Letter to the Star on Patman bill and adjusted compensation
A reader argues against inflation fears, claiming the Patman bill could pay soldiers' adjusted compensation without bond issues. He cites Treasury gold and silver totals, public debt, and a banking analogy, contrasting with the Winson bill as insufficient.
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Ditor the Star
United States Senate
Congress
Treasury
United States
Pulicc
Moss
Bak
City of Hope
Stb
Patman
Byrd Receives Welcome Home From Antarctic Expedition
Admiral Byrd and over 10 expedition members stepped from the Bear of Oakland to a Virginia welcome led by President Roosevelt. The president praised the expedition as a "successful" gain for science and civilization, noting 22 sciences benefited. Byrd thanked the president and remarked on the long journey home. In Columbus, Ohio a patrolman was killed during a burglary probe and a suspect wounded.
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Righford EB. Byrd
Antarctic
Oakland
Roosevelt
Senated House
Navy
Die Welemne Fiyrd
Ber
South Pole
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrd
Salt
Virginia
Abiddin
Flood Hazard on Red River Subsiding in Arkansas
Reports from southwest Arkansas said the flood hazard on the Red river was subsiding on Saturday. The crest of the river was believed to have passed the Index and Fulton toll bridges as the threatening situation eased.
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Crest
Fulton
Texarkanat
Arkansas
Red River
Index
Roosevelt Leaves Capital on Fishing Trip
President Roosevelt with congressional leaders left the White House for a fishing trip in the Blue Ridge mountains with plans for an overnight stay. Accompanying him are Vice President Garner Speaker Burns and Senators Robinson and Harrison. The day also saw Democratic leaders express intent to pass the Fatman bonus bill. Roosevelt ordered creation of the Rural Electrification Administration with 75 000 dollars initial funding under the relief program and signaled labor cost trims on 109 million dollars of PWA projects. McCarl ruled relief funds not for subsistence homesteads unless farming involved.
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Roosevelt
White House
Blue Ridge Mountains
Han
Garner
Burns
Robinson and
Harrison
Perm Electrification
Rural Electrification Administration
Worl
Divispion
Morris L. Cooke
Philadelphia
PWA
Bankers Oppose U S Omnibus Banking Bill at Arkansas Meet
About 45 delegates at the Arkansas Bankers Association annual convention in Fort Smith voted against Section 2 of the administration omnibus banking bill and urged counties to curb expenses within income. They also called for careful bond issuance, emphasized support for small loans, criticized the postal savings system, and credited public deposit insurance with restoring bank confidence. new officers were elected including A N Sicard as president and G Neal as vice president.
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Fort Smith
Arkemt
Arkansas Bankers Association
Marshall RR
Eurseed
Fdic Jas
Arkansas
PRIC
UBOL
A. N. Sicard
First National Bank
Nichal
Pine Blatt
G. & Neal
Russellville
Albert Rowell
Dorady
Lloyd Spenece
Hlupe
Injured Man Improves After Crash West of DeWitt
J. W. Feemster a 40 year old farmer remained in hospital Friday after a skull fracture from being thrown from his truck when it hit a washout on highway No 1 west of DeWitt His wife and son suffered minor injuries in the Thursday night accident The condition of Feemster was reported as improving with medical care available locally
Bird sized eggs laid by local citizen’s hen
Local resident W. H. Davis of 604 Pond Street reported his mixed breed Brown Leghorn hen laid a dozen eggs since Easter. The eggs are pigeon to jay sized with one as small as a common songbird egg. Davis plans to place the 12 unusual eggs under a setting hen to observe results.
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W. H. Davis
Pond Street
Pioneer Hardware Man Arthur Severance Dies at 75
Arthur Severance 75 a Hempstead county hardware pioneer died Friday at his Durant Oklahoma residence after a short illness. He will be brought to Hope for burial in Rose Hill cemetery with services at 4 PM Sunday at Hope furniture company funeral parlor officiated by Rev. E Hotchins. Survivors include his widow and daughter Marion Severance of Durant. He was born in North Fairfield Ohio married Mary West in 1885 and moved to Hope in 1886 where he joined Severance & Mc Rae before starting his own Durant hardware business.
Saratoga Welcomes Kiwanis Visitors for Sixth Goodwill Trip
Over 100 people greet the Kiwanis Goodwillers during their trip to Saratoga on Friday night. Hope club marks its sixth goodwill journey with talks by Dana Gibson and Charles, master of ceremonies, and a musical program by Riley Huddleston and band.
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Kiwanis
Saratoga
Hope Club
W. S. Atlhing
Elphe
Charles
Dana Gibson
Riley Huddleston
Long and Tydings Fight Over Bonus
Long and Tydings clash over a proposed money bonus bill as debate grows heated. Long questions President Roosevelt’s war service pay, comparing war experiences to a hypothetical earnings claim. The exchange highlights political tension over veterans’ bonus policy with crossfire on page three.
