Cancer Hospital Trial Opens in Federal Court at Eureka Springs
In Carroll county a federal court trial accuses Norman Baker and associates of a 1929 to 1939 mail fraud scheme selling cures via Eureka Springs hospital and TNT magazine. Government cites 375,000 pamphlets from Eureka Springs and 400,000 from Chicago, five alleged cancer cases died, and one licensed doctor linked to a Kansas City diploma mill. Defense contends actions were in good faith with belief in cure under certain conditions.
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Little Rock
Norman Baker
Eureka Springs
Carroll County
United States District Court
Me. Baker and Associates
Sam Rorex
United States
Baker
Chicago
TNT
The
Naked Truth
Alleyet
Ozias
Kansas City
Storex
Baker Hospital
Isgrig
Eureka Springs Hospital
Cranium Crackers U S Streets
Puzzle question lists famous streets and asks to pick the city for each. Streets include Market Street Michigan Boulevard Wall Street and Broad Street with multiple city options. Readers must select the fly in which each is best known.
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U.S
Fae Miligy
Market Street
Dallas
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
Agenda
Washington
Russtia
Pillseburgh
Baltimore
Michigan Boulevard
Broken Rail Wreck Near DeQueen Delays Freight and Passenger Train
A Kansas City Southern freight derailed near DeQueen Arkansas when a broken rail caused eight cars to leave the track. No injuries were reported though crew members were shaken. Freezing weather blamed. southbound No. 15 delayed about two and a half hours as repairs were made.
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DE Queen
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Avon
Here
Bond Tenders to State Above Par
Arkansas highway bonds held by their owners were tendered to the state as an investment. About 14 million dollars in bonds were offered with prices on the highway A issue ranging from par to 103.96, the high price about four points above par.
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Little Rock
Leap Year Custom Backed by Old Traditions and Silk Dresses
An authority traces Leap Year customs through history from St Patrick to 13th and 14th century laws, noting the shift from forced marriage to polite proposals. The piece reflects on 1940 fashion trends and suggests modern women may influence the practice, with silk gowns as symbolic gifts.
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Margaret Kernodle AG
Scotland
Genoa
Florence
Columbus
St. Patrick
Patrick
Chamberlain vows Britain will aid Finland and cement alliance
Prime Minister Chamberlain declared Britain's will toward Finland will be no mere formality as he praised the British-French alliance and called for its permanence. He warned the war was only the calm before the storm and urged peaceful reconstruction after victory.
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London
Eng
Chamberlain
Britain
Finland
Germany
Mansion House
Leslie Hore- Belisha
This Dog Learned to Find Pennies
Oscar a penny sniffing dog in Salem Virginia has amassed over seven years pennies totaling at least 150 dollars. Cy Whitaker says the dog was not trained to collect pennies and does not know how the dog learned to pick up pennies one by one and hold them on the tongue.
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Salem
Oscar
Smart Iog
Red Cross
Voss
Cy Whitaker
Whitaker
Hitler
Canada
Tin
Ky judge orders bond after domestic incident report
In Paducah Kentucky a Black man told City Judge Rex Cornelison his daughter-in-law allegedly broke down his door with bricks cursed him and took a public safety item. The judge bound the woman over on 310 protection terms and warned her not to return until further court action.
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Paducal, Ky
Rex Cornelison
Vin
19 Degrees Low for Tuesday Morning
A minimum temperature of 19 degrees was registered early Tuesday morning on the official thermometer at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment station, nine degrees above the winter season low of 14 posted Monday.
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Fruit and Truck Branch
Sivn
Rebsamen Heads Arkansas Livestock Show Group
Raymond Nebsamen, Little Rock auto dealer, was elected president of the Arkansas Livestock Show association. He succeeds Col. T. H. Barton of El Dorado, who resigned after two years as head. Barton becomes chairman of the executive committee. State Senator Clyde Byrd of El Dorado was elected secretary.
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Little Rock
Raymond Nebsamen
Arkansas Livestock Show Association
Col
T. H. Barton
el Dayado
Barton
Clyde Byrd
el Dorado
Navy seeks 4 million for Guam project revival
Admiral Harold Stark told Congress the navy seeks four million dollars to fund much of a proposed improvement plan for Guam. The measure previously faced swift opposition from lawmakers and naval affairs committee members who opposed the project a year earlier amid criticisms of cost and necessity.
