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I THE BLYTHEVILLE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER COURIER NEWS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI VOL. XXXIII-NO. 255 Blytheville Blytheville Courier Hernid Mississippi Blytheville Dally News Valley Louder BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1987 SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS. CARL BAILEY TAKES OATH AS GOVERNOR i FUTRELL FEARS INCREASED COST OF GOVERNMENT Warns Legislature Against -Extravagance, Asks Tax' Curb LITTLE ROCK, Jan, 12 No crisis' faces the stale today but. there are many things which should be done for the welfare of ArkanSAS, -J.

M. ending four years service as. governor, told the general assembly In his farewell address The particular retiring governor expressed concern over thint the stale is entering upon. new. period of rising cost of gOveriment.

Faced by. necesslly; he said, the "legislulure cut, governmental. operatlug costs in half. In 1933. denioncould strating 'that efficient government be matutalned with reduced Urges Nyberg.

Amendment "But now, with returning prosperity, Wie: nbrond spirit of extravaganec demands will be fu the Innd and; pressed. upon to further: Increase the burdens of laxation," he sald. "We are able to go another spending cru with little thought of consequences, if the legislature listons to many He urged adoption of constitullonal amendment, such as that advanced last year by Rep. Leo Nyberg of Helenn, to take away from the legislature the authorily to pose new or additional taxes without submilling tlicmi referendum vote of peopic: of tie state. County ns.

well "As state government Is too expensive, the meliring governor sald. Re recomminended a constitutional umendment give the legislature, authority, to county governmental set-ups to' conform to the, resources and needs of the. various Ho. suggesled elimination of the: of-1 fice of county trensurer, saying that duties could. be performed, by the collector, urged that only persons qualified as judges of' property values be eligible to serve as assessor.

Opposes Free Text Books Taking Greet Essie with one of the recommendations of Gov. Earl Balley, his successor, 'Fulrell urged the -legislature nol to give full. amendment effect to the constitutionn! calling text books. The measure, he said, is not sound In principle because provides free books for those who could well afford to pay for Wiem, and It would be unwise to put it Into eftect for the further reason that adequate funds for the purpose are not available. He recommended that 31.

sales tax is kept In effect all of the proceeds should be used for the beueill of unemployables, crippled children. blind persons, indigent nged, to put neglected children In school, nod 1 to offset the tax loss which will result through the $1,000 lax exemption on homesteads. Pointing out that in 1927 school revenues were higher without the sales tax than they are now with it. sald Uhnt solution of the financial problems of the schools should be sought, through more effective nssessment and collection of the general properly tax. For Neglected Children Enlarging upon his reference to the desirability of using sales tax proceeds to put neglected children In school, the retiring governor sald "the state falls to protect 118 interest when 14 neglects to sec that all capable children acquire the fundamentals of an educutian." High schools, he said, "should rest upon local taxation.

sell. inposed by voters, and should not participate in any. state-raised money for public school purposes." Ile attacked also the 1152 of state school funds fo: Institutions which! provide professionn1 training, ing that the state should not, at the expense of the taxpayers, "prepare persons, to make money for themselves." the other hand, he urged that the state make funds available to insure the adequate training of ortoo phans, children whose parents are poor to buy books and clothIng. children of parents who are indifferent to the educational welfare of their children, and children without schools to attend. "I am frank to say to you," declared, "that you should never raise the school revenue an additional dollar If you are not going to care for the poor and neglected children.

You should not be taken off your feet by the cry of 'poor neglected children' unicss something is being done for them. You may Increase your school revenue to twenty- five million dollars A year and you will have Governor of Arkansas CARL E. BAILEY Twenty Missing After Motor Vessel Sinks LONDON, Jan. 12 (UP)- -Twenty persons aboard Ar life bont, Incluting sonic women, were? Ing today after the sinking of the Finnish motor. vessel.

Johanna Pharder In Pentland Isinnds. me Tenant -Farmers Union Will Meet in Oklahoma MEMPHIS, Jan. 12 Southern: Tenant Farmers union announced annual Lodey will, hold. Its nt Must January. 14: to 17.

