Arkansas Proposed Amendment 21 Aimed at School Funding
Endorsed by the Arkansas Education Association Amendment 21 would require the General Assembly to appropriate not less than six dollars per child for public schools and create a supplementary fund to equalize districts. It would set minimum per capita funding based on 1926 27 levels and prevent diversion of common school funds. Tomorrow: Amendment No 22 on homestead tax exemption.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Education Association
Arkansas
General Assembly
Richmond man shoots woman then dies on street
Leroy Kitchen, 28, shot Miss Ruth Slauson, 19, on a busy Richmond street corner and killed himself. The attack occurred around noon as a luncheon break traffic panicked crowds, with the employer Clarence Phoebus present nearby.
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Richmond
Leroy Kitchen
Ruth Slauson
Clarence Phoebus
Kitchen
Cotton Drops Four Points In Week Trading
Memphis reports a steady undertone with end of week quotations about eight points higher than Oct. 21. Demand for spot cotton remains moderate with some forward inquiries, while sellers’ basis remains high but easing. Harvest progress is near completion with forecasts of November production estimates. exports to France and Germany stay heavy.
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Memphis
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Crop Reporting Board
Bureau of the Census
France
Germany
Barrel Industry Seeks Revival With National Conven tion
An ancient trade, the cooperage industry, launches a revival campaign aided by a new monthly trade publication. A national convention set for Nov. 16 and 17 in St. Louis will inaugurate a Buy in bulk drive to restore prominence in barrel making.
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ST. Louis
Faulkner County to Lease Out Prisoners
Faulkner County will lease misdemeanor prisoners to former Representative W. B. Graham of Lonoke County for plantation work. Three inmates, all African American, will receive clothing food shelter and medical care in exchange for 10 percent of fines and $7 of court costs. Lease runs until January 1 and aims to reduce county expenses.
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Conway
Ark
Faulkner County
W. B. Graham
Lonoke County
Graham
Prisners
J. A. Lea
Poor House Turns Profit as Haywood Farm Expands
The Haywood county penal farm and poor house in Brownsville Tennessee is no longer a government drain. It now pays its own expenses, shows a gross annual profit, and operates 200 acres with abundant crops and a top dairy herd. Cattle hogs sheep and farm products win prizes at state fairs.
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Brownsville
Tenn
Haywood County
Hempstead County Democratic Fund Rises to 160
Hempstead county increases its Democratic national campaign fund to 160 dollars, led by state aide George R. Wyman of Little Rock and sheriff volunteers. Donations total 160 including several local officials and residents. closing pledges by week’s end ahead of the national election.
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Hempstead County
Democratic National Campaign
Democratic State Committee
George R. Wyman
Little Rock
Hope
Hempstead
Wyman
Washington
Blevins
City of
John L. Wilson
Alex. H. Washburn
W. H. Etter, Jr
Matthew Thomas
Emma Green
Emory A. Thompson
Fulton
Stuart
Wash
A. C. Anderson
Cetell E. L. Rider
Lillie Middlebrooks
M. S. Bates
I. L. Pilkinton
J. W. Butler
Nebraska Voting Patterns in Presidential Campaigns
Nebraska shows a history of political shifts from populism to Republican alignment. The state backed Bryan in three campaigns, Wilson in 1912 and 1916, and has leaned Republican in recent contests. Norris and Bryan figures appear in 1930 results shaping farm relief and prohibition issues amid Roosevelt’s current appeal. Nebraska holds seven electoral votes this year.
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Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Alfred E. Smith
George W. Norris
Smith
Norris
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Charles W. Bryan
the Commoner
Arthur J. Weaver
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nebaska
Co-Eds Learn Minor Home Repairs At Southeastern
Southeastern Oklahoma State Teachers college has started a course for coeds in minor household repairs. The instruction covers basic mending of leaks and water pipes in emergencies.
