatened a general walkout in support of Edison workers. A Milwaukee milk truck bombing occurred amid a dairy strike and the coal strike deadline was extended with wartime wage and hour talks. John Lewis called off the Appalachian soft coal strike after a joint union-miners conference approved maintaining conditions through June 30.
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National
Toledo
Ohio
Catral
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Roosevelt
John Lewis
Alabama Senate bans heart balm suits in breach of promise
The Alabama Senate approved the Russell bill 18 to HH to outlaw civil suits for breach of promise seduction and alienation of affections. The bill moves to the House. The Senate also passed the Wellbury guest rider bill to prohibit suits by guests against drivers in auto wrecks where willful or wanton negligence is shown.
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Bank of France vaults guard gold under rock and tunnels
The Bank of France houses its vaults beneath solid rock with subterranean vaults. Helen Hentschel, the nation’s first female outboard motorboat champion, has become a business adviser, offering expert guidance on motors boats and equipment to New York customers.
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Helen Hentschel
Warn’ Oltoarder
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Prediction of 13 Cent Cotton by Senator Bankhead
Senator Bankhead foresees a 13 cent cotton price due to a potentially short world crop and carryover concerns. He suggests farmers with pool options can organize to hold cotton for 8 cents and notes 12 cent loans may not move until 13 cents is reached. He cites foreign production likely exceeding 15.5 million bales and a world demand of about 44 million, with U.S. output pressured by late, insect-prone conditions.
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Senator Bankhead
Bankhead
Federal Judge Attacks High Cost of Insolvency Fees
Judge Julie D Martin in Jackson Tenn cracks down on high fees in bankruptcies and receiverships in Memphis. He orders fee cuts and encourages fee free receiverships to conserve assets for creditors, reshaping the handling of insolvency cases and reorganization efforts. Continued on page four.
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Dudgee Martin
Jackson
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Martin
Kaul Ended Body Found in East River
New York police recovered the body of five year old John Kaul from the East River on Saturday ending a frantic search that began June 6 after the boy vanished from a playground on Manhattan's east side. The father identified the body, collapsing after the identification.
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John Kaul
East River
Sutton
Manhattan
Railroad Week talk highlights Frisco progress and taxes
L Collette of the Frisco railroad spoke to Rotarians and Kiwanians during Rail road Week, tracing the system from past to present. He cited stainless steel streamlined passenger trains, air conditioned coaches, and The Snack Cat as rail advancements aimed at recovering passenger business, while stressing the industry’s broader benefits through employment, commodity use, and tax revenue to Hope, Hempstead County, and Arkansas.
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Frisco
Mr. Collette
Hope
Convict Freed to Aid Sister in Illness
Ernest Monroe Wilkerson, prisoner at Tucker prison serving a five year term for grand larceny, was furloughed for five days by Acting Governor Norrell to visit his gravely ill sister Viola Wilkerson in Jonesboro Arkansas. Doctors reported her condition improved but a blood transfusion may be needed. Wilkerson volunteered to donate.
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Ernest Monroe Wilkerson
Tucker Prison
Viola Wilkerson
W. Norrell
Wilkerson
Howard Carlin
Criffenden
Norrell
Futrell
Biloxi
Wis
Lois Jones Wins Voice Test In Hope City Hall
Miss Lois Jones, a popular Hope girl, won the free movie voice and screen contest held at Hope city hall Friday night. The event, staged with the Young Business Men's association of Hope, advances her to a regional Dallas contest with a potential trip to Hollywood. Her Dallas trip expenses are paid by the state show management.
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Hope City Hall
Young Business Men's Association of Hope
NRA Bill Quickly Signed by F. DR.
The NRA resolution was rushed through the House by a solid majority and signed by President Roosevelt. The measure delays recovery measures until April 1, 1986. Vice President Garner and Speaker Burns signed promptly after the House passage amid Republican protests over a gag rule.
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Arkansas Attorney General remarks on legalizing betting and racing
Little Rock bulletin reports Attorney General Carl Bailey stating Saturday that the plan to legalize betting and racing is clearly limited to track activities. In Pulaski County, the public welfare commission held a session to discuss PERA transfers, moving unimpaired relief to Vera. Mrs Keenan called the shift an economy move.
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Genial
Carl Bailey
Satard
TG Net
Pulaski County
Bible School Will Open Here Monday
A daily vacation Bible school starts Monday at First Methodist church. sessions run two weeks from the 17th to the 28th with large enrollment expected. Miss Mamie Briant supervises juniors with assistants Mary Louise Keith, Lorraine McCoy, Beatrice Gordon, Mabel Barnum, Kathleen Campbell.
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Mamie Briant
Mary Louise Keith
Lorraine McCoy
Beatrice Gordon
Mabel Barnum
Kathleen Campbell
Edwin Ward
Joy O'Neal
Guyola Basye
Vera van Sickle
Dell McClanahan
Elizabeth Evans
Mary Billingsley
R. L. Broach
Robt. Anwell
Fred Blount Dies Early Saturday
Fred Blount died early Saturday at his aunt Mrs Bob Chamberlains home on Bast Second Street Funeral services were to be held from the residence Sunday with burial in Rose Hill cemetery He is survived by his father IC Bryant of Little Rock and two aunts Mrs Bob Chamberlain and Mrs Graves a Peachy?
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Lionel Blount
Bob Chamberlain
Poin
Rose Hill
IC. Bryant
Little Rock
Hopy
Graves
Parigated
St Petersburg Celebrates 365 Days of Sunshine
St Petersburg marked a year of uninterrupted sunshine amid city celebrations and bands, praising the St Petersburg Independent newspaper and its sunshine offer. The first free issue debuted June 4, 1934 after extended dry weather, while Bullue’s Island, now Liberty, hosted a historic site for federal hangings attracting excursionists.
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First Lawyer Convicted for Aiding Urschel Kidnappers
Oklahoma City. Ben B. Laska, a Denver lawyer, was convicted on federal charges for aiding in the Urschel kidnapping. He was charged with receiving $10,000 in ransom and directing disposal of the $200,000 paid for Albert Bates release. The verdict was sealed pending judge S. Vaught's sentencing decision. Co-defendant James Mathers, Oklahoma lawyer, was acquitted on a directed verdict.
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CIFY
Ben B. Laska
Denver
Albert Bates
Charles F. Urschei
Oklahoma City
Laska
Urschel
Edgar. S. Vaught
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Charles F. Ursehel
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P. K
Diréctea Vakdter Tar
James Mathers
Vaught
Edward Feildman
Bob Feldman
Clara Feldman
Court seeks forfeiture of Hudspeth bond in bank case
Attorney General Bailey asked Arkansas Supreme Court to forfeit a $6000 cash bond posted by A. T. Hudspeth former president of a bank chain. Hudspeth was convicted in Boone County for taking deposits in an insolvent bank and has abandoned further appeals to the U S Supreme Court. The petition seeks delivery of the bond to the state treasurer and cites stay orders and time to seek writs of certiorari.
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Carl E. Bailey
Supreme Court Priday
A.T. Hudspeth
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Boone County
Harrison
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Atarney
Guy E. Williams
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C. B. Johnson
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Bimker
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