Motion Picture Describes Couch Railroad System in Hope
A talking motion picture shown at Hotel Barlow narrated the merger of Kansas City Southern with Louisiana and Arkansas railways under Harvey C. Couch interests. Guests included Will Couch, HL Leftwich, Jane Dougherty, Mike Murphy, Guy Hasye, Hendrix Spraggins, R. P. Bowen, and Freddie Patten. The film toured the rail lines from Kansas City to Texas with ports at New Orleans Baton Rouge Lake Charles Beaumont and Port Arthur and showed industrial and farming activity across oil fields mills mines and farms. The Couch party departed Hope for Shreveport aboard the L A line.
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Louisiana & Arkansas
Kansas City Southern Railways
Harvey C. Counch
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Will Couch
Princeton
Harvey C. Couch
HL. Leftwich
Harvey Couch
Pine Bluff
Jane Guy H. Dougherty
Sheeveport
Southern District
Elu
Mike Murphy
Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company
Louisiana
Hope
Okay
Guy E. Hasye
Hendrix Spraggins
Bruner-Ivory Handle Company
R. P. Bowen
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Freddie Fatten
Rotary
A. B. Patten
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Texas
Arkansas
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Shreveport
Autopsy Awaited in Magnolia Death Case
Officials awaited a pathology report on Mrs. C B Cleaver, 22, found partially clothed in a bedroom at a Magnolia tourist court home after a small fire. Coroner Fred Lewis expected Dr W R B Mathews of Shreveport to determine if death was natural or unnatural. four to five days advised for autopsy completion. Funeral held in Holly Springs, Dallas County. Cleaver was a member of the First Baptist Church there.
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Columbia County
W. RB. Mathews
Shreveport
CB. Cleaver
Cleaver
Fred Lewis
Mathews
Piremont
Ed Kuith
Holly Springs
Dallas County
E. B. Sones
First Baptist Church of
Cranium Crackers Nautical Definitions Quiz
A playful jumble fixes ship terms. The quiz corrects 1 Starboard is the captain's private deck 2 To go off is to climb into the crow's nest 4 A sternchaser is a sailor guarding the rear of a boat 4 The rigging of a vessel comprises its radio aerial wiry S A knot is a nautical mile.
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Tyo
Court Gets Point He Gets Freedom
In Houston an 18 year old youth faced a deadly weapon charge for a hunting knife with a four inch blade. He claimed the knife was a sandwich maker used for bread and jelly. The judge cautioned him to keep knives shorter and spread jelly thinner as the case concluded.
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Houston
Texas
Navy backs 65 000 ton battleships plan
Washington reports indicate the U S Navy favors the congressional committee proposal for 65 000 ton battleships the largest fighting craft ever built Officials indicate at least four should be started in the next few years as champions push the plan.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Congressional Committee
Young Roosevelt Injured in Crash Near Winchester Virginia
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and his wife suffered lacerations and bruises when their car rammed a parked truck 23 miles east of Winchester Virginia early Friday. An unidentified motorist drove them to a hospital where attendants expected they could leave later that day. The Roosevelts walked into the hospital unassisted.
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Winchester
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Frai
Virginia
Progressive Turkish reforms clash with old headwear traditions
Abdul Medjid governs a reformist Turkey pushing fez replacement with western headgear, opposing conservatism symbolized by the fez. The Republic further urges western styles, yet peasants continue wearing hats resembling the long-prohibited durba.
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Abdul Medjid
Turkey
Republic of
Cotton New York Opening and Closing Market Note
Cotton market report notes opening Friday at 1103 and closing at LW with Middling spot price at 1.36. The fragment mentions Cotton New York and March but lacks full details on dates or entities beyond market terms.
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New York
Vptton
State Commission Orders New Gas Line To Hope Area
Arkansas Utilities Commission in Little Rock issues order cancelling rate protections and authorizing Louisiana-Nevada Transit Company of Ada Oklahoma to build a 75 mile gas pipeline from Cotton Valley LA to Hope and Okay. New entity will serve industrial users at 10 cents per 1000 cubic feet, while Arkansas Louisiana charges higher rates to cement works and brick plants. The commission notes Arkansas-Louisiana's industrial revenue rose while domestic and commercial rates stayed flat, prompting critique of rate reductions.
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State Utilities Commission
Little Rock
Louisiana - Nevada Transit Company
Ada
Okla
Arkansas
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Louisiana- Neva
Cotton Valley
Louisiana
Hope
Okay
Arkansas-Louisiana
Ideal’ Cement ‘Company
Hope Light and Water Company
Hope Brick Works
Municipal Power Company
Triplets Delivered by Caesarian Operation Inspires Debate
An Associated Press disputed report from Los Angeles about triplets delivered by Caesarian section is labeled not new under the sun. Arkansas physician Dr. L. M. Lile performed one such operation 14 years ago in Hope delivering three healthy girls to Mrs. Gordie Rogers. The Los Angeles case involved a boy and two girls weighing three to four pounds each and described as doing well.
