Here and There Editorial on School Revenue and Tugwell
The piece critiques government subsidies to cotton farmers and criticizes Professor Tugwell for deeming advertising waste. It argues advertising supports commerce, discusses the planned economy vs competition, and notes Roosevelt’s era efforts to aid industry while stressing continued need for school funding and Reconstruction ideas.
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President Roosevelt
Brain Trust
Tugwell
New York Reserve Bank
R. FP. C
Yrk Reserve Bank
New Gas Is Deadlier Than Other Poisons
In CLERMONASFERRAND France researchers Professor Eleonee Berle and M Dorier report a new poison gas far deadlier than known agents. They claim no protection exists, and its formula will stay secret even from the war ministry unless war breaks out.
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Clermonasferrand
France
Eleonee Berlehief
The
Chemical Institute
M. Dorier
I C C Probes Cotton Freight Rates Hearings Start
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a general investigation into cotton freight rates from the Southwest to New England, the South, and Gulf ports. Five hearings are set to begin in January in Houston and end February 2 in Memphis, with Hope shippers gaining a victory in competitive rates for the territory.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
New England
Trunk Line
Mississippi River
Houston
Memphis
Interstate Comm+merce Commission
Hope Shippers
Louisiana
Teasports
I. C
Hope
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Galveston
Texas
Gulf
Star
Arkansas
Missouri
Fee
Hope-Memphis
Nepotism Charge Sparks Fight in Norman
Norman, Oklahoma, representative Swank, a Democrat, knocked down opponent Renny Fleming, secretary of the Cleveland County Payers League, then went to the police to report the incident. Fleming described the confrontation as Swank pushing him and denying his wife and son are on any payroll.
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Norman
Olli
Swank
Oklahoma
Renny Mleming
Cleveland County Xpayers League
de Fleying
Herudd Swaal
Pleming
Fleming
D Jrest
Two Daughters of Governor Injured in Arkansas Crash
Blytheville, Ark. W H McCall seventy four in Blytheville was in critical condition with a broken collarbone and back injuries when his car overturned into a ditch mile north of Marion Crittenden county late Wednesday Mrs H G and Mrs C E Moore both of Little Rock daughters of Governor Purcell suffered minor injuries in the same accident Physicians at Blytheville hospital said Mr McCall’s condition was serious He is father of H Gundy McCall private secretary to Governor Futrell.
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Blytheville
Ark
W. H. McCall
H. Gr
C. E. Moore
Little Rogk
Purcell
Milesorth
Marion
Crittenden Courty
McCall
H. Gundy McCall
Futrell
Blytheville Hospital
Repeal to Be Voted by U S Next Tuesday
Washington reports indicate the nation will decide on repealing the 18th Amendment by next Tuesday as ballots from six states test repeal with 33 states already in the net. Kentucky delays tabulation a day while Pennsylvania Utah Ohio and Carolinas show results. Administration leaders voice certainty of repeal outcome.
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Washington
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Utah
Ohio
Caroline
Congress
Rainey
Waldo Visits to Meet Strong Local Bobcats Friday
Waldo High School comes to town for a Friday night clash with the Bobcats seeking a sixth win of the season. Local players rest this week after two hard games, with Drake and Houston nursing minor injuries while Brown and Madison are set to return. Waldo boasts a 44 to 0 win over Lewisville and a 55 to 0 rout of Smackover, led by veteran players as kickoffs set for 7 40 pm and all tickets at the field are adult only.
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Hope
Waldo High School
Jones
Drake
Houston
Brown
Madison
Texarkana
Waldo
Lewisville
Bobcats
Smackover High School
Ferguson Paper Drawn Into Probe
A Texas legislative subcommittee probes allegations that state jobs were promised for cash, tying Ferguson family ties and the Mergu son Forum edited by James E. Ferguson to a job selling scheme. Witnesses describe receipts and endorsements tied to Frank Denison and other figures as financial details surface amid the investigation.
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Austin
Texas
Merguson Forum
James E. Ferguson
Guy
Miriam A. Ferguson
Joe K. Simms
Whitney
Leveroe
Texas Senate
Two Negroes Jailed in Lion Oil Station Robbery
Two men, Jack Noble and Curly Moore, were jailed here Thursday as police probed the Lion Oil station robbery at Third and Elm. Officers Homer Burke and Jim Bearden reported most of the loot recovered, including a battery, tools, shoes, and trousers, with a small amount of currency still missing. Noble, a former employee of the art depot, is among the arrestees.
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Lion Oil
Third
Elm Streets
Jack Noble
Curly Moore
Mie
Wiss
Noble
Art Depot
Homer Burke
Jim Bearden
Paroled Convicts Seized for Fraud Racket Breakup
Gov Futrell and penitentiary officials moved to shut down a scam where furloughed and paroled convicts sought fees from prisoners to obtain clemency. Louis Dalsheimer and Charlie Miller, arrested by Little Rock detectives, were returned to custody after clemency orders were revoked. Miller, once of Jefferson county, had a 15 year robbery sentence in Ouachita county and a troubled history of alleged violent crimes.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Louis Dalsheimer
Charlie Miller
A. G. Stedman
Miller
Jefferson County
Ouachita County
Picketed Cheese Plant Bombed Near Port Washington
A worker strike at a Wisconsin cheese factory near Port Washington ended abruptly after a bombing set off by unknown assailants. Widespread protest continued as Minnesota and Wisconsin workers resumed picketing while leaders in Washington faced pressure from Midwest governors.
