New Deal Forces Lead in Iowa Senate Primary Test
In Des Moines Tuesday Democrats backed Guy M. Gillette as the New Deal tide favored him over Otha D. Wearin in the Iowa senatorial primary. Returns from precincts showed Gillette leading Wearin, with support from James Roosevelt and WPA chief Hopkins. The campaign drew national observers to the battle over relief and political influence in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Otha D. Wearin
Gillette
Soe
Roosevelt Supreme Court
Wearin
WPA
Harry Hopkins
James Roosevelt
Othn D. Wearin
Lloyd Thurston
L. J. Dickson
Senate
Byerhoff
BBC
Meyers
Richardson
Dickinson
Tara
Thurston
Harry L. Hopkins
Thomas Corcori
New Dones
Hopkins
Bows Byer
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Wheeler
Borat
Alormt
Washington
Woearin
Nopkins
Nelson G. Kraschel
Leo J. Wegman
Kraschels
Three Burn to Death in Brinkley Car Crash
Brinkley Ark three sons burned to death when their car struck a bridge abutment six miles west of the town and burst into flames. Driver Miss Helen Jenner, 18, escaped with minor bruises. the injured were not named. Victims listed as MR AND MRS WALTER P SING of Oklahoma City and MISS MILDRED DELAY, also of Oklahoma City.
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Brinkley
Ark
Walter P. Sing
Bird
Oklahoma City
Mildred Delay
Helen Jenner
Turn Out for Columbus Bureau 30 Turn Out for Columbus Bureau
Thirty party members attended the regular monthly Columbus Local Farm Bureau meeting. C W Wilson presided with Tom H Stuart as secretary treasurer. H H Huskey spoke on Stronger Farm Organization and county bureaus coordination against fire, tornado and other disasters. County agent Clifford L Smith discussed pasture improvements and mowing to control weeds. Members discussed farm program changes, annual allotments timing, county voice in administrative areas, and a performance based cotton allotment factor. They favored continued land bank interest and marketing provisions, plus subsidy appropriation for farm prices in 1908.
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Columbus
Evearday
Federal Land Bank
Banquet Meal Arrives by Air Mail from Albuquerque
In Durango Colorado Mr and Mix Willee Gould ordered a Mexican dinner prepared 250 miles away in Albuquerque New Mexico. The meal, described as new in banquets, arrived still hot by special delivery on the evening air mail ship.
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Durango
Colo
and Mix
Willeee Gould
Albuquerque
N. M
Cranium Cracker Math Puzzle From The Classifieds
A quirky brain teaser asks readers to solve arithmetic with wordplay and names. It parodies sums like seven days, a fortnight, and references to royalty, pirates, and famous Musketeers, inviting answers on the classifieds page.
Farm Wage-Hour Bill Amended to Expand Agriculture Exemption
The Farm Bureau led a successful amendment to broaden the wage and hour bill’s definition of agriculture related labor. Congressmen argued rural processing and handling activities such as ginning, pasteurizing, and cheese making should be exempt when in rural areas to avoid higher processing costs. The measure, backed by Ed ward A. ONeal and the American Farm Bureau Federation, aims to protect farmers from increased costs passed to consumers.
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H. W. Huskey
Hempstead County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Labor Committee
Fred Bierman
Congressman Bierman
South
Fpama
Edward A. O'Neal
A Thought An Honest Man Is The Noblest Work Of God
A brief aphorism noting that an honest man embodies the noblest work of God, attributed to Pape.
Wage-Hour Bill Compromise Near South Wins Point
Washington accord shows Senate and House conferees near agreement on wage and hour reform. A compromise would drop the 40 cents per hour nationwide requirement at five years, easing Southern opposition. House appropriations approves 35.8 million for early naval expansion, with work to begin on 19 ships including two 4,000 ton battleships. The incident at Bradley Bank reported as three bandits fled with 385.25.
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Bradley
Brann
Bank of Bradley
Jack Meck
Tward Louisiana
Louisiana
Meck
Washington
Senate
House
Norton
New Jersey Democrat
House Appropriations Committee
Leatters
Cemmitt
Tourists Hurt in Northeast Hope Head-On Collision
Four of five people injured in a head-on crash six miles northeast of Hope on Highway 7 Monday were out of danger. Mrs. W A Hoffman of Chicago remained in critical condition with severe injuries including a broken jaw and skull fracture. The Davenport family from Norfolk Virginia, Mrs Davenport, her son Robert Davenport, and daughter Dorothy Davenport, all sustained injuries. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Davenport, husband of Mrs Davenport, is en route from San Diego California to Hope.
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Josephine Hospital
Hope
W. A. Hoffmany
Chicvapo
Robert BE. Davenport
Rlbert Davenport
Dorothy Davenport
Nore Folk, Va
Robert
Davenport
Robert . Davenport
Diego
Calif
TL Health
United States Naval
Norfolk, Va
Naval Yards
Pere
Little Rock
Ifafman
Community Dramatic Club Meeting Planned at Church
The Community Dramatic Club will meet at 8 p m Tuesday at the Christian church bungalow for a short program. The program includes music by the Ogburn orchestra and readings by Mary Etta Presley and Frances Yovan. A brief business session follows. all interested in dramatics are invited.
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Community Dramatic Club
BP. O
Christian Church
Ogburn Orchestra
Mary Etta Presley
Frances Yovan
Poultry Conference Advises Incubators Over Brooding Hens
Delegates at the annual Neionad Poultry Improvement Conference hear state and federal experts urge replacing brooding hens with incubators. The shift aims to improve efficiency and chick viability during incubation.
