Graf Zeppelin Postponed For Weather And Illness
Graf Zeppelin's Tokyo flight is delayed to Thursday morning due to a low pressure system over eastern regions. Sixty crew members will be aboard with one mate, Ludwig Marx, unable to join because of illness, while chief officers consult weather data for feasible routes.
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Fpriedericus Haren
Ang
Wand
Hugo Bekener
Tokyo
Ileound
Stharia
Koenigsburg
Russia
von Schilfer
Santa Fe Wreck Shakes Passengers
A Santa Fe passenger train derailed twenty miles east of Washlog Col. Ade injuring several aboard. Two sleepers overturned and a Pullman carriage sustained major damage. One woman suffered minor injuries and a few others were bruised. investigators blame a track fault for the derailment.
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Ade
Santa Fe
Chicago Hound
German Lands Spirit In American Aviation
A fragmentary article discusses American aviation development and German involvement. It references WUTC and Aras, mentions Amelia and a large donation by Mr. Guggenheim to an aviation foundation, and expresses mixed opinions on air service progress and future prospects.
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WUTC
Merkel
Gusgenheby
Guegenhuins Foundation
Legion Meet To Be Held Tonight At City Mall
The Legion hosts a meeting at City Mall at 7 45 PM to discuss port matters and review receipts and expenditures for the fourth annual Melon Festival and to decide on extending weekly boxing bouts under Lennon. The session will address profiteering claims tied to festival food price increases. Commander Roni urges every member to attend to help set the slate straight.
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Ace
Wegionnaires
City Mall
Iscuss
Roni
Final Plans for Old Folks Day at County Line
Mil preparations are under way for Old Folks Day on August 22 at County Line. The event aims to honor older settlers and serve as a home-coming for residents. Hon. C. A. Chaves of Stape will give the welcome address and Senator J. H. Webb of Odessa will be the principal orator.
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Mil
O County Line
C. A. Chaves
Stape
BK. Webb
Odessa
Texas
Street Car Strike Sparks Chaos in Crescent City Council
Open fighting erupted in Crescent City as union groups petitioned to revoke a city jitney ban. Police fired on the floor, a bystander boy was wounded, and officials including Acting Mayor Wainsley were assaulted before order was restored. Detective Williams helped quell the disturbance as Ida Giefer urged the crowd to disperse.
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New Orleans
Fly Commission Council
Leny
Mob
Commission Council
Wainsley
Labor
Commission
Haban
Hall
Nelson
Fred Wiliams
Ida Giefer
Snook Murder Trial Nears Jury in Columbus Case
In Calumbus, UK, the Snook murder trial nears jury deliberation after prosecutors pressed for the loss of rebuttal testimony. Chief Harry Mrenell testified denying Snook admissions made during preconfession questioning as the defendant disputed alleged throat assault statements.
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Calumbus
Jr. Snook
Hans
Harry Mrenell
Columbus
Snook
Snook Bautokl
Big Owns
Fulton Bridge to Open Over Red River Route in Arkansas
The Fulton bridge near the Texas line will replace the ferry at a dangerous flood point. It will carry trans continental traffic with a high level road and floodproof span. Construction began in 1927 and the state owned structure costs about 760000, with tolls expected to pay out in five to ten years.
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Hope
Ark
Red River
Koon
Arkansas
Fulton
Texas Line
Big Yo-Yo Contest Friday Night at the New Grand
All Right youngsters are invited to a yo-yo contest Friday night at the New Grand. Prizes include a singing yo-yo and other yo-yos. Entry is easy via the office or by calling the Yo-Yo Man. First period is a novelty contest, finals feature skilled yo-yo performances. Adults and children welcome.
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Whipple
People's Gate
Ward and Son
Yoursolf
Grandpa
Boss Watson Melon Draws Big Town Crowd
A prize melon brought by W. Durtle of Hope dazzled observers, touted as the largest Tom Watson melon yet produced. Displayed at a local shop, it reportedly tops the previous year’s champ and rivals the famed 37 and BR fruits in size.
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Tom Watson
Melon
W. Durtle
Hope
Petty
Air Mail Service Gains Speed and Mileage Expanded
Air mail service shows rapid gains with contractors paid per mile flown. A total of 698,? pounds of air mail carried over 115,602 miles, with 4,600 miles of routes added. Contractors earn at least $1 per mile, much of it at night, as mileage grows to 14,? million miles by July 1 this year.
