Here and There Editorial on Texarkana Tax Tactics
The Star defends Arkansas tax rules against Texarkana pressure over sales tax exemptions and toll-bridge issues. It argues for a strong chamber of commerce defense and notes the Fulton toll bridge as a state asset serving the public. The piece asserts Arkansas starts at the state line, not Texarkana, and pledges continued coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owerful
Arkansas Gatte
Redfer
Texarkana
Met
Noy Ander
Texarkana Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Fuilon
Ogy
Chamber of Commerce
Custades
High School Athletic Association
State Revenue ‘Department
Fulton Toll Bridge
Fulton Bridge
Chambers of Commerce
Ely
Red River
Texas
Fulton
Pace Loses in Lead for Ousting of Tilman Parks
Washington GOP leaders debate contest over Arkansas Democrat Mark Parks nomination. Speaker Ayrns sees no house role in a primary dispute while Wade Kitchens seeks inquiry into alleged fraud. Clerk Trimble notes lack of proper papers for referral and no clear path for Kitchens to bring the matter forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ayrns
Wade Kitchens
Representaive ‘Mark
Arkansas
Parks
Hitchens
South Trimble
Pal
Trimble
Arkansas Cistrict
Kitchens
Rimary
House
House Elections Committee
Troops Return to Zinc Mine War
National guard troops arrived at the Eagle-Pitcher Mining and Smelting Co plant in Alena Kansas to rescue four guards besieged by a night of strikes. Troops deployed around the smelter with two machine guns as hundreds of strikers vanished by morning amid a loud and destructive mob scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alena
Kan
Eagle-Pitcher Mining & Smelting Co
President Pledges Rural Roads Help in Works Program
Roosevelt promises strong role for rural highways in federal works plan with a farm to market roads push. Wallice backs the effort as Representative Lord estimates up to 600 million dollars would remove relief workers from the rolls. Senate leaders threaten to kill the administration utilities bill if holding companies are not abolished amid renewed push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Wallice
Lord
New York
Senate
Bilt
House
Red River Falls to 29 Feet on Missouri Pacific Bridge
The Red River dropped to 29 feet on the Missouri Pacific bridge gauge Saturday morning, reported by Ben Wilson The Star's correspondent. Flood danger now past as levels remain four feet above flood stage. The stream declined about one foot daily since Monday's peak of 34.8 feet.
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Fulton
Missouri Pacific
Ben Wilson
Star
Redding
Ozan Wontar Hurt in Auto Accident Report
Mrs Cecil Walker of Ozan was hospitalized Saturday after an automobile wreck three miles northwest of Hope. Doctors said injuries not serious, with shock and chest injury. Mrs Wilbur Jones and Mrs Charles Locke of Ozun were in the car but did not seek medical aid. Nearby reports note no formal gubernatorial announcements at the Eureka Springs session. State Treasurer Earl Page announced he will seek reelection next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Walker
Ozan
Josephine Hospital
Hope
Wilbur Jones
Charles Locke
Ozun
Eureka Springs
Ark
State Senate
Lee Cazort
Shute
Ed F. McDonald
Earl Page
Duke Ellington to Play Negro Dance in Hope July 4
Accommodations planned for 1500 attendees as Duke Ellington and his band visit Hope for a July 4 negro dance at Yerger High School auditorium. A large section will be reserved for White spectators to witness the floor show and concert. Advance white tickets available at Ward's drugstore and Negroes at Lewis grocery. Ellington’s orchestra recently played at the Cotton Club in New York and is touring the South. Separate note mentions a 600 room Tokyo hotel project costing 0,000,000 yen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Ellington
Yerger High School
Cotton Club
New York City
Ellington
McFaddin to Speak to M E Men's Class
Hope attorney McFaddin will address the Young Men's Bible class at First Methodist Church at 10 a m Sunday He will discuss Mexico City where he was recently elected one of five U S directors of Rotary International
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McFaddin
Hope
First Methodist Church
Mexico City
U.S
Rotary International
Levee Blast Near Helena Aims to Ease Backwater
Helena Arkansas bulletin reports 75 feet of the main Arkansas river levee dynamited by unidentified persons Saturday. The action appears intended to relieve a menacing backwater situation in Arkansas County.
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Helena
Ark
Arkansas River
Parsons
Arkansas County
Strike Call by United Mine Workers Halts Work Nationwide
John L. Lewis, UMWA president, ordered a nationwide strike stopping work at midnight Sunday. With wage talks collapsed, strike notices were sent to 6,000 local unions affecting about 450,000 miners while operators awaited White House action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
White House
Lewis
White Mouse
Reid Will Direct Settlement Work in Arkansas and Three States
Reid will head the rural resettlement program in three states on a one year leave of absence from the University of Arkansas. As assistant director of the state Agricultural Extension Service he has long been noted for relentless work and will assume the new regional post after meeting with Washington officials including Dr Rexfort Tugwell during Roosevelt’s resettlement conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
T. Roy Reid
State Agricultural Extension Service
Arkansas
Reid
Washington
Roosevelt
Rexfort G. Tugwell
Rural Resettlement Administration
Rural Resettlement Organization
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Advertising Best Trade Stimulus in Britain and France
Lord Luke told the International Chamber of Commerce that advertising is economical and effective for distribution. He cited Britain’s annual ad outlay of about £70,000,000 and a claim that ads account for roughly 3 percent of retail trade and under 10 percent of distribution costs. He argued advertising assures product quality and public trust.