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Associated Press
Wbiker
Missing Man in Counterfeit Ring Captured in Texarkana
Joe Carter Vanderbilt, linked to a counterfeit ring with Leonard Wilson and Jack Miller, was captured after escaping during Wilson’s arrest. Identified at Texarkana and returned here, Vanderbilt’s home is listed as Texarkana. Wilson and Vanderbilt face $5,000 bail each and trial when federal court sits in Texarkana.
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Miller
Pine Bluff
Pegre
Muilyrd
W.L. McBurnett
Joe Carter Vanderbilt
White & Co
Vanderbilt
Leonard Wilson
Wilson
Texarkana
Clarence Baker
Jack Miller
Andrew Panco
U. S
Louis Josephs
Bomb blast at Havana police HQ wounds nine
A bomb exploded at Havana police headquarters injuring nine people. Two policemen and a civilian radio expert, installing a new circuit, were reported fatally wounded. four officers endured serious injuries. The device, said to be found on Agua Dilco bridge, exploded while being loaded into a car. Political maneuvering followed as factions pressed Mendieta toward the presidency and changes to the government and constitution were announced.
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Havana
Jose Carames
Agua Dilco
Franco
Camp Columbia
Carlos Mendieta
Suba
Mendieta
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Gran San Martin
Judiciary Commission
Beg Pardon Over Last Ridtay Humorous Kidnapping Tale
Mrs Cargile tells The Star the alleged kidnapping of Tootsie Cargile to join the Hope Hot Springs football game was misreported. She says her son went to Hot Springs with permission, was never locked in a room, and there was no kidnapping. The Star apologizes for the erroneous paragraph in the Hot Springs game story.
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last @ridtay
Tootsie” Cargile
Notable Deaths and Investigations Across States
Frederick L. Diffey founder of Standard Brake Shoe died at 71 in Fine Bluff Arkansas. Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Amsterdam after a flight from Les Mureaux. Arthur Lee Ferguson, 59, local businessman and former Ferguson Lumber owner, was found shot, coroner classifies as self-inflicted. Senate stock market committee summoned Harry F Sinclair and Arthur Cutten to testify on a 1928 Sinclair Consolidated Oil syndicate.
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Fine Bluff
Ark
Frederick L. Diffey
The
Standard Brake Shoe Company
Fort Smith, Ark
Arthur Lee Ferguson
Ferguson Lumber Company
Hugh Johnson
Wallington
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Arthur Cutten
Chicago
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Hess Quits Post on Rate Tribunal
LITTLE ROCK The State Corporation Commission said George L. Hess will terminate his service as the engineer member of the Unity Fact-Finding Tribunal on December 1. No reason was officially given. Dean W. N. Gleason of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering will take over Hess’s duties as temporary consultative member. Hess was formerly a petroleum evaluation engineer at El Dorado.
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Little Rock
The
State Corporation Commission
George L. Hess
Unity Fact-Finding Tribunal
Corporation Commission
Hess
Dean W. N. Gleason
University of Arkansas College of Engineering
el Dorado
Kentuckian Says Foes Kidnaped Him
Willis Staton a Laurel county candidate for circuit judge said he was kidnapped and threatened with death to withdraw from the race and stop aiding coal miners union organizing. He claimed four masked men seized him near Pikesville, knocked him unconscious and held him for days before a woman helped release him. He appeared disheveled in Laurel county and planned to return to the campaign with his whiskered, hatless appearance.
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Corbin
Willis Staton
Laurel County
Staton
Pikesville
Pike County
Department of Justice
Joe Staton
Ted
Pikesville West Tesday
K C Killer Eludes Police Leader in High Profile Pursuit
Chicago report on Verne C Miller, long sought gunman linked to federal shootout at a hideout, his arrest thwarted by a hotel room cover as a woman claimed to be his wife. Miller is accused of the Authan station massacre and faces federal pursuit with several accomplices captured or escaped.
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Chicago
Verne C. Miller
South Dakota
Hiraga
Wis
Sieridin Road
George Hayes
Kim
Muller
Kun Authan Station
Frank Nust
Leavenworth
Gold Purchases and Dollar Slump Amid Roosevelts Plan
The Roosevelt administration offered to buy all foreign gold shipped to the United States as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation raises its domestic gold purchase price to $32.36 an ounce. London bullion rose, the dollar weakened against the British pound, and Roosevelt touted recovery gains while outlines of a plan to use RFC debentures to aid gold imports emerged. The scheme centers on private gold importation with the RFC notes, and the precise mechanics remain unclear.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Corporation
London
England
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New York Federal Reserve Bank
R. F.C
Jones
Cotton and grain futures mixed as markets list price moves
The report shows New York cotton with open high low and close figures for December alongside prior periods, while New Orleans cotton and Chicago grain notes reference wheat corn and oats markets. Names of railroads and companies appear amid miscellaneous market tags and abbreviations.
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New York
Elore
New Orleans
Chicago
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Taxpayers League
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Ferguson
Linancial
Dalsheimer
Craighead County
Willie
Old State Parole Board
Iowa
Minnesota
Ring
Panco
Ben White
J.C. Penney
Hot Springs
Malvern
Russellville
Arkadelphia
White
Nationalist Party
Bulletins
Amsterdam
Holland
Charles A. Lindbergh
Les Mureaux
Kentuckian
K.C
Hope Cotton Exchange
Missouri Pacific
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