Supreme Court Rules Municipal Bankruptcy Act Unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, struck down the Municipal Bankruptcy Act intended to help counties and sub divisions cut indebtedness through federal courts. Bondholders of Cameron County Texas challenged the measure claiming due process and states rights violations. Separately, House leaders pledged action against Dr. Townsend for defiance of a house investigation. The tax bill debate continued as the Senate Finance Committee sought revenue alignment with Roosevelt requests. Comptroller McCarl stated the coal commission remains in effect despite the court ruling invalidating the Guffey act.
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Cameerton County
Texas
Townsend
Washington
New Deal Congress
United States Supreme Court
Cameron County
Water Improvement District
Townsend Washington
Burns
Bankhead
Menday
F. E. Townsend
House Investigating Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Harrison
J. R. McCarl
National
Bituminous Coal Commission
Supreme Court
Sheriff Bearden Defends Cash Advances in Contests
Sheriff Bearden says contestants must pay upfront in the county suit challenging vote counts. He notes witnesses would be subpoenaed only with advance cash, claiming both sides face cash demands and that the case resumes in county court to address the disputed 12 of 36 precinct votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Bearden
Vance
N. P
Quezon Names Budget Commission In Philippine Reforms
President Manuel L Quezon expands his reorganization with a budget commission and a planned overhaul of the judiciary The draft includes options to replace justice courts with clerk courts or to abolish them for district courts while municipal police courts would handle local ordinance violations The report also notes Modia coffee from Arabia with gray stall beans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Manuel L. Quezon
Philipine Commonwealth
Quezon
Ciewk
Photos Sought of Old-Time Academies for Centennial
The Star seeks old photographs of the Female Academy and co-educational colleges in Hempstead county around Spring Hill, Ozan, and nearby river-bottom communities for the Arkansas Centennial Edition due June 26. They also request old Spanish silver coins dating to about 1600, to be photographed, with details to The Star office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Spring Hill
Ozan
Hempstead
The
Star
Arkansas
Washington-Ozan-Nashville
Henry Hicks
Virginia Fitzsimmons
General
Charlean Moss Williams
Washington
Nevada
Randolph P. Hamby
Prescott
Manor May youth fined after chick en theft case
May era municipal court last week assessed a 25 dollar fine against Manor May a Bodean youth found guilty of stealing four chickens from Mrs A L Caudle on the Hope Columbus road also sentenced to one day in jail. Roy Tomlin pending June 1. Fred Scott acquitted of selling tax paid liquor without license. LeRoy Loudermillk pleaded guilty to stealing a bunch of bananas from Franks Fruit store fined 25 dollars and 30 days jail. Cal Smith fined 10 for drunkenness. Everlena Turner case dismissed. Dennis Williams pleaded guilty to possession of untaxed liquor fined 3. Nathan Coleman convicted of stealing a satel from George Townsend fined 25 and one day jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manor May
Bodean
A. L. Caudle
Hope-Columbus Road
Roy Tomlin
May
Fred Scott
LeRoy Loudermillk
Franks Fruit
Cal Smith
Everlena Turner
W. S. Atkins
White & Co
Lida
Dennis Williams
Gailty
Nathan Coleman
George Townsend
Hope Auto Company
India's Interest in Films Is Keen
Calcutta India counts Hollywood as a powerful force with billions watching films and critics warn of social change. The piece notes a clash between modern cinema and traditional values, highlighting a bill to bar students from cinemas without guardian or school approval.
