Canoe Capsize Tragedy Near Little Rock Claims Two Lives
Campbell plantation picnic ends in disaster as four ride in a canoe that overturns on a lake near Scott and Little Rock. Eugene Maris 24 and Miss Isabelle Smith 22 drown. Wallace Thompson and Miss Blossomgin 22 rescued. Dr. Richardson and son Teddy assist, Miss Vaughn survives in shock. Rescue efforts continue as weather hampered search.
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Little Rock
Campbell Brothers
Scott
Eugene Maris
Isabelle Smith
Wallace Thompson
Miss Blossom Gin
Asa
LitNe Rock
de. T. J. Richardson
Teddy
Vaughn
Campbell, Mallory & Thorgmortan Co
Acta Casualty Surety Company
Saul
Campbell Landing
Ques
Richardson
Miss Vaughn
Thompson
Miss Thompson
Hichardsons
Campbell Plantation
Healey & Roth
Mavis
Miss Smith
Maris
Dr. Richardson
Milburn Removed to Local Hospital
Milburn injured in an intersection crash at North Walnut street and East Avenue B. His car turned over after a truck driven by J. M. May of Washington struck it. Milburn suffers a likely brain concussion and was taken to Jobe Chest hospital for X rays and observation.
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Hieh
Milhum
Prigday
Jobe Chest Hospital
Milburn
Milbiun
North Walnut Street
East Avenue B
Free Band Concert Sunday at 3 P M Hope Boys Band
The Hope Boys band will appear in a public concert Sunday at 3 p m at Fair Park. Bandmaster L S Crumpler is in charge. Admission is free. Programs announced include Footlifter, Imperial, Daphnais, Miss Trombone, Best Loved Southern Melodies, Inv ereerri, Spirit of Minstrelsy, with performances by H Fillmore, K L King, and A Harding.
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Hope Boys
Fair Park
L. 5
Crumpler
H. Fillmore
The
Imperial
K. L. King
Daphnais—Holmes
A. A. Harding
Carl Mailee
A. L. Hayes
Inverearri—Lithgow
Farm plan rejected by REA in Arkansas
The Arkansas Power and Light Co proposal to finish and operate rural cooperative electric projects in Arkansas was rejected by John M. Carmody head of the Rural Electrification Administration in Washington. He signaled drastic changes would be needed before any approval. The plan, presented by Harvey Couch, would have supplied current to cooperatives at wholesale rates and set consumer charges similar to small towns, prompting REA to affirm cooperatives must be independent and strong.
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Lilele Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Abel
Arkansas
John M. Carmody
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Carmody
REA
Power Cranparty
Harvey Couch
Bailey
Co Uperine Live
Couch
United States
Portrait scam targets grieving mother in town tale
A young door to door caller pitches restoration services for faded family portraits. Mrs. Dodd believes a photographed image of her son Jamie can be turned into an oil painting. After paying for a “proof” and later a frame, she discovers a crude caricature instead of the promised work, paying up to reclaim the photo.
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Dodd
Jamie
Ae Dada
Foel
Juin
Hail Damages Crops Near Patmos Farm
Farmer Hunt, three miles northeast of Patmos, reports a Friday hailstorm that stripped a one mile by three quarters mile area of cotton watermelons and corn. He estimates about one fifth of the watermelon and corn crops ruined while cotton will recover. Other local growers Stafford Vines Heirston Rateliff report no wind damage.
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L. Be. Hunt
Patmos
Rve
Ervey
Evi
W. MW. Stafford
Walter Vines
Dl. Heirston
Walter Rateliff
May and Easton to Drill on Saturday Test Well
May and Easton plan Saturday drilling for their test well in 5-12-26, two miles southeast of Columbus. Surface ease set two weeks ago. It is their third test in Hempstead County, with prior wells in Grass Lake area between Spring Hill and Dooley’s Ferry. The E. H. Moore, Inc. Port er field No. 1 reported at about 4,000 feet depth. A Diesel electric rig, among Hempstead county’s largest, will be used. The Davidson-Smith test near Washington resumes next week after a month shutdown for water supply issues, depth at 1,736 feet, contract depth 4,000 feet. In southeastern Howard County near the Okay cement plant by Columbus, Boetcher Oil Co. of Oklahoma has its derrick completed for a test of 3,400 feet.
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May & Easton
Columbus
Grass Lake
Spring Hill
Dooley's Ferry
E. H. Moore, Inc
Porterfield
Hemp- Stead County
Davidson-Smith
Washington
Howard County
Okay Cement Plant
Boetcher Oil Co
Oklahoma
Field Manager Is Press Group Need
CAMDEN Arkansas. John W. Sallis of Clarksville urged the Arkansas Press Association to hire a field manager and to abolish its political advertising agency. He called for a vigorous membership drive, a uniform subscription rate of 1.50 per year for Arkansas weeklies, and urged publishers to affiliate with the association. He warned against outsourcing political ads to established agencies.
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Camden
Ark
Arkansas Press Association
John W. Sallis
Clarksville
Arkansas
Sallis
Howe Town
Press Associion
Fall of Prunes in Clark County
WPA farm survey workers found 729144 prune trees in Clark County as attempts to reduce surplus face renewed pressure. The orchard previously faced cuts of about 190000 trees in prior years despite discouragement.
