No 4 East Roads to be Rebuilt From Hope to Saratoga
Columbus district highway work to start immediately on two routes. Major project rebuilds No 73 from Hope junction through Columbus to near Saratoga, including ditching grading bridges and gravel surfacing. A second effort retravels No 4 from Hope to Nevada county line using WPA labor. state crew supervision only.
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Columbus
Highway Department
WPA
Hope
Saratoga
Six Mile
Nevada County
Thomas
Columbus Road
Howard County
Basic Plans for Farm Bureau Rally Discussed Here
A Hempstead county Farm Bureau meeting held Saturday at city hall was led by Charles Garland with N. Hus absent. Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Executive Secretary Waldo Frasier outlined five key issues, rural electrification plans, and the need for broader organization to boost farm income and opportunities for rural youth, urging local committees to push for funding and action.
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Farm Bureau A
Farm Bureau
Stope City
Lee Garland
Oral Bureau
N. H. Huskey
County Farm Bureau
New Orleans
Waldo Frasier
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Fragler
United States
Hempstead
Arkansas
Frasier
Arkansas Farm Buren Federation
Cranium Crackers Puzzle Puns and Partial Clues
A vintage newspaper puzzle item presents heady questions about city populations, presidential first names, a famous quotation, a light transmitting substance, and a king of Belgium. The item invites readers to fill holes in the statements, hinting at wordplay and trivia from the era.
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New York City
Benson Leads Minnesota Primary Toward Farmer-Labor Nomination
Minnesota Governor Elmer A. Benson maintained a lead over challenger Hjalmar Peterson as results came in from half the precincts. Benson had 103,327 votes to Peterson's 99,953 in the Farmer-Labor nomination race.
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Peterson
Minneapolis
Minn
Elmer A. Benson
Minnesota
Hjalmar Peterson
Farmer-Labor Party
Benson
Foterson
Nevada County Man Seriously Wounded in Falcon Shooting
Prescott Ark Charter Duke of Falcon is reported in serious condition after a Saturday night shooting following a Justice Court dispute six weeks earlier. Delmar Russell of Walton is jailed on charges of shooting Duke. Duke was hit with a shotgun and bullets entered his body. he was treated at Hope hospital and sent home. Authorities foresee additional arrests in connection with the case.
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Prescott
Ark
Hope
Bright
Ceanecben
Expect Big Crowd for McCormic Concert at Ouachita
Mary McCormic Metropolitan soprano will perform at Ouachita College Little Theater in the Royal theater. The concert starts 8 15 p m with tickets 1 or 1 50 for reserved seats. Proceeds help buy chairs for the new college theater building. Carey B Gardiney handles ticket sales.
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Arkadelpnia
Arkadelphia
Mary MecCornic
Little Theater of
Ouachita College
Royal Theater
Miss McCormic
Mamie Harris
Belleville
Yell County
Dardanelle
College
Carey B. Gardiney
Cotton Opens, Closes Higher on New Orleans Market
New Orleans cotton trading opened at 8.65 cents and closed at 8.66 cents. Spot cotton finished three points higher with midday markets steadier around 8.70 cents.
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New Orleans
dJuly Otton
Accuse Three of Stealing Ballots in Arkansas City
Three men face charges of stealing ballots from the April Benton municipal election. Eleven others were indicted on election law violations. The grand jury's action was announced by Sheriff Virgil Rucker. Robert Prather of Vimy Ridge, a State Democratic Committee member and candidate for Secretary of State, was indicted with two members of the Saline County Board of Commissioners on a misdemeanor charge of failure to preserve ballots.
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Benton, Ark
Virgil Rucker
Robert Prather
Vimy Ridge
State Democrate Committee
Saline County
Andorran Smugglers Use Weight to Filter Spaniards
In Perpignan France smugglers in Andorra charge four francs per kilogram for people, arguing heavier men are harder to conceal across the Pyrenees. They claim price parity with merchandise and justify higher risk for fat men crossing into Spain.
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Perpignan
France
Little
Pyrenees
Moontain Republic
Spain
Mind Your Manners on Travel Etiquette and Tips
Questions on air and rail travel etiquette cover luggage in cabin rules and tipping practices. Replies indicate no to bringing luggage into the passenger area, tipping influenced by service, typical tip amounts for baggage handlers, porters, and train staff, plus child management aboard trains and neighborly conversation etiquette.
Wounded couple in Hempstead county shot at home
A 74 year old man and 62 year old wife were wounded at their farm near Hope in a dispute over fence staples. Mrs Foss admitted shooting her husband then turned the gun on herself. Mrs Foss remains hospitalized with a skull wound while Mr Foss has wounds to the right lung and leg. County residents are urged to report boll weevil sightings as Arkansas cotton fields begin square formation. Entomologist Dwight Isely notes Calhoun and Little River counties report general infestation in a 45 acre field. weather in coming weeks will influence damage. Farmers should prepare for weevil control with dusting once fresh injury appears.
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W. G. Foss
Hempstead
Josephine Hospital
Jim Bearden
J. H. Weaver
Arkansas
Dwight Isely
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Calhoun
Little River
Mr. Isely
Mersely
Anniversary Sale Opens Wednesday at Ladies Specialty Shop
The 14th anniversary of the Ladies Specialty Shop is celebrated with a two week sale starting Wednesday this week. Mrs. Olsen, proprietor, opened the shop on South Ely Street 14 years ago this month and continues at the same location. A sale features silk and better dresses, with newly installed fans and lighting for customers.
