Viscount Grey and the prewar diplomacy legacy
The article reviews Viscount Grey of Fallodon and his role in shaping prewar diplomacy, noting his belief in peace yet exposure to secret understandings that helped lead England into World War I. It contrasts his era’s secrecy with the need for accountability, while also touching on U.S. bank deposit guarantees, liquor control trials, and federal repeal prospects.
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Viccoms Grey
Fallodon
Grey
Stary
England
H. G. Wells
Viscount Grey
Europe
British Foreign Office
Germany
Belgium
Claire Windsor Fights Verdict in Love Theft Suit
In Los Angeles a superior court jury ordered Claire Windsor to pay 876000 to Mrs Marian Read for alienation of affections of Read's husband Alfred C Read Jr. Windsor vowed to marry if needed to avoid payment as attorneys plan a new trial or appeal to the state supreme court amid courtroom cheers.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Marian Read
Alfred C. Read
Claire Windsor
State Supreme Court
Miss Windsor
Mrs. Read
Read
California
Roosevelt Set to Name Louisiana Appointees Amid Long Clash
Washington reports say in ten days President Roosevelt will announce Louisiana district attorney and internal revenue collectors. Indications show the appointees will not be Huey Long loyalists, aligning with the administration’s view that politically restless deserve no pie. Names like Hugh T. Rippeto and Edward Righie surface among new board and bank roles, signaling a move against the senator’s faction.
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Washington
Huey Long
Roosevelt
United States District Attorney
Internal Revenue
Louisiana
Milwaukee
Assayar
New Orleans
Hugh T. Rippeto
Salt Lake City
Paul B. Hahans
Home Loan Bank
Edward Righie
Walter Burke
James £. Smitherman
James M. Thomason
Public Works Board
Long
Thomson
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Longman
Cotton Up Twenty Five Cents Per Bale Friday
New York October cotton closed Friday at 9.42 cents a pound, up five points from the prior close. The gain equates to 24.5 cents per bale, reflecting a stronger session in the market.
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New York
Bloody riot at Angola prison sparks murder charges and manhunts
Seven inmates died in a bloody Angola penal farm riot sparked by revenge after a guard shot a fellow prisoner days earlier. Recaptured inmates allege guards fired on prisoners. Arnold Davis, the guard killed, faced murder charges as others fled toward Texas and Louisiana towns.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Angola
Arnold Davis
Parish
Avoyelles Parish
Texas
Louisiana
Red River
Bill Bryant
Texarkana
James
Bird
Madisonville
Jimmy Dear
Davis
Bryant
Doho A. Singleton
Davin
Mouston Baton Rouge
Charley Frazi
Ronviets
Foxarkana
Angola Penal Sound
Hunt Watson
Jim Yarrell
Watson
Frazier
Houston
el Dorado
Ark
Youth Is Given Year for Georgia Kidnaping
Atlanta jury finds Ophor Bowen 17 guilty for taking part with W R Delinski in the kidnapping of John Oitley Sr bank president. Bowen sentenced to one year on the vhuin gang. Jury recommends mercy and early parole. Delinski had been sentenced to 21 to 28 years in a prior trial.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ophor Bowen
W. R. Delinksi
John Oitley
Vhuin
Delinski
Arkansas Bond Refunding Fight Triggers Federal Stay
Arkansas bond holders obtain a federal temporary injunction to block the treasurer from paying gasoline or motor vehicle tax funds except for direct highway obligations and highway department operations. The action names New York and Boston plaintiffs and targets the proposed 25 year refunding bonds and payment to contractors, with a hearing set before three federal judges on October 10.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Martineau
Leonard
Highway Department
Fred Hubbell
Des Moines
Lewis Philip A. Bendon
Brooklyn
N. Yu Willian
L. Dobast
Henry W. George
Kenneth M. Keefe
Beauty Shop War in Texarkana Sparks Regulatory Clash
A conflict between large and small beauty shops in Texarkana, Texas, leads to a proposed city ordinance to regulate saloons in the same manner as other shops. Law firms for both sides argue as the dust settles, and the measure is sent to the Health and Sanitation Committee for the next meeting.
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Thaarkana
Committee On Health and Sanitation
Withhold Approval of R R Re Organization Plan
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission was urged by the Internal Revenue Service to withhold approval of a Main Pacific railroad reorganization under the bankruptcy act. The objection centers on the act not adequately providing for payment of about five and a half million dollars in back income taxes owed by the road, its subsidiaries, and affiliates.
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Washington
Intecstite Commerce Commission
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Main Pacific
Unrest Grows In Troubled Cuba Report Threats
The article reports heightened unrest in Cuba with armed guards at the National Hotel housing 600 former army officers in defiance of the new government. El Diario calls on the government to recognize the cold reception, while Washington notes threats to American life and property and possible U S troop readiness amid a seizure of Pinar Del Rio.
