Testimony Begins in Hitchhiking Murder Trial at Lake Charles
In Lake Charles Louisiana the murder trial of Annie Beatrice Henry moves forward as the state seeks the death penalty. Witnesses including the defendant’s sobbing aunt recount the night of February 16 when Henry reportedly confessed and described killing salesman Joseph Calloway of Houston. The trial features grim testimony about the victim and alleged accomplices as the jury selection proceeds.
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Lake Charles
Annie Beatrice Henry
Ole
Joseph Pp
Calloway
Houston
Texas
Emma Hart
Shreveport
Bean
George McQuiston
Ine
Stenalice
Callaway
Finnan Burke
C. V. Pattison
Louisiana
Warman
W. B. Walker
Texas State Penitentiary
Louislim
Lawers
Meg
Annie Beatrice
Ton Fenry
J. Z. Calloway
Thor Giet
Cranium Crackers Crime Quiz Questions Posed
A quiz titled Cranium Crackers poses basic legal questions about capital punishment kidnapping grand larceny arson libel and slander. It asks how many states lack capital punishment what federal penalties apply and the difference between libel and slander with answers promised on a later page.
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Federa Haw
United States
Subpoena Issued For Red Official Dies
Washington authorities issued subpoenas Friday for Dr. Albert E. Blumberg secretary of the Communist party of Maryland and the District of Columbia after he failed to appear at a hearing. Chairman dies as Blumberg’s wife declines comment.
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Washington
D-Tex
Albert E. Blumberg
Baltimore
Communist Party of
Japs Settle War of Wangs in China Split
Japan ends the Wang puppet split by installing Wang Keh-min and Wang Ching-wei as rival leaders under Japanese oversight. Peiping autonomy for Hopei, Shantung, and Shangi granted to a Wang-led commission while Chiang Kai-shek remains in control of other areas. Continues on Page Four.
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NEA
Changhat
Japan
China
Wang
Wang Keh-min
Wang Ching-wei
Chiang Kaleshek
Peiping Wang
Hopei
Shantung
Shangi
Peiping
North China
Auto License on Installment Plan in Memphis
A Memphis auto accessory firm promotes sale of state and city automobile licenses on an installment plan with no down payment. They offer installation on the buyer's car and hint at bonuses for purchasing accessories.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mrs J P Abbott Dies At 73 In Hempstead County
Mrs J P Abbott, 73, died Thursday at her daughter’s home two miles south of Hope. A 40 year Hempstead County resident, she leaves two sons Walter Abbott and Arthur Abbott, several siblings and in laws, two stepsons and a stepdaughter. Funeral at First Methodist Church at 1 pm Saturday, Rev Kenneth Spore officiating. Burial in New Hope cemetery, 19 miles south of Hope.
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J. P. Abbott
John Wiggins
Hope
Hempstead County
First Methodist Church
Kenneth Spore
Jin New Hope
Walter Abbott
Arthur Abbott
St. Louis
Allen Ellis
Nashville
Ark
Edward Ellis
Dallas
Ellis
Little Rock
Ty Ellis
J. Abbott
Oklahoma City
BP, Wood
Pine Bluff
George Calloway
Stamps
T. M. Nix
Texarkane
Expresses Thanks for Band Success in Hope High School event
The Hope High School Band and Auxiliary thank the community for the support in the South Arkansas Marching Concert and Solo and Ensemble Contest. Eight bands from as many towns with 394 students competed Friday, and ten towns with 115 students entered Saturday.
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Hope Star
Hope High School
South Arkansas
Hope Homes
C. 5. Lowthorp
James Pilkinton
Dale Jones
W. A. J. Mills
P. Bowen
Sara Ann Holland
Calvin Cassidy
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Talbot's
Scott Stores
Pemney's
Gosnell's
Thomas Cannon
A Thought We Rise is Glory as We Sink in Pride
A fragmentary line quotes a reflective thought on glory and pride, attributed to YYoung, conveying a mood of rising and sinking with a terse philosophical tone.
TURKS FOR ALLIES BERLIN AND RUSSIAN SHIFTS REVEALED
Documents said found in Warsaw archives reveal American policy’s role in the war. Roosevelt Kennedy and Bullitt named. Polish envoys’ reports and photo reproductions released by Berlin. Turkey, Britain, and France discuss full cooperation if war spreads to Balkans and Near East. Russia criticizes Britain and France, says they failed to use the Soviet Union effectively.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Roosevelt
Joseph Kennedy
William G. Bullitt
United States
London
Paris
Washington
Faris
Blockholm
Larks
Ankara
Balkans
Near East
Moscow
Molotoft
Supreme Soviet
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Germany
Whites Triumph in Hope High intra squad football game
The Whites defeated the Reds 8 to 0 in a spring drill at Hope High School. A blocked punt recovery produced the only first half score, while the Reds near the end threatened inches from a tying drive as rain fears kept attendance light. Starters included Crane, Bradshaw, Howell, Thompson, Jewell, Stanford, Bright, Martindale, and Starling. Officials were ONeal, Keith, and Parsons.
