State Highway Hearings to Shape Arkansas Road Funds
The NE State Highway Commission will hold a public meeting in Litt Rock later this month with delegations from across Arkansas seeking their share of federal work relief road money. Local advocates urge strong representation to secure priority for northern and southern highway projects, including No. 67, No. 4, No. 29, and No. 24, plus completion of CWA school bus work.
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NE State Highway Commission
Litt Rock
Hempstead
Arkansas
Washington
North Arkansas
South Arkansas
Little Rock
Hope
Shreveport
Louisiana
Plain Dealing
Camden
Rosston
Nevada County
Ouachita
CWA
Federa
State Highway Commission
COC
Roosevelt to Deliver Veto Speech In Person In Congress
President Roosevelt plans to appear before Congress to urge sustainment of his veto on the $2.2 billion bonus bill. He will deliver the message in person likely next Wednesday, after spending Saturday night cruising the Potomac aboard the government yacht. Leaders were surprised by the plan and moved to arrange a joint session, aiming to avoid debate on overriding the veto.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Cape Iton Hill
House
Senate
Washington
Ward
White House
Potomac
Koida
Hoibe
Burns
Butler Loses His Suit for 100000
In New York a supreme court ruling denies a $100,000 slander suit by William Lawrence Grabary, a discharged butler, against Margot Plick and her mother. The judge rejected the claim that family discussions protected the defaming remarks. Grabary vows to appeal despite losing his suit and his recent marriage.
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New York
William Lawrence Graham
Butler
Margot Plick
Henrietts Fisick
Lenox
Phillyy McCunk
Grabaiy
Kontemin
Margot
French Franc May Face Devaluation
PATS France reports the gravest warning of possible disaster as stocks boomed for equities and fell on government bonds. Finance Minister Germain-Martin told reporters after the cabinet meeting that rumors of devaluation are circulating and accused rumors of being vicious. The article notes the tense financial climate and hints at government concerns.
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Pats
France
Germain- Martin
Corned Frida
Stream Gains 14 Feet in 30 Hours at Fulton
J E Crunk of the Shreveport weather bureau warned on Friday night of a rising Red River at Fulton with a forecast stage of 42 feet by Tuesday. Noon Saturday reading was 29.5 feet, up about 1.5 feet in 30 hours. The warning noted Friday and Saturday rainfall may push levels higher than the river’s nearly 34 feet on May 10, flooding lower Hempstead County farmland as more rain is expected in Arkansas.
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J. E Crunk
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Red River
Fulton
Cronk
Cains
Lower Hempstead
Aupe
Federal Weather Bureau
Memphis
Arkansas speech calls for harsh penalties for arsonists
In Hot Springs President J. R. Denham of Rightsell, Peason, Collins, Barry, Denham, Inc. urged Arkansas insurance agents to seek death penalties for arsonists and robbers, arguing fire losses will rise and that current laws fail to deter crimes. He linked arson to crime and warned insurance firms to push tougher convictions and punishments.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arsor Thyster
Arkansas
J. R. Denham
Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents
Priday
Denham
Rightsell, Peason, Collins, Barry, Denham, Inc
Little Rock
Theo Maderer
Dad
Kid Twayer Becaus
Iit Hale
Ethiopia Ends Serfdom and Enacts Tax Reform
Emperor Haile Selassie announced on Saturday the abolition of serfdom across Ethiopia and an equalization of taxation. The decree frames the reform as a monumental step forward, claiming it advances the nation a thousand years in civilization.
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Emperor Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Celebrities Trial Novel Marital Styles In 1930s News
Mary Margaret McBride screens evolving marriage trends as celebrities like Fannie Hurst and Josephine Haldeman-Julius pursue separate residences or companionate unions. The piece notes past cases, judge Ben Lindsey ideas, and hints at future legal reforms including ritual divorce and sex education, reflecting shifting attitudes toward marriage in America.
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Mary Margaret McBride
NBA Service
New York
Washion
America
Fannie Murst
Jacques Danielsyn
Josephine Haltdeman-Julius
Aubrey Clark Roselle
Twentyone
Kansas
Ben Lindsey
Denver
Hurst
Hut
Miss Hurst
Haldeman-Julius
EU Commission
The New Deal in Washington by Rodney Dutcher
Washington scene mixes agriculture policy praise with a nightlife revue. The piece notes farmers visiting to cheer the AAA while Roosevelt and Secretary Hull receive attention, then observes the evening show at a local burlesque house with praise for performers.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Barlesque House
Roosevelt
Willie Drew
Food Shortage Hits Illinois Counties in Crisis
In Illinois a foodless week end left thousands short or relying on exhausted relief funds. Cook County alone reported 100000 people forced to rely on their own resources amid rising need. Officials warned 87000 more families may seek relief before the legislature meets to consider tax hikes.
