Here and There 4itorial by Alex H Washbu No Inflation for Present
Here and There column discusses Roosevelt administration plans to expand credit while avoiding currency inflation. Notes bank deposits insurance starting January 1, calls for bank support to credit for agriculture and industry, mentions Frankfurter heading to England, and Hoover’s Chicago Fair visit amid panic ending. Local travel anecdotes contrast prosperity sentiment with everyday crime and a joke about local talent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William H. Woodin
the Treasury
Henry A. Wallace
Agriculture
Wooding
Federal Reserve System
War threat loom at League of Nations session
Geneva Norway Premier Johan Mowinckel warned that the chance of war hangs over the world as the League of Nations Assembly opened in Geneva. He said the four power peace pact signed by Germany, France, and Britain may help only in a torn Europe. Charles Te Water was elected president of the assembly.
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Geneva
Switerland
Johan Mowinckel
Norway
League of Nations Assembly
Mowinckel
League ‘Council
Germany
France
Great Britain
Europe
Charles Te Water
London
Assembly
P T A Opens New Season With 110 at First Meeting
The Hope council hosted the Par ent-Teachers association school of instruction in the high school library marking the season kickoff. 110 attendees, including reps from four units, heard talks on real publicity, membership, hospitality, character education, and educational philosophy.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Hope Council
C. D. Lester
Ralph Routon
Texarkanian
R. V. Hall
Texarkana
District Nine
D. D. McGaga
The
Arkansas Congress
Lawson
Pearl Williamson
DeQueen
Bessie Green
Enchanted Island
Annie Stark
Foster
West Side
Little Rock
Ford NRA Case Is Up to Washington
Detroit report states the local NRA board in Deardon revised to forward any complaints against Ford Motor Company to Washington. The local compliance board lacks authority to act. Ford has not signed the automotive code or obtained the Blue Bugle, with complaints routed to Washington under the industry code.
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Detroit
Mich
NRA
Deardon
Ford Mator
Washington
Iocal
Nic Ford Company
Hope Golfers Attend Three City Tourney
Members of DeQueen Nashville and Little River Country Clubs joined a golf tournament in Nashville. Willison of De Queen posted the low medal score in the first round. Hope participants included R. T. White Nick Jewell Will Orton Whit Davis and Ed McCorkle.
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DeQueen
Nashville
Little River
Willison
R. T. White
Nick Jewell
Will Orton
Whit Davis
Ed. McCorkle
Hope
Freed in Trial of Urschel Kidnapping Defendants
Federal Judge Vaught freed Peter Valder in Minneapolis on grounds of insufficient evidence to convict. Earlier, Charles Wolk had been freed. Sam Sayers opened defense for the Shan n ons, portraying them as reluctant participants forced by George Kelly. He detailed the Shan non family background and farming life in Paradise Texas.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Vaught
Peter Valder
Minnesota
Urschel
Val Valderder
Charles Wolk
Minneapolis
Sam Sayers
Shanmans
George
Shannons
Paradise
Texas
R. G. “Boss’ Shannon
Ora Brooks
Shannon
Armon
Kathryn Kelly
George Kelly
Sayers
Strong
Chinese Outlaws Threaten Peiping Report
Rebels led by General Fang Cheng Wu and Chen Wu approach Peiping, within 20 miles, as Japan allies move into the demilitarized zone and push toward Kalgan. Force estimates range from 5 000 to 50 000, with coordinated strikes on rail links and regional towns as tensions rise.
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Pieping
China
Fang
Chen Wu
Peiping
North
Nanking
Japan
Shanghai
Great Wall
Kupeikow
Shi Yu-Shan
Eastern Asia
Chicago Tribune
Tientsin
Miyun
Fang Cheng-Wu
Chih Hung-Chung
Tang Yu-Lin
Jehor
Kalgan
Feiping
Kupeikaw
Frisco to Scrap 2,476 Freight Cars and 624 Work Equipment
James M. Kurn and Joh G. Lonsdale receivers for the St Louis San Francisco Railway Co. were authorized by Judge Faris to destroy obsolete equipment. The plan includes 2,476 freight cars of various types and 624 work cars and scrap assets.
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ST. Louis
James M. Kurn
Joh G. Lonsdale
St. Louis San Francisco
Faris
Little Sawmill Man Supports NRA From Piney Woods Arkansas
A small Arkansas sawmill operator and his wife send in July and August lumber production and sales reports with a $410 code administration fee and postage, explaining they run a tiny shop with no hired bookkeeper. The couple vows to “do their part” for President Roosevelt's NRA program, despite limited schooling and complex reports, sending letters via their attorney and the Southern Pine association.
