Death of Columbia student tied to Apache rites on reservation
Henrietta Schmer ter, 22, a Columbia University ethnology student, was found dead in a ravine near Fort Apache. Authorities suspect secret tribal customs. Apache policeman Claude Gilbert is held for questioning as investigators seek leads amid taciturn tribal leaders. No wounds were found on the body.
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White Niver
Indian Reservation
Arizona
Henrietta Schmerter
Columbia University
Fort Apache
Claude Gilbert
Unusual Illness Noted By Mexican Physicians
In Saltillo a sleepless woman has lived six months without sleep. Initially confined to Civil Hospital then state penitentiary for mental disorder she sang constantly and dug through walls with iron strength. Doctors say she shows no sign of sleep loss, and this vase is the first of its kind found in Mexico.
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Saltillo
Mexico
Suspect Held in Slaying of Boys in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE NC Rex King 35 held Friday night as police investigate reports he abducted and killed two Tennessee youths Burtayy Hensley and Woodrow Wilson near Marion Arkansas last October 22. A watch matching one worn by a slain boy and a recently repainted car link King to the crime. Authorities in Arkansas requested capture.
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Asheville
N. C
Prc
Rex King
Polie
Tennessee
Burtayy Hensley
Woodrow Wilson
Yancay County
Marion
Ark
Fred Jones
City Detective Bureau
Critenden County Ark
King
Jones
Texas
Aliteville
C. BR
Yancy County
North Carolina
Crittenden County
Arkansas
Burton Hensley
Yancy
Memphis
County Superintendents Convene at Conway Arkansas
Conway Arkansas will host a two day state conference for county superintendents on August 7 and 8 announced by A A Parsons Faulkner County superintendent. The event, shortened from four days after a spring meeting, will have evening sessions with Hendrix Henderson College and Arkansas State Teachers College as hosts.
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Conway
Ark
A. A. Parsons
Faulkner County
Peabody Teachers’ College
Nashville
Tenn
Hendrix-Henderson College
Arkansas
Caney Foie
Bainnesen
Attila Dickson the Hope native who became a Columbia artist
Born August 28 1900 in Hope Arkansas Attila Dickson rose from grade school performer to Columbia University artist and broadcaster He sang and acted across Lyceum Chautauqua stock vaudeville and Paramount circuits before becoming a radio announcer and solo artist in New York Washington and beyond The Hope community long predicted his rise in music and he fulfilled those expectations with a storied early career
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Attila Dickson
Columbia
Chicago
Paramount Publix
Dickson
Valledeville
New York
Washington
D. C
Raiders Destroy 50 Gallons Whisky
Tearkana Texas deputies and County Attorney Boswell raided William Nichols farm house ten miles south of here finding 50 gallons of concealed whisky. Nichols received a hearing before Justice Ragland and was held to the Howie county grand jury on bond of 500 dollars.
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Tearkana
Texas
Boswell
William Nichols
Here
Nichols
Justice Ragland
Howie County Grand Jury
Troops Defied by Students in Santiago
Anti government students barricaded in the University of Chile defied an ultimatum and dared troops to fire. Authorities sought peace as 300 to 500 people sustained clashes with police, a firearms store was looted, several street fights damaged main avenues, and injuries were reported amid the turmoil.
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Santiago
Chile
University of Chile
Wursey
Enen
Willy Lasearbet
Vine Chennetne
Cian
Weather and fruit markets report mixed crop activity
Through Saturday the Hope market moved about 30 carloads of watermelons led by Woormelons, with fifteen cars reported by Friday noon. Nashville’s peach market expected 50 carloads by Saturday night. Prices ranged with No. 1 peaches at 1.40, No. 2 at 1.00 to 1.10, and lower for third quality. Watermelon quotes stayed 25 to 40 cents. A storm in the region caused orchard damage near Nashville, with a potential loss of up to 10 carloads.
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Woormelons
Hope Market
Commlnsia
Nashville
Charles Ferguson
Nashville News
Star
Commission House
Hope
Hempstead
Nashvillie
Associated Press
Fayuetteville
Man Ends Life in Anger at England Home
William Boyd aged 58, a well known resident of England, shot himself at his home about 10 30 Friday night after threatening to kill himself if his wife went on a trip with her daughter and son in law. Survivors include his wife, three daughters Ada Will Boyd, Mrs Worrel Mills, and another, plus six sons and multiple siblings.
