Battle memory and tax woes frame Big Bend notes
A long reminiscence from Alpine Texas recounts the Big Bend frontier, Texas history, and Mexican bandit clashes near Glenn Springs. It discusses federal aid, Arkansas and Texas tax assessments, education funding, and public schools amid legislative tension. The piece links past conflicts to ongoing fiscal debates and local government resistance.
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Norton
Elaine
Texas
Old Mexico
Alpine
Big Bend
Bim Bend
Brewster
Auto Strike Put for One Day Ends Briefly
Reported in Washington as President Neonevelt and union leaders meet with representatives of the soldiers and labor groups to avert a one day railway strike. Authorities await word on whether a general appeal will end the dispute.
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Ventor Halls
Tabor
Gilery Si
Hope Hotel Raids Prompt City Council Ordinance
Tuesday the Hope city council passed an ordinance targeting disorderly houses following police raids. The measure sets misdemeanor penalties of 10 to 25 dollars for violations and follows recent raids at Luther Brownhorel on West Second Street and a Front Street dive. Police recovered liquor, bottles, and unconsumed whisky during a Sunday raid, with hearings scheduled after postponements.
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City of Hope
Diem
Luther
Brow Horel
West Second Fireet
Helen Willis
Chtranet
Willis
Front Street
Agiest
Highway GT
Land
Board of Health
Lilyan Tashman Dies After Yearlong Illness At 33
Lilyan Tashman age 33 motion picture actress dies Wednesday afternoon in a hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Edmund Lowe. {Memphis item truncated in source.}
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New York
Lilyan Tashman
Edmund Lowe
Insull Voyage Through Suez Reported Near
In Port Said watches for Samuel Insull aboard the Maiotis as reports say the steamer has arrived and may be allowed to pass the Suez canal on Wednesday. Longrange telescopes and radio checks monitor the horizon amid the vigil.
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Fort Said
Egypt
Port Said
Samuel Insull
Maiotis
Neaded
Canal Alexandria
Suez Canal
Garden Lecture By W G Amstein At Hempstead Club
W G Amstein state garden and landscape specialist lectured to Hempstead county home demonstration club teachers and visitors at the county hall. He covered gardening, plant production, diseases, insect control, variety of plants, and lawn care for beautification. then landscaping topics including shrubbery, planting, spacing, and maintenance.
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W. G. Amstein
State Garden
Hempstead County
Cty Hall My
Arnstein
Demonstration Club
Gal Moses
J. W. Grahin
Piney Grohe
T. J Candle
Green Lasetor
Angell Reese
Green
L. Blladge
Patmos
Mi' 4 Or
Thetty
J. Hic Hicks
Liberty
Japan and U S pledge peace in Pacific across notes
Washington reports that on Wednesday the United States and Japan exchanged notes promising peace in the Pacific. Japanese foreign minister Koki Hirota told U S diplomatic chiefs that Tokyo has no intention to provoke any power. Secretary Hull expressed gratification and stated the United States has no desire to create issues or initiate conflict with other countries.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Koki Hirota
Roosevelt
Hull
Far East
Russia
Farley Defends Mail Suspension Speech Sparks Democratic Campaign Kickoff
In Wilmington Delaware Chairman Farley of the Democratic National Committee defended new airmail contract cancellations at a Jackson Day dinner. He charged special interests seek to reap recovery benefits while others endure hardship, signaling the start of the Democrats campaign season.
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Wilmington
Del
Farley
Democratic National Committee
Easter Cantata at First Methodist on April 1
Easter Sunday night program by the First Methodist church choir directed by Mrs. Ralph Houten presents the cantata Bright Easter Morn by E. K. Heyser. The program includes orchestral and choral sections with solos and obligatos, featuring Mesdames White Henry Latrrouve White, Cox, and others, concluding with Easter morning portions and a concluding chorus.
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First Methodist Church
Ralph Houten
E. K. Heyser
Rejvice
Zion
Mesdames Br.t. White
Tally Henry
TR. M. Latrrouve
Cethsemanne
Dale Barnant
Bluford Chaney
J. T. White
John Cox
Guy Basve
Daley Bernie
Evelyn Mayor
George Warn
Wallace
Dale
Harlem Beyond The Night Club Glare And Poverty
Harlems nightlife masks a poverty stricken dawn as tenements, dope, gambling, and shootings spill from the district’s edges. The piece notes One Hundred Twenty-First Street as a rough dividing line with Harlem described as a black metropolis marked by rows of night clubs, vendors, and crowded streets where hungry children roam.
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Pall Harrison
Harlem
Vhity Hospital
New York
Carey
HserTem
Seventy Fourth Street
Tiver
Manhistian
Hudach
Lithh
Rustig
Lodium
Ant
Havleng
Hopkins Approves Hope Though City Above 5000 Mark
Federal aid for Hope’s grade school was assured for another year after Administrator Hopkins ordered the Hop schools returned to federal aid. Washington telegrams reported by Congressman Tilman B. Parks indicated approval despite the city’s 5000 population threshold. Officials anticipated continued federal funding enabling timed operations of public schools, with Hope’s population around 6000 and rural enrolment cited.
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Howe
Washington
D.C
Tilman B. Parks
Seventh Arkansas
Beryl Henry
Roy Anderson
Hopkins
Gla
Schh
Easy City
U. S
Feders
Hope City
al AN
Income Taxes Rise in Arkansas Early March Collections
LITTLE ROCK federal income tax collections from March 1 to 15 reached 283 521, nearly twice March last year, as Collector Homer Adkins cited as a sign of a revived business climate. The period end total shows an increase of 124 649 from last March.
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Hope
Arkansas
Fede Govern- Peiment
Nore
Vermont
South
Little Rock
Washington
Arkansas Corporal Commission
E. E. Ashebaugh
Commission
Ashebaugh
Homer Adkins
Internal Revenue Department
Norwood Demands Pike County Fee
Attorney General Norwood explains to Judge A P Steel how the state hired a special attorney to sue National Surety Corp over a shortfall in Pike county Sheriff and Collector M D Cummings accounts. The surety paid $1,895.49 more than the suit sought. the case was dismissed on a motion, and Cronkrite was to be paid a fee. Norwood says the fee claim was a misunderstanding and will be explained to a new judge.
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Little Rock
Hall
Norwood
A. P. Steel
Pike
National Surety Corporation
M. D. Cummings
Pike County
L. L. Cronkiite
Lattle Rreck
Ti Tile Ukesth
Zeel
Svonstriie
Crenkrite
Judas
Auditoria) Department
Cummings
Te State
Domanding Lament
Tyal Ne
Wit
Hed Sesiow
Canter Svith
Farbitral
Grenade Thrown at German Chief in Berlin
A grenade exploded near Premier Hermann Wilhelm Goering as his automobile passed along Unter den Linden in Berlin. A taxi driver was injured in the blast, which rattled windows across the fashionable thoroughfare and underscored the attempted assassination.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Goerings
Unter den Linden
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange New Orleans
Cotton prices quoted for May and July delivery show May down 1 point from previous close with figures around 12.09 and 12.02, while July bids hover near 12.18. Grain futures list Wheat May 87, Corn May 50, and Oats May 33 with small adjustments. Closing stock quotations include American Can American Smelter Anaconda Chrysler General Motors and others. poultry and eggs prices listed for hens broilers and eggs per dozen.
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Anaconda
Chrysler
General Motors
Missouri Pacific
Socuny
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