Washington Homecoming plans outlined at public meeting
Plans for the fifth Washington Homecoming were set at a public meeting naming committees to manage invitations, church services, decorations, meals, and logistics for Mother's Day visitors. Miss Mary Catts chaired, with Mayor A P Delony and church groups designated to oversee various tasks across publicity, reception, cemetery, dining, and service arrangements.
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Washington
Mary Catts
Chaino J. F. Dugger
Joe A. Wilson
Ella Monroe
E. R. Timberlake
W. J. Sturoud
A. P. Delony
Pink Horton
W. H
W. H. Etter
C. M. Williams
G. W. Robertson
Crit Stuart
R. W. Patterson
Luther Smith
J. S. Monroe
A. P. Deleny
Lat Moses
Paul Dudney
Finis Johnson
B. E. Finegar
W. B. Nelson
A. N. Stroud
T B. Haworth
R. Card
W. J. Stroud
Walter Oliver
Lee McDonald
LL. Filkinton
Paul Rowe
Gertrude Bailey
J. Oscar Gold
Letha Frazier
Sam Smith
Reginald Bearden
June Pinegar
Mary Levins
Lorenza Tate
Mary Kathryn Page
Mary Ella Hubbard
C. Stuart
Old City Ordinances Cover Lots of Ground
Fresno officials warn there are 206 city ordinances with surprising rules. The piece notes menud seconds about selling hamburgers with ingredient lists and sidewalk etiquette requiring alighting and not bowing when approaching pedestrians.
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Fresno
Calif
Phantom Fleet Seen Off Philippines By 2 Destroyers
Two American destroyers aided by two US bombers and two Philippine planes hunted a reported squadron of 22 destroyers and a tender in insular waters near Davao, 600 miles south of Manila. Authorities silent as McNutt and Kihara offered cautious statements amid uncertain confirmation.
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Manila
Insular
Indo-China
Gulf of Davao
Here
Davao
Faust V. McNutt
Jnpanese
Jutaro Kihara
Philippin
Cathedral Model Built From Used Matches
Ralph Torr is patient at Mt Morris inpatient hospital and spent eight months building a cathedral model from 18 808 used safety matches gathered from peers. He finished in 73 days while bedridden, the 18 inch by 44 inch by 27 inch structure includes two steeples a bell and a clock, an interior with carpet pews altars candles and a ceiling bulb. The model stands under a planet lamp scene referenced as Uranus.
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Torris, N
Ralph
Mt. Morris
Tnberculoisis Hospital
Daladier Ends French Strikes With Decree Power
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier used new decree powers to end widespread strikes threatening France's social peace and rearmament. Thousands returned to work in nationalized workshops while arbitration was accepted for defense sector plants. Government decree would require a workers vote before any future strike.
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Paris
France
Edouard Daladier
Delacheer
Senate
Chamber
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
Daladier
Senate Finance Committee
Wne
Mrs Rhea Named Head of Camden District Women’s Club
Mrs J W Rhea of Waldo was elected president of the Camden district of the Arkansas Federation of Women's Clubs at the biennial convention closing session in El Dorado Arkansas. Other officers elected included Mrs W H Knight Stamps vice president Mrs TT Reeves Magnolia recording secretary Mrs J S Hopkins Nashville treasurer Ira Blakely Gordon director and Mrs Gerry of Arkadelphia as recording secretary. Endorsements voted included Mrs Elwood Baker Dermott formation director Mrs W H McCain Cotton Plant state president Fletcher Maphield Rogers vice president Mrs W Velgin Lewisville and Mrs Edwin Bevins Helena national directors.
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EL Dorado
Ark
J. W. Rhea
Waldo
Camden
Atlansas Federation of Women's Club
Frank Gerry
Arkadelphia
W. H. Knight
Stamps
TT Reeves
Magnolia
J. 8. Hopkins
Nashville
Ira Blakely
Gordon
Gerry
Elwood Baker
Dermott
W. HL. McCain
Cotton Plant
Fletcher
Maphield
Rogers
W. Velgin
Lewisville
Edwin Bevins
Helena
UCLA students live on 22 a month in Brentwood hall
About eighty college boys at the University of California Los Angeles inhabit Brentwood Hall living on twenty two dollars monthly for beard and rent. They manage all housework themselves to image frugality and independence despite limited funds.
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Los Angeles
Beard
Brentwood Cys
University of California At Los Angeles
Wells Gets Life Prison Term for Bank Robbery
Harry Wells 24, an escaped Arkansas convict, was sentenced by Federal Judge R J McMillan in San Antonio to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the $2482 Citizens State Bank robbery at Luling Texas on March 5. He had earlier been sentenced to 99 years in Refugio for an unrelated charge, but federal sentencing prevails. Wells, labeled a menace to society, escaped from the Arkansas peniten tiary in January while serving a kidnapping robbery sentence. He was captured at Gladewater after a south Texas pursuit in which three officers were wounded.
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San Antonio
Texas
R. J. McMillan
Harry Wells
Arkansas
Wells
Citizens State Bank
Luling
Refugio
Arkansas Penitentiary
Camden
Ark
Gladewater
South Texas
Message to Garcia Carrier Injured in San Francisco
Col. Andrew S. Rowan, famed for the Message to Garcia, is recovering in a San Francisco hospital with a broken rib. The storied courier informed the Cuban army that the U.S. would act in the war against Spain.
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San Francisco
Col
Andrew Ss. Rowan
Garcia
U.S
Spain
Aberdeen Board Resignations Trigger Replacements
William A. Hiller resigned from multiple Aberdeen boards including the school board, junior college board, Liberty Scout board, Red Cross board, Salvation Army all funds drive board and the town begins seeking replacements.
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Aberdeen
Wash
William A. Hiller
Hiller
Junior Colle
Lie Bay Scout Board
Gho the Red Cross
All Funds Drive
The
Salvation Army
Rebels Advance to Med Coast in Spain Conflict
Insurgent forces led by General Miguel Aranda seized the village of Lidatia on the Franco-Spanish frontier. The advance wing moved within nine airline miles of the Mediterranean coast, with nearby San Mateo already captured and Ladina on the road to the coastal city of Vinaruz, key to the right wing’s push toward overthrowing the government.
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Hendaye
Miguel Aranda
Lidatia
Ladina
San Mateo
Vinaruz
Genenadissime
France
Vut
Spain
Girl Scout Luncheon Meeting Postponed Yet No Reason Given
The Girl Scout luncheon honoring national field representative Eleanor Bonin has been postponed indefinitely with no explanation provided. The event was set for Friday but is now canceled or delayed without details.
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Girl Scout
M Eleanor Bonin
Sax and Accordion Put On The Ritz
A fragmented report notes saxophone and accordion gains in prominence. Mentions Jascha Heifitz studying the piano and Cecil Leeson as saxophone soloist under Jose Turubt. Percy Grainger is noted as studying saxophone and accordion.
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Ritz
Cincinnatia VY
Jascha Heifitz
Cecil Leeson
Jose Tturbt
Rochester Philhnomoni
Digeloser
Percy Grainger
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16Th Street
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Silas Sanford
San Jose
Tau
Fate
Chamber of Commerce
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W. Walker Drive
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