President Roosevelt Rejects Court Reform Compromise
President Roosevelt refused a compromise on his court reorganization bill after Senator Robinson warned of a close vote. He demanded no less than 1.5 billion for next fiscal year relief, while Congress debated blanket non-relief cuts. Robinson said the senate vote would be close with a fair chance of passage.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robinson
House
Congress
Aldes
TVA
Gulf of Mexico
Garer
Bankhead
Rayburn
Senate
Resson
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Military Establishment
Interior Department
Mayor of Waldo Succumbs Aged 78
WALDO Arka mayor T W Callo ay 78 of Waldo Ark died late Thursday in Baptist hospital Little Rock after extended illness He was Waldo s chief executive elected this spring and long served on school board for 30 years Formerly in retail mercantile business Survived by wife and adopted son Feneral arrangements pending arrival of melodies Traut Little Rock
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Waldo
Arik
T. W. Calloway
Ark
Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
Calloway
Jiere
Ace Hus
Jo Anh
Wboet
Riggins
Ielody Traut
Captain A. H. Robinson Transferred to Panama
Captain A. H. Robinson, formerly of Ilupe, now at Huot Springs with the A N G hospital medical corps, has been transferred to Gurgas hospital at Anvon Prison Canal Zone. He will sail from New York July 5.
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A. H. Robinson
Ilupe
Huot Springs
A. N. G. Hospital Medical Corps
Gurgas Hospital
Anvon Prison Canal Zone
New York
Turner Brown and the CCC debate in Fort Worth
President Twosevell visits Fort Worth to inspect prospects as shoppers loom. He has spent time on the Gulf fishing and devising ways to challenge opponents. He suggests Congress may attempt administration after its recent CCC proposition reaction. The CCC era taught many city boys the difference between a pickhandle and a blackjack.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Twosevell
Gulf
Congress
CCC
Philip Snowden Dies at 72 Former British Chancellor
LONDON England Philip Snowden aged 72 once Chancellor of the Exchequer and a leading figure in the British Labour movement died suddenly Saturday from a heart attack.
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Philip Snowden
England
London
Eng
Ickornshaw
Ford Prepares for Hard Union Fight
Ford Motor Co announced it would distribute to all 150,000 employees workers' cards bearing Henry Ford labor views, labeled Fordism, as United Automobile Workers plans a formal organizing drive next week. Union head Homer Martin visited Saginaw urging strikers at Chevrolet’s Flint Foundry to return to work pending talks. Fordism cards urge workers to resist unions and explain Ford’s view on job monopoly and labor control, linking ownership of capital to wage setting.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of Americas
Henry Ford
Homer Martin
US A. W. A
Fords
Martin
Saginaw
Grey Tron
Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet Motor Factory
Flint
Ford's
Hibor
New York
Peach Crop Prospects Improve Slightly for Arkansas 1937
Arkansas peach prospects for May 1 1937 show a gain over last year but expect a crop below normal. The USDA forecast a 4d per cent harvest of 1 737 000 bushels, up from 1 012 000 last year. Other notes cover winter wheat oats hay and early Irish potatoes conditions and yields.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Stuart L. Bryan
Servier Etatistician
General Crup
Radical Spanish Cabinet Resigns After Revolt
Valencia reports Spain's wartime government led by Premier Francisco Largo Caballero resigning at 10 a m The left coalition cabinet steps down amid eight months of Fascist assaults and possible influence from the anarchist revolt in Barcelona Officials say a new cabinet will be formed as republic begins anew
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Valencia
Spain
Francisco ‘Largo Caballero
Largo Caballero
Barcelona
Tennessee House for Liquor Referendum Victory
Tennessee lawmakers push referendum bill after a tight 58 to 56 House vote amid Senate doubt and pending session limits. Speaker Byron Pope predicts passage while others urge caution. Rep J C Jackson notes constitutional limits on tying law to a future vote. Gov Browning signals possible special session if voters approve change.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
House
Senate
Byron Pope
J. C. Jackson
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Urges a Revival of Folk Dancing in America
A Denver convention of the Central District Physical Education Association heard concerns that folk dancing has declined as modern youth favor ballroom and football. Speakers urged school instruction, practical demonstrations, and co physical education to revive interest and address attitudes toward movement and gender.
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Denver
Ameriva
Central District Physical Education Association
Frank Evans
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Elizabeth Dunkel
University of Kansas Physical Education Department
Alfred O. Anderson
St. Louis
Association
Fox Race to Close First Annual Rally at Farm Bureau
The Hempsferd County Farm Bureau hosts its first annual rally at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station, with tours of the station, study groups on pasture management soil erosion and crop production, and a fox race finale at 2 00 PM led by C C Randall and county agents. H H Huskey presides over the event with string band music and a barbecue to follow.
