Coal Miner Runs Amuck in Mercer Mine Killing Five
Demorant, a 46 year old laborer at the Eharon Coal and Limestone Co No 2 mine near Mercer Pennsylvania, killed five people and wounded three before being captured by Union Supply manager George Masters. The dead include his wife and two sisters in law. Police later turned him over to authorities after restraining him in a lake.
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Mercer
Penn
Armano Demofant
Amuck
Eharon Coal and Limeston Company
George Masters
Union Supply
Demorant
Sarchette
Frank Yekela
Masters
Demofant
Pa Vee
Lindberghs Leave Soon For Orient
Col. Charles A Lindbergh and his wife prepared for a flight to the Orient with a two to three day window until the new Lockheed Sirius monoplane is ready. The trip will begin with a stop in Ottawa and include eleven refueling stops while authorities grant clearances.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Orient
Lindbergh
Canada
Hudson Bay District
Alaska
Siberia
Tokia
China
College Point
Long Island
Lindberghs
Ottawa
Unite States
Hanford MacNider
Washington
State Department
Arkansas Farmer Spots Lion Near Manila
Douglas Robbins, a Manila area farmer, claims to have seen a roaming circus lion less than 10 feet away while picking blackberries. He described hearing a deep growl and ran a half mile to his home as friends organized a search, though no trace of the animal was found.
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Manila
Ark
Missouri
Arkansas
Douglas Robbins
Robbins
Bomb attack injures minister's secretary in Shanghai
Two bombs and a fusillade of bullets missed T. V. Soung native minister and vice chairman of the Nationalist government but fatally wounded Soung's secretary Tang Yu-Loh. Madam C. J. Soung, mother of the minister, died soon after the erroneous report that her son was killed. In Los Angeles, a court ordered the annulment of the marriage of Mrs. Minnie Kennedy and G. Edward Hudson on grounds Hudson was not divorced from his former wife.
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Shanghai
China
T. V. Soung
Soong
Tang Yu-Loh
C. J. Soung
Los Angeles
Minnie “Ma” Kennedy
G. Edward Hudson
Hudson
Superior Court
Mira, Kenneily
Bilbo Orders Out State Militiamen
Governor Bilbo on Thursday ordered out militias to guard Mayersville as Issaquena county election officials resume work purging poll books of delinquent voters ahead of the August 4 gubernatorial election at the request of a Issaquena county women’s organization.
Monticello Here For Title Contest
Monticello and Hope Junior League boys battle for state semifinal honors in American Legion baseball at Fair Park. Monticello arrived by car before noon in new uniforms. the winner advances toward the title game to be held in Conway or Little Rock with Hope awaiting the North Central winner in Hope on August 3 or 4.
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Monticello and Hope
American Legion
Fair Park
Monticello
bunch+ tan
Ball Park
Conway
Little Rock
Hot Springs
North Central
Victars
Vappe Boys
Hooe
Tragic Self-Inflicted Death At Bathtub In Arkansas
P. P. Cooper a 6 year old salesman from Little Rock died Tuesday night by shooting himself in the head while in a bathtub at home on West Twenty-first street. Found by his wife after midnight, the coroner ruled death by self destruction. Cooper had talked of death and appeared despondent recently. Survived by wife Martha and brother E W Cooper of Yazoo City plus several other relatives.
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Little Rock
P. P. Cooper
West Twenty-first Street
Corn Products Company
Samuel G. Boyce
Cooper
Martha Cooper
Yazoo City
Miss
E. W. Cooper
Guy Chavell
Mig
Albert Cooper
Yaeuu City
Cone and Taylor to Fly Here For Aviation Program
Major Carroll Cone and Lieut. Charles M. Taylor will fly from Little Rock to Hope Friday noon to put on an aviation program for the Rotary club as a precursor to the Hope municipal airfield dedication Sunday July 26. The event, under the Chamber of Commerce and American Legion, features Tilman B. Parks as principal speaker and music by the Hope Boy Scout Band. Nine planes are promised Sunday afternoon, with a race for prizes and an air circus including a parachute jump. Tickets are $2 for passenger flights, admission 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Proceeds fund the first hangar at the airport. The general committee lists local figures including Roy Anderson, Alex Washburn, Jim Henry, and many others.
