Food stamp plan may lift Rochester relief buyers, ties to prices
Bruce Catton reports on the agricultural department’s food distribution stamp experiment in Rochester. Economists expect nonrelief shoppers to rise as relief buyers spend more on surplus staples, pressuring grocers to cut margins. The plan hinges on lower retail prices boosting overall consumption and may be abandoned if benefits stay limited to relief clients only.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Belmg
Rochester
Agriculure Department
Rovers
F. W. Waugh
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Anther
Dayton
Special Election May Be Called by Governor Bailey
Governor Bailey may call a special election to decide fate of sales tax workmen's compensation and venue change acts if valid referenda petitions are filed. Mitchum said a conference with the governor is planned and that the governor prefers public vote over a legislative special session. Petitions are being circulated with signatures checked by county clerks and potential prosecutions warned for invalid signatures.
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Little Rock
Bailey
John Henry Mitchum
Independence County
Mitchum
Milcham
Wegel
Sixners
J. Charles Linthicum
Arkansas Taxpayers Association
Linthicum
State Labor Department
Western Arkansas Coal Field
Secretary of State
Cotton Planting Nears Finish in Arkansas
Arkansas weather bureau reports cotton planting nearly complete in southern counties while progress continues in other regions. Wet and cold soil hampers work in northern counties, with planting held up by conditions.
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Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Mock Planes Staged On Tiny Island Incident
In Honolulu a staged air raid on Oahu by civilians was halted within two minutes. Major General Charles D. Herron, commander of the Maunas department, piloting one raiding plane, called the blackout a complete success as 52 enemy planes were prevented from staging a surprise attack.
Cranium Cracker Double Play Challenge
Five major league double play sequences are listed. Identify the team represented and the likely positions for each trio: 1 McCormick to Frey to Mc Connick, 2 May unassisted, 3 Newsome to Gantenbern to Eien, 4 Yvons to McNair to Kubel, 5 Schaveln to Mueller to Pow els. Answers appear on the next page.
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McCormick
Frey
McConnick
Newsome
Gantenbern
Eien
Yvons
McNair
Kubel
Schaveln
Mueller
Powels
Jewish Resistance in Palestine Dims After Attacks Abate
In Jerusalem Palestine a passive resistance campaign of noncooperation and economic pressure aimed at stopping British plans for an Arab state with Jews in the minority followed mass demonstrations. The Britain policy announcement on Wednesday cooled events by Friday, with one constable killed and 114 injured, official figures show.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
California to Vote On Pension Scheme
SACRAMENTO Calif 44 Californians will vote again on the $40 every Thursday old age pension plan. Governor Culbert L Olson said he would call a special state election on the proposal after the legislature adjourns next month. Proponents urging weekly one dollar warrants to every nonworking resident over 50 revived the campaign after last year’s defeat.
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Sacramento
Calif
Chamberlain Eyes New Peace Plan for Europe
Prime Minister Chamberlain proposed a long range peace policy for Europe if Germany proves it will renounce aggression. In the Commons he warned Britain won’t trade peace for concessions that invite further demands. He clashed with Lloyd George and Attlee over foreign policy and alliances with Soviet Russia.
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London
England
Chamberlain
Germany
House of Commons
Britain
David Lloyd George
Russia
Clement R. Attlee
Fim
This Cat Catches Mice Brings Them Back Alive at Creighton Lab
Mablye the cat guards the anatomy lab at Creighton University, responding to caretaker John O Connell and bringing wandering mice back alive. For six years she has kept the lab free of rodents, even pruning infestations with little mercy. The Italian royal family note appears as unrelated copy.
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QMAHA
Neb
Mablye
Mouser
Creighton University
Anatomy
Mabel
John O'Connell
Mable
Conmin
First Baptist Building Advocated by Dr Bowen
Dr Bowen led a long effort to build a modern educational facility for First Baptist Church. Construction began in 1934, funded by a mix of loans and donations, totaling over 15000 dollars at completion. The brick veneer building, expected to serve about 500 Sunday school attendees, was considered one of the region’s best for its purpose in Southwest Arkansas.
