State Committee Is Criticized by Judge R. A. Cook
Judge R A Cook of Pulaski County sharply criticized the Democratic State Committee nomination for the U S Senate vacancy. He told Pine Bluff Commercial the people should have the right of franchise for this high office and hinted at seeking the governor’s office again to prevent a recurrence of the present party situation. The piece notes factional rifts within the Arkansas Democratic Party over the nomination and mentions independent runs against Governor Bailey for the upcoming special Senate election.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
R. A. Cook
Pulaski County
Democratic State Committee
Carl E. Bailey
United States Senate
Bailey
Cook
Little Rock
Democratic
Arkansas
United States
Senate
Joe T. Robinson
Saline County
All
Arkansas County
DeWitt
J.D. Sanderson
Miller County
Miller
Saling
Sanderson
Miler
Saline Committee
J. Rosser Venable
Robert F. Waters
Yell County
Venable
Robinson
Waters
State Committee
Whisky still seized near Hope and Powell kin in LaPuyette
Revenue agents and state police seized 22 gallons of whisky and a copper still a mile south of the Shimmpstead line in LaPuyelle county. Orville Powell was arrested. another Powell brother was involved in separate seizures near Hope. About 400 gallons of mash destroyed and 10 gallons found at the Powell home. A snake in a package arrives as an unrelated Colorado Springs note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Reginald Bearden
Albert Powell
Powell
Orville Powell
LaFayette County
Big Peach Exhibit in Hope Stuns Town with Giant Fruit
A Hale variety peach weighing about 1.25 pounds and 9 inches in circumference arrived from EM McWilliams farm near Shaver Springs. Police Chief John W Ridgdill displayed it at John S Gibson drugstore on South Elm Street. Ridgdill calculated that 22 such peaches would fill a half bushel. the peach is said to be the rare Araide-daddy of the area as McWilliams described.
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EM. McWilliwus
Shaver Springs
McWilliams
John W. Ridgdill
John S. Gibson
South Elm Street
Man Killed While Trying to Catch Train at Matton
Harold Poe, 33, a transfer company employee from Kansas City, was killed near Matton Arkansas while attempting to catch a southbound Kansas City Southern freight. He was mangled by the moving train and died minutes later as he and his wife and baby were visiting a brother-in-law near Harton. Sheriff Walter Jones and Coroner J A Thornton said an inquest is necessary.
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Mena
Ark
Harold Poe
Kansas City
Matton
Here
Walter Jones
J. JA. Thornton
Civil Service Exams Draw Over 1200 Applicants in Arkansas
More than 1200 persons took civil service examinations Tuesday in Arkansas for state welfare positions with the state welfare department. In Little Rock high school auditorium 245 took tests, with 2521 total competing for jobs as clerks and stenographers across departments. about 220 positions will be filled from those passing the 70 percent grade.
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Little Rock
Ark
Civil Service
State Welfare Department
Little Rock High School
Letter Carriers Convention to Meet in Hope Arkansas
C P Roberts announced that the southwestern district of Arkansas letter carriers will hold a convention in Hope on Saturday August 7. The event, planned for Fairpark, will end with a watermelon supper. Local branches are sending delegates to the gathering.
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Hope
Southwestern District
Arkansas
C. P. Roberts
Fairpark
Roberts
Southwestern
22 Get Paroles for Refusing to Flee
AUSTIN Texas June 22 Twenty two convicts received clemency for not joining an escape at Eastham Prison Farms. Governor James V Allred announced clemency for those who refrained from the break led by W H Bybee and James Rice. The report notes Bybee was killed and Rice captured after a guard was attacked. Names include Hubert Allred Roy Barnhill Roy Burns Charley Garvie Clyde Har Tingty Joss Hi Harald W McAllister J M Martin Morgan Prarack Frink Shepherd Roy Stephenson and others.
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Austin
Texas
Eastham
James V. Allred
Ellingson
W.H. Bybee
James Rice
Bybee
Ries
Rou
Convict scales high pole during Sit-Down Strike at San Quentin
A Los Angeles burglar, 32 year old Meyer Golas, perched atop a light pole inside San Quentin during a sit down strike to demand a transfer to the islands. Prison officials reported he refused food, ate nothing since climbing, and was supported by hunger strike tactics as guards attempted to coax him down during lunch hour while water froze in cold conditions.
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San Rafael
Meyer Golas
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Pris Quesdy
Islands
Jed
Plans Completed for Meeting Here of Peace Officers
Plans were made Tuesday for the Arkansas Sheriffs and Collectors Association convention to be held in Hope on Tuesday, August 10. The event, at Fair Park, features entertainment, prizes for oldest and youngest sheriffs, a pig roast, watermelon, and a public speaking program headlined by Lieutenant Governor Bob Bailey. Committees include program, watermelon, band, fair ground, traffic, publicity, decorating, welcome, and more, with numerous local officials and clubs participating.
