Altitude Record Set by US Explorers in Balloon Flight
Rapid City reports Captain Albert W. Stevens announced Explorer Second reached 74,000 feet, an unofficial world altitude record surpassing the 1934 Russian ascent. The balloon, largest ever, launched from 11 miles southwest of Rapid City after a six week wait for weather, with Captain Orvil A. Anderson piloting and Stevens serving as observer. Officials estimate inflation of 3,700,000 cubic feet of helium and a landing around 3:35 p.m. A previous failed attempts cited. optimism remains high for a successful ascent to about 14 miles.
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Rapid City
Albert W. Stevens
Explorer
City
S. D
Here
Orvil Anderson
Albert Stevens
Orvit A. Anderson
Anderson
Lemley Named Cadet Corporal at Marion Institute
Marion Institute announces cadet Kenneth Mckae Lemley of Hope Arkansas appointed cadet Corporal in Company A for the school year by Major Timmerman and President Murfee. Lemley noted for an excellent cadet record as the Bethlehem church hosts a Thanksgiving cake walk November 28 to raise funds for a new Diane.
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Marion
Aln
H. Timmerman
Cal
Conynny
Marion Institute
Lemley
Bethlehem Church
Hope
Lewisville Highway
Diane
Raids Find Moonshine Half Gallon in Hope Saturday
City and county officers raided IL moonshine joints after complaints from white KY stores. One half gallon of untaxed liquor was seized and Theo Enson, a Black man, was arrested. Ten other places yielded no moonshine. Deputies Bearden and Robins, City Officers Turner and Bearsden, and Revenue Agent Van Sickle and Mitchell participated.
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Hope
Theo Enson
Reginald Bearden
R. C. Robins
John Turner
Hugh Bearsden
Revenue Axenta
Ed van Sickle
C. C. Mitchell
Wash Hutson Is Buried Sunday
Final tribute to Wash Hutson sixty, a widely known Hempstead county figure, was paid Sunday afternoon as more than 500 friends packed First Baptist church. A shower drove some to shelter while others stood outside. Rev. Wallace R. Rogers led services. a quartet sang When I Wake to Dream No More. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery. Hutson, born in Fike county, moved to Hempstead as a child, then to Howard, later Nashville, and finally Hope where he held mercantile posts, served as county clerk and judge, and led Arkansas state singing events. He died after a stroke and is survived by his widow, five sons, three daughters, four brothers, and three sisters.
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Wash Hutson
Hempstead
First Baptist Church
Wallace R. Rogers
Sweeney ‘Copeland
Claude Taylor
Clifford Franks
Otho Taylor
Rose Hill Cemetery
Fike County
Hutson
Howard County
Nashville
Hope
Arkansas State Singing Convention
U D C Meet Opens November 19 At Hot Springs
The Forty second annual reunion of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will open November 19 at the Arlington hotel Hot Springs with Mrs W B Massey U D C president general presiding More than 500 delegates from across the United States will be welcomed by Senators Hattie Caraway and Joe T Robinson and addressed by Mrs George Whitfield of St Louis General Harry R Lee will bring greetings representing the United Confederate Veterans Amendments to by laws and national officers election are on the program Mrs C S Lowthorp of Hope Arkansas is general chairman of arrangements.
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Hot Springs
Ark
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Arlington Ho
W. 8. Massey
UW D.C
United States
Arkansas
Hattie W. Caraway
Joe T. Robinson
George Whitfield
St. Louis
Harry Rene Lee
Nabh- Ville
United Confederate Veterans
C. S. Lowthorp of
Hope
Arkansas Isaising
Methodists End Annual Session With Assignments
The Little Rock conference closed in El Dorado with pastor assignments by Bishop John M. Moore of Dallas. Freddy Harrison remains at First Methodist Hope. Prescott and Texarkana district appointments include Amity circuit, Blevins-McCaskill, Nashville, Okolona circuit, Ashdown, De Queen, Foreman, Mena, Texarkana College Hill, and transfers In and Out among North Texas, Oklahoma, and Southwest Missouri conferences.