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Vancouver
Wash
Clark County
WPA
Rebels seize outer ring as Bilbao under siege
Insurgent land and air bombardment scorches Bilbao waterfront as the city endures artillery fire for the first time in nine days of siege. General Fidelio Davila’s troops cross Basque trenches while Franco, stationed at Burgos, hints at final victory and possibly withdrawing foreign fighters if officials follow suit.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Fidelio Davila
Francisco Franco
Burgos
Franco
Fear Is Felt for Kidnapers Victim Parsons Vanished Wife
A Suffolk County official said genuine fear was felt for the safety of Mrs. Alice McDowell Parsons, 38, a society woman who vanished from her Long Meadows farm three days earlier. Assistant District Attorney Lindsay R. Henry said no search had started yet, out of deference to the husband’s wish to give the abductors a chance to contact him.
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Stony Brook
Blue and Gray Veterans End Split for Gettysburg Reunion
Jackson Mississippi report says United Confederate Veterans and Grand Army of the Republic buried their three year feud and agreed to joint reunion at Gettysburg 1938. Election wrangles over Atkinson succession end with Gen J M Cap pool of St Louis winning 2011 to 211 over Gen Harry Rene Lee of Nashville. Governor Earle and Paul L Roy urge unity as Pennsylvania funds support the event.
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Jackson
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Army of the Republic
Getttysburg
Homer Atkinson
Atkinson
J. M. Claypool
St. Louis
Missouri
Harry Rene Lee
Nashville
South Carolina
E. M. Yarborough
Lee
Carolina
Paul L. Roy
G. A. RB
Pennsylvania
Roy
George W. Earle
Preonsylvania
Turned Brown By Brown Turner Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGVIEW Texas farmers worry as crops flourish and corn prices rise. Distillers consider congressional action as harvest improves and weather eases. Tourists report influx, prompting extra trailer use.
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Longview
Texas
Congress
Collegen Lave
Eight Soviet generals to die by firing squad
Moscow reports the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union has sentenced eight top Red Army officers to be shot for treason after confessing guilt. The condemned include Marshal M. N. Tukhachevsky and seven generals, all stripped of rank. They were tried by the military tribunal and face execution within 24 hours with no right to appeal.
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Moscow
Russia
Russsia
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
Soviet Union
Red Army
Tass
Soviet
Michail N. Tukhachevsky
Europe
Kazimkrovitch V. Putna
London
Berlin
Tokyo
A. I. Kork
Frunze
West Point
I. E. Yakir
Leningrad
PB. Aboreviteh
White Russia
Robert P. Bideman
B. M. Feldman
General
V. M. Primakoff
Kharkoff
Hope DeQueen and Prescott Reinstated by Arkansas Association
Hope DeQueen and Prescott schools were reinstated by the Southwest Arkansas association executive committee after a special meeting held Saturday. W S Atkins Hope attorney represented the suspended schools and the committee reversed December suspensions, allowing football and other activities this spring.
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Sispension
Hope
DeQueen
Presco
Arkansas
Prescott
Prescott School Board Names 1937 38 Faculty
PRESCOTT Ark At a school board meeting teachers for the 1937 38 term were elected. C A Robison is superintendent Clay Doyle principal and mathematics Miss Mary Piercy English Rayburn Smith history Mrs Dale Denman Latin Mrs John Eagles business courses Science position remains unfilled In the junior high school to be Mrs Tula Elliott Miss Maxine Seyedge Miss Elizabeth Sharp Mrs R A Staunton and Miss Winifred Duke In the primary and grammar grades Mrs L J Griffith Miss Dorothy Fort Wayne Inc A dog stubbornly blocks a shopper's car then runs under another vehicle and is moved after a delay.
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Prescott
Ark
Presacott Public
C. A. Robison
Clay Doyle
Mary, Piercy
Rayburn Smith
Dale Denman
John Eagles
Tula Elliott
Maxine Seyedge
Elizabeth Sharp
R. Ay Staunton
Winifred Duke
L. J. Griffith
Dorothy Fort Wayne, Inc
Mind Your Manners in Business Letters
Answers from 1927 NEA Service. Questions cover phrases like awaiting your further orders and at the present writing, matching envelopes, formality of Dear Madam versus My dear Madam, brevity, and telegram word charges. Includes examples for enclosing a self addressed envelope and proper salutation choices.
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Mary Brown
Madan
NEA
Piano and Violin Recital Saturday at Hope City Hall
The piano and violin pupils of Mrs. Robert Campbell perform in a concert at 8 15 Saturday night in Hope city hall. A clarinet duet by Luther Garner Jr and Thomas Kinser Jr, a trombone solo by J T Luck, and a song by Al Williams accompany the program. Several named pupils including Clovis Hassel Marie Kaufman Ophelia Hamilton Carolyn Barr and others appear. The public is invited. The lifespans of quadrupeds are noted as four or five times the time to maturity.
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Robert Campbell
Hope City Hall
Luther Garner, Jr
Thomas Kinser, Jr
J. T. Luck
al Williams
Clovis Hassel
Marie Kaufman
Ophelia Hamilton
Carolyn Barr
Mary Elizabeth King
John Robert Hamilton
Luther Garner
Mary Dell Southward
Cotton Market Report from New Orleans
The New Orleans cotton market closed Saturday with July cotton at 11.94 and the close at 86, futures steady 12.26. Spot cotton traded quietly, down about 11 points on the session.
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Spot Cotton
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