H. L. executive secictary, sold delegates. attend from 2 Arkansas, Missouri; Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas. 'said prominent southern labor leaders, leading economists.

and spokesmen for the Roosevelt administration would speak On proposed, methods. of dealing with problems: of farm tenancy. Soviets: May Adopt "Isolationist Policy LONDON, 12 (UP)-Mthoritative: sources said today thnt Soviet Russia is seriously conald-1 ering an isolntionist pollcy. because it is not satisfied with the result. of its efforts to maintain A common front with western nations aguirt -Fascism.

This would mean leaving western Furopcan problems to westem European nations and ac: celerating Russia's already formidnble urmament program. The. startling Increase In RuisI sla's military, approprialions, Just Announced in Moscow, was altributed to the new ultitude or' Soviet leaders. Bank Stockholders Vote Dividend, Reelect Board The usual ten percent dividend! was declared at the annual meet-: ing of stockholders of the Farmers Bank. and Trust Company i today.

All officers and directors were reelected and C. A. Cunbingham was chosen 911 a vacancy on the board. The meeting was held this morning' in the directors' office of the bank. Officers are: B.

A. Lynch, presIdent: I. R. Johnson, ter; prestdent; R. L.

Fred Banister, E. Warren, cashler; Riley B. Jones, assistant cosh-, assistant cash-! ler; Max Logan, assistant cashier; W. J. Pollard, manager of the insumnce department.

Members of the board are: Mr. Lynch. Dr. Johnson, Cecil Shane, J. Louis Cherry, C.

A. Richards, Mr. Warren and Mr. Cunningham. in this state 1 to publish to the world, and it will be published when certain persons wish to raise school revenues, but some of those care no.

more for the poor 'chil- dren than the dust that clings to feet." I 1 ROOSEVELT ASKS REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT Would Greatly. Increase, Authority of Executive Branch WASHINGTON, Jail. 12 (UP)President Roosevelt asked congress today for. almost unlimited power to give the executive branch of the federal government the most complete reorganization sluce its found- ing--the right. to mold 100 different agencies into 12 major denari.

ments under direct control of the White House. The plan was presented -In a snecial It contained five chief points, all providing presidential executive management. than ever before Su American tory. Two New Departments of a new department of social welfare and a new departmnent" of public works, making' 12 cabinet posts instead of ten. The government's -100 boards, -commissions, administrations, authorities.

corporations, committees, agencies and activities would be placed under the dozen departments of six "executive Assistants" to tile president so 'he may devote more time to his.office.. At the same tinie the White House secretariat would continui- AF presently planned, making Mr. Roosevelt's: son, 29-year-old James. White House lalsou man with cangress. Fiscal personnel and ning activities would be piaced directly under the president.

Would Extend Ciril Service of the present bureau of the budget the presIdent's right hand agency: Its' func.tions be enlarged to direction of a ecneral and government research. drafting and issuing executive orders: and legislative. recommendations line with coordinating federal activitics-all in addition to formulaling and executing the. federal budget. of the elvit service system to government workers except top-rank pollcy-making job The civil service commitssion would be abolisticd, replaced by an administration appointed by the president on a merit basis and by an advisory board of seven nonsalarled laymen approved by the United States senate.

of the comptroll-! cr The new posttion would be that of an auditor office would A new general auditing he established in the U. S. treasury. Drafted by, The recommendations, which observers conceded would meet heavy opposition in some congressional tion quarters. came from a report.

drafted by Loui: Brownlow. director of the Public Administration Clearing Hous: Charles E. Merriam, Chicago (Tulversity political science professor and Luther I. Gulick. executive di.

rector of the Institute of Publis Administration. Mr. Roosevelt approved the plan of his 011 Administrative Management," made it official by explaining report summary In person to newspaper correspondents, and drafted special message to congress ta accompany 1t. out The that committee its rcorganization carefully pointed would legislative not encroach upon congress' powers. il said: "It is with full realization of the lant necessity function of continuing this imporits committees that we suggest the of the congress chinery of holding Improving the the executive manecessity for lo branch more effectively accountable the "This accountablilly often is obscured by the congress Itself In great upon the execulive in imposing detail m'nute too for the organization requirements! of the administrative and operation an Livestock EAST ST.