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Durant
Okla
Southeastern Oklahoma State Teachers College
Faulkner County Unemployment Relief Registrations Grow
Registrations for unemployment relief work in Faulkner county exceed 775 with director J. Frank Jones predicting the total will reach 2000 after cotton picking ends. The county has 16500 dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan.
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Conway
Ark
Faulkner County
J. Frank Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover Desperate in Defeat Says Farley
James A. Farley, Democratic national chairman, derides President Hoover's Madison Square Garden speech as desperate and sarcastically calls it a scarcecrow. He claims Hoover used straw men and knocked them down.
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New York
James A. Farley
Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Mr. Farley
Hope Excursion To Little Rock Game
Two Missouri Pacific special coaches will transport Hope fans to North Little Rock for the Hope versus North Little Rock game. Round trip tickets cost 1 dollar. game tickets 25 and 35 cents in Hope and 35 and 50 cents in Little Rock. Departures Friday 11 50 a m from Hope, 7 30 p m kickoff, return Saturday 2 30 a m. Contact Roy Anderson or the high school to arrange tickets.
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Missouri Pacific
North Little Rock
Little Rock
Hope
Roy Anderson
Legion Auxiliary Hope Post meets at Hotel Barrow
The Hope Legion Auxiliary unit will gather at Hotel Barrow on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. State officials Mrs M Drewley Mrs T Gia comini Mrs Charles Miller and Mrs Jessie Cox will be guests as they conduct an early third tour of the state to boost membership. Mrs Tully Henry and young Joy Ramsey will perform on the program.
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Hope Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Hotel Barrow
M. Drewley
T. P. Giacomini
Charles Miller
Jessie Cox
Tully Henry
Miss Joy Ramsey
Strange Old Custom in Hawaii Helps Divorce Suit
In Los Angeles Ira Gosnell, wealthy oil man, locked in a bedroom with a French girl, calling his wife a no good sport while she protested. Harriet L. Gosnell, former actress, testifies in divorce suit claiming Honolulu hostess said the act was a joke and an old Hawaiian custom.
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Los Angeles
Ira Gosnell
Harriet L. Gosnell
Gosnell
Honolulu
Wifie to The Rescue
London police report Frank Cooper an amateur escape artist fainted during a Manchester vaudeville act as fumes from a wine cask overwhelmed him and his assistant wife had to rescue him from handcuffs a mail bag and a padlocked barrel.
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London
Frank Cooper
Manchester
Langley Field A A C bomber score leaders named
The Army Air Corps held bombing matches at Langley Field last month. Lieutenants Joseph H. Ladd and William B. Offutt of the 2nd Bombardment Group achieved the highest total scores, 1932 points out of 2000, per the War Department.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Langley Field
War Department
Joseph H. Ladd
William B. Offutt
2Nd Bombardment Group
Port plans Biscayne Bay airport loan request
Bay Port Miami city manager L L Lee authorized to seek a 6 million dollar loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to build an international airport in Biscayne Bay. Project plans are nearly finished with a total expenditure of 5,841,060 dollars. loan term would be 50 years at 3 percent interest.
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Miami, Fla
L. L. Lee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Biscayne Bay
Planes Exempt From Utah Gasoline Tax Decision
Planes and airplane companies in Utah are exempt from the state gasoline tax on fuel used in interstate commerce. District Judge William H. Bramel ruled the tax cannot be collected, preventing about $40,000 in revenue for the state.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
William H. Bramel
Election Officers Listed for November 8 in Hempstead County
Hempstead County publishes the full slate of election officers for November 8. Box locations include Hope, Rocky Mound, Centerville, Patmos, Spring Hill, Saratoga, Columbus, Goodlett, Union, Belton, Friendship, McCarkill, Pennyville, and DeAnn, naming judges, clerks, and sheriffs for each polling box.
