Soldier's Gettysburg grave rests amid Pennsylvania wheat
A Conservation Corps worker found the remains of a Confederate soldier buried beneath a Gettysburg field. Buckles, buttons and insignia lay with the skeleton, a Alabama Texas or Virginia lad whose final rest is marked by soil and crops. The piece reflects on war's waste and nature's reclaiming peace.
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Emmitsburg Road
Gettysburg
Conservation Corps
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Iind
Dixie
Governor Pleads for Relief From Job-Hunting Army
Gov Futrell in a Tuesday statement asks job seekers to stop pressing him for appointments. He says he spends most of his working time since the primary talking to people about jobs and notes there are 100 applications for each possible position. He clarifies that he cannot grant appointments except for a few salary attached posts and urges applicants to seek positions through authorized channels.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Mid-South Growers Open Hope Office for Season
The Mid-South Catton Growers Association, based in Memphis, will open a branch in Hope September 1 on South Walnut beside The Star building. A. E. Slusser serves as district manager. the office will offer classing and settlements by grade, staple, and color, with potential handling of thousands of bales and government loan aid for picking and ginning if needed.
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Mid-South Catton Growers Association
Memphis
Hope
A. E. Slusser
South Walnut
Star
Water Creek Singing School Ends Friday at Church
A singing school at Water Creek church led by E. St. Brown of Guernsey school closes Friday night after 16 days. Final admission funds go toward a church piano payment. Miss Lara Malara closes an 18 day singing school at Sutton Saturday night with a public musical program.
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Water Creek ‘Singing
Water Creek Church
E. St. Brown
Guernsey School
Lara Malara
Sutton
Detroit Banking Records Demand For Thorough Examination
Detroit, Mich. A call for the records of two Detroit trust companies for a thorough examination went out Monday from the one man Detroit bank jury. The move follows charges by Senator James Couzens that trust company officials acted iniquitously during Michigan's banking holiday. Judge Harry B. Keidun interrupted testimony by Arthur J. Lucy, Couzens' personal attorney, who criticized New York bankers as cold blooded and questioned criminality in the senator's charge against a trust company.
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Detroit
Mich
James Couzens
Michigan
Harry B. Keidun
Arthur J. Lucy
Couzens
New York
Tragic Golden State Limited wreck near Tucumcari
A Rock Island Golden State Limited train plunged through a bridge into a flooded draw five miles west of Tucumcari New Mexico at 5 AM Tuesday. At least six people died, about 40 injured, and many passengers unaccounted for. Eight coaches entered the water as the engine and mail coach were submerged. heavy rains had swollen the draw.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Golden State Limited
Rock Island
Here
C. J. Crost
James Randall
Washburn Brings Trip to Kentucky and Pennsylvania
A. H. Washburn publisher of The Star will leave Wednesday for a motor trip to Kentucky and Pennsylvania, attending his youngest brother Charles William Langford’s wedding in Richmond, Kentucky. He will return to Hope around September 20, with Leon ard Ellis taking over editorial duties during his absence. He will travel with his parents to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for a 10-day visit, joined by a sister and her husband, Dr and Mrs Clark Yeager of Manila, Philippines.
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A. H. Washburn
the Star
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Hope
Leonard Ellis
Washburn
Charles William
Frances. Langford
William C. Langford
Richmond
W. C. Washburn
Wilkes- Barre
Clark Yeager
Manila
Philippine Islands
Justices uphold Agriculture Adjustment Act in suit
Washington report says Justice Daniel O Donoghue of the District of Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the Agriculture Adjustment Act and dismissed a suit for a temporary injunction to restrain Secretary Wallace from enforcing the Chicago milk-shed agreement. The court declared the emergency justified the law. Athens Greece relay notes an appeal court on Tuesday denied the application for the formal sanction of detention of Samuel Insull, ex utility operator of Chicago, in extradition proceedings.
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Washington
Daniel O'Donoghune
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wallace
Chicago
Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Four die in crash of tri motor ship near Clovis New Mexico
A Transcontinental and Western Airline tri motor plane crashed twenty miles west of Clovis New Mexico during the night killing four aboard. The victims are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gore of Los Angeles passengers and H R Morgan and W G Barcus of Kansas City pilots. Another collision near Randolph Field killed three fliers, trainee planes collided four miles from the field. Lieutenant Harley Grater instructor and cadets William Pasche of Chicago and H R Sandberg of Denver were killed.
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Clovis, N. M
Here
Ralph Gore
Los Angeles
H. R. Morgan
W. G. Barcus
Kansas City
San Antonio
Texas
Randolph Field
Harley Grater
William Pasche
Chicago
H. R. Sandberg
Denver
Golden F. Moore Performs in Rip Van Winkle at World Fair
Golden F. Moore, former principal of the McCaskill schools in this county and Peabody College grad, appears in the opera Rip Van Winkle at the Chicago World Fair on Tuesday August 29. Moore also graduated from Arkansas State Teachers College and studies voice with Homer F. Hess.
