Here and There Editorial on Agriculture and Railroads
ALEx H Washburi notes rising business and strong agricultural sector with a 63 percent gain in farmers cash income. Rail traffic and railroad securities improve, while Roger Babson cites a 278 percent rise since 1932. In Mississippi editors feud over angle worm prices amid NRA tensions with fishing season ending.
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Industrial
Ita
Saya
Roger Babson
Mississippi
W. C. Hight
Louisville Journal
Edgar Harris
West Point Times
West Point
Mr. Hacks
NRA
Five State Probe Sought on Bell Telephone Rates
The Fact Finding Tribunal of the Arkansas Public Service Commission proposes a joint rate investigation into Southwestern Bell Telephone across five states Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. Chairman P A Lasley urged early cross state coordination arguing a pooled audit saves time and money and yields fairer results. The commission plans to meet soon to discuss joint plans and potential legislative amendments in January 1935.
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Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Arkansas Corporation
P. A. Lasley
Public¢ Service Commissions
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Lasley
Southwestern Bell Company
Wnth
Hig
Connibanns
Heflin Come Back Falls in Democratic Primary
In Alabama a Tuesday Democratic primary produced upsets including former Senator Heflin finishing third in a three way race for Congress. Unofficial results near complete show Heflin eliminated. Bibb Graves and Frank Dixon lead the governor’s race with McCord in third place.
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Heflin
Bibbie Graves
Frank Dixon
Birmingham
Ala
t/Pj
Bibb Graves
Montgomery
Auttorney
Sean McCord
Graves
Dixon
McCord
Hope High School gets $4,600 ERA field project
The Emergency Relief Administration in Hampstead county approves a Hope High School project costing $4,600 for labor to level grounds, fix drainage, expand the athletic field with a 440 yard track, and rebuild the fence. Other ERA works include school fence restorations, street repairs, and a canning kitchen project with local materials. Payroll last week totaled $923.12 for 198 workers. next week projects will raise it to about $1,100 for 130 men.
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Emergency Relief Administration
Hampstead
Hope High School
Iabor
R. B. Stanford
ERA
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard
Pike
Paisley
Fulton Road
Brookwood School
Shover Street
Sixteenth Street
South Main
South Elm
Guit Refining Company
Columbus
Ozan
Hope
D. M. Finley
T. H. Avirett
Hope Brick Company
Avirett
Spy Ring Uncovered by French Agents
TARIN Five police say a large German spy network was uncovered with the arrest of an agent here and warrants issued for others. Secret Service hunted for spies while details of the operative remained public after investigations tied to a French army officer Faustian Frege in a defense plans disappearance.
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Tarin
Secret Service
Fafion
Amny
Faustian Frege
Dhelly
Betfart
Indictment Unveiled Against Arkansas Guard Official
A federal grand jury indicted Lieutenant Coronel Edward Wood ford former United States property custodian and disbursing officer of the Arkansas National Guard on charges of public funds misuse He was released on a $2000 bond In another item General Chiang Kai Shek ordered tens of thousands of Chinese prisoners trained as subdicts in Chinese prisons
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Little Rock
Coronel Edward Woodford
United States
Arkansas National Guard
Nanking
Chita
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Two Cars Stolen In Hope Recovered By Police
Two cars stolen Tuesday in Hope were found Wednesday. Bill Rogers, 22, transient, jailed on charges of stealing one car and a shotgun. In Saratoga, Rogers and an accomplice attempted to flee when spotted in a car stolen from E F Young. A second stolen car, owned by S B McBurnett of Pine Bluff, was recovered with an empty gas tank after driving about 25 miles. no arrests in that case.
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Bill Rogers
Rogers
Saratoga
E. F. Young
Hope
WM. Dillard
Homer McKinney
Dick Adkins
Dillard
McKinney
Wayne McJunkins
L. Rogers
Adkins
Clarence Baker
Homer Burke
Rogera
S. B. McBurnett
Pine Bluff
T. A. Middlebrooks
Letter of Thanks From Joe Hill’s Mother
Mrs S M Hill mother of 15 year old Joe Hill of Chattanooga Tenn whose arrest here was followed by release sends thanks to Mrs R V Herndon The boy stole the Herndon automobile on a trip from Fort Worth Texas to Chattanooga and drove to Donaldson Ark where attempting to sell it to an officer led to arrest He was sent back jailed later released after his mother dressed him and bought a railroad ticket in her letter she praises Mrs Herndon and prays for her and says Joe calls her a good woman and loves her and her husband
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S. M. Hill
Joe Hill
Chattanoga
Tenn
R. V. Herndon
Herndon
Fort Worth
Texas
Donaldson
Ark
Thirteen Guns Missing From Warsaw National Guard Armory
WARSAW Ind early reports say thirteen 49 caliber pistols vanished from the National Guard armory on Wednesday and police refused to speculate if the weapons joined John Dillinger’s rack with the bullet proof vests he reportedly obtained from the local police station on April 13.
