Public talk on the syphilis toll by Dr Kolb at Hope Rotary
Dr A C Kolb, former head of the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases, spoke at the Hope Rotary Club about the national menace of syphilis. He urged open discussion, public education, and public health measures to lower incidence, noting the disease affects all social levels and citing rising cases and economic impact.
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Hope
Rotary Club
Hotel Bartow
A.C. Kolb
State Hospital
W. H. McMullen
Texarkana
Peyton Kolb
Kolb
Kouth
United Statag
United States
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Cotton opens with mixed bids in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton trading opened Friday at 3.44 and closed at 0.94 bid with 9.35 asked, showing a steady finish but 19 points lower. Middling prices settled around 9.50.
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New Orleans
Sput
Negro Train Victim Identified After FBI Fingerprints
Police in Hope announced that an unidentified Black man fatally injured in local railroad yards was identified through fingerprints by the FBI in Washington. Texarkana police linked the deceased to Lawrence Perry of Texarkana, and a Black woman identified the body at the undertaking rooms after the telegram from J Edgar Hoover.
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Hope Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G Men
Washington
Hope Furniture Company
C. E. Ker
John Turner
Little Rock
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
John Ridgehill
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau Investigation
Rtnin
Lawrence Perry
Texarkana
Ark
Ridghill
Perryla
Rapist Sentenced Quickly to Death in Los Angeles
Albert Dyer, described as a swarthy WPA crossing watchman, was condemned by a mixed jury to die for abducting three young girls, strangling them, and attacking their bodies in a ravine. He confessed and repudiated the crime. the verdict requires the death penalty with automatic appeal. Public Defender Ellery Cuff called the trial fair.
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Los Angeles
Albert
Dyer
WPA
Ellery Cuff
Louie J Baird 59 dies in Dallas Texas
Louie J Baird, 59, died Wednesday night, August 25, in St Paul hospital in Dallas Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10 o clock in Dallas. The body will then be brought to Hope Washington for burial in the Washington Avenue cemetery Saturday morning. Mr Baird was from an old Washington family. He is survived by his widow Jessie Wright Baird and a daughter Margaret Baird, both of Dallas and Hope, and a brother R A Bain of Oklahoma City.
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Louie J. Baird
St. Paul
Dallas
Texas
Hope
Washington
Baird
Jessie Wright Baird
Margaret Baird
R.A. Bain
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Official Stabbed in Hot Springs
A collision near Hot Springs, Arkansas, led to the stabbing of John L. Coffey, 3, a state highway commissioner from Oklahoma. A Hot Springs chauffeur named Terry Murphy, 2%, was arrested on charges of assault, drunkenness, and driving while intoxicated. Coffey’s wound was to the heart area but not serious.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John L. Coffey
Oklahoma
Terry Murphy
Coffey
Rail Strike May Be Circumvented by Mediation Board
National Mediation Board moved to curb a nationwide rail strike by 350000 workers as unions and carriers agreed to submit wage demands to federal mediation in Chicago. Hearings to begin August 28 with Dr. William M Leiserson presiding. arbitration accepted by the Carriers Conference Committee. Meanwhile Mellon fortune reports place the banker’s holdings at about 500 million with vast stakes in Bethlehem Steel and other major firms.
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Chicago
National Mediation Board
Big Five
Railroad Brotherhe
Brotherhood
Organization
Brotherhoods
Carriers Conference Committee
H. A. Enochs
William M. Leiserson
Eagle Scout Certificates Awarded to Bernier and Fenwick
Gus Bernier Jr and Richard Fenwick were awarded Eagle Scout certificates at Troop 38 meeting. The recognition came from Boy Scout headquarters in New York City. The troop plans an overnight camp on the Little Missouri River, departing Hope around 8 Monday morning.
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Troop 38
Boy Scouts of America
Gus Bernier, Jr
Richard Fenwick
Boy Scout
New York City
Little Missouri River
Village Board Grants Free Water During Heat Wave
Thirsty Taya SPALDING Neb The village board voted to provide each customer 1000 Hatlens of water free above the mini mini charge to ease the summer drought.
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Spalding
Foard
Star on Sunday to Photograph Students Leaving for College
Hope Star invites all Hope trade territory students heading to college this fall to meet at Hope city hall lawn at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 29 for a group photograph to be published in the Back to School Edition. There are no charges. The time aims to include working youths and welcomes students from Prescott and other nearby areas.
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Hope Trade
Hope City Hall
Hope Star
Star
Prescott
Hope
Roosevelt Signs River Harbor Bill
President Roosevelt signs a river and harbor measure after weeks of debate. Officials say the comprehensive bill extends federal control and requires executive approval before becoming law.
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Roosevelt
Wwyde Park
N.Y.P
White House
Railroad Cat Hears Schedules and Guides Kittens
A railroad cat adapts to the timetable, giving birth in a box car axle housing. She guides her four kittens to safety as trainmen plan moves, then relocates them to a quiet corner of the repair shop. A note mentions Johnnes Brahms, a grandson of a Wisconsin innkeeper.
