Thomas J Walsh Remembered As Montana Lawgiver And Public Servant
The piece honors Thomas J Walsh who died just before an expected appointment as attorney general. It compares him to Solon and Cyrus the Great, noting his happiness in public service, his fight against Teapot Dome corruption, and his steadfast honesty.
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Thomas J. — Walsh
Senator Walsh
Solon
Croesus
Sardis
Asia Minor
Persia
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus
United States
Tom Walsh
Teapot Dome
Elk Hill
Montana
House Passes Bill Suspending Debts 9 Days in State
LITTLE ROCK The House refused a 90 day moratorium on public and private debts, barring court actions for collections during the holiday. Senator Mitchell of Prescott backs the plan, with little opposition in the Senate. The bill also bars clerks from issuing debt collection summons and threatens removals or charter cancellations for violations. The same session approved a road bond refund measure, extending principal due dates 25 years, and three revenue department appropriations. The Senate also repealed the 10 percent tax on cigars.
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Little Rock
House
Senate
Mitchell
Prescott
Chancery
Dowell
Martineau
Tell Bridge
Department of Revenues
Futrell
Hope’s Municipal Ice Bill Clears Legislature
Hope city officials pushed a bill granting first class cities authority to build and operate municipal ice plants. The measure passed both houses and awaits Governor Futrell’s signature amid earlier price disputes with Southern Ice & Utilities Co. and a statewide railroad commission review. Judge A A Gentry supervised the bill’s drafting and lobby effort.
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Hope
Futrell
A. A. Gentry
The
Star
Little Rock
Southern Ice & Utilities Co
Arkansas Railroad Commission
Ice Company
Jqrity
Railroad Mission
el Dorado
W. S. Atkins
Lemley & Lemley
Second Rabbit Hunt Planned Saturday
A second big rabbit hunt will start from the old Jim Reed store off the Hope Blevins road seven miles north of the city on Saturday March 11. The hunt begins at 8 a m and lasts all day with gun carriers in a separate group. The event aims to reduce crop damage from rabbits in northern Hempstead county. Thirty three rabbits were killed by eighteen boys on a prior hunt who carried no guns. Dog owners are urged to bring dogs.
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Jim Reed
Hope-Blevins Road
Hempstead
Smith Cotton Bill Faces Hoover Over Relief Measure
Washington reports show conflicting signals on whether the Smith emergency cotton relief bill will be signed or vetoed. Secretary Hyde said the measure fails to aid 4,500,000 farmers and voiced opposition, while Senator Smith argued prospects improved after his discussion with the president. Hoover sent the bill for study to Hyde and the Farm Board with no immediate action expected.
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Washington
Beever
White House
Hyde
Hoover
Smith
South Carolina
Experiment Farm Visiting Day at Hope Arkansas
The University of Arkansas College of Agriculture invites the public to the 17th Experiment Farm Visiting Day near Hope on Friday March 17. The program starts at 10 AM with a farm tour of the 214 acre station, demonstrations on crop production and preservation, a noon musical program, and afternoon sessions with group demonstrations in plant growing landscape work home gardens and labor saving devices. Visitors are urged to bring lunches and attend both sessions.
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University of Arkansas, College of Agriculture, Fruit & Truck
Hope
G. W. Ware
Arkansas
Cermak Receives Blood Transfusion After Assassination Attempt
Miami bulletin reports May or Anton Cermak receiving another blood transfusion to restore strength after the Zangara shooting. Doctors note glucose injections, hiccoughs checked, and no spread of abdominal irritation. Mrs. Joe Gill, wounded in the same attack, remains in critical condition fighting a severe bullet-induced infection.
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Miami
Fla
Anton Cermak
Guieseppe Zangara
Fredrick Tice
Chicago
Joe H. Gill
Cermak
Travis Ward Hurt on Patmos Schoolground
Travis Ward son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Ward of near Patmos sustained a possible fracture of a bone in his right arm during a recess at Patmos Schoolground. He slipped on a piece of wood and fell striking his arm on an iron during play.
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Travis Ward
Marvin Ward
Patmos
Young Ward
New Deal Cabinet Picks Highlight Roper Ickes and Cummings
Daniel C Roper of North Carolina chosen as secretary of commerce and Harold L Ickes of Chicago named secretary of the interior. Homer Cummings of Connecticut appointed attorney general replacing the late Thomas J Walsh. Cummings led the Democratic National Committee in 1939 and backed Roosevelt in 1932.
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Daniel C. Roper
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
Woodrow Wilson
Commerce
Roosevelt
Roper
McAdoo
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago
Interior
Ickes
Hirlam Johnson
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Thomas J. Walsh
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
War Dern
Navy
Swanson
Frances Perkins
Agriculture
Halry A. Wallace
Harold Ickes
Senate
Robinson
Power Trust
Walsh
A. F. of
Miss Perkins
Wallace
Rad
Earthquake and Tsunami Kill Over 1500 in Honshu Coast
A major quake at 2:32 am on Honshu caused a devastating tsunami and fire. More than 1,500 confirmed dead with thousands of buildings destroyed from Cape Kinkazan to Cape Shiriya as navy ships and seaplanes rush to aid. Local towns such as Morioka report hundreds dead east of the area.