LOUIS, Jan. (UP) -Hogs: receipts 15,000 Top 10.50 170-230 lbs 10.40-10.50 Lighter weights 8.25-9.50 Cattle: receipts 4,500 Steers Slaughter sicers 6.00-12.75 Mixed yearlings and helfers Slaughter heifers 5.00-11.00 cows 4.50-5.50 Cutters and low cutlers 3.25-4.25 Chicago Wheat open high low close' MAy 132 3-4 134 3-8 132 2-8 134 1-8 Jul 115 1-8 116 5-8 115 116 3-8, Plane With, 13 Aboard Is Missing LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 (UP)- A Western' Alr. Express plane, en route' from Salt Lake Los Angeles crew of with 10 passengers Martin Johnson, big game hunter and. his wife, was an hour overdue Union Air Terminal al' noon an hour after it was reported neor Newhall.

The Inst heard of the ship was that: it was "near at 11:05 A. (P. S. Newhall is about 20 miles from Union Air Terminal: COLEMAN OFFERS TENANT PROGRAM Would Use 50,000 Acres of State-Owned Land Project LITTLE ROOK, Jan 12. (UP)A resolution deeding 50,000 acres or state owned land for the establishment of a tenant farmers' rehabilitation project by the state nud federal governments was offered in the senate today by Senator Lucien Coleman.

of Tepanto. Coleman's resolution called for the formation of. un Arkansas Nationa! Tenant Home Advisory Council to be composed of the 'lleutenant governor. attorncy general, secretary and the stnte land commissioner. The state group would cooperate with the national government.

The land tor the rehabilitation project, according to Coleman's resolution, be selected from 600,000 Acces of, property. the title of which has been invested In the state through failure of to pay owners Thieves Wreck Stolen Car; Two 'Captured Monroe Jackson, Hayti, youth, and Woodrow Ryker, 21, of Greenwood, Miss, nave been arrested by sheriff's deputies in connection with the theft of a car, owned by here J. -F. McCalla, buyer, about. 10 o'clock last night.

Young Jackson was taken into custody when the machine was wrecked on Highway 61, near Luxore. He sustained slight lacerations about the face and possible rib fractures. Ryker was arrested 15 18 attempted to board at Turrell this morning. A train freight third youth is being sought connection with the theft. According to reports the boys.

ransients. had been staying around the city hall here for several nights. The automobile, 1936 Plymonth coupe, was considerably damaged. Jackson is nit liberty under suspended sentence in a CaruthMo. theft case, according to officers.

Council Meets Tonight The Blytheville city council will mect in regular monthly the city' hall al 7 o'clock session at tonight, Only routine business is anticiShane. pated, according to Mayor Cecil Closing Stock Prices NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (UP) session Utility stocks the featured an on stock exchange today, The utility average peneI trated new high ground since Other seclions overcame early 1r- regularity and moved forward. A. T.

and T. 184 7-8 American 27 7-B Anncouda Copper 56 1-2 Bethlehem Copper 76 1-8 Chrysler ......118 Cities Service 4 3-4 Coca Cola .124 General Motors Electric 57 3-4 65 5-8 International Harvester 104 7-8 McKesson-Robbins 13 3-8 Montgomery Ward 56 7-8 Now York Central 42 3-4 Packard 11 Phillips Pet. 52 Radio Corp. 11 1-2 St, Louls-San Francisco 3 5-8 Simmons Bed 48 Standard N. 1.

68 5-8. Texas Corp, 54 1-2 Studebaker 14 1-8 U. S. Smelting 88 U. 8.