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India
Calcutta
I/P
City issues auto license tags to date report
City Treasurer Charles Reynerson said that 704 automobile license tags have been issued to date, compared with last year. Delinquent payers have until Friday to reclaim their license without appearing in municipal court. Six people have obtained tags since the council amended its ruling for another chance to purchase tags without court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reynnerson
My. Reynerson
Reynerson
Roosevelt Renomination Seen as Certain Amid GOP Split
The article notes Roosevelt likely securing renomination as New Deal support grows beyond the two thirds needed for Democratic leadership. It discusses Republican delegates, many unbound, and potential outcomes from harmony to deadlock. Mentions Landon Borah Knox as debated contenders with varying delegate support.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Landon
Kansas
Borah
Idaho
New Jersey
London
Col
Frank Knox
Ilinois
Accused Kidnapper Dies From Worry In Lindbergh Case
New York report says Harry Bleefeld, named in the Lindbergh kidnapping indictments alongside son Murray Bleefeld, died at his Sheepshead Bay home after suffering kidney and heart complications worsened by anxiety over the case. The Bleefelds were free on bail when the elder Bleefeld passed, with family noting stress from the Wendel kidnapping proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Bleefeld
Paul Wendel
Trenton
N. J
Wendel
Bleefeld
Murray Bleefeld
Shepshead Bay
Wenlet
Forth Smith Electrician Found Dead in Barn
Forth Smith Arkansas coroner Dr Hugh Johnson returned a verdict of suicide in the death of Ralph Eugene Croskill a 31 year old theater devotee found hanging by a rope from a barn rafter at his home. In Lewisville Arkansas graduation exercises for the Lewisville high school will be held Thursday night with Miss Louie Munshaw named valedictorian and Miss Lillie Jackson as salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Hugh Johnson
Sebastian County
Ralph Eugene Croskill
Elyah
Crosland
Clyse
Lewisville
Lewisville High School
Louie Munshaw
4. L. Mashaw
Lillig Jackson
Frank Jackson
Hempstead County Democrats Fix Primary Date and Fees
The Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee met in Hope and fixed candidate fees and a 6 p.m. July 1 deadline to close the ticket. August 11 was set for the Democratic primary election. Claude Vann was elected precinct committeeman for McNab Bois d Arc. fees ranged from 25 to 75 dollars for various offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Scout Meeting at City Hall Tuesday
Public meeting for boy scout activities at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the city hall auditorium. W. H. McMullen, scout executive of Texarkana, announced the district scout board for Hempstead and Nevada counties will be selected to operate the boy scout program in the two counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Auditorium
W. H. McMullen
Texarkana
Hempstead
Nevada
Bonus Bonds to Be Paid Quickly Final Plans for Speedy Handling
Postmaster General Farley announced final plans for delivering veteran bonus bonds and cashing options. Bonds will ship June 15 from Washington and 11 Federal Reserve centers to 45,000 post offices. Delivery depends on transit times. mail carriers are instructed to go beyond normal duties to ensure timely delivery. Bond packets are in 50 bonds with checks for odd amounts. veterans must collect in person with local post office certification.
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Washington
Farley
Federal Reserve
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Louisiana Boy Leaps 140 Feet Into River
Louis Klein, after two weeks of arguing with friends about survival, jumped 140 feet from the Huey P. Long bridge into the Mississippi River. He battled a strong current for an hour and a half before washing ashore at Jefferson Parish. He was rushed to Charley Hospital with a serious condition.
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New Orleans
Louis Klein
Huey P. Long
Klein
Jefferson Parish
Charley Hospital
68 Are Killed in Week End Crashes
Nationwide weekend crashes killed at least 68 people as official data show a drop in fatalities. Census Bureau figures for 86 major cities report 2,810 deaths this year to date, down from 3,260 last year, with April 1936 deaths down from April 1935. Oklahoma led states with eight deaths. multiple states reported two to five fatalities. In Arkansas, Tordyce man Cliff Eagan, 31, Kansas City, Kansas, died in a head on collision near Shore. In Atkins, one killed and three injured in a truck and two cars crash on Highway 4 near Atkins. Arthur Morphis, 58, Clarksville, died in hospital after a wreck near Russellville. Hubert Morphis, 2, of Puttsville, dies in Russellville hospital. father Arthur Morphis, 58, dies Sunday night.
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Associated Press
United States
Census Bureau
New York
Oklahoma
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Caroli
Ohio
Pennesylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Tordyce
Ark
Cliff F. Eagan
Kansas City
Kan
Shore
Atkins Atisins
Highway 4
Atkins
Arthur Morphis
Clarksville
Russellville
Hey
Hubert Morphis
Puttsville
Aukins i
Collier and Wadley Lead in First Rounds
Spr ings Arkansas golfers Collier and Wadley share early lead in the Arkansas Golf Association championship qualifying rounds at MO Springs. Curtis Culler of Fast Smith and veteran J Wadley of Texarkana carded solid scores through nine holes to tie the lead.
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Mo? Springs
Curtis Culler
Fast Smith
J. 1K
Wadley
Texarkana
Prosecutor Seeks Murder Warrants for Black Legion
Detroit prosecutors ask murder warrants for 13 Black Legion members linked to the Poole killing and target as many as 50 attendees at a governing meeting. Officials claim the vigilante group is a nationwide outlaw organization and seek DOJ help to dismantle it. The roundup widens with 135000 Michigan members under scrutiny amid possible fifty deaths. A guard, Ray Ernest, is jailed for concealing weapons after denying ties to a prison guard flogging death. State police pursue reports of other marked-for-death victims as investigations continue. In New York a psychiatrist testifies in the Fiorenze murder case, describing him as potentially insane years before the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Duncan C. McCrea
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Vigilante Society
Department of Justice
Michigan
Duncan C. McRea
Charles A. “Poole
Young
PWA
Ray Ernest
Southern Michigan
Jackson
Paul Every
Iva H. Harmon
New York
John Fiorenze
Nance Evans Titterton
Tiorenzo
Peek Former Ally Fights President
Washington has speculation over Hoover suggesting Frank Lowden write the Republican farm plank, with Landon supporters pushing him to head or write the plank. Hoover’s stance is described variably, while Nye says Lowden commands respect among midwest farmers and notes his influence.
