Amelia Earhart Putnam completes first coast to coast nonstop by a woman
Amelia Earhart Putnam lands at Newark airport at 10 30 EST completing the first nonstop coast to coast flight by a woman. She flew Los Angeles to Newark in about 19 hours amid celebratory greeting from airport officials.
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Amelia
Newark
Amelia Earhart Furman
Putman
Richard Aldworth
Frank Hawks
Amarillo
Tex
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Los Angeles
N. J
Earhart
Atlantic
Albuquerque
N. M
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
New Jersey
Rice Branch Station hosts sixth annual visitors day
At the Rice Branch Experiment Station near Stuttgart Arkansas the sixth annual visitors day showcases station tours and discussions on rice development. Speakers include Dr Tate Butler Dr J W Jones M Bennett and H K Smith with Miss N E Gwen leading the women's program.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Rice Branch Experiment Station
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
N. Ethel Gwen
Arkansas County
Tate Butler
Progressive Farmer and
Southern Ruralist
Memphis
Tenn
J. W. Jones
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. Bennett
Almyra
H. K. Smith
Jose Santurpe Executed For Monarchist Rebellion
Madrid report states Jose Santurpe, famed modern Spanish soldier and commanding general, was sentenced to death for leading a Monarchist rebellion against the Republic. Washington dispatch notes Secretary Mills announcing a plan to push national credit into business channels to create more jobs, derived from informal conferences of industrial leaders.
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Madrid
Jose Santurpe
Washington
Mills
Natchez Murder Case Still Open
Natchez Miss. Sheriff C P Roberts said the investigation into the murder of Jane Sarget Merrill remains active despite confessions by Emily Burns a boardinghouse keeper. Burns and Edgar Newell are tied to the case as investigators seek all directly or indirectly connected parties.
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Natchez, Miss
Emily Burns
Jane Sarget Merrill
Merrill
Here
C. P. Roberts
Adams County
Burns
Jackson
Edgar Newell
George Pearles
Pinckney Williams
Miss Merrill
Newell
Merril
Pearles
Pine Bluff
Ark
Roberts
Richard Dana
Octavia Dockery
Fearles
Trainer Hurt as Lion Attacks in Circus Cage
Marion Knowlton of Hamid's wild animal circus was in a perilous position when she stumbled and fell in a lion cage during a rehearsal. Sheba the tawny lioness leaped and ripped open Knowlton's knee, and an assistant kept the six lions at bay with a broomstick while the trainer was carried out.
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New York
Marion Knowlton
Hamid
Wild Animal Circus
Sheba
Miss Knowlton
It Was a Dirty Trick and I'm Sorry in Love Triangle Tragedies
In 1932 a series analyzes glamorous romances and fatal outcomes from Libby Holman Reynolds to Dorothy Pollak. The piece notes trials for murder and jealousy across society, with bootlegger husbands and alleged affairs driving sensational cases.
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Libby Holman-Smith Reynolds
Ab" Walker
North Carolina
Libby Holman Reynolds
Ab” Walker
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Dorothy Pollak
Chicago
Storks May Face Little Rock Hurler
The Hope Storks may meet Andy Frice, ex Little Rock Traveler pitcher, when Garland City plays at Fairpark next Sunday. Manager Lloyd Coop said Garland City has Price in contact to likely pitch against the Storks. Frice was released by Little Rock after a poor early season start.
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Hope Storks
Andy Frice
Little Rock Traveler
Garland City
Fairpark
Lloyd Coop
The
Storks
Price
Little Rock
115 Carloads of Melons Shipped This Year
The Star reports 115 carloads of melons shipped this year with a drop from last year. On August 25, 1931, 188 carloads were shipped. Watson variety leads in price and volume while growers earn 35 to 40 cents per hundred pounds. Most melons go to the Middle West, Chicago the top buyer.
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Hope
The
Star
Middle West
Chicago
Singing School Offered at Oakland School
Hor ace Kennedy conducts a singing school at Oakland School starting next Monday August 29. The program aims to teach vocal techniques and performance skills to local residents.
