Brockelhurst is Sentenced to Death in Hitchhike Slaying
Lonoke Arkansas reports Lester W Brockelhurst 23 was found guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting Victor A Gates 59 of Little Rock during a May hitchhiking crime spree. He received the death penalty while his accomplice Bernice Felton 18 faces trial. Brockelhurst testified to the crimes to tell the truth before execution.
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Lonoke
Ark
Lester Brockelhurst
Victor A. Gates
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Jil
Hirce
Felton
Gates
Brockelhurst
Melton
Lester W. Brockelhurst Je
Little Rock
Berbice Felton
Maniac
W. J. Waggoner
Waggoner
Wag- Roner
Immy
Lonoke, Ark
Lanoke Circuit
Arkansas
Welle
A. P. L. to Buy Power From TVA
TVA announced a five year contract with Arkansas Power & Light to buy surplus TVA power. Current would reach Arkansas distribution lines near Memphis this fall and savings would be passed to consumers.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Arkansas Power & Light Company
TVA
Arkansas
Memphis
Tenn
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers and Guidance
Public guidance on office etiquette from 1837 presents a Q and A style on dress, letters, and behavior. It covers shoe wear in offices, smocks over dresses, addressing cities, second sheet headings, and refusal etiquette for a late-night executive dinner invitation.
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Ibi
New Auto Testing Law Described by Atkins for Cities
Arkansas Municipalities issue discusses Authority to appoint official inspection stations under Act No 300 and Section 133. State Police Commission seeks uniform county system with city stations in first and second class to avoid autoshop profits. Debate over city ordinances recognizing state testing and enforcement limits with Phillips v Siloam Springs cited.
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Atkins Meather State Police Commission
State Police Department
Arkansas
State Police Commission
Commission
Phillips Vs. Siloam Springs
Ark
State Board of Health
Legislature
Exhaust Fan Installed on The Star Building Roof
Harry Shiver of focal plumbing and air conditioning installs a 48 inch Ventura exhaust fan by American Blower Corp on The Star building roof at 212-14 South Brainus Street. The unit changes air in the newsroom loft every 2.8 minutes with a capacity of 16 200 cubic feet per minute.
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Star
Hope Star
Harry Shiver
Focal Plumbing
American Blower Corporation
South Vrainus Street
Shiver
Democrats Head for Conference on Jefferson Island
More than a hundred Democrats including cabinet officers and congressmen left Friday for a series of conferences with President Roosevelt on Jefferson Island. The president is already there. Senator Joel I. Robinson, president of the Jefferson Island Democratic club, was among the first to arrive at the naval academy dock.
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Ananapolis
Roosevelt
Jefferson Island
Kincelé
Joel I. Robinson
Democratic Club
Naval Academy Dock
Britain and France to Use Warships in Spain Crisis
London reports Foreign Secretary Eden announced that Britain and France will deploy their warships to fill patrol gaps after the Italo German withdrawal from the Spanish neutrality frontier. Eden and Prime Minister Chamberlain urged a cool approach while noting large arms shipments reaching Spain from Soviet Russia Germany and Italy. In Valencia two Americans held for espionage questions were released Villar J Findley and Mrs Jose W Escuder others remain for further inquiry. Marconi's early wireless work funded by his Bologna-based father.
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London
Great Britain
France
Spain
Eden
Anthony Eden
Russia
Germany
Laly
Valencia
Spaitt
Catalonia
Villar J. Findley
Jose W. Escuder
Government Aides Lewis, Steel Chief Attacks C I O
Washington reports Tom Girdler of Republic Steel blasted the C I O as an irresponsible violent body during a Senate committee session. He said he would refuse to sign a contract with the C I O until law and Supreme Court approval compel him to do so.
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Washington
Tom Girdler
Senate
Supreme Court
Republic Steel Corporation
Holt
Dem. W. Va
John L. Lewis
Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization
Lewis
la Vicory
Girdler
United States
Love Letter Written Long Ago Applauded
London readers applauded a love letter written by a barefoot boy thirty years ago. It was read at a Royal Literary Banquet where Maurice Healy praised the piece as not replicable in London or Boston. The letter recalls a hillside gay and distant sea as the speaker yearns for the beloved.
