Paramount Filming Fifth Annual Festival Atmosphere
Paramount Sound News arrived from Atlanta to film the Hope festival eve scenes at the Public-Saenger theatre. Cameraman J B Buchanan and Sound Tech C D Beeland captured humor at the Rosey negro school and at local speakers while festival organizers and local figures assisted.
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Hope
Paramount Sound News
J. B. Buchanan
C. D. Beeland
Public-Saenger Theatre
Atlanta
Galveston
Texas
Saenger Theatre
Paramount
Frank Harting
Rosety Negro’ School
Alt
Garkies
Peters
Hempstead
Mr. Feild
Alex. H. Witshburn
the Star
Fale
Sevech Ut Bunalor
Joe T. Ttoblasen
Government Reports Warn Drought Spreads Across Regions
Washington reports weekly weather notes show widespread drought with showers failing to aid crops. Severe corn losses hit Illinois Indiana Ohio Iowa while Wisconsin holds moisture. southern Mississippi Louisiana see danger ahead. Oklahoma rains insufficient. talks with President Hoover seek plans to aid affected areas.
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Washington
Rocky m Mountains
Sentinos
Oklahoma
Hoover
Festival Program Highlights A M Burd Concerts in Hope
A festival program in Hope features a daylong schedule with Arkansas cities sending delegates for an A M Burd concert event. Visitors may ride private planes from the Arkansas National Guard 154th Observation Squadron to Hope Airport. Several special trains bring officials and boosters from Shreveport Huge and Little Rock. The day includes a grand parade, coronation pageant with a queen, a watermelon feast, baseball and other amusements, and evening dances with Midway attractions. Local clubs join in organizing the event.
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Louisiana and Arkansas
Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Frisco
Huge
Oklahoma
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
East Second Street
Fair Park
Jor TL Robinson
Robinson
United States to Buy Musk Oxen for Alaska Herd Recovery
Washington Aug 7 United States to buy musk oxen for Alaska to restock herds decimated by indiscriminate hunting. The Agriculture Department placed the order to restore the herd and support meat production in Alaska with a Congress appropriation of 40000.
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United States
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Alustea
July marriage licenses issued in Miller County
During July 124 marriage licenses were issued in Miller County with representations from Arkansas Texas Louisiana Missouri Illinois and California. A small number of couples from Texas sought to evade the three day notice requirement.
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Yexanmeana
Miller Couty
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Illinois
California
Walks 125 000 Miles On Gospel Mission
A Mauritian native, Hey Harrabellio Aluk amousa Marangeopa, claims to have walked 125 000 miles to spread his gospel. He says he has traveled most of the world, with a record of 2 500 newspaper clippings in 72 languages and 1 900 letters in 60 languages.
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Flint
UPJ
Man
Hey
Harrabellio Alukamousa Marangeopa
Mazanbi- Jae Channel
Iby
Two for One in Salem Golf Fiasco
In Salem Oregon Ken Brown misfired a golf ball twice. The first shot hit a tree and ricocheted away. The second shot got lodged in the same tree, ending the attempt.
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Salem
Ore
Ken Brown
Bown
Hempstead County Watermelons Break Size Records
Report shows 44 melons averaging over 70 pounds with a 93 pounder among them as drought tests the season. Local grower Oscar Midlebrooks shipped 44 melons from Patmos, Sex varieties Tom Watson and Triumph. Market prices run 30 to 70 cents per hundred pounds, with potential shipments expected to peak this week.
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Drouth
Hempstead
Oscar B. Midlebrooks
Patmos
Hempstead County
Tom Watson
Triumph
Quited
One Hope House
Bath houses in Innsbruck facing vandalism by religious extremists
In Steinach am Brenner on August 7, local authorities report that individuals believed to be employed by local fanatics objecting to mixed bathing forcibly halted a bathing establishment that allowed mixed bathing. They entered the facilities at night and vandalized walls with obscene drawings and verses.
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Innsbruck
Austria
UPJ
Steinach Am Brenner
Balkan Anthem Contest Promotes Balkan Solidarity
In Athens on August 7 IUPI reports the Inter Balkan Conference executive committee will meet in October to promote unity among Balkan nations. It offers cash prizes to the two best Balkan anthems submitted before the storehouse opening, aiming to foster regional solidarity.
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Athens
IUPI
Queen Sara to Attend Watermelon Festival Ball
Queen Sara and her court will attend the festival ball at the Briant building Elm and Second streets next to Geo W Robinson Co after the afternoon program. An esteemed negro orchestra will perform as hundreds of guests join the dance lasting late. the Briant building provides a good floor and fans for comfort. Young Tennessee 4-H farmers oversee 25421 projects this year.
