Germany and Italy to Back Armistice Efforts in Spain
London reports authoritative assurance that no European power outside Spain will oppose armistice proposals and foreign volunteers withdrawal. Berlin and Rome reportedly shift from blocking to joining discussions as diplomatic pacing moves forward. Meanwhile Basque refugees flee Bilbao after incendiary bombing on the Franco-Spanish frontier.
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London
Eng
Spain
Germany
Italy
Hendaye
Golzeko-Izarra
Bilbao
Commuunique
TVA Outwitted Congress Seizes Dam Funds
TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan faced scrutiny as he secured 2.7 million dollars in an appropriations bill later revealed to be for beginning the Gilbertville dam project on the Tennessee River. Lawmakers were reassured by two line items in the 1904 act. Morgan had argued surveys only. Senate approval followed 46 to 29 despite doubts about authorization for construction. Polish gypsies near Krakow seek a successor to King Mateus Kwiek after his Warsaw death, with candidates including Richard and a Gorlice camp proposing a female ruler to govern the gypsy group.
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Associated Press
Washington
TVA
Arthur E. Morgan
Senate
Tennessee
Boulder
House
Morgin
Appropriations
Ava
Gilbertsville
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Morgan
House Committee
Movida Ship Canal
Pinsk
Poland
Mateus Kwiek
Warsaw
Richard
Mateus
Gorlice
Magnuin
Brown By Brown in Texas Court Seat Rumor
From Longview Texas a distant view suggests Sermler Joe Robinson may secure the Supreme Court vacancy left by Van Devanter. The piece notes such a choice would help the country though it could affect a senator’s fishing. It jokes that anything interfering with fishing should be unconstitutional and notes concerns about hopper crops if weather continues.
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Longview
Texas
Sermler Joe
Robinson
Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Erosion project draws 300 visitors for field demos
About 300 visitors registered by 10 am on Friday to tour the Hope Soil Conservation Service Project. Craig Rosborough reported registrations expected to top 400 by 2:30 pm as groups observed terrace outlets, contour cultivation, and gully control methods on multiple farms in southwest Arkansas, with notes on hundreds of miles of terraces and 1900 acres served.
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Ree
Hope Soil Conservation Service Project
Craig Rosborough
Rosborough
Prgarar
Traiget
E. A. Mobley
C. A. Williams
Leo Collier
J. L. Goodbar
John Ridghill
Mills Morris Conl
W. H. Mall
J. B. Baird
Sail Conservation Service
Roy M. Rogers
O. R. Cushing
Arkansas
J.B. Baird
Ground Breaking for Hope Manual Training Building
Ground broken at Hope High School on Thursday for a 55000 manual training building funded by NYA and Hope School District. O'Neal of Hope Brick donates 600 bricks, NYA provides $1000 wood working tools and daily instruction. school district covers remaining costs and property sales reduced cash outlay to 475. Ceremony featured Hope Boys Band. officials from NYA and Hope Public Schools attended.
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Hope High School
National Youth Adminson
NYA
Arkansas
Hope School Board
N. P. O'Neal
Hope Brick Company
Hope Public Schools
Garland High School
O'Neal
Hope Special School
Hope Boys
Beryl Henry
Mameers
J. P. Duffie
Misa Henry
Edwin C. Dean
Charles B. Carter
L. T. Jackson
Christie Scott
Edward T
Wayie
A. H. Washburn
Duffie
Calvin EB. Cassidy
Pre School Clinic At Blevins Examinations And Immunizations
Dr J K Grace of Arkadelphia assisted by Miss Dork Kirkley and Miss Mary Louise Keith held a pre school clinic at Blevins on May 12 1937. Fifty children received physical exams 32 received diphtheria immunizations and 38 were vaccinated against smallpox. Follow up home visits by Health Nurse Flora Dutton Slater will be made to families represented. Horticulturists have created a dangerless vase, a rose developed at Attios N Y.
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J. K. Grace
Arkadelphia
Distict No
Dork Kirkley
R. N
Mary Louise Keith
Hope
Blevins
Flora Dutton Slater
Hempstead County
Milk Is Best Daily Income for Farmer Tells Rotary
H H Huskey of Sweet Hone Hempstead County Farm Bureau president spoke at the Hope Rotary Club at Hotel Barlow about rural electrification and daily milk income as keys to keeping young people on the farm. He urged farmers to organize and adopt new revenue methods, noting cows and milk provide steady monthly bills. Guests included H F Wellman from Geneva Ohio B J Ward of Arcadia Ark and Dr ACC Kolb.
