Rose and poems mix with church notes in Texarkana
A poem about a rose by a crumbling wall opens the page, followed by Friday visits in Texarkana. The Methodist Girl's club meets at Miss Marietta Presley’s home with 17 members, and various church circles plan gatherings. Widespread blooming lantana and salvia color yards, with sunlit yellow blossoms noted citywide. Local Bible classes elect new officers, and auxiliary and class meetings outline plans for the year. Mrs. Roy Jones visits from Prescott. others plan trips and a student recital at Mrs. J. C. Carlton’s East Third Street home featuring multiple young performers.
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Methodist Girl's Club
Marietta Presley
North Walnut Street
C. B. Presley
Marion Smith
Presley
Jewell-Wesley Bible
First Methodist Church
R. M. Briant
North Washington Street
John Arnold
J. C. Carlton
East Third Street
Katie McDaniel
Frances Snyder
Mary Ann Lile
Verna Mae Gunn
June Hairston
Frances Harper
Frances Erwin
Nadine Anderson
Geraldine Martin
Frances Faye Williams
Kidnaper and Robber Sentenced to 30 Years in Arkansas
Walker Robinson confessed to robbing Citizens Bank at Strong and kidnapping W. C. Ware, dean of El Dorado Junior College. He was sentenced by Judge L. S. Britt to 30 years in the state penitentiary, with five-year terms for the Jefferson Drug Store robbery and for stealing Ware's car. The bank robbery and kidnapping terms run consecutively, with the five-year sentences concurrent to the others.
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HL Dorado
Ark
Walker Robinson
Citizens Bank
Strong
W. C. Ware
el Dorado Junior College
L. 5
Britt
Robinson
Jefferson
Dean Ware
Parkins Succeeds to Rorex's Post
In Pulaski Chancery Court filing Marion Wasson bank commissioner seeks a receivership for Sanders and Frohlich of DeValls Bluff. DuVal L. Purkins, former governor secretary, is named as lawyer for the liquidating agent of Exchange Trust Co. Purkins succeeds Sam Rorex who resigned months ago.
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Little Rock
Pulaski Chancery Court
Marion Wasson
Margaret S. Brannon
Sanders &Frohlich
DeValls Bluff
Arkansas Gazette
DuVal L. Purkins
Futrell
Exchange Trust Company
Purkins
Wasson
Warren
American Exchange Bank
Porkins
Sam Rorex
Inflation Boom Continues With Government Bond Buyback Plan
The article outlines three presidential options to combat inflation. One, issue up to 367 million dollars in government funds. Two, authorize 3 billion dollars in new credit to buy back bonds, backed by government credit. Three, diminish the dollar’s gold value by up to fifty percent. The piece notes no action has been taken yet.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Inflation debate on farm prices and New Deal recovery
The piece analyzes farm product price trends from 1926 to 1933, contrasting rising earlier wages with a post July decline while examining Roosevelt's recovery program. It discusses the extraordinary budget, NRA and AAA impacts, and differing views on inflation versus continued recovery, ending with questions on how inflation may affect individuals.
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NRA
Amil
Hot Springs Pro Baseball Split Sunday at Home
Slim Edwards, who pitched for El Dorado in the Dixie league this summer, will face the Storks as the Hot Springs Athletics host them Sunday afternoon. Ralph Pate will pitch for Hot Springs in what will be their final home appearance of the season. The game starts at 3 o'clock.
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Slim Edwards
el Dorado
Storks
Hot Springs Athletics
Ralph Pate
Hot Springs
Repeal Effective With 36th State
Washington officials consider a Justice Department plan to shift the proclamation date of the 21st amendment to match the 36th state's ratification to settle when prohibition ends. Legal experts say enforcement laws would lapse with ratification, not proclamation, and the Supreme Court would likely agree that repeal takes effect upon ratification.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Department
Ex-Parte
Dillon
Seasonal Slump at Last Arrives
St Louis Federal Reserve reports August to September trade patterns in the Eighth District show slower business, especially heavy industry, amid NRA code costs and competitive uncertainty. Wholesale gains in drugs, chemicals, hardware, furniture, groceries, and dry goods contrast with declines in iron steel and shoe sales. coal and lumber mix modestly higher or steadier, while employment stalls amid heat.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
NRA
Movement of fall goods and rail traffic shifts reported
Department store sales in August rose 2.2 percent from August last year and 40.2 percent above July this year. The terminal railroad handling interchanges from 28 connecting lines reported 75 880 roads in August, vs 79 492 in July and 53 130 in August last year. The Federal Barge Line showed decreased business compared with last month and a year ago. Hearing tends to be more acute in the right ear than in the left.
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Fall Goddli
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8. G. Norton
J. A. Henry
A. C. Whitehurst
Texarkana
Circle No
W. M. Ramsey
North Hervey Street
Leon Bundy
Roy Jones
Prescott
G. Frank Miles
L. L. L. Bible
First Baptist Sunday School
W. C. Anders
Ruby Owens
Marianna Hutson
Doris Boyett
Alice Harrington
Verna Greenlea
Flossie Hill
Teresa Fritz
Herboise Boswell
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Frank Nolen
North
Washington Street
Mary Lee Barlow
M. H. Barlow
Texas
G. E. Cannon
Ethel van Camp
Maisie Evans
Washington, D. C
New York
Niagra Falls
Chicago
American Colege of Surgeons
M. M. Barlow
Harriett Pritchard
Frank Howson
Harry Barlow
DeQueen
Saenger
Zane Grey
Mas Randolph
Devil Horse
Arkansas
Bew
Lilian Harvey
DeSylva
Parkins
Rorex
Federal Reserve
Momote
Cleveland Trust Company
Pate
Hope
Ioa
Palmolive
Middlebrooks Service Grocery
George W. ‘Tackett
Ashland
EER Chili Oysters
Taylor's Cafe
Ace A
Systes
Silver Dale
Kelloge
Kellugu's
van Camp
J. G. Thomason
Kingsway
Hotel
Farrs
Hot Springs, Ark
Sam
Bruce E. Wallace
Jimmy Powledge
Oun
Elson Huckins
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