Airliner crashes after pole strike. 3 dead
An Eastern Air Lines flight from Chicago to Miami crashed after takeoff in Daytona Beach Florida, striking a power pole and trees. Three crew members and passengers were killed and six injured. The dead are Captain Stuart Dietz Baltimore chief pilot and co pilot Robert Reed plus another pilot.
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Datona Beach
Fila
Eastern Air Lines
Chicago
Miami
Stuart Dietz
Baltimore
Robert Reed
F. Pmilpots
Kingston
Jamaica
Married child exemption upsets Tennessee school rule
Education Commissioner W A Bass said married children are immune from the state law requiring attendance for ages 7 to 11, after Eunice Winstead Johns, 8, who married Charlie Johns, 22, led to a legal age change. Teacher Wade Ferguson had whipped the girl for mischief, prompting a dispute with her husband. Local report notes a separate eye shaft statistic from a health context.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
W. A. Bass
Eunice Winstead Johns
Charlie Johns
Eunice
Sneedville
East Tennessee
Wade Ferguson
Ferguson
Te Seheal
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers in 1937 NEA Service
A question set tests salon etiquette with four scenarios. Answers: 1 wait your turn, 2 do not complain about delays, 3 no to sharing personal affairs, 4 no to faulting the operator for a haircut per customer instructions. The piece discusses a subtle, socially tuned response style for a married caller using a quoted script.
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Grace Main
Pratik Mann
Munn
Kristomer
Yonius
NEA Service, Inc
First Cotton Bale in Nevada County Ginned
Prescott Arkansas report: Nevada county’s first cotton bale of the 1937 crop was ginned near Prescott on the Blevins highway. Grown by David Porter on the Corbet Hale farm two miles west of town, the 605 pound bale was processed by Britt and DeLaughter gin and displayed at the Chamber of Commerce as a prize sponsor. The first bale of 1937 arrived three days later than 1936’s first bale.
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Prescott
Ark
Nevada County
David Porter
Corbet Hale
Blevins
Britt & DeLaughter
Chamber of Commerce
Porter
Buck Childress
W. Sh. Buchanan
Hale
Interior Bill Is Rapped by F D R
President Roosevelt said he signed with reluctance the 132 732 000 Interior Department supply bill providing for reclamation education and related activities He objected to the vocational education fund increase and pledged to spend only what Congress clearly intended and can be properly used
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Congress
American device aids Chinese wool industry and co op plan
The Berea Kentucky inventor of the Churchill loom helped China revive wool production after 1929 silk market collapse. His loom adaptation supported Nan King University and local government, aiding a cooperative partnership between workers and consumers. The center produced about 100 material types, focusing on sweeds serge blanketing overcoating and uniform fabrics. Third busiest crossing in Bay Area traffic shows San Francisco Oakland bridge ranked behind New York Hulland tunnel and Delaware River crossings.
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Nanking
Berea
China
University of Nanking
San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
U.S
Karl Lee Kelly
Public Works
New York
Delaware Tivey Bridge
Philadelphia
Juanita Payne Buried After Sunday Illness
Funeral services for Juanita Payne three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Custer Payne of Hope were held at 4 p m Monday at Nazarene church South Elm Street. Burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery. She died Sunday afternoon in Julia Chester hospital from a ruptured appendix. Survivors include her parents and one sister Audie Lee Payne of Hope.
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Juanita Payne
Custer Payne
Hope
Nazarene Church
South Elm Street
Rose Hill Cemetery
Payne
Julia Chester Hospital
Audie Lee Payne
Daughter of Opera Star Is Athletic
Elise Kullman, daughter of Metropolitan opera star Charles Kullman, is eight and athletic. She learns horseback riding, swims daily in Long Island Sound, digs for oyster shells, and is curious about music. Charles hopes she enjoys music but won’t force a career. Elise already dreams of opera while sharing a sunny, easygoing bond with her father.
