9 Cent Loan for Cotton Granted Subsidy Is 3 Cents
Washington officials announced government loans at 9 cents a pound for this year’s cotton crop, with a subsidy not exceeding 3 cents a pound to producers who meet next year’s production control program. The subsidy applies to 65 percent of this year’s basic acreage and will be paid next year after compliance.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wshington
Department of Agriculture
Former Spa Banker Held on Narcotics Forgery Charge
Fred N. Rix, about 30, of Hot Springs and a former Hot Springs banker, was jailed in Little Rock after a Sunday arrest by Deputy Marshal B J Reaves on a federal narcotics charge alleging forgery of a devior's name on a narcotic prescription. Commissioner Jacobson set bond at 2500 and postponed the hearing to Monday. Rix, linked to the Arkansas National Bank family, has operated a tourist camp and previously suffered a gunshot wound reported as an accidental shooting while cleaning a gun.
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Little Rock
United States
Charles Jacobson
Fred N. Rix
Hot Springs
Internal Revenue
Rix
B.J. Reaves
Jacobson
Charles N. Rix
Arkansas National Bank
Mind Your Manners Wedding Questions and Answers
A vintage etiquette piece from 1937 presents Bride duties questions and expert answers. It covers bouquet toss timing changing outfits after the ceremony, writing wedding gifts thanks on visiting cards, generosity toward ushers, who pays church wedding deviations, and practical guidance for grooms.
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Groott
Lis Hestonan
NBA Service
Iie
Middlebrooks Heads to Washington for Panama Canal Post
Arnold J. Middlebrooks of Patmos son of O D Middlebrooks renowned watermelon grower left August 20 for Washington D C to assume a government position with Panama Canal officers.
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Arnold J. Middlebrooks
Panama Canal
Patmos
O. D. Middlebrooks
Washington, D. C
State Warns on Safe Lights for Night Highway Travel
Vernon Whitten of the Arkansas State Police announced that arrests will begin for violations of required light equipment on motor and horse drawn vehicles. Trucks must have two white headlights a red tail lamp and clearance lights if wide. Identification lights three green at the front and three red at the rear are required. Animals must carry a white front light and red rear light and a red rear reflector. Violations will be prosecuted without further warning.
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Vernon Whitten
Arkansas State Police
Whitten
Thirteen Cases Heard in Hope Municipal Court
Thirteen cases heard in Hope municipal court on Monday include Hugh Clark Jr and others charged with assault and battery all dismissed on motion by the city attorney. Lyn Simpson fined for petit larceny and copper theft, Joe Ed Smith fined and jailed, Elmo Shaw fined for carrying a pistol with notice of appeal. Several others faced fines or dismissal on prosecuting attorney’s motion.
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Hope
Hugh Clark, Jr
Orrin Gibson
Evogene Jones
A. E. Allen
Lyn Simpson
Paul Lewis
Robert Stuart
Joe Ed Smith
Jesse Mor
Elmo Shaw
Bane
Albert Powell
M. B. Francis
Burk Jackson
Marl Jackson
Week End Auto Fatalities Rise Across Nation
The Associated Press reports at least 101 people were injured in automobile crashes on U S streets and highways during the weekend, with 15 killed in California after a sedan collided with a truck near Craig Cole. A film warning children about dangerous driving, featuring cars with human faces, will be distributed free to schools nationwide.
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Associated Press
Astute
California
Craig
Cole
New York
Department of Visual Education
National Education
Bation
Weather Cloud Hangs Over Louis Farr Title Bout
New York reports Joe Louis weighed 187 pounds for his delayed heavyweight title fight with Tommy Farr, who scaled 241/2 pounds. Weather conditions were cloudy and threatening, and promoter Mike Jacobs would not decide on postponement until late afternoon.