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Foundling of Ladies Specialty Shop
Olsen
Bby Ladies Specialty Shop
South Ely Street
Ladies Specialty Shop
Special Railroad Study to Be Urged
Roosevelt aides urged congressional committees to begin a thorough study of railroads finances early next fall. Unofficial talk suggested a special session of Congress might be called in September or November to consider the issue. Dimdruff is believed responsible for a large share of baldness cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Foreign Nations in U S Spy Probe Expands Indictments
New York dispatch reports the federal government pause amid international reactions as 18 defendants are indicted in a broad case. A special grand jury details a far reaching plot to steal American defense secrets, signaling a major espionage investigation.
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New York
Insanity Plea in Clinton Murder Trial
Eugene Mills, 23, among three charged with murder in the Wit Springs case, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity in circuit court on Tuesday and was committed to the state hospital for observation.
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Clinton, Ark
Eugene Millsaps
George Dance
Wit
Springs
State Hospital
Governor Bailey and Kilgore Speak at Arkansas Station Day
Plans are set for an Arkansas University College of Agriculture event Friday June 24 with Governor Carl E Bailey and Ben Kilgore speaking at 1 pm in the new amphitheater. Visitors tour the station farm in the morning and learn about fruit truck and field crops under faculty direction.
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University of Arkansas College of Agriculture, Fruit &Truck Branch
G. W. Ware
Carl E. Bailey
W. L. Woods
State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Ben Kilgore
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
National Farm Leader
KCMC
College of Agriculture
Connie J. Bonslagel
State Home
Plt. Keton
Arkansas
McCall Says He Faces Death Over Kidnapping Case
In Jacksonville, The Journal quotes Franklin Pierce McCall saying he expects no mercy from the State Pardon Board and is prepared to die in the electric chair for the $10,000 ransom kidnaping of 8 year old Jimmy Cash at Princeton Florida.
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Jacksonville, Fla
the Journal Tuesday
Franklin Pierce
McCall
State Pardon Board
Jimmy Cash
Princeton
Fla
Fragmentary Thought on Spirit and Perishing
The readable fragment hints at a spiritual meditation on the spirit of man inspired by God and its endurance beyond earthly limits, though the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or event.
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God
Maur
Dispute Judgment Over Railroad Wreck Damages
Mrs. Mary Ann Moseley of Gordon contests a judgment of $18 000 against Missouri Pacific railroad in Howard county circuit court. The suit stems from the death of her husband Oliver C Moseley a Missouri Pacific engineer in a train wreck at a Nashville trestle on May 18 1937.
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Little Rock
Mary Ann Moseley
Gordon
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Recital at City Hall Tuesday Evening
Mrs. Robert Campbell presents a piano and violin recital at City Hall on Tuesday June 21 at 8 o'clock. French horn solo by Peyton Kolb trumpet solos by Kenneth Krank and Rey Lewis violin solo by Donald Warbuck of Willisville Ark. Pupils include John Robert Wanisten Ophelia Hamilton Burgher Jones Clovis Hassell Linda Jones Marie Kaui Kenneth Krank Jack Krank Shirley Gibson Macy Dell Southward Alice Gibson Carolyn Barr Luther Garner Jr Mary Elizabeth King Marzette Williams Phyllis Williams Josephine Reaves Blanche Drake Carlene Bruner Helen Drake Mary Alice Urrey Rebecca Drake J T Luck Margaret Marshall Texarkana.
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Robert Campbell
City Hall
Peyton Kolb
Kenneth Krank
Rey Lewis
Donald Warbuck
Willisville
Ark
John Robert Wanisten
Ophelia Hamilton
Burgher Jones
Clovis Hassell
Linda Jones
Marie Kaui
Jack Krank
Shirley Gibson
Macy Dell Southward
Alice Gibson
Carolyn Barr
Luther Garner Jr
Mary Elizabeth King
Marzette Willams
Phyllis Williams
Josephine Reaves
Blanche Drkae
Carlene Bruner
Helen Drake
Mary Alice Urrey
Rebecca Drake
J.T. Luck
Margaret Marshall
Texarkana
All Europe Agrees on Move to End Civil War
Delegates from Europe agreed to send an evacuation commission to Spain to remove foreign troops and seek a truce. Britain pressed to use the measure as a path to halt the fighting, reached in a morning session of the 27 nation non intervention committee’s chairman’s sub committee.
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Europe
London, Inc
Spain
Britain
Berlin press reporters on anti Jewish cleansing drive in Berlin
German press breaks silence on an anti semitic drive targeting Berlin Jews. A Reichsfuehrer Hitler paper defends the action as self defense against Jews swamping Berlin, especially from Austria. China reorganizes Hankow defenses as floodwaters hinder Japanese offensive toward the temporary capital.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Voelkischer Boebachter
Austria
China
Hankow
Japan
Yellow River
Secretary Hull Pushes Plan to Humanize Warfare
Secretary Hull is developing a program aimed at limiting civilian bombings in war. Officials say he focuses on stopping air attacks on cities, sparked by recent bombings in Spain and China.
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Washington
Hull
Department of State
France Delivers Blow as Loyalist Aid Fades
Paris reports the French government plans a diplomatic mission to the insurgent regime and tightens the frontier to Barcelona aid. Britain prepares a new push to withdraw foreign soldiers from Spain as a mediation question looms ahead of a key Hands Off Spain subcommittee meeting.
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France
Spain
Paris
Barcelona
International
Comittee
Britain
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Sauity
Rl King
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Belgium
Gov. Benson
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del-’ Mar Russelle
McCormic
Metropolitan Star
U. S
Clinton
Hope Star
Star
City
Fanm New
Fruit & Truck Branch
George W. Ware
Hope Station
University of Arkansas
Gov. Bailey
Kentucky Bureau
Kentucky Farm Bureau
Head Experiment Station
Nashville Wreck
Moseley
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