Reinforcements Rush To Peiping Battle Area In China
Chinese and Japanese forces clash near Peiping as 2000 Japanese troops rush to the battle zone from Tientsin with artillery and armored cars. Chinese forces, including the Twenty Ninth Route Army, report holding forts at Nanyuan and the southern and eastern gates. Rail junction at Fengtai vulnerable as both sides deploy reinforcements and skirmishing intensifies around Tungchow and surrounding towns.
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Peiping
China
Tentsin
Feiping
Yung-Ting-Men
Port Ping Om Aho
Nanyuan
Fengtai
Tientsin
Tokio
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Here
Kupeikou
Miyun
Huwaija
East Hopes
Yin Ju-Keng
Tungchow
Former Policeman Is Found Insane In Arkansas
Harley Baskin, ex Little Rock policeman accused of robberies in four Arkansas cities, is diagnosed with a mild form of insanity by state hospital authorities. Head injuries from a motorcycle accident near Alma three years ago are cited as the cause. Baskin, arrested a month ago in Oklahoma, allegedly confessed to robberies in Little Rock Pine Bluff Texarkana and Fort Smith.
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Little Rock
Harley Baskin
Arkansas
Charles Arkebauer
Ghief
Alma
Baskin
Revenue Department
Arkebauer
Oklahoma
O. N. Martin
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Fort Smith
Russian Transpolar Fliers Make Safe Landing Near San Jacinto
Russian trans polar fliers landed three miles west of San Jacinto after a 160 hour nonstop flight from Moscow breaking the world long distance record. Earlier reports indicated routes toward Oakland Los Angeles and San Diego with a possible extension to Mexico. weather varied across the corridor as radiomen tracked the plane.
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San Jacinto
Calif
Moscow
San Francisco
San Diego
I Mackay
Army Headquarters
Oakland
Los Angeles
Oregon
North Pole
Seattle
Roseburg
Ore
United Airlines Weather Bureau
Skiey
Portland
Qakkind
Vancouver
Wash
N F Helms Dies Suddenly In Hope At 59
N F Helms 59 a Hope resident and Hope Furniture employee for 17 years died suddenly at 7 25 p m Tuesday on duty from a heart attack. He collapsed near the desk and died despite medical aid. Born April 21 1878 in Union County NC he moved to Hope in 1910. Survived by widow two daughters seven brothers one sister and other relatives. Funeral Friday at his home.
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NH. F. Helms
Hope
Hope Furniture Company
W. H. Helms
Waxhan
N. Cy
M. A. Helms
Marshville
Mind Your Manners Q and A Quiz from 1937
A 1937 NEA Service etiquette quiz asks if a good conversationalist listens more than talks, whether friendship excuses personal questions, if calling etiquette requires leaving a card, whether nicknames appear on visiting cards, and how servants address older children. It also offers a scenario on streetcar loud talking with recommended responses.
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Master Charles
NEA Service, Inc
Frank M. Perry 78 Dies in Hope Tuesday
Frank M. Perry, 78, died Tuesday afternoon at his daughter's home in Hope. Born in Columbus, Indiana in 1853, he moved to Hope in 1905 after early railroad work in Gordon. He was with Missouri Pacific, later entered mercantile business, and belonged to Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. Funeral 4 p.m. at the Brown residence with ministers W. A. Hammonds and W. R. Hamilton, burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by two daughters, three brothers, a sister, two grandchildren, and several great grandchildren.
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Frank M. Perry
Joe D. Brown
South
Walnut Street
Columbus
Indiana
Arkansas
Hope
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Gordon
First Christian Church of Hope
Brown
W. A. Hammonds
First Christian Church
W. R. Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
M. BE. Edgington
Roosevelt Orders Government Study of Housing Problem
President Roosevelt said he asked nine federal departments to survey the nation housing situation, including rentals and ownership. He noted construction costs have delayed new homes, and that higher home prices deter builders. He urged action as over half the wage earners live in rentals and proposed a limited dividend corporation funded by renters to aid building for rent.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Building and Loan Association
Speculation on Senator Robinson’s Succession Grows in Arkansas
Stunned by Senator Joe T. Robinson’s death, Arkansas politics weigh a special election window of 60 to 120 days. Governor Bailey could appoint temporarily, while the Democratic State Committee weighs nomination or a primary. Possible candidates include Fuller, McClellan, and Bailey. Funeral plans and national reaction follow in Washington with Roosevelt calling him a fighter. Sacramento reports California auto groups relief as legislature adjourns without “soak the motorist” bills. drivers face fingerprint, tourist tax, speed trap, and semi annual inspection debates.