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Los Angeles
Sun
Arkansas
L. M. Kile
Hope
Gordie Rogers
Hempstead County
Los
Hempstead
Rogers
Blevins
Star Office
California
Lile
Los Angles
New York City
Zald Fallon
Lite Rock
Collegians Dance Band Formed by Hope Teens
Hope's Own Dance Band the Collegians led by Tommy Kinser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kinser, gathers Hope youths for leading dances in Texarkana and Hope. Front row shows Nancy Foye Williams, F. B. Ward, Luther Garner, Bill Bouston, Dewell Dempsey, Winfred Huckabee, Sara Ann Holland on piano. middle row features David Davis, Roy Lewis, Wallace Van Sickle, Bobby Reynerson. back row Joe McCulley on drums.
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Tommy Kinser
Thomas Kinser
South Mainstreet
Young Hope
the Collegians
Texarkana
Hope
Blame Tampering Reported for Rail Wreck Near Harney
The Interstate Commission said malicious tampering with tracks caused the derailment of the Southern Pacific City of San Francisco near Harney Nevada on August 12. Nine passengers and five dining car employees were killed and 99 passengers with 14 employees injured.
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The
Interstate Commission
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Harney
Nevada
Bell Appointed to Post in Treasury
President Roosevelt announced he would name Daniel W. Bell, former acting budget director, to the vacant post of undersecretary of the treasury. He said he would submit the nomination to the Senate when Congress assembles.
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Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
Genale
Congress
Lupe Velez Targeted by Gypsy Con Artist in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills actress Lupe Velez reported losing 2500 dollars to a self described Gypsy healer who claimed mystic powers. The con artist returned 150 and 1700 to Velez over two weeks while promising to break curses. Despite prayers and encounters with a “dark gang woman” at the jail, Velez remained wary and ultimately did not recover all funds.
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Calif
uPi
Lupe Velux
Maoney
Ces
Lupe
D. P. Henderson
A. d. Gebhart
Rodeo Drive
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Liye
Lillipe
Neo
Russo Finnish War Seen As Blow To Nazi Germany
Associated Press reports that the Russo Finnish conflict reshapes the broader war by challenging German aims in the Baltic. The Finns’ defense on the Karelia Isthmus and hit and run actions in the north threaten German access to Baltic resources and influence Hitler’s plans with Moscow.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
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Tiperian
Estonia
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Lithuania
Scandinavia
Moscow
J M Phillips Dies at 85 in Hope Arkansas
J M Uncle Jimmy Phillips 85 died of a heart attack at his home 810 S Hl m street after a brief illness. A lifelong Hope resident and Fifty year church member, he was blind the past 25 years but active in public life. Funeral 10:30 Saturday at First Methodist with Rev Kenneth Spore. burial Rose Hill cemetery. Survived by widow three sons Ambrose Idabel J M Houston BR J Ponca City two daughters Mrs Norman Johnson Shreveport Mrs Bessie Smith Austin and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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J. M
Jimmy) Phillips
Hope
Hlm Street
Mr. Phillips
Hempstead County
First Methodist Church
Phillips
Bessie Smith
Austin
Texas
Kenneth Spore
Rose Hill Cemetery
Ambrose Phillips
Idabel
Okla
Houston
BR. J
Poncahontas
Ark
Norman Johnson
Shreveport
Bessie Simith
U S Expects More Revenue for 1940
Washington reports the administration forecasts a stronger 1940 business year aiding deficit reduction. Economists anticipate better than the postwar years since 1929, though not matching that peak. A game warden in Gillespie County, Texas, spotted a rare white albino dove with pink eye at about 30 yards.
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Washington
Geller
Texas
Gillespie County
Ramyany Verse Reflections On Life And Death
A short devotional line from Ramyany 14 7 notes that none lives to himself and none dies to himself, reflecting on shared human fate and mutual responsibility in a concise spiritual meditation.
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Ramyany
Finland War End Hinted Amid Finnish Truce Talk
Reports from London and Copenhagen indicate Russia preparing to end the war with Finland. BBC broadcast suggested a truce returning Karelia to Finland, granting holidays and liquidating large estates, while Finnish leaders in London called the proposals ridiculous. Simultaneously, Soviet bombers hit southwestern Finland and three railway junctions as pressure widens on Finnish defenses. A German submarine reportedly attacked a British battleship west of Scotland, with official word claiming the Queen Elizabeth class ship was torpedoed but still on course.
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England
Osals
London
Ustenerse
Karelavi
Finland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
Red Air Force
Murianska
Hanko
Ne ‘Fignigheleg
PiThe
Admiralty
Scotland
Quake in Anatolia Brings Widespread Devastation
An Anatolian quake brings appalling losses with officials listing 30,000 dead and a projected 60,000 casualties. Looters and a blizzard compound the disaster as thousands remain buried in ruined buildings and exposure looms for the injured.
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Anara
Turkey
Anatolia
F D Still Biggest News in Politics
In a Washington AP feature, Morgan M. Beatty reports on the 1930s political clash as Cactus Jack Garner attacks President Hoover for lack of capacity and courage amid chaotic economic conditions, while Hoover counters that the New Deal glamorizes extravagance.
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Washington
Cactus Jack Garner
Hoover
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