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Fokyo
Japan
Honshu Island
Yokosuka
Ominato
Kasumigaura
Tokio
Osaka
Iwate
Miyagi
Aomoro
Cape Kinkazan
Sendai
Cape Shiriya
Morioka
Stamp Script plan described by J C Carlton
The letter outlines a circulating scrip about the size of a dollar bill with a two cent stamp attached by the issuing party. Each week a second stamp is added until fifty two stamps total one dollar in cash paid to the holder. The stamps are not postage stamps but a planned redemption fund.
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J. C. Carlton
Redemption Fund of Scrip
Three Negroes Held Over in Fulton Toll Bridge Robbery
Three Fulton negroes B B Bostic Charles Perry and Willie Burt aged 17 to 19 faced formal charges after a preliminary hearing in Hope municipal court for robbery and kidnapping connected to a February bridge crime. Witness Sam Walker testified borrowing the suspect’s gun before the assault which yielded 23.25 dollars. Quinn the toll keeper was released unharmed.
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Hope Municipal Court
Fulton Toll Bridge
B. B. Bostic
Charles Perry
Willie Burt
Fulton
Sam Walker
L. E. Quinn
Quinn
J. C Pate
McNab
Pate
Baker
Will Forter
W. E. Johnson
Reva Hicks
W. K. Lemley
U. A. Gentry
Community Sing at Union Grove Sunday
A community singing will be held Sunday afternoon at Union Grove church three miles east of Blevins. All singers are invited to attend and are urged to bring musical instruments.
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Union Grove Church
Blevins
Roosevelt calls cabinet a coalition but lines liberal
President Roosevelt labels his cabinet a coalition yet hints at a progressive tilt. Cordell Hull is noted as not dominated by Wall Street, with Hull shaping tax policy and liberal trade views. Other appointees like Woodin Farrey Roper Dern Perkins Wallace Ickes show varied leanings, indicating a broadly liberal administration near term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Woodin
James A. Farrey
Bank Robber Deckert Thanks Writer for Swell Writeup
Pliny Deckert, the escaped bank robber, thanked Syd McMath at the Caddo parish jail for an editorial by Alex Washburn that celebrated Deckert’s early career as a pressman. Washburn’s 1928 El Dorado Daily News piece praised the skilled worker who later turned to crime, sparking wide distribution through AP.
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Syd McMath
First National
Caddo Parish
Shreveport
Pliny Deckert
Louisiana-Arkansas
Deckert
Mr. McMath
Alex
Washburn
Hope
McMath
Daily News
el Dorado
Hope Star
Associated Press
South
West
Red River Valley
Whitt brothers fail to identify in bank robbery case
Jeff Whitt and John Whitt, once from Hempstead county, were arrested in Shreveport on the bank robbery case but bank assistant Syd McMath identified them as not among the robbers. The men denied any connection and sheriff officials noted matching descriptions but unclear evidence. Concurrently, Texarkana jail escapees, including Bonham and several others, remain at large after a mass breakout.
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Jeff Whitt
John Whitt
First National Bank
Syd McMath
Whitt
Hempstead County
Shreveport
Hope
McMath
Mr. McMath
Whitt Brothers
Washington
John L. Wilson
Caddo Parish
Clarence Baker
Syd Die Math
Hughes
Texas
Hooks
Irvin Bonham
Texarkana
Bonham
Gilford
Bad” Adams
Ross Nalley
Teague McClure
Jake Miller
Jake McMillian
A. B. Briggs
Insurance Officials Confront Bank Troubles Discusses Outlook
The National Convention of Insurance Commissioners held an executive session in Chicago as Missouri’s J B Thompson said the committee met to consider the impact of the general financial situation. The meeting focused on insurance industry stability amid banking troubles.
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Chicago
National Convention of Insurance Commissioners
J. B. Thompson
Missouri
Bank Withdrawals Restricted in Seven More States
Swift action to protect deposits expands to seven additional states bringing total to twenty nine. Wisconsin declares two week banking holiday. Virginia and Missouri Kansas restrict withdrawals as banks act to shore up funds amid national banking concerns. Roosevelt names Homer S. Cummings as attorney general after Walsh death. North Carolina grants dictatorial powers to the banking commissioner. Georgia and New Mexico call for a national pause. New deposits in Hope rise by 10700 in three days.
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Associated Press
Banking Committees
Federal Congress
Wisconsin
Georgia
New Mexico
North Carolina
Virginia
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Bills Proposed to Address Banking Ban Crisis
Lawmakers introduced measures to tackle the banking crisis including postal savings options and new powers for the incoming president and the comptroller of currency to secure bank deposits and protect depositors.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Rainey Says Roosevelt May Call Special Session
Representative Rainey of Illinois said Roosevelt probably will call a special session of the new congress to meet March 13 but it may come earlier.
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Washington
Rainey
Illinois
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover halts plan for banking statement as Roosevelt meets leaders
Washington sources report President Hoover postponed a planned banking and business statement after meetings with his administration financial chiefs. Meantime President-Elect Roosevelt summoned congressional leaders and economic advisers to chart steps on national and international economic issues.
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Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Hope bank panic eases as deposits rise in Hope
Hope business leaders adopt a calm approach as state and national fears ease. In three days of restricted banking, Citizens and First National banks report deposits totaling 51 386 70 with 40 611 03 in checks written, while deposits rose 10 775 67 across both banks. A new city wide cheque circulation appears spreading among merchants and the water and light plant. Public confidence grows. observers expect reopenings on normal terms. The Psychology of collectors shows wary humor as people adjust to the new medium.
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Hope Business
First National
Hope Star
Hope
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