Farm Tenancy in Hempstead County 64 Percent
Hempstead County records show 3,197 tenants, about 64 percent of all farmers, across shire croppers, share tenants and cash renters. statewide total 131,759 tenants, six percent of operators. Rural Rehabilitation aims to curb tenancy rise via supervised loans and debt adjustment, supporting eventual farm ownership. Roosevelt administration prioritizes this shift, with further advancement expected from new Jonesey legislation before Congress.
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Elmires
A. H. Wade
Department of Agriculture
Hempstead
Roosevelt
Jonsney
Congress
Cotton Prices Surge As Bale Jump Wednesday
New York market saw cotton futures rise sharply on Wednesday, lifting active contracts on the New York Cotton Exchange by about one dollar per bale. Prices moved from about 2.50 dollars above prior levels to roughly 5 dollars higher than a week ago.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
New sales tax on autos due at license time
Witten Rock reports the state sales tax on automobiles remains unchanged except it must be paid to the state revenue commissioner when applying for a license. D L Ford and Hugh Whitton outline that tax applies to new car purchase price and to used cars when paid by a dealer who did not take the vehicle as a trade in. Purchasers of recently bought autos must show proof of dealer trade handling to avoid evasion, with tax due on the difference between new price and trade-in allowance.
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Hugh Whitton
Vesey
Iid
Wharton
Wharton Stl
Eoron- Cos
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
KNOXVILLE Tenn Looks like every the the sun shines and it turns a little warm on Sunday the undertakers have a busy Monday and the auto boneyard is able to furnish more parts for the latest model cars A lot of legislatures are fixing to start selling drivers licenses instead of repairing jails. What we need now seems to be more horse sense than horses and buggies. They can't make a ly ing on it so the British are trying to get Germany to take back her Tand.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Auto
Germany
New Yorker Held in Child Murder Case
New Yorker Howard Magnussen, 26, was charged with murder and rape of a year old child in Queens as police described the crime as among the most savage. The child's father Cisrge Morvan and his partner Norma Gatta faced felonious assault and guardianship charges. Magnussen is the brother of Mrs. Gatta and admitted assault per Assistant District Attorney James Conroy.
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New York
Howard Magnussen
Joan Morvan
Queens
Cisrge Morvan
Norma Gatta
Magnussen
1 Gatta
Atorney
James Conroy
Hope Bay Handles College Recording at Baylor University
Hoyt Andres, longtime Hope Bay radio mechanic at Baylor, has produced over 200 recordings at the Baylor University studio. The recordings cover college speeches, Golden Wave band music, the Baylor Symphony Orchestra, and student performances. A special link via Alidres lines connects campus broadcasting with station WACO for Baylor Little Theater of the Air programs aired Tuesdays at 7 30.
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Hoyt Andres
Hope Bay
Baylor University At
Baylor University
Golden Wave Band
Baylor Symphony Orchestra
Alidres
Campua Broadcasting
WACO
Baylor Little Theater
Andres
Tnis
W. C. Andres
Hope
Union Victory Tightens Grip Across Auto Makers
DETROIT districts report United Automobile Workers gains as Chrysler talks center on exclusive bargaining recognition for its 50,000 workers. In Pittsburgh, Camogie-Minister Steel concedes with employer reps while United Steelworkers wins formal recognition for 120,000 workers with a $3 daily raise and 40 hour week, plus a joint committee to finalize terms by March 10.
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Detroit
Mich
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors Corporation
Homer Martin
Richard Frankensteen
Chrysler
Lewis
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corportion
Philip Murray
Steel Wakers Organizing Committee
John L. Lewi
Benjamin ¥. Fairless
Carnexie-Miners Steel Corporation
Marcel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Carmegie-Illinois
Wil
Planes by Installments Tax to Fund Turkish Air Force
In Ankara a bill before the national assembly would tax every citizen about eight cents monthly for at least five years to fund the purchase of roughly 400 modern planes per year. The government recently declared a minimum of 1,000 planes necessary.
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Ankara
Turkey
Mational Assembly
Timely Tax Tips From NEA Sery On March 15 Due Date
A NEA sponsored guide explains federal income tax basics for 1940s readers. It covers personal exemptions for single, married, head of family, and widow cases, plus $400 credits for dependents and rules on partial year eligibility. The note warns against tax evasion while maximizing legal deductions and clarifies dependents criteria and support requirements.
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NEA Sery
Rural electrification speech sparks DeAnn line dedication
Harvey C. Couch outlined AP&L rural electrification efforts at DeAnn in Hempstead County. The DeAnn line stretches about 20 miles east of Dunlap to DeAnn and toward Hope, serving 72 farms and establishments at a cost of 15 to 16 thousand dollars. Couch recalled ROosevelt era goals and noted AP&L has invested heavily in bringing power to rural Arkansans, with 9 rural electrification projects completed since January 1935 totaling roughly half a million dollars in the region.
