State Politicians Close Campaigns in Speeches Tonight
Governor Harvey Parnell and Brooks Hays wrap up their campaigns with speeches in Little Rock and North Little Rock as the three month race ends. Judge Sheffield bows out at Batesville with Thornberry Gray nearby, while Senator Joe Robinson concludes with a radio address from Little Rock.
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Harvey Parnell
Brooks Hays
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Joh C. Sheffield
Batesville
Thornberry Gray
Joe ‘. Robinson
Some Relief Seen For Extreme Heat
Weather reports indicate cooler conditions may arrive across parts of the state after days of heat. Showers are expected to reduce temperatures, with more rain forecast in Minnesota, Kansas, and sections of Kentucky. President Hoover returned to the White House after a weekend at his summer camp as government updates on drought relief follow.
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Little Rock
Ai SL
Arhee
Washington
Avan
Minnesota
Kasayte
Hoover
White House
Tod
U.S. Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Mont
Corsicana Auto Crash Fatal to Texarkana Girl
Corsicana August 441 Mary Griffin twenty four and Nell Chilton twenty eight were fatally injured Saturday night when two automobiles collided at a street intersection. Both young women died Sunday at a hospital Ollie Prince and A. Elkins. Other occupants of the car were badly bruised. the other car’s occupants escaped with minor injuries. Miss Griffin was daughter of Mr and Mrs M C Griffin of Texarkana and Miss Chilton daughter of Mr and Mrs Bhike Chilton of Luling.
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Corsicana
Aug
Mary Griffin
Nell Chilton
Ollie Prince
A. 2
Elkins
Miss Griffin
M. C. Griffin
Texarkana
Miss Chilton
Bhike Chilton
Luling
Texas cattleman dies in local hospital
Galveston August 3. Ann Jackson Long prominent retired capitalist and cattleman of Burt Worth died at a hotel here. Surviving are widow and Lawrence Long of Fort Worth and four grandchildren.
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Galveston
Aug
Ann Jackson Long
Burt Worth
Sun- 3
Wodow
Lawrence Long
Fort Worth
Bodies of Missing Couple Found in Mass Woodlot
Bodies of William Stefanovics and his wife, missing since May, were found in a shallow grave in a woodlot near their farm in Stow Massachusetts. Detectives said it appeared to be a double murder as a bloodstained hat marked the male victim and a shoe heel showed above ground. Disinterment occurred with Assistant Middlesex County District Attorney Warren L. Bishop present.
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Stow
Mass
Aug. U
William Stefanovics
Baward P O O'Neill
Assistan
Attormany Warren L
Middlesex County
Stefanovic
Stefanovics
Stefanosky
Stefanoviex
Inni Gene
Nine Year Old Admits He Started Fires in Town
Olen Duncan of Ang treks reports a nine year old boy admitted starting six fires, damaging one blaze estimated at 75 dollars. He set fires in a lumber yard behind a Main Street business, and at three trash piles. Authorities arrested him Saturday night. the boy said he wanted to see a fire and enjoyed jail.
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Runcan
Olen. Ang
Trek Sdores
Taylor
Gehin
Eldures
Sfitanies
Lawton
Comanche
Marlow
Tia
Long Bell Lumber Company
Foner Main Street
Whiav
Tourists Bury Baby in This City Sunday
Frank Power eight month old son of Mr and Mrs C E Power died at a local tourist camp near here early Sunday after illness. Funeral services and burial were held in this city Sunday afternoon. The Power family were en route to Cambridge Massachusetts after spending two years in California.
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Frank Power
C. E. Power
Here
Power
Cambridge
Mess
California
Little Rock Woman Offers Fliers Aid
Mrs. Clare Hill of North Little Rock offers 500 to Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, saying she is not interested in aviation but wants to help after learning one Miers would have to sell his car to continue. Her husband recently died in North Little Rock.
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North Little Rock
Aug
Clare Hill
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brine
Melon Seed Inquiries Pour In After Giant 152-Pound Watermelon
Secretary of Commerce secretary Miss Iva Hipp receives daily mail about seed inquiries after a Hope watermelon weighing 152 1 2 pounds was pictured in NBA service papers circulated worldwide. Letters come from Santa Ana California Waycross Georgia Redlands California and many others including Los Angeles and Dallas with one from Tiens Tsing China.
