Bailey Nominated by Arkansas Democrats for U S Senate Seat
Governor Carl E. Bailey was nominated by the Democratic State Committee for the U S Senate vacancy caused by Joseph T. Robinson's death. The committee acted quickly after a subcommittee recommendation and did not discuss other candidates. Bailey did not comment and planned to stay away from the meeting.
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Little Rock
Democratic State Committee
Carl E. Bailey
United States Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Bailey
Cook to Speak Here Sunday at First Methodist and Patmos
R A Bob Cook, former Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, will address Hope at 10 a m Sunday in the First Methodist Church and 7 30 p m Sunday at the Patmos High School auditorium. Visitors welcome. His topic is Whatsoever a Man Soweth That Shall We Also Reap.
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R. A
Bob) Cook
Arkansas
Hope
Patmos
Met
First Methodist Church
First Baptist Baresy
Mr. Cook
Methodist Church
Cook
Patmos High School
Free Ice Water Demand Hits WPA Projects in Knox County
Knox county WPA workers circulated petitions Thursday after the Knoxville Workers' Alliance adopted a resolution demanding free ice water for all WPA projects in the county. The action reflects laborers seeking basic amenities during hardship conditions.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Knox ‘Conts
WPA
Knoxville Workers’ Alliance
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Table Etiquette
A 1937 NEA Service etiquette piece tests social grace with questions on serving hot and cold foods, crumb removal, napkin handling, hostess dish removal order, desert table salt pepper, and how to handle a guest who overstays. It offers proposed answers: have one hot dish per meal, use napkin and plate to crumb, folded napkin left on table, right-hand guest’s dishes removed first, salt and pepper stay on table during dessert, and best remedy is to gently prompt the guest to depart.
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Aswets
Memorial for Late Senator Planned in Lonoke
Lonoke Ark a memorial movement formed Thursday to honor the late Senator Joseph T Robinson with plans for a memorial building. A citizen committee and an advisory group of 75 will be formed. proposals include housing the Lonoke post office on Broadway of America opposite the Robinson home where the senator lived 45 years. Members include Mayor George C Bailey County Judge J M Malone and U S Judge Thomas C Trimbie.
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Little Rock
U. S
Joseph T. Robinson
Uhuese
Democratic Stile Committee
Caril Bisley
Thomas Fitehugh
Bailey
Lonoke
Ark
P—Lonoke
Grap
Lohoke
Robinson
George C. Bailey
Neil Fletcher
J. M. Malone
Charles A. Walls
W. P. Beard
Thomas C. Trimbie
Auto Injuries Fatal to Arkansan at Home
Blytheville Ark Wilbur Richard Archer 22 died at his home from injuries suffered nearly two years ago in an automobile crash near El Dorado Whos partner Jacqueline Cafield of Alva Oklahoma died in the same accident. Archer lingered in hospitals in Memphis and Blytheville before his death.
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Blytheville
Ark
Wilbur Richard Archer
Archer
Jacqueline Cafield
Alva
Oldie
el Dorado
Memphis
Mattern Plane to Be Christened by Allred
Governor James V. Allred will christen the Mattern aircraft in Austin on Saturday as Jimmy Mattern plans a Glendale California to Moscow flight via the north pole route. The ceremony includes water from Lake Buchanan, part of a conservation project on the lower Colorado River, and a permit request to Secretary Roper. The flyer aims to use the same polar route recently flown by Russian aviators. Coffee production note from Brazil appears as background detail.
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Austin
Tesus
James V. Allred
Cnriste
Jimmy Mattern
California
Moscow
Lake Buchanan
Colorado River
Allred
Secretary of Commerce
Roper
Mattern
Glendale
Calif
North Pole
New Orleans Cotton Prices Dip in Quiet Market
New Orleans cotton traded modestly lower with October futures at 11.56 cents and spot quoted around 11.66 cents per pound. The market closed quiet, down about 29 points from prior levels.
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New Orleans
Seven Die in Flaming Crash Near Priest Bridge Maryland
Six people burned to death when a truck liner struck a parked passenger car and tipped it over. A seventh died later. victims were Bernard Lammer 21 driver and his three sisters plus two cousins, plus David Manning who was dragged from the flames. All resided in Laurel Maryland.
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Priest Bridge
Maryland
Bernard Lammer
David Manning
Laurel
Confesses Killing El Dorado Officer
El Dorado Ark. police say a Dallas man named Tom J. Hutto, 56, confessed to the 60 drug store robbery and the killing of Policeman Jim Yocum. A first degree murder indictment is expected and a death penalty request will be made. a grand jury will convene to consider the charge. Separately in St Louis detective units say Harry Campbell, an escaped Texas convict, was arrested and allegedly admitted stealing 1,000 to 2,000 dollars in a Little Rock raid.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Grady Wooley
Tom J. Hutto
Dallas
Jim Yocum
Wooley
Oren Harris
Campbell
St, Louis
Martin Cliffe
Harry Campbell
Texas
Cliffe
Little Rock
Senator Glass predicts death before his senate term ends
Washington veteran Senator Carter Glass of Virginia at age 78 said he expects to be dead by the end of his current term, declaring political concerns aside as he faces a vote to override a veto on farm interest rates. Capistrano, California reports a mail mare named Fanny hauls mail to a new post office, stubbornly returning to the old building each day.
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Washington
Senator Glass
D-Va
Senate
Glass
Capitola
Calif
Fanny
Jack Nicol
Nicol
Traxler May Get Electric Chair
In Hugo Oklahoma two hostages who halted fleeing outlaw Pete Traxler join prosecutors seeking the death penalty. County attorneys in Madill and Bryan counties plan to try Traxler for armed robbery first, arguing capital punishment is warranted. Traxler, 99 year prisoner, remains in Oklahoma custody after escaping Eastham prison farm.
