Venereal Clinic to Be Conducted for Negroes Here
A free venereal disease clinic for negroes will be held at the offices of Drs. J. P. Yerger and R. P. Lewis from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday July 20, funded by the Southern Liberal Organization of Forrest City Arkansas and not by state or local health departments. The clinic offers competent examination diagnosis and free corrective serums for eligible cases. endorsements come from Barbour executive secretary and local white and negro leaders, with ministers urged to support attendance within a ten mile radius.
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Southern Liberal Organization
Forrest City
Atk
J. P. Yerger
R. P. Lewis
Sp. In
Hls. Barbour
Barbour
Regio
The
Star
Skunk Befriends Farmer Seeking Shelter in Storm
During a severe hailstorm in Tuscola Huels Mattik, a farmer, hid under a tractor. A full grown skunk joined him seeking shelter, behaving like a gentleman according to witnesses.
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Huels Mattik
Hat- Six
Mind Your Manners In A Job Interview Scenario
A reader forum presents questions about job applications and manners. It highlights whether to share ideas, reveal need, provide references, and how to handle salary concerns. It frames a mock reception scene with Martha and Mrs White advising on proper responses and etiquette.
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Ma. Brown
Martha
Joe Sutton Joins Shreveport Journal Advertising Post
Joe Sutton, longtime advertising manager of Hope Star, resumes duties at the Shreveport Journal in an afternoon edition role. He will depart Saturday to begin new duties, having joined The Star in January 1936 after leaving Texarkana Gazette.
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Joe Sutton
Hope Star
Shreveport Journal
Shreveport
Sutton
Mr. Sutton
The
Star
My. Washburn
Hope
My. Bryant
University of Arkansas
Robinson Warns of Filibustering in Court Bill Debate
Washington report notes Administration Leader Joy Robinson of Arkansas warns that filibuster threats loom during the debate on the court reorganization bill. The exchange with Senators Login of Kentucky and Wheeter of Montana heightens tensions over procedural tactics.
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Washington
Joy Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Login
Kentucky
Wheeter
Montana
Robinson
War Veteran Digs MEMPHIS and Died at Veterans Hospital
Vean Wise, a Memphis resident and longtime Newport Arkansas wholesale grocer, well known as a Spanish American War veteran, died at Veterans Hospital on Wednesday from a heart attack. He served during the Spanish American conflict and later retired to Memphis.
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Memphis
Vean
Robert Jeferson Wise
Newport
Ark
Cotton Acreage Rises in July This Year
Washington reports the Agricultural Department estimates July cotton in cultivation at 24,192,000 acres, compared with 30,960,000 a year ago. Arkansas acreage is placed at 3,096,000 acres.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Arkansas
Nine Deaths From Intense Heat Wave
Heat wave across the Midwest and Northeast caused nine deaths in seven states as temperatures topped 90 and neared 100 degrees. Hot winds, sultry breezes, and rising readings pushed residents to beaches and preserves while forecasts warned of continued warmth. In other notes, 300 convicts were returned to their cells at Juliet prison as moisture needs grew in the Great Plains.
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Ug Associated Press
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mercury
Chicago
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
George Schring
Juliet
Washington
Great Plains
Noa
Bullet Fatal to Sister in Ada Family Visit
In Russellville Arkansas a six year old brother accidentally fired a small caliber rifle injuring Mary Ann Lewis four, daughter of Mr and Mrs EB Lewis of Ada Oklahoma. The accident happened at relatives home in Belleville where the Lewises were visiting. the wound proved fatal Wednesday.
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Russellville
Ark
Robert Earl
Mary Ann Lewis
EB. B. Lewis
Ada
Okla
Belleville
Louise Thaden May Seek New Aviation Laurels This Fall
Louise Thaden Bendix trophy winner may enter the Bendix race again this fall but will not attempt a trans ocean flight. She notes Amelia Earhart and Frederick J Noonan perished on their world flight and she calls herself a sissy for not trying such a voyage.
