City Council liberalizes auto tag purchases and court relief
The City Council amended a two week old rule on buying city automobile tags. Drivers can obtain tags within 10 days and pay a $2.40 penalty without appearing in court. Delinquents may visit City Treasurer Charles Reyperson, pay the regular assessment plus a $2.50 penalty, and avoid court if done within 10 days. After that, court appearances resume. The delinquent list numbers about 150. Other actions include a permit for a private gasoline pump at 107 South Walnut Street, a discussion on Third Street parking, and plans to draft an ordinance on street crossings near First Methodist church. A new peddlers ordinance was proposed to require licenses, and Mayor Albert Graves was made custodian of Hope City Hill and Fair Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reynerson
Reyperson
Henry Somindhville
South Walnut Street
Shrock
Third Street
First Methodist Church
Albert Graves
Hope City Hill
Fair Park
Booker Testifies Against Luciano in Prostitution Ring Trial
Pete Harris a 43 year old former booker of prostitutes testified in New York at the Charles Luciano trial that he was forced at a bar to pay protection money to the vice syndicate. He identified one of Luciano's right hand men as the collector who threatened him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Aj Bar
Syniicate
Pete Harris
Lucille
Des Moines Editor Visited Hope Area with Weaver
Des Moines editor Parker Mize Jr and his father-in-law M. H. Weaver visited A. H. Washburne Tuesday. Mize, born in Tuscaloosa Alabama, graduate of Alabama and Missouri, worked on El Dorado Daily News staff in 1928 and later rose to an executive role with Register-Tribune. They were in town with Weaver before heading to Shelton Nebraska where Mize’s daughter Mel plan to join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Parker Mize
Des Moines
Hig Tribune
M. H. Weaver
Shelton
Nebr
A. H
Mize
Tuxeilouss
Ala
University of Alabama
Missouri
Washburn
el Dorado Daily News
Tie
Register-Tribune Company
Zeppelin Reaches Lakehurst Safely
The German airship Hindenburg landed safely at Lakehurst naval air station New Jersey after completing its second North Atlantic crossing in 78 hours and 27 minutes amid minor storms and earlier heavy squalls. The craft trailed its maiden voyage time but weathered several squalls and unsettled skies along the eastern U S route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. Jias
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
North Atlantic
United States
Gasoline Tax Rate Flayed by Speakers
Arkansas Oil Dealers Association delegates hear Governor Futrell and others condemn high gasoline taxes. Speakers argue lower rates could boost revenue. officials note motorists provide over four percent of state general tax funds as they call for tax relief and highway funding balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Oil Dealers Association
Futrell
Jim D. Flynn
Little Reel
A. F. Reed
E. Dorady
W. PF. Scarborough
Rock
Vali
T. H. Barton
el Durarlo
Liun Oi Refining Company
Victor P. Sealus
New York
Amerigan Petroleum Industries
G. D. Halland
Camilen Chamber of Commerce
Bardon
Arkansas
Hitler Is Shaken at Burial of Chauffeur
An 88 year old former Nazi chauffeur Julius Selbeck, who served Der Fuehrer’s car fleet, was buried in Munich in a ceremony without a preacher. Fellow to former Beer Hall Putsch comrade Schreck attended as pallbearer and a replacement speech honored loyalty to their leader. The passage also notes the 1910 White Slave Act, as cited.
Passenger dies in seaplane crash near Rockland Maine
A seven passenger seaplane from Stanley Boynton flying service crashed in Penobscot Bay during takeoff. One passenger, William Montgomery, 58, of Rockland, Maine, died trapped in the cabin as the plane fell about 100 feet. Six other passengers were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Maine
Stanley Boynton Flying Service
Penobscot Bay
Kilties
William Montgomery
Big Organ to Play at the Convention
Four thousand musical recordings prepared for delegates at the National Democratic convention include no Happy Days Are Here Again or M M Would You Like to Take a Wallet. Organ company officials say a recording of Happy Days could be obtained if Postmaster General Farley requests it. The giant instrument, among the nation’s largest, will be heard inside the municipal auditorium next month. It comprises five organs in one, with pipes distributed across four chambers and pedals, valued at about 75000 dollars and audible from two and a half miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Organ Company
James Farley
Fuake
Municipal
Melrose Singing School Near Hope Opens Next Monday
George Hughes of Prescott will lead a singing school at Melrose two miles south of Hope on Spring Hill road starting next Monday May 23. The course will run about two weeks with public invitation extended. Also notes on Negro cemetery work, a Friday box supper at Crank's School House, and the death of Little Rock attorney Practly B. Pittard on his 66th birthday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose Singing School
George Hughes
Prescott
Melrosy
Hope
Spring Hil Road
Sehowal
Crank
Bo Ue
Baseball Club
Landon Dominates New Jersey Primary In 5-Lead Field
Newark reports Kansas Governor Landon holds at least 26 of New Jersey's 32 Republican convention votes with four to one lead over Senator Borah as other contenders fade. Governor Hoffman drops from first to fourth amid the five-candidate race while Lehman declares he will not seek re election in New York. Townsend tells congressional investigators that his pension group has collected about a million dollars since inception and that contributors received the organization in return.