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H. H. Huskey
Sweet Hone
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Hempstead
Walter Mountcastle
Huskey
Rotary
H. F. Wellman
Geneva
Ohio
B. J. Ward
Arcadia
Ark
Acc. Kolb
Af Hope
Child of Haywood Family Dies From Burns
The 15 month old son of Mr and Mrs Bill Haywood of Sheppard community west of Hope died at Josephine hospital at 5 30 p m Thursday from burns suffered at the Haywood home Thursday afternoon The baby died about 30 minutes after arrival at the hospital Attendants could not determine the cause of the burns A report said the parents were away and learned of the accident on returning home The child was said to be burned from head to foot.
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Bill Haywood
Sheppard
West of
Hope
Josephine Hospital
Haywood
Time Purchases Reach New Peak in Early 1937
A Northwestern National Life Insurance survey of 236 department stores shows 1937 first quarter gains in luxury buys. Furs up 32 percent, luggage 23.5, furniture 322, jewelry 24, with installment financing rising. Pianos up 12.7 and electrical appliances up 14. The Great Auk extinction noted as of June 4, 1844.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mass
Wade
Northwestern National Life Insurance
Crop Marketing School Draws 75 Attendees Here
More than 75 county agents teachers growers and shippers attended a marketing school at city hall on perishable fruits and vegetables. Framed by Roy Sellers and L C Baker the event stressed careful handling harvesting maturity and packing to maximize returns and minimize sun scald bruising and spoilage during loading and transport.
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Frances Stanley
State Extension Service
Roy Sellers
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
L. C. Baker
Paul Carruth
Quachita County
R. B.landrum
Federal Inspection Service
Oklahoma City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Harlington
Texas
Fregiht Container Bureau
Association of American Railroads
Association
No Church Service for the Windsors
A spokesman announced there will be no religious ceremony joining the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield after the civil service on June 3. Herman L. Rogers declined to explain why plans for the service were dropped.
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Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Herman L. Rogers
Devanter Quarter Century at Court Examined
An obituary style examination of Justice Willis Van Devanter as he nears retirement, noting liberal attacks since his 1910s Supreme Court appointment and detailing his earlier role as assistant attorney general from 1897 to 1908 amid coal land “steals” and alleged fraud by railroads and officials. The piece references a 1908 interstate commerce commission report and hints at ongoing public debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
Interior Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Everybody's
Church renews attack on Nazis draws Vatican clash
The piece notes Germany's controlled press intensifying its attack, targeting American Jews and Catholics as Catholic leaders in the United States defend Cardinal Mundelein. Mundelein’s condemnation of Nazi propaganda sparked an international controversy, urging the Vatican to call out Nazi leadership. Essentials comprise less than 2 percent of US imports.
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Chicago
Germany
George Cardinal Mundelein
Naz
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Table Etiquette
A fragmented etiquette quiz asks about proper table manners. It questions whether to leave the spoon in the bowl, butter a whole biscuit, blow on hot soup, return dropped silver, and how a maid should refill water goblets, with terse answers suggesting no, never, and cautious handling.
40 Cents an Hour Wage Likely to Be Declared Base
Washington report notes Congress plans a 40 hour week with a basic minimum wage of 40 cents an hour. The administration bill, to be urged by President Roosevelt, would be introduced by Rep Connery and may include flexible provisions for industries with labor problems and a flat ban on child labor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Connery
Massachusetts
House Labor Committee
Urges Repeal of U S Gasoline Tax
Pine Bluff Ark 1 Harvey Hinton of Little Rock told the Oil Dealers Association of Arkansas that federal gasoline and oil taxes are unjust and inequitable. He urged expiration of the taxes by June 30, outlined six objections including invasion of state taxation and excessive taxation. A cake walk and games, Patmos High School, Saturday night, public invited.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Harvey Hinton
Little Rock
Oil Dealers Association of Arkansas
Mr. Hinton
Sid Bundy
Hope
Hempstead County
Patmos
Patmos High School
Cotton futures shift as prices dip after Friday open
Cotton in New Orleans slipped as Sulu cotton opened at 12.78 and closed at 12.65 while spot cotton remained dull, ending 10 points lower. The market showed minimal activity with prices hovering near the day’s lows.
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Nsw
Orleans
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Brown ‘ Turner
Soil Office
Attios
Elivy Island
City Hall
Grent
Yancey
N. D. Zuber
American Refrigerator Transit Company
Hope City Power
Hope. Star
Municipal Water & Light
City of Hope
Stag
Experiment Station
Fred Luck
S. L. Murphy
D. P. Davis
E. S. Jones
Windsors
Devanter
U.S
Jess T Han
United States
Bill —Roosevelt
Steel Union
Jones, & Laughlin
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Chaiman H. E. Lewis
Phillip Murray
Murray
Lewis
Jones & Laughlin's
Burke
Nebraska
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