Safe in War AI FIGHTING NEAR Peiping Front
Report from Peiping Friday night says a group of American refugees at Yenching University in Peiping were safe amid Sino Japanese fighting near the ancient walls of the capital. Dr Jon Stuart said the Americans, including Barlow Brown of Hope, were unmolested and the gate area remained quiet as new clashes occurred nearby. Central Chinese forces were reported moving 50 000 crack troops to the Peiping front. Roosevelt said the far eastern situation was disturbing and pledged close supervision over weekend developments.
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Peiping
China
Jon Stuart
Presit Yenching University
O Cama
Ams
Stuart
Barlow Brown
Hope
Ad Stuart
Hei
John Barlow
Barlow
Pennsylvania
Brown
Serbia
France
Red Cross
United States
Episcopal Church
Ueiping
Dr. Brown
Dick Barlow
Malvern
Harry Barlow
Dew Queen
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
Fire on City of Baltimore kills two dead two missing
Captain Charles Brooks reported the bay steamer City of Baltimore burned rapidly about 14 miles from Baltimore en route to Norfolk. Two cadavers were recovered and two missing aboard the vessel. A special federal inquiry was ordered in Washington. Survivors and rescue crews from Coast Guard, Navy, and local services aided in recovery and evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles Brooks
City of
Howrl
Washington
J. R. Polikatt
Aiken
South Carolina
Taw
H. Paige
Cy Haynie
Norfolk
Shamokin
Coast Guard
Bing
Lina Few
Cane Baek
Ohld
Debhe
Navy
Wrath
Baltimore Fire Department
Bay Side
Baltimoare
Roosevelt
United States Naval Academy
Aninapolis
Stephen Early
Naval Academy
Navy Department
Annapolis
Johni
Safroth Jr
Vie Coast Guard
Apache
Fort Washington
Ttulso
Cahoone
Charleston
D. C
Carrabassett
Nrfulle
Chesapeake Bay
Chaeles HW
Hot Springs
Ack
Man dies after contact with high voltage wire
In De Valls Bluff Arkansas Harvey Cannon a 55 year old butcher was killed Thursday afternoon when a wet cleanup near Canmon's bone and a pipe touched a live high voltage wire. A man named McNiet of Car isle aided in the accident scene and was burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Cannon
de Valls
DE Valls Bluff
Ark
McNiet
Carisle
Canmon
Death sentences for plot to spread disease in insurgent zone
HENDAYE Franco siximisa frontline authorities said a military court condemned two Frenchmen to death for planning to spread typhoid germs. General Franco reportedly ordered a stay until an International Commission reviews alleged evidence of a national plot linked to disease dissemination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Franco
Siximisa Frontier
Mind Your Manners in Proper Social Conduct
A reader quiz on etiquette from 1937 NEA Service tests polite responses to social scenarios. Questions cover offering hands, removing gloves, and appropriate phrases with answers indicating when to speak, what to say, and how to act in formal interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lofts
D Was Jotreduced, To Her.” A. Yas
NEA
Tenancy Board to Be Appointed Soon
Governor Bailey said he would appoint an honorary commission to study the farm tenancy situation and make recommendations to the next legislature. He proposed selling lands forfeited for nonpayment of taxes to homesteaders with long term, low interest financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Carl E. Bailey
Banker Refuses Loan Then Fatally Shot in Oklahoma
Muskogee Oklahoma County Attorney A Camp Bon aid Thy rge day night Fast, de, confessed the fatal shooting after talking with L W McLean, vice president of Commercial National Bank an hour after the slaying. Fast admitted firing the bullets after the meeting and said he refused to loan 150 to 1980. He claimed he spent three weeks in Colorado and returned the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskoger
Okla
Camp Bon Aid
Fast
McLean
Dil
Commercial National Bank
Fish
McLews
Bones
Pines
Colorado
Bart Askers McLean
Jury Acquits Man in Grocery Store Robbery
A Florida jury acquitted Hamp Bailey and Lillie Hamp Bailey of robbing a grocery store in Eldorado Arkansas. Details from the trial indicate the defendants faced charges tied to the July night robbery at Smackov Grocery. The case proceeded through VPA proceedings with the jury delivering a verdict of not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorado
Arky
VPA
Vireuil
Bailey
Lillie
Retail Trade Declines Slightly in 8th District Report
The Federal Reserve Bank’s June review shows general upturns in eighth district activity through mid July 1937, with retail trade slipping from May to June though remaining higher than a year earlier. Production and freight volumes reach multi-year highs while unemployment holds steady and crop prospects brighten for winter wheat and other staples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dun and Bradstreet
Doomed Steer Flees From Passing Chamber
In OHahaNeb a packing house worker struck a steer on the heel with a sledge hammer and shouted git along to urge the animal. The steer fled down a chute and leaped a two story window. Pursued for about a mile a group of workers fatally injured the steer. Also noted: New Hope cemetery at Miles south of Hope will be cleaned Tuesday August 1 with interested persons invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope
Hope
China and Foreign Powers Clash Across Century History
A compact chronicle outlines major transitions in Chinese borders and sovereignty from 1516 to the present, detailing Portuguese rise at Macao, cessions to Britain and France, Japanese conquests and occupation, Russian influence in Manchuria, and later Soviet and Allied shifts, including Tibet and Outer Mongolia. It notes key events like the Opium War, Shantung disputes, and the evolving control of Manchuria and northern China through 1935.
