Watermelon crop outlook trims size estimate this year
Patmos grower O D Middlebrooks predicts melons will top out at 160 to 170 pounds, well below the 195 pound 1935 champion. About 150 carloads have shipped from Hope Washington Patmos with similar outflow by truck, as early Georgian and southern state shipments pressured prices. Harvest is largely complete across the area as growers cope with late season rains.
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O. D. Middlebrooks
Patmos
Middlebrooks
Dick Powell
Hope
Washington
Heapstead County
Georgia
North Carolina
Guardsmen Reach Fort Riley For Army Maneuvers
Company A of the 53rd Regiment Infantry Arkansas National Guard arrived in Fort Riley Kansas after a three day trip from Hope. Commanded by Captain J M Duffie the sixty men will encamp for two weeks as part of annual summer training and participate in the Fourth Army maneuvers at Fort Riley during the encampment.
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53Rd Regiment Infantry
Arkansas National Guard
Fort Riley
Kansas
Hope
J. M. Duffie
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Travel Etiquette
A mixed questions and answers item on proper tipping and travel manners. It covers bellhop tips, government travel rules, passport and visa tips, tipping during flight and European travel, and guest interactions. The piece surveys expected behavior and gives endorsed responses from a published etiquette service.
Copeland Attacks Black as Kluxer in Senate Row
Washington Senator Copeland, a New York Democrat, charged Hugo Black with Klan ties during the Senate debate on Black’s Supreme Court nomination. He urged rejection if Klan sympathy is true and sent the matter to committee if doubt remains. The intra party clash highlighted New York City Democratic tensions ahead of mayoral and primary battles.
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Washington
Copeland
New York
Hugo Black
Senate
Supreme Court
Black
Committee For
New York City
Pammanys
Regal C. Copeland
Preent Roosevelt
Supreme Cork
Copekind
Ku Klux Klan
Noonan
Tanuying Feaders
John PF. Curry
Tammany
Roosevelt
LaGuaridia
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Righmons
Post
Davies A. Bailey
Poayle
LaGuardia
Labollettes
Wisconsin
Mahoney
House Moves for Adjournment Soon
The House adopted a resolution to suspend some rules for the remainder of the session. The next step is passage of the final deficit bill, leaving only the Wagner housing bill among major measures. A possible hitch is some Democrats opposing the wage hour regulation bill and farm tenancy funding being absent from the appropriations panel.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
George Peck Buys Lumber Company
George Peck, manager of the Ozan Graysonia Lumber Company, and Ralph Williams, bookkeeper, announced their purchase of the Tom G Clark Lumber Company, one of the region’s largest. They will take possession soon. Clark’s timber and mills in the county remain unaffected. Peck has led the Ozan Graysonia unit for over two years, Williams has been the firm’s bookkeeper for two years.
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Arkadelphia
Arke H
Mondiay
George Peck
Ozan-Graysonia Lume Ber
Ralph Williams
Tom G. Clark
Wall
Clark
Peek
Ovan-s
Graysonia
Wilelianis
Rebels Batter Santander Capital Defense in Five Directions
Insurgent forces attacked Santander from five directions as General Francisca Pranvo’s legions pressed a looming assault on the city. Early tactical forecasts claimed the capital could fall within a week amid intensified fighting.
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Hendaye
New Dealer Ardent Friend of F D's Court Plan
This survey of Hugo L Black details his Senate entry in 1927, early restraint, stance against the Bonus Army, and evolution into a staunch New Dealer. It notes his opposition to lobbying, defense of government aid and ship subsidies, and push for a 30 hour law, with emphasis on his Alabama roots and key policy shifts.
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New Deal
Black
Senator Black
Senate
Frank Pill
Ald
Alabama
Andrew G. Patterson
Exhl
NRA
Lynch Victim Found in Covington Tennessee
In Covington Tennessee weary searchers found the bullet-ridden body of 35 year old Albert Gooden the first county lynching victim. Six men with masked faces abducted him at gunpoint from Sheriff W J Vaughan as he was moving Gooden from the Memphis jail to Covington for arraignment on a murder charge from Mason July 17. The sheriff said he had little hope of identifying the abductors.