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Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Tyde Ings
Maryland
Anny
Mr. Rowser
Crosnoe Files His Who's Who Arson List With Gentry
Charles Crosnoe serving six years for burning a Bradley county gin had his sentence stayed by the governor. He handed a list of alleged arsonists in Hempstead county to State Insurance Commissioner A A Gentry and prosecutors. A duplicate list was given to Prosecutor Ned Stewart who urged a grand jury if corroborated. Local officials planned a Hempstead county inquiry, while Crosnoe seeks to \"clear the record\" before starting his term.
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Little Rock
Charles Crosnoe
Bradley County
A. A. Gentry
Crosnoe
Hempstead
Gentry
Ned Stewart
Eighth Judicial District
Crosnoc
Crosnoo
Jim Bearden
Capitol
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A. A. Geary
Li Rock
Ned Stew
Star
Texas
Stead County Grand Jury
Lst
Ateington
Dexter = Bush
Stewart
Texarkana Sal
Leonard Ellis
Starr
Mediately
Crusnoe
Hopa
Ellis
Chris
Ray Hamilton, Noted Gang Lieutenant, Laid to Rest
Dallas crowd ignored Ray Hamilton's funeral rites as he lay in an expensive casket at a Dallas funeral home. Hamilton, once a key lieutenant in the Barrow-Parker gang, was electrocuted at Huntville state prison for killing a prison guard. His mother, Mrs. Steve Davis, forbade viewing. The public memory recalls the 25,000 who clawed past guards for Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker last year.
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Dallas
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Raymond Hamilton
Bacraw-Parker
West Dallas
Don Pahner
Memphis Bandits and Plunder Taken
Four men involved in a payroll robbery at the Anderson Tully company lumber manufacturers in Memphis were pursued after the theft of 3.04 dollars. Police shot one robber and arrested another. a third suspect, previously employed by the firm, was taken for questioning. The wounded robber gave the name Cutcher.
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Mempiis
Tenn
Alderson-Tully Company
Launber Maufacturers
Anther
Ariel E
Cutcher
Arson-for-hire allegations emerge in Arkansas report
Excerpts from Charles Crosnoe’s Hope arson report detail names of hirees and fires in Hempstead County. The writer claims to have been contracted to burn property, lists payments, and accuses a man named Man Blank of withheld funds after a fire. Aims to publish a full list once authorities act.
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Charles Crosnoe
Hope Wit Hempstead County
Hope Star
Insurance Commissioner
State of Arkansas
State of
Arkansas
Hope
Hempstead County
Arkansas Women Hear Roosevelts New Deal Talk
Miss Josephine Roche urged Arkansas Democratic women to back the New Deal at a banquet ending the Arkansas Democratic Women's club regional conference. She linked support to creating jobs and safeguarding against wasteful costs, as the state convention closed and regional activities continued.
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Little Rock
Democratic Women of
Arkansas
Josephine Roche
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
National Women's Division
Democratic Party
Man Held After Sudden Deaths In New York Family
Frederick Gras, 49, bookkeeper for a chemical company, is arrested on homicide charges after traces of a poison are found in the vital organs of two of five family members who died during weeks of mysterious illness. The suspect, his wife Katherine, and four of their five children were connected to the deaths, with the fifth child and mother‑in‑law hospitalized. police report says wife died in April and two children had earlier fatalities.
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New York
Frederick Gras
Katherine
Frank
Olga Bein
Ive
Leu
Huge Judgment in Alienation Suit
Charlotte, N C. A 9 year old Charlotte real estate man named Brandon Smith Jr was awarded 3125,000 in his alienation of affections suit against his former father in law Joseph F Cannon a millionaire Concord business man After deliberating five hours the jury returned the verdict in favor of Smith and awarded the substantial damages in the high profile case
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Charlotte, N. C
F. Brandon Smith Jr
Charlotte
Fri
Joseph F. Cannon
Concord
Balkan nations to join non aggression pacts with Yugoslavia
Four Balkan states decided to back arms talks and mutual defense with Yugoslavia Romania Turkey Czechoslovakia Greece and Greece in a high level meeting. In the U S reports indicated a crackdown on a fugitive linked to the Ray Hamilton Clyde Barrow jailbreak. Navy notes cited a vast Pacific aerial operation with 450 aircraft and 16 seaplanes under wartime conditions.
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Romania
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Turkey
Cathhoslovakia
Greece
Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Titwail
Crosnoe Delivers List in Local Arson Probe
Crosnoe delivers a two copy “who’s who” list to State Insular Commissioner Geary and others as prosecutors seek indictments. A special grand jury is convened in Texarkana to probe arson charges, with Sheriff Bearden and Prosecutor Stewart coordinating, while Wheaton from the state penitentiary is linked to the local arson case.
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Crosnoe
Sheriff Bearden
Wheaton
Asks Affirmation as Mae's Husband
Frank Wallace of the vaudeville stage filed with New York Supreme Court Justice Ernest B. L. Haimmer to declare him the lawful husband of Mae West. He seeks a declaratory judgment to prove they remain married and that any divorce is invalid, claiming she denied their marriage in 1919 and he has not seen her for about 20 years.
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Frank Wallace
Supreme Court
Ernest B.L. Haimmer
Mace West
Wallace
Miss West
Hamner
Mae West
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