Senate Signaled Tax Law Near Favorable Passages
Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky forecast enactment within 80 days of a new tax law seen as benefiting business. He expected substantial moderation of tax rules to restore business confidence in the United States. The House and Senate weigh a large navy expansion, including 46 new ships, 22 auxiliaries, and aircraft, with debate over battleships and broader armament plans.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
United States
U.S
Randolph
Dem. W. Va
Phines
June
Dem
Battseships
Hope Chamber Fights to Keep Alton Camp in Hempstead
The Hope Chamber of Commerce and civic groups urge preservation of the Alton Camp, citing 700000 acres within the area and the impact on soil conservation efforts. They’ve contacted Senators Caraway and Miller and Rep. Bressman, outlining camp value near the Fruit and Truck Briwich Experiment Station and erosion control needs. An application for a new soil conservation district with 36000 acres has been prepared for the State Committee, with broad local support and pledges of action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hope Coc
Hattie Caraway
John &. Miller
Con. Bressman
Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Hempstead
Fruit & Truck
Ramp
Soil Conservation District
State Soil Conservation Committee
Buckner Well Near Stamps Makes Oil Discovery in Permian Layer
In Buckner area Se vion 4 16 22 a well labeled Crane No 1 flowed after 12 hours and bottomed at 7272 feet in the Permian lime. It yielded 600 feet of oil and 60 feet of oil and mud on a 7 day test with 1/4 inch chokes. No salt water found. The McKem No 1 discovered last November is producing about 500 barrels daily of 23 gravity oil. Plans call for coring at the Stan dard Bod can Barbara site in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamps, Ark
Seichunberger
Buckner
Stindart
Bodcan Barbara
Nursday
Cranium Crackers Courtroom Query on Worn Tire Liability
Delair sues McAdoo for damages after a collision when McAdoo tried to pass. The worn tire blew out causing swerving into Delair’s car. The court weighs if expert testimony is needed and whether McAdoo’s lack of knowledge of tire danger affects liability.
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Delair
McAdoo
MecAdoo
Delaiv
Indy Delaiv
Magnolia Band Concert Tour in Southwest Arkansas
Magnolia A. and M. College band of 82 members led by J B Justiss opens a three day tour in Hope Nashville DeQueen and Mena with 8 pm concert at Hope city hall on Friday night continuing Saturday in Nashville and DeQueen and a Sunday service in DeQueen followed by an afternoon concert in town.
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Magnolia
Ark
Magnolia A. & M
J.B. Justiss
Arkansas
Hope
Nashville
DeQueen
Mena
Hope City Hall
Harry Seynar
Toy Lewis
Jackson Viney
Billy Hughes
Freed Wasson
de Queen
Katherine Edwards
Max Branton
Neville Atkinson
Stonequist Returns From Regional Meet
A. E. Stonequist of Penneyheadstore returned to Tipe Thursday night after attending a regional meet of Penney executives and store managers in Nashville Tennessee. He said spring and summer merchandising plans were discussed and a three day session concluded. The local store will receive a large shipment of new merchandise within days.
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A. E. Stonequist
J. C. Penney Imanager
Tipe
Penney
Nashville
Community Singing at Shower Springs Studio
A community singing event will be held at 240.1m Studo in Shower Springs. The public is invited to attend and urged to bring song banks.
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Shower Springs
Mind Your Manners In Business Letters
A fragmented guide on proper business letter style, stressing correct spelling of names and addressing the reader with appropriate formality. It advises using the personal form where appropriate, avoiding overly familiar tone, and balancing clarity with professional distance.
Confessed Slayer Holds Bitterness for Felton Woman
Arkansas executed Lester Brockelhurst and Jon Sims for axe and other murders during a cross country crime spree with Bernice Felton. Brockelhurst blamed a love affair for his ruin and spoke bitterly of Felton as he died. Sims, convicted of slaying his wife, died in the electric chair at 6:56 am. Brockelhurst’s body to Pine Bluff. Sims’ body to Benton.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Brockelhurst
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Lonoke
Victor A. Gules
Little Rock
Chicago
Me A
Biel
Hasten
Broekelhurst
Alvin Theander
Brodel Hurst
Salt Lake City
Port Worth
Texas
Brookelhurst
Jack Griffith
Parf
Orth
Mouseil
Abeluet
Vatealman
Hell Bernice
North Little Rock
Victor A. Gates
Gates
Lonake
Bernive
White River Bridge
DeValls Bluff
Annexation of Danzig Moves on Hitler’s Program
A report from Associated Press notes Germany’s aim to annex the free city of Danzig as part of a broader move, with Poland pressured to acquiesce. Britain’s Chamberlain remains undecided on arming France, while France and Russia push for peaceful settlement with Poland and Lithuania. In Spain, insurgent air attacks continue as Barcelona endures bombardment and casualties rise.
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Danzig
Hitler
Associated Press
Priday
Germany
Lithunia
Danzing
France
Mussia
Poland
Europe
Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Spain
China
Licheng
Cotton Quota Count in State Certified
Final tabulation of the value cast in the nation marketing referendum March 12 by Arkansas cotton producers as sent to Washington by the State Agricultural Conservation Committee. Members attending were Harold A. Young, chairman, Pulaski County. R. E. Short, Brinkley. H. M. Huskey, Hempstead County. and C. C. Randall, assistant extension director. The final vote in favor of marketing quotas was 139,754 to 4,580, exceeding the Bank head referendum turnout.
