Gas bill scam shows mail theft networks
A courteous young man posing as a Cas Company rep forged a neighbor’s check after taking a gas bill from a mailbox. He arranged fake delivery of bills to trick victims into paying, then cashed the check. Mrs Allen realizes the scam involved forging her name and stealing from mailboxes, highlighting risks of accessible mail drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Allen
Anin
Cas
Sa.Bz
Mrs. Allen
Pond
Jin
Toe Marek
Surg
Roger
Int
Willy
Roosevelt Third Term Rumors Stir Washington Debate
Washington correspondents report intense speculation over a potential third Roosevelt term. Roosevelts inner circle and New Dealers weigh strategies to keep the idea alive while Republicans and anti Roosevelt Democrats push toward opposition. Barkley’s weakness cited as a factor in Roosevelt’s calculations as Hopkins and Jackson figures loom in the NY scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Purch
Washington
Roosevelt
Louis Howe
F. D. Ros
Nyijer
Noather New Daxian
Priddally
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Democratic
Barkley
White House
Bappy
Pee Minty
Robert H. Daelkson
New York
Jay
Jackson
Jenkson
Hopkins
WPA
Harry Hopkin
New York State
New Deal
John DB. Roansevell
Father Sngles
Cemetery Working at Macedonia Cemetery Cleanup
Macedonia cemetery workers plan a cleaning next Wednesday August 17. Those interested are urged to report with tools for the work despite limited notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia
Marines Capture 3 Jap Soldiers in Shanghai Clash
In Shanghai's International Settlement during widespread disorders, three Japanese soldiers were captured by U S Marines. Gunnery Sergeant Milton Marvin of San Diego led the engagement, stopping a Japanese armed car and forcing the trio to surrender before being escorted to a local police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
United 8 Marines
Tee International Settement
International
Japan
Gente China
Milton
Marvin
San Diego
Cal
Army
Ir Navy
Seuttlemont
Writers Locate First Negro Town in Florida
Investigators with the Federal Writers' Project of Florida report Watonville in Orange County has altered its claim of being the first incorporated town of its kind in the United States.
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Watonville
Fla
Federal Writers’ Project of Florida
Orange County
Cotton opens in New Orleans with steady spot market
New Orleans October cotton opened at 6.29 and traded to 6.24 25, with spot cotton closing quiet and unchanged. Middling price reported at 8.30.
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New Orleans
Upi
Cotton
Spotcoten
County Farm Meeting Series Opens Tuesday County Agent Announces Schedule
County meetings begin Tuesday August 16 across Hempstead County. Clifford L. Smith and L J Rogers urge all farmers to attend as topics include rural electrification, winter cover crops and Hairy Vetch cooperative buying, and the proposed Soil Conservation District to be discussed at a Hope Experiment Station meeting August 26. A Hempstead County Fair will run September 20 to 24 at the Hope fairgrounds.
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Clifford L. Smith
L. J. Rogers
Heapstead
Hempstead
Hope
Experiment Station
Hempstead County
Hope Fair Ground
Columbus
Fulton
Washington
Ozan
Shower Springs
Bingen
McCaskill
Sweet Home
Guernsey
Blevins
DeAnn
Beards Chapel
Piney Grove
Epring Hill
Coin Disappeared- But Not As Planned
In Rice Lake Wisconsin Bil Brocton performed a wood trick using a loaned half dollar. He placed the coin in his mouth and claimed a vanished vein through hocus pocus. X-rays later showed the coin in his stomach. A separate note mentions a movement to standardize route marking in cities to reduce sign confusion.
Mind Your Manners at the Party Guide
A 1938 NEA Service etiquette piece presents best practices for social events. It explores handling partners, displaying good manners after not winning, arranging seating, saying farewell to host and guest of honor, meeting a long lost friend, and balancing conversation without dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jones
Fannie
NEA Service, Inc
Czechoslovak airliner crash in KEHL kills 11
A Czechoslovak passenger plane crashed at KEHL Germany on Saturday, killing 11 people and seriously injuring one passenger. The accident reduced a daylight air route to tragedy as authorities investigated the cause.
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Kehl
Germany
Forest Festival at Stamps Aug 19th
The Forestry Festival at Stamps will be held Friday August 19, starting at 2 p.m. with a barbecue in cooperation with the Stamps Rotary club. Last year more than 2,000 people enjoyed games and events including wood chopping, sack races, and watermelon eating. Prize contests, fiddlers, moving pictures, and speaking will also be part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamps
Stamps Rotary Club
Senator Minton Attacks Press as Fascist and Liar Claims
Senator Minton denounced the press as “big business” backed by moneyed interests and charged wire services with monopolistic practices. He recalled proposing a bill to criminalize publishing known falsehoods, arguing a lie cannot be a constitutional defense, and criticized publishers for censoring radio.