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Rexls
Hope High School
Crane
Bradshaw
Aslin
Howell
Thompson
Purtle
Jewell
Stanford
Bright
Martindale
Starling
Patterson
Breeding
Arnold
Snyker
Routon
Rowe
Slade
Simms
Bell
Oliver
Bearden
O'Neal
Keith
Www Parsons
Dr. Herman Castle Dies at 52 in Little Rock Hospital
Foreman physician Dr. Herman Castle aged 52 died Friday in a Little Rock hospital after 30 years serving the town. Survivors include his widow three daughters a son and his mother all of Foreman. His body was sent there Friday morning with funeral services planned for 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Foreman.
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Little Rock
Herman Castle
Foreman
Welles Again in, F. D. R. Conference
President Roosevelt plans another briefing Friday with Sumner Welles and Secretary Hull to review European conditions observed during Welles visit to Rome Berlin Paris and London. White House keeps secrecy rule from Roosevelt Welles Hull talks unless Roosevelt allows disclosure at Friday press conference.
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Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
White House
Washington
Hull
Welles
Plead Not Guilty in Distilling Case
Clyde Collins of Memphis named as president and Henry Humphreys as director of Southwestern Distilled Products pleaded innocent before Federal Judge Ragon to indictments charging conspiracy to transport liquor in dry states falsification of company records and concealment of illegal shipments. Trials set for April 29.
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Fort Smith
Clyde Collins
Memphis
Southwestern Distilled Products, Inc
Henry Humphrey
Baseball Meeting Here at Hope City Hall Friday
A public meeting at Hope city hall Friday at 7 30 p m will organize a Hope representation for a proposed highway 67 league with Texarkana Prescott Gordon Arkadelphia and Malvern plus other towns. Raymond Urban called the meeting inviting players and volunteers to help form the team. Most towns listed already have local teams.
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Hope
Highway 67
Texarkana
Malvern
Raymond Urban
Hope City Hall
Prescott
Gordon
Arkadelphia
Rotary Nominates for News Officers at Hopa Rotary
Lyman Armstrong was nominated for president and Jimmy Jones for vice president at Friday’s luncheon of Hopa Rotary Club Hotel Barlow. Royce Smith was named secretary, Bill Wray treasurer, George W. Ware and Geo W Robison directors, completing the slate from the nominating committee chaired by Rev. Thomas Breawster with C C Spragins and Albert Graves. Guests included Dick Huis district prosecutor Arladelphia and Robert B. Dean State College Miss.
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Lyman Armstrong
Jimmy Jones
Hopa Rotary Club
Barlow
Royce Smith
Bill Wray
George W. Ware
Geo. W. Robison
Thomas Breawster
C. C. Spragins
Albert Graves
Dick Huis
Arladelphia
Robert B. Dean
State College
Miss
Mail Seizure on Pan Am Atlantic Clipper at Bermuda
Pan American Airways reports British authorities seized about 1600 pounds of mail from the westbound Atlantic Clipper during an unscheduled Bermuda refueling stop. The captain protested the seizure as luggage searches were not extended. This follows a prior January 18 seizure of U S mail by British marines and notes Bermuda’s temporary omission as a port.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Bermuda
Pan American
Port Tofeal
United States
Azores
Joseph Sheehan Dies Head of Ship Line at 50
Joseph Sheehan 50 president of American President Steamship Lines and former executive director of the United States Maritime Commission died of a heart attack at his San Rafael home Thursday night.
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San Rafael
Calif
Joseph Sheehan
American President Steamship Lines
United States Maritime Commission
Cotton New York Opens and Closes at 10.46
July cotton opened at 10.30 and closed at 10.46 with mid dling spot at 10.79.
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New York
Death Toll Reported In Destructive Assumption Parish Storm
Napoleonville area residents report 30 to 40 killed as a violent weather disturbance strikes a small Assumption parish community ten miles from Friday. Sheriff and deputies rush to the scene where storekeeper Pam Courtville says thirty were killed in wrecked buildings. Doctors have moved to the storm site. the settlement is a backwater fishing community with unpainted cabins and large families.
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Napoleonville
Latipiff
Leein
H. Himel
Ass Parish
Ald
Poleonville
S. Ald
Dougass’” Leblanc
Pam Courtville
Remo
Assumption Parish
Moe
Senior Play Friday Night At High School Auditorium
The senior play features Professor Wallace Van Sickle entangled with three women, Mar Ann Lile, Marjorie Dildy, and Martha Houston, each vying for his marriage. Nell Louise Broyles and others complicate the plot as Paul Kesner curtails the professor’s escape. Curtain at 8 pm with admission 15 cents for students and 25 cents for adults.
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Pressor
Cleopatra
The
Loge
Wallace van Sickle
Mar
Annn Lile
Sweet Young
Marjorie Dildy
Martha Houston
E. P. Young
Mary Sue
Kent
Nell Louise Broyles
Uch
Robert Singleton
Tom Pat Cook
Paul Kesner
Hish School
Prescott Woman Fatally Injured in Highway Crash
Hazel Mildred Mann, 21, of Prescott, died in Galveston hospital after a Saturday highway crash that injured Jerry Hall, 22, of Tuscaloosa, and Elwood LeRoy Johnston, of Tuscaloosa. The car skid into a concrete culvert on Highway 35. A pie supper was announced for Saturday evening at the New Tarlety Baptist church with invitations extended to the community.
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Galveston
Texas
Hazel Mildred Mann
Prescott
Atk
J. ON
Erry) Hall
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Wag
Elwood LeRoy Johnston
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