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Little Rock
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
el Dorado
John M. Moore
Dallas
Freddy Harrison
First Methodist Church
Hope
Prescott
Texarkana
Amity Ebrcuit
Pred Mead
Bingen
B. Adcock
Blevins-McCaskill
J.T. Thompson
Columbus
Harry §. Deevare
Oklahoma
John L. Cannon Jr
Texas
John C. Glenn
Southwest Missouri
Kansas City
W. C. House
Northwest Texas
Ralph H. Lewis
North Carolina
Farm Mortgage Act Held Invalid
In Harrisonburg Virginia Judge John Paul ruled the amended Frazier Lemke farm mortgage act unconstitutional, with Senator Harry Flood Byrd acting as guardian for the late Flood estate. The decision dismisses proceedings involving John Clayton Sherman Mary Elizabeth Sherman and James Strother Sherman over an apple orchard in Frederick County Virginia.
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Harrisonburg
Hiss
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
John Paul
United States District Court
Byrd
Flood
Paul
Supreme Court of the
United States
John Clayton Sherman
Mary Elizabeth Sherman
James Strother Sherman
Frederick County
Hempstead Students at Magnolia A. and M.
Magnolia Ark thirty six Hempstead county students attend Magnolia A and M for the 1935 36 session. Six are in high school while the rest study in college. Hempstead ranks third among Arkansas counties with representatives at the Magnolia A and M campus in Magnolia.
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Magnolia
Ark
Magnolia A. & M
Hempstead
Arkansas
Magnolia A. & M. College
Hope Band Uniform Fund Reaches 601.04 After Donations
Hempstead quorum court met in Washington on Monday to set 1936 county budget allocations. The session paused as Attorney General Carl Bailey reviews appropriations. court to reconvene first Monday in January. Donations from City of Hope and American Legion post bring the band uniform fund to 601.04 with prior acknowledgments of 591.06 and 50.00 from two entities. County Judge Stephens presided as the session continued into the afternoon.
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Hope Boys
City of Hope
Hempstead County
American Legion
Hempstead
Washington
Carl ‘Bailey
Stephens
Farmers Get 71 612 285 In July and August Aid
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reported 71 012 285 in benefit payments to farmers for July and August. AAA expenditures for the first two months of the fiscal year totaled 80 111 006, with August processing tax receipts estimated at 12 820 862. Officials noted the presence of tax refunds and other program costs, including removal and conservation, disease eradication, trust fund operations, and administration.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Te Daxes
Tokyo Gets Newsreel Show In New Japanese Theater
Tokyo announces a Shechiku theater in Gview, the Broadway of Tokyo, to screen an hour of newsreels for five cents. The plan, originating in New York years ago, aims to bring a regular newsreel program to Japan in a major theater complex.
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Tokyo
Alle
New York
Japan
Shechiku
Jas
Gview
Warning for Street Tax Delinquents Issued by Police Chief
Police Chief John W Ridghill issued a second warning to delinquent street tax payers. If the $2.50 levy is not paid by Thursday warrants will be issued. If paid before Thursday no penalty, but warrants would be handled by the court. About 25 warrants planned for Friday morning with more to follow until all are brought to court. No municipal court for May due to Armistice Day. City hall to close. Lodge 239 to meet Tuesday with an M M degree conferred.
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John W. Ridghill
Ridghill
U S Army Size Compared With Rivals In 1940s Vision
U S forces remain comparatively small as potential rivals arm massively. Fortune survey cites 1935 U S strength at 118750 enlisted and 16000 officers, with 88000 in service and 36000 in various tasks. Projections for 1946 estimate 165000 enlisted, 365000000 yearly military outlays, and reserves potentially rising to two million within two years.
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Fortune Magazine
Me Henal Guard
Hempstead Ruling Upheld by Arkansas Supreme Court
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed $1,500 judgments for Bobby Joyce Gwilliams and Norma Joan Gwilliams against the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. The sisters sued over injuries from tainted food purchased at the Hope store, with new testimony at the second trial leading to the Hempstead circuit court verdict being sustained Monday.