Steel 79 5-8 Warner Bros. 17 Zonite 8 3-B GOVERNOR SENDS 1,500 SOLDIERS TO STRIKE ZONE Trouble Feared at Flint as C. I. 0. Reenforcements, Gather FLINT, Jan.

12. (UP) Gov. Frank Murphy ordered 1,500 national guardsmen into strikelorn Flint today 3S reports from Toledo said' 1,800 c. 1. 0.

unton members were converging on city to support: Generni Motors I strikers: Murphy ordered the 120th infantry to Flint from Its armories in nine cities. few hours earlier Col. John S. Bersey, adjutant general, had ordered the troops mobilized for "strike' duty." It was belteyed. that companies would move into Flint.

as scon as they were, ready. to go. Murphy, returned to Lattsing from Flint carly today. said that he had been' assured by General Motors that heat will be sutclosed ficient for 'sit-down strikers In the plants and food will be allowed to reach the strikers. Charge Violations by G.

DI. Lieutenants WASHINGTON, Jan: 12. (UP)of John Li. Lewis today filed charges with the national labor relations- board that General Motors corporation has violated "all the features of" the Wagner net, gunranteeing -to labor the right of collective bargaining. The charges were filed as Homer I mobile Martin, leader of the United director Workers, and John Brophy.

cf the Lewls Committee for Industrial Organization, charged for General Motors with responsibility the Flint, ontbreak- in police which last were wounded by night. They also asserted General Motors strike was employing professional Strike "Martin and Brophy arrived here of the confer: Lewis-led with Lewis on: strategy erni Motors strike against Genplants. Lewis met officials C. ol the Workers and the United Automobile at noon Laday to discuss the, strike. Martin said he had evidence that the Perl Bergoff strike agency had been brought into.

breaking DeAS troit" well yesterday by General Motors as into The Bergoff agency denied this charge. E. A. REGENOLO OF WILSON DIES: Two Months Illness Ends in Death at Memphis Hospital WILSON. Jan.

A Regenold, 64. well k110RT resident of Wilson, died aL the hospital In Memphis yesterday nfternoon after two months Illness Mr. Regenold came to Wilson in 1915 as an employe of the Kansas City company. Shook and Manufacturing Making his home here for more than 20 years he was leader in civic affairs and a member of the Methadist church. He is survived by his wife, two sons, S.

A. Revenold of Wilson and E. M. Regenold of Armorel, and a Oklahoma Mrs. J.

Bryan Johnson daughter, of city, Okla. Funeral services were beld al the Methodist church here this 'afternoon with Dr. 0. B. Culpepper of Memphis, brother-In-law of Mr.

Regenold, officiating. Burial was to be made at Paris, TeXAS. The Swift Furniture company of Osceola was in charge of funeral arrangements. New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12 (UP)Cotton futures advanced 7 to 15 points.

based today in a wave of buy'ing and big dry on goods heavy consumption sales. open high low close Jan 1238 1242 1238 1242 March 1242 1244 1239 1243 May 1233 1236 1230 1236 July 1223 1229 1222 1229 Oct 1183 1191 1183 1189 Dec 1187b 1194 1194 1196b Spots closed steady al 1304, six. up Chicago Corn Chicago Corn open high' low close Jul May 109 105 3-4 7-8 111 3-4 111 107 1-8 105 3-4 106.7-0 U. S. Offers $10,000 for Boy's Killer WASHINGTON, Jan.

13, (UP)President Roosevelt look charge prehend of the federal drive to: apthe murderer of cue reward Muttson for today. information and a leading Charles to capture of the criminal was pftered bay the federal government, Announcement of the $10,000 reward was wunde by Ally. acn. Homer S. Cummings a personal.

conference the president regarding what Mr. Roosevelt characterized ns "this ghastly. crline. Mr. Roosevell ordered the full resources of the Justice department, clown mobilized in all effort.

to track the person or persons ster's denth. sponsible for the Maltson' young-, ALABAMA MINERS THREATEN STRIKE Workers Reported: Plan-! to Barricade: Themselves in Shafts BIRMINGHAM, Jan. told (UP) -An. unusually rellable, source United Press today that red ore Iron miners; of the Tennessee Coal, and Railroad company arc planning to singe a "sit down" strike Inside the Iron mines and I mite barricade themselves with dyna'at mining shaft entrances. The information divulged Gov.

