Miller for Senator Rally Held on City Hall Lawn
Texarkana attorney Bert Larcy opened the rally as keynoter for Governor Bailey’s bid and a U S senate seat, drawing about 2,000 at Hope City Hall. Speakers attacked the Bailey camp while urging support for John E. Miller, with protests over party control and suffrage rights amid 16 speeches from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl £. Bailey
State Democratic Committee
Bailey
U. S
Senate
Hope City Hall
Arkansas
Jim Bearden
G. R. Haynie
Camden
W. Y Tumpkins
Prescott
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas Gazette
W. 5
al of Hope
State
Hempstead County
Wife of Governor Is New Alabama Senator
Washington reports that Dixie Bibb Graves, wife of Alabama governor Bibb Graves, was appointed to succeed Hugo L. Black as senator from Alabama. The appointment is interim until a special primary and election in April 1935 to fill the unexpired term.
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Washington
Dixie Graves
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Senate
Senator Black
United States Supreme Court
Dixie Bibb Graves
Hugo L. Black
Black
Graves
State Democratic Committee
House
Lister Hill
Montgomery
Frank W. Boykin
Mobile
Henry B. Stegall
Ozark
Joe Sames
Guntersville
Sam Hobbs
Selma
Bama
South
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Briant's Drug Store Hires Gurdon Man for Pharmacy
Dolphers Whitten of Gurdon has joined Briant's Drug Store and will work in the prescription department. Whitten brings 30 years of experience in filling prescriptions and has served in some of the state's largest stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolphers Whitten
Gurdon
Briant's
Mr. Whitten
Mind Your Manners Answers From 1937 NEA Service
A quiz on proper theater conduct with answers: do not talk during a film, avoid eating popcorn loudly, leave during concerts only if necessary, when guiding others use the man to go first, the man or woman should enter first depending on context, and in a hat obstruction scenario prefer a quiet request to remove the hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service, Inc
Congress Set to Adjourn By Night Fall
Washington reports indicate Democratic leader Barkley said a late Friday adjournment is possible if conferees finish the Wage ner housing bill and secure quick conference on the third deficiency appropriation bill. A revenue loopholes bill won final approval and heads to the president. the House completed action on minor Senate amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Barkley
Senate
White House
House
Sena
Stamps Man Killed in Car Collision
In Stamps Arkansas a car collision with a Texarkana bound bus on the edge of the east city limits killed Will Camp a 10 year old hatchery operator and injured Elmer Russell 46 of Falcon. The bus driver was G A Smith. An inquest will be held under Justice Arthur Baker. Russell was treated at Strange Hospital for a fractured leg and chest injuries. Camp died from a fractured skull internal injuries and a broken rib.
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Sital
A. O. Smith
Hue and
Russell
Local Negro Youth Missing From Home
Bernice Graves reports a 12 year old missing African American boy Alfonzo Grats from Hope Arkansas area nearly three weeks. Volunteers searched homes and pounds on a theory he swam away or is living with another black family in Hope or Hempstead county. He wore a grey shirt blue and white striped overalls brown hat with a hole on the right side weighs about 75 pounds and is about four feet tall with large teeth and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Graves
Alfonzo Grats
Deral
Dial
Hope
Hempstead County
Lua Sven
Cotton opens higher in New Orleans market
The New Orleans cotton market opened Friday at 9 85 and closed at 9 3. Spot cotton trading was light with limited activity and no clear price direction amid a slow trading session.
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New Orleans
vPi
Pay Dirt in Alaska Shines Then Fades in 1930s Mining Life
Ernie Pyle describers a trip to Platinum Alaska where a caravan of miners works the Red Mountain diggings in shifts from late May to October. He details draglining for platinum, the sluice box process, and the stark landscape as the camp at Olsen’s Creek becomes a bustling, orderly camp with cooks and families.
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Ty Ernie Plye
NEA Service
Good News Bay
Alaska
Platinum
Ralph Savory
Red Mountain
Storckeener Hanson
Savory
Clara Creek
Dave Stradbers
Warnus
New York
Olsen's
Squirrel Creek
Cookthouse
Gene
Handswine
Pearl Gustafson
Little Rock Couple Die in Roadside Shooting
Mrs. Pawine McBride 23 of North Little Rock was found fatally shot in a car near Marche in Pulaski County early Friday. Her husband Chester McBride 35 was critically wounded nearby. Deputy Coroner John Roberts called it a pure case of the husband shooting his wife and himself. He said McBride confessed and claimed an unsuccessful reconciliation after a Monday estrangement.
