Japanese Assert Fleeing Enemy Is Tearing Up Rails
Reported Sino-Japanese clash near Nankow Pass left Chinese troops fleeing northward, tearing up sections of the Peiping Suiyuan railway to hinder pursuit. Japanese naval forces choked Shanghai’s Whangpoo River with ships and massed sailors around the Yangtze, while unconfirmed reports mentioned two aircraft carriers near Wonsung forts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Wall of China
Nankow Pass
China
Nankow City
Peiping-Suiyuan
Nankow
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Wonsung
Whangpoo
Y Angie
Tientsin
Peiping
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Great Wall Pass
Nimkaw
Strong US ties bind China and Japan leaders in perilous era
As China and Japan hover near war, Chiang Kai-shek's wife is American educated at Wellesley with many U.S. ties, while Japan's Prime Minister Konoye's son studied at Lawrenceville and Princeton, joining the golf team. Both leaders were groomed as proteges of earlier statesmen Sun Yat Sen and Prince Saionji.
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NEA
China
Japan
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Wellesley
Fumimaro Konoye
Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
Princeton
Drake
Sun Yat Sen
George Washington
Konoye
Prince Saionji
Konoye of Japan Inherites Duty of Leadership
Fumimaro Konoye, at 45 the youngest major premier, prepares to lead Japan amid internal strife with civil and military factions. Born into a noble line, he has wide international exposure and radio appeal, including a 1930s goodwill mission to the United States. The article notes his height, health, and stern wife, plus leadership challenges ahead.
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NEA
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Fujimura
Konoye
Kyota Imperial University
Saionji
Genro
Chiyaka
Takanori Mori
U.S
House of Peers
United States
Jumilika
Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
Kunoye
United Sates
Uce
Kenaye
China
Jiune
Konage
Inen
International Cultural Relations Society
Chiang Kai-Shek and the Rise of China's Strongman
Chiang Kai-Shek emerges as China’s president and de facto dictator, with a long path from a middle class upbringing near Shanghai, through military and academic training in Japan, to leadership of the Kuomintang. He allied with Sun Yat Sen, led the Whampoa Army, navigated Russian ties, fought Communists, and built defense against Japan while marrying Mei-Ling Soong, a Western-educated link to modern culture.
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NEA
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Sinc
Shanghai
Pavting Military Academy
Japan
Tokio
Ching
Sun Yat Sen
George Washington
Prio
Nanking
Issavuiatog
Mancharia
Wesern
Mei-Ling Soong
Wellesley
Miss Soong
Chi
Chaing
12 Cent Loan on Cotton Proposed with Control
Senator Byrnes proposed to President Roosevelt a 12 cent price guarantee for farmers who cooperate with crop control measures in the next session. The Senate Agriculture Subcommittee approved a mandatory 10 cent loan for the current cotton crop. The House ended the court controversy by approving the lower court procedure bill and sending it to the White House. A quorum call drew 387 of 432 members to the floor. President Roosevelt’s recommendations on the Supreme Court were deleted from the measure.
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Washington
Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
House
White House
Representative Fish
New York
Supreme Court
Wage-Hour Bill Action Delayed in House Rules Committee
Chairman O'Connor of the House rules committee postponed Wednesday's meeting to consider granting right of wage and hour bill passage. No reason given. O'Connor, a New York Democrat, was challenged by House Parliamentarian Louis Desehler amid signals of procedural dispute.
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Washington
O'Connor
New York
72 More Put to Death by Russia
Moscow dispatch reports 72 alleged Far Eastern railroad wreckers executed for conspiring with the Japanese Secret Service. The total executions in this eastern campaign rise to 320 as officials continue the drive against spies and saboteurs amid wartime pressure.
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Russia
Moscow
Irk
East Siberia
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Proper Table Etiquette
A 1987 NEA Service etiquette quiz tests manners at the table. Questions cover finger habits, cost discussion, punctuation of utensils, candle use, and appropriate silverware placement. The provided answer key indicates mainly conventional rules: avoid pinky raised drinking, discuss no prices, no payer lailirs on plates, candles not common in formal settings, sherbet with a spoon, and utensil placement balances.
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NEA
Breakfast Launches Hope Chamber of Commerce Drive
The Hope Chamber of Commerce will launch its membership drive with a 4 a.m. breakfast at Hotel Barlow. B C Kaufman, president, said over 50 business and professional men have been invited. more attendees may join by calling 940. E F McFaddin will MC and outline chamber objectives. Kaufman and secretary Lilly will speak. several committees will be formed to run the drive over one or two days.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Barlow
B. C. Kaufman
Hope
Kaufman
E. F. McFaddin
Dr Wilson Begins Korea Return Trip
Dr. R M Wilson of Columbus will deliver a radio address on the treatment of leprosy at 1 15 p m on KRLD Dallas then sail August 21 from San Francisco aboard Taiyo Maru for Korea. He plans a seven year continuation of leprosy work in a colony there after thirty years in the field. He will be joined by Mrs Wilson and one of their sons.
