Charges Betrayal in Speech Against Farm Secretary
An Arkansas fact finding tribunal debates federal action to regulate telephone rates, inviting four neighboring states to join. It notes Oklahoma’s willingness to cooperate but stresses final action requires passage of a federal communications bill. The piece discusses AT&T as a holding company and argues only federal authority can regulate interlocking utility systems, citing historical cases and local failures to rein in rates.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Congress
Roosevelt
Fac
Hope Star
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
New York
America
Telephone Holding Company of
Dorado
el Dorado
Kansas City Star
Henry L. Doherty
Cities Service Holding Company
Jooks
Raps Brain Trust Attacks Des Moines Farmers
Milo Reno, president of the National Farm Holiday association, accused the administration of betraying farmers and called Secretary Wallace the worst enemy to agriculture. Wallace announced a Washington conference to enforce cotton contracts and investigate tenant eviction concerns while defending contract compliance. Hoover criticized the cotton reduction program as not sole cause of distress and noted complex tenant-landlord finance issues amid the farm crisis.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Milo Rene
National Farm Holiday Association
Wallaer
Wallace
Washington
Jarma
Calvin B
Duke University
Hoover
High School Prepares Stunt Night Events Friday
The High School Glee Club and Orchestra organize to handle the large crowd expected at Stunt Night Friday in the auditorium. Various committees list staff, from hosts and ticket workers to stage and decoration crews, with J W Harper as business manager and a Friday morning deadline to register stunts.
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Glen Durham
Hendrix Spraggins
Paul Jones
Dennis Richards
Floy Mae Wisner
Ivy Smith
Yynette McKamie
J. W. Harper
Beatrice Gordon
Helen Holloman
Wanda Keith
Pauline M. Jones
Wilma Kent
Mary Agnes Redwine
Frances Snyder
Helen Berpler
Lullian Huston
Annabella Bowden
Marion Smith
AD. Middlebrooks
James Bower
Clarke Reynehion
Billy Greene Gordon Dayess
Garrett Story
Herman Valenting
Kathryn Middlebrooks
Peyton Kolb
Carlene Bruntz
Regena Bayse
Rufé Catfman
John
Wellhorn
Oratorio Elijah Featured By First Baptist Choir Sunday
In celebration of National Music Week May 6 the First Baptist church choir presents excerpts from Mendelssohn Elijah at the Sunday evening service. The work, composed in 1846, rivals Handel in grandeur with choruses recitatives and solos. Featured soloists include Mrs. F. L. Padgitt Mrs. H. D. Mayer Claude Taylor and the choir directed by Mrs. C. Carfion.
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First Baptist Church
Servic
Mendelssohn
Nene
Handel
Giren
Elijah
Cherith
Sale
Israel
F. Ll. Padgitt
Th. D. Mayer
Claude Taylor
Mes. Fc
Carfion
Navy Truck Fleet Stops Over Night in Pennsylvania
A group of 26 naval officers and truck drivers on a cross country trip from San Francisco to Norfolk, Virginia halted at Bates Tourist Court on Hope Wednesday night. The fleet, including LM trucks and five officers, plans to resume toward the West Coast along the Broadway of America route.
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United States Navy
San Francisco
Norfolk
Hope
Broadway of America
Bates Tourist Court
Supper fundraiser at Battlefield hosts Hope String Band
A pic supper will be held Friday night at Battlefield to raise funds for the school. The public is invited. Hope String Band will play and candidates will speak.
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Battlefield
Hope
Ope ton Corps appoints new national safety director
Lauderdale of Stuttgart Arkansas named as national safety director for the Civilian Conservation Corps. The former CWA safety director for Arkansas is expected to report by May.
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Little Roc
Opeton Corps
CCC
Civilian Conserva
Lauderdale
Stuttgart
Ark
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Arkansas
Maty May
Oklahoma to Join Telephone Probe Initiative
Oklahoma officials back a five state inquiry into Southwestern Bell Telephone toll rates. Oklahoma Corporation Commission chair Paul A. Walker urged federal authority to compel interstate records, while Texas declines join due to lack of jurisdiction. The probe spans Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas and Kansas with a push for federal action.