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Little Roc
Arkansas Supreme Court
Hempstead
Bobby Joyce Gwilliams
Norma Joan Gwilliams
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Hope
Subree
Supreme Court
Opposition to New Deal Widens in Chamber Referendum
Organized business voices strong opposition to federal New Deal trends in a Chamber of Commerce survey. Of 28 local groups reporting, 26 answered no to federal expansion and regulatory questions, while only two supported the chamber’s stance. The Columbia South Carolina chamber resigned, criticizing anti New Deal activities. The survey covered four questions on federal jurisdiction, spending power, competition with private enterprise, and authority limits. The Nelena and Kalispell chambers were noted as taking an opposing stand.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Associated Press
National Chamber
Columbia
S. C
National Organication
Board of Governors
U. S.C. of
Congress
Nelena
Kalispell
Mont Chambers
Appeal for clothing to aid city schoolchildren
More than 100 children were absent from the city schools as of Monday and the number could rise unless clothing is provided immediately. The city will be canvassed Thursday November 14 by Parent-Teachers Association committees seeking donated clothing, new or used, of any style or size. Women with sewing machines will alter items, and residents are urged to leave clothes with neighbors or at the city hall if not at home.
Week-End Wrecks Toll and Arkansan Rescue Tale
At least 122 persons died in weekend automobile wrecks across states led by Virginia with 13 and Georgia 21. The report notes drownings near Woodbine Georgia and multiple crashes in Illinois Massachusetts and other states. In Arkansas Earl Wiseman and Harvey Combs survived injuries after a car plunged into a three foot deep ditch along Highway 67 and Combs helped rescue Wiseman.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Georgia
Tminois
New York
Massachusetts
Woodbine
Salilla River
Northampton
Mass
Galesburg
Ill
Vermont
Missouri
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Florida
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Ohio
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Maine
California
Washington
Mississippi
Arkansas
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Michigan
Iowa
Indiana
Oklahoma
Lightning Strikes Hampstead County Farm Amid Flooded Streets
A severe storm across Hempstead County caused heavy rainfall totaling 2.77 inches on Sunday night, flooding downtown Hope and residential blocks for hours. A home was struck by lightning with roof damage. fatalities among occupants were reported. Cars and a barn fire were noted, while cattle suffered no injuries. Temperatures plunged across the region with a sharp cold front. lows ranged from the mid 20s to 30s in several cities, with sleet observed in some areas and gradually clearing skies expected tonight.
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Hempstead
Surinaon
Branch Experiment Farm
Hope i
Associated
Texas
Mercury
Borger
San Angelo
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Dallas
Rogers Appointed Centennial Head
Rogers is named director of Arkansas Centennial Celebration after a contract with A R Rogers of West Newton Massachusetts. He surveys the state and says Arkansas offers outstanding possibilities for a centennial observance. He has opened offices in the Old State Capitol and will organize statewide participation. Continued on page three.
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A. R. Rogers
West Newton
Mase
Arkansas
Arkansas Centennial Commission
Rogers Jag
Dows Arkansas
Rogers
Old State Capitol
Connecticut
Terrorism Grows China Jap Dispute in Shanghai
Chinese mobs damaged a Japanese owned shop in Shanghai after Japanese marines disembarked, as tensions flare over the slaying of a Japanese marine. Police reported the incident amid late morning clashes and protests with handbills pledging war on Japan.
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China
Shanghai
Chinwee
Japan
Tideo Nakayama
Dated notices from Arkansas and surrounding areas
Bul letins report J Davis of Nashville Ark dying in hospital and body to be sent home for burial R W Ford of Chicago charged over WPA funding delays R J Boles dies near Prescott with burial planned Mrs J D Griffin dies. services held in Washington Singapore reports aerial search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith after disappearance while bomber crews follow coastline toward England to Australia
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Singapore
Anther
Reyalle
Sir Charles Kingsford-Snaith
England
Australia
Malay Peninsula
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Harvey G. Combs
Missouri Pacific Lines Attornney
Democratic State Committee
Mr. Wiseman
Harvey
Mr. Combs
Highway 67
Cabot
Pulaski County
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Bulletins
Wot Springs
J. Davis
First National Lab
Navy General Hospital
R. W Ford Ff
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Sovany
R. J. Boles
J.D. Griffin
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