Little Rock guests visit in Hope notices and music week events
Miss Nora Arnett of Little Rock arrives for a week with her sister in Rocky Mound after major surgery at Julia Chester hospital. Dorothy Lee Morgan visits relatives. Gurdon Music club hosts a program with Mrs LaGrone and Mrs Dowson. Music week promoted by National Federation of Music Clubs features junior clubs at city hall and a concert. Various community notices follow including meetings, illness, and a bridal shower with rainbow theme.
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Nora Arnett
Little Rock
Willi Hubert Inelin
My. Fincher
Rocky Moved
Julia Chester Hopsital
Dorothy Lee Morgan
Eo Mex
TR M. LaGrone
Sid Henry
Gurdon
Agan
Gurdon Music Club
Chas. Wright
Gurton
E.G. Wright
O. F. Lieyd
Rocky Mound School
Ranbow
Mary Prances Bearden
Bobie Taylor
Joyce Marie Silvey
R. J. Pierce
Elva Fick
Negro Program to Be Given Friday at Yerger High
Friday at 6 p.m. a May Day program will crown a queen and maids from Yerger High School categories. Bertie Poinchester is named queen with Bernice Poindexte and Dorothy Knox among maids. Voting tallies list many teachers and students, followed by May songs, drills, and pole drawings. Procession starts 1 p.m. from the elementary building to the athletic field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Poinchester
Grace Pues Pil
Yerger High School
Bernice Poindexte
KE. EL Glover
Mildren Stewart
Evice Henry
A. J. Walker Tencher
Nerogram
Unions on Trial Warn of Railroad Service Risks
Fonatw Pelix C. Rodrigues a railroad veteran of 46 years told union members that the good union man is not always the efficient worker and urged unions to use only reliable labor, warning that a prolonged strike could force the state to resume railway operation by force to prevent deterioration or prohibitive rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonatw
Homecoming Day at Sweet Home May 8 celebration
Sunday May 8 marks the annual Homecoming Day at Sweet Home now in its 28th year. A 10:90 Mother’s Day program starts with an 11:00 sermon by Rev Dayle Williama of Delight Ark. Communion follows. At 1:20 the cemetery decoration march leads to an afternoon of gospel singing with county and visiting singers invited. A noon old time lunch welcomes all to enjoy Sweet Home hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Home
Dayle Williama
Delight
Ark
Mmake
Regular services at church after Methodist conference return
The pastor returns from the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Birmingham Alabama and preaches at both services. Church school meets at 10. Morning sermon titled Modern Motherhood. A class of members will be received and babies baptized. Evening sermon at 7 45 titled What Place Does the Bible Have Today. Intermediate and Young People's Leagues meet at 6 45 p.m. Pastor to report on conference.
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Birmingham
Ala
Hitler and Mussolini discuss colonies during visit
The two dictators talked of German colonial aims and possible implications for Austria and Czechoslovakia during Hitler's visit to Rome. Mussolini listened as Hitler led the discussions on colonies, with observers speculating on future shifts in Central Europe and the Sudeten Germans. A Buffalo doctor adds that spring colds increase fuel needs and energy use.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Austria
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Mussolini
Konrad Trenlein
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Germy
Buffalo
Government Turns Railways Over to Worker Admin with New Bond Capital
May 1 transfer shifts departmental railways to the Workers Administration of the Railways as a self standing legal entity. A six million peso Treasury Bond issue funds the launch while a government audit committee will oversee assets, maintenance, and public interests. New lines extend from Santa Anna Sonora toward Baja California and from Puerto Mex to Merida and Progreso, isolating Yucatan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Railways
Workers’ Administration of the Railways
Administracion’ Obrera de Los Ferrocarrillos
United States
Mexico
Santa Anna
Sonora
California
Theaters Challenge Fading Film Stars at Box Office
Hollywood exhibitors say Greta Garbo Mae West Joan Crawford Katherine Hepburn Kay Francis and other stars lost drawing power and deserve salary cuts while actors' rep defend claims as industry debate heats up. Advertisements urge producers to value returns on investments and rethink long term star contracts amid rising salaries. Paramount and Fox push to develop younger talent to counteract high star pay.