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Hugo
Okla(p
Roy
Pete) Traxler
Texas
Madill
Bryan
Traxler
Fred Tindal
Sam Colby
James E. Denton
Frank Trimmer
Tindel
Trimmer
Choctaw
Colby
Oklahoma
Eastham
Gardames Y. Allred
Fire damages large mill in Fayetteville loss pegged at 2 500
A fire of undetermined origin swept a section of the Phipps Lumber company in Fayetteville Arkansas, causing an estimated 2 500 dollars in damage. Quick action by employees and firemen prevented the total destruction of the plant, noted as one of the region's largest hardwood mills west of the Mississippi.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Phipps Lumber Company
Mississippi
Oklahoma Honorary Colonels For Civic Heroic Action
Acting Gov James E Berry issued commissions and honorary colonel titles to two Oklahomans who fired on Texas convicts Ray Traxler and Fred Tindal to stop the desperadoes. James E Denton of Asher and Frank Trimmer of Caddo led the officer list, with Berry praising their heroism and stating the governor’s rights and privileges accompany the honor.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
iPi
James E. Berry
State of
Oklahoma
China and Japan Reach Peace Move In North China
Chinese Thirty Seventh division completed withdrawal from Peiping area, easing friction with Japan. Japanese War Office reports halt in large scale war prep as Nanking accepts local settlement under Sung Cheh Yuan. Chiang Kai Shek backs a wait-and-see policy amid mounting tensions since Marco Polo Bridge clash.
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Peiping
China
Thirty Seventh
Twenty Ninth Army
Snng Sheh Yuan
Pieping
Orient
Marco Polo Bridge
Japanese War Office
Domei
Nanking
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopeh-Chahar
Twenty-Ninth Army
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Madrid Shelled as Siege Continues with Casualties
Madrid reports two shellings within 24 hours leaving at least 15 dead and many injured. The city remains under siege while fighting rages on nearby hills and plains, with Masjid and other fronts influencing the outcome.
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Madrid
I/P
Masjid
Rotary Speakers at Hope Club Luncheon
Four Boy Scouts and Rotary speakers addressed the Hope Rotary Club at its Friday noon luncheon held at Hotel Barlow. Speakers Robert Jewell Edward Lester L P Young Je and Thomas Kinser Jr discussed the National Scout Jamboree in Washington. A transportation committee led by J R Henry and T S Cornelius arranged plans for the August 6 inter club meeting in De Queen hosted by southwest Arkansas Rotarians. Carthel Robins will be principal speaker as the Hope club plans to attend in a body. Corn corn refers to cotton production in all 48 states.
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Hope
Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Robert Jewell
Edward Lester
P. Young
Thomas Kinser, Jr
Washington
Cornelius
J. R. Henry
Dee Queen
Southwest Arkansas
Carthel Robins
Stuttgart
Rotary
Hope Club I Plang
Roosevelt court plan aims despite senate action
Washington reported that President Roosevelt, through an administration spokesman, believed further legislation beyond opponents' court program would be needed to reach court reorganization goals. The president did not publicly comment on the Senate's rejection of the plan, but indicated progress toward the objectives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Senate Overrides Low Interest Veto Vote Split On Roosevelt Bill
The Senate overridden President Roosevelt's veto of continued low interest rates on farm loans by 71 to 19. The action makes the low interest extension law, following House approval, marking the second veto override this session. The bill also extends temporary government insurance policies from World War I for five more years. Democratic and independent senators supported the override. most Democrats and one Republican, Vandenberg, voted to sustain.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Veta
Ity
Milees Eee
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
King
Utah
Minton
Indiana
Nation swelters as heat wave spreads across regions
Temperatures rise across much of the United States as a new heat wave hits. Chicago Weather Bureau forecaster Lloyd says readings will climb, with 100 plus degrees likely in some locations and many areas in the nineties. He cautions the heat may not last long, predicting hotter conditions Friday in the Central Plains and Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valleys.
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Chicago
Jor. Lloyd
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Plains
Yuma
Aziz
Inquiring Writer Seeks Bee Trickster Address
Chicago report notes Howard C. Bradman faces puzzled query from Reed F. Rush of Madisonville Kentucky about a man who eats beef pours bees into his hat and pockets and appears unbitten. The item reflects a strange letter to the city information office.
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Chicago
Howard C. Bradman
City Hall
Reed F. Rush
Maddlesboro
Somerset
Hempstead county murder trial ends with first negro condemned
In Hempstead county a jury returned a verdict after deliberations in a case involving motive over property. Marie Edwards, 63, a Black defendant, was sentenced to the electric chair for murder. The trial followed testimonies about a fatal shooting linked to Mrs Catherine Phillips two years prior.
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Hempstead
Bai Hempstead
Farrier
Catherine Phillips
Lips
Jones
Hilband
Graves & Graves
Dexter
Marié Edwards
Cross Lamb
Bush
Edwards
Mark Reed
Witherspoon
Issiah Holmes
Leo Anderson
Negro Boys Industria
Ned Stewart
The
Star
Earthquake Strikes Fairbanks with Aftershocks Across Interior
A strong earthquake hit Fairbanks Alaska and the interior Thursday at about 7:09 am Fairbanks time. The tremors lasted over a minute and recurred throughout the day with later shocks at 7:55 pm and 9:01 am, damaging buildings and upsetting daily life.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaskan
University of Alaska Sgismos
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