Planting shrubbery along highway 67 by Hope women groups
Hope women's organizations should plan shrubbery along the east and near approaches of highway No 67 after autumn rains. The Star promoted elm trees last spring. plantings between trees to be done by groups. Replant 85 percent of lost trees. city residents urged to assist. The highway, Broadway of America, draws tourists who should leave with a positive view of Hope.
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Five Arkansas high schools to open new football stadiums
Five Arkansas high schools and Henderson State Teachers College plan major stadium upgrades. The largest project is a $150,000 Little Rock high school stadium at old Kavanaugh Field with two 6,000 seat concrete stands, a total of 10,000, to be used from September. Henderson College near Arkadelphia adds a high profile field with new stands and a 44,000 to 80,000 total cost, hosting Henderson Magnolia A and M later.
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Henderson State Teachers College
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Conway
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Arkadelphia
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Jewelry borrows designs from fish and shells
Paris report notes fashion jewelry using fish motifs and sea life forms. Emunkl green dolphins and sea horses are used for ear lobes and lips while crawfish in jade are paired for belt accents. Starfish shells and wood ornaments appear in whimsical patterns with gold and crystal details across bracelets and clips.
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France
Crysdal
Abilene Tightens Noise Rules Including Trains
Abilene Texas commission extends anti noise drive to railroads asking Texas and Pacific Railroad Co. to keep whistle blows low to avoid disturbing worship services and workers in offices. Del Rio notes 15 girls receive clothing from the actress in Hollywood as she discard them.
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Hollywood
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Hempstead Clears Bangs Disease in Cattle Outreach
Hempstead county cattle owners can clear herds of Bangs disease at no cost. Dr. M H Greer of the US Department of Agriculture arrives with five workers to test cattle next Tuesday. Farmers must submit name address and cattle count. tests free. infected cattle are purchased at $25 per herd plus market value. All cattle over six months eligible for testing except steers. Hempstead first in southwest Arkansas chosen for Bangs disease testing due to stock law and accessible herds.
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M. H. Greer
United States Department of Agriculture
Hope City Hall
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Arkansas
Bang
Attorney Flayed in Court in Hewitt Sterilization Case
In San Francisco the prosecution failed to solidify its case against two physicians Dr Samuel G Boyd and Dr Tilton F E Tillman accused in a sterilization conspiracy involving heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt. The defense hinted at an extortion plot against Hewitt's mother Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt as the trial neared a possible directed verdict of acquittal.
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Ann Cooper Hewitt
Russell P. Tyler
Miss Hewitt
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J. M. Golden
Samuel G. Boyd
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Mrs. Hewitt
Peter Cooper Hewith
Aid Is Rushed to Entombed Miners
MOBERLY Mo Arnold Griffith chief state mine inspector Wednesday fed rescue workers into a coal mine near here in which four men have been trapped since 3:30 p m Tuesday when fire destroyed the structure and caved in the main Griffith said he thought the rescuers had a good chance to reach the entombed men.
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Arnold Griffith
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State highway warns of bicycle hazards in safety note
Madison safety department warns that bicycles share risk with riders and must follow safety rules on highways to eliminate hazards. The note emphasizes careful riding and adherence to regulations to reduce accidents on roadways.
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Madison
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Safety Department of the State Highway On Mission
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
Nashville Tenn Special Chicago professor notes more women than men in the nation. He suggests two women to every man work and imply they excel. Hints at a bright bachelor future and jokes about relief rolls amid a food shortage claim and a cabbage shortage.
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Chicago
Plead Guilty to Plot Upon Soviet Leaders
Sixteen accused Trotzky conspirators pleaded guilty in Moscow court to charges they plotted to seize power through a reign of terror designed to kill Josef Stalin and other state heads. Prosecutors said the plot was organized by Leon Trotsky with involvement from German secret police and aimed to trigger international complications to topple the government.
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Russia
Trotzky
Josef Stalin
Communist Party
Leon Trotssky
Legion to Choose State Delegates
Hempstead county delegates to the state convention will be chosen Thursday night at a meeting of the Leslie Huddleston post of American Legion. New officers for the local post will also be elected at the meeting scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock at Hope city. Every veteran in the county is urged to be present.
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Hempstead County
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Hope City Hall
Loss of Patronage to Hit Congress
Postmaster job selection in districts faces curb under Roosevelt order. House influence, once securing one of three top exam candidates, is curtailed as vacancies move to the top exam score. Democratic complaints cite difficulty finding a truly qualified nominee. Senate hint of circumventing the rule via retained incumbents or promotions sparks further debate.
City Extends WPA Office Lease for One More Year
City council, in a brief session, authorized Mayor Albert Graves to sign a 12 month lease for the WPA office building at 62.50 per month with a renewal option at the same rate. The current rent is 60 monthly. Alderman Carter Johnson said a new electric water pump for the municipal water and light plant costs 1 125 and will be installed after arrival. The group also noted progress on a stop and go light at Main and Third. A letter from Mrs Leon Bundy of the Hope Boys Band Auxiliary asked to waive license fees for Doyles Shows. the band would receive 3 on lead concession and 10 of ride receipts, to be used for equipment. The show seeks to locate on the old Garland school grounds, with band auxiliary consent required from residents within one block of the grounds.