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New Orleans
Piney Woods
Arkansas
Roosevelt
America
NRA
Daldrums
H. C. Berckes
Southern Pine Association
Southern Pine
Burches
Maine
Forgotten Sweetheart begins on a Memphis bound train romance
A personable rich man Bob Weston meets Joan Waring on a Dixie flyer headed to Memphis. Rival Barbara Courtney enters the tale as the three are drawn into a Charleston plantation weekend. The action moves from the South to New York, with romance and suspense building to a vivid, unfolding story. The first installment appears Thursday in the Star.
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David
Bob Weston
Joan Waring
Mary Raymond
Star
Cupid
Memphis
Sissippi Plantation
Joan
Barbara
New York
Broadway
Yjvan
Thin News
Secrecy of Grand Jury Is Sustained
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds secrecy of grand jury deliberations in denying habeas corpus petitions for Cecil Whitted and Herman Bakker. The convicts, jailed for robbing Wheatley bank, sought to disclose grand jury testimony, but the court ruled this improper and affirmed the circuit court.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
St. Francis
Cecil Whitted
Herman Bakker
Wheatley
Turner Sets West-East Transcontinental Flight Record
Brooklyn speed flyer Col Roscoe Turner established a new West-East transcontinental record, averaging 315 mph at times, completing the trip in 10 hours 553 minutes. He broke the previous 10 hours 14 minutes mark set by James Haizlip. A headache and rough weather forced him to abandon plans for a return flight to the West Coast later.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Roscoe Turner
James Haizlip
Turner
Sugar quota rule eyed by Roosevelt power plan
Washington bulletins report a complete agreement on the sugar substitution program reached Monday and its announcement pending. A key provision would grant President Roosevelt or an official he designates power to raise or lower Cuba's tentative quota. Hollywood notes say Sally Eilers eloped by plane and wed Harry Hoe Brown at Yuma. Fort Smith miners return to work as about half of Arkansas Oklahoma coal miners resume after David Fowler orders. roughly 2,000 miners back on the job and 2,000 still on strike.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cuba
Hollywood
Calif
Sally Eilers
Hoot Gibson
Harry Hoe Brown
Yuma
Ariz
Fort Smith, Ark
i/P
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Roosevelt Seeks Steel Rail Price Cut to Boost Jobs
President Roosevelt met with four steel firm heads on a plan to lower steel rail prices to spur railroad orders and employment. Railroads already pledge about 600,000 tons with 150,000 more in sight, possibly reaching 1,000,000 tons in ten days, as F C financing and a rail equipment pool are explored.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
New York Evening Post
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul & Povilie
Icary A. Scandrett
T Oday
R. V. Fletcher
Association of Railway Executives
Joseph R. Bastian
Transportation
Self shining shoes perfected in laboratory
A laboratory has developed self shining shoes made of leather treated with lubricants that rise to the surface when warmed by the wearer's feet. The invention promises easier maintenance and novelty footwear for users seeking low effort shine.
Direct Quotations on Cotton Markets Opened by Hope Exchange
The Hope Cotton Exchange opened Monday offering direct quotations on cotton grain and stocks for a four month trial. Local firms back the venture including T. S. McDavitt Co Henry Watkins Son and Robt Campbell with Beer & Co providing private wire quotations from New York New Orleans Chicago Liverpool and others on cotton and related markets.
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Hope Cotton Exchange
Coton
Louis Sanders
Irons, Ager
Sanders
Beer & Co
New Jeans
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Liverpool
Walnut Street
Cotton Row
Fall T. S. McDavitt & Co
Henry Watkins & Son
Robert Campbell
C.F. Lane & Co
Bis Brown & Co
Renfro & McWillin
E. W. Crutchfield
McFadden
U S Boats Stand by On Cuba Coast
Washington reports from Ambassador Welles say Cuba shows pockets of quiet amid lawlessness and violence. American seamen hold boats ready to flee to warships if needed as gunboat officers may land troops to protect lives. Communists blamed for unrest while strikes loom in Manzanillo and labor issues rise near Atilla.
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Washington
Welles
State Department
Cuba
Navy
Cristo
Manzanillo
Cienfuegos
Santa Clara
Cabar Dno
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