Three Long Term Convicts Escape From Penal Farm
Three long term convicts escape from a Texas penal farm after shooting and killing guard Bob Smith. Fugitives named are T. O. Atkinson life termer, Luke Trommel serving 25 years for murder, and Forrest Gibson serving 10 years for theft. They fled into brush after killing the guard as a plowing squad worked in the fields.
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Huntsville
Texas
Bob Smith
T. O. Atkinson
Luke Trommel
Forrest Gibson
Congrete
Smith
Paving Is Urged For Highway 71 Path From Fort Smith To Shreveport
Arkansas Highway 71 Association delegates from 19 towns meet in Mena and adopt a resolution urging the highway commission to allocate funds for completing the route through Arkansas from Fort Smith to Shreveport Louisiana. They seek hard surface paving, hazard reductions, and rules to prevent the road being used as a free shortcut. Ernest W. St John is elected president with a slate including Tu bin and Campbell. John Engle notes expected paving progress and recommends focus on Waldron to Ashdown, plus seeking American Automobile Association membership to boost tourism. J C Baker says 4 million dollars is needed to pave the Arkansas segment, with prospects of work soon. Arkansas is losing revenue due to the highway’s status, said officials from Shreveport.
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Mena
Ark
Arkansas Highway 71 Association
Thurnsday
The
Highway Commission
Fort Smith
Shreveport
Commission
Arkansas
Louisiana
Ernest W. St. John
DO. Tuebin
de Queen
Campbell
Fayetteville
John Engle
Association
Waldron
Ashdown
American Automobily Association
J.C. Baker
U. S. Highway Association
Colony &. M. Witherspoon
Turned Brown By Brown Turner In Louisville Campaign Sketch
Louisville special report glosses over a presidential race scene as Democrats and GOP duke it out with old platforms under strain from a New Deal era. A college graduate seeks a degree for a homeward ticket while voters observe party postures and third party warnings amid optimistic chatter.
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Louisville
GO. P
M'Nab Test Hits Strata of Water at McNab Well
A drill-stem test on Con way-Tillar No 1, H. D. Easton et al, found water after 144 minutes producing 1 200 cubic feet with slight salinity and asphaltic odor. CREW resumed drilling Friday. test at 2 612 cet in section 21 125 27W near McNab.
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Conway-Tillar No. 1
H. D. Easton Etal
McNab
Former Arkansas Man Is Convicted
MEMPHIS Tenn Pi Roy W Eat man 24 was convicted Thursday of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution for the headay slaying of Griffith C Thompsson foundation manager Eaten why a farmer pear Oxecula Ack until he moved to Memphis two years ago two co defendants CavIl Cansie 24 and Melvin Gilbert 24 were convicted of involuntary manslaughter their punishment was fixed all months and 2 days to be served in the county penal Gere
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Memphis
Roy W. Eatman
Griffith C. Thompsson
Cavi
Cansie
Melvin Gilbert
Many Candidates in Howard County in Democratic Primary
Nashville Arkansas reports a crowded Howard County Democratic primary with a high candidate count for several offices. County clerk shows the most contenders at six, while four seek representing posts and three aim for sheriff. List includes Tol, Layer, Chesshiy for representatives. Merrell and Heney for judges. Beane and Bridgeman for treasurer. Jones Floyd Bildy and Ponder for sheriff. Garner and Farley for circuit clerk. Hale, Renee, Floyd, Chamblin, Leister, and Coats for county offices. Neal Smithson for county weighers. Dillard Redman Fortune for tax assessor.
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Nashville
Ark
Howard County
W. H. Toland
Lewis M. Layer
Dierks
M.Z. Chesshiy
Vic
Vicks
Julge
Alger Merrell
A T. Heney
Winty Leasurer
Mos
Beane
Ed Bridgeman
Jones Aun Floyd
Chivenee Bildy
K. B. Ponder
Clastee Garner
Clovie Farley
June Hale
Center Point
Edgar W. Renee
Dale Floyd
Discovery of a New Star Observed by Astronomers
Astronomers report a surprise solar eclipse observed across Asia leading to the discovery of a new star of notable brightness in the Cepheus constellation. The fragment mentions Fr. ee Cortez and a historical re conquest reference to 1519, but details are unclear in the text.
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Asia
Cepheus
Ee Cortez
Mexico
Romance on the high seas ends as ship captured
Georgetown authorities trap a long elusive English trawler named Girl Pat after a chase across several seas. Five crewmen are arrested as police, Sloyd's agents, and reporters overtake the vessel four miles off the Demerara river mouth. The capture follows reports of a mystery ship evading capture while seeking pirate gold.
