Speakers Clash Over Farm Board At C of C Meet
Washington April 30. Speakers at the 18th annual meet of the chamber of commerce of the United States clash over the federal farm board and its policies. Leage attacked the chamber for inaction while David A. Miller urged repeal of the farm board and the marketing act. Miller proposed private groups to take over farm work if the board fails. Secretary Hyle defended the board arguing opposition stems from fatheaded desires to be content with things as they are.
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Ashington
Federal Farm Board
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Cage
Chamber
Jim
Farm Board
League
P'Millett
Mil- Bet
Hyele
Slyde
Strawberry Crop Aided by Showers
In Sevier county Ark in late April 1940 growers report a shorter strawberry crop due to severe winter cold. Some shipments continue though totals are down from earlier estimates as late frosts and dry spells impacted yields.
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Ark
Sevier County
Two Die In Chicago Refinery Explosion
An April explosion at Cabros Corporation refinery in Chicago killed two workers and badly burned another who died later. Four escaped. a fifth was gravely injured. The blast sent smoke across the Clearing industrial district threatening wide areas. Damage was about 360000 dollars, including oil loss. Fire controlled by 7 a.m.
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Icago
Cabros Porporation
Whiskey Melon Crop Is Planned
In Gatesville Texas a county farmer plans a controversial scheme to produce whiskey melons. He intends to plant a large watermelon patch, then inject whiskey through a stem hole with a twisted cotton strand. The unusual method aims for the fruit to absorb and carry a whiskey kick and odor. The farmer expects business may justify a patent for the products.
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Gatesville
Gintes County
DeQueen Civic Plan Advances With Paving and Installations
DeQueen's civic improvement program moves forward as contractors begin pouring concrete in front of the high school on DeQueen avenue. Storm sewers and subgrading work near completion, gas line installation under contract to Otto Yenelin progresses, and the "white way" wiring by Southwestern Gas and Electric advances as crews push paving across more than 40 city blocks.
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Dequeen
DeQueen Avenue
Se Castie
Bard
Otto YeNelin
Southwestern Gas and Electric Company
Bids Placed On Four Road Projects Across Counties
State highway commission received four bids for three road projects in Jefferson Cross and Garland counties, totaling about 55000 dollars. Contracts expected to be awarded Thursday. Projects include asphalt re-tread at Woodruff county line along the rover road and nine miles of asphalt re-tread in Jefferson county with five miles along the Mot Springs and Dunehigh River road in Garland county.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Jefferson
Cross
Garland
Woodruft
Rover Stross
Jefferson County
Mot Springs
Dunehigh River
Garland County
Chicago Prison Fire Sparks Brief Prisoner Stir
Chicago prisoners were awakened at dawn as fire broke out in carpenter shops at Bridewell Prison. The flames were quickly checked with little damage. Superintendent James Curry said there were no major disturbances, and detectives and guards responded to prevent a jail delivery incident.
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Chicago
Ohio
James Curry
Gullempl
Curzon
Champion Speller Carries On Tradition
In Detroit on an April day Eleanor Goya, age 13, defended a family spelling legacy by winning her school championship and advancing to the district contest. Her father and mother, Clara Gapa, groomed her through long nights of word lists, continuing a local tradition of skilled spellers. She now advances toward the citywide competition.
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Detroit
Uvery
Eleanor Goya
Eleanor
Clara Gapain
Duryea
Gapa
Ely
Murder Trial of Trio Delayed to Next Court Term
In Jonesboro on April 30, the murder cases of Kieford and Charles Ramsome and James McElroy, charged with first degree murder in Deputy Sheriff J. H. Jenkins slaying, were continued to the next Lake City term. Jenkins was found shot to death along a rural eastern Craighead County road over a year ago amid bootlegging-related motives cited by officers.
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Jonesboro
Kieford
Charles Ramsome
James McElroy
J. H. Jenkins
Lake City
Jenkins
Craighead County
Ransomes Brothers
McElroy
Bandits Escape With Large Loot
Four armed bandits robbed a Goodyear payroll party in Gadsden Alabama today. They forced the pay master Burke Stresser and two guards from the car into a ditch, took the payroll worth about 18 08, and fled as officers organized road patrols with bandit descriptions.