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Golden F. Moore
McCaskill
This County
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Mr. Moore
Arkansas State Teachers College
Homer F. Hess
Mammoth Spring Aquatic Plant Industry Thrives in Depression
Mammoth Spring Arkansas exports water plants and fishmoss to pet stores and goldfish dealers nationwide. The industry employs several men and remains profitable even during the depression. Plants include Myriophyllum, Cerio phyllum, Parrot's Feather, Watercress, and Ludwigia among others. Plants are gathered by wading and from boats, tied in leaded bundles, and shipped in moist boxes to avoid wilting.
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Mammoth Spring
Ark
Spring
United Ones
Arkansas
Becase
Hope Natatorium Corporation Formed to Acquire Fair Park Land
City council unanimously approved donating needed land in Fair Park for a natatorium site and set plans to form the Hope Natatorium Corporation to coordinating with the U S Public Works Administration. A nine director board will begin with nine directors and invite broader civic group participation.
Virtual Receiver for Missouri Life Sought by Officers
Missouri State Life Insurance Company faces insolvency after weeks of turmoil. Superintendent R Emmett O Malley indicated negotiations with New York investors to form General American Life Insurance Company to assume and reinsure Missouri Life business. Liens on loan and cash surrender values offset asset liability deficit, delaying full benefits to policyholders until liens are cleared.
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ST. Louis
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Weacd
R. Emmett O'Malley
Missouri Insurance
O’malley
New York
General American Life Insurance Company
Missouri Life
Missouri
Hope's Executive NRA Group Named
An executive committee to head NRA activities in Hope was announced by acting chamber president A H Washburn. The panel includes E F McFaddin D A Graves Lloyd Spencer E I Rephan and J P Duf fle with Washburn and two ex officio vice presidents as advisers. An advisory group from seven civic organizations will assist. Complaints of unfair practices go to special trade committees then the executive committee, with any disciplinary action controlled by NRA regional office in Memphis.
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NRA
Hope
A. H. Washburn
Old Hope Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
E.F. McFaddin
D. A. Graves
Lloyd Spencer
E. I. Rephan
J. P. Duffle
Washburn
Old Chamber of Commerce
J. R. Henry
Carter Johnson
Eeach
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Toe! Postavaster
Memphis
Tenn
Mt Nebo Scenic Drive Praised by Feild
The Star receives a postcard from Talbot Feild cultural foreman Mt Nebo State Park praising a Sunday drive via Hot Springs Route 7 to Dardanelle and up to Mt Nebo He hails it as a feast of scenery with no dust noting Mt Nebo as the coolest spot in Arkansas during summer.
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Talbot Feild
Mt Nebo State Park
Mt. Nebo
Ark
Feild
Hot Springs
Dardanelle
Mt. Neko
Arkansas
Secretary Ickes Dictator for Oil
President Roosevelt named Harold J Tekes interior secretary as administrator of the oil industry plan. Ickes will oversee the Oil Planning and Conservation Committee with dictatorial powers. The administration prepares a 14 member panel as part of the new oil working agreement.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Harold J. Tekes
Secretary of the Interior
Oil Planning and Conservation Committee
Ickes
Wage Increase At Basket Company Under Nuclear Code
G J MacGregor announces wage hikes for about 200 Basket Company workers under the National Lumbar Products Code. The plan adds roughly 6,000 dollars to payroll with the shift to 8 hour days and 40 hour weeks, raising hourly rates not yet finalized but not below 23 cents. The notice promises details forthcoming and notes the changes aim to keep current staff employed and possibly hire more later.
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Basket Company
MacGregor
Cod Basket Company
Veit
NRA
Southwest Package' Association
Marshall
Ope
Bagenent Wises
Focal
Basket Indu
Loy
Hope Basket Company
G. J. MacGregor
Home's Payments Cut to $6 Month in Arkansas
R Frank Milwee state manager for the Home Owners Loan corporation made the first loan in Arkansas to Mr and Mrs L E Cloud of Little Rock. The loan revalues the Travelers Building and Loan mortgage at 1000. Cloud had paid 250 of this amount by June 1 but could not continue payments. Monthly payments of 6.21 will annou nced in 15 years. Mrs Cloud works at J C Penney and provides the family income.
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Little Rock
R. Frank Milwee
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Arkansas
L. E. Cloud
Wilwee
Travelers Building & Loan Association
Cloud
Association
J. C. Penney Company
Leaning Tower of Pisa’s early setback alters its rise
A fragmented report notes the tower was planned to rise straight but began to sink on one side at 35 feet. Builders abandoned straight keep and completed it tilted, shaping the famous leaning structure.
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Pisa
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