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Little Rock
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
Bailey
Democratic Committee
Ponsier
Fuller
McClellan
Ey Anep
Senate
Robinson
Democratic Party
Sacramento
Calif
California
More Staple Used by Cotton Mills
Washington report shows domestic cotton mills consumed 7,361,787 bales from August to June, surpassing the previous 7,189,585 bale record for the 1926-27 season. Census data cover a month remaining in the season and reflect a peak in mill usage.
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Washington
Federal Census Bureau
Mail Carrier Robbed Near Clarksville Arkansas
Clarksville Ark five masked men robbed Chester Tabor a horseback mail carrier of 39.03 in the Batson mountains twenty miles north Tuesday. Sheriff Virgil Goth said only one man with a gun did the actual robbery. The assailant sorted through the sack then returned everything but the money.
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Clarksville
Ark
Chester Tabor
Batson
Here
Virgil Goth
Tabor
Unwilling pilot makes flight in plane dream tale unfolds
Grady Catledge a Sumner Mississippi mechanic with no flying experience found himself an inadvertent pilot after a Greenwood aviator’s failed restart left Catledge in the cockpit. He briefly circled the field then landed safely, later saying it felt like a dream and crediting luck and mechanics knowledge for his escape.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Grady Catledge
Sumner
Mack McInnis
Greenwood
Catledge
Clarksdale-Greenwood
Glendora
Melnnis
Grady
Cat
Ledge
McInnis
Gentry Withdraws His 4045 Dollar Claim
In Little Rock A A Gentry the former State Insurance commissioner withdrew his claim for 34045 in back salary presented to the claims commission. He argued the 1937 legislature lacked authority to cut the salary set by a prior act. He has appealed to the state supreme court from a Pulaski circuit court ruling that would oust his successor M J Harrison, an appointee of Governor Bailey.
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Little Rock
A. A. Gentry
The
Claims Commission
Gentry
State Supreme Court
Pulaski
M. J. Harrison
Harrison
Carl £. Bailey
Blast at Skinner sawmill kills one injures four
A boiler explosion at the Skinner sawmill on Buchanan avenue in Texarkana killed W. J. Skinner, 40, and injured I. L. McDaniel, 35, Oscar Shoe, 22, and Howard Green, 15. Skinner died about six hours after the blast from a crushed skull and severe burns. The others were treated for injuries. Green’s burns were not life threatening.
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Texarkana
Buchanan Avenue
W. J. Skinner
I. L. McDaniel
Oscar Shoo
Howard Green
Skinner
Shoe
McDaniel
Death of U S Senator Robinson Shocks Capitol
Washington and national leaders mourn the death of Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas at age about, discovered in his residence. He had led the Democratic Senate faction since 1922 while guiding court reform efforts. Funeral plans set in Washington and Little Rock with services in the Senate chamber.
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Washington
Joseph T
Arkansas
Robinson
Alfred Smith
United States Supreme Court
National Capitol
Senator Robinson
Capitol Plaza
Little Rock
Ark
MacDonald
George W
Little X
Senate
Prés
Supreme Court
Grady Miller
Joe T. Robinson
Truck Line Permits Granted in South Arkansas
The Arkansas Corporation Commission granted permits to two truck line operators to haul oil field equipment and supplies in south Arkansas on a call and demand basis. William A. Beebe of El Dorado and R. L. Milam of Smackover received approvals. Denied were L. E. Hadock of El Dorado and T. Collins of Shreveport.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Corporation Comission
South
Arkansas
William A. Beebe
el Dorado
R. L. Milam
Smackover
L. E. Haddock
T. #. Collins
Shreveport
Convict Trio May Be Headed Back to Texas
Madill Oklahoma reports a man identified as Roy Traxler and two others with a woman appeared at a filling station after fleeing Huntsville Texas prison farm last Friday. Leonard McKenzie, the police chief, said they headed toward Dennison Texas 30 miles south as station attendant Leo Lampe watched them drive off without buying anything.
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Madil
Okla
Roy
Pete) Traxler
Oklahoma
Chas
Huntsville
Texas
Leonard McKenzie
Maditl
Traxler
Leo Lampe
New Orleans Cotton Opens and Closes Lower on Day
New Orleans October cotton opened at 14.40 and closed at 12.45. Spot cotton finished quiet and unchanged with middling at 12.81 in a light trading session.
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New Orleans
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Hero
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Hope Furniture
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Byrnes
South Carolina
Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph T. Robinson
Clarksville, Ark
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Cotton Patch
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Quebec
Ee “Lilac Towners
Basin
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Big Horn Mountains
Basin Club
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