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Covington
Tenn
Tipton County
Albert Gooden
W. J. Vaughan
Memphis
Chester Doyle
Mason, Tenn
Phone Calls Stir Civil Service Body
In Little Rock the State Personnel Division reports that requests for preferential treatment for welfare positions hinder the examination process. Dr. Kenneth O. Warner warns against direct appeals while affirming adherence to merit regulations and promising review within 30 days of final grade release.
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Little Rock
Department of Public Welfare
Kenneth O. Warner
Gussie Haynie
Public Welfare
Warner
Weir
Prescott Grocer and Negro Held on Charge of Arson
Prescott store owner C C Harvey and John Cole a Black Prescott resident were arrested on arson charges after a daytime blaze at Harvey’s store in Prescott. Cole confessed to Prosecutor Ned Stewart claiming Harvey offered $50 for the act and that Cole later set the fire using coal oil. Both await trial at the January term of Nevada circuit court.
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C. C. Harvey
John Cole
Prescott
Nevada
Circuit
Harvey
Cole
Ned Stewart
Hope
Stewart
McRae Js State
Nevada Courthouse
Negro Cole
Brad Bright
Nevada County
Curtis Ward
Horace Hale
Sweeney Copeland
Stewart ‘Fallows
Hope, Ark
Prescott, Ark
Mr. C. C. Harvey
Mr. Harvey
Pfarvey
Dow
Cotton Opens, Closes Low Ink in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans October cotton opened at 10.25 cents per pound and closed at 10.0, with spot cotton finishing steady one point higher. Middling grade noted but trading details sparse amid market activity.
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New Orleans
Marines to Shanghai to Protect Americans in China Crisis
Secretary Hull announced 1200 marines will sail from San Diego to Shanghai to safeguard U S nationals amid the Chinese Japanese emergency. He also said the State Department seeks 4 million dollars from Congress for relief and evacuation costs.
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Washington
Hull
San Diego
Shanghai
Department of State
Congress
14 Sign Call for Thursday Meet
A political advertisement signed by 14 Hope citizens questions voting rights if ballot support for Governor Bailey as U S Senate candidate. It invites a mass meeting on Hope city hall lawn at 8 p m this Thursday August 19 to answer whether citizens will yield to dictation or defend their rights.
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Arkansas
Bailey
U. S. Senate
The
Star
Hope
Hope City Hall
Atkins Publishes Committee Report
The full text of a subcommittee report on how to elect a Democratic nominee for the special election to replace the late Senator Joseph T. Robinson is published elsewhere in today’s Star as a paid advertisement by W. S. Atkins, Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee chairman.
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State Democratic Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Star
W. S. Atkins
Atkins
Hempstead County
Democratic Central Committee
First Paralysis Case Reported In Ozan
Dr. W F Robins reports an infantile paralysis case in Ozan involving a six year old girl visiting the G S Smith farm. The child arrived ill, with throat muscles affected but not expected to seriously endanger her. He notes low risk for exposed persons and urges precautions while whooping cough remains in the community.
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Ozan
W. F. Robins
Smith
G. S. Smith
Robins
Loe Heads Local Insurance Group Formed in Hope Area
The Hope Life Insurance Club was organized Monday night at a meeting of life insurance agents in Hope and Hempstead counties. J M Loe was elected president, Wayne H England vice president, and John B Greene secretary treasurer. The group aims to retire the profession and will meet monthly at an as yet announced location. Bodcaw residents are invited to attend prayer meetings and singing each Saturday night at 7:30.
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Hope Life Insurance Club
Hope
Hempstead
Wayne H. England
J. M
Maui) Loe
John 8. Greene
Wal
Bodcaw
Fincher
Bodcaw No
Japan seeks extraordinary session to mobilize war economy
Tokyo cabinet moves to convene September 3 by decree to place Japan’s economy on a war footing, authorize appropriations, and enact measures for conducting the undeclared war on China. Shanghai endures renewed shelling as tens of thousands clash with Chinese forces along the Whangpoo river. Casualties unseen. civilians flee as fires rage and fear spreads.
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Japan
China
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
International Settlement
Prsident McKinley
McKinley
China Sea
Ching Sea
Tokio
Kobe
Inkind Sea
Tungchow
Japanse
East Hopeh
Peiping
Manchoukuo
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District of Columbia
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