Amendment 20 Would Limit Arkansas Highway Bond Issuance
The Stop Additional Highway Bonds Association backs proposed Amendment No. 20 limiting state highway, bridge, and road district bonds to two thirds voter approval. It would bar state borrowing for such projects without general election consent, with exceptions for certain bonds and federal matching funds. The measure seeks to protect existing bonds while allowing specific financings.
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Little. Rock
Arkansas
R. W. Spence
Little Rock
Spence
General Assembly
Futrell Opposes Two Amendments
Judge J M Futrell of Paragould the Democratic governor candidate opposes Amendments 19 and 22 for sales tax and homestead exemptions. He says Amendment 21 is harmless as it is not self executing and cannot force legislature actions. He warns passage of 19 or 22 could drain revenue and defy the separation of state powers.
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Rector
Ark
J. M. Futrell
Paragould
O. T. Ward
Futrell
Ward
Harold MacGrath Dies at 61 in Syracuse
Harold MacGrath, 61, novelist of romances and mysteries, collapsed at his desk in Syracuse while working on a new novel. He had a long output including The Man on the Box Arms and the Woman The Other Passport and The Perils of Pauline. George Horace Lorimer praised him as a leading American writer.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Harold MacGrath
MacGrath
Syracuse Herald
the Herald
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
United States
Pauline
Pearl White
Turks haul Parthian column from mosque cellar
ISTANBUL. It took 100 ha mals, human delivery workers, to move an enormous Parthian column found in the Yeni Djame mosque cellar to the Istanbul museum. Normally one hamal can bear a piano on a leather saddle.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Yeni- Djame
Hamal
Eight Hope Golfers Picked for District Playoffs
Eight players from Hope were selected to represent the city in the Southwest Arkansas Golfers Association district tournament. The winners are Tully Henry Nick Jewell Lyle Moore Dr F D Henry Gray Gentry Bryant Billingsley C H Wilkins and Ed McCorkle. They will compete in a six club event at Nashville on Sunday November 6 with United Commercial Travelers Texarkana De Queen Little River Country Club Prescott and Nashville the other clubs. Thirty two players qualified from five clubs for a second round to be held November 13 in El Dorado Camden Arkadelphia Lafayette Country Club Magnolia. Final rounds likely November 13 at Prescott.
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Hope
Southwest Arkansas Golfers Association
Tully Henry
Nick Jewell
Lyle Moore
Dr. F. D. Henry
Gray Gentry
Bryant Billingsley
C. H. Wilkins
Ed McCorkle
Nashville
United Commercial Travelers
Texarkana
de Queen
Little River Country Club
Prescott
France Orders Two 1500-Ton Submarines Named Quessant Sidi-Ferruch
CHERBOURG France The ministry of marine orders the laying down of two new 1500 ton submarines to be called the Quessant and the Sidi-Ferruch.
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Cherbourg
France
Ministry of Marine
Sidi-Ferruch
Furnishing Plan Adopted by U.S. for Farmer Loans
The Regional Agricultural Credit Bank and affiliates adopt an old furnishing merchant style for farm loans, emphasizing minimum disbursements, staged advances, and regular crop inspections to ensure funds stay in the field. Garwood notes capital from Reconstruction Finance Corp and branches in Chicago Kansas City and Pine Bluff. The plan aims to aid farmers during a difficult period without competing with existing credit sources.
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Little Rock
South
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Steve M. Garwood
St. Louis
Agricultural Credit Corporations
Garwood
Regional Agricultural Credit Bank
Chicago
Kansas City
Pine Bluff
Reconstrution Finance Corporation
Corporation At Best
Three Die in Plane Crash near Mooresville in Fog
In heavy fog Monday near Mooresville North Carolina a small plane crashed killing two men and a woman. The victims were Earl Padgett and his daughter Earleen 18 of Lincolnton and E L Byars a Charlotte automobile dealer who owned and piloted the aircraft.
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Mooresville
N. C
Here
Earl Padgett
Earleen
Lincolnton
E. L. Byars
Charlotte
Australian Mines on Their Last Working
Scientists warn the Broken Hill silver lead mines in New South Wales have only 16 million tons of ore left and would be depleted in under 16 years at current mining rates. Since 1883 the field produced about 80 million dollars in value.
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Sydney
Australia
Broken Hill
New South Wales
Emergency Plan May Be Forever Emergency Plan May Be Forever
Pennsylvania debates making a temporary one percent sales tax permanent to fund emergency relief. Legislature, administration, and merchants clash over continuance as court cases test who is a consumer and which sales are taxable.
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NEA
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Republican
Municipal Court Forfeits Three Bonds
Only two examining trials were heard in municipal court Monday, marking the lightest docket in weeks. Five cases were listed. three defendants forfeited cash bonds and failed to appear. Jimmie Sampson was fined 50 and costs for carrying concealed weapons. William Robins was discharged on payment of costs for unlawful overdraft. M C Glasgow forfeited 2 bond for traffic violations. Ethel Davis forfeited 11 bond for petit larceny after failing to appear. she had been arrested Saturday for stealing a sweater. Minnie Reed failed to appear on simple assault charge and forfeited 5 bond.
