Peace Officers in El Dorado Hunt for Outlaw Charlie Chau
El Dorado peace officers launched an intensive manhunt for Charlie Chau, a notorious southwestern outlaw who escaped from a Texas penitentiary. A taunting note sent to the El Dorado Daily News disavowed ties to recent holdups at a local grocery and nearby Smackover, urging publication of the message signed C. C. and highlighting Chau as the sought figure.
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EL Dorado
Ark
el Dorado Daily News
C. C
City
Charlie Chau
Texas
Texarkana Wins Gas Suit Refund
Sherman Texas court orders Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co to refund Texarkana for certain rates charged between 190 and 1933. The judge found a contract binding but not retroactive, limiting refunds to the adjust period and denying earlier price resets.
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Sherman
Texas
Idi
Unites States District Court
Ackansas-Louisianaa Gas Company
Texarkana
Aviansie
Hell
Mind Your Manners Lesson and Answers from 1847
A fragment offers etiquette Q A on wedding announcements timing removal of duper cards at displays correct handling of gifts which side brides carry flowers and which finger wears the ring and a sample “What Would You Do” scenario advising formal yet practical conduct with guidance attributed to a 1847 NEA Service publication.
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Quincy Hos
Uream
Ata Mary
Phillipy
Mary
NEA Service
Ford plant assault trials start for eight individuals
Detroit bulletin reports Common Pleas Judge Ralph Liddy ordered eight individuals and Ford Motor Company held for trial in Wayne County circuit court on an assault charge tied to an alleged riot at the Ford plant gates May 26. Conviction could bring up to five years imprisonment and a $1,008 fine.
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Detroit
Mich
Common Pleas
Ralph Liddy
Ford Motor Company
Wayne County
Ford
Marquis Marconi Dies in Rome at 63
RGME Italy reports Marquis Guglielmo Marconi, famed inventor of wireless telegraphy, died suddenly in his Rome palace at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. He was 63, and his wife was at his bedside as he suffered a heart attack after a long career shaping communications.
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RGME
Italy
Guglielmo Marconi
Rome
Conqueree of the
Marcon
Dupuy Takes Foreman Post at Sodus Basket Factory
Hope Arkansas native H P Dupuy has become foreman at the Salus Basket company in Sodus New York marking the start of the factory’s fifth year. The plant began Monday with three departments, plans to add two more after the Fourth of July, and will employ 40 to 70 workers in coming days.
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H. P. Dupuy
Hope
Solédus
New York
Sodus
Florence Granger
Hope, Ark
Memphis Diver to Harpoon Monster
Memphis diver Charles B. Brown plans a six mile river dive south of Newport Arkansas to harpoon a mysterious creature called the White river monster Brown suspects a large catfish but will use a harpoon tied to a barge if he encounters the alleged monster The Newport Chamber of Commerce hired Brown to solve the mystery after a farmer reported a sighting three weeks ago.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles B. Brown
White River
Newport
Ark
U. S
Brown
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Rogers and Pickford Aboard Clipper Ship
ALAMEDA Calif. Pan American Airways said Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers returning from a Honolulu honeymoon were among seven passengers aboard when the Philippine Clipper left Honolulu for San Francisco.
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Alameda, Calif
Pan-Amer-ican Airways
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Honolulu
San Francisco
Prospects of Good Crops Over State Boomed by Rains
Heavy rains across Northwest Arkansas and adjacent counties boosted hopes for a strong 1937 corn crop. Rogers and Sugar Creek saw up to 4.63 inches in 24 hours, with farmers reporting moisture relief for orchards, strawberries, and summer cover crops. Bentonville and nearby areas reported high rainfall, with flooding on highways and a thunderstorm disrupting power lines and a barn struck by lightning. Texarkana and DeKalb experienced lightning and wind with little or no rain, while other towns noted mild rain and cooler temperatures.
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Hempstead
G. W. Ware
Rogers Rogers
Arki
Northwaat Arkansas
Rogers
Sugar Creek
Benton County
Boone County
Bentonville
United States Weather Bureau
Bella Vista Lake
Sugarcreek
Highway 109
Bella Vista
Missouri Line
Municipal Light Plant
Charles Follette
Texarkana
Ius
Tearkana
Texarkahn
DeKalb
Texas
Atlents
Ashdown
Ark
Lewisville
Fifteen Bass Get Away But He Gets Them Back
Oklahoma City report recounts Dale Collins and companions catching fifteen bass. A line broke free and fell into the lake as Collins dived after it. Fifteen minutes later he surfaced with fifteen bass still strung, recovered aboard.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dale Collins
Collins
Sheim
Scout Meeting to Be Held Tuesday at Fair Park
The Rev. Thomas Brewster said Cub Scout license event at Fair Park will occur as scheduled Tuesday night. Scouts should meet at First Presbyterian Church at 7 15 and transportation will be provided to Fair Park. In rain a scout cabin will be used. Executives McMullen Brown and others from Texarkana are expected to attend. The picnic is for all Cub Scouts and prospective members. Rufus Herndon Jr spoke to Hope Kiwanis on the National Scout Jamboree held in Washington DC. Heinlon led a Tex Ark council group to Washington and assisted during the 10 day encampment with 30 000 scouts.
