Hope Public Schools Board Re Elects Henry
Faculty selection for the ten year term was delayed by the Hope Board of Education after a 3-3 vote at Monday nights meeting. Hope High School prepares for closing exercises with Baccalaureate set for May 28 at Saenger Theater and graduation on June 1 with State Senator James Pilkinson delivering the commencement address.
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Miss Bery
Henry
Hope
Yote
Hoye
Hope High School
Saenger Theater
Nev. Kennelly Spore
First Methodis
Baxtor
James Pilkinson
Lawsuit Challenges Use Tax Validity In Arkansas
John Mann of Marianna filed in Pulaski Chancery Court contesting the use tax provision of the Arkansas sales tax law. The suit seeks an injunction against collection and argues the tax violates interstate commerce protections and state constitution limits. Hearing set for May 23. revenue department seeks $324.70 due for 1938 and 1939 and penalties.
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John Mann
Marianna
Pulaski Chancery Court
Sinte Hayerne
M. McCarrall
McCarrall
McCarrail
McCarroll
Fedecra
Arkansas
Gonstituton
Farmland Reform and Government Waste Debate
Fred Brenckman of the National Grange argues farm problems reflect broader economic strain and warns against overnight fixes. He cites falling farm income, rising per capita taxes, and the need to revive private enterprise while criticizing inefficiency in public offices and WPA comparisons.
State Upheld in Freight Rate Row by ICC Ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission sustained the Arkansas Corporation Commission in denying higher freight rates on several commodities. The Arkansas panel had approved intrastate increases but rejected railroads' requests to raise Dexnol eum and related products, forest goods, silica sand, brick, and cotton.
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Washington
Interstate Commence Commission
Arkansas Corporation Commission
ICC
Arkansas Commission
Japanese Bombs Hit U.S. Property
Peiping China reports missionary Arthur Nyhus of Fertile Iowa says a May 2 raid destroyed the mission church and school, with a follow up hit May 3 damaging the same mission property. Nyhus's 3 year old daughter Phoebe was among victims in the prior October bombing. The embassy filed written representations with Japan.
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Peiping
China
Arthur Nyhus
Fertile
Iowa
Phoéebe
United States
Bodies of Poison Ring Victims Flourish Under 24 Hour Police
Philadelphia police battle a sprawling stay-for-pay poison ring alleged to have operated in five states and beyond. Arsenic killings, exhumed bodies, and a web of accomplices stretch over ten years as investigators pursue Herman Petrillo Cesare Valenti and others in a sensational case.
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Paul Ross
NEA
Philadelphia
Xing
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Pacific Coast
Ing
Socrates
Herman Petrilo
Faya- Yo
Rafaele Polselli
Pulselli
Ant
Ois
Cesare Valenti
Black Hand
Valenti
Herman Petrillo
Paw Petrillo
Morris Bolboy
Bradford Chosen Head of Rotarians in Arkansas
Bradford Fre Bradford from Camden was elected district governor of Arkansas Rotary without opposition at the annual convention closing session. Crawford McCullough urged Rotarians to stay diligent, warning that early consternation often wears out late in the year. The convention planned to close with luncheon Tuesday. Candidates for admission to West Manty must be at least 4 feet 4 inches tall.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Bradford
Camden
Arkansas
Rotary
Iewiss
Crawford McCullough
Fort Villa
Ontario
Westmanty
Thought Retribution Among Grail HWiniples
A fragment notes a phrase about Thought Retribution as one of the grail HWiniples within the diving administration of human affairs, attributed to Fuster, though the source text is unclear and fragmented.
Mind Your Manners to Rec. U.S. Pet On Test
Reader quiz on social etiquette covers addressing women by last name or first name, using Miss or Mrs until greeted, introductions with office colleagues, referring to engaged man, and proper terms for a fiancé or intended. Answers imply non use of last-name by default, careful address choices, and clear introductions.
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U.S
Brown
Mary
Miss
Callie
John Jones
Mr. Jones
Ynan Bo
Hobo Speaker Advises Tucson Students on Food and Jobs
Arizona University students heard a talk from a hobo who rode a freight train to the banquet. He warned that most men on the road cannot get steady work, stressing that food is vital and urging them to take action rather than drift along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona University
Il Duce Inspects Alpine Frontier
Il Duce Mussolini visits a tiny Alpine town at the Stalan end of the Mount Denis tunnel near France. He reviews border guards and hears Alpine songs before resuming a whirlwind tour of Piedmont après touring Germany's fortifications with Hitler’s ally.
