Bruce Catton on Wilmington as a northern port lens
Bruce Catton, NEA Washington columnist, visits Wilmington Delaware to explore the eastern waterfront between Philadelphia and Baltimore. He notes the city sits amid the busy docks, crates, and storage yards that color national debates around the New Deal and its impact on local business interests.
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Lion Wells Shut Down Amid Police Injunction Bid
EL DORADO Ark Six Arkansas State Police shut down 42 Lion Refining wells under order of Gray Albright and the Oil and Gas Commission. The Lion Refining Co filed suit in chancery court seeking a restraining order against further padlocking and enforcement actions. The company alleges lack of legal authority and claims damage exceeding $10,000 from the shutdown.
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Chancery Court
Cobb Extends Record Speed To 353 Miles Per Hour
Cobb pushed his record to 353 mph in a measured mile run at Booneville Salt Flats. He surpassed his prior mark of 302 mph set last September, nearing the course record held by Captain Googe.
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Booneville Salt Flats
Deolin Cobb
Googe Bustons
Du Ponts and Modern Magic in Industry
The article surveys the Du Pont company’s influence from headquarters in Wilmington to a vast new textile factory. It highlights breakthroughs in synthetic fibers, strengthening plastics, and new rubber substitutes, detailing products from sheer hose to razor materials and safer glass. It notes annual research spending around seven million dollars and a vast lab complex driving industrial innovation.
Louisiana Graft Worst Ever Highlights in Leche Weiss Case
In Dallas a federal prosecutor described graft involving former Louisiana Governor Leche and official Seymour Weiss as among the worst. The hearing focused on Freeman Burford and removal to Louisiana amid ongoing federal actions over political corruption tied to monetized appointments.
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Cranium Crackers Geography Quiz Prompts State Riddles
The page presents a geography quiz called Cranium Crackers with questions about US states. Questions ask which four states have repeated letters, three four-letter states, three states with no natural boundaries, four state capitals starting with A, and the ten states touched by the Mississippi River.
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Britain Rejects Japanese Demands
Britain rejected Japanese demands to include questions in the talks now underway in Tokyo over the Tientsin dispute. Japanese officials were told any such discussions must be referred to all signatories of the Nine Power Treaty and related agreements.
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Beilay
District Softball Tournament Rescheduled for Friday Games
Southwestern Arkansas district softball tournament resumes at 7 30 p m Friday at Fair Park with three games. Prescott teams Murray Auto Service and 282 Service Station open the second session. Bast Funeral Home of Texarkana meets Nashville in the second game as two of six entries face elimination. Bruner Ivory of Hope advances to finals after a double win Wednesday. Finals Saturday determine teams advancing to El Dorado tournament.
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Garland Building Sold to O Neal in Private Offer
The former Garland high school site, deeded by the Courthouse Commission to Hempstead county for the PWA funded courthouse construction, was sold to N P O Neal of Hope for 850. Earlier bids from Claude Lauderbach and O Neal were rejected. a private sale then set 850 for tearing down the building and filling the foundation with earth. Commission members listed include R M LaGrone Sr, Lloyd Spencer, H M Stephens, County Judge Frank Rider.
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H. M. Stephens
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Squalus Is Towed Closer to Beach
PORTSMOUTH New Hampshire the Squalus neared the end of a remarkable salvage operation after being raised twice and towed from the 240 foot depth it sank May 23 The second blow and tow left the submarine grounded in 90 feet of water about four miles off shore raising hopes that the 26 crew members remains might be recovered within about two weeks A line connecting the bow and salvage flagship Falcon snapped but a hawser kept the Falcon steady as the work continued toward bringing the Squalus to safety Continued on Page Four.
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Mrs A L Roberts Killed as Wind and Lightning Strike Home
A severe wind and storm in Hempstead County caused extensive damage and one death. Mrs. A L Roberts, 50, of DeAnn, was instantly killed when lightning struck wiring in her home and sent a fatal jolt through her body. A daughter and two women in an adjacent room were unharmed. Funeral arrangements were set for Holly Grove at 2 p m Saturday. Mrs Roberts leaves a large family including four daughters and two sons, with survivors across Oklahoma North Carolina and Arkansas. A separate incident saw Garland Barn struck by lightning, destroying a barn and killing several feedstuffs.
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Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home
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Fay Clapp
Oklahoma
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Alvin Willis
North Carolina
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Herbert Roberts
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Bowen Discloses Highway 29 Delay and Chamber Work
R P Bowen secretary of Hope Chamber of Commerce told Rotary about highway designation shifts from Highway 28 to DeQueen and the rejection by the U S Bureau of Public Roads. He noted progress toward No 23 and that No 29 became eligible for aid from Hope to Lewisville and Lewisville to the Louisiana line. A No 29 association formed with several towns to push improvements. He listed chamber activities over 12 years including saving Alton CCC camp, organizing Terre Rouge Soil Conservation district, stabilizing labor, maintaining a relief fund for women and children, organizing watermelon growers, and re establishing the County Fairy.
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Hope
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Shreveport
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Terre Rouge
Cotton Prices Move in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans, October cotton opened Friday at 8.83 and closed around 8.85 to 8.87. The market showed steady activity with prices holding, middling receipts up and steady demand noted as the session closed.
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