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Horace Kennedy
Oakland School
Cotton Prices On Boom Spur Hempstead Optimism
In Hempstead County Texas Arkansas optimism grows as cotton prices surge. Hope merchants anticipate brisk fall trade with stores stocking full lines while farmers hope for ten cent cotton after the federal crop outlook. New Orleans market pushes futures to eight cents with December at 8.43 and nearby at 8.29.
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Hempstead
Hope
Arkansas
Hope’s
George Robison
Ed S. Rephan
New York
L. S. Thomas
Patterson's
Gorham & Gosnell
Haynes Bros
Penney
L. C. Burr
Hitt’s Shoe
Reed-Routon
New Orleans
Dares Ocean For Norway Flight Tells of Two-Pilot Start
Clyde Allen Lee aged 24 and relief pilot John Bochkon began a dawn flight from Harbor Grace Newfoundland toward Oslo Norway in a daring voyage across the Atlantic.
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Harbor Grace
Clyde A. Lee
Oshkosh
Wis
John Bochkon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Oslo
Norway
Green Mountain Bay
Clyde Allen Lee
New Foundland
Kiwanis Members Attend Spa Meet in Hot Springs
Five members of the Hope Kiwanis club attended an inter-club meeting with Pine Bluff, Little Rock, and Hot Springs clubs at the Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs. The Hope club reported the greatest growth in the Missouri Kansas Arkansas district this year. Attendees: John P. Cox, Joe Floyd, Jesse Harbin, Rev Geo F X Strassner, and Lile M Webb.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Pine Bluff
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Arlington Hotel
Hope Club
Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas
Kilvanis
Hope
John P. Cox
Joe Floyd
Jesse Harbin
Geo. F. X. Strassner
Lile M. Webb
Confed erate Pension Board Sees No RF C Loan
In Little Rock the Confederate Pension Board said it cannot rely on a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan to resume pension payments to Confederate veterans and widows. RF C representative J R McMillian told Governor Parnell and relief committee the act restricts funds to unemployment relief.
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Little Rock
Confederate Pension Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
J. R. McMillian
Washington
McMillian
Parnell
Special Relief Committee
Negro Minstrel at Yerger High School
A minstrel show sponsored by the Negro Football Club officers will be held at Yerger High School auditorium on Friday at 3 o'clock. The event hopes to raise funds for Hope's 1932 Negro football team and invites public attendance.
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Negro Football Club
Yerger High School
Hope
Sky-Trail Romance Binds Flying Pair Mollison and Amy Johnson
New York reports James Mollison the first westward solo Atlantic flyer plans a return flight to England after a Cape Town crash. He and Amy Johnson, famed British aviator, wed and pledged to avoid dangerous flights though both intend future adventures in the air.
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New York
James Allan Mollison
Atlantic
England
Cape Town
London
Mollison
Amy
Empire
Australia
Tokio
Diana Wellesley
Countess Cowley
Amy Johnson
Miss Johnson
South Africa
Officials Unable To Clear Highways With Gas
Officials clash with National Farmers Holiday Association pickets on Iowa highways near Council Bluffs. Tear gas, glass injuries, and minor cuts reported as deputies attempt to clear blockades. 72 protesters jailed for unlawful assembly while National Guard may aid, amid hunger fears and looming farm price demands.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lainson
Mosher
McTwiggan
Watson
Larfsonf
Henry C. Hall
Brig
Matthew Tinley
Iowa National Guard
C. H. Pangborn
Colonel Hall
Pangborn
Genevieve Mauck
National Guard
Sioux City
Suit Filed for Receiver of St. Louis San Francisco Railroad
In St. Louis Missouri Charles and Dora B Gans, holders of bonds on the St. Louis San Francisco railroad, filed in federal court Thursday a suit seeking a receiver. They allege the railroad is insolvent due to failure to meet current and near term obligations and that its readjustment plan is unfair to prior lien bondholders.
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T. Louis, Mo
St. Louis-San Francisco
Charles
Dora B. Gans
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