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Minton
Dem
Ind
Indiana Democrat
American Press Society
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Gensor
Lydag Delilwrutey
Mrs. Hateh Dies at About 70 After Ill Health
Mrs. R. M. Hateh, about 70, died Saturday morning at the home of her son Dolph Hateh seven miles south of Hope on the Lewisville highway after two years of ill health. Funeral services are set for Sunday afternoon at New Hope church with burial in New Hope cemetery. Survived by three sons Joe of Lewisville Dolph Hateh of Evening Shade Alvin Hateh of Spring Hill La two daughters Ruth Hunt of Bastrop La and Mrs Archie Beasley of Patmos La one sister Mrs Will Forinby of Patmos La.
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R. M. Hateh
Dolph Hateh
Hope
Lewisville
New Hope Church
New Hope Cemetery
Joe
Evening Shade
Alvin Hateh
Spring Hill
Not Superstitions But Warnings From Spider Web Prophecy
Ben Lucien Burman reports on folk superstition in remote regions as he writes about spiders dictating doom and signs of misfortune. He recalls McKinley’s assassination foreseen in webs and cautions readers that believing such omens can tempt fate and influence Wall Street bets.
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Ben Lucien Burman
Bursman
McKinley
Hans
Cumberland
McKintey
Mississippi Valley
Wall Street
Official Hempstead County Vote Announced Saturday
The Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee released the complete official vote from Tuesday's Democratic primary on Saturday. The tally confirms Vesey won the state representative nomination by a margin of votes, correcting an earlier miscount in the Blevins box. County results list winners for sheriff, clerk, tax assessor, treasurer, state senator, prosecuting attorney, circuit judge, U S senator, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, land commissioner, supreme court, and congressman, with vote tallies for each candidate.
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Hempstead County
Democratic Central
Star
John P. Vesey
Hugh D. Clark
Vesey
Rogen Weisenberger
Talbot Feild, Jr
Mit Arch
P. Delaney
George D. Brown
J. A. Sullivan, Sr
W. B. Netsoisen
Clarence E. Baker
Reginald Bearden
John W. Griffin
Frank C. Hilt Co
UBF
Andrew (Speedy) Hutson
Gifford Byers
Dewey Hendrix
C. Conk Wo
Frank Rider
Clealt
Ralph Bailey
Por
Clifford Franks
Coveney
J. Weaver
James H. Pilkinton
W. F. Reagan
Mor
C.g.crips Hall
Eh Prather
San
Fort Page
Oscar Humphrey
J. Lester Booker
Gus Fage Ooo
Supreme Court J
Clyde E. Pettit
Congressmuan
Nashville Hold Up Laid to Hamilton and Walters
In Nashville Arkansas two men matching Floyd Hamilton and Ted Walters robbed a soft drink bottling company office, taking about 100 dollars in cash from checks. They held manager Forest Wilson and a customer at gunpoint, then fled in a blue Ford toward the southwest and were later seen near Little Rock.
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Nashville
Ark
Floyd Hamilton
Ted Walters
Forest Wilson
Bradley
Wilson
Wilton
Oklahoma
Little Rock
A Thought To Be Free From Evil Thoughts
A concise aphorism attributed to Aeschylus highlights freedom from evil thoughts as God’s best gift, reflecting classical wisdom on virtue and mental discipline.
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Aeschyhis
Cranium Crackers Puzzle About Named Phrases
A fragment from a puzzle page asks which blocks of words form true statements among names such as Edoware Dalaiier Camille Chautemps Albert Lebrun Pierre Loti and various descriptors. It implies a classified page where answers appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edoware Dalaiier
Camille Chautemps
Albert Lebrun
Pierre Loti
France
Holt Wins Arkansas Supreme Court Nomination
In Arkansas the unofficial and official counts show J Seaborn Holt of Fort Smith defeating Justice W R Donham by about 4 200 votes for the associate justice seat on the state supreme court. Official returns from 66 counties totaled 137 305 for Holt and 133 100 for Denham. Additional counts from seven counties added to Holt's lead. The result follows a tight race with other statewide and district contests also noted.
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Little Rock
J. Seahorn Holt
Fort. Smith
Supreme Court
W. R. Denham
Democratic Central Committees
Denham
Holt
Carroll
Hempstead
Madison
Montgomery
Ouachita
Polk
Sharp
Congress
Claude A. Fuller
Eureka Eprings
Clyde T. Elns
Beitonville
Ellis
Fuller
J. Seaborn Holt
Fort Smith
Arkansas Supreme Court
W. R. Donham
Donham
Eureka Springs
Clyde Ellis
Bentonville
Gathings
Bailey
Driver
Ian Fuller
Hawaii
New York
Sherman
Will J. Irvin
Dermott
Parkins
House
Senate
J. Marion Futrell
Futrell
Don't Worry If Population Drops
Washington reports the national resources committee says fear of rapid US population decline is unfounded. The shift from growth to stationary or decreasing population may benefit national life and preserve a favorable balance with natural resources. It notes 310 chemical industries in Texas with annual output of $74,456,000.
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Washington
National Resources Committee
United States
Uhe
Eee
Chemical and Allied Product Industries
Texas
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Burman
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NEA Service
Lae
Epiders
Hah Price
Grey
Trauble
Hamilton
Hamilton and
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Beaton
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