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Little Rock
Pawine McBride
North
Marche
Pulaski Courtly
Chester McBride
John Roberts
McBride
Negro Injured Man Found Near Tracks
An unidentified Black man about 25 was struck near the Missouri Pacific railroad tracks on Friday near the town’s western edge. His right leg was mangled, he was taken to Josephine hospital with only slight chance of recovery. authorities could not identify him.
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Wada
Missouri Pacific
Josephine
Missouri
Football Players Call Meeting for 1937 Hope Team
G. V. Keith, captain of the Hope High School football squad, called a meeting of all candidates for the 1937 team. The gathering is set for Friday at Torlock lawn of Mape City Bull AH prospects urged to attend.
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G. V. Keith
Hope High Schoool
Torlock
Mape City
Mussolini predicts accord with England in Palermo rally
Benito Mussolini told about 200000 Italians in Palermo on Friday night that a lasting reapproachment with England can be reached. The crowd backed the Italian leader as he outlined prospects for better ties with Britain amid ongoing European tensions.
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Palermo
Italy
Benito Mussolini
England
Blevins Girl Hurt in Highway Mishap
Five Pike and Howard county women were hospitalized after a car veered on Highway 24 east of Lockesburg and rolled down a 20 foot embankment. Bess Beauchamp of Blevins suffered a fractured arm and facial cuts while the others endured various cuts and bruises. The group was en route from Blevins on vacation in Northwest Arkansas.
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Lockesburg
Ark
Pike
Howard County
Bess Beauchamp
Blevins
Eiver
Lula Mac Brace
Thelma
Elise Reed
Delight
Ruby Worthan McCaskilk
Hunt
Northwest
Arkansas
Boonehamp
Notts Coulter
Nashville
Coulter
Placig Phen
Lackesbury Coulter Sant Ural
Fingonseinus
Soap Salesman Begins Term in State Prison
Irvin L. Ziebari, convicted of false pretenses in soap sales to the state capital, was sent to the state penitentiary in Little Rock to begin a five year term. He was indicted with former Secretary of State Ed F McDonald after a jury failed to reach a verdict in McDonald’s will dispute.
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Little Rock
Ark
Irvin L. Ziebari
State Penitentiary
Ed F. McDonald
Ziebart
Will
Manila Blacked Out by Two Earthquakes
Two sharp quakes rocked Manila causing widespread darkness and fires. Refugees from Shanghai arrived as residents fled into tangled streets. churches and buildings sustained damage and injuries rose amid fear of a citywide panic.
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Manila
Shanghai
U.S. Debt Near 37 Billion as Treasury Plans New Borrowing
Washington reports a Treasury notice shows public debt edging toward 37.0 billion dollars as new bills are issued to cover weekly maturities and cash needs. The debt stands around 41.9 billion now, with Monday’s discount bills and upcoming issues expected to push the total higher. Also noted are 4741 miles of railways within Webuclers of Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Mods
Webuclers
Arkansas
18 Sailors Hurt as Shell Strikes USS Augusta
In Shanghai the USS Augusta flagship of the Asiatic Fleet was struck by an anti-aircraft shell on the after-well deck, killing Freddie John Falgout of Raceland Florida and wounding 18 others though none seriously. The attack came amid heavy shelling by Japanese and Chinese batteries near the International Settlement as American refugees were evacuated.
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Shanghai
China
United States
Augusta
United States Asiatic Fleet
Whangapoo River
International Settlement
Freddie John Falgout
Raceland
Fla
Augustannes
Wimberly Speaks to Hope Rotarians
John Wimberly of Kingsport Tennessee spoke at the Hope Rotary Club luncheon at Hotel Barlow. He dismissed the notion a local boy must go away to succeed and described Southern industrial growth driven by Northern labor troubles. In Kingsport he noted a CIO strike in July aimed at union recognition, which was averted and CIO agents routed.
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John Wimberly
Hope
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Kingsport
Tenn
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
Wimberly
Tennessee
South
North
C. SO
Barkley Emerges as 1940 Democratic Contender
Veteran Washington insiders discuss Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as a plausible 1940 Democratic presidential hopeful. As Senate majority leader for the Roosevelt administration, Barkley could gain a high profile if he maintains a strong record and favorable party standing, though a Roosevelt third term remains a factor shaping the field.
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Preston Grover Washington
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Capitol Hill
America
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tehy
Barkley
Jon
Washington
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Harry J. Lemley
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Suite Democratic Committee
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Jesus Christ
Steve Carrigan
Gal Baaley
Atkins
Hneest
Briant’s Drug Store
Wagner Housing
Stamps
Alfonzo Graves
Pete Brevik
Dave Strandberg
Pete Wold
Ernie Pyle
NEA
Plaintum Field
Mussolini
Philippines
U.S
S. Augusta
Admiral Yarnell
Harry Yarnell
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