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Arkansas Sheriffs and Collectors Association
Hope
Hope Furniture Company
Cornelius
Fair Park
Hope Boys Band
Arkansas
T. S. Cornelius
J. K. Sale
Puotic
Bob Bailey
J. Bryan Simms
Little Rock
Gray Albright
Ned Stewart
Albert Graves
B. L. Coffman
Roy Stephenson
E. P. Young
Sid Bundy
Jim Bearden
J. W. Welborn
John Ridgdil
John Wilson
Phil Dufin
C. Cook
John Porterfield
Fred Luck
Ed van Bickle
Luther Garner
Leon Bundy
L. E. Crumpler
Roy Anderson
Reginald Bearden
George Ware
Foy Hammons
Will Carner
Charles Taylor
Henry Yocom
Claude Vann
Leonard Boyce
Henry Haynes
A. W. Stubbaman
Jimmie Jones
Rufus Herndon
Boy Scouts
Leonard Ellis
Chris Westerman
W. H. Etter
Jim Embrey
Rotary API Klwanis Clubs
Mind Your Manners on Addressing Officials and Clergy
A 1937 NEA Service guide answers envelope and salutation etiquette for addressing nuns, senators, rabbis, and congressmen. It recommends using formal titles and correct names, noting approved forms such as Sister Mary David or Rabbi Isaacs, and suggests appropriate addresses like The Hon. J. R. Marston for a congressman.
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Rabbi Isaacs
Reverend Isaacs
R. Marston
J. R. Marston
Aniswer
Mary David Smith
Mary David
David
Mary
Isoacs
House of _reprientaries
Washington
NEA Service, Inc
Fifteen Die as Airliner Crashes in Belgium
An Amsterdam report says a Netherlands airliner crashed at Hal Belgium killing fifteen people. The airline attaches identify three Americans among the dead named Whitehouse Canton and Gold bloom.
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Amsterdam
Halland
Netherlands
Hal
Belgium
Whitehouse
Canton
Goldbloom
Hope Man Speaker at Rotary Meeting Texarkana Club
Rev V A Hammons of Hope spoke to the Texarkana Rotary Club on evolving community service. He described Rotary’s current group and individual service under international objectives and noted the talk served as instruction for about 20 new Texarkana members.
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Rotary
Texarkana Club
V. A. Hammons
Hope
Hammons
Texarkana
Marvin Bird Elected Mayor of Earle Arkansas
Marvin Bird, superintendent of Earle city schools, was elected mayor unanimously in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by T. S. Mitchells resignation. Bird, unopposed, will be inducted Wednesday night after approval by the City Board of Education amid reform sponsor tensions. The vote was about 150.
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Earle, Ark
Marvin Bird
Earle
T. S. Mitchell
Bird
City Board of Education
Mitchell
Young Business Men's Club
Farm price stabilization bill delayed to next session
Chairman Jones of the House agricultural committee said congressional action on farm price stabilization was postponed indefinitely, likely until the next session of Congress, announced Wednesday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Threat to Prolong Congress Session
Senate faces a bid by Senator Minton to expand the lower court reform bill, raising the prospect of a protracted session. Roosevelt summoned Democratic leaders to the White House as discussions on the legislative program continue.
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Washington
tPi
Senate
Minton
Indiana
Supreme Court
Congress
Soonetr Minton
Roosevelt
House
White House
King George Receives Hostile Belfast Welcome
In Belfast on a coronation visit King George VI and Queen Elizabeth faced a hostile reception as bombs arson and gunfire erupted. Police blamed Irish Republicans amid a night of terror that included a main explosion near the route and the destruction of Customs Houses and a railroad bridge.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Chinese war reachs Peiping as air fleets clash
Washington reports a Chinese envoy list of citizens in Peiping includes Dr. Alice Jow Brown of Hope Arkansas and Dr. Alice Barlow Browns as sisters of John Barlow. State Department notes Chinese hostilities and possible evacuation of American civilians from Peiping amid fighting near the embassy area and northern China frontline.
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Alice Barlow Brown
Peiping
Julius Eliszar
United States
Hull
Peipi
Sinondi
Hope
Peiping Weue
Washington
State Department
Ican
Pei
China
Alice Jow Brown
Hope, Ark
Alice Barlow
John Barlow
Barlow
Brown
May Probe Power Deal in Arkansas Staff Report
Washington reports Rep Rankin and a power bloc urged scrutiny of Tennessee Valley Authority power distribution in Arkansas via Arkansas Power and Light. They pressed resale at yardstick rates and delayed final contract approval, while seeking broader TVA line construction and $100 million from relief funds for expansion.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
Demn
Miss
Roosevelt
House Power Bloc
Tennessey Valley Authority
Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Ao Opiesion
Rankin
John E. Miller
Dem
Ark
John L. McClellan
Knute Hill
Den
Wash
Sam Hobbs
Aja
Joan J. Sparkman
Alay Hi
Jerry Voorhis
Cal
Orville Zinwnennar
tDen
Walter M. Pierce
Oregon
TVA
Mississippian
Proclamation Bans Meetings Near Republic Steel Plant
Safety Director Elliot Ness bans rioting area gatherings near Republic Steel Corporation's Corrigan McKinney plant in Cleveland. Oral permits may be issued to enter restricted zones within 500 yards as protests continue alongside a court bid to limit picketing.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Elliot Ness
Republic Steel Corporation
Corrigan- McKinney
Common Pleas Court
New Orleans Cotton Opened and Closed Steady With Small Change
New Orleans October cotton opened at 1103 and closed at 11 03 04. Spot cotton closed quiet with a 12 point rise, mid staple quality was middling at 11 38.
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New Orleans
Spot
Arkansas Auto Tags to Be Red and White
Arkansas annual license plates will appear with white numerals on a red background. Revenue Commissioner Dave L Ford said the rear plate will be issued as this year.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Automobile Livensa Plas
Revenue
Dave L. Ford
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