Governor Race Sees Withdrawals Amid 3-Way Feud
A week of turmoil in Arkansas politics leaves Judge Richard M. Mann quitting the gubernatorial contest as fellow contenders clash over shifts in support. The piece notes Hall of Fame figure Huey Long may back Hattie Caraway, while campaign maneuvering among Dwight H. Blackwood Tom Terral and J B Priddy intensifies. One third of the legislature hints at a runoff primary law session.
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Little Rock
Richard M. Mann
Huey P. Long
Kingfish
utoSiana
Arkansas
Hattie W. Caraway
Senate
Caraway
Senator Long
Judge Mann
J. M. Futrell
Paragould
Blackwood
Mann
Chanrector Dey Seamster
Payetteville
Dwight H. Blackwood
Judge Seamster
A. B. Friddy
Russellville
Tom J
Lerral
Judge Priddy
American Exchange Trust Company
Norgan Smith
Pulaski County
Smith
Dermott
Bankers oppose publicity on R F C loans stir in Congress
Senate moves to send the 2 billion unemployment relief bill back to conference amid nationwide banker pressure to drop the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan publicity provision. House and Senate clashed over home loan currency expansion as adjournment loomed and the tax on expansion faced opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Riot at Capitol Ends Peacefully as Veterans Rally
Washington witnessed a mass rally of veterans demanding bonus payments. Police intervened to prevent disorder and W. Walters, leader of the main group, was briefly detained before agreeing to disperse with followers away from the capitol doors. The Senate later sent to the White House a bill cutting the veterans bonus certificate interest rate from 4% to 3% and authorizing loans on newer certificates.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
W. Walters
Bonus
Capitol Plaza
Senate
White House
Danish Fishermen Favor Carrier Pigeons Over Radio
Danish seagoing folk increasingly take carrier pigeons aboard to send messages home. Radio is common but pigeons offer advantages on occasions, and a pigeon service may be adopted across the Danish fishing fleet.
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Copenhagen
House dismantled near Gratiot in Mt. Perry sale case
Arthur Kissick of Mt. Perry found his home near Gratiot two and a half miles south completely torn down leaving only the foundation and a few shingles. Neighbors reported a man dismantled the house and hauled away the structure days before his inspection.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Gratiot
Arthur Kissick
Mt. Perry
Arthur
Democratic Meeting Eyes Runoff Primary And Treasurer Bid
The Democratic state central committee plans a July 25 meeting to consider Robert L Montgomery's bid for state treasurer after his name was barred for missing filing deadlines. Montgomery previously lost a court fight to be placed on the ticket and awaits a reversal that seems unlikely before ballots are printed.
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Leonora D. Caudle
Democratic State Central Committee
Robert L. Montgomery
North Little Rock
Montgomery
Lamar Williamson
Harvey G. Combs
Combs
Terrific Summer Heat Kills Fifty Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports a three-day heat wave that left more than 50 dead while many regions endured the year's highest temperatures. Texas towns Corsicana and Longview recorded 105 degrees, with Texarkana near 104 as breezes and storms provided brief relief in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Corsicana
Longview
Texas
Texarkana
Heat Wave Claims Five In New Orleans
New Orleans records five heat related deaths with four on Friday night and one two days earlier. James Gardner aged 63 and Charles Montalto aged 35 died of sun stroke while two others, John Moss 66 and Louis Quest, collapsed during work. The Friday high reached 98 degrees.
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New Orleans
James Gardner
Charles Montalto
John Moss
Louis Quest
Heat records rise as 98 degree mark nears in Hope area
Saturday afternoon readings showed 98 degrees with heat continuing to climb. Friday’s peak reached 99 degrees with expectations of further warmth. Seven mules died from heat on farms near Hope, with losses listed for Emmet Powell Lewisville highway, Walter Powell, Oscar Brint Spring Hill, Fred Miller Lewisville road, the Jeans family, and Walter McIver west of Hope.
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N. P. O'Neal
Hope
Star
Emmet Powell
Lewisville Highway
Walter Powell
Oscar Brint
Spring Hill
Fred Miller
Lewisville Road
Jeans Family
Walter McIver
West of Hope
Heel Blister Ends Life of Conway Farmer
Conway reports the death of W. E. Graddy a 57 year old farmer following the amputation of his left leg after gangrene developed from a heel blister caused by gravel in his shoe. He died last night after the operation and weeks of illness.
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Conway
W. E. Graddy
Miangiht
Kiwanians Close Good Will Tour With Fulton Meet
The eighth Kiwanis good will program ended in Fulton with a large turnout at Fulton school auditorium. Emory A. Thompson gave an address of welcome. Rev. Wallace Rogers urged better understanding between Fulton and Hope, stressing mutual prosperity and good will.
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Kiwanians
Fulton
Fulton School
Emory A. Thompson
Wallace Rogers
First Baptist Church of Hope
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Rogers
Hope
Hope Trade
John P. Cox
John Wellborn
Hope High School
Winter Canon
Mary Louise Keith
No Snake Food
In Quincy a group of amateur naturalists kept rattlesnakes. At feeding time they offered a mouse but the rodent attacked the snakes, biting their lips and chewing off their rattles. The naturalists withdrew the animal and freed it to protect the snakes.