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Gadsden
Ala
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Burke Stresser
May Burn Lake Beat Purposely Torso? Ferry Fire Plans Revealed
Toronto officials consider selling the Clark Brothers ferry to Selman for a fireworks display at Sunnyside Amusement Park. The former 20 year TTC vessel may be burned for Shrine emblems, with Shriners convening in April. Two sister ships burned last summer after 33 years of service.
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Toronto
Ofc
Lake Ontario
Toronto Transportation Commission
Clark Brothers
Selman
Sunnyside
Fall Blast At Caddo Gap Fishing Season
The Caddo Gap area hosts a fall fishing blast as this year’s season is described as one of the best. Angler Zick Jettitt of Caddo Gap landed a seven pound bass after a 19 minute fight on a Sunday. The note recalls a record 24 pound catfish caught by John Revelle of Shawnee two years prior, who was fishing solo despite being one-armed.
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Caddo Gap
Caddo
Zick Jettitt
Caddo River
John Revelle
Shawnee, Oklo
Druggist Urges School Path To Future Service
Kiwanis vocational guidance talk at Hope High School urges students to equip themselves with education for future jobs in the drug business. John P. Cox notes demand for better schooling, predicts larger rewards and ample opportunity to serve the community through pharmacy while acknowledging long hours and limited holidays. He cites evolving drugstores with full departments and trained pharmacists. An students will be registered in Arkansas after next month, with three years of major study in pharmacy.
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Hope High School
John P. Cox
Kiwanis Club of Hope
Hope
Kiwanis Club
Puiny
Iavith
Goda
Moce
State of Arkansas
Cox
Hawthorne Plant to Close for Two-Week Vacation
The Hawthorne plant of Western Electric will close for two weeks in July affecting about 35,000 employees. The move aims to concentrate vacations to avoid scattered vacations through the year, which could hurt efficiency.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Western Electric Company
President Hoover Receives Copy of Naval Treaty
Washington April 30 President Hoover today received the United States official copy of the naval treaty Secretary Stimpson presented the document at the White House in a brief unostentatious ceremony Attending were Secretary Adams Senator Robinson Arkansas delegation and other officials The original treaty was signed by American delegates Britain Japan France and others and remained in London Afterward envoys were entertained at luncheon by the president Acting Secretary Cotton and Assistant Secretary Jahanke were present
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Washington
Hoover
United States
Stimson
White House
Adams
Robinson
Arkansas
Japan
France
London
Lutehcon
Cotton
State Department
Jahanke
Presant
Ray Miller to Play For Next Elks Dance
The Elks lodge have engaged Ray Miller's Brunswick Recording orchestra under director Marshall Van Pool for the next Elks dance. The date is set for May 16. The ten musician ensemble recently completed a two week engagement at the Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans Louisiana.
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The
Elks Lodge
Ray Miller
Brunswick Recording Orchestra
Marshall van Pool
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Louisiana
Malvern Store Clerk Dies at Work
Malvern, April 30 A W H Shep herd 31 of Arkadelphia collapsed and died at Scotts store where he had worked about two months He is survived by wife a daughter and a sister Mrs Hobson of Arkadelphia The body was sent to Arkadelphia for burial.
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Malvern
Arkadelphia
Scotts Store
Scotts Stores
Hobson
Io Arkadelphia
Texarkana Woman Killed in Wreck Near Shreveport
Texarkana resident Mrs Gladys Parriot 21 was killed when her car overturned on a highway about 10 miles from Shreveport. Her mother Mrs Allen Mw Thigpen of Texarkana was seriously injured and Parriot’s baby suffered injuries in the crash.
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Shreveport
Gladys Parriot
Texarkana
Allen Mw. Thigpen
Parriot
Freed On Bond In $200,000 Insurance Slaying Case
Casper Tillman Freeburg Missouri, named by Dr Z A Bass as the slayer in a $200000 insurance swindle plot, was freed on his original $1000 bond after a second arrest related to Pearmans death. Authorities continue to investigate whether Pearman was killed in Missouri or Arkansas as Bass accuses Tillman of the actual slaying.
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Linn
Casper Tillman
Freeburg
Z. A. Bass
William R. Pearman
Pearman
Tillman
Columbia
Bentonville
Ark
William Folta
Gravette
Bass
Tilman
Missouri
Arkansas
Convicts Quiet At Ohio Prison Ends Escape Attempt
Columbus April 30 National Guards quelled a mass escape at Ohio Penitentiary after a deadly fire a week earlier killed 820 inmates. About 1 000 guards including Col Robert Haulevich surrounded White City prison and fired into the ranks, ending the breakout with prison now quiet.