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Chicago
Neionad Poultry
Highway Debt Cut Near 17 Million in Arkansas
The comptroller's office reports Arkansas bonded highway indebtedness reduced by 16.7 million over four years through 1924 refunding act bond retirements. The debt stands at 143,270,187.5 compared with 159,900,503.8 on January 1, 1934.
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Little Rock
Comptrollers Office
Arkansas
UT student president to receive $30 monthly salary
Austin reports students voted a $30 per month salary for the University of Texas student body president. The pay, to be funded by a student tax, marks a new honor and duty for the next year's leader.
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U, of Texas
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Mind Your Manners Quiz for Courtesies and Etiquette
Questions test social norms for youths and adults in gatherings. It asks if youths should rise for elders and married women, if boys should say yes sir to men, if marking pages is rude, and if marginal notes are acceptable. The piece offers best practice responses and an etiquette solution from 1938.
Neal Quits Race for Secretaryship in Arkansas
Former state land commission George W. Neal withdrew from the race for secretary of state and endorsed O. L. Fischer of Searcy against incumbent C. G. Hall. Democrat Bob Prather of Vinyl Ridge remains a rival candidate in the August 9 primary.
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Little Rock
George W. Neal
O. L. Fischer
Searcy
C. G. Hall
Bob Prather
Viny Ridge
Cooking School Ends Wednesday at Rialto Theater
The Hope Star sponsors a Motion Picture Cooking School at Rialto Theater, featuring the film Star in My Kitchen. Aimed at housewives, it offers practical, humorous lessons on new home making methods and meal preparation, with demonstrations and on screen cooking steps. Attendance reached 260 Tuesday, and the final showing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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Star
Rialto Theater
Hope Star
Dedee Abot
Dedee
George Eubanks Seeks DeRoan Overseer Post
George Eubanks of Hope announces candidacy for DeRoan township road overseer. He filed with the County Democratic Central Committee, paid the fee, and states 22 years building state and county roads as his qualification for the job.
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George Eubanks
Hope
the Star
DeRoan Township
Eubanks
County
Democratic Central Committee
DeRoan
Magnolia contractor kills self on downtown street
Ab Barnett a 35 year old Pine Bluff contractor shot himself as he sat in a car on a Magnolia street Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff McCollum said two Magnolia men witnessed the act and a crowd stood nearby. Barnett was known in south Arkansas for rebuilding the local high school and other projects around Pine Bluff.
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Magnolia
Ark
Ab Barnett
Pine Bluff
J. McCollum
Barnett
South
Arkansas
Alaska Schoolmarriage Ties Nationwide Trends
In Juneau Alaska the education commissioner notes many teachers marry quickly, maintaining high teaching standards. He cites widespread acceptance as former teachers settle, raise families, and stay in the territory, while miners and fishing fleets attract men away from single life.
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Juneau
Alaska
Ima‘ams
Anthony &. Kirnes
Perth
Three More British Ships Bombed in Mediterranean Raids
Madrid reports three additional British merchantmen seriously damaged in insurgent air raids on Alicante and Valencia ports. The attacks raise total ships sunk or damaged in two weeks of fighting. In Canton, Japan’s wave planes strike thrice, pushing casualties past 6,000 as Canton and Hankow await aid and protests from diplomats in Tokyo and Hongkong.
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Madrid
Spain
Mediterranean
Alicante
Valencia
Canton
China
Japan
South China
Threves
Charles Arsene Henry
Tokio
A. P. Blunt
Hongkong
Inter- Hamignal
Shameen
Hope County Courthouse Removal Motorcade Planned for Wednesday
The Hempstead County Courthouse Removal Committee completed tour plans during a Tuesday morning pep rally at City Hall. About 100 business and professional men attended as a motorcade of 40 or 450 automobiles and the Hope Boys band will depart City Hall lawn at 7 30 a m Wednesday. Citizens with cars are urged to join at City Hall.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Hope Boys
Washington plans to accompany Hope tour
A. N. Stroud, Washington landowner and head of the committee to retain Hempstead county seat at Washington, announced that Hope will open a two day speaking tour at Blevins at 8 am Wednesday. Washington speakers George Steele and Fat Casey will join the motorcade through McNab. The Black Land String Band will provide entertainment from a truck, with about six cars in the county seat motorcade.
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A. N. Stroud
Washington
Hempstead
Star
Hope
Blevins
Musiccians
George Steele
Nashville
Fat Casey
Steele
McNab
Stroud
Black Land
Removal of courthouse site to Hope debated at pep rally
Methodist and Baptist churches to furnish sandwiches and lemonade as the Hope Boys band plays. Chairman John L. Wilson led a Tuesday pep rally with A Graves C Lewis Luther F Higgason Sid Bundy R P Bowen Mayor Albert Graves Royce Weisene berger Pink W Taylor and others. A Graves urged business leaders to mobilize 1600 votes for moving the courthouse site this Saturday and to drive turnout to the polls. Continued on Page Three.
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Hope Boys
John L. Wilson
A. Graves
C. Lewis
Luther F. Higgason
Sid Bundy
R. P. Bowen
Albert Graves
Royce Weiseneberger
Pink W. Taylor
Courte House
Washington
Cotton closes higher after brisk New Orleans market
New Orleans opened Tuesday at 7.99 cents per pound and closed at 8.03. Spot cotton moved quickly with one change noted. Middling price reported at 8.07 cents.
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New Orleans
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