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Oklahoma City
Oklah
Paul A. Walker
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
P. A. Lesley
Arkansas Corporation
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Walker
Washington
Roosevelt
Communications Commission
Oklahoma Commission
Southwestern Bell Toll
Austin
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railroad Commission
Smith
Railroad Commission
Emmet Man Returns After 37 Years to Old Home Place
Emmet man Brady returns home after 37 years away, reuniting with sister Mrs Rich Dougan and meeting family, including youngest sister Mrs Lee Cook. He left in 1965 from Dallas Texas as a traveling salesman for a paint company, plans for a summer visit with relatives in Shipman, Wise.
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Che
Butler Brady
New
Emmet
Dallas
Texas
Rich Dougan
Lee Cook
Issac Calloway
Olda
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brady
Shipman
Wic
Polygamy Suggested to Help Birth Rate in Scotland
In Dung ee Scotland a 1933 birth rate collapse prompts a statistician to suggest poly gy may be needed. W J Phillips retiring president of the Association of Registrars warns population could be reduced by one per day and that public opinion might push for one wife per man. He notes last year’s birth rate was the slowest on record.
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Dungee
Scotland
W. J. Phillips
The
Association of Registrars
Hiv
Hope businessmen plan tour to Broadway of America convention
A Thursday noon luncheon at the New Capital hotel outlined plans to send a Hope delegation to the Broadway of America convention in Dallas on May 8. A Friday canvas will seek autos and pledges, with a Tennessee motorcade due in Hope Monday at 10 oclock, then proceeding to Dallas after a 26 minute stop. Terre Cornelius urged contact for participation.
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Hope
New Capital
Broadway of America
Dallas
Texas
Tennessee
Terre
New York
San Diego
Cal
Arkansas
Jones
The
Highway Association
Broadway
Hope Broadway Club
Dillinger Hunt Is Moved to Chicago
Government pursuit teams surround Chicago as they press to capture John Dillinger dead or alive. An abandoned stolen car on the North Side, blood stains, and shells tie the pursuit to Emil Wanatka and the Little Bohemia resort. A Telegraph Herald front page report notes Dillinger's latest rampage.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
F Street
Chicagos North Side
St. Paul
Minn
Emil Wanatka
Little Bohemia
Mercer
Death of W. S. Schooley Merchant and Planter
W S Schooley aged 68 well known merchant and planter died Wednesday night at his home four miles west of Columbus. He leaves a widow and eight children including Mrs Ono Russell Texarkana and Mrs Maude Cowling Mineral Springs. Survivors also include Fred Frank Dick Jesse and Dillard Schooley and Sam Ene. Funeral services set for Thursday at 4 pm at the Baptist church in Columbus with Rev Wiles officiating. Burial will follow in Columbus Cemetery.
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W. 5
Schooley
Columbus
Ono Russell
Texarkana
Maude Cowling
Mineral Springs
Fred
Frank
Jesse
Dillard
Schowley
Sam
Ene
the Baptist Church In
Wiles
Columbus Comeslery
Columbus Seniors Graduate Friday
A class of eight senior students will graduate from Columbus High School at commencement Friday May 4 at 8 p.m. The program includes processional invocation salutatory address class history voice violin and piano solos and the presentation of diplomas by R. E. Jackson with performances by Miss Harriett Anne Pritchard and others. The class roll lists Otis Blackwood Marcus Caldwell Lorena Damall Robert Griffin Dan Hamilton Evelyn Harrison Carl Hicks Edith Smith Accompanist Mrs. Ralph Roulon.