Bibb Graves and offollowing 8 conference. a between licials: in. Montgomery. The governor uns. told.

the strike "might cone at any minute." The 'miners struck last May, and went. under? a back to work. In: September month and. union- men, disgovernor. The truce: ended "truce" arranged by the a sntisNed with the: outcome -of hearing on conditions, are.

threntening to renew: the strike. Malicious Prosecution Suit Reversed, Dismissed, The Arkansas supreme court yesterday reversed and dismissed the prosecution suit brought A. Allen: against Taylor Precinan In circuit court here in which Allen had obtained $100 Judgment. Freeman, well known Dell farmer, has asked the circuit court to direct verdict in his favor, his motion being denied and a jury rendering Judginent in favor or Allen. Allen had been convicted of petit larceny In the alleged theft of Foodstuffs from Freeman's barn municipal court but c4, appeal to circuit court, had been RCquitted.

He then filed the malicious prosecution action. The regalarity of the proceedings in the croninal trial in municipal court had been uttacked during trini of the civil netion on the ground that a special judge, who presided, had not been elected In proper manner. The supreme court held the municipal court conviction cylJence of probable cause for proserution of Allen. Harrison, Smith Taylor represented Freeman and Virgil Beene was counsel for Allen, Aged Transient Dies at Local Hospital Willian A. Martin, 71, died at the Blytheville hospital this morning, 8 few hours after he WAS removed from the city hall where he had been staying for several days: heart Death was attributed to trouble, aggravated by other aliments.

The nged man formerly lived in the vicinity of Manila and had resided In northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri for several scars. He became 111 while occupy: ing A "transient" cot at the city hall and was placed in the hospital by Red Cross officials. No arrangements for funeral services had been made carly this alternoon. The body is at the Funerai Home. New York Cotton NEW YORK.

Jan. 12 (UP) Colton closed stendy. open high low Jan 1234 1245. 1234 1245 March 1248 1250 1244 1249 May 1234' 1239 1233 1238 July 1229 1233 1226 1233. Oct 1189 1195 1185 1193 Dec 1190 1196 1187 1195 Spots closed steady at 1309, up six.

CEREMONY TODAY MARKS CHANGE. IN ADMINISTRATION Senate Refuses to. Confirm Outgoing Governors Appointments C. A. HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING Officers and Directors Real elected; W.

Niemeyer Speaks OSCEOLA. Salisinction With: the progress made and service rendered by the Planters Production, Credit -Association wus expressed by F. W. Niemeyer, president of the Credit poration st. Louts and general agent of the Farm Credlt Admin: istration for this- district, in an address: af the association's annual meeting here Farniers ATO tencning tho advantages of cooperative financing, lie said, and the government's falth th the soundness of the program been well justifled by the sissippi: county association, which last year collected.

all. of Ils Innns In full. Stockholders of the association reelected R. C. Bryan of Osceola and 1i.

'C. Knappenberger of Blytheville to the board of directors, other mcinbers of which are F. P. Jacobs. of Grider, P.

Nicholson of Blytheville. Tyronzu and. The C. old S. officers, Stevens Mr.

of Jacobs, president, Mr. Brynn, vicepresident, and A. T. Bell of Osceola, secretary-treasurer, were reelected by the board. -In attendance nt the niceting were 164 farmers and members 01 their familles from all parts of the county, the area served by the association: The secretary's report by Mr.

Bell showed crop production Jonns. wErE made by. the association in 1936 to 229 members, amounting to 814.32. Three attendance. prizes were awarded.

C. B. -(Buster) Driver received the first prize, a Jerscy heifer. Second prize, a Poland China gilt, went to Monroc negro, and third prize, 200 pounds of planting cottonseed, went to Marion Kochler, negro. Mr.

