Prison reform in Arkansas faces funding limits and danger
The Arkansas State Penal Board replaced Stedman with Todhunter, promising swift prison system reform as funds permit after years of deadly incidents. The piece notes distrust in guards’ killings, criticizes administration, and predicts Todhunter will overhaul management when finances allow. It also urges highway department attention to No Parking signs on the Missouri Pacific viaduct and approaches to prevent accidents caused by parked vehicles on fast crossings.
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Todhunter
Arkansas
Kludge
State Penal Board
Stedman
Stedram
State Highway Department
Missouri Pacific
Hitler Addresses Reichstag Reveals 77 Dead in Revolt
Adolf Hitler told the Reichstag the death toll from the suppression of a revolt was 77, including 19 Storm Troop leaders and 31 others, with executions carried out after mutineers resisted arrest. He defended swift measures and warned against mixing the Reichswehr with political groups, saying Germany must be protected at any cost.
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Hitler
Reichstag
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Ernest Rochm
Supreme Court
Reichstar
Boehm
Reichswehr
Regular
Storm Troopers
Kurt von Schleicher
von Schleicher
Franz von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
Political speaking at Old Liberty on July 19
A political speaking event will be held at Old Liberty on the Washington Fulton road with all candidates invited to participate. Also noted are six fully equipped Pullman night-flying planes cruising at 165 miles per hour, each with six compartments for two sleeping passengers, operating between Southwest cities.
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Old Liberty
Washington-Fulton Road
Pullman
Father Urges Boy to Surrender Self
Norman Oklahoma reports conflict over the death of Marian Mills a 20 year old University of Oklahoma beauty queen as Neal Myers a missing pharmacy student faces possible flight to Texas or the Gulf awaiting autopsy results. The case centers on Hazel Brown fraternity cook and the medicine he and the victim allegedly obtained as part of a desperate effort to prevent a miscarriage.
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Norman
Okla
Marian Mills
University of Oklahoma
Neal Myers
University Pharmacy
P. B. Meyers
el Reno
Houston
Tex
Neal
San Antonio
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Paul Updegraff
Hazel Brown
Oklahoma University
Southwest
Neal Meyers
Myers
San Francisco Labor Strikes Parade Across Waterfront
San Francisco faces food and fuel shortages as a 140 union committee with 65 000 members weighs a general strike. 2000 National Guard are on standby along the waterfront while unions push for arbitration or decisive action amid stalled supply lines and government mediation efforts.
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San Francisco
Cslif
Roosevelt
Labor Disputes Board
Pedee
National Guard
Associated Press
Bay District
Frank Marriam
Bay Region
St. Paul
Jon
Union Mille Drivers
South Bend
Ind
Missing 21 month old Bobby Connor Sparks Hartsdale search
Justice agents waited vainly Saturday for a kidnap note to justify entering town search for Bobby Connor 21 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Connor missing since Thursday night. In Washington Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson plans a board of review within the NRA to permanently assume the Darrow Review Board functions with Amos J Pensloe of New York named as possible chair.
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Hartsdale
Department of Justice
Bobby Connor
Charles H. Connor
Washington
Hugh §. Johnson
NRA
Darrow Review Board
Blue Eagle
Amos J. Pensloe
New York
Ferret Captured on Local Street
A ferret was captured after a half hour foot race through the town by Officers Homer Burke and William Reaves. It darted from the First Baptist church toward Stephenson’s grocery and was cornered behind a West Second street screen door. The animal, about 11 inches long when full grown, is on display at the Checkered cafe as an exhibit.
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Homer Burke
William Reaves
Africa
Burke
First Baptist Church
Stephenson's Grocery
West Second Street
United States
Farm Administration paid out, receipts near payments
The Farm Administration reports it has paid out 358.99 million and collected 359.59 million in processing taxes over 15 months, with a slight margin to spare. Officials say receipts will soon exceed payments as farmers receive acreage-reduction payments and taxes continue to flow, while future balance expectations remain uncertain.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Treasury
Neat
Coleton
Highway 24 Group Forms to Push First Class Road
Prescott Arkansas residents including Dan Pittman and M W Greeson organize a permanent Highway 24 Association at the American Legion Hut with leaders from Chichester Bluff City Prescott Blevins McCaskill and other towns. The group aims to secure concrete or asphalt paving and connect Prescott along a Canada to Gulf route, urging concerted action and outlining town road committees.