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Carroll Cone
Charles M. Taylor
Little Rocko Hope
Rotary Club
Hope Municipal
Telegraph
Chamber of Commerce
Leslie Huddleston Post
American Legion
Hobe Field
Little Rock
Texarkana
184Th Observation Squadron
State Miliary Department
Experiment Farm
Chamber of Commerce and
The
Rto
Roy Anderson
Alex Washburn
Jim Henry
T. &. Rhodes
Ira Halliburton
B. C. Hollis
Charlie Taylor
Cecil Weaver
B. A. Wilson
Falls From Bus Proves Fatal For Malvern Man
Malvern reports George Ross aged 43 died Wednesday morning from injuries after falling from a Lone school bus at the step as wind blew his hat away. He was dragged several feet by the rear wheel, bruised and internally injured, and died two hours after reaching home in Lone. He is survived by wife, son John, daughters Hettie and Hester, brothers Bob of Long and Will of Benton, and sister Annie Brown of Peach Orchard.
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Malvern
George Ross
Ross
Lona
Lono
John
Hettie
Hester Ross
Bob Ross
Long
Will Ross
Benton
Annie Brown
Peach Orchard
Stamps All-Stars Triumph Over Hope All-Stars 8 to 3
The Hope All-Stars traveled to Stamps on Wednesday and lost 8 to 3 to the Stamps All-Stars. This marked their second meeting in two weeks, with Stamps again besting Hope in a two-game run at the venue.
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Stamps
Hope
Hope All-Stars
Stamps All-Stars
Electrical Storm Kills Aged Negro in Arkansas Corn Crib
A rain and electrical storm hit this section on Thursday delivering about two inches of rain in two hours. John Hendricks, an aged Negro, was killed by lightning in a corn crib where he sought shelter. No other deaths reported, but crops across a wide area were heavily damaged.
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Biscoe
Ark
John Hendricks
Farmer Displays Twin Cotton Bolls in Arkansas Farm Show
M R A E Ark. J F Green, a local farmer near here, displays twin cotton bolls grown from one square. The two bolls are contained in the same husk and both are perfectly formed, highlighting an unusual cotton yield observation.
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M'Rae
Ark
J. F. Green
Arkansas Senate Unofficial Summer Session Schedule
Camden Lieutenant Governor announces Arkansas Senate unofficial summer session in Benton county July 24 25 26 with events at Lane Hotel Rog ers University of Arkansas Fayetteville Wonderland Cave and Bella Vista including a Signet Ring ceremony for Miss Mary Irene Adkins and a public luncheon and ball in Sunset Hotel with governor address and entertainments planned across multiple sites.
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Camden
Lawrence E. Wilson
Arkansas Senate
Benton County
Storm O. Whaley
Lane Hotel
Rogers
Ark
Senate
Wilson
Dixie Quartet
North Little Rock
Harvey Parnell
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Fayeteville
Bella Vista
Sunset Hotel
Tennessee Governor Injured in Auto Crash Near Lawrenceburg
Governor Henry Horton sustained a head cut in a Thursday morning car crash near Lawrenceburg while en route to Bolivar with R. E. Lyle. Officials said he was not seriously hurt as he advised the governor's office. The trip related to the Western State Hospital expansion.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Horton
Lawrenceburg
Governors Office
R. E. Lyle
Bolivar
Western State Hospital
Myrtlewood Country Club Forms From Former 4-H Members
Dr Charles A Champlin led young people of South Hempstead county in life and growth talks on fruit tree grafting, then applied field work in plum and peach budding at Spring Hill farms. Sixteen joined, temporary board named Robert Calhoun Lyking Padgitt Winston Cobb, club aims to promote 4-H work, next meeting August 1 with Padgitt president and Cobb treasurer.
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Charles A. Champlin
South Hempstead
Spring Hill
Champlin
Winston Cobb
Board of Control
Robert Calhoun
Lyking Padgitt
Myrtlewood Country Club
Lykins Padgitt
Wecresury
Awakening to Arkansas school plight urged by education official
State education official Dr. Howard A. Dawson warns that Arkansas districts will face insolvency as four to six month terms end. He urges buckling down on debts, reforming finances, and boosting the equalization fund to support an eight month school term across districts, urging careful reduction of expenditures only within the constraints of 2750 separate district enterprises.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Howard A. Dattson
State Department of Education
Dawson
Hawks Sets New Flight Record In Havana Return
Captain Frank Hawks landed in Havana at 11 08 E T from New York via Willington and Miami. His elapsed time eight hours eight minutes, beating the previous nonstop record by James Goodwin Pell of New York by 27 minutes. Hawks took off again at 12 33 E T for the return leg.
