Relief Deficiency Bill Moves Funds for Next Year
Washington reports the Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a 2.364 billion relief deficiency bill to fund next year's work of the relief program. Senate finances panel plans to adjust penalty taxes on corporations as President Roosevelt weighs tax reform with Democrats. The House rejected Senate changes on the omnibus control bill and sent it to conference for reconciliation. Union labor policy and Socialist convention actions also appear in brief notes.
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Senate Appropriations
Roosevelt
Senate Finances Committee
House
Senate
Senate Finance Subcommittee
Coroner reports youth drowned in Arkansas river
Fayetteville coroner rules death of Cloe Shackleford an accidental drowning. body found Monday in the West Fork branch of the White River near Brentwood after she did not return from a fishing trip Sunday night. A searching party recovered the body and artifacts found nearby.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Glenn Riggs
Cloe Shacklefreed
West Fock
White Iver
Brentwood
Shackleford
Helen
Surislay
Old Fort and Dooley's Ferry Photographed for Centennial
The Star features a pictorial record of the Dooley's Ferry site and the nearby Confederate fort on the Spring Hill road. Historian Fay Hempstead notes Milam sailed The Alps in 1831 and Crockett joined him in 1836 at the Alamo. The centennial edition includes eight Graflex photographs guided by former Mayor Ruff Boyett, with three chosen for a frontispiece.
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Dyers
Green Woods
Spring Hill
Dooley
Kerry Road
Red River
Fay Hempstead
Benjamin R. Milam
Lost Prairie
Milter County
Milam
Davey Crockett
Little Rock
Alamo
Dooley’s Ferry
The
Star
R. A. (Ruff) Boyett
Pension Leaders Defy House Probers
Washington pension leaders Keiler of Chicago and Rev. Clinton Wunder of New York defied subpoenas and did not appear for questioning at Tuesday's House investigating Committee hearing chaired by Bell.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House Investigating Committee
Bell
John Keiler
Chicago
Clinton Wunder
New York
Newport Liquor Tax Deemed Invalid by Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Newport's ordinance taxing wholesale and retail liquor dealers at high rates is invalid, affirming a Jackson Chancery Court decree. It held municipalities lack power to levy occupation taxes on liquor, with only counties or certain first class cities allowed liquor licenses, leaving Newport classed as a second class city unable to tax liquor dealers.
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Little Rock
Newport
Arkansas Suprem Court
Jackson Chancery Court
Edgar Frice
H. ©. Walker
Chancery Court
Thom
Little Rock Figures Reunite After Long Silence
Two of Little Rock's prominent citizens, J. J. Pitcock and Governor J. M. Futrell, met Monday for the first time since 1911. Pitcock recalled distant past encounters while Futrell joked that the other had not changed in 129 years.
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Little Rock
iFi
Pullice J. JA
Pitcock
J. M. Futrell
Jim
G Man Flayed by Parole Group in Roosevelt Plea
The National Probation Association urged President Roosevelt and Attorney General Cummings to stop J Edgar Hoover from making statements they call destructive to probation and parole. They accuse Hoover of misinformation and misreading on the aims and achievements of probation and parole and of hindering crime control efforts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Probation Association
Roosevelt
Cummings
J. Edgar Hoover
Feceral Bureau of Investigation
National Conference of Social Work
Hoover
Probation and Parole
Special Session Called to Decide Smiths Candidacy
J D Head of the State Democratic Central Committee issued a call for a special session in Little Rock to decide if State Comptroller Griffin Smith is eligible as a candidate for Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. The session will also address excess delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The meeting is set for 10 am Saturday June 6. Head indicated the canvass showed the committee likely opposes a decision on Smith.
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Little Rock
J.D
State
Democratic Central Committee
Griffin Smith
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mdel
Smith
Head
Felon Is Captured in Arkansas River
DARDANELLE Ark. A daring river chase ends when Lawrence Frank Ewing of Little Rock dives into the Arkansas River and captures Dan Taylor a paroled convict fleeing from jail. Deputies reach the scene by boat as Taylor sinks back toward the north shore. Taylor’s recapture follows a disturbance tied to another escapee Art Johnson awaiting return to the penitentiary. The event drew dozens of onlookers along the riverbank.
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Ark
Arkansas
Liberty
Lawrence Frank Ewing
Little Rock
Dardanelle
Dan Taylor
Taylor
Ewing
Campbell
W. J. Clément
Dardanella
Group Fails to Agree on Unity at Augusta Assembly
Southern Presbyterians failed to reach consensus on proposals to unite with other branches. A five member committee was named to explore action, with reports planned for the 1937 Montreal assembly. Opposition argued unity would mean being absorbed by the Northern church.
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Augusta
Farengst Relations Committee
T. S. Smylie
St. Louis
Dunbar H. Ogden
New Orleans
Montreal
N.C
Northen
B. F. Bedinger
Red Springs
Edward Mack
Richmond
Foreign Relations Comittee
Father and Son Held for Highway Fatalities in Texas
Burt McKee and his father, C. McKee, were jailed in Bowie county on negligent homicide charges after a Saturday crash seven miles southwest of Texarkana killed John Sloan and Lou Johnson, two Queen City residents, and injured four others. Bonds set at 2601 and 1000 dollars. both men remain jailed.
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Texarkana
Tex
Burt McKee
5. C. McKee
Bowie County
Boston
Texas
John Sloan
Queen City
Lou Johnson
Postoffice to Run Regular Schedule on Memorial Day
Postmaster Robert Wilson announced that the local post office will follow the regular Saturday schedule on Memorial Day with windows open until 1 pm. No rural deliveries will be made. one delivery will occur on all side routes.