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Rock Island
Andrew Mellon dies after 82 years with vast wealth
Andrew W. Mellon, 82, secretary of the treasury under three presidents and longtime banker, died at 7:30 p.m. at the home of his daughter Mrs. David Bruce. He built a vast fortune from oil and aluminum, chaired postwar finance, and served also as ambassador to Great Britain. His career spanned Harding Coolidge and Hoover administrations, with a public record of debt reduction and a balanced budget despite political attacks.
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Southampton
WN. C
Andrew W. Mellon
Fiims
Board of Tax Appeals
Washington
Mellon
Treasury
Europe
United States
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Senate
Great Britain
Albert Gallatin
Jefferson
Madison
William Windom
Garfield
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Internal Revenue
Alexander Hamilton
Sec
Mellon’s U S Policy: Debt, Tax, Credit Guiding Era
Pittsburgh report recalls Andrew W. Mellon who died at 82 in Southampton. His Treasury tenure was defined by four principles: keep expenditures within revenues, pay the public debt, levy the lowest taxes possible for government needs, and support public credit to keep the government financially solid amidst global finance fluctuations.
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Pittsburgh
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Southhampton
N. Y
Aid Given Bailey by Secy Wallace
LITTLE ROCK The governor's office released a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace praising Governor Bailey for his work on tenancy and other matters and expressing satisfaction at Bailey's U S Senate nomination and the prospect of closer collaboration with the federal government.
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Little Rock
Bailey
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
United States Senate
Ietter
New Ceiling Ready for M. E. Church
The First Methodist church auditorium ceiling work will finish in time for Sunday services. Rev. Fred R. Harrison says the morning sermon is Emphasis on the Affirmative. No night service. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and Epworth Leagues at 6:45 p.m.. pastor returns from Spring Hill revival tonight. Hope people are invited. Separately, a note explains the photoblepharon, a luminous-finned fish used by natives as night fishing bait.
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First Methodist Church
Fred R. Harrison
Spring Hill
Hope People
Epworth
Andrew Mellon and the shaping of American finance and politics
Andrew Mellon rose from Pittsburgh banker to U S financier and statesman. He helped pass the 1926 revenue bill after tax policy battles and influenced the 1928 Republican convention to back Hoover. Born March 24 1854, he built Mellon National Bank into a leading national institution with his brother Richard B. Mellon.
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Mellon
Pennsylvania
Ian
Pittsburgh
Thomas
Sarah Jie Negley Mellon
Allegheny County
Fire destroys J. H. Hamlen lumber plant in Little Rock
A major fire in Little Rock gutted three buildings and eight kilns at the J. H. Hamlen & Son lumber plant on the east side. Estimated loss is about 100000 dollars. About 150 workers were left idle as firefighters battled the blaze and investigators probing the cause.
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Little Rock
J. H. Hamlen & Son, Inc
Hunber
Catalonia in Talks to Surrender to Rebels
An autonomous Catalonia envoy reportedly negotiated with Franco’s reps for capitulation if autonomy is guaranteed as Northwest Spain buckles. Barca, a key port and munitions hub, could face a government push including potential international brigade involvement. The move signals a severe risk to the Spanish government as Catalonia’s fate looms amid ongoing sieges.
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Hendaye
Spain
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Oviedo
Catalonia
Biarritz
Franco
Barcelona
Sebastian Pozas
1Ranco
Mind Your Manners Quiz and Moral Dilemmas
Answers cover etiquette for golf beginners spectator behavior on tees tennis partners beach attire and picnic manners. Excerpted guidance from a 1937 NEA Service feature cautions against crude conduct and urges patience humor and proper dress in casual outings.
Three Crack Divisions of Chinese Move in to Check Japs
London authoritative quarters said Britain demanded full satisfaction for wounding its ambassador to China. The blast of reports details a daylight air raid on Shanghai, the attack near Lotien, and the wounding of Britain's ambassador Sir Hugo Knatchbull-Hugessen. Foreign Secretary Eden weighs appropriate action as Britain contemplates reprisals or restraint amid rising Sino-Japanese hostilities.
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London
Eng
China
Yoshida
Anthony Eden
Shanghai Nanking
Nelson T. Johnson
Shanghai
Lotien
Hugo Montgomery Knatchbull Hugessen
Britain
United States
England
Jall
Ching
Anthony Edene
Eden
George VI
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Japan
Porpor
Hong Kong
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National Art Gallery
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Oral Coal Companies
American Locomotive
Pullman
Pittsburgh Plain Ghass
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westinghouse Air Brake
Westinghouse Electric
American Rolling Milla
Allis Chalbers
Niagara Hudson Power
Tec. Company
Gulf Oil
Aluminum Ltd
U. 5. Steel
Pittsburgh Coal
Pittsburgh Coal Common
Union Trust
Anew
W. Mellon
R. Fenwick
Eagle Scouts
Johnnes Brahms
Garyposer
Wis
Andrew Mellon
U.S
Gulf Refining Co
American Aluminum
Melvio
Cong Drut
Wade
Secy. Wallace
U. S
M. E. Church
Bandda Islands
L.R. Lumber
J. H. Hamlen & Son
Dickers
Copsright
NEA Service
AL Washington
Hull
Far East
Charles RR
New York Stock Exchange
Carl Jones
Lloyd Coop
Harry Segnar
J.C. Carlton
Finley Ward
Star Office
Saenger
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