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Georgetown
Guiana
Brilist Guianiu
Sloyd
Demarara River
Svalst
Drouth Continues in Southern Area
Weather reports show cooling trends with scattered showers aiding farmers in the southern region while a heat wave wanes in other areas. Drought damage remains severe in the Tennessee area with losses estimated at 50.4 million dollars. crops in the Rocky Mountain states and Pacific Northwest enjoy favorable rains, and Minnesota to Iowa report fair to good conditions though drought lingers in some spots. Officials note northern Utah and eastern Washington as excellent, with government meteorologist C. D. Reed indicating corn ahead of average and overall grain prospects improving in many regions.
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Associated Press
West Thuralay
Avouth
Pation
Alaska
Fairbanks
Hain
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
Pacific Northwest
Weser
Mississippi Valley
Southwest
Nalign
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arkansas
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Washington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
C. D. Reed
Woman's Death in Oklahoma Attributed to Illness and Starvation
Fay Ed wards, acting state investigator, said Thursday night that health decline and starvation apparently caused the death of Mrs. Mary C. Lovett, 44, found in a farmhouse near Asher. Investigation disclosed no violence.
Star Centennial to Use 3 Tons Paper
A country newspaper plans a six section Arkansas Centennial Edition of The Star next Friday June 26. It will total 48 pages with 60 percent ads and 40 percent history, using about three tons of paper and six tons of type forms. The edition features manuscripts by Washington historian Charlean Moss Williams in Section B and a Hempstead county history.
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Hope Rotary Club
Butlow
Ax Hy Washburn
Star
Arkansas
Wyshburn
Charlean Moss Williams
Washington
The
Hempstead
Harvid Story
Kate Scott Holland
Republicans Build Large Campaign Bankroll Drive
CHICAGO CMN The Republican party seeks a 4 400 000 campaign fund via dollar certificates shares in a cabapigny stock. Treasurer Charles B Goodspeed says letters mailed to a million recipients will use three envelopes to circulate requests for a dollar each, with returns to the party.
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Chicago
CMN
Republican Party
Charles 3B
Goodspeed
Hearing for Doomed Negroes Is Postponed
Federal Judge Martineau postponed indefinitely Monday's hearing on four habeas corpus petitions by Jim Caruthers and Bub Clayton, Mississippi County defendants under death sentence for alleged assault and rape. Postponement due to defense counsel illness. State Supreme Court previously denied similar plea. Separate item: Twenty-ninth annual convention of the Afghanasis Hotel Association to convene Saturday with expected attendance over 15 delegates.
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Little Rock
Martineau
Jim X. Caruthers
Bubbles Clayton
Mississippi County
Saulting & Young
Rhytheville
Lewis Rhoton
Missigsiypi Circuit
State Supreme Round
Siniilae Ple Jy
The
Aghanasis Hotel Association
Poll Tax Ruling Denies Late Receipts Votes
Arkansas Attorney General ruled that voters whose written requests for poll tax receipts arrived after midnight June 15 at county collectors offices were not entitled to vote in Democratic elections this year even if postmarked that date.
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Little Rock
Mob confronts officers in Texas jail standoff
In El Campo Texas a mob hunted nine Black people during a late night disturbance at a "bonus celebration." Deputies moved prisoners between jails in Wharton Bay City and El Campo to avoid the mob, while deputy Tip Simmons was injured by a sharp object. The crowd briefly searched Wharton Bay City jails before heading to El Campo, where authorities then allowed limited access to calm tensions.
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EL Campo
Texas
Iran
Tip Simmons
Wharton
Bay City
E. J. Kuehl
Beloek
Harris Milner
Campo
Coal Bill Opposed by Senator Borah
Senator Borah objected to the Guffey Vinson substitute coal bill in the Senate on Friday, arguing it would permanently fix prices. In Washington, the state Friday approved legislation to enlarge the American Merchant se voyage through direct subsidy payments and sent the bill to the House for action on Senate amendments.
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Borah
Senate
Washington
House
Lemke to Run on 3rd Party Ticket
Senator Lemke of North Dakota announced from Washington that he would seek the presidency as a candidate of the Union party on a third party ticket. He said he had received thousands of messages nationwide urging the move and suggested Thomas Charles O’Brien of Boston would pursue the vice presidency on the same platform.