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Hempsferd County Farm Bureau
Fruit & Truck Branch
C. C. Randall
Extension Service
Opan
H. H. Huskey
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Body of Drowning Victim Recovered Near Bradley
Haywood O Neal drowned in Red River six miles west of Bradley. His body was found Thursday morning by Eliver Wallace and Grady Denmen near Brown s Ferry ten miles south of the drowning site. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon.
Townsend Seeks to Raise Five Million
Dr. Francis E. Townsend, age 70, plans to borrow five million dollars on his personal signature to fund his old age pension program. He will tour the nation with appeals, promising promissory notes to donors and pledging personal oversight of every dollar. The SEC has warned the scheme may violate the law as Townsend presses ahead with radio appeals and congressional district organization.
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Garland
Calif
Francis E. Townsend
Long Beach
Pacific
SEC
Townsend National
Securities Exchange Commission
Townsend
Washington
Hope Soil Conservation Project Demonstrates Strip Cropping Benefits
Visitors view fields where strip cropping and contour cultivation reduce erosion. Non erosive bands slow water flow, increase infiltration, and cut soil loss in half when rows follow contours. Combined practices lower losses to a quarter of original levels on cooperating farms.
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Hope Soil
Soil Conservation Service
Hope Soil Conservation Service
U D G Memorial Rain or Shine Service Change
In case of rain the U D G memorial service set for Sunday at Rose Hill cemetery will be moved to First Christian church. Mrs C S Lowthorp, president of the local chapter, announced Saturday. Attorney James William Ellis of Texarkana will deliver the memorial address. The Hope Boys band will play and Mrs Lowthorp and Hope church pastors will offer short talks.
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U. D. CG
Rose Hill Cemetery
First Christian Church
C. S. Lowthorp
James William Ellis
Texarkana
Hope Boys
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Wedding Etiquette
A reader quiz asks how to handle bridal party invitations and social rules. Questions cover inviting wives of grooms, where parents are listed, how early invitations go out, when gifts are sent, and whether to sign well wishes. The piece also offers a scenario for attending a friend’s wedding after a family loss with suggested actions.
May 29 Deadline for Farm Program Work Sheets
The state agricultural conservation committee set May 28 as the final date for filing work sheets under the 1937 farm program. County agent W E Mountcastle and assistant extension director C C Randall note that more than 100000 producers are expected to file, with Hempstead county already reporting about 14 sheets signed.
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State Agricultural Conservation Committee
W. E. Mountcastle
C. C. Randall
AAA
Randall
Hempstead
Coring Oil Test East of Prescott
Coring at Purifay No 1 in section 17 11 20 near Prescott shows a three foot core in the Nacalosh sand at 493 feet with six inches saturated. Drillers report sand 25 feet deeper than nearby tests, indicating good structure. optimistic but unlikely commercial Nacatash producer, Travis Peak at 1500 feet expected to yield oil.
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Prescott, Ark
Shepard Brothers, Purifay No. 1
Theoutheast
Prescott
Shepard Brothers
Travis
UN Waterloo
Former Cowboy Congressman Dies in Oklahoma
Percy L. Gassaway, 51, Oklahoma's famed cowboy congressman, died at eight a.m. Saturday in an ambulance on the way to Ada after a heart attack at his ranch near Colgate. He was defeated for re election last November by Lleyle Boren of Seminole.
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Colgate
Okla
Percy L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Ada
Here
Gassaway
Washington
Llyle Boren
Boy Starts Banking Career at Eleven in Salt Lake City
Truman O Woodruff of Salt Lake City runs a neighborhood bank with deposits nearing $196,068 as president, director, cashier and janitor. He loaned his mother $30 using a baby four weeks old as collateral and began a one cent newspaper called Fire Midget with a circulation of 100 to 260 copies. His father runs a honey business.
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Salt Lake City
Truman O. Woodruff
Truman
Brockelhurst Confession Ties Texas Arkansas Murders
A torn report details Brockelhurst and accomplice linked to multiple murders from Rockford to Dallas Fort Worth and Little Rock. It cites a jail confession naming Gates and Griffith as victims and describes robberies and a highway killing spree across several states.
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Dutchess
Paul J Tll
Ayho
Poughkeepsie
New York State
Griffith
Fort Worth
Texas
Victor A. Gai Rock
Ark
Bernice Felton
Expecta Brockelhurst
Johnson
Arkansas
Gates
Griffiths
Brockelhurst
Joliet
Ilnois
Chicago
Abraham Felton
Theander
Rockford
Salt Lake City
Dallas
Pelton
Little Rock
Memphis
North Little Rock
Cotton futures edge up despite quiet trading day
New Orleans opened at 12.65 and closed at 12.67 as spot cotton remained quiet, with a nine-petal movement noted and prices around 13.07. Trade activity was light, leaving markets in a cautious hold.
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New Orleans
Uly Cotton
Spot Cotton
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