Scrambled Politics and Hope for a Training School
The piece flags Roosevelt and Willkie as New York figures shaping national policy and war prep. It notes a tentative $175,000 Arkansas budget for a Hope training school in tank and air mechanics and related trades, to be financed by federal authorities through the State Department of Education. It urges expanding vocational training locally, linking NYA support to broader national defense needs.
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Re Hope
Arkansas
Washington
Lite Rock
State Department of Education
Hope
National Youth Administration
NYA
National Defense
Ruth Staggs Suicide on Creek Bank Near Hope
Ruth Elnore Staggs 31 daughter of Mr and Mrs P T Stages committed death by own action Wednesday by taking strychnine near her home on the Patmos road three miles south of Hope A note and a can with strychnine were found near the bank She had suffered melancholia for two years and a severe cold for two weeks The coroner Dr J H Weaver ruled the death self administered No inquest needed Funeral services Thursday at 1 pm at Meriden Cornelius Funeral Home with Macedonia cemetery burial She is survived by her parents and sister Mrs Belly Jang Foster Also note Zachary Taylor became president from a southern origin in New Orleans
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Ruth Elmore
P. T
Patmos Road
Hope
J. H. Weaver
Hempstead
Ruth Elnore Staggs
Staggs
Five Cranium Cracker Word Quiz Questions
A set of five multiple choice questions testing vocabulary. Items ask about fresco technique, atom, grail meaning, narcotic derivation, and sinecure as an income yielding position.
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Heron
They Were Both First and Last
Newport Beach celebrates the first and last electric street car runs. Terrel Jasper rode the first car in 1905, and the line was abandoned with the last car carrying the final passenger. In South Bend, C B Fenfield rode the first and last electric street cars, the first in 1891 and the last this June, as buses replaced them.
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Newport Beach
Calif
Terrel Jasper
South Bend
Ind
C. B. Fenfield
Near Plymouth
Trusty Joe Carter Dies After River Chase
Memphis guards followed bloodhounds on the trail of an escaped convict. Hours later they recovered Joe Carter's body from Wolf River. he had attempted to swim the river after the pursuit.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joe Carter
Carter
Wolf River
Burke to Back Willkie as Democrats Rally for Presidency
Senator Ed ward R. Burke of Nebraska announced he would host Democratic ranks and support Republican Wendell Willkie for the presidency. Burke has been a critic of New Deal policies and led opposition to Roosevelt’s court expansion plan, signaling cross party backing for Willkie.
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Washington
Edward R. Burke
Neb
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Burke
Nebraska
Roosevelt
United States
Supreme Court
Japan Moves to Solidify Pro Expansion Cabinet
Tokyo reports Premier designate Konoye chosen a strong pro expansionist inner circle to back military driven policies in East Asia. Foreign Minister Hachira Arita named, Yosuke Matsuoka an ardent expansionist, navy secretary Zenge Yoshida retained, signaling a shift toward a more aggressive national policy centering on South Seas prospects.
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Tokio
France
Konoye
East Asia
South Seas
Yosuke Matsuoka
Hachira Arita
Liew
Gon
Kiki Toji
Star of War
Shanroku Hata
Navy
Ehnice
Zenge Yoshida
Prince Konoye
Japan
Army Circle
Admiral Yonai
Yonai
Artta
Germany
Parachute Troops to Get U.S. Test
The War Department announced a new test parachute platoon of two officers and 48 men. The exercise runs July 29 through August 3, marking a first in American parachute training following examples set by Germany and Russia in Europe.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
War Department
Department
Ex Hope Resident Jessie Hutchinson Dies in Nashville
Mrs Jessie Hutchinson longtime Hope and Mempstead county resident died at her Nashville home Thursday morning. She was mother of Mrs George Wylie of Hope. Funeral arrangements could not be learned.
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Jessie Hutchinson
Nashville
Hope and Mempstead County
George Wylie
Hope
Distiller Turns State's Evidence in Liquor Conspiracy Trial
Federal court in Fort Smith heard Henry Humphreys, a Memphis attorney and director of Southwestern Distilled Products, testify that a state revenue official would be paid $2,500 a month to handle the government’s case. The defense seeks to prove Southwestern operated as a wholesale liquor house in Arkansas, amid charges that the Revenue Department undervalued taxes and conspired to transport liquor into dry Oklahoma and Kansas. The trial also covered 1938 correspondence and earlier complaints against the Collins Company and the Arkansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association.