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Briant
Elm
Second Streets
Geo. W. Robinson & Co
Queen Sara
Veteran Railroad Man Attends Melon Festival
Harry M. Williams, a veteran retired locomotive engineer on Missouri Pacific, visits Hope for the fifth annual Watermelon Festival. He arrives from Little Rock on a special train with Missouri Pacific employees and is a close friend of local figure John C. Shiver. Williams recounts early Missouri Pacific efforts through his section, including ferrying an engine and cars across Red River to reach Texarkana and witnessing the Western town’s rough early development.
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Hope
Harry M. Williams
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Red River
Fulton
Mr. Williams
Little Rock
Tope
John C. Shiver
Mr. Shiver
Walter Shiver
Shiver
Missouri Pacific Lines Magazine
Williams
Bulton
Texarkana
Extension Workers Arrive at State U
Fayetteville August seventh report on the twelfth annual Farmers' week program at the University of Arkansas College of Agriculture. Younger staff graduates now serve as full state workers during agents' summer study leave.
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Fayetteville
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Republicans To Meet on Thursday Conference to discuss Hoover era
Ebner McCright, recently named assistant county agent, heads 69 4-H club members from Phillips and Monroe as Republicans prepare Thursday caucus. The meeting, though called to accept resignations, centers on party stance toward the Hoover administration, 1924 campaign prospects, and farmer distress amid drought shaping national strategy.
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Ebner McCright
Washington
UPI
Drouth
Phillips
Monroe
Republican Party
Chainan Claudius H. Hustan
Hoover
Troover
Maly
Glacier National Park
BePut on Star Harvest Time in Be Put on Star
Mrs. Jay Whitman of DeQueen died in a DeQueen hospital after a short illness. Her remains were brought to Belton, where funeral services were held at the Belton church. She leaves a husband, three daughters, her father F. S. Leslie, four sisters Mattie Maggie Ruby Mary, two brothers Sammy and James Henry, and a step-mother. Interment was in Merrill Cemetery near Belton.
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Jay Whitman
DeQueen
Beltons
Belton Church
Whitman
F. S. Leslie
Belton
Mattie
Maggie
Ruby
Mary
Sammy
James Henry
Merrill
Melon Festival Pageant Delights Fairgoers with Colorful Story
The fifth annual melon festival featured a production titled Afternoon Dress Reverses for Happy With Days. A hundred participants formed a vibrant pageant at the fairgrounds, opened by director Mrs. Neil Bush of Prescott, and guided by W. P. Harman as master of ceremonies. The show blended song, dance, and a living melon stage centerpiece with vines and a giant artificial watermelon. The cast includes numerous Melons and Vines, Hearts, Aunt Abbsy, and Uncle Seedy roles, with extensive local talent in lead and support parts.
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Neil- Bush
Prescott
W. P. Harman
W. Alexander
Matt Press
Frank Hicks
Tribute Is Paid To Little Rock Flier
Lieutenant Lee Gehlbach is welcomed home in Little Rock after winning the all American Air Derby in Detroit. Crowds cheered as he rode in an open car past business streets, with confetti and ticker tape. The Chamber of Commerce presented a $500 award at a luncheon following the parade and reception.
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Little Rock
Aug
Lee Gehlbach
Detroit
Gehrbach
Sirmans
Voellenek
Commancaire Corporation
Gehlbach
Chamber of Commerce
County 4-H Demonstration Staff Arrive With Large Groups
Miss Vera Gore arrives as Benton County assistant home demonstration agent while Virgil Highfill aids Faulkner county. 22 4-H members and 26 adults accompany him. Helen Morgan brings 18 4-H girls from Monroe County to Fayetteville. Aubrey Gates leads farm folks from White and Jackson Counties. Grover Kincaid from Hempstead County arrives with strong turnout. Mary Yates arrives with White County crowd. C. W. Bedell Madison County agent arrives early with sizable delegation. first agent there in two years. Nearby reports note 83 percent of Wisconsin farmers own their farms and Turkish tobacco being grown near Leamington, Ontario.
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Vera Gore
Benton County
Virgil Highfill
Faulkner
W. L. Hall
Helen Morgan
Monroe County
Fayetteville
Brinkley
Aubrey Gates
White
Jackson Counties
Grover Kincaid
Hope
Hempstead
Mary Yates
White County
C. W. Bedell
Madison County
Bedell
Wisconsin
Texan Held For Death of Man in Dice Game
In Council Bluffs Iowa Aug 6 AB report says Fred B Slinny 40 faced a charge of first degree murder after stabbing Roy Gaines during an argument over a dice game at a construction site Shumons told police that Slinny struck Gaines in self defense as Gaines reached for a weapon The grand jury was bound over to face the charge after waiving a preliminary hearing
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Fred B. Slinny
Greenville
Shumons
Roy Gaines
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