Six Injured When Two Plants Burn at Heber Springs
At Heber Springs a boiler explosion at the W. E. B. Baker Lumber Company mill ignited a blaze reaching the Bruner Ivory handle factory nearby. Six workers were injured. owners Ollie Baker and W. C. Johnson suffered serious wounds. Firefighters contained the flames to kilns but the handle shop burned. Damage totals around 35,000 dollars with lumber and factory losses plus extensive debris.
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Heber Springs
W. E B. Baker Lumber Company
Bruner- Ivory Company
Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
Ollie Baker
Estelle Hospital
Baker Mill
Reaves
PWA
Ole Baker
Johnson
Baker
Tre City
Arkansas National Bank
St. Louis
Ed Mays
Arkansas
Fayetteville
Bruner-Ivory
Paris waiters strike ties up cafe De la Paix
Bulletin items report a Paris waiter strike briefly tying up the cafe De la Paix, with demands for a 40 hour week. Also notes a Cleveland homicide description of a man seen near a railroad bridge over a dissected torso, Pensacola Navy plane collision, and U.S. legislative actions on feed control and wartime claims dismissals.
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Paris
France
Ott Aviow
Cleveland
Ohio
James Hogan
Homicide
Flyers Believed Marooned If They Are Still Alive
Honolulu reports a growing belief that Amelia Earhart and Frederick J. Noonan may be marooned on a Pacific island. Navy ships and planes, including the Colorado and Itasca, shift search to Winslow Bank near Howland Island as Rear Admiral Murfin coordinates all efforts. George Putnam cites bearings toward the Phoenix Islands as the likely location. Navy costs for the hunt are included in standard operating expenses.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
South Pacific
Coast Guard Cutler
San Francisco
Frederick J. Noonan
Winslow Bank
Howland Island
Navy
Howland
Colorado
Coast Guard
Itasca
Swan
Moorby
Washington
Navy Department
Orin G. Murfin
Mth Naval District
Lexington
Phoenix Islands
George Palmer Putnam
Miss Earhart
Putnam
Naval
Pacific Ocean
Frederick Noonan
Walt Scott
NEA Service
Myers
Board Pushes Clemency for 50 Inmates in Arkansas
The state penal board on Tuesday urged Governor Bailey to commute life terms to 21 years for several inmates including James Crabtree and Floyd Reynolds. Recommendations include parole eligibility for Crabtree in 1940 and furloughs for D. B. Niven Jr. and others, with 44 more parole advisories for convicts across multiple counties.
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Fen Et
Little Rock
Ark
State Penal Board
Bailey
James Crabtree
Miller County
Guik Crabtree
Texarkana
Crabtree
D. B. Niven, Jr
Pine Bluff
Fine Bluff
Ray Mead
Charles Grier
Niven
Floyd Reynolds
White County
San Springs
Okla
Casey Floyd
Mena
Polle County
W. M. Crow
Fife
Union County
Joe Ossinbeck
Norphiet
Supreme Court
C. L. Cook
Supreme Cout
Scott Freeman
Rainbow City
Weather Laughs and Records from Blair's Book
Lincoln observer Thomas A Blair notes Tripoli once hit 136 degrees and Yellowstone a 66 below zero on Feb 9 1933. He cites Mount McKinley near 100 below after 19 years with a Death Valley claim of 14 degrees above? The data appear in Blair's Weather Elements.
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Lincoln
Tee
Tut
Thomas A. Blair
U. S. Weather
University of Nebraska
Tripoli
Yellowstone National Park
Mercury
United States
Elsix
Mount McKinley
Alaska
Death Valley
California
Blair
DeAnn to Be Host to Soil Officials
The Soil Conservation Service of Camp Alton will meet DeAnn farmers Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the DeAnn schoolhouse. Pictures of conservation practices now in effect near Hope will be shown and the work program explained. Farmers seeking government help to conserve soil will learn how the program can aid their farms and future generations, and may list their farms with the camp for planning.
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Soil Conservation Service
Camp Alton
Hope
DeAnn
DeAan
Cleburne County to Hold Two Elections
Heber Springs residents will vote on outlawing liquor August 1. Quitman voters will decide both liquor and beer on July 22. Both measures seek local option changes and affect county residents in the next two months.
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Heber Springs
Ark
Quitman
Ban on Melon Shipments From Four Southern States
Secretary Wallace signed a 48 hour order limiting watermelon shipments from Georgia Florida the Carolinas starting 12:01 a m July 8 to ease oversupply from holiday shipments and help raise prices for Southern growers and markets alike.
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Washington
Wallace
Georgia
Florida
Carolinas
Brooklyn Youth Falls Four Stories to Death
A 22-year-old Brooklyn man, Marc Galta Jr., wandered from home two weeks earlier and was found near a cemetery. On Tuesday he vanished while visiting his aunt's apartment, later found dead from a fractured skull in the backyard after climbing to the roof and falling four stories.
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New York
Marc Galta, Jr
Brooklyn
Atl
Hart
Mind Your Manners in Bridge Etiquette and Party Plans
Hostess guide on bridge manners answers five questions: ignore partner’s informative signals, do not retract a pass, avoid tapping table while assessing hand, do not draw and hold a card for play, and only inspect the last completed trick with it visible to all. For hosting mixed-skill guests options include arranging by skill rather than free seating.