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First Baptist
First Baptist Church
W. A. Bowen
Bowen
Wallace R. Rogers
Rogers
Pehurch
Joan
Special Building Fund Committee
Arkansas
Tawa
Kathleen Cooper to Receive BA with Honors at Belton College
Kathleen Cooper, daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Cooper, will graduate with a BA in art from Mary Hardin Bishop College in Belton Texas, during the May commencement. She participated in Charter Day events on February 1 and is listed on the honor roll.
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Belton
Texas
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Kathleen Coopter
Cooper
R. E. Cooper
Grady Street
Royal Academia
Womart
Bluebonnet
Texas Threatens to Lift Oil Lid and Open Fields
Texas railroad commissioner Jerry Sadler urged a July shift to wide open oil field production, arguing Louisiana and Illinois threaten Texas industry. He cited existing Sunday shut-ins in May and June and five Saturdays per month, warning a showdown is overdue as oversupply from Louisiana accumulates on the Texas coast and winds of production move into East Texas.
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Austin
Texas
State Railroad ‘Commission
Louisiana
Illinois
Dagantine
Jerry Sadler
Commission
Sadler
Perate
Sheridan Farmer Is Found Shot to Death
SHERIDAN Ark y PT D White a 58 year old farmer was found shot to death Wednesday beside a road near his son s home ten miles north of town Sheriff Paxton said the investigation showed the man took his own life A shotgun and a forked stick were found near the body White s head was blown off by the gun s charge The widow four sons and four daughters survive
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Sheridan, Ark—y
D. White
Here
William B. Paxton
White
Island Reported Sinking Near Manila Harbor
The Verde Island in Batangas province 100 miles south of Manila was reported Friday night to be quaking and sinking rapidly. Governor Cardo said evacuees were leaving by native boats to Batangas shores as details remained scarce and conditions unclear.
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Manila
Verde Island
Cardo
Batangs
Lemley Sworn In as Arkansas Roving Federal Judge
Harry J. Lemley of Hope was sworn in Friday as Arkansas's new roving federal judge in a brief ceremony. He will continue to make his home at Hope for the time being, serving as district judge over Hearthill Regen in a symbolic induction.
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Little Rock
Harry J. Lemley
Hope
Arkansas
Lemley
Ninety Nine Americans Hold Tickets On Derby
Ninety nine Americans in Dublin secured chances for roughly $140,000 as the morning draw closed in the Epson derby sweepstakes to be run next Wednesday. The note mentions 300 postmasters in New Mexico who cannot read or write English.
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Dublin
New Mexico
Hop Completed by French Flying Ship
PORT WASHINGTON New York The French flying boat Lieut De Vaisseau Paris completed a trans Atlantic trip from Bisenrosse France landing at the Pan American base here The ship commanded by Capt Henri Guillaumet arrived seven hours after leaving Bermuda It carried a crew of eight and a non paying passenger Jacques M J C Vivent assistant director of French civil aviation Marcel Castleman said it plans 12 sound trips this year with the Lieut De Vaisseau Paris and sister ship the Villa De Saint Pierre using the same crew alternating the planes The Lieut De Vaisseau Paris will stay here three days then begin the return trip
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Port Washington
Lieut. de Vaisseau
Paris
Bisenrosse
France
Pan American
Henri Guillaumet
Bermuda
Jacques M. J. C. Vivent
Marcel Castleman
United States
de Vaisseau Paris
Villa de Saint Pierre
Mind Your Manners on Bridal Attire Questions
A reader quiz on wedding etiquette covers trousseau size, bridesmaids dress coordination, matching gowns for maid of honor and attendants, all white attendants, and who pays for dresses. Answers indicate spending limits, no strict rules, maid of honor color may differ, all white acceptable, and the bride need not pay attendants' costs.