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Cemoitry
USAI
Air Oma
Cotton Picking Machine Demonstration Tonight
In South Arkansas the Cotton Picking Machine will be shown in action by W. Jr. Lindsey at the Fourth South Arkansas Implement Day. The moving pictures will display the recently patented volton picking machine and its work, portraying the long awaited inventor’s achievement for the cotton industry.
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Steple
W. Jr. Lindsey
South Arkansas
Lindsey
Tennessee Guard Protects Slayer in Courtroom
Canterville Toon Aine 03. d) Curly Wright, a Black man, is tried after allegedly forcing two white women into silence at pistol point during a home invasion in June. Spectators were searched as the National Guard maintains order while jury selection proceeds. The defendant faces charges of assault with intent to commit a crime and related acts in a sparsely settled county.
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Canterville
Toon
Curly Wright
Ericy
Wright
Black Eagle Captured Near Here by Local Resident
J. M. Clark of Hast Street captured a six foot five inch beaked black eagle found in a tree nest near Cache saw mill. The bird, rare to the area, was displayed at Clark’s home. The nest held two eaglets but one escaped. The eagle feeds on fish or flesh and only attacks when touched.
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J. M. Clark
Hast
Cache Saw Mill
Former New York Official Is Dead
J A Warren aged 41 former New York City police commissioner died at a private hospital in Greenwhich after a long illness. His resignation last December followed a stormy term marked by the Memorial day riots in Queens and the Rathstein murder case. Mayor Walker praised him as one of the most honest and conscientious men in public life.
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New York
J. A. Warren
New York City
Greenwicich
Walker
Warren
Queens
Arnald Rathstein
First Cotton of 1929 Season Brought In Near Town
The first bale of 1929 cotton was harvested today by F N Pigee a black cotton farmer on the Hope Fertilizer Company farm one mile north of town. The bale weighed 520 pounds was ginned at Cook's Gin and yielded an exceptionally high sample. At press time the staple had not been sold.
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F.N. Pigee
Hope Fertilizer Company
Cook
Spring Hill School Building Going Up
Construction of a new consolidated Spring Hill school began Monday. The $15,000, six room structure includes an auditorium, lavatories and office designed for modern methods. E S Greening will oversee the project with Meadows and Lauderback as contractors, aiming for completion by November 20.
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Spring Hill
Idhat
Greening
Meadows & Lauderback
Hope Contracting
Washington Singing School Closes Friday Night
The Washington singing school conducted for twenty evenings by Horace Kennedy ends Friday night with an entertainment at the First Baptist church open to the public at no charge. Kennedy says there are many good voices and music lovers will not be disappointed. The Washington Quartette will feature in the numbers, and the school has been free of charge with gratifying success.
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Washington
Horace Kennedy
First Baptist Church
Kennedy
Star
Reeita
Washington Quartette
Tariff Chief Issue Looms as Senate Schedule Tightens
Washington August 13 The tariff measure passed by the House in May will demand full Senate attention as it reconvenes Monday to finish the extra session Republicans aim to keep the bill below the surface until voted upon pending a December regular session. The chamber will also consider Hoover nominations to the Federal Farm Board and France’s war debt settlement.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Congress
France
Capitol
Manhunt Ended in Fatal Shootout Near Hope
After a two day manhunt a 50 year old man, Charles Martin, shot his wife Wednesday night in a cafe in Hope, Arkansas. A posse cornered him at Duffie farm two miles east of Hope where he advanced on officers and fired, dying from return fire. He had escaped from the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases and left eight children. Funeral services for Mrs. Martin were held Monday.
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Hunt
Sheriff's Posse
Char Martin
Floray
Duffie Farm
Hope
Martin
State Hospital
J& J
Dorsey McRae
Baker
Arnett
Zimmerly
Bearden
Porter
Lewallen
Portle
Shipp
Duckett
al Colt
Hope Undertaking
J. H. Weaver
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Tennessee Guard
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Utah
Sinaiee Committee
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Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senatus Simmons
North Carolina
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Brookhart
Iowa
War Man's
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Hempstead
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Charles Newha Kent
Claude Hinton
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Prichett
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W. Lingo
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