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Piedmont
Cardozo Left an Estate of $329,509
New York report shows Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo left an estate of 329,509 dollars. He died July 0, 193? The filing lists 220,635 dollars to charity and Columbia University as a beneficiary. Residual details appear with 188,822 dollars designated.
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New York
Benjamin N. Cardozo
United States Supreme Court
Columbia University
Man Apologizes to Governor Cooper Over Land Claim
Eugene R. Kulne, a discharged Tennessee state employee, apologized to Governor Prentice Cooper before a House committee probing the WPA. He denied ever saying Cooper owned land enriched by the WPA housing program.
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Washington
Eugene R. Kulne
Tennessee
Prentice Cooper
Cooper
Loase
Light Plane Flies From Newfoundl to Sweden Attempt
Swed ish aviator Backman departed Betwood airport at 5 10 a m Tuesday attempting a transatlantic flight from America to Sweden. Reports from Johns Newfoundland cite progress and potential weather challenges.
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Johns
Newfoundland
Swadiin Press
Backman
America
Sweden
Betwood
Transfer of Calhoun County home demonstration agent
Miss Wilma McKelvey, previously a resistant home demonstration agent in Hempstead and Miller counties for eleven months, has been transferred to Calhoun county as county home demonstration agent. Her headquarters will be at Hampton.
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Wilma McKelvey
Hempstead
Miller Counties
Calhoun County
Hampton
Cranium Crackers: Grammar Errors Challenge
A quiz presents five sentences with errors to correct. Each item offers 20 points, and a score of 30 or higher signals above average. Items include misused tense, apostrophes, and subject verb agreement amid a chaotic page fragment.
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Jones
Agnyor Gu
Lakes in Hempstead County to Be Re-Stocked
State Senator James H. Pilkinton says Hempstead County lakes Red Lake near Fulton and Beards Lake near Saratoga will receive fish from the Lonoke hatchery in early fall. Application filings advanced, and the state commission chairman has approved both lakes’ stocking plans, with fish to be released as soon as received.
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Hempstead County
James H. Pilkinton
Hope
Pilkinton
State Game & Fish Commission
Red Lake
Fulton
Beards’ Lake
Sarato Ba
State Commission
Little Rock
Heav Lonoke
Orcer
Hempstead
Operators Expect to Bring in Bell No 1 Well Tuesday
Lewisville Ark operators finished plugging Erwin and Leach East Texas Refining Bell No 1 at 3473 feet Monday and plan to bring the well in Tuesday. It lies in section 19 16 23 and is an east offset to the discovery well. The well bottoms in lime and sand and fluids saturated. Swabbing began with clear water washing the well and a 400 pound Christmas tree set. Wash water expected to be removed by noon and all storage used by 3 p.m. Tuesday. A speedy kickback is anticipated and separators and tanks ready on location. A rig will move to a new location by Erwin Leach and the East Texas company Wednesday or Thursday. Magnetic hill near Springhill Alabama is noted for a vehicle rolling uphill with brakes off on the highway.
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Lewisville
Ark
Erwin and Leach
East Texas Refining Company
Discovery
H. L. Young
Erwin-Leach and
Ute East, Texas Company
Harlan Ky Coal Operators Capitulate to National Guard
In Harlan County Kentucky the Big Elkhorn Coal Operators signed a contract after National Guard troops were deployed to protect mines amid a labor standoff. Governor Chandler reported militiamen stationed in Bell County and elsewhere, with a guard officer removed for alleged inaction. About 16,000 miners faced a return to work after protests. operators said most were ready, but no attestations would be made before Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Harlan
Big Elkhorn Coal Operators
United Minters
Bell County
A. B. Chandler
National Guard
Associated Press
Kentucky
Ing
WA. M, W. Ac
National
Gers
M, W
Harrison Presses Flat 18% Tax on High Corp Incomes
Washington report says Senator Harrison of Mississippi urged President Roosevelt to kill the undistributed profits tax this session or push Congress to remove a major barrier to business recovery. At a White House tax revision conference he proposed an 18 percent flat rate on higher bracket corporate incomes and warned he would see to it the Senate acts if the House stalls. Doughton, Morgenthau, and Hanes attended. no agreement reached but further talks will occur as lawmakers seek to revise revenue schedules before taxes expire. The current law taxes small corporations at 12 1/2 percent, rising to 16 percent up to 25 000. above that, undistributed profits tax applies.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Chatman Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Coover
Morgenthau
John W. Hanes
Treasury
Doughton
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