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Iva Hipp
Secretary of Commerce
NBA
Servier
Miss Hipp
Santa Ana
Cals
Waycross
Redlands
Cal
High Point
N.C
Los Angeles
Bloomington
Grand — Rapids
Mich
Grapeland
Tex
Ashford
Ala
Dallas
Florence
Boston
Wai Man
N. Cy Marshall
Palestine
Ark
Stiglet
Okdu
Tiens Tsing
China
Abuwi Watermnel
NEA
Three Wounded In Fight With Pistols
Forrest Cry August 1 three men were wounded, two seriously, in a gun battle when Constable John C. Crawford and Will Blick attempted to arrest a intoxicated man. Blick fired first, and a deputy constable joined in. Billig Litell, 21, was only slightly injured. Crawford and Blick are hospitalized in Memphis with uncertain recovery.
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Forrest Cry
Seriguely
John C. Crawford
Will Blick
Bayist Hospital
Memphis
Memphis Phrysivinis
Crawford
Black
Philadelphia Air Line To Atlantic City In Service
Philadelphia officials announce scheduled air service between Philadelphia and Atlantic City, six passenger monoplane flights four times daily. Fare set near rail rates with door-to-door pickup in Central Philadelphia. The trip takes about one hour and ten minutes, with 40 seconds airborne, and the one-way distance is 35 miles. Odette Myrtik is quoted on perception of modern life.
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Philadelphia
Aug
U—Iup
Atlantic City
Ludington-Philadelphia Flying Service
Detroit Good Friday Business Closures Seen As Inconvenience
Detroit notices announce three hour closure on Good Friday for churches and shops to allow prayer and services. The move disrupts trade and transport as workers seek religious observance during the Lenten season.
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Detroit
Avis MU
United Suites
HWS
Five Die Two Injured In Morning Park Blaze
In Johnson City Tennessee, Aug 11, five persons died and two were seriously injured when a six room frame building in Cox's Lake amusement park burned early morning. Victims include Mrs Hugh Les Witt and two Witt children Hugh Lee and Mary, plus Iva Witt and Roger, park employee. Charles Witt owner of park concessions and father of Hugh Witt 50 and 26, who ran fireworks, are hospitalized. Investigators probe if fireworks stored in the building caused the fire. The blaze trapped victims in their beds before daybreak.
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Charles W.witt
Charles Witt
Cox's Lake
Hugh
E L Chambless Is Buried at Emmet
Funeral services for Edward L Chambless of Emmet were held Monday at 9 am. He died Sunday in Missouri Pacific hospital Little Rock after weeks of treatment. Interment was in Emmet cemetery. Survived by a wife two children Mrs Parks Fisher Hope and Edward L Chambless Jr Emmet a sister Mrs J T Davis Gordon three half sisters and five half brothers all of Emmet Hope and Los Angeles included in the survivors.
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Edward L. Chambless
Emmet
Mr. Chambless
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Little Rock
Railroad
Owit
Parks Fisher
Hope
Edward L., Jr
J. T. Davis
Gordon
J. , Jones
Kate Chambless
Anne
Walker, Tibb
Louis
Ansel
Cooper
Los Angeles
Plan Parleys on Airline Transport
Washington August 11 AP reports eight regional conferences to study orderly development of automobile and airplane transport. National Chamber of Commerce will host meetings next autumn to align member organizations on national and regional traffic issues. Conferences planned for Atlanta Dallas Portland and other northern south western centers with dates in early December.
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Washington
National Chamber of Commerce
Wis
South
Atlanta
Dallas
Portland
Oregon
Middle Westnand
Kennet Man Killed By Auto on Highway
SENNETY Mu Aug Jotn Ed wards aged 7 injuries fatal this morning when struck by an automobile driven by Loouis Rives near Bobie Jan's stove. A five year old child was in arms and survived with minor injuries as the man stepped into the path of the car. coroner not yet finished. witnesses call it unavoidable.
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Kennet
Sennety
Rewards
Anises
Election Night Party ties state and county returns to Second Street
The Star and The Associated Press join forces for a citywide election night event in front of Justice Bright's office on Second Street. County and state returns will be flashed on a projector screen and posted on boards as Hope receives simultaneous Little Rock reports via a full leased wire. Extra editions will be published around midnight and again in the early morning for rural Hempstead and surrounding counties.