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NEA Service
Insurgents Pushed Back by Loyalists in Madrid Offensive
The Spanish government forces shattered insurgent lines on Madrid's western front in a major offensive reported by the Associated Press. About 25,200 government troops attacked near Navalcarnero while General Jose Miaja’s forces seized Villanueva de la Canada. Observers noted insurgent and Moorish forces massing on the Teruel front northwest of Valencia as Madrid authorities planned further action to break the siege.
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Associated
Press
Madrid
Navalcarnero
Jose Miaja
Villanueva de la Canada
Valencia
Teruel
Accident Victim Dies at El Dorado
EL RODARO Ark Mrs Dan Brooks Jr injured in an automobile crash near El Dorado Sunday died Tuesday night at a local hospital. Miss Ernestine Womack of El Dorado was killed instantly. Albert Hollyfield, driver, and Olivia Wade escaped injury. Brooks had shown some improvement.
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EL Rodaro
Ark
Dan Brooks, Jr
Ernestine Womack
el Dorado
Brooks
Albert Hollyfield
Olivia Wade
Pasture Mowing Boosts Quality and Supply for Livestock
Hope Soil Conservation Camp cooperators report improved pasture quality and forage quantity from mowing. Beneficiaries include Fred Lee, Perry Moses, Ian Bateman, J. W. Ray, Duckett Estate, Lemley & Lemley, and G. D. Royston. Agronomist H. B. Vineyard notes weed and bush control enhances soil cover, reducing erosion and boosting drought grazing.
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Hope Soil Conservation Camp
Fred Lee
Perry Moses
Ian Bateman
J. W. Ray
Duckett Estate
Lemley & Lemley
G. D. Royston
H. B. Vineyard
Agronomist
Camp Alton
Vineyard
University Experiment Station
Hope
Several Arrested in Auto Theft Ring In El Dorado
El Dorado police chief announced six automobiles recovered and several arrests in a regional auto theft ring spanning months. Shreveport police Arkansas state troopers and an Atlanta insurance detective assisted. Some cars stolen in El Dorado were recovered elsewhere in Arkansas Texas Louisiana and California. FBI cooperated and details await federal action. Canada hog population dropped from 4,159,700 in 1936 to 3,379,700 in 1935.
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EL Dorado
Ark
W. &. Hickman
Shreveport
Arkansas
Atlanta
Texas
Louisiana
California
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Canada
Labor clashes and protests at multiple plant sites
In Alcoa Tennessee at the Aluminum Company of America gates, at least 14 strikers and two police were wounded as workers protested the plant’s reopening after a weeks long shutdown. In Detroit Walter Reuther testified about an assault during Ford union activity in Dearborn May 26. In Covington Virginia fights erupted and cars overturned as hundreds picketed a rayon plant after 14 weeks on strike. In Clarksville Texas WPA workers returned to a road project after walking off to protest the withdrawal of two trucks.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Detroit
Mich
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Reuther
National Labor Relations Board
Pickers Block
Covington
Industrial Rayon Corporation
Clarksville
Texas
Here
Arkansas Resident Dies After Train Collision
P Sardis Speak man 46 of Graysonia Ark died in a Memphis hospital Tuesday from injuries after being struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train as he crossed railroad yards near the Harahan bridge. Police said he crossed the tracks and then recrossed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sardis Speakman
Graysonia
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Harahan Bridge
Cotton Acreage Rises Over Last Year
New York report shows acreage planted to cotton at end of June up over last year by a VT per cent. Petit planted acreage reached 35,339,000 acres with crop condition at 79.9 per cent of normal, a high mark despite earlier lower readings.
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New York
International Statistical Bureau
Petit
Bureau
Roosevelt and Senate Clash Over Court Bill Tactics
Philadelphia Bulletin quotes former Justice Van Devanter saying the Court has weathered storms and will endure the current crisis. He asserts the Constitution protects the country and the Court has not reversed its past rulings, adding his resignation and the Judiciary Committee actions were coincidental.
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Philadelphia
Thoradelphia Bulletin
Simpsonville
Willia Vani Devanter
van Devanier
Senate
Roof Fire on Foster Avenue Causes Small Damage
A roof fire on Foster Avenue caused minor damage estimated at $10. Firemen responded at 11:30 a.m. It was the first alarm within city limits since May 2.
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Foster Avenue
4000 Employers Are Delinquent on Taxes
Federal area collector Homer M. Adkinson said in Little Rock that more than 4,000 Arkansas employers were delinquent in monthly social security act reports. He noted over 15 employers in the state had not filed returns, which require a one percent deduction from all employees for benefits.
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Little Rock
Federal Avenue
Homer M. Adkinson
Arissas
Cotton opens in New Orleans at 1213 amid quiet trading
The New Orleans cotton market opened Wednesday at 1213 and closed at 1215, with spot clay steady and a six point rise. Middling cotton priced at 248, reflecting a stable yet edged movement in the trading session.
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New Orleans
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