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Jimmie Sampson
William Robins
M. C. Glasgow
Ethel Davis
L. C. Burr & Co
Minnie Reed
Willie Mae Owens
Guernsey Teams Earn Two Wins Over Saratoga
Two Guernsey basketball squads defeated Saratoga on their home court Friday afternoon. The boys toppled Saratoga 12 to 6 and the girls followed with a 20 to 11 victory. A pie supper and a quilt auction by the Guernsey girls will raise funds to buy new basketball equipment.
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Guernsey
Saratoga
Ornery O'Brien in Police Station Feud Over Funeral Crowds
Louis O'Brien resented a funeral cortege blocking his street crossing and fought a man he called a fresh stranger. The clash led to him being hauled to Central Police Station where the law shifted from third degree assault to second degree assault because the opponent was a police officer.
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Troy
N. Y
Louis O’brien
Central Police Station
Poll Tax Paid On Third Monday Of July Rule
Arkansas Supreme Court settles poll tax deadline. Final payment date set as the third Monday in July with assessment due by the Saturday before the first Monday in July. Ruling affects Audrey Strait election contest in Johnson County.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Audrey Strait
Morriston
W. J. Morrow
Johnson County
Strait
Supreme Court
Man and Girl Believed to Die in Self Inflicted Shooting
In Jackson Tennessee a 28 year old Ruth Kirkpatrick formerly of Memphis and Howard M Evans a Jackson cotton oil executive were found shot to death in a bungalow six miles south of the city. Sheriff Ferguson said preliminary findings point to double suicide. The Dawkins of Memphis guests at the bungalow were questioned and held for more questioning. Evans was married with five children.
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Jackson. Tenn
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Memphis
Howard M. Evans
Jackson Cotton Oil
Here
Ferguson
L. A. Dawkins
Evans
Hoover Starts on East Coast Tour
President Hoover opened his Atlantic seaboard tour in Baltimore addressing a crowd at a railroad station. He urged Maryland citizens to seek governance under a national Republican administration and criticized the Democratic tariff policy and currency inflation proposals. He charged Speaker Garner with backing currency inflation and noted Democratic leaders' failure to disavow the move.
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New York
Hoover
Baltimore
Maryland
Atlantic Seaboard
New York City
Garner
Wood Fuel Urged to Help Farmers
North Carolina department of conservation and development urges using wood instead of coal for fuel in schools and public buildings this winter. The plan aims to save money, create wood markets for farmers, and provide income for unemployed residents without draining forests. Thinning forests in fall and goodlands may help.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Former educator and state senator Hubert Hall dies in Fayetteville
Hubert Hall a former educator and two term state senator from Scott county collapsed and died in a Fayetteville store on Monday. The Democratic National Committee reports spending 926000 dollars on the presidential campaign through October 22.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Hubert Hall
Scott County
Washington
Democratic National Committee
September Best Business Period Shows Mixed Outlook
The St. Louis Federal Reserve District reports that September remained the strongest month of the year for wholesale and retail distributive lines, with sales up 49.1 percent from August and year over year gains. Employment improved slightly in September, rail freight volumes rose, and Mississippi river barge tonnage fell slightly from August. District commercial failures totaled 95 with liabilities of 1.43 million dollars, down from August’s 144 failures and 3.28 million dollars.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve District
Department of Agriculture
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Evening Post Sold to Chicago News
Chicago's Evening Post is consolidated with the Daily News after a sale announced on front pages. The Daily News, founded in 1875 by Victory Lawson and Melville Stone, buys the Evening Post and plans Ames as assistant to the publisher and president.
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Chicago
Daily News
Evening Post
The
Victory F. Lawson
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Chicago Daily Journal
Evening American
Daily Illustrated Times
Tribune
Herald and Examiner
Journal of Commerce
Fest
News
Frank Knox
K. L. Ames, Jr
Ames
Herman H. Kohnsaat
Post
John C. Schaffer
Gather Wood to Win Reward of Molasses
Oklahoma City report notes a boyish effort to fuel a sorghum mill. Robert Jackson runs the town’s sole open-air mill, moving between cane patches. Children gather wood to keep the fire burning in exchange for lickings.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Jackson
Jackson
First Democratic Nominee to Visit Since W. J. Bryan
Governor Roosevelt visited Maine to thank voters and break precedents. He spoke to about 6000 at the municipal auditorium, urging Republicans to desert their leadership and promising further precedent breaking as he campaigns nationally.
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W. J. Bryan
Fortland
Roosevelt
Maine
William Jennings Bryan
Germany backs French plan to replace army with militia
Berlin reports General Groener and other officials endorse Herriot's proposal to substitute militia for a full European professional army. They say Geneva talks stalled by weapon categories and wording require a new approach, citing Kant's ideas on eternal peace as influential.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilhelm Marx
Mueller
Bruening
Herriot
Geneva
Associated Press
Groener
Immanuel Kant
Italians to Build 15 Story Skyscraper in Turin
Turin city council approves a 15 story skyscraper in the city center, the first of its kind in Italy’s modern architectural movement. Brescia and Genoa have authorized similar towers, with Brescia already under construction on a 14 story structure.
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Turin
Italy
Counil
Brescia
Genoa
Sheppard Youth Loses Part of Foot in Train Accident
W. T. Lee a 17-year-old negro youth of Sheppard is hospitalized in Josephine after part of his right foot was amputated when he crawled between two box cars at Gordon early Sunday. He was treated there and brought to a local hospital. Lee said his foot was caught in a coupling as the train started, crushing it.
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W. T. Lee
Sheppard
Josephine Hospital
Gordon
Lee
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