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Port Smith
Henry Humphreys
Memphis
South- Western Distilled Products, Inc
Sulphur Springs
Ark
Oklahoma
Kansas
Humphreys
Joseph House
Jane
State Revenue Department
House
Fort Smith
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Arkansas
State Revenue
Z. M. McCarroll
Southwestern
Albert L. Durkin
Kansas City
Durkin
McCarroll
Tansport
Buller Toland
Joseph W. House
Little Rock
Clyde Collins Company
West Memphis
Southwestern Distilled Products
The
Revenue Department
Wharton
Arkansas Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
Revenue Commissioner
Wholesalers Association
Collins Company
Thought And God Said Let the Earth Bring Forth Grass
Biblical verse Genesis 1 11 states God commanded vegetation to sprout with seed within each plant and fruit trees yielding fruit after their kind and it was so on earth.
Closing of Burma Road as Britain yields to crisis
The Associated Press reports Churchill in the House of Commons announces Britain will yield to Japanese demands to close the Burma road, a lifeline to China, while offering peacemaker services and warning of mass evacuation plans. Nazi air raids intensify on the British Isles as Germany prepares a broader invasion front. At Gibraltar three civilians die in a pre-dawn bombing, China-China frontline.
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Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Burma
China
United States
British Isles
Wales
English Channel
Chilean Envoy on Way Out of Spain
Chile’s Popular Front government ordered its chargé d’affaires German Vergara and staff in Madrid to depart after severing diplomatic relations over Spain’s civil war. Foreign Minister Balvez reported the rupture as Chilean-Spanish tensions rise over refugee handling and alleged pro-Republican agitation.
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Santiago
Chile
Popular Front
German Vergara
Madrid
Spain
Madido
Christobal Saentz
Ment
Arkansas plans vocational education program for defense workers
A proposed 175000 budget for Arkansas vocational education to train workers in industries vital to national defense was sent to the U.S. Office of Education for approval. Under W. J. Breit and Fred A. Smith, the program will operate in 48 Arkansas cities, offering free classes with part time and full time schedules, including night sessions for day workers. tentative sites include Hope Texarkana Dermain Magnolia.
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Litle Rock
Arkansas
United States Office of Education
Washington
W. J. Breit
Fred A. Smith
State Department of Education
Education Department
Counm Wities
Hope
Texarkang
Damien
Maginolia
Justice for a Dinner and Also for Cook
In Memphis Tennessee Federal Judge J D Martin praised a host for the best chicken dinner he ever ate The negro cook stepped forward and said Yes sub I jest finished a 90 day sentence The remark appears as a stretch of colorful district courthouse chatter reflecting postwar social dynamics.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. D. Martin
Circuit Court Adjourned Here After Docket
The circuit court adjourned Thursday after a light civil and criminal docket. Montee Pickens, captured in Louisiana and wanted by Hempstead and Nevada counties, pleaded not guilty to receiving money under false pretenses. a jury sentenced him to one year in the state penitentiary. L. D. Jones pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering and received a two year suspended sentence on good behavior. Tom Frazer, charged with rape, was committed to the state hospital for observation. Thornton Beasley pleaded guilty to five burglary counts and was sentenced three years on each count, suspended on good behavior.
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Montee Pickens
Louisiana
Hempstead
Nevada
State
L. D. Jones
Tom Frazer
State Hospital
Thornton Beasley
Marriage Licenses Issued in Hempstead County
County Clerk Frank Hill reports marriages issued at the Hempstead County courthouse. White Lloyd Webb 19 wed Ava Nell Parker 17 of McCaskill. Edmond Wren 24 of Fulton wed Mary Woolsey 20 of Columbus. W C Miller Jr 22 wed Exama Frances Hall 20 of Hope. Meade Gorham 21 wed Helen Hubbard 19 of Texarkana. James L House 21 wed Elizabeth Seal of Prescott.
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White Lloyd Webb
Ava Nell Parker
McCaskill
Edmond Wren
Fulton
Mary Woolsey
Columbus
W. C. Miller, Jr
Exama Frances Hall
Hope
Meade Gorham
Helen Hubbard
Texarkana
James L. House
Elizabeth Seal
Prescott
Roosevelt Renominated by Democrats in Chicago
The Democratic convention nominated President Roosevelt for a third term in Chicago amid tension over his acceptance. Reports say he will decide after official notification, with some suggesting a radio or telephone address from Washington. Wallace, the agriculture secretary, emerged as Roosevelt’s choice for president while Pepper and Byrnes were mentioned in an unsettled VP discussion.
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Chicago
Henry Wallace
Republic
Roosevelt
Wallace
Pepper
Byrnes
Eli
Hull
Washington
White House
Chicago Stadium
Alben Barkley
Cotton New York Market Opens and Closes Mixed
Market notes show December cotton in New York opening at 9.32 and closing at 2.20 per unit. Mid–dling spot price listed at 10.51.
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New York
Cotjton
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