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Macao
Hong Knog
Wonloon
Annam
Japan
Germany
Tsingtao
Shantung
China
U. S
Mongolia
Manchuria
Shanghai
Manchukua
Iinfge
Jehol
Peiping
Grant
Wail
Chahar
Hopei
Nanking
Democratic committee calls meet for state convention in Little Rock
Grant county Democratic committee calls a special meeting Friday in Sheridan to push a state convention for nominating a U S Senate candidate. Sevier Lincoln Saline Franklin and Arkansas county committees join calls amid debate over Governor Bailey nomination and party strategy. Independent candidate speculation swirls around Lonoke attorney C Albert Walls and Sen Robison’s spouse.
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Little Rock—I
Grant County
Democratic Committee
Sheridan
Little Rock
United States Senate
Lee Williams
W. A. Shackleford
Grant Committee
E. K. Edwards
Sevier County
Defue
Tom Free
Bonner
Lincoln County
Star City Court House
C. E. Fish
Bailey
Saline County
State Democratic Committee
Carl E. Bailey
Senate
Franklin County
Arkansas County Committee
DeWitt
Roy McCollum
J.D. Sanderson
Miler
Saline
Lonoke
C. Albert Walls
Joe T. Robinson
Olose
Senate votes to cut wage bill for small employers
Washington bulletin reports the Senate voted to remove all employers with ten or fewer workers from the administration wage and hour bill. William Green then clarified the AFL's stance in a letter urging passage rather than committee referral. In Arkansas, Thomas J. Hutto, convicted of the slaying of Dallas Officer J. Yooom after a 60 dollar drug store holdup, was formally sentenced to die in the electric chair on September 3.
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Washington
Senate
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Dorado
Ark
Thomas J. Hutto
Dallas
J. A. Yooom
Protest Against Moving Station in Hot Springs Arkansas
Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce appeals to the state supreme court to stop moving radio station KTHS near Little Rock. The case centers on a 1936 contract sale to T. H. Barton and Radio Enterprises later challenged by the chamber board. Chancellor Dodge issued an injunction. Barton, Lion Oil president, seeks FCC permission to relocate the station citing ore interference in the Hot Springs area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce
State Supreme Court
KTHS
Pulaski
Frank H. Dodge
Dodge
Barton
Batton
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Robert Lee 18 Held for Circuit Court
Osceola Ark Justice G L Waddell ordered Thursday that Robert Lee 18 of the To man vomanity be held for a circuit court trial in connection with the shooting of Fred Patterson 26 at a rural dance hall Saturday night Officers said Patterson said he was shot in the back when he attempted to stop a fight between two men
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Oschola
Ark
G. L. Waddell
Robert Lee
Fred Patterson
Patterson
Three Youths to Face Hearing Friday in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas three youths James Tidwell 17 of Dayton Ohio James Wyatt 17 Langer Tennessee and Lewis Gravette 19 Houston Texas were charged with importing stolen property after arrest near Fort Smith. Prosecuting Attorney Harrell Harper said they will be arraigned in municipal court Friday afternoon. In the car officers found two shotguns two books photographs food clothing and a knife.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Harrell Harper
Here
Jack Pace
Texarkana
James Tidwell
Dayton
Ohio
Harriman
Tenn
James Wyatt
Langer
Lewis Gravette
Houston
Texas
White highway commission rejects bids on US 67 project
The White County bid on 106 miles of US 67 concrete pavement between Bradford and Bald Knob was deemed out of line and the project will be readvertised. Low bidder A C Campbell of Shreveport offered 283 962 81. Two other contracts were awarded in Ashley and Lafayette counties for gravel base and surfacing on US 82.
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Little Rock
Ark
White Highway Commission
United States 67
Bradford
Bald Knob
White County
James R. Rhyne
A. C. Campbell
Shreveport
Ashley County
Hamburg-Montrose
United States
Brown and Root, Inc
Austin
Texas
LaFayette
Stamps-Buckner
D. F. Jones Construction) Company
Fi—Shuler
EL Dorado
The
Marine] Oil Company
Fee No. L
Shuler
Committee Approves Mississippi River Bridge Bill
Representative Wade L. Kitchens of Magnolia won approval in the House Interstate and Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday of his bill authorizing construction of a Mississippi River bridge between Lake Village Arkansas and Greenville Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wade HL. Kitchens
Magnolia
House
Interstate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lake Village
Ark
Greenville
Muss
Cotton Prices Drift in New Orleans Market
New Orleans market reports show cotton opened Friday at 2075 and closed 1085-88 with spot trading quiet. Prices edged as buyers and sellers paused, with activity limited to minor adjustments and late bids noted on the floor.
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New Orleans
Qeinber Coum
Aide Dling
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North China
Koteperor Hirchito
Alice Barlow
Nhl
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Besere
George Sutherland
Sutherland
Maentioning
Europe
Steand
van Devanter
J. C. Past
Oklahoma
Soviet
Russia
British India
Amosa
Dad
Bulletins
Supreme Court
Trip
LaFayette Co
Buckner
Home Service Company of
Fort, Smith
C. H. DeBoe
Capid
C. DeBoe
B.C. Reed
M.S. Reed
Paris
Mississippi
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