Nine State Candidates Set for All Day Hope Rally
Hope Chamber of Commerce hosts an all day rally at Oglesby school on Thursday starting 9:30 a.m. Nine named candidates will speak through 6 p.m. Officials expect a large Hempstead county turnout with seats provided at no cost by local firms J. L. Williams & Sons and Hope Building Materials. Candidates include Priddy, Bone, Terra for governor. Miles, Kirby for senate. Kitchens for Seventh District. Cypert for attorney general. Cravens for railroad commissioner. and Elison for mines, manufactures and agriculture.
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Oglesby
Hope
Arkansas
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead
J. L. Williams & Sons
S. Marcus Bone
Tom J. Terra
Senate
Vincent M. Miles
William F. Kirby
Congress
Wade Kitchens
Bud Cypert
W. A. (Lon) Cravens
Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture
Luther Elison
Legislature Will Not Be Summoned For Runoff Law
Governor Parnell said he would not call a special session after a Pulaski county survey by Representative Smith found less than two thirds support for immediate run off primary legislation. The poll negates use of the emergency clause to enact the law now.
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Little Rock
Parnell
Smith
Pulaski County
League Pledge Believed Lawful Opinion Declared
An opinion by Assistant Smith in the Attorney General's office holds that public office candidates who sign the league pledge to work for a salary below legal limits have not violated corrupt practices law. The text cites sources in Miller and Hempstead counties with ties to Texarkana and Judge Dexter Bush.
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Smith
Hal L. Norwood
Miller County Taxpayers League
Hope Star
Steve Carrigan
Hempstead County League
Texarkana
Texarkana League
Miller County
Dexter Bush
Guardsmen to Face Bradley in Thursday Fairpark Clash
The Howe National Guards and Bradley will meet Thursday afternoon at Fairpark to decide the three game series after each side won a game. Eubanks is slated to pitch for the Guards.
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Howe National Guards
Bradley
Fairpark
Eubanks
Guards
Mona Moran Faces Family Strains Before Big Day
In a 67th Street flat Mona Moran wrestles with early morning alarms and family pressures. As she plans a future beyond modeling she recalls loyalty to family, a private life not tied to stage life, and the pull of a respectable path.
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67Th Street
Poland sees 14 percent drop in car registrations
Economic conditions and the 1931 road tax reduce Polish automobile registrations. In six months the total fell from 42,737 to 36,717, a 14 percent decrease.
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Warsaw
Poland
Unknown Victim Buried on Tuesday
An unidentified white man, found dead Sunday beside the Hope-Washington pike six miles from Hope, was buried Tuesday at Rose Hill cemetery. A coroner's jury ruled death from unknown causes after an autopsy indicated internal injuries. More than 750 attended the unclaimed body, which lay at Hope Furniture Company for three days.
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Rose Hill
Cauces U
Hope Furniture Company
Hope-Washington Pike
Hope
B. L. Eubanks
Scence
Two Drownings Reported Near ParalomaArk
TEXARKANA. Two persons were drowned in Little River near Paraloma Ark late Tuesday as one man tried to rescue the other. The victims were Miss Ruby Lee Johnson 16 and Walter Matthews 26 of Wilton Ark.
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Texarkana
Little River
Paraloma
Ark
Ruby Lee Johnson
Walter Matthews
Wilton, Ark
Leader of Bonus Radicals Held After Standoff
John Pace leader of the radical Bonus Army faction and two followers were arrested after a brush with police at Eighteenth and D streets Washington. Police surrounded the group as they moved toward the White House and stopped the attempt with a scuffle.
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Washington
John Pace
Bonus Army
Eighteenth
D Streets
Eighteenth Street
D Street
Mrs. Porterfield Buried at Patmos
Ruthie Hatch Porterfield 77 of Fatmos died at her daughter's home. Funeral and burial were held at Macedonia cemetery. Survived by three children J. C. Porterfield of Hope Lula Cash of Shreveport Effie Burns of Patmos two sisters Annie Lynard Patmos Ida Johnson Stamps and brother R. M. Hatch Patmos.
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Ruthie Hatch Porterfield
Fatmos
Effie Burns
Macedonia Cemetery
J. C. Porterfield
Hope
Lula Cash
Shreveport
Patmos
Annie Lynard
Ida Johnson
Local Negro Teacher High in State Meet
J A Harris a negro vocational teacher at Henry C Yerger High School won second place with 800 points at the annual Smith Hughes teachers session held in Pine Bluff July 5 to 16. J L Douglas of Conway County took first with 804 points, four ahead. Yerger High School is praised for its one year of vocational training and finishing high in state competition.
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J. A. Harris
Henry C. Yerger High School
Smith-Hughes
Fine Bluff
J. L. Douglas
Conway County
Harris
Yerger High School
Pine Bluff
Hempstead Institution
Taxpayer Rally to Push State Cost Cuts in Arkansas
A mass meeting by citizens and taxpayers will be held at Little Rock High School Stadium on Saturday July 30 at 10 a.m. to seek government cost reductions without sacrificing functions. Speakers include Walter Purvis and ex Governor Frank O Lowden with discussions on reorganizing state and county government and reducing annual state expenses from about 10 million to 6 million dollars per biennium. The event aims to attract 25 000 attendees with round trip rail rates offered.
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Little Rock
Little Rock High School
Walter Mr. Farvis
Purvis
Arkansas
United States
State Highway Department
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Basil Baker
Jonesboro
Neill C. Marsh
Question Legality of Late Poll Tax
A mandamus suit was filed in Craighead circuit court to stop certifying voters who paid poll tax since July 2. Gus Chambers, candidate for sheriff, filed the suit, which could affect all counties in the district.
