Arkansas sales tax debate and national funding stance
The piece argues business and government tax changes must adapt, criticizing Arkansas for not financing schools or the unemployed. It cites federal aid since 1930 and champions a state sales tax to fund public needs, citing editorials from Edgar G Harris and Mississippi papers praising sales tax as fairer than ad valorem taxes and urging development.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Joe Robinson
Mis
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Edgar G Harris
West Point Oii Times Leader
Blytheville Couriery News
Grand State
Mississippi
Fimes Leader
Hope Loses District Title To Texarkana In Final Round
Texarkana high school wins the district 10 senior boys basketball title 37 10 26 over Hope with McNeill defeating the Bobcats for runner up. Texarkana’s center McWilliams scores 20 points and Kennedy adds 11 as the Razorbacks secure the win and advancement to Harrison state tournament. Protest over transfer of Hugh Reese cited. Financial results show strong local support and $200 underwritten by local businessmen through the Young Men’s organization.
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Texarkana
Hope
McNeill
Bobcats
Columbia County
Harrison
R. J. Brawner
Hugh Reese
Reese
McWilliams
Texarkama Center
Kennedy
Tc Ts
Gin Weddings Are to Be Outlawed By the Associate Press
State legislators debate three phases of domestic law including weddings alimony and heart balm. Montana approved a three day waiting period for license issuance and requires applicants to be sound of mind and body. Georgia considers equal footing for spouses and alimony rights for husbands if a court orders. Ohio House code committee rejects speedy action on a bill to outlaw heart balm suits.
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Associate! Press
Montana
Georgia
Howse
Ohio House Code Committee
Neighbor Is Killed in Farm Horse Race Feud
In Monticello Arkansas an argument over a farm horse race ends in a fatal rifle shot and axe blows. Pat Wolfe, 22, dies from injuries, Jimmy Ferguson, 30, is hospitalized in grave condition. Sheriff W C Cruse investigates after a close finish among horses owned by Wolfe and Ferguson relatives.
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Ark
Long Prairie
Here
W. C. Cruse
Pat Wolfe
Jimmy Ferguson
Sheriff Cruse
Wolfe
Ferguson
Silk Crisis Threatens Japan and Empire Collapse
A Fortune Magazine survey highlights a silk industry crisis in Japan, where cheap farm silk funded rapid industrialization but left millions of poor silk farmers at risk as U.S. demand backed the market. The piece outlines a fragile empire built on silk profits, now threatened by postwar shifts and financial pressures.
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Japan
Fortune Meagezine
Fortune
NEA Service
The
Anterlea
U. S
Jagan Sich
U.S
Greek Government Strikes at Rebels
The Greek government ordered air strikes, troops, and warships to quell a broad rebellion led by former Premier Venizelos. Amid global turbulence, Hungary reports cabinet reshuffles, Ethiopia and Italy discuss a neutral frontier zone, and Asia-Pacific rulers face abdication shifts.
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Associated Press
Venizelos
Hungar
Goemboes
Maly
Ethiopia
Italy
Siam
Newspapers Read 87 Percent of Americans
A New York survey by the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association reports that more than 87 percent of families in studied cities read a newspaper regularly. The study notes higher reach in certain cities and suggests newspapers offer better coverage than magazines for advertising impact.
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Licitien
United States
Burgau of
Ameriican Newspaper Publishers Association
Fis
The New Deal in Washington Deliberations
A hazy 1930s Washington scene describes Democratic cohesion, party regulars, and outside group pressure shaping New Deal support. The piece notes lobbying intensity, patronage hopes, and factional tensions as pro and anti Roosevelt forces diverge, with quiet whispers of shifting alignments.
Tornado Strikes Forney Texas Area
A tornado ripped through Forney Texas just before dawn Monday causing one death and several injuries. Property damage reached hundreds of thousands of dollars as power lines were disrupted and crops harmed.
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Forney
Texas
Arkansas Supreme Court Upholds 1911 Land Sale Ruling
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a Hempstead county judgment that the sale of a land tract in 1911 was not set aside for fraud. The suit, brought by Lex Reidy and others against Gran Investment Co, argued the sale price was far below value.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Hempstead County
Lex Reidy
Qran Investment Company
Realy
Priest Denounces New Deal as Big Business Deck
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin delivered a harsh critique of Roosevelt's New Deal, claiming every card in the deck favored big business and big finance. He warned that two more years of the policy would be remembered as a failed experiment and urged breaking the tyranny of private finance. He argued government cannot forge a new economic order while ownership remains concentrated.
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Patroit
Charlas E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Avais
Kennedy Spears to Lead Bobcats Team Captains Named
R. C. Kennedy an all state end and Luther Spears fullback were named co captains for next season's Bobcat football team. Kennedy earned first team Arkansas Democrat honors with honorable mention by the Arkansas Gazette. Spears, seen as a top defensive back, will make his final season the last for both players.
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R. C. Kennedy
Luther Spears
Bobcat
Kennedy
Spears
Arkansas Democrat
Arkansas Gazette
Chancery Court in Session Monday Washington Term
Mortgage foreclosures and divorce proceedings were the principal cases on docket as the regular March term of chancery court convened at Washington Monday. Municipal court at Hope was postponed until next Monday because chancery court met.
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Chancery Court
Washington
Hope
Famed California Editor Dead at 78
San Francisco editor Alder Older, 78, longtime head of the San Francisco Call Bulletin and advocate for Tom Mooney, collapsed in his car near Stockton and died en route to hospital. A veteran journalist born in Appleton Wisconsin in 1856, he spent more than half a century in the field and was noted for his reportage and public causes.
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San Francisco
Calif
Fremont Older
Celia Augur Oller
Ripon
Wis
Pafords
Orsee Greeley
New Oil Test for County Is Assured
F W Martin and Co Tulsa oil firm announced that a second test will be made to bring in an oil well in southern Hempstead county. The original test on A J Lafferty land ten miles south of Hope caved in at 3670 feet, losing 1500 feet of stem but two good shows justified a renewed effort. The company plans to re block the area, renew leases, and start construction of a derrick before the new test begins.
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F. W. Martin & Co
Tulsa
Hempstead County
Martin
A. J. Lafferty
Hope
Lewisville Road
Son Weds Woman After Father Shot in Gordon Arkansas
In Prescott Arkansas B L Coley of Texarkana married Mrs Fay Ryan of Gurdon at Justice Hinsley home. The bride wounded in abdomen by her suitor’s father Richard Coley remains hospitalized. The elder Coley is under indictment for assault with intent to kill. both families describe a tense confrontation over Mrs Ryan who was a widow. The marriage was performed as the case lingered in Arkadelphia jail and Prescott hospital.
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Ark
Prescott
Coley
Missouri Pacific
Texarkana
Gordon
B. L. Coley
Ben
Richard Coley
Coluy
Arkansas Legislature Presses For Immediate Liquor Revenue
In Little Rock, Governor Futrell and State Relief Director Dyess discussed suspending federal relief with no statement given. House Speaker Thorn urged swift action on the Dillon liquor bill to secure $3,000,000 in revenue, while tax schemes face opposition and the session nears adjournment amid budget strains.
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Senate
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Feder
J. S. Vor
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Nevada
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LaPaus
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