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Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Mae West
Joan Crawford
Katherine Hepburn
Kay Francis
Myrna Loys
Gary Cooper
Sonja Honies
Schwartz
King Carlin
Association of Southern California
Schyartz
Comement
Paramount
Twentieth Century-Fox
Hart
Garbo
United States
Hepburn
R D Smith Files for Marianna Prosecutor
Little Rock report states R D Smith of Marianna filed corrupt practices pledge on Thursday to seek the prosecuting attorney post in the First judicial district. The filing signals Smith's candidacy in a key Arkansas district race.
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Little Rock
R. DB. Smith
Marianna
First Judicial
Technicolor firsts in Her Jungle Love at Saenger
Paramount’s Technicolor spectacle Her Jungle Love with Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland opens at the Saenger. Technicians hail five firsts including actual jungle color shots, high speed action of an earthquake and an airplane crash, and a dazzling color montage unseen before.
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Saenger
Hollywood
Paramount
Washington Graduates Receive Their Diplomas
Nine graduates of Washington High School received their diplomas at Monday night commencement exercises at the Washington school. Arkadelphia attorney Dick Huie was the principal speaker. Valedictory and salutatory addresses were delivered by Elizabeth Pilkinton and Mary Sue Stingley.
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Washington High School
Washington School
Dick Huie
Arkadelphia Attorney
Elizabeth Pilkinton
Mary
Sue Stingley
Hope junior music clubs present concert at city hall
Three Hope junior music clubs perform in observance of National Music Week. Free admission. Programs include Band Ensemble selections, piano solos and duets, violin and voice pieces, a gypsy ballet, madrigal club items, and a final Bang Ensemble set. Participants include McDowell club members such as June Hairston and Ophelia Hamilton, and other local soloists.
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National Federation of Music Clubs
America
Salter
Michigal
McDowell
Juvenniles
Hope
City Hall
Burleigh
David Dempsey
Mickey Boyett
Ketterer
Peggy McNeil
Falk Darice
Shirley Bibson
Mary 5. Jackson
Peggy Williams
Phenny Fuller
Mary Bearden
Eunice Baker
McDowell Club
Leschetitsky
Helen Crews
Wood
June Hairston
Ophelia Hamilton
John Robert Hamilton
Manna- Zucca
Burgher Jones
Lovely Garden
d'Hardelot
Nancy Faye Williams
la Grace
Bohm
Virginia O'Neal
Betty Monts
Madrigal Club
Rosary
Nevin
Carlene Bruner
Malaguena
Leconia
WeLuck
Columbus Seniors Stage Boarding House Romance Play
Columbus High School seniors present Boarding House Romance at 8 p.m. Friday in Columbus. The cast features Mary Woolsey as Mrs. Smith and Howard Thompson as Mr. Smith with Isabel Boyce as Mary Anne and James Caldwell as the aristocrat from New York. Dorothy Sipes plays Mrs. Throttlebutton, Andrew Caldwell is Mortimer, Troy Stout the Duke of Sussex, Allene Walker a boarder, Martha Griffin Miss McGillicuddy a maiden lady, L. K. Boyce is Bill, Wilma Neal the hired girl, with Schubert's songs and violin pieces noted from age 11.
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Columbus High School
Columbus
Smith
Mary Woolsey
Howard Thompson
Mary Anne
Isabel Boyce
Throttlebutton
New York
James Caldwell
Throttlebuton
Dorothy Sipes
Mortimer
Andrew Caldwell
Duke of Sussex
Troy Stout
Benson
Allene Walker
Record high spring home financing in Arkansas reported
The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation said Arkansas spring home financing was exceptionally brisk with insured associations lending $8,000,000, up from $6,700,000 in the prior six months. The report highlights loans from 29 associations.
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Washington
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Arkansas
Lord Dudley
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