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England
William Boyd
Boyd
Jennings
Ada Will Boyd
Worrel Mills
Gasons
Wayne Boyd
Humphrey
J. S. Boyd
Lonoke
Eagle Boyd
J. E Blsce
Frank Martin
Fletcher Chenault
Little Rock
State Oil Office in Texarkana Opens Branch
The Arkansas state department of oil and gas conservation opened a Texarkana branch with conservation agent C. Harris in charge after a July shutdown to plug abandoned wells in El Dorado. The office first opened in September 1930 after the Charles Y. Lenz well discovery nearby, with Harris predicting at least three wells under way by fall amid steady drilling activity elsewhere in Miller County.
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Texarkana
Arkansas State Department of All Snch Gas Conservation
C. &. Harris
el Dorado Field
Harris
Charles Y. Lenz
Miller County
Sinee Pfatt
Wieavy
Releow
Free bridge opened after injunction dissolves
An interstate bridge over the Red River linking Oklahoma and Texas opened Saturday after a federal injunction ordering its halt was dissolved in Houston. Separate dispatches note UN official visits and a murder-arrest case in Arkansas tied to a double death near Memphis.
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Durant
Okla
Red River
Oklahoma
Texas
Houston
Confederates To Meet at McNeil in Magnolia
Confederates to hold annual reunion at McNeil Arkansas on Wednesday and Thursday July 2 and X for a four day event. J B Hawkins to give welcome. R Minor Wallace and A D Pope slated to speak Wednesday. Officers listed: W A Kelly quartermaster J J Luck adjutant J H Hawkins commander. Entertainment by McNeil citizens for veterans and families.
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Magnolia
Ark
McNeil
J. B. Hawkins
R. Minor Wallace
Little Rock
A. D. Pope
el Dorado
W. A. Kelly
J. J. Luck
J. H. Hawkins
Citigens of
Funeral Services Held for Victim of Alcohol
Cabot Arkansas report states Joe Lennard thirty died from drinking a mixture believed to contain denatured alcohol. He traveled from Memphis two weeks earlier and reportedly drank for two to three days before he mixed soda water with unknown alcohol and consumed it. He died Thursday with evidence of a badge found in clothing suggesting Oklahoma department affiliation.
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CABOT
Joe Lennard
Lennard
Memphis
Pepos
Oklahoma Department of the
Aachi Latai Techenncivees
Graf Zeppelin Flies to Arctic Route From Leningrad
Graf Zeppelin departed Berlin for Lenin grad on the second leg of a polar flight. Dr. Eckener plans to travel from Leningrad to Archangel then northward to observe the glacial sheet, stopping short of circumnavigating the pole.
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Graf Zeppelin
Arctic
Berlin
Leningrad
Eckener
Archangel
Speeding Complaints On Third Street Spurring Council Action
Residents on Third street near the West avenue route of highway No. 67 plan to file speeding complaints at upcoming city council meetings. A state highway department and U S Bureau of Public Roads ordinance to designate Third street as a state regulated route is under consideration at a special session. A delegation of 12 to 14 property owners may press for police protection or to oppose the ordinance. The No. 67 route through Hope has been debated, with Third street offered as a compromise between Division street and Sixteenth street proposals.
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Third Street
Hrough Hope
State Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
No. 67
Hope
Division Street
Sixeenth Street
Poison deaths of Rice Institute students shock Houston
Four Rice Institute freshmen Hazel Glover and Dan Powell Stratton and two other students were found in a car in a residence district after attending a dance. All four died from suspected poison with no violence on the bodies. Police, prominent residents, and officials investigated but offered few details.
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Houston
Tex
iPi
Hazel Glover
Dan Powell Stratton
Rice Institute
Peir
Plans Completed For Dedication Of Port Here Sunday
Arrangements are complete for Hope municipal airport dedication Sunday from 2 to 6 pm with Congressman Tilmian B. Parks opening address. Mayor Vesey will welcome, Hope Boys Band will perform, and over a dozen airplanes including Texarkana and Little Rock ships will participate. Flags, circus acts, parachute drop, and air races are planned with a small admission fee to benefit a local fund.