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Havana
Cuba
Frank M. Hawks
New York
Willington
Miami
James Goodwin Pell
Frank Hawks
Plan to enthrone Otto reported by socialist organ
The Socialist party paper said Hungarians will proclaim Archduke Otto king at the new Parliament session with coronation rights. It prints alleged extracts of Otto's inaugural declaration drafted by Count Apponyl and circulated to Count Bethlen. The document claims sovereignty over Croatia Slovenia and Dalmatia and names Admiral Horthy as perpetual viceroy, signaling a warlike stance toward Jugoslavia.
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FARIS
Repulaire
Otto
Hungary
Apponyl
Count Bethlen
Hun
Croatia
Sia
Cailms
Slavonia
Dalmatia
Austria
Admiral Horthy
Jugoslavia
Cereain
Hapsburgs
Antioch Church To Hold Children's Service Next Sunday
A Children's Pay Service is announced at Antioch Church three miles east of Emmet for Sunday, July 26. A basket lunch will be served in the afternoon following the service.
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Antioch Church
Emmet
Nex
Arkansas State Debt Beats Through Bond Interest and Pensions
State records show Arkansas paid 11.4 percent interest plus a fiscal agent fee for six months on a 15 million dollar highway bond issue. Treasurer Roy V. Lennard suspends Confederate pension warrants beyond September until a 450 thousand dollar sinking fund is built to cover debt charges.
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Little Rock
State of Arkansas
Roy V. Lennard
Teasurer
Leonard
Scout Malcolm Chronister to Seek Life Saving Medal
RUSSELLVILLE Ark efforts will be made to obtain a Carnegie life saving medal for Malcolm Chronister 12 year old Boy Scout who saved a nine year old companion Weldon Vaughn from drowning after the lad had gone under water twice. A special Boy Scout life saving medal will be presented Chronister before an open assembly Scoutmaster Alfred Phillips said Chronister was with a party of seven small toys when Vaughn went under water and reeled before help was noted.
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Russellville
Ark
Carnegie
Malcolm Chronister
Weldon Vaughn
Alfred Phillips
Chronister
Vaughn
Unclear fragment hints at policy approval and Stimson
Fragment mentions approval by someone and Secretary Stimson over results. references a Thursday night timing but lacks concrete details, names, places, or a clear event.
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Tence
Nationwide fires threaten timber in western regions
The National Guard and volunteers battled wildfires across several sites as fires burned more than 45 000 acres of timber. Guardsmen fought in northern Castle and other locations, while reports indicated arson in Romania might have sparked new blazes in Teton National Forest. The most severe blaze hit Yellowstone National Park burning acres along Basin Creek, with every forester needed as flames spread through the extremely dry forests.
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National Gi Rangers
Offic
Romania
Teton National Forest
Terracing contest draws four county 4-H clubs near Prescott
Forty eight men and 4-H club members from ten communities competed on the C H L farm one mile south of Prescott. The event served as a terracing school and a test to pick county representatives for Fayetteville Pare els Week. Six clubs entered with a close contest. Pleasant Hill won first, Bodcaw second, Laneburg and Royston tied for third. Prescott businessmen funded transport for the winning team to Fayetteville. Ben E Hive led the program with County Agent E S Leone ard and others assisting.
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Nevada County
C. H L
Prescot
Fayetteville
Gals
Sam Cook
Elmer Cummings
Laneburg
James
Milford Daniel Rosston
Clifford Cross
LeRo
Fairchild
Pleasant Hill
Johnny Harteison
L. V. Lewis
Bodcaw
Hollis Spencer
Evan Fincher
Bluff City
Herbert
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Bulletins
Bilbo
Elections Commission
Cone and Taylor
Alex H. Booth
Buffalo
Mary
Honiat
Valder
Rogers and
Parnell
Tennessee
Horton
Associated Press
Henry N. Dorris
Hawks
J. G. Hall
Hapsburg
Antioch
Lowstone National Park
Whacres
Basin Creek
Nevada
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