Trotsky Assassination Recalled In Mexico City
Our Daily Bread notes the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City, tracing his rise as a Bolshevist co ruler with Lenin, his clash with Stalin, and his exile after fleeing Russia. The piece cites Associated Press analysis contrasting Trotsky’s world revolution aims with Stalin’s cadre state approach.
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Moscow
Few Changes in Officials Tor Election in Mempstead County
The Mempstead County Democratic Committee announced at a pre election meeting that most judges and clerks from the August 22 election will serve again Thursday. Changes include multiple precincts with updated roster of judges clerks and guards across Union Goodlet and Washington areas.
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Sanford Maar
Verda Tullet
C.H. Locke
Guy Green
Washington
BE. EB Smedley
Gih Mantin
B. A. Springs
Jd. O. Gold
Orin
W. ‘Ty
Hill
Haselman
Autry Smead
Bertie Norwood
B. EF
Robins
J. Q. Baber
J Robins
J. Robins
J.T. Smead
William Baber
Glad Green
Cranium Crackers Word Test Highlights Meanings
A reader quiz presents five terms with multiple meanings. Cranium Crackers asks to identify correct definitions for calculus incunabula lexicon intaglio cuirass, with options ranging from math branch to armor. Page two continues the test.
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eBay
Earthquake Fatality in London Records One Life Lost
A London resident was killed by a falling stone during the England earthquake of 158d. The disaster is noted as causing the single documented fatality in that event.
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England
Londo
No Charge Put on Him Says Sheriff Davis
Texarkana resident R. J. O Dwyer Jr was questioned for days in connection with the murder of his 42 year old wife in their Texarkana home. Sheriff W E B Davis said no charges have been filed and that he is not being held in Hope Arkansas as a psychiatrist from the state hospital was to question him at 3 PM.
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Fire damages home of Lee Brown on North Elm
Fire damaged the home of Lee Brown on North Elm in the afternoon. The blaze started around 4:15 p m and the cause was not determined. Fire crews investigated and secured the scene with no injuries reported.
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Lee Brown
North Elm
Bomb Attacks and Casualties Reported Across Europe
A British air raid system says RAT bombers struck Germain emplacements on the French coast near Calais Boulogne for hours amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Dutch authorities reported 16 killed in early Friday strikes by British bombers. London disclosed that heavy guns on both sides of the Channel joined renewed bombardment as German raiders intensified.
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Aid to Canada Protecting Mutual Ties in Trade and Defense
The United States moves to bolster Canada as a key neighbor and customer, noting deep economic links and shared culture. U.S. investments in Canada total about 1.9 billion dollars across manufacturing, utilities, mining, and finance, with Canada serving as a major import and export market and a close defense partner in the evolving postwar era.
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America
Psalm verse about Lord upholding the afflicted and poor
A Psalm paraphrase noting that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and defend the rights of the poor as a steadfast divine assurance. The line emphasizes justice and mercy for vulnerable people.
College Students to Be Photographed at 5 P M Sunday
Students planning to go away to college next month from Hempstead, Nevada, or LaFayette counties are invited to Hope city hall at 5 o clock this Sunday afternoon, August 25, for The Star s annual Back to School edits. The free event gathers students for a group photo for newspaper publication.
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Nevada
LaFayette
Hope City Hall
Adkins Favors Industries In Arkansas Gubernatorial Campaign
Homer Adkins, Democratic nominee in Arkansas, urged industrial development built on cheap power rather than tax and land grant incentives. He outlined three policy objectives including improving schools and refinancing the $137 million highway bonded indebtedness.
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Little. Rock
Homer Adkins
Adkins
Kiwanis Meeting Hears on Federal State Defense Ties
Senator James Pilkinton spoke at a Kiwanis Club gathering detailing the Washington defense conference of August 5 and 6 1940. He urged close federal state cooperation to strengthen national defense while preserving state rights. He noted DOJ efforts to curb fifth column activities with about 1800 daily complaints, stressing prudence in judging suspicions.
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Kiwanis Club
Washington
American Union
America
National Defense Conference
D. C
United States Department of Justice
Department of Justice
Guard Bill to White House
Washington reports the Senate sent to the White House legislation authorizing the President to call out the national guard and army reserves to active duty for up to 12 months. President Roosevelt opposed delaying compulsory military training and said immediate manpower was needed to operate modern equipment, warning a delay would push the defense program back a year or two.
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Washington
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White House
National Guard
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Plot Seen in Trotsky Death
Mexican police guarded confessed assassin Frank Jackson and his Brooklyn acquaintance Sylvia Ageloff as authorities pursued an international mastermind theory after Leon Trotsky was killed. Ageloff claimed no knowledge of Jackson’s plan, while officials noted incomplete inquiry into her role.
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Leon Trotsky
Frank Jackson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sylvia Ageloff
Arthur P. Shaw
Shaw
Trotsky
Miss Ageloff
Jackson
Leandra Sanchez Salazar
Secret Service
Cotton New York Opens and Closes Lower in December Trade
Cotton market in New York opened at 9.24 and closed at 9.15 per unit with Middling spot at 9.88. Prices reflect a softer session as traders monitor market signals and supply conditions.
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New York
Nevada posse chases arrest in fatal assault case
State Police report John Gulley a 24 year old Negro alias Jack Gulley was arrested near Rosston after an all night manhunt for the murder of Orville Cox 22 of Falcon Nevada. Cox was slugged with a crowbar and died in Presidio hospital. Gulley was taken to jail for safekeeping as authorities recovered the crowbar bloody clothes and about ten dollars.
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Harold’Peterfield
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R. L. Vandiver
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Cox
Bocaw
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Som Ene
Guiley
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Star
French Angry Over Blockade
French foreign minister Paul Beaudouin denounced Britain's Europe blockade as an inhuman famine dictatorship. He called Churchill's food ban an act of hostility and warned France would use all means to save the country while urging continental nations to unite in solidarity.
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