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Warsaw
Ind
National Guard
John Dillinger
West Coast Silver Shirts Split Over Invasion Claim
The Silver Shirts face internal strife as Southern California factions split from the main group and form the Silver Legion, while Galahad Press insolvency threatens Liberation. William Dudley Pelley founded the Asheville group in 1934. deputies move to liquidate assets amid a police action.
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Asheville
N. C
Silver Shirts
Galahad Press
Liberation
U. S
Billmore Press
Robert Summerville
Foundation For Christian Economics
Summerville
Jnot
California
Silver Legion
Wiliam Dudley Pelley
Delaware
Silver
Silver Shirt Legion
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Rangers
Hitler
Storm
Rangers
Los Angeles
Sanitary Cleanup Ordered by City
Hope city council met Tuesday night to address insanitary conditions. A motion instructed the mayor to summon the Board of Health to prepare legal papers to remove or remedy places deemed detrimental. Dr. Don Smith listed insanitary toilets and urged immediate action, criticizing spitting on streets and urging cleaner streets and alleys.
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Hope
Board of Health
Don Smith
John P. Cox
Fifth
Elm Streets
Martin Bates
Gulf Refining Company
Clarence Baker
Kiwanis Club Visit to Saratoga Friday
The Hope Kiwanis pond event in Saratoga is postponed but will be held Friday night with a full evening of entertainment. The visit includes announcement of the club prize essay contest and related activities planned for the local event.
Highway Luncheon Here on Thursday in Hope
A luncheon for Hope businessmen will be held Thursday at noon at the New Capital hotel to organize for the Broadway of America motorcade arrival in Hope next Monday May 7. Arkansas director Terrell Cornelius announced the event with Bob Jones of Hot Springs presiding as vice president. The motorcade travels from Tennessee toward Dallas where the Broadway convention opens May 8 and will stop in Hope for 20 minutes to boost the local Broadway unit and support the highway association publicity campaign.
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Hope
New Capital Hotel
Broadway of America
Terrell Cornelius
Arkansas
Broadway Association
Bob Jones
Hot Springs
Tennessee
Dallas
Texas
Broadway
Highway Association
Stunt Night Entries Highlight Annual Glee Club Event
The third annual Stunt Night at the high school auditorium features 13 groups and around 150 participants. Entries from all home rooms include prettiest girl and most popular boy contests with voting by ticket donations. winners perform Friday, with tag day Thursday to sell votes.
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Elizabeth Mauldin
Ruth Allen
Jane Orton
Beatrice Gordon
Sara Lou Ledbetter
Mary Jane Richards
Daisy Dorothy Heard
Jessie Britt
Janet Lemley
Lillian Houston
Audrey McAdams
Bank robber slain while escaping from Tucker Prison Farm
Clifton Harbaeck, 26, a western Arkansas bank robber and murderer serving a life sentence for a Paris First National Bank robbery, was shot to death by a guard at Camp No. 1-Weda lay while attacking with a garden hoe during a weed-cutting patrol. The incident marks the fourth convict killed in Tucker escapes this week and the eighth this year.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Clifton Harbaeck
Western Arkansas
Weda Lay
Tucker
Harback
Dolph Guthrie
Teller
First National Bank
Paris
Eugene
Johnny Wilson
Stedman
Jis Withels
Oklahoma
West Arkansas
Methodist Plan to Oust Bishop Cannon in South Church
Jackson Mississippi The Episco pacy Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South recommended the superannuation of Bishop James Cannon Jr and urged a discipline amendment to retire bishops for unacceptability and inefficiency The committee also urged limiting bishop terms to four to eight years The action followed a heated session at the General Conference with Cannon denouncing federal enforcement failures.
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Jackson
Miss
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
James Cannon
Sackson
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
James Cannon Jr
Committee On
Markets Hope Cotton Exchange Markets Hope Cotton Exchange
New York cotton markets opened with mixed results as October and May contracts showed modest gains while July and other months posted varied highs and lows. New Orleans and Chicago grain quotes listed waning and rising figures, with cotton futures up from the prior close and several industrial names cited among closing stock rotations.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Sti
American Smelter
American Can Am. Tel. & Tel
Abaconda
Chrysler General Miacorsi Missouri Pacific
Cocony Vacuum
N. J
U.S. Steel
Little Rock
Weilers
Turkers
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el Dorado City
el Dorado
Alabama
Senate
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Flapper
Cata
Rane
Sls
Taeky Bhita
Spayroll
Bulletins
Chattanooga
Joe
Lndy
Jesus
5. M. Hill
Fear Dillinger
Frsa
Dalawere
Virginia “St Ioe
Ghief Pelley
Maverick
Ilver
Pelley
Ata
Pebie
Atmaverick
Eoshire Araneas
West Coast
NEA
Willis Thornton
Kiwanis
Broadway Group
If’ 4
Billy Greens
Dennis Richards
Paul Jones
Janmy Forter
Hubert Elliott
Fletcher Zimmerly
Mae Turner
Winifred Huckahy
Joe Wimberly
LeRoy Murphy
Glee Club
Ovehes Wa
Clifton Harback
Hope Cotton Exchange
New York
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