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Newark
W. J
Landon
Kansas
New Jersey
Borah
Idaho
Hoffman
Repub-icnn
Lehman
Albany
N. Y
State of
New York
Drouth Felt in 4 Southern States
Drouth hit cotton and farm crops in the South on Wednesday with Georgia, Alabama, eastern Tennessee and the Carolinas showing serious conditions. Four other states, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and western Tennessee, enjoyed near normal rainfall and fair to good crop prospects.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Carolinas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Economic Recovery in China Seen Progress Ahead
Shanghai report quotes Dr. H. H. Kung minister of finance of the Nationalist government as he predicts permanent currency stability and greater prosperity. He cites the U.S. agreement to purchase silver, saying American purchases will extend over months and involve a substantial amount of the metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
United States
H. H. Kung
Morgenthau
Bowen to Conduct Prayer Service Here
The Rev. W. A. Bowen former pastor of the First Baptist church will lead the prayer meeting at First Baptist Church Wednesday night at 8. Rev. Bowen now pastors the First Baptist Church in San Marcos Texas. Sunday school teachers meeting starts 7 15 with Mrs Gus Haynes teaching Outline of Bible History in the teachers training course. Found Dead Field in Junction City Arkansas Tim Galbraith 35 was found dead in a west field Monday morning coroner and sheriff deem death accidental. Compton California city ordinance to pave the way for eliminating a peat bog at the north edge of the city observers say the bog has trapped pedestrians and cost a life annually.
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W. A. Bowen
First Baptist Church
Bowen
San Marcos
Texas
Gus Haynes
Junction City
Agk
Tim Galbraith
Here
Maurice Hull
Grady Wooley
Coudenm
Compton
Calif
Preferential Primary Not Feasible in State
Two Democratic state committee members said a statutory preferential primary to eliminate all but two candidates is not possible this year. They cited August 11 as fixed by state law and warned an informal process would invite fraud and lack legal sanction. The idea has failed before and would require legislative action to become law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.litile Rock
Democratic State Committee
Sam Rorex
State Committee
J.D. Head
Texarkana
J. Brace Street
Camden
Ouachita County
Substitute Draft For Guffey Coal Control Act
After hours of secret conferences a substitute for the invalidated Guffey coal control act was drafted for immediate introduction in Congress. Price fixing lies at the heart of the new measure now in the hands of Senator Guffay, author of the original act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senator Guffay
Well Known Surgeon Dies in Little Rock
Little Rock reports the sudden death of Dr Wells Ferrin Smith a renowned surgeon and longtime president of the state board of health. He died Tuesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Wells Ferrin Smith
Missoui
State Board of Health
Section of Flood Control Bill Is Flayed in Senate
In Washington a Senate fight over a $384 million flood control bill centered on a clause to let the president pick emergency projects. Senator Vandenburg questioned justification while Senator Clark urged keeping project selection with the Army Engineers board.
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Senate
Washington
Vandenburg
Clark
Board of Army Engineers
Pension Checks to Be in Mails June 1
LITTLE ROCK Moving toward the goal of the first old age pension payments on June 1 State Welfare Commissioner Charles H Andrews announced that he expected complete lists of those eligible to receive funds to be in his office Wednesday Boards in 73 counties had sent their lists to the office Tuesday night with Lonoke and Chicot reports expected Wednesday Tabulation of eligibles will follow immediately Care is being taken so that those most destitute will receive payments when the program starts He predicted checks would be sent to about 10 000 persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Charles H. Andrews
Lonoke
Chicot
Andrews
Federal Relief Nears Fixture Amid Relief Bill Debates
The Associated Press reports that despite marches over the relief bill, it seems the new on work relief will pay next year on similar terms. Hopkins and Roosevelt oppose earmarking funds or passing control to states. Democrats and Republicans alike worry that billions spent have not reduced unemployment, and questions persist about duration and broader industrial impact. Roosevelt says he seeks answers in talks with leaders like Walter P. Chrysler and Owen D. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Senate
Walter PB. Chrysler
Owen
Young
Fay Webb Granted Divorce From Rudy Webb
In Los Angeles California Fay Webb was granted a divorce from Rudy Vallve after testimony describing their marriage as a series of emotional climaxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Webb
Rudy
Los Angeles
Calif Webb
Weylay
Rudy Vallve
Agricultural Conservation Program speech at Farm Bureau rally
C. A. Cobb, director of the Southern division of the AAA, spoke at a 1936 Farm Bureau Federation rally on the new Agricultural Conservation Program. The event, at the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station grounds, drew about 2,500 with Edward A. O’Neal unable to attend due to a personal matter. W. R. Ogg stood in. Cobb framed the program as a long term, soil conserving plan, citing past Arkansas discussions and outlining 1936 goals to divert 30 million acres to soil conserving crops, with 13 million from the South, and emphasized benefits to farming communities, living standards, and rural services. The speech stressed continuity with prior programs and the Act’s purposes, highlighting the shift from commodity controls to conservation-based farming.
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C. A. Cobb
AAA
Ing
Farm Bureau Federation
Fruit & Truck
Tnesdaye
Mr. Cobb
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau
W. R. Ogg
National Organization
Cobb
Arkansas
South
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
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Luciano
Fanny
Robinson
Lynn F. Allen
Pasadena
G-men
Thomas JH. Robinson, Jr
Alice Stoll
Louisville
Allen
Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Hitler
Negeo
Negre
Oo Capital Attorneys
B. Pittard
Little Rock Attorneys
Jersey
Sen. Borah
Drouth
China
Lilia Arguedas
New York University
School of Commerce
J. Arturo Arguedas
la Paz
Bolivia
Guffey Bill
Wwew
Senate Finance Committee
Bureau
Experiment Farm
the Soil Act
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