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Jonesboro
Craighead
Rankin
Gus Chambers
Bendix Millionaire Seeks Divorce From Socialite Wife
Vincent Bendix, renowned inventor of the Bendix drive and brakes, is ending his ten year marriage in a divorce suit filed by his wife Elizabeth Chan non Bendix. Known as a "human dynamo," he works 12 to 18 hours daily, shaping the auto industry, with little time for social life. He recently left his Lake Shore Drive residence in Chicago as divorce proceedings unfold.
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Chicago
Vincent Bendix
Elizabeth Channon Bendix
Bendix
Charles F. Kettering
Lake Shore Drive
Petter Palmer
Dinner Draws Legionnaires From Hempstead and Texarkana
More than 200 persons from Hempstead County and Texarkana joined a Legionnaire rally and chicken dinner at Fair Park Tuesday night. The event, staged by the local post and its auxiliary, began at 8 and ended about 10 30. A A Gentry was principal speaker and two Texarkana American Legion officials spoke along with Barney Hamm of the local post.
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Hempstead County
Texarkana
Fair Park
Post
Ladies Auxiliary
A. A. Gentry
Texarkana American Legion
Barney Hamm
Farmer Fined For Disturbing Church
A municipal court jury found Bill Davis a youthful farmer guilty of disturbing religious worship at Hinton Chapel twelve miles south of Hope. He was fined twenty dollars plus costs. Davis filed notice for an appeal, which was granted. Counsel for Davis was W D Lafferty and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Vesey represented the state.
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Bill Davis
Davis
Hinton Chapel
Hope
W. D. Lafferty
John Vesey
Will Speed Relief Loan to Arkansas
Governor Parnell and state leaders discussed securing a multi million dollar unemployment relief loan under a 2 billion dollar relief bill. Harvey Couch of Pine Bluff a Reconstruction Finance Corp director pledged speedy consideration. Arkansas plans to request about 4 million in loans. Hirst proposes 414000 for school revolving fund and 550000 for school equalization fund.
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Little Rock
Parnell
Harvey Couch
Pine Bluff
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Arkansas
Claud M. Hirst
Education
Couch
Washington
Oklahoma Doctor Faces Death Penalty in Murder Case
County Attorney Lewis Norris said he would seek the death penalty for Dr. Richard F. Thacker, a former army physician, being returned from Springdale Arkansas to face murder charges linked to alleged illegal operations. He asked that Thacker be held without bail until next fall.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis Norris
Richard F. Thacker
Springdale
Ark
Benefit Box Supper at Hinton Friday July 22
A box and pie supper will be held at Hinton three miles east of Patmos on Friday night July 22 for the benefit of the piano in the community church. The public and county candidates have been invited to attend. Rome reports women outnumber men by one million with 957 men per 1000 women. Italy ranks near the top in gender disparity behind Greece Ireland Turkey Bulgaria and Luxemburg.
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Hinton
Patmos
Rome
Italy
Greece
Ireland
Turkey
Bulgaria
Luxemburg
Mussolini Reshuffles Italian Cabinet in Major Shakeup
Italian Premier Mussolini orders a broad cabinet shakeup in Rome. Foreign Minister Dino Grandi resigns as five ministers and 11 under secretaries are displaced. Mussolini keeps foreign affairs and corporations, already holding interior and premier posts. This is the first dictatorship cabinet change since 1929.
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Rome
Italy
Dino Grandi
Mussolini
Interior
Mrs. J. H. Weaver Buried Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. J. H. Weaver wife of the Hempstead county coroner were held at the family residence on South Main Street at 3 o clock Wednesday afternoon conducted by Dr. J. L. Cannon pastor of First Methodist church. Honorary pallbearers were W. O. Shipley Frank Porter Warren Hart N. P. G Neal John P. Cox O. A. Graves Ed McFaddin W. P. Agee W. S. Atkins and Hope physicians. Active pallbearers were Charley Taylor Tom McLarty John Vesey Harvey Barr Devin Gibson and Tom Wardlow. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
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J. H. Weaver
Hempstead
South Main Street
J. L. Cannon
First Methodist Church
W. O. Shipley
Frank Porter
Warren Hart
N. P. G’neal
John P. Cox
O. A. Graves
Ed McFaddin
W. P. Agee
W. S. Atkins
Hope Physicians
Charley Taylor
Tom McLarty
John Vesey
Harvey Barr
Devin Gibson
Tom Wardlow
Rose Hill Cemetery
Berlin Under Martial Law and Prussia Seized
Berlin placed under martial law as Prussia is seized by emergency decree signed by President von Hindenburg. Chancellor von Papen leads Prussia while Berlin and Brandenburg are controlled, amid riots and fear over Hitler’s rise and plans for a restored empire and royalist elements.
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Berlin
Prussia
Germany
Cision
Brandenburg
von Hindenburg
von Papen
Bracht
Essen
Hitler
France
Bruening
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Hope Star
Nazi antisemitism in Germany portends second-class status if July elections favor Nazis
A Berlin report outlines Hitler's anti Jewish creed stressing that democracy is Jewish in origin and that Jews incurred blame for the November 1918 collapse. It notes Nazi pamphlets, calls for persecution, and pressure across government including figures with Jewish ancestry.
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Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Genoa
Hitler
Hohenzollerns
Walter Rathenau
von Papen
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