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Lydia Gray Shaw
Guilford
Conn
Elise Kullman
Atlas
Metropolitan Opera
Charles Kullman
Kullman
Long Island Sound
Elise
Opers
Carmen
Missouri Pacific Freight Derailment Near Malvern
A southbound Missouri Pacific freight derailed at Traskwood eight miles north of Malvern around 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Several cars left the tracks and damaged Western Union’s Little Rock line and the railroad’s dispatcher service. no injuries were reported. Telegraph lines were cut, forcing The Hope Star to rush an AP brief to press at noon.
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Missouri Pacific
Traskwood
Malvern
Western Union
Little Rock
Hope
Associated Press
Nevada Deputy Wounded in Bluff City Shootout
Prescott Arkansas report states Deputy Sheriff John Pruit, 50, was shot in the right side above the hip with a shotgun while investigating a cattle mortgage dispute near Bluff City. Pruit is in critical condition at a Prescott hospital. Suspect Joe Wilson described as a Negro, searched with Willie and Richard Wilson later.
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Ark
Bluff City
Joe Wilson
John Pruit
Pruit
Prescont Hospital
Pruitt
Wilson
Willie
Richard Wilson
Brac Bright
Auto Horn Repels Pair of Buffaloes
In Clayton New Mexico authorities report buffaloes blocking Colorado and Southern railroad racks. A state policeman spotted buffalo in flesh and sounded alarms. Buffaloes charged cars but were driven back by honking horns. Two locals aided in corralling the herd amid the confusion.
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Clayton
N. M
Colorado and Southern
Ralph Morledge
Latvia Opens Air Route Riga to Liepaja
Latvia launches its first air service between Riga and Liepaja using two de Havilland passenger planes with Gipsy engines of 2a HP. The route marks the start of British built facilities in the country’s fledgling air transport network.
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Riga
Latvia
Liepaja
de Haviland
Arkansas sheriffs gather for annual association meeting
Approximately 30 counties in Arkansas join state representatives and officials at Fair Park for the Arkansas Sheriffs and Collectors Association convention. The day features entertainment, contests for oldest, youngest, most handsome, and ugliest sheriffs, a cracker-eating contest, and an afternoon program with speeches by Lt. Gov. Bob Bailey and others, followed by a fish fry and a movie. Monday tied the season high at 98 degrees as heat continued statewide with records in Little Rock, Conway, Searcy, Fort Smith, Clarksville, and nearby regions.
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Arkansas
Texas
Arkansas Sheriffs and Collectors Association
Fair Park
J. M. Campbell
Forrest City
St. Francis County
C. W. Hickman
Warren
Bradley County
Tatuma. Plant
Search
BySheriff
Jim Bearden
Hempstead County
Jim Geer
Clarksville
Bearden
Association
Bob Bailey
Russellville
John L. Wilson
Hope
D. L. Ford
Ned Stewart
Eighth Judicial District
Bryan Simms
Gray Albright
Camden
Arthur Swanke
Saenger Theater
San Quentin
Little Rock
Conway
Searcy
Fort Smith
Kansas
Oklahoma
Alva
Caldwell
Tulsa
Okla
Cotton Price Drop Pushes Farm Bill Action
President Roosevelt won Senate Agriculture Committee backing to draft general farm legislation within a week after Congress reconvenes. Cotton prices slid as the Government Crop Reporting Board projected 15,593,000 bales. December cotton fell to 10.37 cents a pound. The panel voted to prepare crop legislation for either a special or regular session, to reassure the White House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
New York
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Pope. Demurtat
Idaho
Tle
White House
Hopeite Identified in Arkansas Zinc Fields
State Geologist George C Branner said a Lawrence County ore sample may be hopeite a rare mineral listed as mined in France and North Africa He planned to forward the specimen to Washington for further verification and testing
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Little Rock
George C. Branner
Lawrence County
France
North Africa
Washington
Farm Debt Group to Hold Meet Here
Debt burdened farmers and tenants can consult Hempstead county farm debt adjustment committee when it meets at Hope Thursday August 19 1937. The RA office will host the 10 a m session with free confidential services for eligible debtors and creditors.
