Builders School Hears Plans Discussed at Hope City Hall
A Builders School sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service met in Hope with 22 farm leaders attending. Melya Bullington and Oliver L. Adams led demonstrations on plan service books, log homes, framing, insulation, and wood finishing. Fred Venrick, Mer Venrick, and Frank J. Hill spoke on foundations, electricity, water, and rural electrification progress. Prospective builders including Mrs. Erle Turney, L. Padgitt, and C. A. Hamilton participated or sought updated blueprints and guidance.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Hope
Melya Bullington
Oliver L. Adams
Molya Bullington
Fred Venrick
Portland Cement Association
Mer
Morter
Frederick J. Shulley
Mr. Shulley
Venvick
Frank J. Hill
Hempstead
Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
Hampstead
H. F. Rider
Erle Turney
Patmos
Czechs and Poles Settle Border Dispute
Czechoslovakia and Poland reached agreement on their shared border after an exchange of notes between Foreign Minister Frantisek Chvalkovsky and Polish Minister Casimir Papcze in Prague. A slight rectification was noted before a formal treaty is signed, while British PM Chamberlain announced plans to bring the Anglo-Italian accord into force soon as possible.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Frantisek Chvalkovsky
Casimir Papce
London
Lng
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Rome
FD Backs Pension Plan in California
The New Deal dominates the election scene as President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace campaign in California and New York. Sherman Downey, backed by pension movement supporters, wins the Democratic senatorial nomination with the president’s endorsement. Downey criticizes a dyed-in-the-wool reactionary in California’s senate race, while Republican Philip Bancroft faces him. Wallace accuses Dewey of misstating New York farm income, a point watched as Dewey could influence a broader political trajectory.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Wallace
California
New York
Alfred M. Landon
Sherman Downey
Acelin
Senate
Downey
Philip Bancroft
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
New York State
Dewey
Lehman
George Keeps Planes From Straying
London reports the robot pilot George largely maintains smooth straight flight for the Pickaback Mercury on a recent voyage to South Africa. George is a compact mass of high tensile steel spinning gyros and balanced levers. Waterloo Iowa notes a Brahma hen laid two eggs in 15 minutes at the dairy cattle congress, the first normal and the second a double egg.
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London
George
Mercury
South Africa
Waterloo
Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Cranium Crackers Puzzle Reveals True and False Facts
A humor column presents five statements mixing truth and fabrication. It asks readers to identify which claims are correct, including whether Paris originated on an island, Washington’s weight, a Riverside Drive site built by the city, milk minerals, and the sun’s density, with answers found on the Classified Page.
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Paris
George Washington
Grant
Riverside Drive
New York
Embree Runs for Mayor of Hope in City Election
J A Embree 41 a Hope Fire Department engineer and Magnolia native announced his candidacy for mayor in the November 30 Hope election. A World War I veteran who studied law in 1935 and passed the bar in 1938 he promises a fine businesslike administration and asks for community support.
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J. A. Embree
Hope Fire Department
Tesday
Magnolia
Embree
Hope
Septemer
Tme
Robert Woolsey Dies at 49 in Malibu Beach Calif
Motion picture comedian Robert Woolsey died at his Malibu Beach home after a long illness. He was 49, born August 14, 1889 in Oakland and raised in Murphysboro, Illinois. He starred with Wheeler in vaudeville and films, retiring after a kidney ailment worsened. His wife Mignone Reed and her mother were by his bedside.
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Malibou Beach
Calif
Robert Woolsey
Mignone Reed
Mary Reed
Woolsey
Bor
Oakland
Wheeler
Murphrysboro
Officer Thinks He is Dead Escape Suspect Flees after Gunfire
Major Murphy Roden of Louisiana State Police said Charley Chapman believed dead after a Monday night gunfight near Philadelphia. Chapman's companion Dave Graves reportedly captured and held in an unnamed jail. Deputies tracked Chapman with bloodhounds through woods to a gravel road, where the trail ended. investigators suspect an auto pickup or a passing motorist involved the escape.
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Philadelphia
Murphy Roden
Louisiana
Charley Chapman
Major Roden
Chapman
Dave Graves
Feputy
Carthage
She's Carving Her Own Tombstone
ST PETERSBURG Fla Mrs Margaret L Kappelhoff sculptor and artist formerly of Akron Ohio is carving her own tombstone in her Florida garden The tombstone will show a young girl in flowing robes with hands clasped and head bowed It will mark the graves of the artist and her husband Aloys Kappelhoff who is also living
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St, Petersburg
Man Raises Large Pork Harvest Near RAMENNA Neb
Bill Bedlke built a saw last spring and within six months farrowed a large litter of pigs to produce a heavy pork yield. He started with a single sow and after ten litters the herd weighed well over a ton, with pigs now weighing hundreds of pounds each.
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Ramenna
Neb
Bill Bedlke
Mind Your Manners To Beg Your Potol
Question and answers on social etiquette from 1938 cover borrowed items telephones in conversations hosting guests and restaurant courtesy. It asks about returning borrowed articles and proper conduct, clarifying whether to excuse oneself, offer chairs, and preferred terms for peers.
Claremore to dedicate 200000 Will Rogers museum
Claremore Oklahoma plans a November 4 dedication for a 200000 memorial museum honoring Will Rogers. Governor Marland Jesse Jones Howard Hughes Douglas Corrigan Eddie Cantor Fred Stone and George Cohan attend among celebrities. A large rodeo and pageant with Old West episodes and relics from Rogers ranch are planned plus family and local groups in attendance.