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Joe Louis
Tommy Farr
Farr
Mike Jacobs
WPA Quota Reduced in Fifth Arkansas Revision
LITTLE ROCK AFP Floyd Sharp state WPA administrator announced revised WPA worker quotas by region to cut Arkansas total to 18,480 by September 15, reducing the August 7 authorization of 20,200 by 1,800. The Camden Hempstead County area, under Mio Five, totals 3,400 with Hope at 1,485 men and 255 women.
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Little Rock
Floyd Sharp
WPA
Arkansas
Re- Mio
Camden
Hempstead
Hope
Russians Execute Two as Poisoners
In Leningrad a martial court convicted two women of systematically poisoning meals at a village children's home in Sosnokaya Poliana Krasnosesk district. The purge of regime enemies follows. Twelve children, aged 8 to 11, were poisoned but survived after prompt medical care. Ten more officials were implicated.
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Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
Sosnokaya Poliana
Krasnosesk
Eyes of World Focus on Shanghai War Menaces Foreigners
Shanghai becomes the focal point of global alarm as China resists Japanese forces in its streets and aerial raids target the city. Foreign communities, including 20,000 Japanese and 8,000 British residents, face terror while international volunteers and Marines guard bridges and defenses.
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NEA
Paris
China
Whangpoo River
Tvinders Hameheld
Wort
South China
Kaldane
Vincent M Miles Named Special Assistant Attorney General
Attorney General Cummings announced the appointment of Vincent M Miles of Arkansas a former Social Security Board member to be special assistant Attorney General representing the government in a Supreme Court case over river rights involving Rio Ciauwle.
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Washington
Cummings
Vincent M. Miles
Arkansas
Social Security Board
Supreme Court
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention Backing Arms Industry Debate
National Commander Tennard opened the veterans convention urging a national defense stance while backing peace policy. The veterans committee supported to his suggestion and reaffirmed the organization's position on arms industry. Pirates were numerous and duping in ancient times. navies faced battles and emperors lost reputations.
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Tennard We
Mediterranean Sea
Elewing
Swims 145 Miles and Stricken Ill
New York reporter notes Charles Zimmy, famed for a 145 mile Albany to New York swim in 147 hours, is in very serious condition Monday. A lung congestion is feared to have developed pneumonia.
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New York
Albany-to
Charles Zimmy
Lewisville Woman Killed In Louisiana Car Crash
Mrs. D L King of Lewisville died at the scene when a car overturned north of Plain Dealing Louisiana about 5 p m Saturday. Mrs Ollie Hearn of Lewisville was seriously injured and rushed to a Shreveport hospital. King, widow of former Lewisville lawyer D L King, will be buried Tuesday at First Methodist Church in Lewisville. She leaves two daughters and two sisters from Lewisville.
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Ollie Hearn
Plain Dealing
Shreveport
Hearn
King
Lewisville. Mrs. King Was the Widow of the Late D. L. King A Former Lewisville
O'Eclock
First Methodist Church
Spanish Rebels Angered by France Over Basque Coast Eviction
Insurgent sources report Generalissimo Franco may order expulsion of all French residents in retaliation for France ousting Spanish insurgents along the Basque coast. Meanwhile Pennsylvania law requires standard equipment for restaurants, including a stretcher and a wheel vehicle.
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Saint Jean-De-Luz
France
Livurgent Generilissimo
Franco
Pennsylvania
State
Bombs Fall From Chinese Planes Aboard Hoover Liner
Four Chinese airplanes dropped bombs Monday on the Dollar liner President Hoover evacuating Americans from Shanghai. Seven crew wounded, two seriously, three passengers shell-shocked as rescue work stalled. United States ambassador pressed China over the incident amid new Shanghai fighting.
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Associated Press
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Shanghai
Japan
United States
United States Navy
Dollar Line
New Shanghai
International Settlement
Diplomats, Marines Turn Up Heat Over Shanghai Attack
Secretary Hull instructed Ambassador Johnson in Nanking to press China over the President Hoover incident while 1300 American marines head toward Shanghai. Britain delivered a harsh note to Japan demanding apology, punishment, and safeguards after the attack on Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen.
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Nelson T. Johnson
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