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Preston Grover Washington
Hoover
Frank Lowden
Ilnais
Washington
Landon
Lowden
Londen Camp
Nye
North Dakota
Borgh
Hope Youth Builds Miniature Airplanes Display
Hope youth Charles Randolph Crutchfield Jr displays a collection of miniature airplanes at Jacks newstand. The exhibit features a Martin bomber a Curtis Goshawk a P-26A Boeing a transport plane an Autogiro and several small planes. He is the 11 year old son of Mr and Mrs Randolph Crutchfield and a member of Boy Scout Troop No bb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Randolph Crutchfield, Jr
Jacks Newstand
Young Crutchfield
Randolph Crutchfield
Boy Scout Troop No. Bb
Obituaries And World Peace Appeals In Bulletin Form
Fayetteville mourns Sam W Trimble a prominent attorney at Lite Rock and Pine Bluff who died in the veterans hospital. Nanking China appeals for peace with Japan via foreign minister Chang Chun urging removal of hostilities and lasting accord. In Cleveland the Socialist party convention rejects Earl Browder’s bid for a united front in the 1936 campaign.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Sam W. Trimble
Lite Rock
Pine Bluff
United States Veteran's Hospital
Nanking
China
Japan
Chang Chun
Cleveland
Socialist Party
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United Front
Brewster Urges Courage and Vision at Brewster Baccalaureate
In Batesville Arkansas Rev Thomas Brewster of Hope delivered the baccalaureate sermon urging graduates to lead with courage and devotion. He warned against materialism and urged turning from wealth to Christ, stressing that salvation comes through faith not achievement. He challenged the students to address ignorance intolerance disease inequality and unbelief with their training and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Ark
Thomas Brewster
Hope
Arkansas College
Brewster
Christ
County Pensioners to Receive $9,337
Welfare Commissioner Charles H. Andrews said checks from $3 to $9 will be mailed June 1 to about 9,000 Arkansans eligible for old age pensions. A total of 9,052 names are ready for the pension rolls and $121,000 will be distributed in June, up from $75,000 monthly last year. The executive committee will meet soon to finalize details for starting payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark—(P
Arkansans
Charles H. Andrews
Wek-End
Arkansas
Andrews
Commission
T. H. Lloyd
Welfare Department
Hempstead
Howard den
Columba
LaFayette
Nevada
Oklahoma City Detectives Capture Convict Leader
A.C. Em Arthur, one of 24 escapees from McAlister prison on May 13, was arrested by J.D. McGuffin and R. J. Bergman city detectives after their stakeout spotted him driving a car. He surrendered without a fight. only Jill Bohannon, a long term inmate, remained at large from the slaying and hostage incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
A.cem Arthur
McAlister Ceniuary
McArthur
Jill Bohannon
C. D. Powell
J.D. McGuffin
R. J. Bergman
McGuffin
Flyers Beat Lumberjacks 5 3 in Sunday Baseball Game
The Barksdale Flyers defeated the Williams Lumber company team 5 to 3 before a large crowd. Tony Cornelia, the Flyers right fielder, made a sensational catch and hit a sixth inning home run. Hope’s pitcher allowed eight singles while manager Lloyd Coop benched himself after two errors leading to three runs. The Lumberjacks next meet the Southern Kraftsmen of Camden at Fair Path Tuesday at 4 pm with free admission for ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barksdale Flyers
Williams Lumber Company
Tony Cornelia
Barksdale
Bill Summerville
Cornelia
Cornelis
Summerville
C. Schopley
Hope
Flyers
Lloyd Coop
Lumberjacks
Southern Kraftsmen
Camden
Fair Path
Blackie Elliott
Ray McDowell
K Kraftsmen
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Caudle
Hollywood
Forth Smith
Vann Nam
City Hall
J. H. Thomas
Thomas
Deuiles
Collier
Organization
IS National Gang
Peek
Hope Youth
Bulletins
A. C. McArthur
Fugs
Oklahoma Prison
Allanville
Nuemandy
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