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Rogers County
Will
Governor Marland
Jesse Jones
Howard Hughes
Douglas Corrigan
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Cantor
Fred Stone
George Cohan
Mrs. Rogers
Rogers
Will Rogers
Becone College Glee Club
Oklahoma Military Academy
M. College
Herbert McSpaddens
Oologah
Rosd
Clain Rogers
Santa Monica
Calif
Pawnee
Arkansas state banks report resources at $79 million
Banking Commissioner Grover S. Jernigan announced that Arkansas state banks and trust companies held total resources of 79,016,237.73 dollars at June 30, up from 78,492,927.67 dollars a year earlier. Thirteen percent of Iceland's area remains covered by snowfields and glaciers.
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Little Rock
Grover S. Jernigan
Arkansas
Amendment 28 Rapped by Vesey at Hope Kiwanis Meeting
Vesey denounces proposed Amendment No 128 outlining three main reasons to defeat it including fear of removing ability to lower gasoline tax and license fees and potential state debt takeover. Reginald Bearden arranged the program. Hope Kiwanis elected new officers with G T Cross as president and Bert Webb as secretary treasurer, plus new directors W Carl Bruner Byron Evans Joe R Floyd R V Herndon Sr Olin Lewis Cliff Stewart C Paul Tolleson.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
John P. Vesey
Little Rock
Mir
Vesey
Reginald Bearden
Kawanis Club
G. T. Cross
A. W. Stubbeman
J. Ched Hall
Bert Webb
W. Carl Bruner
Byron Evans
Joe. R. Floyd
R. V. Herndon
Sr. Olin Lewis
Cliff Stewart
C. Paul Tolleson
Cotton Plan Vote Scheduled Dec 10
Oliver L Adams Hempstead County Agricultural Agent announced a referendum on marketing quotas for 1939 to be held December 10. Community meetings will inform producers. The plan includes farm quotas and the 1939 conservation program. County officials and agents attend a Malvern instruction school.
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Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
Adams
Thier
H. Earl King
Riley L. Lewallen
J. Mark Jackson
B. 2. McMahon
H. H. Muskey
Arkansas
Malvern Tuessay
Study Hour Law's Newspaper Effect
Washington wage and hour chief Elmer F Andrews told newspaper executives he is studying their claim that new maximum hour rules will curb public newspaper service. He noted daily papers fall under ads provisions and the overtime issue including reporters on continuous assignment is under review.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Elisha Handson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Customer Complaint Motto Spreads at Memphis Eatery
In Memphis business district, Albert Picard runs an undersized restaurant with a sign declaring The Customer Is Always Wrong. Patrons are mostly executives and clerks who echo the sentiment, while Picard listens to their complaints and jokes about the perpetual disputation.
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Memphis
Albert Picard
Kim
Fbicard
Rail Leaders Confer With Roosevelt On Wage Dispute
John J. Pelley of the Association of American Railroads and George M. Harrison of the Railway Labor Executives Association met with President Roosevelt after agreeing to seek a peaceful settlement of the wage dispute. Roosevelt voiced support for legislation to aid carriers and said an informal six member committee would later present a program to Congress. Harrison, among the labor members, said his group is in session and progressing toward a mutual understanding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ausnert
Darciers
John J. Pelley
Association of American Railroads
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executives Association
Congress
Management
Labor
Harrison
Thought on courage and mortality amid life’s blandishments
A reflective line contrasts cowardice at death with bravery in life. It suggests true valor endures while the frightened retreat, framing martial virtue as the essence of a life well lived.
Little Fish to Get A Big Ride in Parachute Drops
In Billings Montana experimental parachute drops will send baby trout from an airplane into a lake to test survival. If successful, this method could move hatchery fish into hard to reach lakes using parchment vessels that hold fish and water, capsize on impact, and release the fish.
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Billings, Mont
Man Wins Bet By Eating 22 Hamburgers In Two Hours
Louis Stein, 50, ate 22 hamburgers at a Lawrence street restaurant while a crowd watched. He kept ordering as Sam Roth bet him $40 that he could finish within two hours. After two hours, Stein collected the prize.
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Chicago
Louis Stein
Lawrence Street
Sam Roth
Sam
Louis
Three Mayoral Hopefuls Enter City Campaign Field
A 16 candidate field seeks mayor in the upcoming democratic primary with filing closed at midnight. Front runners include W S Atkins L 2s Higgason and J A Embree. City treasurer Charles Reynerson seeks a fourth term while aldermen in all four wards face opposition. Ward One Carter Johnson with challengers J B Williams Ay C Erwin and J L And Pant. Ward Two Kenneth G Hamilton faces F Trimble and L opposition. Ward Three Roy Johnson is opposed by Lewis and Frank Noland. Ward Four Charles Taylor meets Syd McMath in an election for a fifth term. Only one alderman will be nominated per ward.
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Montayy
W. S. Atkins
L. 2S . Higgason
J. A. Embree
Charles Reynerson
Carter Johnson
J, BR
Williams
Ay C
Erwin
J. L
Pant
Kenneth G. Hamilton
Has. F. Trimble
Pen gAges
Roy Johnson
Lewis
Frank Noland
Charles Taylor
Syd McMath
Nazi Army Chief Resigns Over Policy Disagreements
Berlin reports Ludwig Beck chief of the army general staff resigns and retires after clashing with Adolf Hitler over strategic plans and Britain France willingness to prevent German expansion. Col. Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt also resigns though both retain honorary ranks. Beck allowed to wear Fifth Artillery regiment uniform.
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Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Army General Staff
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
General Beck
Gerd von Rundstedt
Army Group No. 1
Bock
Britain
Lord Runcimen
Sudetenland
Beck
Germany
Western Front
Czechoslovakia
Siegfried Line
Rhine
France
Maginot Line
Rundstedt
Thal
Fifth Artillery Regiment
Cotton price moves in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton opening Tuesday at 87 and closing at 8.64. Spotgotten closed steady up three points with middling at 8.74.
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New Orleans
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