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Hope
Tilmian B. Parks
Congressman Parks
Camden
John Vesey
Hope Boys
Texarkana
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
National Guard
154Th Observation Squadron
Memphis
Experiment Farm
Arkansas
Shat Ube
Unsigned Letter Confesses Murder in Memphis Case
An unsigned letter postmarked New York July 23 claimed to confess a May 1 slaying of John Frisby, a Lepanto Arkansas merchant, to prevent punishing the wrong person. Poinsett county offices deem it a hoax while Claimore Henderson, a Lepatoi mechanic, awaits grand jury action in connection with the case.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Frisby
Lepanto
Arkansas
New York
Poinsett
Claimore Henderson
Grand Jury to Hear Jack Howard Case
Jack Howard was bound over to the grand jury on burglary and grand larceny charges following an automobile wreck in which an escaped convict was killed near El Dorado Arkansas. The case ties to a two week old robbery of the J. M. Bishop store with $200 in goods taken. Howard linked by W D Lambert, another escaped convict, and faces additional bond situations in Little Rock.
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Dorado
Ark
Jack Howard
Grand Jury
J. M. Bishop
Here
Howard
Tom Slaughter
Arkansas Penitentiary
W. D. Lambert
Louisiana
Little Rock
North Little Rock
DeQueen Builds School Bus Bodies for Sevier County
Consolidation of Sevier county schools sparks a new industry with Gardner Brothers constructing nine Queen of Dixie bus bodies for districts Lackesburg Horatio Gulhany, in two sizes 40 and 52 seat. Gardner Brothers have built express truck bodies for use of the American Egg between St John Minn for several years.
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Sevier County
Gamer Brothers Company
Queen of Dixie
Lackesburg
Horatio
Gulhany
Gardner Brothers
St Joln
Min
Peach Market Pecans Special Report 1941
U S Department Agriculture shipping point update from Macon Georgia and nearby points on Wednesday July 22 1941 notes hot hazy weather with heavy hauls and light demand. Market weaker with few sales and carloads listed for Georgia Alabama Arkansas North California Central California and other regions. Primary peach destinations include Arkansas and Kansas City with mixed shipment totals and varying prices for Sixes Elbertas Hileys and related basket sizes.
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U. S. Department
Macon
Gaé
Elbertas U. S
Candor
N. c
U. S
Nashville
Ark
Alabama
Arkansas
North California
Central California
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Airmen abandon flight in emergency off New York
Floyd Bennett Airport witnesses an emergency as Russell Boardman and Joh Folando fail a non stop attempt to Istanbul. They dumped 450 gallons of gasoline into Jamacin Bay to avert a crash, then turned back and landed 9 minutes after takeoff at 4 52 Friday morning. The pilots planned a second attempt after medical rest.
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Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Russell Boardman
Joh Folando
Sin'Lmi
Istanbul
Turkey
Jamacin Bay
Bovton Nyers
Mullins Convicted in Seven-Year Shooting Case
In Pine Bluff area trial, Mullins faced a jury and was found guilty of shooting Wilson. Mullins testified he acted in self defense after an armed confrontation near his hogs, claiming Wilson approached on horseback. Wilson’s family disputed his account, stating Mullins fired without warning. Ira Wilson and others testified to threats and prior hostility.
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Mullins
Wilson
Woods
Ira Wilson
Gefi
Pine Bluff
Railra
Guardsmen Injured in Camp Storm Near Alexandria
A severe storm struck Camp Friday night injuring guardsmen near Alexandria Louisiana. Carl Douglas 19 of MeVo and Joseph Wink 22 of Biloxi sustained serious injuries including fractured skull and ruptured appendix. Guardsmen treated at Baptist hospital as tents were blown down, an airplane demolished a frame building damaged, and about 95 guardsmen sought refuge during heavy downpour.
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Alexandria
Latour
Mississippi National
Baptist Hiers
Bost
Carl Dougls
MeVo
Joseph Wink
Biloxi
Douglas Suit
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