Niemeyer explained the sct-up and method of of the russociation, one of B. nation-wide system of cooperative production Nuancing organ zations Onanced largely by the government through the FCA. credit is made available to farmer members, he terms as favorable As individuat enterprises ordinarily can obtain and at.a considerable saying 35 compared to former methods of production Anancing. F. I.

Shreiner, senlar engineerappraiser of the Federal Land of St. Louls, explained the tion of the land bank system. Others on the program besides officers of the association were Mrs. Josephine G. Jacobs of Grider, who spoke on "The Farm Woman 17 the Production Credit System," and H.

W. Haraway, superintendent of the negro al. Armorel, who spoke on "Colored The migration of birds 1s bellevcd to have started in the latter part of the tertlary period, whei the Ice sheet came down from the north. 1-t Turn to Pago.3 for the Cel! text of Governor. -Halley's nugutal address.

ROCK, Jon. 12 (UP) Chri Balley look his oath. of biTico nis: governor, of: Arkinsas: It 11:40 A. M. today In the house or representatives.

chamber a before: Ure entire membership of the nfly-Arst. general assembly. The ontli was. ndininistered: by Chief: Justice Griffin Smith of tho slate: supremo: court ns: the new excentive stood on the speakcr'8 rostrum, Following the ceremonies In which Bailey became and J. M.

Futrell ceased to: funic: ton ns: the state's clifer. execulive, other In Atty. Gen: Jack Trensurer. Eur! Page; Secretary of Stale C. R.

Hall and stale: Andltor Oscar Humphrey, were glven 'Which onthis, Futrelt: Says Farewell: Tise. house of representatives and senate convened shortly after 0. o'clock and transacted only nccessary business: -before going Into the: joint session In the house chamber. After. 10: 0 o'clock Governor.

File trell was escorted to the spenker's sland: by a senate and Liouse committee to deliver his farewell, nddress before the official: uralion. for the new, governor. Futrell, in. his address5 which lasted more: than an hour, can; tioned: tho legislature to walch3 the; ever, growing expense of the government's operation and dehis. own administration during the four.

depression years. Balley's taking for, the official oath. the joint session disbanded with the senate incin3 bers returning to their own chainbers; Arms where they refused con? the recess appointments: subnillled by Putrell and awaited tho more: forinal Inauguration cerci mony. hi the afternoon on tlic eaRl lawn statehouse. 62.

Countles in Parade. Following Bailey's formal auguration, with tad, house and sennte- members scatod pehind him, fonts from. 62 of the sinte's 75 counties and 16 school and miller lary unit bands formed Elitc of march: enstward to. the bushness, section of the city 30 fore revlewing. stand.

in: fronts the old statehouse where. the new governor: and "other were seated. An Inaugural: ball was scheduled to bo held tonight. in- a down A town hotel'. where hnd been prepared for danco.

couples. Van Buren County Man Will Succeed Fullerton: D. S. Landtrip, formerly. agent of Van Buren county, Atk, has been appointed to.

the' same position in the dis trict of Mississippi county, -it was announced. today. Mr. landleip, who' will arrive Thursday from Clinton, replaces Fullerton, who northeast was made Arkansas. district agent.

He will reside Hold Negro Boys for Theft of Cash and Ring Charley Price, 19, and Frank Atkins. 17, negroes, are being held by officers charged with the theft of $37. in cash and a diamond ring. valued at $300, from Mrs. Charles Corey.

The theft occurred Sunday morning. Part of the money has been TC: covered and police are confident thal the diamond will also be recovered. WEATHER Arkansas -Cloudy, probably occa-. stoval rains tonight. and Weanesday, Somewhat warmer Wednesday and 'In north portion today.

Memphis: and vicinity- Cloudy, 1 probably occasional rains tonight: and Wednesday with slowly rising temperatures. Lowest temperature: tonight 38 to 42. The maximum temperature here yesterday. was 36, minimum cloudy with .09. of an inch rain-73 according to Samuel -F.

Nor Iris, official weather observer..