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Fas
France
Lord Luke
Internatonal Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Lord Lyle
New Deal in Washington seen shaping upcoming Congress
Rodney Dutcher reports that Washington lawmakers with aligned views are planning a lean legislative session after the tax bill. They foresee focusing on investigations next winter and spring, including probes into railroad financing, the Federal Communications Commission, and investment trusts, as conventions approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Dutcher
Wshington
White House
Senate
Federal Communications Coysian
Americas Telephone & Telegraph Company
Securities and Exchange Com
Fuller Sees Arkansans to Match Federal Pension Funds
Congressman Claude A. Fuller told state officials in Eureka Springs that federal dole will end and that Arkansas must raise funds to match a proposed social security pension plan. He warned the state to prepare for an income tax and other revenues to fund benefits for 75,000 Arkansans over 65, estimating 11,000 would be eligible, and outlined costs and mechanics of state matching payments under the Peyton Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Springs
Ark
Claude A. Fuller
Arkansas
Elty
Congress
Dole
Eh Business of America
Rooosevelt
Fier
House
Ways and Means
Hhhe
Arkane
Georgia
Peyton Plan
Fire Quenched as Key Brothers Endurance Flight Continues
MISRIDIAN, Mi A fire aboard the Ole Miss airplane during an endurance flight forced Fred and Al Key to abandon the aircraft for a period of time but the blaze was extinguished without injury. The record flight resumed as the brothers continued their attempt to extend the endurance record, despite the two day long exposure in the air and a battery area fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misridian
Ole Miss
Fred
al Key
Wiseman Indicates Reversalon Texarkana Trade Proposal
Commissioner of Revenues Harli R. Wiseman clarifies a proposed toll bridge ticket system tied to merchant coupons. He recalls prior partial agreements with El Dorado merchants, notes a miscommunication with Texarkana and El Dorado delegations, and states there was no plan to reduce toll rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
the Star
el Dorado
Texarkana
Department
el Dorado Chamber of Commerce
Harl R., Wiseman
Little Rock
Ark
Housing Program Highlighted by FHA Speaker at Kiwanis
R V Herndon county FHA chairman spoke to Hope Kiwanis on federal housing benefits across the U S. He cited increased labor and money circulation from the program. A Hope firemen rodeo set July 3 4 features Braham Steers and a full grown buffalo with acts like bulldogging and trick roping plus two shows at 6 p.m. and 2 p.m. July 3 4 and a free barbecue on July 4.
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Federal Housing Administration
Hope Kiwanis Club
R. V. Herndon
FHA
Atkins
John P. Cox
Futrell
State Revenue
Dewey Hendrix
Olver Williams
George F. X. Strassner
Ma-Kian-Ark
Little Rock
Lonoke
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
el Dorado
Hope Firemen
Hope
Braham
Oklahoma
Ing Harges
Youthful wrecker of train in Pulaski County case
David Barnes a 16 year old boy faced charges of obstructing railroad tracks and imperiling life after a derailment near Pulaski County hospital. He confessed briefly naming two others, later recanted, and officers sought a sanity test while spikes were kept as evidence.
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Cipple Rock
David Barnes
Missouri Pacific
Pulaski County Hospital
Young Barnes
Threy
Barnes
Pulaski County
Prosecutors Fight for Back Salaries in Arkansas
The Prosecuting Attorneys association of Arkansas formed in Little Rock to seek about 7000 dollars in back salaries for the 1933 35 biennium from the general revenue fund. Ten of eighteen prosecutors met at Hotel Ben McGehee with Attorney General Carl E Bailey to oppose the state comptroller Griffin Smith by arguing salaries fixed by the constitution require no new appropriation. Committee members Miller Halbert Henry Smith George Hartin Denver Dudley and Hartin were named to assist Bailey in the litigation and the group noted dissatisfaction with Act 164 of 1935 as they eyed further investigations.
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Little Rock
Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Arkansas
General Revenue Fund
Arkansas
Ben McGehee
Carl E B. Bailey
Griffin Smith
Denver L. Dudley
Jonestown
Second Judicial Circuit
George Hartin
Conway
Seventeenth Circuit
Miller Halbert
Malvern
Seventh Circuit
Henry Smith
Pine Bluff
Eleventh Circuit
Bailey
Dudley
Wiseman Moves to Rescind Texarkana Toll Bridge Deal
News reports reveal Texarkana toll bridge exemptions tied to a 2 per cent sales tax plan. State revenue officials acted Friday with Wiseman signaling the arrangement would be abandoned as misleading. Petitions from Hope and other towns seek fair administration and an intervention from Senator Hall amid pressure over the tax measure and tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syon Giesse Fridey
Tasarkana Chamber of Commerce
Ite Telly
Arkhnisds
State Revenue Department
Red River
Earl Br, Wiseman
The
Star
Texarkana
the Star
Joe S.hall
Senate
Eureka Springs
Hall
Ark
R. Morgan
Wiseman
Little Rock
Hope
Cas
Kiwanis
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hope Kiwanis
Fulton
Texarlana
State Commission of Revenues
Cotton futures edge higher in early trading in New Orleans and New York
Markets report scattered buying lifting cotton futures by one to four points in New Orleans and New York. July futures open around 11.85 in New Orleans while October and December hover near 11.53 to 11.54. In New York steady gains push July to 11.90 and other months around 11.57 to 11.68 as early orders and light offerings support prices. Shipboard cotton awaiting clearance falls to about 60,000 bales from last year’s 92,000, with a two-year low context noted.
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New Orleans
New York
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Tilman Parks
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Ith
Peaker
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Ask Federal Building of Rural Roads
Ozan Wontar
Selves
Cazort and McDonald
Yerger
Tokyo
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Bulletins
Britisher
Congressman Fuller
Key Brothers
Hempstead
Lane
L. A
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