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London
Royal
Maurice Healy
K. C
Cork
Boston
Tyan
Ten Thousand Return to Work at Youngstown Plant
A back to work call covers about 10 400 workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Campbell plant. W B Gillies vice president announces the move after a conference with civil authorities and National Guard officers. Federal mediators in Cleveland will stay on the job until Bethlehem and Inland Steel respond to Thursday night’s proposal for a man to man peace conference with CIO leader John L. Lewis.
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Youngstown
Cotton Belt battles L and A expansion plans
Washington reports officers of the St Louis Southwestern Lines urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to oppose the L A and Rock Island merger. Col F W Green and W F Knobeloch warned the purchase would give L A unusual control over Shreveport, Winnfield, and the Little Rock to Eunice route, jeopardizing other lines and reducing revenue. The hearing continues with Rock Island reorganization.
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Washington
St. Louis Southwestern Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Col
F. W. Green
W. F. Knoheloch
Little Rock
Eunice
Green
Commission
A. L
Dr Quayle of N Y Visits Home Town
Dr Margaret Sidney Quayle prominent educator and author, born at Ovan and schoolmate here, left Hope for Buffalo after a visit. She has taught and done research for Columbia University and will teach psychology at the State Teachers College in Buffalo.
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Margaret Sidney Quayle
Hope Friday
Buffalo
New York
Quayle
Ovan
Hope
Citzens
Bama Grissom
Jim Phillips
Hane
Europe
University of Prague
Poland
Beligum
Columbia University
State Teachers College At
Geo. Nabors
Little Rock
Arkansas Judge Sworn In Eastern District Seat
Thomas C. Trimble of Lonoke was sworn Friday as United States Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, filling the post left vacant by the death of Judge John E. Martineau. He took the oath from Associate Justice D. L. McHaney of the State Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Thomas C. Trimble
Lonoke
United States
Eastern District of
Arkansas
John E. Martineau
D. L. McHaney
State Supreme Court
University Boy Found in Calif After 10 Day Search
C M Murphy Jr 17 a University of Mississippi student was located in San Francisco California after a 10 day search. The father said the youth appears to be seeking to join the army. He left Oxford Mississippi after finishing his first year and entering the summer session.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. M. Murphy, Jr
University of Mississippi
San Francisco
Calif
Oxford
Miss
Wage-Hour Bill Seen Through Many Angles
Washington analysis argues the wage hour bill could enable a federal board to set standards for interstate industry and, in a planned economy, to adjust wages, rates, and costs. The piece notes democracy would resist such centralized control and questions political feasibility.
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Preston Grover
Washington
Anne
NRA
AAA
Guffey
TVA
Menaires
Conress
Real &Illipia
Hot Week End Forecast From Federal Observer
Federal Meteorologist George Mindling predicts a hot weekend across the South with temperatures above 90 degrees. Dr C D Grinnells cites that a past Livestock disease threat has been eradicated. Milledgeville bans flying kites within city limits.
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Federal Observer
Atlanta
George Mindling
C. D. Grinnells
North Csro- Lita State College
Governor Bailey At Tomato Festival Addressed State Policies
A fragmented report notes Governor Bailey arriving for a Friday noon event at a station grounds. He praised political founding, urged scientific agricultural methods, and spoke of keeping a steady administration. A luncheon followed with community entertainment and remarks from local officials.
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Eilent
Sity
Bailey
Farm program speaker urges soil care and long term credit
Frances Stanley reports at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station visit where J F Porter of the Tennessee Farm Bureau urges farmers to view soil conservation as essential and credits long term financing through Federal Land Banks and Production Credit Associations as key to farm prosperity. He notes the ongoing challenge of getting farm products to market and stresses price as the main factor in successful farming.
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Frances, Stanley
Extension Service
J. F. Porter
Tennessee Burm Bureau Association
Hope
Federal
Cotton market closes with steady tone in New Orleans
In New Orleans traders reported a quiet session as cotton prices barely moved. Futures closed steady with middling cotton at 12.48 cents per pound amid a thin market.
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New Orleans
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