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Hempstead
E. G. Coop
W. F. Garner
F. M. Perry
Lex Helms
T. P. Boyett
Jim Phillips
J. M. Harbin
A. J. Cullins
John Dawson
I. T. Bell
C. M. Agee
Will Davis
B. C. Acker
F. H. Philbrook
J. A. Henry
J. L. Rodges
B. C. Lewis
S. C. Farley
T. R. Bryant
C. W. Harrington
J. Fitzsimons
Milton Eason
Henry Hicks
J. L. Bradshaw
Hugh Laseter
G. L. Johnson
Sam England
Gordon H. Beckworth
J. W. England
Centerville Box
G. A. Linaker
D. M. Collier
C. E. Sanders
Ray Bennett
S. B. Skinner
P. A. Campbell
Serdis Box
P. L. Aslin
John Porterfield
O. D. Middlebrooks
O. B. Hodnett
Poney Reeves
Bob Rogers
Patmos Box
H. P. Davis
A. J. Kent
B. W. Burns
E. L. Formby
C. D. Middlebrooks
A. J. Camp
Spring Hill
Oo. O. Brint
Jerry Turner
L. A. Davis
Frank Hill
Otis Butler
Joe Porterfield
Stephens School House
A. G. Martin
L. C. Moses
J. F. McClellan
J. W. Powell
F. R. Bobo
A. H. Simmons
Battlefield
W. E. Tarpley
J. 4. Smith
Lee Nations
Ben Wilson
C. D. Stevenson
J. H. Singard
Guernsey
R. L. Byers
Geo. Wiley
G. W. Cilbert
C. G. Hayes
Roy Franks
J. R. Cornelius
Fulton Box
Emery Thompson
E. A. Roberts
Monroe Cox
Chas. Rowland
Clyde Arnold
Henderson Jones
McNab Box
Geo. Cannon
K. Spates
Wilma Williams
Herman Wells
P. J. Sutton
H. R. Raley
Saratoga
Tom Gathright
D. R. Newman
W. M. Dillard
Wm. McKinney
C. D. McCleary
W. D. Gathright
Columbus
J. O. Johnson
Jim Wilson
J. M. Bolding
Joe Wilson
Jim Stuart
Grover Smith
Goodlett Box
F. B. Hanna
E. W. Goodlett
H. A. Dillard
John Green
Leon Hines
L. D. Fletcher
Union Box
J. W. Bohanan
H. L. Hooker
F. R. Murphy
S. S. Robins
C. M. Lewis
R. O. Robins
Bingen Box
H. E. Ball
J. A. Clingan
Earl Martindale
Nelson Thompson
Earl Holt
Geo. Haynes
Tokio Box
H. R. Holt
G. C. McLarty
J. M. Ray
M. L. Stuart
Kenneth Harris
E. P. Nance
Belton Box
W. T. Daniels
J. L. Eley
S. F. Leslie
W. E. Davis
O. A. Daniels
J. L. Landers
Friendship Box
S. A. Barber
J. W. Long
R. S. Stone
Clyde Self
J. E. Honeycutt
J. W. Puryear
McCarkill Box
J. S. Bittick
H. S. Curtis
H. B. Eley
S. G. Stone
A. S. Bonds
H. H. Huskey
O. B. Montgomery
J. R. Huskey
DeAnn Box
J. M. Arnold
A. L. Roberts
E. M. Willis
Jesse Burke
Monroe Samuels
A. A
Hunger Marchers' Leader Arrested
W. A. L. Hannington, a Communist organizer of the unemployed hunger march in London, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of inciting to riot and held in a police station pending arraignment. He had threatened to lead 50 protesters to the House of Commons to demand a dole system reform, rejecting the rule that petitions require a member of Parliament.
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London
Eng
W. A. L. Hannington
House of Commons
Miles Fined for Drunkenness and Carrying a Pistol
Dwight Miles was fined $19 and costs on each of three charges, including drunkenness, driving while drunk, and carrying a pistol. He told the judge he had a pistol but was not drunk because he talked with officers about the early frost, and the total penalty was $60.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dwight Miles
Miles
Local Sheriff Lists Judges and Clerks by Box
A sequence of names lists Crtchloe and Washington Box districts with judges clerks and sheriffs. Box entries include Beards Chapel Piney Grove Crossroads Ozan and others with multiple judges and clerks named.