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WPA
Carter Johnson
Pummp
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Main
Third Streets
Leon Bundy
Hope Boys Band
Doyles
G Man Ace Turns to Teaching Others
BLOOMINGTON Ind One of the federal agents who helped clean up Al Capone s gang in Chicago Lieut Dan L Kooken now of the Indiana State Police will turn his talents to the teaching of policemen when the new four year training course of Indiana University opens in September As supervising lieutenant of the state police force Lieutenant Kooken has been assigned to direct the study of scientific methods police tactics general police administration and criminal investigation He has had considerable practical experience in the work as head of the state police school which he organized and head ed and which is being abandoned in favor of the new college course He believes college men of character and intelligence can be trained to become the best policemen in the world He served in the coast artillery 1908 1911 then spent six years as timber cruiser guide and trapper in the Canadian northwest He was first lieutenant with the 369th infantry seeing heavy service in the VesBes and Argonne sectors during World War I After army service he joined the treasury department and later the department of justice A special agent in the Chicago division In 1940 he resigned to become assistant director of the Secret Six crime fighting body organized by the Chicago Association of Commerce He later became superintendent of public welfare in Omaha returning to Indiana in 1931 to become supervising lieutenant of the Indiana State Police
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Omaha
Indiana
Garland County Calls Grand Jury in Murder
Circuit Judge Karl Witt convened a special session of Garland County Grand Jury to investigate the killing of 55 year old night watchman John McTight. The case involves a violent threat tied to the investigation and a suspected interracial motive.
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Hot Springs
Ark
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John McTight
Northeast End of County Gets Rain
Showers in northeast Hempstead County offered brief relief from heat as temperatures topped 100 degrees at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. Only the northeast area saw rain, while other county sections remained dry amid a scorching spell across the region with continued high temperatures and forecasts of storms later in the week.
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Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station
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Kansas
Missouri
A. W. Cook
Ilinois
Indiana
Large Political Role for Women
Women leaders are entering major political spaces as both parties create dedicated divisions and line up prominent female speakers. Republicans cite Dolly Gann and Edith Nourse Rogers among others, while Democrats prize Ruth Bryan Owen and Nellie Tayloe Ross, signaling a broad push to elevate women in party organizations and governance roles.
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Jim Farley
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Chicago
Margaret Culkin Banning
Minnesota
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Farley
Mary W
Molly" Dewson
New York
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Harrieth Elliott
University of North Carolina
Nellie Tayloe Russ
Mint
Blair Banister
United Sex
Spain Seeks Backing Probe on Rebel Aid and Franco-Italian Talks
In Paris and Rome diplomatic briefings say Spain’s government plans a letter to European powers to prove rebel support abroad. Documents from Barcelona barracks and an Italian crash plane would accompany it. Italy hints at a Franco-Italian neutrality accord while Mussolini weighs aiding the rebels if France aids Madrid.
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Spanish Morocco
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Associated Press
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Gibraltar
America to Build 9 New Warships
Bids for six destroyers and three submarines to be built in private yards were opened by the Navy Department on Wednesday, marking the first step in the 1937 fiscal year shipbuilding program.
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Navy Department
Navy
Governor hints at special session to allocate sales tax funds
Futrell suggested polling lawmakers on a special session to clarify and possibly appropriate 35 percent of state sales tax revenues to a state fund. The plan would allocate a flat 300000 dollars, with majority support from both houses. The 1925 legislature had split 65 percent to schools and 35 percent to welfare but failed to regularize the 35 percent distribution.
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County farmers meet at Prescott on marketing cotton
A 2:30 Monday gathering at the Prescott courthouse drew 126 Hempstead and Nevada county cotton growers. A. E. Slusser of Hope opened the session for the Mid-South Cotton Growers Association. H. H. Huskey presided as lecture by H Vandiver discussed two cotton marketing methods and the shift from hog round pricing to cooperative strategies. Vandiver highlighted producer ownership, financial strength, and patronage sharing in a half million dollar assets pool. L. C. Sommerville, L. W. Buchanan, and J. I. Hiler joined Nevada county agent in addressing questions and suggestions for the movement.
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A. E. Slusser
Hope
Mid- South Cotton Growers Association
Hempstead
Nevada County
Cotton Cooperat Five
H. H. Huskey
H. Vandiver
MidSouth Cotton Growers Association
L. C. Sommerville
L. W. Buchanan
J. I. Hiler
Spoonful of Salt Curbs Heat Danger
In Hemet California amid 120 degree heat a salt water regimen is used to prevent heat deaths on the Boulder dam project and the Metropolitan Water District aqueduct. More than 8 000 workers toil on a 300 mile system bringing Colorado River water to Southern California deserts report no heat fatalities. Workers are advised to take a spoonful of salt with water daily to maintain saline blood levels.
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