Seabiscuit triumphs over War Admiral in Pimlico title upset
Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral by three lengths at Pimlico in a record time of 1:56 3-5 for the mile and three sixteenths. The victory boosts Seabiscuit’s earnings to $440,480, leaves him 32-12-13 in 84 starts, and cements his bid as top money winner while War Admiral misses a horse of the year claim.
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Baltimore
Seabiscuit
Pimlico
Charles 5
Howard
San Francisco
Samuel D. Hiddle
Pommoon
Olympic
Biscuit
Sun Beau
Wheatley
War Admiral
Seabiseuil
Man O' War
George Conway
Narragansett Park
Riggs
Charley Kurtsinger
George Wolf
Senbiseai
Admiral
Hard Tack
Kurtsinger
Woolf
Mealen
Hope City Council Opposes Amendment 28 in 1938 Plea
Hope city council formally opposed Constitutional Amendment No. 28 calling it unfair to Arkansas residents in incorporated towns. The measure would bar cities from sharing gasoline tax receipts their streets generate. The council urged residents to vote against it on November 8, 1938. Fire Chief J K Sale requested $85 to burn grass under fire department supervision after a spate of grass fires. residents urged not to burn grass themselves. The council also considered waiving a license fee for an American Legion event and approved electric line extension planning. Street work discussions and a WPA aid review paused for committee input. Police reports for October showed 27 arrests and $204.50 in fines.
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Arkansas
Hope
J. K. Sale
Viegouneil
Cotbell
Sale
Cecil Weaver
Ana
American Legion Post
Board of Public Affairs
West Sixteenth Street
Spring Hill Road
WPA
Clarence Baker
Cotton Bale Totals Show Decline in Local Ginning
W J Etter county gin reporter for the Department of Commerce reports 15 955 bales ginned in empstuad county from the current crop prior to October 1 B compared with 24 095 bales to the same date last year reflecting a drop in ginning activity and detailing county production figures.
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Cotter
Empstuad
W. J. Etter
Department of Commerce
Spending pulls up construction average at public works program
Public Works officials said their 14 billion dollar building program would lift public construction needs to the 1924 to 1933 average. Loans to farmers from production credit associations reached a five year high of 183 million dollars at the mid point of the 1938 financing season.
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Washington
Public Works
Cranium Crackers: True or False Riddle
A playful item posing five statements about money wills births and biographies with one truth and others false. It invites readers to check answers on the Classified Page and mentions Andrew Johnson’s father’s occupation as a porter.
Hamilton and Pal Plead Guilty in Bank Robbery Case
Fort Smith Ark Floyd Hamilton and Tec Walters Texas gunmen indicated they wished to plead guilty to a federal indictment charging them with a 606.15 robbery of the Bank of Brid te last June 7 and with transporting stolen cars across state lines in the ensuing flight. Assistant United States Attorney Duke Frederick said they will be arraigned before Federal Judge Hear sic Rag on Thursday.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Floyd Hamilton
Tec Walters
Texas
Bank of
Offers to Leave Station at Spa Sparks License Hearing
H Barton of El Dorado Arkansas head of Radio Enterprises offered Tuesday to abandon a plan to move radio KTHS from Hot Springs to Little Rock. Hot Springs leaders questioned Barton's authority to waive a contract for removal while contesting a 1936 sale to Barton contingent on license transfer and move approval. The hearing reviewed assigning the license to Barton's firm as the chamber sought to repudiate the moving clause.
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Washington
H. Barton
el Dorado
Ark
Radio Enterprises
Iskc
K‘ths
Hot Springs
Lille Rock
Communications Commission
KTHS
Barton
Commission
George Hill
Board of Governors of the
Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Chamber
Barton's Company
Board of Governors
Blytheville Team to Arrive Day in Advance of Game
Blytheville High School football team will depart Thursday morning and reach Hope that afternoon. A light practice under the Hope stadium lights is planned Thursday night. Eight Blytheville players who saw little action in last year’s 26-0 loss to Hope will be absent in the Friday conference clash.
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Blytheville
Royteville
Ark
Hope
Hope Stadium
Blytheville Chickasaws
Hope Bobcats
James
Bob) Roberts
Lloyd
Tom) Wise
James Burton
LeRoy Brown
Annual Gridiron Dinner at Capital Hotel Thursday
The Hope High School football squad will join the Young Business Men's Association at its annual gridiron dinner Thursday night at 7 30 at Capital hotel. Public invited. WS Atkins, new association president, will be principal speaker. The Bobcats drill on defense this week to stop the Chicks Friday. Joe Eason returns. Norman Green is the only ill member.
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Hope High School
Young Business Men’s Association
Capital Hotel
WS. Atkins
Bobcats
Joe Eason
Norman Green
Tness
Twelve-man 1937 Razorback backfield rebuilt after star losses
Head Coach Joe Dildy and Mitchell Best assemble a new eleven from reserves as key players like Alfred Mere dith Homer Bosharse Calvin Moody and Hildred Bunch depart. Capt. Russell Mosley leads a reshaped lineup with Joe Bartholomew P. T. Haney Everett Craig and others filling roles.