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Washington
Lemke
North Dakota
United States
Union Party
Thomas Charles O'Brien
Boston
Democrats Arrive as Philadelphiaprepares for Convention
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention began arriving in Philadelphia as the city wore green and white bunting. An advance guard from New York established state HQs, pledging the state's votes for President Roosevelt amid rain. Carpenters completed the convention hall with a large speakers platform, stage boxes, and press benches, while crews prepared the hall for the anticipated visitors.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Deadline for Cotton Release Extended to July 16
The Conmind City Credit Corporation announced that growers whose cotton release applications were returned for correction may have later deadlines than July 16. Nearly 1,000,000 bales have been processed under an arrangement allowing producers who borrowed on cotton to regain possession upon payment of a release price. The original filing deadline was May 31, and the bank extended options for those misdrafted applications.
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Washington
Conmind City Credit Corporation
Twelve-cent corton hits markets amid rumors of liquidation
NEW YORK reports a twelve-cent corton price on Friday as traders discuss rumors of completion of liquidation by the government producer. In Arkansas Ray McPhetridge, 55, of Bentonville, father of Louise McPherridge Thaden, drowns after his car leaves a spillway dam into Dellavista lake. In Memphis Freddie Haas of New Orleans reaches the Southern Amateur golf semifinals by defeating Billy Howell of Houston three and two.
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New York
Corton
Rogers, Ark
Ray McPhetridge
Bentonville
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Dellavista Lake
Memphis
Freddie Haas
New Orleans
Billy Howell
Houston
B E Edwards Killed in Pelican Oil Blast
Bert Edward Miller, 26, of Vivian La died in a gas explosion that wrecked the Pelican Oil and Gasoline loading track in Rodessa Louisiana. Damage estimated at 15000 dollars. Miller was assistant loading track director for the Pelican company. Three tank cars were damaged in the blast.
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Rodessa
Bert Edward Miller
Vivian
Pelican Oil & Gasoline Company
Miller Wagant
Pelican Company
Amnesia Victim Identified Likely as Mrs Maggie Williams
Ulm mayor says a wandering amnesia victim found on a highway is likely Maggie Williams formerly of Beaumont Texas. A letter signed by Mrs P G Livingston of Beaumont supports the identification and asks for a photo. The victim had described oil wells in Beaumont and had been with a son named Billy. Details trace to Summerville Ga and Fairburn Ga locations and a notebook with Will Pope of Silsbee Texas.
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Ulin
Ark
J. G. Wilson
Maggie Williams
Beaumont
Texas
P. G. Livingston
Wilson
Livingston
Summerville
R. L. Hair
Will Pope
Silsbee
Pope
Memphis Teen Drowns at Family Picnic Pool Near Memphis
Milton Shroyer Jr. aged 14 drowned at a pool on the outskirts of Memphis during a company picnic. More than 200 coworkers of his father, Milton Shroyer Sr., attended the event hosted by the Emergency Crop Production Loan Corporation. The boy was last seen in the pool’s shallow end as the tragedy occurred.
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Memphis
Milton Shroyer Jr
Mike Pool
Thursda
Eimergency Crop Production Loan Corporation
Hero
Milton Sheayer Sr
Gooch and clemency debate echo in Oklahoma hangings
The article reports on Gooch, an Oklahoma kidnapper sentenced to hang in McAlester while President Roosevelt discusses clemency and the Lindbergh law. It notes a crowd of about 350 witnessing the execution and cites statements about executive power and justice department actions. It also covers other recent executions in Alabama and North Carolina, including Ed N. Arant and Walter Miller in Montgomery and John Hore in Raleigh.
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Washington
Roosevelt Agesin
Lif Gooch
Oklahoma
McAlester
Don Pleas
Asto Justice Department
Gooch
Texas
Congress
Iily
Punttings
Louis Schmeling to Fight Friday at Yankee Stadium
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced Friday that heavyweight champion Joe Louis will face Max Schmeling in a 15 round title bout at Yankee Stadium New York under overcast skies. A rain cloud would halt the event, officials said.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Yankee Stadium
New York City
Landon Calls July Special Session on Security Program
Gov. Ale M. Landon called a special session of the Kansas legislature for July 7 to consider a proposed constitutional amendment for state participation in all phases of the federal social security program. The session will convene in Topeka the day after his return from a vacation in Estes Park, California. He said he would leave Wednesday no speeches were planned and he did not expect to receive callers.
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Topeka. Kan
Ale M. Landon
Kansas
Estes Purl
Cal
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