Arkansas Governor Election Faces Split Ruling Field
The editorial argues voters will choose among ten remaining candidates after two withdrew. It recounts Arkansas road program battles, the 1926 Martineau win, and current ties between Dwight Blackwood and Tom Terral. It endorses J Marion Futrell as the sole choice for reformers.
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Arkansas
Dwight Blackwood
Tom Terral
Terral
Blackwood
Little Rock
Priddy
Brooks Hays
Kitchens and Craig Clash in Oglesby Political Rally
In Oglesby Arkansas a daytime rally featured 11 state candidates with 14 total speaking engagements for the day. S. Marcus Bone and Tom J. Terral failed to appear despite pledges. Kitchens for Congress Wade Kitchens spoke on monetary policy and stock regulation before Dr. William A. Craig defended his candidacy and attacked rivals. Howard Reed delivered a strong closing address.
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Kitchens
Craig
Oglesby
Arkansas
Hope
S. Marcus Bone
Tom J. Terral
A. B. Priddy
John C. Sheffield
W. A. (Lon) Craven
Third
Vincent M. Miles
Fort Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Wade Kitchens
Shower Springs
Stock Exchange
William A. Craig
Seventh District
Congressman Parks
State Highway Commission
Howard Reed
Statement on Fees Misleading Sparks County Debate
Hempstead County officials clash over a claim by W E Elmore that County Clerk Arthur C Anderson said he would not sign an agreement to cap fees because he could earn more from the clerk's office in the next three months than in the past seven. Anderson calls the remark misleading and denies the insinuation.
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W. E. Elmore
Hempstead County Taxpayers League
Hope
Elmore
Arthur C. Anderson
League
Anderson
Aimee McPherson's Turbulent Life and Final Collapse
Aimee McPherson, born in Ontario in 1899, led a dramatic evangelistic career. She built the Four Square Gospel movement, founded Angelus Temple, vanished in 1926 at Santa Monica, reappeared in Douglas, Arizona, faced perjury trials, remarried thrice, and suffered a fatal head injury after a fall while recovering from a collapse.
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Ontario
Robert Semple
China
Semple
Roberta Star Semple
U. S
South
James McPherson
Florida
Rolf
McPherson
Los Angeles
Four Square
Santa Monica Beach
Calif
Douglas, Ariz
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Sued Repeatedly
Los Angeles evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson faced 33 lawsuits totaling 3.16 million dollars over nine years. The actions included unpaid bills and defamation. California and Los Angeles spent about 30 thousand on investigations at Angelus Temple.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
California
Aimee
Angelus Temple
Treasury
Arizona
Bush threatens action over low salary pledges in Miller County
Texarkana Ark circuit Judge Dexter Bush warned grand jury action against candidates who accept less pay than law allows and against groups pressuring candidates to pledge reduced salaries. He rejected a A G Smith interpretation that such pledges do not violate the corrupt practices act. Miller County Taxpayers League officials sought to force candidates to run on platforms for lower pay.
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Texarkana
Ark
Dexter Bush
Grand Jury
Bush
Robert F. Smith
Miller County Taxpayers League
Suspects Quarrel Bullet Fired in Horatio Street
Former City Marshal W H Hulse fired a rifle at former Sheriff Roy Hooper on Horatio business streets Friday but Hooper was not harmed. Hooper, his two sons, and three other men remain under bond in the Bank of Horatio robbery case from June 2.
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Horatio
W. H. Hulse
Roy Hooper
Hooper
Bank of
Judge Blocks Late Poll Tax Voters in August Primary
In Jonesboro Circuit Judge Keck voided the votes of residents who paid poll taxes after July 2, denying those taxpayers eligibility to vote in the August primary. The ruling followed Gus Chambers's petition to stop certifying names of late payers. the dispute stems from conflicting dates on poll tax payment deadlines.
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Jonesboro
Keck
Gus Chambers
Von Gronau Begins Trans Ocean Hop
Capt. Wolfgang von Gronau the German aviator starts a new seaplane flight from Island of Sylt to Chicago aboard Greenland War with a crew of three. His past two trans Atlantic runs were in 1930 and 1931. First stop Iceland, target Montreal on North American leg.
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Island of Sylt
Wolfgang von Gronau
Germany
United States
Chicago
Greenland
Iceland
Montreal
Canada
Chinese Will Send Troops to Border
Nanking dispatch from Kuomintang news agency reports the Nationalist government will resist invasion of Jehol on the Manchurian border with armed force while pursuing diplomatic channels. Chang Hsiao Lang is to mobilize strong forces against Japanese aid as protests are lodged with Tokyo and the League of Nations.
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Nanking
China
Kuomin
Jehol
Chang Hsiao Lang
Tokyo
League of Nations
Ely and Young Swing To Party Nominee
In Massachusetts Governor Ely and Owen D. Young met with James A. Farley to plan a Albany meeting with the Democratic presidential nominee. Young will confer at Hyde Park with Roosevelt to discuss national and international issues and the railroad situation following Carl Gray’s visit to the state mansion.
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Young
Roosevelt
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
Audit Commission to Hold Public Meeting
The Highway Audit Commission announced an open meeting next Thursday after an executive session. Six witnesses will be called to testify at the public session in Little Rock.
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Audit Commission
Little Rock
Highway Audit Commission
Batesville Judge Confers on Governor Race Plans
Circuit Judge S. M. Bone said he would confer with friends in Little Rock on Saturday about remaining in or withdrawing from the gubernatorial race. He expected to make a definite statement Monday, amid reports he would withdraw, which would leave ten candidates in the field.
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Batesville
S. M. Bone
Little Rock
Judge Bone
Richard M. Mann
Charles A. Walls
Lonoke
Hope Thi
Associated Press
Atkins Describes Huey Long and Arkansas Delegation
W S Atkins of Hope spoke at the Hope Rotary on the Democratic National Convention. He noted Arkansas delegates were chosen by the State Central Committee and urged future selection by state convention or direct primary. He recalled a caucus debate over a Robinson resolution and commented Huey Long’s influence and fame, with local figures Dudley Burford and Roy Anderson attending.
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Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
W. S. Atkins
Hope
Parnell
Platform Committee
Atkins
Arkansas
Huey P. Long
State Central Committee
Ate
Joe T. Robinson
Long
Huey Long
Robinson
Mr. Atkins
Senator Long
Hattie Caraway
Senate
W. K. Henderson
F. E. Wilkerson
Shreveport
Wilkerson Oil Company
New Orleans
Dudley Burford
Pine Bluff
Roy Anderson
Germany States It Will Skip Further Talks After Summer
In Geneva Germany warns at the World Disarmament Conference that it will not take part in further deliberations beyond this summer's recess unless the body recognizes Germany's equal status with other nations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
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Little Rock Chancery
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Paragould
J. Marion Futrell
Jeff Davis
William K. Oldham
J. M. Futrell
Oldham
Supreme Court
Futrell
George W. Hayes
Friends of Vengeance
Reform
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Hils Sheffield
Sibeck
David L. Hutton
Yuma
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Hutton
Jean St. Pierre
Aimee and
Erskine Johnson
Minnie “Ma” Kennedy-Hudson
Carlos S. Hardy
Kenneth Ormiston
Carmel-by-the-sea
Virla Kimball
Carmel
Miss Kimball
Mrs. X
Lake Tahoe
Taxpayers League
von Gronau
Sylt
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Prussia
Manchuria
Ely
Alfred E. Smith
Klapper
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Han
L. A
Richard Mann
Rotary Club
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