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Bentonville
Ark
Louise Thaden
Amelia Earhart
Frederick J. Noonan
Howland Island
South Pacific Ocean
Arkansas Aviatrix
Republic Steel plants opened amid indictments in Warren
Republic Steel opened its last strike closed plants in Cleveland as the grand jury at Warren returned indictments charging eight men with illegal possession of explosives tied to strike violence. One indicted is Gus Hall, former C10 organizer.
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Cleveland
Ohio
VPI
Republic Steel Corporation
Grand Jury
Warren
Gus Hall
Three men charged in Linn ford murder case in Berlin
Berlin bulletins report three men were charged Thursday in connection with a murder on Linn ford Street near Sturmtroopers' case. Arkansas drive against motorists lacking licenses cites 30 arrests this week by State Ranger Chief Gray Albright in Little Rock.
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Berlin
Germany
Linnford
Sturmtroopers
Little Rock
Gray Albright
Arkansas
Mrs Laura C Cloud Dies Suddenly Here
Mrs Laura C Cloud, 83, mother of the late Dr B Cloud, died suddenly at 7:30 p m Wednesday at her home 805 West Sixth Street. She had lived in Hope for years, moving from Hot Springs. Funeral services were held at 10 a m Thursday from the residence led by Rev Thomas Brewster of First Presbyterian. Body taken to Rose Lawn cemetery at Junction City Arkansas. Survivors include grandson Bob Ledbetter of Shreveport Louisiana and granddaughter Sara Lu Ledbetter of Hope.
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Laura C. Cloud
B. ¥. Cloud
West Sixth Street
Hope
Hot Springs
Thomas Brewster
First Presbyterian Church
Rose Lawn Cemetery
Junction City
Ark
Bob Ledbetter
Shreve
Port, la
Sara Lu Ledbetter
Palestine to be carved into three new states
London reports Britain approves a royal commission plan to partition Palestine into Jewish Arab and neutral states. Jerusalem Bethlehem and Nazareth would be governed as a corridor to the sea with British troops and a warship ready to intervene if disorder returns. The plan, termed a surgical operation, will be sent to the League of Nations for final authority. The five member commission issued a unanimous report after civil strife since 1936.
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London
Fng
IUP
Palestina
Holy Lands
Palestine
Britain
Jeruzalem
Bethlehem
Nazareth
League of Nations
Holy Land
Turkey
Bank Robbery in Weiner by Two Unmasked Gunmen
Two unidentified men robbed the Bank of Weiner on Thursday, forcing five employees into the vault and taking cash under $1,000. They fled south in a waiting coupe as officers pursued, with the alarm raised minutes after the heist.
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Weiner
Ark-4/P
Bank of
Ely
Navy Planes Begin Earhart Search Over Pacific
Honolulu reports the United States Navy launched its biggest peace-time search for Amelia Earhart, missing on her round-the-world flight southeast of Howland Island. Colorado aircraft returned after a two-hour hunt with no trace of Earhart or navigator Fred Noonan.
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Honolulus
United States Navy
Amelia Earhart
Howland Island
Miss Earhart
Fred Nognan
To Ask New Trial for Brockelhurst
Defense lawyers in Little Rock said they would seek a new trial for Lester Brockelhurst on grounds that his conviction and death sentence followed a trial without a grand jury indictment, a federal constitutional issue. The request is planned for Friday as Brockelhurst awaits execution in the Tucker death house for the Victor Gates murder near Lonoke, Arkansas, weeks ago.
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Little Rock
Lester Brockelhurst
Brockelhurst
Tucker Death House
Victor A. Gates
Lonuke
Ark
Emergency Fund to Pay for Publicity in Arkansas
Attorney General Jack Holt ruled that Governor Bailey could use the emergency fund to cover public services of the publicity commission industrial commission and vivid service department. Hall's opinion assigns the governor full discretion to determine if these services meet fund restrictions. Bailey's findings hinge on the 1937 regulatory framework and legislative gaps left funds unappropriated.