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Quincy, Ill
Mr. Mouse
Hogs Leading Us to Better Times
Editor John W. Love notes a Cleveland Press business editor view on hog prices and park rises as indicators of improving economic times. The piece blends economic analysis with editorial insight, reflecting mid century market optimism.
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John W. Love
Cleveland Press
Chicken Dinner for Legion on Tuesday
The Hope Legion post and its Ladies Auxiliary announce a chicken dinner and county wide rally for former service men and families on Tuesday July 19 at 8 PM at Fair Park. Admission by membership cards or proof for nonmembers. Principal speaker A A Gentry. Auxiliary cooks 75 chickens with trimmings. committee heads Mrs. Frank Russell and B C Hollis.
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Fair Park
Legion Post
Hope
J. L. Stringer
A. A. Gentry
Hope Attorney
Frank Russell
Auxiliary
B. C. Hollis
Legion
Earliest U.S. Ruins Start Excavation in Arizona Mesa
Smithsonian Institute scientists will begin excavating an eastern Arizona site perched on a low mesa above the Puercos River. This remarkable multilayer site is believed to hold four levels of prehistoric culture, revealing a progression from village to apartment-house living.
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Fhoenix
Ariz
New World
Smithsonian Institute
Arizona
Puercos River
Signs point to end of wholesale price decline
The long decline in wholesale commodity prices seems near an end with indicators suggesting a shift upward. Analyst John W. Love notes momentum may turn prices higher as market forces shift.
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John W. Love
75 Possemen Seek Bandit in Woods
A posse of 75 citizens searched the woods Saturday for Fred Bryles, a bank robbery suspect from Citizens Bank in Beebe. One third of the $3,500 loot was recovered from a farm at Butlerville early Saturday. Bryles, recently paroled from the penitentiary, eluded officers after a brief Saturday chase and a horse escape into the woods. Will White, a Butlerville farmer, led deputies to the cache after saying Bryles and two strangers divided the loot at his home Thursday.@
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BEEBE
Citizens Bank
Butlerville
Fred Bryles
Little Rock
Will White
Bryles
Two Small Accidents Endanger I N Gruber in LA History
In Los Angeles history a missing tenpenny nail helps explain a battle loss. Two near fatal incidents threaten I N Gruber, aged 59. A chair leg nudges a wall against a gas jet, and ten minutes later a gas leak is ignited by a switch explosion. Gruber is hurled by the blast.
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Los Angeles
Cal
I. N. Gruber
Gruber
Compromise Relief Bill Would Fund RF C At 2 Billion
The Garner Wagner plan would authorize the F F C to spend 2 082 224 000 in three parts. 300 000 000 for direct relief loans to states with 3 percent interest. 1 460 000 000 for loans to support agriculture commerce industry and housing. 322 224 000 for already authorized public works including 120 000 000 for highways and 100 000 000 for public buildings.
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Europe
Congress
Hogs Lead Upward Price Trend Boosts Farmer Wealth
Hogs lead a parade of rising farm prices with a $2 per hundredweight increase adding about 200 million dollars to American farmers wealth. Cattle corn cotton and wheat follow, suggesting a potential broad upturn in commodity markets. If sustainable, this shift could revive business activity and mark the end of a long decline.
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Parker
Chicago
Blevins Farmer Hurt by Dynamite Blast on Highway
R N Harper 60 of Blevins critically injured when a dynamite blast along the highway right of way knocked him from a wagon as he returned from a cantaloupe load. He suffered eight broken ribs a punctured lung and possible chest crush. Bud Gorham unhurt.
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R. N. Harper
Blevins
Highway No. 24
Hope Furniture Company
Mr. Harper
Josephine Hospital
Harper
Bud Gorham
Gorham
R. R. Robins
State Highway Department
Hope
H. H. McGaughy
Fred Luck
Conway Couple Have Fifty Fifty Family
Conway news notes a large Lane family from Guy with twelve children six boys and six girls. The youngest are 12 year old twins one boy and one girl. Three sons and three daughters are married. Viola Lane had an appendectomy in Little Rock then 11 days later Julia May Lane also had the same operation by the same surgeon. Mr Lane is 73 and Mrs Lane 58.
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Conway
Tom Lane
Guy
Here
Viola
Little Rock
Julia May
Mr. Lane
Sammy Says He'll Stop Kidnapers
In Knoxville Tennessee a 15 year old pupil Samuel Bridges has devised a cradle alarm designed to deter kidnapping. The crib includes a trap door and bells linked to the nurse or mother’s room and police. A pressure trigger drops the cradle lid to secure the baby.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Samuel Bridges
Sammy
For Love or Money serial opens in Hope Star
Barry Townsend loves Mona Moran but delays proposals believing his friend loves her. Misunderstandings drive Barry to sail to South America while Mona faces adventures awaiting in the new serial. The tale begins next Wednesday July 20 in the Hope Star.
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Barry Townsend
Mona Moran
Barry
South America
Mona
Hope Star
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Saenger Theatre
Elmer Hecht
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J. L. Fritz
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L. H. Miller
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