Probe of Bund Is Ordered by Dewey
New York May 18 Grand Jury to probe misdemeanor tax avoidance involving the pro-Nazi Bund ordered by District Attorney Thomas E Dewey. He noted another likely inquiry by his office and said Bund books and related corporations were subpoenaed May 2 as part of broader felonies under investigation.
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New York
Bund
Thomas E. Dewey
LaGuardia
Fritz Khan
National Bund Lrelder
Witter
Dewey
Bund Uniil
Little Rock Doctor Ends Life in Home Hanging
Dr. Herbert Curtis Jones, 48, was found dead at his Little Rock home with a rope suspension and a bullet wound in his mouth. He practiced medicine in Helena for years and had recently lived in Little Rock due to ill health. Coroner Howard A. Dishough ruled it self-inflicted. Survivors include his widow, a son, three daughters, his mother, two sisters and a brother.
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Little Rock
Herbert Curtis Jones
Helena
Howard A. Dishough
Thought Faith as Eye and Hand in Clinging to Him
A compact reflection attributes perception and grasp of the divine to faith, describing Thought as the eye that sees Him and the hand that clings to Him in a receiving power that appropriates the sacred.
U S Army to Hold Biggest War Games This Summer
Washington May 14 The United States will train at peak strength with about 409,000 officers and men for regulars guardsmen reservists and civilians in field maneuvers camps and continental insular departments Navy personnel total 120 000 officers and enlisted kept ready year round and 12 970 reservists to receive intensive sea training this year
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Washington
United States
Army
Continental
Insular
Navy
No Softball Games Here Friday Night
West grounds caused cancellation of the two scheduled softball games at Fair Park Friday night. Bill Brasher, commissioner, announced at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 7 So Herbert B. Wilden, a bookkeeper, who died in Charleston, D. C., in 1935 left $1,250 each to North Carolina and South Carolina to be used for educa. , Honal purposes.
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West Grounds
Fair Park
Bill Brasher
Herbert B. Wilden
Charleston
D. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Dickson Executed at Tucker Prison Farm After Baptism
Federal Judge Ragon sentences Alfred Dickson to five years at Tucker Prison Farm. Dickson, 35, died in an electric chair after declaring innocence and claiming a heavy load on his soul. The case involves Felton and Brackelhurst in a May 1937 crime spree ending with Gates’ murder. Felton, 20, pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car and testifying against Brackelhurst.
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Dickson
Tucker
Alfia
Felton
Ragon
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Lester Bracelhurst
Victor
Gates
Little Rock
Miss Felton
Brodelhurst
Ens Gates
Nea Lonoke
Brackelhurst
New York State
Galesburg
Witne
Texas
Illinois
Peir
Brockelhurst
Automobile Crash Is Fatal to Youth
Fort Smith Arkansas cab overturned after striking a cow near Booneville injuries reported to Glenn Wells 22 Luke Cheek 25 and Grady Fields 22 all of Booneville. Cab driver Owens in serious condition and surviv ors include his mother a brother and five sisters.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Acciden
Booneville
Glenn Wells
Luke Cheek
Grady Fields
Owens
Fields
Cotton closes lower as prices slip amid market weakness
Cotton prices dipped with the spot market closing at a lower level. Middling prices weakened to 9.41, while overall notes indicate a fall of about five points from earlier levels.
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Tulsy
Lulsa
Okla) Tribune
Good Will
Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
Bob Bailey
Memphis
California
Europe
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Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Danzig
Pomorze
Gazeta Pelsia
Ihe Fuhrer
Franz von Epp
Reichsfehrer Hiller
Vellaro Varaile
Madrid
Spain
Franco
Teader
Generalissimo
Savoy
Frange
Dr. Bowen
Kathleen Cooper
Baptist Education
Hope Star
Sheridan Farmer
Island
Hope Man
N. Y
U.S. Army
Inyers
Glenn Owens
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