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Chicago
Bn Cook Counnty
Cotton Tax Blanks Ready for Signing
Announcement says applications for cotton tax exemption certificates will be ready to sign starting Tuesday May 21. Each producer has one day to sign, with date allocations for Patnius Spring Hill Bley Metuehill on May 21 and Fulton Sarton Columbus on May 22, plus Washington Oztn Surdlis Binger on May 28 and Piney Grove Beards Chapel Guernsey on May 24. DeRony township producers get May 29 and 24 to sign.
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Friank RR
Stuatey
Hempstead Vauity Argent
Jte
Patnius
Spring Hill
Bley
Tie
Metuehill
Fulton
Sar
Hempstead Men Back From Capital Rally Support
Three Hempstead County farmers J B White of Hope John H Barrow of Ozan and Otis Johnson of Columbus returned home Friday after joining Arkansas delegates in Washington D C to pledge continued support for the agricultural program. They rode back aboard a special train from Little Rock Sunday night with Barmera and local businessmen paying the way as in other counties.
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Hempstead
Washington, D. C
Hempstead County
J. BR. White
Hope
John HH. Barrow
Ozan
Otis Johnson
Columbus
Arkansas
Late Rock
Sam Day Dies Is Buried In Texarkana
Sam Day, 24, of Idabel Oklahoma, dies after a night incident. His life of crime began in Arkansas with a 191 slaying. His sister Anta Maw Day was at his bedside as he passed. The funeral service is planned for Texarkana with details to continue on page three.
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Texarkana
Walter Harris
Sam Day
Idabel
Okla
Arkansas
Lemuer
Menia
Inabel National
Anta Maw Day
Iil
Dy. R
Williams
Nettle Gogdrer Shot. Mother Wounded. Store Proprietor Injured
In Hinesboro Virginia Nettle Gogdrer aged 6 was shot to death while her mother was wounded and Pearl Goodroe husband and father proprietor of a small general store was critically injured by a bullet through the head Saturday in a murder and attempted robbery. In Atlanta Georgia unofficial returns show repeal referendum contests to be filed in two counties with a lead of 243 votes in the state. In Conway Arkansas Colonel J L McAlister president of State Teachers College announced Terry Dalrymple resigns as director of athletics effective September 1.
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Hinesboro
Nettle Gogdrer
Peal Goodroe
Huband
Offerals
Atlanta
Georgia
Conway
Ark
J. L. McAlister
State Teachers College
Terry Dalrymple
Arkansas highway allotment cuts to about half expected
Little Rock officials say federal funds for road construction and grade crossing eliminations in Arkansas will be about half of prior forecasts. An earlier estimate of nearly 14 million dollars drops to 4.1 million from the works fund. No date for allotment release. a public meeting will be held before contracts are awarded to hear delegations. The commission meets May 2 to bid on projects from last year’s program, with no delegations at that meeting.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Arkansas
Commission
Baptists Battle on Labor Issues in Memphis Meet
Delegates at the Southern Baptist convention with 4 million members urged action on labor and social justice. Aimed at sharecroppers abuses and mistreatment, an amendment to the Social Service Commission report called for a social research bureau to study labor disputes, with action postponed until next year.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Baptist Convention
t/PI
Social Service Commission
A. J. Barton
Wilmington
N. C
D. Dawson
Waco
Texas
E. M. Patent Jr
Raleigh
N.C
China
Arkansas
Poteat
Bureau of Social Research
Govial Research Bureau
EB. M. Dodd
Shreveport
Oinning
Wader
Futrell Declares County Claim Law Adequate
Governor Futrell stated that existing statutes suffice to require county judges to fund necessary government expenses before paying permissive claims. Representative Ben E. Carter of Miller County had urged new laws after the Columbia County salary decision. The court ruled a late term warrant void as revenues for the year were exhausted, affecting a secondary expense.
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Settle Rock
Futrell
Ben E. Carter
Miller County
Supreme Court
Columbia County
Two More NRA Executives to Quit
Native sources report Rich Berg plans to leave government service and Averilla Harriman and 301 Rosenblatt, NRA officials, to resign. Washington reports note a new railroad pension bill before Congress as a substitute for the law voided by the Supreme Court. The Senate Finance Committee approves Roosevelt social security plan with 9 percent payroll tax to fund old age pensions and unemployment insurance, adding aid for the blind and a voluntary annuity system.
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Richberg
Averilla Harriman
NRA
Rosenblatt
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Senate Finance Committee
Rooosevel
Senate
Markets News From New Orleans And New York Cotton
In New Orleans futures fluctuated with a slight early firmness eroded by profit taking. May and July stayed near the prior level while October dipped about six points and December fell eight. In New York cotton futures opened steady to mixed with July advanced and later months liquidating.
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New York
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