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Little Rock
Nation
Arkansas
Washington
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
State Agricultural Extension Service
Harold A. Young
Pulaski County
R. E. Short
Brinkley
H. MH. Huskey
Hempstead
C. C. Randall
Germany maps half of Colorado under Nazi expansion
A Europe map overlaid on the United States demonstrates the Nazi reach after Austria’s annexation. It shows Austria plus Reich territory covering about half Colorado, Czechoslovakia comparable to Nebraska, and Germany spanning almost Wyoming, with potential gains reaching Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia aligned to the U.S. Midwest. England France and Italy appear scaled to American states for comparison.
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Europe
United States
Nazi Germany
Austria
Colorado
Chechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Nebraska
Germany
Wyoming
Tf Higler
Black Sea
Hungary
Rununs
Bulgaria
Yuegelavia
America
England
France
Ialy
Nine candidates file pledges in Arkansas state races
Nine candidates filed pledges with the secretary of state in Little Rock. The list includes Eastern Arkansas representatives seeking state senate seats in new districts Cross and Poinsett, and others: Lucien Celemin, J.G.B. Beck Jr., Carneal Warfield, Eugene Baker, Ivy Crawford, Dennis Horton, and Minor Milwee seeking judicial posts or re election in the Fifth and Ninth circuits.
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Little Rock
Ark
Secretary of State
Arkansas
Lucien E. Celemin
Poinsett
Cross
Henry W. Smith
Fine Bluff
11Th
Audry Strait
Morrilion
Fifth
J. G. B. Beck
Crittenden County
Carneal Warfield
Chicot County
Eugene B. Baker
Jackson County
20Th Dstrict
Ivy Crawford
Mississippi County
Dennis Horton
St. Francis County
Minor Milwee
de ‘Queen
Sinth Judicial Circuit
Hope student Howard Waddle pledged to Sigma Tau
Howard Waddle of Hope, a junior at the University of Oklahoma, is among 21 engineering students pledged to the Sigma Tau honorary fraternity. One third of juniors and seniors with the highest scholastic ratings were chosen, marking a top honor in engineering scholastic achievement and fellowship.
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Howard (Mutt
Waddle of Hope
University of Oklahoma
Sigma Tau
Waddle
Comparing Europe's Legions With Hitler's Growing Army
The article compares European powers as rearmament accelerates. It notes Hitler added 200000 soldiers and 180 planes via Austria annexation, bringing regular forces to about 850000 and reserves to 1500000. His 5180 planes rival Britain, whose air power is second only to Soviet Russia, with Hitler aiming for air power equal to France and Russia combined.
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Adolf Hitler
Austria
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
Hitler
France
Condemned Slayer Death By Own Action Shocks County
ELIZABETH Tenn 43 year old Lester of Pikeville Tenn hanged himself in Carter County jail awaiting execution for his role in the January dynamic deaths of three Gouge daughters. Coroner verdict ruled death by own action caused by strangulation. Letters on bunk addressed to his wife and child suggest final farewells. Lester is among four Bl edsoe county men convicted of first degree murder. two were sentenced to electrocution. In De Queen Ark Dairy and Livestock Day honors and speakers mark the first anniversary of a cheese plant with a Jersey cow prize and a program by agricultural and bank officials beginning at 10 am.
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Elizabeth
Tenn
Church Lester
Pikeville
Here
Carter County
Porter Nave
J. M. Moreland
Lester
W. P. Bowers
Bledsoe County
Harmon Gouge
White Tollett
Lee Walker
Ulysses Walling
Tollett
Walker
Walling
Kansas City Southern Railway
J. L. Hiler
Little River
Floyd Olive
Polk County
Miss Dortha Spann
Sevier County
Fred Vene Jable
DeQueen
M. F. Stanford
B. J. St. Claire
First National Bank of
J. A. Needham
Lockesburg
A Thought There is a God in science and history
A fragment reflects on belief linking science and history, suggesting a divine presence in knowledge. The writing references a united God across disciplines, exploring faith within intellectual pursuit in a terse, enigmatic style.
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Sind
Dusegh Couk
$1,000,000 Set Aside for Highway Maintenance Work
In Little Rock the Arkansas Senate approved a $1,000,000 appropriation to fund highway maintenance for the 1937 39 biennium as part of Governor Bailey's toll bridge plan. The House supported transferring funds and set a deadline of April 1 for adjournment. A heated session in the House ended with a near clash between lawmakers Ward and Robinson.
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Little Rock
Senate
Bailey
Milam
Harrison
Ivy Crawford
Mississippi County
House
Arkansas
Harris and Toney
Jefferson County
Campbell
Garland County
Futrell
J. M. Futrell
Toll
Cotton prices ease in New Orleans May trading
New Orleans cotton for May opened at 8.97 and closed at 8.66. Spot cotton finished quiet with middling at 8.74, while prices fluctuated across the session.
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New Orleans
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