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Zolumbus
Ohio
Jyon Hand
Robert Haulevich
White City
Spencer Shooting Case Hangs as Jury Deliberations End
Helena April 30 Jurors adjourned without action on murder charges against Allen Smith son of a Helena furniture dealer in the January fatal shooting of Mrs Jewel Spencer at her home. The dying statement by Mrs Spencer named Smith but her husband pressed the case saying the statement was misgiven. The panel also did not rule on the murder count against Rufus Kersey in the Slaying of Brooks Scaife during a dispute over a divorced wife two weeks prior.
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Rufus Kersey
Brooks Scaife
Milking farmer’s diary cartoon and a dog on Main Street
The editor riffs on dairy life after milking cows daily for a year and sings an army tune about being in the dairy business. Terrell Cornelius walks Main Street with a live year old dog described as a foutervier by Frank Russell, who notes its awkward start but hopeful progress.
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Terrell Cornelius
Main Street
Frank Russell
Waterloo Man Burned in Refinery Blast
Syd Martin, about 38, badly burned in a refinery accident at Waterloo. He was brought to Julia Chester hospital by employees of the James B. Berry & Son plant in Nevada county town. Martin sustained severe facial burns and remains under medical care.
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Syd Martin
Waterloo
Julia Chester Hospital
James B. Berry & ‘Son
Nevada
Marlin
Rms
Dr Tucker Heads Arkansas Athletic Association
Clarksville April 30 Dr C B Tucker president of Arkansas College Batesville is new president of the Arkansas Athletic Association of Colleges elected during the track and field meet. He succeeds Dr W L Hume of College of Ozarks. The 1931 meet will be at Batesville if the Arkansas field is in condition. Dr J H Reynolds Hendrix Henderson College Conway was elected vice president and Frank McAnean College of Ozarks secretary and treasurer.
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Clarksville
C. B. Tucker
Arkansas College
Batesville
Arkansas Athletic Association of Colleges
Tuckey
W. L. Hume
College of Ozarks
J. H. Rynolds
Hendrix-Henderson College
Conway
Frank McAnean
Old Dobin Triumphs Over Rival in Paris Car Saga
In Paris Arkansas on April 30 the antique Old Dobin wins over a rival auto. Bertsch built and drove a small two cylinder buggy with a 15 mph top speed before returning to the Old Dobin. The tale documents early automotive experiments and a humorous reversal of propulsion.
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Paris
Ark
Old Dobins
Ed. Bartsch
Old Dobin
Bertsch
St. Luis
Bartsche
Bartsch
Dobin
Giddey
Local Fatality On Highway No 67 Injures Pedestrian
A pedestrian named Maris suffered a skull fracture after slipping onto the pavement on Highway No 67 near the city hall area. He was taken to Josephine where surgeons treated the injury. The Missouri Pacific Telegraph Co. and city officials were mentioned in the surrounding notes.
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Fatal & Telegraph Co
Missouri
Pacific
Hall
Maris
Josephine
Stoy Farm Dairy Profits Highlight Local Milk Output
Lynn Smi reports from The Stoy Farm near Hope and Washington that the dairy operation yielded 102 753 pounds of whole milk in the February 18 period ending 1939, averaging profits per month and feeding strategies that emphasize steady cash income, pasture crops, and fertilizer value. The article praises dairy investment over cotton and notes Stoy’s herd, two sires, and openness to visits to share dairy experience.
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Lynn Smi
Stoy
Kraft-Phenix
Hope
Advanta
Productio
Beyin
Stay
Washington
Mr. Stoy
Mexican Flier Plans Flight Endsurance Record
Mexican aviator Alvil 30 Francisceo Sababia, 21, backed to attempt a new endurance refueling flight from Monterrey Nuevo Leon, plans a takeoff above the city. The single-rotor powered ship has been paid for and is set for a championship bid, with date of takeoff remaining.
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Monterrey
Nuevo Leon
Mexco
Alvil
Francisceo Sababia
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Horatio
Horatios Ark
Joes
Trio
J.H. Jenkins
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
NEA Service
Preston E. Thomas
Kenneth McRae
Chi
Next
Elks Dance
Linn, Mo
Spencer
Berry ’ Refiner
Dr. Tucker
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