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Prescott
Ark
American Legion
Dan Fittman
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Chichester
Bluff City
Blevins
McCaskill
M. W. Greesom
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Camden
Wheelen Springs
Lockesburg
Nashville
Greeson
Pittman
The
Frescatt Chamber of Commerce
Highway Association
A. S. Buchanan
M. W. Greeson
R. Q. Wortham
L. L. Mitchell
T. J. Compton
H. V. Scott
W. V. Pumpking
Highway 24 Association
Dan Pittman
Archie Johnson
W. D. Scott
Henry Harvey
Roy Bingen
Tom Walker
W. A. Purifoy
L. M. Carter
C. C. Harvey
Chas. C. Henry
G. H. Weaver
R. B. Black
M. L. Nelson
J. J. Bruce
C. D. Cummings
C. L. White
M. T. Ward
Bert Scott
J. A. Sevedge
Marshall Scott
J. E. Gentry
Chas. Thomas
Belton
S. F. Leslie
J. L. Eley
Stubbeman Speaks at Kiwanis Club Hope Ice founder on origin of ice industry
A. W. Stubbeman owner of Home Ice and new Kiwanis member spoke Friday night on the ice industry's origin and growth. He argued Columbus might not have reached America if ice manufacture existed then and traced advances to modern times noting advantages of natural ice over mechanical refrigeration.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
A. W. Stubbeman
Home Ice Company
Stubbeman
Columbus
America
India
Europe
State to Pay for Helen's Funeral
Helen Spence Eaton's death at Jacksonville State Farm for Women drew crowds to Owens & Co funeral home in Little Rock as locals offered funds for her burial. The state plans a decent burial unless her uncle Blaire Spence claims the body. Spence learned of the death only after visiting DeWitt. The story notes her prior escapes and a courtroom killing by Spence’s father.
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Little Rock
Helen Spence Waton
Owens & Co
North Lite Rock Undertakers
State Farm
Jacksonville
Llowns
Helen Spence Eaton
Blaire
Spence
DeWitt
St. Charles
Ft. Charles
Cicero Spence
Jack Words
Statewide heat record hits 106 in northern Arkansas
Arkansas baked under record heat as northern areas reached 106 degrees while Little Rock posted 97 with forecasts for little relief through Sunday. Fort Smith hit 104 and Corning 106 as locations reported to the Weather Bureau, with Jonesboro near 101.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Corning
Fort Smith
Jonesboro
Hottest Day Yet As Arkansan’s Record May Be Topped
The 2 p m temperature at Hoye reached 101 degrees with 102 degrees recorded at 3 p.m. Friday, according to N F O Neal weather forecasters. Officials warn Saturday could surpass the seasonal high as other Arkansas locations mark the warmest day of the year.
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Hoye
N. F. O'Neal
Federal
Arkansas
Drought Grips Fort Smith and Benton County
Descriptive report shows Fort Smith hit 104 degrees with 32 straight rainless days. Benton County nears a 34 day drought record as June rainfall remains near zero. A Decatur petition declares the region a drought area while neighboring Missouri and Oklahoma counties report similar conditions.
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Fort Smith
Benton County
Decatur
Missouri
Oklahoma
Prison reforms sweep Tucker Farm and Jacksonville facility
Random text about removing women officials from Tucker Prison and Jacksonville Farm, transferring Mrs E O and Mrs Ben Maddox, appointing L J Ackin as superintendent, and firing and replacing staff. Mentions Todhunter Stedman and a killing investigated, with sign of administrative shakeups and appointments on a Saturday.
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Maddox
Tucker
Jacksonville
Roosevelt Halts for Fishing Trip at Cocos Island
President Roosevelt paused aboard the cruiser Houston for an uninhabited stop at Cocos Island in the Pacific on a voyage toward Hawaii. He joined by his sons Franklin and John and Captain Brown, with naval officers planning a possible shore expedition for game. The Houston and New Orleans anchored off the island as the party prepared for overnight stay before continuing to Hilo and Honolulu for a two day visit.
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Cocos Island
Pacific Ocean
Roosevelt
Hawaiian Islands
Houston
Franklin
John
Brown
Naval Air
Houson
New Orleans
Little Island
Pacific
Panama Canal
Hilo
Hawaii
Honolulu
Mother of 4 Slain by Federal Agent
In St Louis on a raid connected to the Kelley kidnapping probe, Bessie Masterson, four children mother and wife of an unemployed worker, was fatally shot when federal agent Leah B. Reed fired four times through her door as her husband Marty Masterson refused to answer. The incident underscores tensions in the manhunt for John C. Johnson’s slayer.
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St, Louis
Department of Justice
John C. Johnson
Kelley
Bessie Masterson
Leah B. Reed
Marty Masterson
Cotton market slips on Saturday in New York
Cotton prices eased with October staple trading around 13 cents per pound, 6 points below the prior close as the market opened at 14.11 for the spread, with a high near 13.16 and a low at 13 cents. Local market details follow with poultry and egg prices from Little Rock Produce listing hens, broilers, and eggs.
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New York
Little Rock
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