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Columbus High School
J. S. Wilson, Sr
Marcus Caldwell
Otis Blackwood
Evelyn Murph
Land of the Sky Blue Water
Cadman
Rasbach
Dan Hamilton
Harriett Anne Pritchard
Neidlinger
Benediction
E. Clifton Rute
Lorena Damall
Robert Griffin
Dan Hamiton
Evelyn Harrison
Carl Hicks
Edith Smith
Ralph Roulon
Bearden Enters Sheriff Race in Hempstead County
J E Bearden announces candidacy for Hempstead county sheriff and tax collector subject to August Democratic primary. He cites crime wave and calls for qualified leadership to protect citizens, noting past support and the need to judge by qualifications over friendship. The piece mentions casualties in World War One and a reference to American suffering from disease and accidents.
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J. E. Win .Bearden
Star
Hempstead County
Bearden
Huge Tax Bill Sent to the President
Washington. The Senate finished action on a 417 million dollar tax bill by striking the 10 percent emergency super income tax for next year. The measure goes to the White House for final approval. The House rejected a proposal to cut the margin requirement in the stock market control bill from 45 to 40 percent. The Chamber of Commerce urged President Roosevelt to halt experimentation and Congress to stop more emergency legislation, with Silas Strawn pushing for budget balancing and steadier policy.
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Washington
Senate
Lourens
Michigan
White House
House
Voice of Business Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Silas ‘Strawn
Chamber
French Ask Japan to Observe Treaty
Paris reports say the French government urged Japan to honor the nine power treaty in response to Tokyo's Asia for Asiatics note. France weighs longer military service as Hitler threat grows as Premier Doumergue supports extending conscription toward two years.
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Japan
Paris
France
Tokyo
Hitler
Doumergue
Economics Display at Yerger High Shows Student Work
The Yerger Negro High School home economics department will open Friday May 4 for a full day of visitor viewing. Displays include garments by seventh to eleventh graders and demonstrations of various foods. A student operetta She Nifly Shop is also featured Friday night. The semi-annual Nevada county singing convention is set for Sunday at Rosston with J. W. Holloway announcing details. singers and players are urged to bring song books.
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Yerger Negro High School
Nevada County
Rosston
J. W. Holloway
Bishop James Cannon Jr Wins Preliminary Fight for Recertification
In Jackson Mississippi at the quadrennial general conference Methodist Church South Bishop James Cannon Jr secures a preliminary vote to stay active on the College of Bishops. The panel advances a retirement rule proposal and refrains from immediate statements amid a stormy debate.
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Jackson
Miss
James’ Cannon, Jr
Bish
Cannon
Methodist Epis Church
South
Judicial Council
College of Bishops
3. W. Perry
Chattanooga
James Cannon
Richmond
Special Services at St Mark's Episcopal Church
Arch deacon C C Burke of Marianna Arkansas will lead special services at St Mark's Episcopal Church Thursday night at 7 30 and Friday morning at 7 30 with holy communion. A E Stonequist manager of the J C Penney Co store is in Fort Worth Texas this week for a Penney store managers convention.
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St. Mark’s Episcopal
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
C. C. Burke
Marianna
Art
A. E. Stonequist
Theocal J. C. Penney Company
Fort Worth
Texas
Penney
Markets Show Cotton Exchange Activity and Stock Listings
Market notes indicate modest moves in New York and New Orleans cotton values with Oct and May quotes, plus declines from prior closes. Major stocks include American Smelter, Am Can, American Tel & Tel, Anaconda, Chrysler, General Motors, Missouri Pacific, Socony Vacuum, Standard Oil, and regional notes on livestock prices for hens, chicks, ducks, turkeys, and eggs with unit prices.
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American Smelter
Anacondas Chrysler
General Motors Missouri Pacific
Socony Vacuum Standard
N. J
de Broilers
Tb. O
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Bk Vale
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Telephone Probe
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Highway Meet
Broadway Club
Capital Hotel
Dillinger Hunt
W. S. Schooley
Merchant
St. Pat
Edward G. Bremer
John J
Boss) McLaughlin
P. S
Bremer
William Croper Froctor
Procter & Gamble Company
Wednesday Inn Cincinnati Hospital
Rev. E. Clifton
Hempstead
Asia
Yerger
Jackson, Miss
RAP Press
Romans
Hope Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
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