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Litile Rock
Jack Holt
Carl E. Bailey
State Publicity Commission
Industrial, Commission and Vivid Service Department
Hall
J. O. Goff
Bailey
Stamps Quartet to Perform at Bedcaw Saturday
The Y. O. Stamps Quartet of Dallas will give a concert at Bedcaw at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 10, announced by W. H. Munn. He also noted the Nevada county singing convention will be held at 10 a.m. the following day at Willigville High School Bymneship. The public is invited.
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Y. O. Stamps Quartet
Dallas
Bedcaw
W. H. Munn
Fiat Place
Munn
Nevada Couity
Willigville High School
Slayer of Three Girls Faces Sanity Examination
In Los Angeles Albert Dyer 32 faces murder charges for three young girls. Prosecution psychiatrists evaluated his sanity but offered no verdict. Investigators seek corroboration for his confession. Dyer to appear in court Thursday to plead to indictments returned by the grand jury. He earlier attempted to plead guilty but was denied due to lack of counsel. Unofficial reports say he will be held for trial within three days.
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Los Angeles
Albert Dyer
Dyer
Funeral Held for C A Bonds of Blevins
Funeral services for C A Bonds aged 86 died at his home in Blevins Monday morning were held at Marlbrook Church conducted by Rev H M Williams of Gordon. He leaves a widow three daughters Beatrice Ploy and Daisy one son Merle of Blevins four brothers Edgar Hervey Walton and Roy Bonds all of near Blevins three sisters Mrs Carrie Lewis of Hope Miss Mary Bonds of Houston Texas and Mrs H C Honea of Fayetteville and five grandchildren Burial was in Marlbrook cemetery.
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C. A
Bonds
Blevins
Marlbrook Church
H. M. Williams
Gordon
Beatrice
Ploy
Daisy
Merle
Edgar
Hervey
Walton
Roy Bonds
Carrie Lewis
Hope
Lineman Killed by 2200-Volt Live Wire in Fort Smith
Rex Harold Ball, 45, Oklahoma Gas & Electric lineman, died after contact with a 2200-volt live wire while on a pole in Fort Smith Arkansas. Fellow workers rushed aid and he was put in an iron lung at a hospital but died an hour later. He is survived by his widow Roe a sister and five brothers. funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Rex Harold Ball
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Ball
Roe
Peiping battles and Madrid rumor clash in world war notes
Fragmented report cites Chinese troops at Peiping Hankow railway area using machine guns and engaging Japanese forces near Fengtei and Luikowkiao while Soviet and Japanese protests over Amur lands surface. Madrid government claims surround Los Llanos and capture of a frontline position with anti tank guns and prisoners.
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Peiping
China
Yingting
Pieping-Hankow
Fengtei
Pieping
Luikowkiao
Amur River
Manchoukuo
Russia
Japan
Amur
Madrid
Jorna
Los Llanos
Bumper Corn Crop Hopes Rise on Ideal Weather
Report from Chicago indicates farmers anticipate a bumper corn crop due to ideal conditions. Dry spells, recent rain, and cool temperatures supported vigorous growth across Missouri and Central Iowa as crops near tassels, with plowing nearly complete and hopes rising despite prior late planting concerns. The forecast notes a record demand for corn and favorable yields, contrasting with last year’s smaller crop.
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Chicago
Missouri
Central
Iowa
Mexico Death Toll Rises From Hacienda Attack
Mexico City reports state that 18 people were killed in a brutal assault at a Hacienda de Quaret. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the incident and identify those involved.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Beision
Quaret
Cotton WORLEANS der 9 doll hale AU cue etaget
Cotton industry notes and market brief describe concerns over the ninth duty and price support effects on cotton producers. Local merchants report modest gains as speculation persists about export demand and policy shifts affecting futures.
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