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Star
South Main Street
County
Justice Bright
Second Street
Associated Press
Hope
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Camden
Conway
n'Hope
The
Hempstead
Nevada
LaFayette
Howard
Ho Springs
KTHS
Hot Springs
Lion Oil Buys Home Oil in Hope Arkansas
Lion Oil Refining company of El Dorado announces the purchase of Home Oil company with bulk storage tanks and two Hope service stations. S. L. Murphy remains local manager as the Lion paints stations in black white and orange. Lion Oil Sales of Little Rock handles Arkansas wholesale and retail sales with A Frank Reed as secretary and manager. Colonel T. H. Barton heads Lion Oil, a major Arkansas refinery expanding statewide oil distribution.
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Home Oil Company
Lion Oil Refining Company
el Dorado
Lion
S. L. Murphy and Associates
Murphy
Lion Oil Sales Company
Little Rock
Lion Refining Company
Arkanasas
A. Frank Reed
Lion Oil Sales
Lion Petroleum
Arkansas
South Arkansas
Southwest
Col
T. H. Barton
Arkansawver
Marton
Old Natural Gas & Fuel Corp
Cities Service Company
Mass meeting in FINE BLUFF on pellagra and typhoid plan
More than 200 pellagra cases reported and typhoid fever spreading rapidly in Jefferson county. A rural mass meeting at the courthouse planned 12 vaccination stations and two day inoculations. County Judge R H Williams and health officer Dr George A Hays led the action. The group asked the American Red Cross for yeast to aid curing and preventing pellagra.
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Fine Bluff
Jefferson County
R. H. Willams
George A. Hays
American Red Cross
Tefferson County
Page
Hayy
Melon Pageant at Saenger Thursday
The Watermelon Pageant, moved from Tuesday to Thursday at the Publix Saenger theatre, will have all cast and committees ready for a final indoor presentation. Director Mrs Nell Bush McPheeters said rehearsals begin at 8:30 am Thursday with the 10 singing cast members and detailed costumes.
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Publix-Saenger Theatre
Saenger
Nell Bush McPheeters
Proscott
Saenger Theatre
Plane Drops Bombs Over Mining Town
Providence Kentucky reports an orange colored monoplane drops nine bombs over the coal mining area during labor troubles. No injuries or property damage recorded as bombs failed to explode. aircraft carried two people and approached from Illinois, dropping near Clay City before Providence.
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Providence
Here
Illinois
Clay City
Egyptian Ruler Receives French Library for Education
Paris Aug 11 UPI reports the Society of French Authors funds a French library for King Fuad to aid his heir’s education. Books published thereafter will be furnished to the Egyptian legation. French has long been a second language in Egypt shaping cultural ties since Napoleon's era.
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Paris
UPI
Egypt
Society of French Education
Society of French Authors
Fuad
Napoleon
County Superintendent Mails Annual Reports
Hempstead county schools show annual condition, expenditures, and distict balances in the report sent by County Superintendent E. E. Austin to the State Department of Education in Little Rock. The document outlines school status and financial details for each district.
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E. E. Austin
State Department of Education
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Candidates Race Promises Keen Interest in Big Vote
Voters prepare for Tuesday primaries across Arkansas with about 250000 statewide and 3800 in Hempstead County. Campaigns run nationwide as gubernatorial contenders conclude tours, rallies in Little Rock and Hope, and county officers seek support amid signs of unusual voter engagement.
Endurance Flight Near World Record in St Louis
Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine push to beat the world endurance record as they hover around 504 hours in their plane above Lambert Field. Weather and fatigue challenge the pilots as rain and cold test their limits while the record of 554 hours remains within reach if they stay airborne through Wednesday.
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St, Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O'Brine
Hunter Brothers
Sparta
Minais
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Jackyson
Officer Killed Following Raid
Vicksburg Mississippi August 11 Deputy Sheriff Clarence Lanier died from buckshot wounds after a liquor raid. F M Packer and Pron Lee were jailed on murder charges after Sheriff J W Tucker found the scene of the shooting tense. Lanier had remonstrated with youths near a log store four miles east of Vicksburg and had served as deputy sheriff for 19 years.
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Vicksburg
Miss
F.m.packer
Lee
Clarence Lanier
J. W. Tucker
Tucker
Lanier
Warren Vaunty
Bud
Yepte
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Iva “Hipp
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Lion Refinery
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S. L. Murphy
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