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Alfred
Slick) Meredith
Homer Bosharse
Calvin Moody
Hildred Bunch
Ead
Mosley
Russell Mosley
Alabama
Herky Mosley
Wild Bill) Godwin
Alvin Justice
Don Warrington
Joe Dildy
Nashville
Ark
Boy
Mitchell Best
McCrory
Starling Young
Warrington
Robert
Joe Bartholomew
Wise
P. T. Haney
Everett Craig
Pete Craig
Tennessee
Quachita
Chuffy
Craig
Page to Tie Up Pay in Unemployment Dispute
In Little Rock the Arkansas unemployment compensation director recognition remains unclear as federal telegrams failed to specify the government official. State Treasurer Earl Page said he will not release additional administration funds until the point is clarified.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Earl Page
Labor Rally Here Set for Monday
W F Hutchens local AFL representative announced the Hope city hall mass labor meeting has been postponed to Monday night November 7 to avoid conflict with Hope High School football against Blytheville. Deputy labor commissioner Harry Malcom of Little Rock will be principal speaker on federal wage hour law and social security compensation. Frank Kiger international vice president of United Brick and Clay Workers of America has opened contract talks with Hope Brick Works. Homer Eatman of the Coopers International Union arrived in Hope to study a reported disagreement at Hope Heading company plant.
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W. F. Hutchens
American Federation of Labor
Hope City Hall
Hope High
Blytheville
Hutchens
Harry Malcom
Little Rock
Willard Anderson
Frank Kiger
United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Hope Brick Works
Anderson
Homer Eatman
Coopers International Union
Hope
Hope Heading Company
Flogging Damage Suits Dismissed in Federal Court
Attorney Denyer Dudley announced the dismissal of six Crittenden county planter fed suit cases seeking 90000 in damages over alleged flogging of three individuals during the 1935 sharecropper disturbances in east Arkansas. Plaintiffs include Willie Sue Bladen J M Reese and Eliza Nolden deceased. Defendants named Boss DuLaney Earl Cherry Ernest Richards Tommy Thompson Percy Magness and L L Barhan.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Denyer Dudley
Crittenden County
Willie Sue Bladen
Memphis
J. M. Reese
Eliza Nolden
Boss DuLaney
Earl Cherry
Ernest Richards
Tommy Thompson
Percy Magness
Mind Your Manners Quiz From 1938 NEA Service
A short social etiquette quiz asks if rattling a heater during a performance is rude and if applause shows appreciation. It advises against constant apologies or gestures and forbids talking with food. For an out of town friend's honor, write a congratulatory note to him and his mother if appropriate.
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NEA Service, Inc
Democratic Senate Nominees Pressed in Grain Belt
In grain belt states, Democratic nominees face tough odds as farm prices stay low. Kansas’ McGill and Reed vie for the seat, while Iowa and other states show Republicans aiming to capitalize on economic strain and rural-urban voting divides.
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Senate
California
Illinois
Scott Lucas
Horner
Richard J. Lyons
Chicago
Kelly Nash
Lyons
Sheridan Downey
McAdoo
Wisconsin
Lester J. Dickinson
Town
Hoover
Guy Gillette
McGill
Kansas
Clyde M. Reed
Alf Landon
John Hamilton
Brown
New Hampshire
Charles W. Tobey
Farm Purchase Act to Stand Unchanged in 39
Little Rock reports Dr. W W Alexander of the Farm Security Administration says the government plans no material changes next year to the tenancy fund purchase program created under the Bankhead Jones act. The remark indicates continued support for farm tenancy buyout efforts amid ongoing administration policy.
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Little Rock
W. W. Alexander
National Administration For the Farm Security Administration Lsa
Bankhead-Jones
Thought Dress and Murder in Weiform
A fragmentary quotation credits Douglas Jeprold, mentioning a thought dress, daubed with gold, and swaggering songs. It questions common ways and asserts nine out of ten, but ends with a reference to murder in weiform, conveying a satirical or paradoxical stance.
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Douglas Jeprold
Legion Meeting to Be Held Thursday Night
The American Legion post of Hempstead county will hold its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at Hope City hall. All ex service men are requested to be present. The annual membership drive will be discussed, Cecil Weaver, Legion Commander announced.
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American Legion
Hempstead County
Hope City Hall
Cecil Weaver
Legion
Cotton prices mixed as market opens and closes steady
New Orleans reports the cotton market opening at 8.65 and closing at 8.66 per unit with spot cotton steady. Middling price listed at 8.74, reflecting unchanged overall tone and slight intraday movement among traders.
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New Orleans
Economic Bloc of Japs Manchukuo and All of China
Tokyo declared plans to form a political and economic bloc uniting the Japanese empire Manchukuo and China as part of Asiatic reconstruction after the Chinese war. The statement hinted that China could join to establish the new order, and thanked allies Germany and Italy with other Western powers mentioned.
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Tokyo
Japan
Manchukuo
China
Germany
Italy
Schools to Close Thursday and Friday
Public schools of Hope will close Thursday and Friday to allow faculty to attend the annual Arkansas Education Association meeting in Little Rock.
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State Education Association
Public Schools of Hope
Schol
Arkansas Education Association
Little Rock
State to Resume Liquor Exports in Arkansas Plan
The Alcohol Administration authorized seven Arkansas exporters to resume interstate wholesale shipments halted two weeks earlier by federal officers. Exporters used Arkansas permits and federal stamps but lacked Alcohol Administration permits until intervention. Firms listed include J. I. Brown at Fort Smith Parker Brothers DeQueen Woods Gillett Fort Smith G. G. Whitmore West Memphis J. F. Cole Sulphur Springs West Memphis Paul Burton Inc Siloam Springs.
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Washington
The
Alcohol Administration
Arkansas
Treasury
J. I. Brown
Forti Smith
Parker Brothers
DeQueen, Woods, Gillett and
Fort Smith
G. G. Whitmore
West Memphis
J. F. Cole
Sulphur Springs
Paul Burton, Inc
Siloam Springs
Louisiana & Arkansas seeks authority to issue 450000 note
The Louisiana and Arkansas Railway asked the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for permission to issue and sell a 450000 promissory note. Proceeds would partially finance drainage and improvement of existing trackage.
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Washington
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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