Here and There Editorial by ALEx H Washbu
Letter from Hope Arkansas editor criticizes wartime economics and big money power in 1944. Editorial compares farmers plight, suggests surplus cotton could be turned into clothes for needy. cites local ballot results. praises Henry Ford as debt-averse hero and questions Roosevelt’s alignment with Wall Street. Continued on Face Three.
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Ditor the Star
Red Cross
Mr. Rodgers
Hempstead
Henry Ford
Wall Street
America
Andrew Jackson
Roosevelt
One Dead Five Hurt as Car Strikes Tree in Morrilton
In Morrrilton Arkansas a car carrying six people swerved to miss a mule and struck a tree. Hudson McArthur, 21, died instantly from a broken neck. Rosa Morgan, 27, and Clyd Wallace, 27, were in critical condition at Morriston Hospital along with the others treated for injuries.
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Morrilton
Phemmerville
Hudson McArthur
Rosa Morgan
Clyd Wallace
Morriston Hospital
Allotment Blanks Opened Monday for Hampstead County Farmers
Applications for allotments under the Bankhead tax exemption were to be received Monday by the county committee men for Hampstead. The 19 day period requires farmers to file with their local sitting committeemen. Frank J. Hill leads the project in this county, with a full list of local committeemen and township allocations across Hope, DeAnn, Bin gen, Red land, Emmet, Spring Hill, Fatimas, Guernsey, Ozan, Beards Chapel, and surrounding areas.
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Hampstead
Frank J. Hill
Ratton
J. R. White
Travis Bowden
R. F. Hunt
Nolen Lewallen
DeRoan
City Hall
Hope
C. Norwod
W. €. Bryant
Roy Tallest
Mine Creek
Bingen
5Ardis
Roy Burke
C. B. C.steen
Garland
DeAnn
Andrew Avery
Walter Chambless
B. J. Ellis
Neland
Emmet
Finey Grove
Beards Chapel
Frank Gilbert
Longshoremen to Return to Work Coastwide
The National Longshore Board announced the Pacific coast longshoremen’s strike ended. Longshoremen will return to work at 3 a.m. Tuesday in all coast ports. Spokesman O. K. Cushing praised the 12,000 workers for conceding part of their demand and vowed no discrimination upon return.
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San Francisco
National Longshore Board
O. K. Cushing
President's Arbitration Board
Mattress Plant Will Be Located in Hope by FERA
Hope officials report a mattress plant to be operated by the Emergency Relief Administration will be located in Hope as part of relief efforts. The piece notes cattle movements from drought areas through Hope to McKamie, with 86 carloads totaling 3,238 head and earlier consignments bringing the month total to 3,405. Cattle are to be pastured, slaughtered at Stamps, and canned. State relief officials meet in Little Rock to discuss drought conditions and county needs, with 152 more cattle cars arriving from Northwest drought regions to be inspected and sent to canneries.
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The
Star
An. x
Mattress
Hope
FERA
North
South Dakota
Hope Sunday
McKamie
Columbia County
Missouri Pacific
Hempstead County
Mid
D. B. Rusell
Little Rock
Drouth
RR. C. Limerick
Emergency Relief Administration
Arkansas
Howe
Camden
Russellville
ElDorado
Allred Leads for Texas Governor Nomination Runoff
Dallas report shows James V Allred leading for the Democratic nomination for Texas governor with about a 40,000 vote edge over Tom F. Hunter after 692,828 votes from 235 of 254 counties tabulated. Hunter and C. C. McDonald trail, runoff set for August 25. Senator Connally leads in the race for U.S. Senate with Bailey second.
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Dallas
Texas
James V Allred
Miriam A. Ferguson
Texas Election Bureau
Allred
Tom F. Hunter
Wichita Falls
Charles C. McDonald
Ferguson
James 5. Ferguson
Alfred
Hunter
Ton, Cornaly
Joseph W. Bailey
C. C. McDonald
Clint Smal
Edgar EB. Witt
Maury Hughes
Connally
Bailey
Thomas L. Blanton
Abilene
Arranging Ballot Here on Monday in Hope
Hempstead County Democrat Central Committee planned to meet Monday afternoon at Hope city hall to arrange and review candidates for the ballot. The group would reconvene August 9 to select judges and clerks for the proceedings.
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County Central Committee
Hempstead County Democratic Centre Committee
Hope City Hall
Prvey
Dall Divorce Follows Roosevelt Kin Tie in Nevada
Minden Nevada reports Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall divorced Curis B Dall in a small brick courthouse where her brother Elliott also had a divorce from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt. Also noted are drought county additions by the Farm Credit Administration and a prison escape from Harlem Prison Farm in Texas with white fugitives, plus a deportation ruling on Charles Ponzl in Boston. Arkansas temp inches toward 100 as Little Rock endures heat.
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Minden
Nev
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Curis B. Dall
Elliott
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Wisener to Face Collision Charge in Municipal Court
A Texas man Alvin Wisener faces a reckless driving charge after a two week old collision on Fulton pavement. A Dallas party en route to Little Rock was struck. RJ Ingram and two children were hurt, with one child severely burned. Municipal court proceedings were postponed due to absence of the deputy prosecutor. Several city docket cases were settled or continued, including dismissals and fines for drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
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Alvin Wisener
Fulton
Texas
RJ. Ingram
Dallas
Ingram
Little Rock
Wisener
Ag Wisener
John P. Vesey
Vesey
St. Louis
H. Moore
Freda May Moore
Reece Cannon
Marie Dressler Dies at 62 Screen Star of Stage and Screen
Marie Dressler, a veteran actress known as the ugly duckling who rose to top film fame, died at 3:25 p.m. in Santa Barbara after a long illness. She had recently moved to Hollywood, had incurable ailment diagnosed two years earlier, and appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions despite limited hours before her illness forced rest. Tonight’s report notes doctors and Mrs. Allen were among those attending.
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Santa Barbara
Lalif
Marie Dressler
Armeid
Ugly Duckling
C. Kings
Hollywood
Miss Drassler
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Culver City
Alen
Stratosphere Balloon Falls Rescues Crew and Instrument
Reported failure of the Baxplorer stratospheric balloon halted a mission aiming for a new altitude record. The crew survived the fall with one instrument rescued, marking the loss of the craft and its scientific payload.
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Holdrense
Revival Services On First Baptist Lawn
The lawn of First Baptist Church hosted the first in a series of revival services Sunday night. Rev. Wallace K. Rogers preached and Claude Taylor led the congregation singing as a large crowd gathered on the church grounds for the start of the weeklong event.
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First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Wallace K. Rogers
Claude Taylor
Britain Hints War Risk After Dollfuss Assassination
British officials disclosed Berlin issued a statement praising the Dollfuss overthrow as welcome while in Vienna the trial of Planette and Holzweber opened amid claims Dollfuss was killed by Planette accidentally. Nazi raids sought Rintelern. Munich reports Italy may press for action against Nazi groups.
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London
Eng
Berlin
Dollfuss
Austria
Associated Press
Vienna
Otto Planette
Frank Holzweber
Planette
Doll
Holzweber
Germany
Schutz Staffel
Italy
Mussolini
Munich
Cotton market closes higher on October futures gains
Cotton advanced on Monday with New York October futures closing at 13.13, up 29 points from the prior close, while October high reached 13.15 and low 12.55. November contracts rose to 3.19, with December 1926 and January at 33.82. Fragments note Little Rock Produce items and various poultry terms follow in incomplete text.
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New York
Litte Rock
Mets
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