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Robert Wilson
Washington
Mr. Wilson
Marin Zioncheck and wife return from Caribbean honeymoon
New York reports Representative Marin Zioncheck and his 21 year old bride sailed back Monday on the Ener Scanpens after a three weeks honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean. They brought a new three speed bicycle claiming travel will be by bicycle to avoid speeding arrests. Zioncheck says past arrests were staged for publicity and vows to avoid publicity seekers.
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New York
Marin Zioncheck
Caribbean
Washington
Alexandria
Zilencheck
Washington, D. C
Kidnap Charges to Be Heard Wednesday
El Dorado Arkansas reports that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mitchell face kidnapping charges over 15 month old Patsy Peace, a neighbor's child. The couple were returned from Athens Texas by Sheriff Grady Woolley after authorities requested their custody, with the child now back at home with her parents.
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EL Dorado
Joe Mitchell
Pally Peace
Mitchells
Simme
Athens
Arkansas
Henderson State College grants 44 diplomas in annual commencement
Henderson State Teachers College concluded its seventh annual commencement with 44 seniors receiving degrees. J N Heiskell of the Arkansas Gazette gave the commencement address in a full auditorium. At Ouachita College the fiftieth anniversary celebration and commencement were held with Dr Charles W Daniel delivering the baccalaureate for the 1935 class of 700 graduates.
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Ark
Henderson State Teachers College
J. N. Heiskell
The
Arkansas Gazette
Quachita
First Baptist Church
Ouachita College
Charles W. Daniel
el Dorado
New Water Supply Becomes Realty in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Ark. residents gain Lake Fort Smith sourced water after lake and dam project near Mountainburg at about 1.6 million dollars. Commissioner H. S. Peek said 1,500 city consumers now served and remaining Ouark mountain water to be available soon, replacing river water from the Poteau.
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Ark
Lake Fort Smith
Mountainburg
H. 5
Peek
Poteaw River
Lovers Quarrel Ends with Gunshot at Young Home
Woodrow White, 22, is hospitalized with shotgun wounds after a dispute at Miss Nona Young’s home. White says Young fired from eight feet, hitting his knee and hip area. He claims he quarreled with Young but did not deem the incident serious.
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Ancil Mouse
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White
Florida Governor names Loftin to U S Senate seat
Tallahassee bulletin reports Governor Dave Sholtz appoints Scott Masson Loftin, Jacksonville attorney and former American Bar Association president, as successor to the late Senator Park Trammell. Loftin’s appointment follows Trammell’s death, with Loftin set to fill the vacancy.
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Fla
Dave Sholtz
Florida
Scott Masson Loftin
Jacksonville
The
American Bar Association
United States
Park Trammell
Babson Urges Arkansas to Hold Population Center
Roger W. Babson, renowned statistician, told about 3,000 graduates at Hendrix and Arkansas State Teachers College to remain in Arkansas where opportunities exceed those on coastal cities. He veered from his prepared speech sharing life stories and noted population shifts from New York to Peru, Indiana, suggesting Arkansas could become a future population hub.
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Arkansas State Teachers College
Hendrix College
Roger W. Babson
Arkansas
United States
Hendrix
Mr. Babson
Couchwood
H. C. Couch
Caird
United ‘States
New York State
Peru
Ind
Hot Springs
Ark
Ithis
Changes Planned in Army Command
Washington plans a reshuffle of the army high command through year end retirement of senior officers. Five new major generals and eleven new brigadier generals will be named, with Kilbourne moving to command the 6th Corps area in Chicago and Hagood retiring after a brief return to duty. Other retirements include Parker Bolles and Brown, with new San Antonio and Omaha commanders to be chosen from unassigned major generals.
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Crete
Charles E. Kilbourne
San Antonio
Texas
6Th Corps
Chicago
Johnson Hagood
Hagood
WPA
Herr
Kilbourne
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Frank Parker
Hagood J
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F. C. Bolles
7Th Corps
Omaha
Lytle Brown
Panama
Ram Amonsihe
New Shoe Repair Shop Opens in Hope Soon
R R Collier of Nashville moves his shoe repair business to Hope occupying the former Checkered Cafe on Front Street. He plans to open within a couple of days and brings two years of experience with the last two years spent in Nashville.
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R. R. Collier
Nashville
Front Street
Mr. Collier
Forest Fire Bills Threaten Homes Across County
Firefighters battle a spreading forest blaze that threatens dozens of homes as winds push flames toward residential districts. Agencies coordinate air and ground attack while residents evacuate affected streets and seek shelter.
Fire sweeps South Jersey leaving five dead and wreckage along coast
Reported blaze stretches from Gretna to Chatsworth and Manahwakin as volunteers and CCC workers battle flames across miles of coastline. Six were reported dead or missing after a plane crash near Quebec, with officials investigating the wreckage and circumstances remaining unclear.
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South Jersey
CCC
Gretna
Chatsworth
Manahwakin
Detroit raids target Black Legion amid murder probe
Detroit authorities raided five downtown river district locations seeking ties to two bombings blamed on the Black Legion. The probe centers on seven Detroit deaths and the alleged aims of a nationwide hooded group with claims of 135,000 Michigan members, plus questioning of Arthur F Lupp and statements from W F Effing of Lima Ohio.
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Mich
Enlai
Wayne
River
W. F. Effing
Lima
Ohio
Black Legion
Harry Colburn
Wayne County
United States
Colburn
Ohio-West Virginia
Arthur F. Lupp
Highland Park
Owen Dudley
Jackson
Lupp
Fife
P Colburn
Geor Marchuk
Juburban Lincoln Park
Charles A” Poole
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