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Thomas Brewster
First Presbyterian Church
Fair Park
Farr Park
McMullen, Brown
Texarkana
Brewster
Rufus Herndon, Jr
Hope Kiwanis Club
New al New Capital Hotel
Washington, D. C
Heinlon
Tex-Ark Council
Washington
United States
Appeal for Food After Orphanage Fire in Hope
The Arkansas Baptist Orphans home in Monticello was destroyed by fire last Saturday, wiping out the building and storage. First Baptist Church of Hope coordinates a state Baptist drive to supply canned goods, flour, potatoes, and perishables to aid the emergency. Training Union youth collect items from members’ homes, delivering to the church by Wednesday night prayer service for onward shipment.
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Arkansas Baptist Orphement Monticelli
First Baptist Charel of Hope
Iimng
Training Union
One Civil Suit Is Heard on Tuesday
A circuit court jury debated a $25,000 personal damage suit by M. N. Tompkins of Hope against J. L. Williams & Sons Lumber Co over a spine injury from lifting a 475 pound oil drum. Attorneys Vesey for plaintiff Ded Stewart and May for defense.
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M. N. Tompkins
Hope
J. L. Williams & Sons Lumber Company
Tompkins
John Vesey
Ded Stewart
Texarkana
May
Little Rock
State of Arkansas
Ned A. Sewart
Dickey
Caney Island
Clyde Holleman
P. J. Drake
Supreme Court Members Enjoying Vacation in 1950
Arkansas Supreme Court justices are on summer recess with Chief Justice Griffin Smith vacationing at Yellowstone Park and Justice Frank G. Smith boating from California to New York via the Panama Canal. Justice Humphreys manages farming interests in the state while McChaffey stays in Little Rock and McHaney visits Jonesboro. Baker splits time in Ashley County.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Griffin Smith
Yellowstone Park
Frank G. Smith
California
New York
Panama Canal
T. T. Humphreys
T. M Mchaffey
Lite Rock
Texas
Cotton market opens in New Orleans with price fluctuation
In New Orleans on Tuesday October cotton opened at 12.0% and closed at 41,883 units. The session saw liquidity with 14 points swing and middling quality noted as T2.17.
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NW Orleans
New Orleans
Primary Election Asked by Three State Congressmen
Three Arkansas congressmen John McClellan John Miller and Wade Kitchens urged a primary to fill the late Joseph T Robinsons senate seat. Miller said it is contrary to Democratic principles for any group to select officials without authority from the people.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
John McClellan
John Miller
Wade Kitchens
Tusday
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
W. J. Driver
Oxcéda
Kitchens
Magnolia
Miller
Democratic Party
Arkansas Democrat
Claude Fuller
Eureka Springs
Congresman Driver
Congresman
McC Cllan
Bailey’s card math says perfect hand requires billions more games
Mrs. R. P. Bailey of Bozeman Montana drew thirteen spades in a bridge hand on Monday and asked when its due again. A Montana State College mathematics teacher told her she would have to play 158 758 388 900 billion more games before expecting another perfect hand.
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Boseman
Mont
R. P. Bailey
Montana State College Amethenatics
Chinese Arsenal Shelled by Japs Near Peiping
Wangpinghsien arsenal and barracks were set ablaze Tuesday by Japanese artillery as clashes spread west of Peiping. Fire continued at 6 p.m. Officials reported two American women in the Japanese embassy area were kicked by sentries. A meeting between Chinese and Japanese diplomats was arranged in Nanking to seek peace amid mounting pressure over North China hostilities.
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Shanghai
China
Wangpinghsien
Domei
Peiping
U. S
Helen Jones
Detroit
Mich
Carol Lathrop
Washington
Nanking
Wang Chung-Hui
Shinrokuro Hidaka
Tientsin-Pieping
Tokio
Seiichi Kita
Chinese Foreign Office
Dr. Wang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuling
Yangtsze
Hopeh
Japan
Armer
Marco Polo Bridge
Hope Chamber of Commerce Names Secretary Mr Vernon
Mr Vernon E Lilly has been chosen as secretary of the Hope Chamber of Commerce. Directors announced on Tuesday that Lilly, 42, will assume duties around August 1. He brings 16 years as secretary of Mt Vernon Franklin County chamber and prior railroad experience in Dallas. He plans to work at moderate salary to help develop Hope's trade area and city progress. The contract is terminable by either party. Lilly will operate from City Hall offices.
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EB. H. Lilly
Vern
Hope Chamber
Lilly
Hope
Franklin County Chamber of
Mt. Vernon
Lahoma
Dallas
Tion
Mr. Lilly
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Ning
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Harvest of Peach Crop Underway in Southwest Arkansas
Movement of the 1937 Elberta peach crop began in the Highland district as buyers offered 1.75 to 3 per bushel for graded No 1 fruit at packing sheds. Officials predicted carload prices could reach 4 per bushel due to extra size and quality this season. They credited early freezes for killing about half the feast and noted no outside labor would be needed to harvest.
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Highlands
Arkansas
Gunshot Fatality in Crossett West Altercation
Camden Ark. Jess Gill Thornton died Monday night from gunshot wounds in an altercation with a negro four miles west of Crossett. Officers reported Gill and a companion visited a house with a gathering of negroes. Gill was shot twice, details of the fight were not given, and the assailant fled.
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Camden, Ark
Jess Gill
Thornton
Crossett
Gill
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