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Cuba
Havana
National Hotel
el Manilo
Gran San Martin
Pinar del Rio
Washington
Long Staple Sells 1he Pound Here
W A Coleman sender of extra long staple cotton in Southwest Arkansas brought 12 bales to Hope selling at 15 cents per pound. Bales weighed 15/16 to 1 3/8 inches, totaling 886.50 dollars bought by Tom Kinser. Coleman, residing 24 miles northwest of Hope, farms 50 acres and expects 30 bales this season. He is noted for breeding cotton and selecting seeds by hand. Buyers recall a 1910 sale in Hope at about 1 per pound yielding roughly 500 dollars per bale.
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W. A. Coleman
Arkansas
Hope
Tom Kinser
Coleman
Texas 3.2 beer legalized after 14 years of ban
Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing 3.2 percent beer and wine to be manufactured, sold, possessed and transported. The change ends a long prohibition era restriction, with local option deciding where 3.2 beverages may be sold within communities. A federal permit had already allowed limited 3.2 beer sales in cities. The article also notes unrelated zoo trivia about Bemidji, Minnesota.
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Austin
Texas
Map Plans for New Democratic Race in Fifth District
LITTLE ROCK Brooks Hays and D. Terry mapped plans Friday for a new campaign for the Democratic nomination for congressman of the fifth district after Sam Rorex conceded to Terry a place in the runoff primary against Hays. With Terry leading him 103 votes in the latest tabulation and only a few small precincts unreported from Tuesday's first primary, Rorex issued a statement saying he was convinced final returns would show Terry ran second to Hays in the race. The runoff primary will be held a week from next Tuesday. Hays, Democratic national committeeman, was 1500 votes ahead of Terry in the last tabulation. The vote: Hays 5734, Terry 4302: Rorex 4199.
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Little Rock
Brooks Hays
D. Terry
Sam Rorex
Terry
Hasys
Rorex
Hays
Pulaski County
Rorox
Indict Negro For Crosbys Murders In Columbus Miss
Lowndes county grand jury returns two first degree murder indictments against Jesse Patterson a Negro charged with the axe slaying last June of Hugh D Crosby 27 and his wife 23 Mrs Crosby former Hope girl Miss Lona Hayes daughter of Dr Charles Hayes a Hope area physician The indictments were handed down just before adjournment of the grand jury
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Columbus, Miss
Lowndes Faunty
Jesse Patterson
Hugh
Crosby
Leval Girl
Columbus
Miss
Hope
Hope High School
Hugh Crosby
Hrona Hayes
Charles Hayes
First National Bank
Cotton Checks Arrive Slowly in Hempstead County
Emergency Agriculturist Frank Stanley said Friday that cotton checks under the acreage reduction plan are arriving slowly in Hempstead County. Of 2400 checks due, only 289 have arrived. Notices are mailed as creeks arrive, and farmers are urged to come to city hall to receive their checks. Money owed to county workers for completing the program has not arrived.
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Hempstead
Frank Stanley
Garwood Named To Federal Job In Crop Credit
Steve M. Garwood of Little Rock, long a pioneer in Arkansas crop production credit, is named acting United States Commissioner for crop production credit. He helped finance farmers with about 25 million in Arkansas loans and later led the Production Credit Corporation of St. Louis. Garwood foresees production credit units replacing state and local mechanisms, funded by the federal government.
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Little Rock
Steve M. Garwood
United States
Washington
Arkansas
Garwood
State Agricultural Credit Board
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Congress
Production Credit Corporation of
St. Louis
Federal Land Bank
Missouri
Minois
Mr. Garwood
Droud
Gurwood
Agricultural Credit Board
Tropical Storms Threaten Atlantic Coast and Texas Floods
Tropical winds push toward North Carolina as a hurricane from Mexican waters travels northwest at 14 mph with 75 mph gusts. Warnings extend from Virginia Capes to Savannah while tidal seas rise on beaches. In Presidio, Texas, fears grow of the Rio Conchos river flood feeding into the Rio Grande as Chihuahua reports its highest flood in decades.
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Tampico
Mexico
Mexican
Tuxpam
Matamoros
Virginia Capes
Savannah
Atlantic
Washington
South Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Presidio
Tex
Presidio Valley
Chihuahua City
Rio Grande
Conchos River
Wilson Gets Life For Bank Robbery
PARIS Arkansas Johnny Wilson was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary after a Logan county circuit court jury found him guilty in the slaying of Dolph Guthrie during the May 29 First National Bank robbery in Paris. The trial of Gene Hardack of Fort Smith began nearby, as guards protected the courthouse amid ongoing manhunt chatter for escapee Sleepy Scarborough and Clifton.
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Paris
Ark
Johnny Wilson
State Penitentiary
Logan County
Dolph Guthrie
JefMer
First National Bank
Gene Hardack
Fort Smith
Wilson
Las Cruces
N.M
Canada
Mexico
Leo
Sleepy) Scarborough
Clifton
Harback
Tucker State
Gene Harback
Harbacks
Gene
Hollamon 3rd in English Test at Hendrix College
Luther Hollamon of Hope, a Hendrix College freshman, ranked third in a group of 18 who passed the English placement tests this week at Hendrix College. Passing exempts freshmen from the regular course in grammar and composition.
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Hollamon
Hendrix College
Conway
Luther Hollamon
Hope
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