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Harvey C. Couch
DeAnn
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Dunlop
Blevins Road
Hope Electric
Interals
Couth
Roosevelt
Couch
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
America
Mr. Couch
Arkansas Power & Light
Malvern
Arkansas
DeAun
W. J. Hartsfield
Jack
Utility
Monroe Samuels
Lee Garland
John Timberlake
Hope
W. 5. Atkins
Mr. Walker
C. E. Cole
Dunlap
Hempstead
Blevins
Arkansas Power and Light Company
U S Income Tax Agent II At First National In Hope
A U S Income Tax Agent II from First National is in Hope through Thursday to discuss federal income tax. Deputy Collector Hean Latimer is stationed at First National Bank and assisting in preparation of tax returns during the week.
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U.S
First National
Collecor Hean Latimer
First National Banking
Latimer
House Bridge Bill Passes 53 to 28 in Arkansas
The Arkansas House approved a bond repayment bill by Harris of Jefferson by a 53 to 28 margin. It requires the state to allocate 300000 annually to retire about 900000 in seven bridge improvement district debts over twenty years, starting June 1, 1938, affecting bridges on the Little Missouri at Wheelen Springs and the Arkansas at Dardanelle. Vesey seeks Senate transmission of his bone-dry bill despite unresolved emergency clause action.
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Little Rock
Harris
Jefferson
Faiver
Little Missouri River
Wheeelen Springs
Nevada
Clark Counties
Arkansas River
Dardanelle
Vesey
Hempstead
Senate
Bransford
Tom Thumb Wedding and Truth About Mother Goose at Patmos
Patmos High School auditorium hosts two primary plays by first to third grade students at 1 30 p m Friday. Sponsored by Patmos P T A proceeds go to library books. Public invited.
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Patmos High School
Patmos P. T. A
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers Prompt
An old etiquette quiz covers wedding gifts invitation replies and hotel reservations. It asks who receives a wedding gift from a groom’s friend, whether an invitation to a home wedding requires a reply, if a gift is needed when only the ceremony is attended, and how to handle hotel reservations. It also asks about signing hotel registers and office gift practices for an upcoming marriage.
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Frank Adams An¢L
Hope’s Centennial Elm Trees Mark Arkansas Anniversary
The Hope Star notes centennial elm trees planted along highway No. 67 to honor Arkansas' 100th year. About 236 original trees were set in 1936 with 85 replacements in 1937 and 15 more ordered recently. Sixty four percent of the originals survived a drought, with new plantings funded by the newspaper, city, veterans groups, and donors.
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Highway No
Hope
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Elbert Burke
Highway Department
Hope Star
City of Hope
American Legion Post
The
Legion Auxiliary
Collecting half-smoked cigarettes in Nanking war on smoking
Nanking promoters of the New Life movement roam the streets with pails collecting half-smoked cigarettes and urging smokers to quit. United Airlines introduces new single-engine planes on coast-to-coast service seating 14 passengers and offering a nonstop Chicago to New York route in 3 hours 55 minutes.
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Nanking
China
New Life Movement
United Airlines
Chicago
New York
Man Bites Horse Sparks Farmyard Controversy
Riga Latvia report details a Pi A farmer who was bitten while harnessing a horse. In a startling response he bit the horse’s nose to free his hand, a moment likened to a dog bite incident and drawing local attention to farmyard dangers.
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Riga
Latvia
Pornay
Cotton opens and closes higher in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on Wednesday March futures for cotton opened at 13.28 and closed at 13.49 sealing a 27 point gain in spot cotton. The middling price settled around 14.14 as trading ended.
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New Orleans
Middiinus
City of Hope to Share WPA Costs on Walnut Street
City council unanimously approved a plan to cover about 3280 of the 16000 WPA project cost to open South Walnut Street from Third to the high school, contingent on free right of way deeds. Only one property owner objected, a 237 foot cow pasture strip. The project includes graveling drainage grading and culverts. water and sewer lines installation is not feasible. Additionally, parking on South Elm and Walnut streets will be parallel, with new lanes painted soon.
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L. A. Keith
Walnut Street
Third
Albert Graves
A. C. Erwin
Roy“Johnson
South Elm
South Walnut
Elm and
Walnut
Keith
John L. Wilson
John P. Vesey
Arkansas
EB. W. Frost
Texarkana
Democratic National Committee
Boy Scout Hut to Be Dedicated Here
Dedication of the new Boy Scout Hut at Fair Park will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday, announced by A W Stubbenan Scoutmaster. Hut is complete except lighting. Troop 58 Hope Bay Scouts and parents will attend. mothers will serve sandwiches and punch. The program will include several speakers.
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Fair Park
A. W. Stubbenan
NYA
Hope Bay
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Tnternal Revenue Commission
Hattie
Wupporkal
Kansas City Star
Futrell
Tom Thumb
Patmos
Hunk Adams
Gravel Street
F. D. Henry
Sion
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Henry
J. K. Sale
Charles Reynerson
United Aire Lines
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