Here and There Editorial on Telegraph Typos and Newsroom Woes
The column lampoons typographical errors in telegraph copy that flip meanings, recounting a Buenos Aires dispatch misread about President Roosevelt and the League of Nations. It notes editors’ fear of slips and jokes about Mrs. Simpson and the front plant at Buckingham Palace.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Roosevelt
League of Nations
United States
Russellville
Camden
The
Star
Wennesday
New York
Little Rock
Lite Rock
Hope
London
Wallis Simpam
Brown
Turner
Simpson
Buckingham Palace
Sugar quotas and Wallace face a sugar debate
The piece reports Secretary Wallace controlling sugar quotas under AAA, amid debates on which regions gain from the system. It notes that sugar consumption in the United States runs about 6.5 million tons annually, with Cuba and U.S. beet producers as major shares and Hawaii, Cuba, and Florida among the mentioned regions.
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Preston Grover
Associated Press
Washington
Alex Tugwell
Wallace
Congress
Hiwaii
Cuba
America
United States
Louisiana
Truck and Car Collision on Highway 67 Near Town
A Bundy & Bois le collard truck and a Ford coupe collided about 1 A M Wednesday on Highway 67 near Tole Tex station, east of the city. One man in the coupe suffered a small head gash while the other escaped serious injury. the truck headed toward Hone and the coupe toward Emmet after pulling from a filling station. Vehicle occupants not named.
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Bundy & Boiscollet
Tole E-Tex
ilMny Station
Hone
Emmet
Thought on Past and Virtue in Bulwer Quote
A fragmentary quotation questions what lies beyond memory and moral change. It ponders where future vision resides and who possesses the courage to repent and act alone, echoing Bulwer’s reflective style on virtue and energy.
Last Call Issued for Red Cross Drive in Hope County
Sammons chairs the Red Cross Roll Call in Hope Star area urging immediate donations to him or the Hope Star office. After four two-week canvasses he plans to end the drive and cannot devote further time. Wayne England, rural drive chair, asks township leaders to bring in funds now. Red Cross total to date is 487.72 dollars with a county quota of 60 members. a 1 dollar donation qualifies as membership.
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S . Sammons
Hove
Office of Hope Star
Thaimons
Wayne H. England
England
Red Cross
Larger Cities to Devise Title Plan at Session in L. A.
HOT SPRINGS Arkansas coach Marving Perry announced a meeting next Saturday of 13 Arkansas high schools to form a football conference for the state championship. Attendees from Little Rock North Little Rock Pine Bluff Fort Smith Hot Springs El Dorado Camden Hone Blytheville Janesboro Russellville Clarksville Fordyce include Hope representative Foy Hammons.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Marving Perry
Arkansas
Turned Brown By Brown
Louisville report notes new model automobiles with non glare headlights and practical features. The piece humorously suggests legislation may be needed for safety and hints at changing rail rules and passenger rights. Santa Claus is described as too busy to deliver gifts this Christmas.
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Louisville
Santa Claus
Rose Bowl Bid Issued Secretly In Pasadena
University of Washington officials said a formal invitation was extended to an unnamed team to play the Huskies in the Rose Bowl. No invitation details were given and LSU and Alabama officials said they had received no bid.
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Pasadena
Calif
University of Washinton
Huskies
Loussana State University
University of Alabama
Salesmen enroll in Pittsburgh Retail Institute classes
Notebooks replace salesbooks for downtown Pittsburgh department store employees taking evening courses in the Retail Institute. The program is a collaboration by the Research Bureau For Retail Training at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Research Bureau For Retail Training
University of Pittsburgh
What You Should Know About New Social Security Law
A public clasue explains that credits toward Federal Old-Age benefits are earned through covered employment. Workers can move between jobs without losing credits, with wages totals used to determine eligibility. If total wages from 1937 forward exceed $2000 and the person retires at 63, monthly benefits qualify regardless of employer.
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Ccupatinnas
Prescott Hearing Three Charged With Kidnapping and Rape
Three men including Sherman Wilson of Emmet and Albert Dye of Blevins faced preliminary hearings for kidnapping and rape after allegedly abducting four girls aged 14 to 20 near Prescott. Wilson, charged with rape, had the charge reduced to sexual abuse and the case moved to Hempstead county for possible next week. The suspects were arrested at a Gordon tourist camp after the girls were reported missing by their parents. The missing girls were later located and returned home.
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Albert Dye
Otis Crane
Hempstead County
Justice
Crow
Prescott
Sherif A. C. Sher
Nevada County
The
Star
Sherman Wilton
Emmet
Prescott Carning
Wilson
Nevada
Ober
the Star
Bearden
Hempstead Sounty
J. C. Crow
A. C. Ober
Sherman Wilson
Near Emmet
Blevins
Hempsteadeounty
Gordon
Dye
Crane
Eluerchi
Pir
Roosevelt visits Montevideo in farewell tour
President Roosevelt arrives in Montevideo on the cruiser Indiana as part of his South American tour. He is greeted by enthusiastic crowds and meets Uruguayan President Terra, who embraces him upon disembarking. The visit marks a cooling of tensions and a renewed sense of Pan American friendship on the return to the United States.
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Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Argentina
NEA
Justo
United States
Montevideo
Uruguay
Pye
Terra
Indianapolis
Townsend Indicted on U S Contempt Charge
A federal grand jury indicted Dr Francis Townsend co founder of the Townsend age pension movement and two associates on contempt charges tied to their defiance of congressional investigations.
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Washington
Francis Townsend
Townsend Oid
Andwo Associates
Congressional
Governor Futrell Injured in Downtown Automobile Incident
LITTLE ROCK. Members of Governor Futrell's family said he was struck by a car on a downtown street late Wednesday. He suffered a fractured knee and bruises and was described as resting comfortably and not in a serious condition. Driver George H. Sellers, Jr. picked up the governor and took him home before he was taken to a hospital.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Norris Seeks Senate Re Election as Independent
Lincoln Neb March 33 years in congress George W Norris left the Republican ticket to run as a petition candidate for a statewide Nebraska election saying re election lightened the burden of hate from those who do not know him He blames a blind party spirit for hostility from party bosses and supporters who disagree with his independence.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Edward Resolved and the Lad Edward Resolved and the Lad
Edward in London amid a royal crisis as King Edward defies ministers over marriage plans with Mrs Simpson. Rumors swirl of abdication and possible cession of the Duke of York to the throne. The Times reports ministers present an ultimatum amid a cabinet dispute over the sovereigns private life.
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Edward
Warfield
Duke of York
Cotton market opens and closes higher in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton opened at 12.19 and closed at 12.23 to 12.24. Spot cotton rose five points, with middling futures at 12.55. The report notes strength in the local market and a firmer price tone for the day.
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New Orleans
Cotton
Spot Cotton
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