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Washington
Harold Stark
Congress
Navy
Pacific
Guam
Stark
Fiowie Naval Affairs Committee
Views Conflict on Policy in Orient
Washington debate among political scientists on United States policy toward the Japanese Chinese war. Proposed options include keeping China supplied, freezing Japanese trade, creating a free China with troops withdrawn, and offering economic security or aid to both Japan and China as war shifts toward peace. Analysts split between appeasement and pressure, with Britain’s Asia strategy also discussed amid fears of Japan advancing in China and England delaying until Europe settles.
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Preston Grover
Washington
United States
T. A. Bisson
Foreign Policy Association
China
Japan
Atharb &, Hindmarsh
Harvard
Tiai Ōhi
England
Europe
Germany
League of Nations Secretariat
Duncans Hall
Oxford
Britain
Stephens College Girls Want Jobs and Life Plans
Ruth Millett reports from Stephens College in Columbia Missouri on the education for life approach. College girls express desires for work independence, a home, and children, while weighing moral standards, romance, and attitudes toward war and career. The piece cites student views on jobs relationships and future plans amid looming global conflict.
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Stephens College
Home
Jurors to Probe Magnolia Death
A grand jury will convene in Magnolia Arkansas at 9 a m Thursday to investigate the December 27 death of Mrs C B Cleaver. Firemen found her body near a burning bed at a tourist camp with husband Charles Cleaver present. Coroner's inquest named death as unnatural. a Shreveport pathologist cited a vital organs finding. Cleaver is jailed on a first degree murder charge.
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Magnolia
Ark
Columbia County
Britt
C. B. Cleaver
Charles Cleaver
Shreveport
Indictments on liquor pending in federal case
In Little Rock a federal grand jury probe of liquor transport at Fort Smith is expected to yield about 400 indictments. District Attorney Sam Rorex asked Judge Harry Lensley to hold Southwestern Distilled Products bonds on their impounded liquor stocks in West Memphis until the Fort Smith matter is finished. The judge took the bond issue under advisement.
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Litle Rock
Fort Smith
Federal District Court
Sam Rorex
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
West Memphis
Horex
U.S
Harry Lensley
Southwestern
Lemley
Cotton prices in New York open and close midweek
The cotton market in New York opened Tuesday at 11.08 and closed at 11.10 for middling spot 11.63, reflecting minor intraday movement. The report notes current Middling price and spot values for traders monitoring market daylight.
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New York
Agee Believed Improved After Auto Collision
W P Agee Hope insurance agent was believed improved Tuesday morning per Dr P B Carrigan after a head on crash on the Hope Columbus road Saturday. He spent a restful night with no temperature and X ray exams will show injury extent. Claude Edwards had minor injuries while other truck occupants escaped unharmed.
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W. P. Agee
Hope Insurance
P. B. Carrigan
Claude Edwards
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers From Social Etiquette
A fragment from a manners quiz lists questions on engagement ring sharing gifts and polite reactions. It presents multiple choice answers and a sample solution emphasizing considerate behavior and proper greetings in social situations.
Thousands Do to Death Cap After 44th Ro
Reported World War II dispatches describe heavy German air raids and naval actions around Suomussalmi and British ships. Casualties include thirteen wounded in London reports. Paris sources note patrols attacking west of the Vosges, with no location given.
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Cap
London
Eng
Britain
Paris
France
Frei
Vosge Gener
Third Term Topic on Jackson Day
Washington coverage reports Roosevelt at Jackson Day dinner urging motives and manners in leadership. Attendance at the Mayflower event included top party leaders paying $100 a plate, with dinners nationwide raising funds to reduce party deficits. Wallace in Des Moines expressed hope Roosevelt would be the 1940 nominee. Attorney General designate Robert H. Jackson in Cleveland praised Roosevelt while avoiding his own stance on a third term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Wallace
Out Moines
Robert H. Jackson
Cleveland
Lincoln
It's Cutting Weather Four Seasons a Year
Portales scene shows a whittlers bench with a sign denying youths under 50 a seat. Retired cattlemen merchants and pioneers frequent the spot as winter forces the bench into a hut. The article notes iodine supply independence via West Coast brine processing.
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Portales
N. M
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