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Hempstead County Farm
Hope
E. M. Osborn
Mexico Recalls Invasion of Texas in Summer School Talk
Mexico City vice president or professor Velasquez tells University of Mexico summer students imperialism fueled Texas loss. He says Texan independence was not won by virtue of Houston and Austin, but by competing currents of U S expansion and European expansion, with Alamo and San Jacinto framed as varied battles in the regional struggle.
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Mexico City
United States
University of Mexico
Uncle Sans
Texas
Houston
Austin
Victor Velasquez
Mexico
Europe
Batiles
Alamo
San Jacinto
Velasquez
Edison’s Son Dies at 58 After Six Week Illness
Wilmington Delaware reports the death of William Leslie Edison, 58, son of the late Thomas A. Edison, inventor, who passed away Tuesday after a six week illness.
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Edison
Wilmington
Del
Walliam Leslie Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Membership Drive Begins Thursday Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hope Chamber of Commerce launches a membership drive on Thursday led by president B L Kaufman who urged property owners, businesses, and professionals to join. He said belonging is a privilege and that once the drive ends the board and manager will plan a yearlong program focused on community needs. He urged everyone to contribute and complete the drive quickly.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
B. L. Kaufman
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Kaufman
Aims of Legion Praised by Bailey at Arkansas convention
Governor Bailey addressed the 19th Arkansas Department American Legion convention in Hot Springs praising the Legion as a unique former-soldier body and a pioneer in social security. He hailed its postwar social welfare work and urged continued national defense and social service efforts.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Bailey
Arkansas Department
American Legion
Jerome Thompson
Fayetteville
Arkansas
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Legion
Court wedding after 60 years of wait in Indiana
In Crown Point Indiana George Sands 86 of Placerville California and Ida Stevenson 83 of Capron Illinois sought a remarriage to avoid a three day Illinois law wait. Both had prior marriages and first engagement dated back over six decades. The note mentions Mississippi railways totaling 4075 miles as a tangential fact.
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Crown Point
Ind
Marge
George Sands
Placerville
Calif
Ida Stevenson
Capron
Sands
Chinese Defenders Make Last Stand at Nankow Pass
Chinese defenders of the Great Wall at Nankow Pass 90 miles northwest of Pripin battled Japanese forces as a 5 000 strong detachment pressed toward Cha har and Suiyuan. Reports said a Japanese unit was wiped out and tension rose in Shanghai as 1 000 Japanese sailors arrived.
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Nankow
Associated Press
Great Wall of China
Nankow Pass
Pripin
Charar
Suiyuan
Shanghai
Pass Peiping
China
Great Wall
Here
Chahar Province
Narkow
Hope
Chahar
Kalgan
Hopeh
Ex Congressman Goodwin Dies in Arkansas Home
Warren Ark W S Goodwin 11 former congressman from the Seventh district died at 9 p m Monday at his niece s home after a heart attack Saturday He served 1919 to 1922 on the Foreign Affairs Committee Born Warren May 2 1866 he studied at Moore s Business College Atlanta University of Mississippi and University of Arkansas Admitted to the bar in 1894 He served in Arkansas House 1895 and Senate 1905 7 After leaving Congress he returned to law He married Sue Meek in 1897 and had three children two surviving Margaret and Shields M Goodwin Funeral at 5 pm Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church
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Warren
Ark
W. S. Goodwin
Laurence Hurley
Congress
Committee On
Mr. Goodwin
Thomas ML
Esther Shields Goodwin
Warren School
Moore's Business College
Atlanta
University of Mississippi
University of Arkansas
Arkansas House
Senate
Goodwin
Sue Meek
Margaret Goodwin
Shields M. Goodwin
Little Rock
W. H. Abernathy
Sp. m
Bruce J. Boney
W. F. Rogers
Mexican Bares Brother Signs English Fight Contract
Buddy Beer follows his brother Maxie by signing a contract to fight in England his first international bout. The heavyweight contender faces a world title opportunity and aims to win after a decisive knockout earlier in London.
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Mex Baers
London
Buddy Beer
Maxie
Ls Anuke
Lue
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