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Washington
Jim Page
J. W. Butler
Luther Smith
Jolly Stuart
N. M. Frazier
A. F. Smith
A. J. Arrington
T. N. Catts
J. B. Muldrow
Sherman Cox
W. A. Alford
Ed Yelvin
Jaka Jones
Jno
S. Hartsmiled
H. L. Sutton
J. H. Wray
L . Salisbury
Luther Spears
T. J. Payne
Crossroads
John Griffin
O. A. McKnight
W. C. Thompson
J. A. Calhoun
W. C. Griffin
R. A. Hamm
Ozan Box
J. S. Crane
D. M. Ditty
Gray Carrigan
Billy Fred Robins
B. A. Borrow
A. J. Robins
Rumored Royal Engagement Rumors Circulate in London
Stockholm dispatch notes talk of an engagement announcement for Princess Ingrid to Prince George or the Prince of Wales planned in London on November 11. Istanbul reports the first modern Turkish bank robbery as two masked men robbed the Ottoman Bank in Brusa, escaping with $2,000.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ingrid
Prince George
Prince of Wales
London
Istanbul
Turkey
Brusa
Deputies Slayers Hearing Held Without Bail
Texarkana report says James Crabtree, 43, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to a grand jury on a murder charge in the October 19 shooting of Deputy Sheriffs Melvin Brackman and J C Crain near Fouke. Brackman died instantly. Crain died next day. Two other men and a girl are held as alleged eye witnesses.
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Texarkana
James Crabtree
Melvin Brackman
J. C. Crain
Brackman
Crain
Crabtree
Raskob to Speak Over Radio Friday
John J. Raskob, former Democratic national chairman, will deliver a Roosevelt campaign speech Friday night on radio at 8:30 p m EST. The event is announced by the Democratic national headquarters.
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Raskob
New York
Democratic National
John J. Raskob
Roosevelt League
Courtlandt Nicoll
Women's National Republican Club
League
Metropolitian Opera House
Heavy Industries Show September Gains in National Report
The Conference of Statisticians in Industry reports September gains across basic production and trade, with producers’ goods rising and steel and iron leading activity. Automotive output contracted more than usual, electric power and textiles rose, and manufacturing employment rose 4.5 percent with a 5 percent rise in payrolls. Hourly wages fell while weekly earnings gained.
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Gais
Conference of Statisticians In
National Industrial Conference Board
Otober
Roosevelt and Roosevelt Campaigns Stir Rhode Island Visit
New England crowds welcomed Roosevelt as he rode downtown and spoke briefly at city hall. He urged support for the Democratic column in Rhode Island while planning further state focused rallies in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The president prepared for westward swing and re election campaigning with stops listed for California, Palo Alto, Springfield, St Louis and Minneapolis.
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Providence
R. Lnor Roosevelt
Gov. Roosevelt
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Massachy
Boston
Brooklyn
York City
Washington
Pallifornia
Palo Alto
Springfield
St ‘Lewis
Minneapois
Hoover speaks in Madison Square rally amid disruptions
President Hoover addressed a crowded Madison Square gathering urging voters to back his party and tarifi policy, vowing to defend the nation from radical proposals. A heckler identified as a Marine Workers Union member was ejected, while Hoover named Progressive Republicans Norris LaFollette Cutting and Hearst as opponents.
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Madison Square
New York
Franklin D. Reese
United
Hoover
Hi Jack Baron
Marine Workers Ind
Norris
Nebraska
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senator Cutting
Mexico
Senator Long
Louisiana
Senato Wheeler
Montana
William Randolph Hearst
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Farley
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Legion Auxiliary
Local Post
Barlow
Bay Port
Election Board
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