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R. M. Wilson
Columbus
KRLD
Dallas
Wilson
Korea
Debate Rail Rate Change on Cotton in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK testimony before the Arkansas Corporation Commission discussed reducing intrastate rail rates for uncompressed cotton. Shippers and brokers argued that rate cuts benefit buyers and processors by lowering shipping costs, while producers see little price impact. The commission planned to review the testimony as hearings continued.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Corporation Commission
Ouachita Valley Association
Camden Chamber of Commerce
el Dorado Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
J D Trimble Repaid for Erroneous Taxes in Hope
The State Claims Commission reimbursed J D Trimble of Hope with 57.68 as the state portion of taxes paid last year. Trimble, formerly of this county, now lives in El Dorado, and his claim related to tax sale lands he purchased in the county.
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Little Rock
State Claims Commission
J. D. ‘Trimble
Hope
el Dorado
Hammond Named Legion Chaplain At Arkansas Convention
At Hot Springs Arkansas the American Legion elected Rev. Vernon A. Hammond pastor of First Christian church Hope as department chaplain at its annual convention. Wilfred Whitworth and Essie Davidson wed in a landmark ceremony witnessed by a large crowd beneath a magnolia at the Eastman Hotel lawn marking the 19th annual Legion and State Auxiliary gathering.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Wilfred Whitworth
Essie Davidson
Harrison
W. Butlivan
Monticetto
Arkansas Department
American Legion
Avany
Doughboys
State Auxiliary
Eastman Hotel
Avalto
Chiropractors Move From Gurdon to Hope
Drs Virginia Crow and a partner move from Gurdon to Hope to establish a chiropractic practice at 103 West Division Street. Both graduates of Texas Chiropractic College in 1926, with Dr F. G. Craw noted as the youngest Texas practicing physician then. They have two sons, and the elder son plans to join the Hope business community.
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Virginia Crow
Gurdon
Hope
West Division Street
Texas Chiropracte College
F. G. Craw
Texas
Hope Buys Owl
Black man held after public safety incident in Prescott
Sheriff Bright jailed a Black man identified as Richard Wilson in connection with wounding Deputy Sheriff John Pruitt at a Banff City home. Wilson denies involvement as deputies pursue two brothers, Joe and Willie Wilson, described as part of a posse search in nearby woods.
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Prescott
Ark
Brad Bright
Richard Wilson
John Pruitt
Wilson
Banff City
Richard
Pruitt
Joe
Willie Wilson
Bluff City
County Leads in Canning Fruits in Hempstead County
Hempstead County leads the state in quarts of fruits and vegetables canned per family. Supervisor Mrs G B Tronnett notes 7,000 families on the program with 9,1 in a July report. Total canned by July shows 149,261 quarts and 16 quarts per family with a county goal of 105,000 quarts for the year. Hodnett expects reaching it as August 1 figures show 49,281 quarts already canned and more to come.
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G. B. Tronnett
Resettlement Administration
Hempstead County
bin Dis Wiet
Mary Nichols Enlue
Ruffin White
Tuesday Official Records 102 Degree Heat Across Arkansas
Tuesday brought a new summer heat record as the official thermometer reached 102 degrees at the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station. Conway topped the state at 102, with Pine Bluff Prescott and DeQueen at 104, Nashville and Texarkana at 102, and Arkadelphia reporting 103 to 110 in unofficial readings. Thunder showers threatened western Arkansas Wednesday with cooling hopes as other regions faced continued heat.
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Experiment Station
la. m
Conway
Pine Bluff
Prescott
DeQueen
Nashville
Texarkana
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Duggar's to Add Ladies' Clothing at West Second
Duggar's Shoe Store on West Second Street will be remodeled to add a ladies ready-to-wear department. Work, supervised by A. H. Duggar of El Dorado and Leo Tauer, began and should finish within two weeks with the store remaining open. Mrs Leo Taner will head the new department after completion. Mrs M Rollow has returned from New York with fall merchandise.
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Duggar
New York
Four Big Melons Sent to Hospital
Four watermelons weighing 250 pounds are shipped to tubercular patients at Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital in San Antonio Texas by the local W Q W lodge. Clerk John W Hideditt notes publicity near Hempstead county melons and newspaper clippings from Mr Ridgs Ail.
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Tom Watson
Hope
Woodmen of the World Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Texas
W. Q. W. Lodge
John W. Hideditt
Lodge
Hempstead County
Ridgs
Roof Fire Causes Minor Damage at Local Home
A roof fire at Fourth and Wahyut streets caused small damage shortly after 12 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Hope Fire Department reported limited impact as occupants’ names could not be obtained.
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Fourth
Wahyut
Hope
Cotton closes steady as price slips in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton market opened Wednesday at 10.87 and closed at 10.34 with stable undertone. The weekly report shows a middling grade around 1046, reflecting a steady to softer price trend amid modest demand.
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New Orleans
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