Mississippi portable electric chair mishap shocks state
A Mississippi executioner, Jimmy Thompson, was found drunk near Jackson while riding in a portable electric chair and waving a horse pistol after an assignment in Kosciusko. The governor suspended him as the bizarre truck-based method of executions drew public scrutiny.
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Mississippi
West Point
Miss
Times Leader
Edgar G. Harris
Associated Press
Jackson
Jimmy Thompson
Jimmy
Kos~ciusko
Dia
Compensation Rates Posted Under New Law
Arkansas employers see workers compensation rates cut in many industries under a new schedule approved by the State Insurance Commissioner. The plan creates the Arkansas Compensation Bureau to ensure uniform policy writing and no discrimination. Kee gan will direct the bureau, funded by licensed insurers, with rules favoring Arkansas compared to nearby states. The measure takes effect December 5.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Insurance Department
H. P. Richardson
The
National Council On Compensation Insurance
M. J. Harrison
Arkansas Compensation Bureau
L. F. Keegan
Missouri Rating Bureau
Arkar Ia
Oklahoma
Missouri
Louisiana
Texas
Ware Vison
Teacher Dies at McCaskill in Arkansas
Evia Kelly, 24, McCaskill school teacher and daughter of Mrs Mary Kelly, died in a Nashville hospital Friday night. She is survived by one sister and four brothers in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4:30 am at the First Methodist in Nashville, with burial in Spiro, Oklahoma.
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Nashville
Ark
Evia Kelly
Mary Kelly
McCaskill
Edythe Schlegal
Belefonte
Herbert Kelly
Hot Springs
Hervey Kelly
Blake Kelly
Lake Kelly
Tulsa
Ohin
Ninhville
Spiro
Ckhi
Cranium Crackers About Greece Fact Check
A short quiz presents five statements about Greece. It asks readers to judge each claim as true or false based on historical facts and geography.
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Greece
Texas
Oklahoma
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Soviet Aloof From the Axis
Washington reports that Hungary was invited to join the Rome Berlin Tokyo alliance while Russia and potentially Spain may have balked at formal entry. Diplomats see Hungary's move as display diplomacy and question why Russia did not publicly commit after Molotov's Berlin talks.
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Washington
Hungary
Germany
Russia
Geremany
Jagin
Cie Axis
Spain
Vyachestaff Molotoff
Berlin
Holt Rules on School Routes in Arkansas Ruling
Attorney General Jack Holt ruled that school bus stop locations must be set by school directors. The opinion notes buses cannot be driven to every home, as the old district system could not place a bus at each doorstep whenever a schoolhouse was built nearby. The ruling references Richard Whitener, Carthage justice of the peace.
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Little Rock — Plains
Childen
Jack Holt
Richard &. Whitener
Carthage
Geheal Bhil
Greek Forces Reach Koritza and March on Argivocastro
Greek columns pushed toward the Albanian base cities of Koritza and Argivocastro as Italian resistance faltered in the coastal zone. Reports say Koritza is being abandoned while Greek artillery controls outgoing roads. In Berlin, Romanian Premier Ion Antonescu arrived, signaling closer Axis ties with Germany.
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Athens
Talian
Koritza
Albania
Argirocastro
Argivocastro
Berlin
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Germany
Psince Costin Sturza
Austrain
Bruck
Pryteco
Antonescu
Dies Committee Warns of Axis Fifth Column in U S
The Dies committee reports Nazi and Axis influence in the United States threatens national defense. It cites Germany penetrating the economy and notes FBI limits, urging expanded funds and powers to expose and discharge agents in defense industries and government.
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FBI
Bruce Catton
NEA
Washington
Dies Committee
Martin Dies
America
Dies Acenses
Germany
Dies
United States
Central
South America
New York
Bund
Communist Party
American Fascist Party
Spark Plug Cuts to Be Given Out Here
Spark Plug chewing tobacco will be handed out free Saturday morning by Liggett Meyers Tobacco Co makers of Chesterfield cigarettes. Salesmen from all over Arkansas will assist in distribution, announced Thursday.
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Lloyd Spencer
Hempstead Red
Crnwell Cal
Bailey
Hempstead County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Arkansas
Iiuit
Carl KE. Bailey
Vn Yacoming
C. C. Parker
J. C. Penneybake
Bessie D, Green
W. W
Dale Jones
H. O. Kyler
E. S. Franklin
Fred Hunt
I. C. Hicks
L. Crawford
Union Compress & Warehouse Co
Frank ‘Trimble
Liggett Meyers Tobacco Co
Merchant Committee to Meet Monday
The Merchants Committee of Us Chamber of Commerce will meet at city hall Monday night to form plans for Christmas decoration and other business. All interested businessmen are invited. Practiced on Wood Young men carved wooden models of yale and poultry under a carving master with music in ancient Rome.
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Merchants Committee of
Us Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Tad
Yale
Poultry
Rome
Fordham Faces Razorbacks in Thanksgiving Clash at Polo Grounds
Fordham hosts Arkansas at the Polo Grounds after Arkansas arrived in New York for Thanksgiving Day game. Fordham, seemingly dominant this season, had lost only once and was favored to win over the Razorbacks whose offense and defense have been inconsistent. Final score listed as Fordham 27 Arkansas 1?
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New York
University of Arkangayean
Fordham University Rams
Polo Grounds
Fordham
Razorbacks
Revival Meet at Patmos Set for November 25
L Embery, minister of the Church of Christ at Texarkana, will lead a ten night revival at the Church of Christ in Patmos Arkansas starting November 25. The public is invited to attend.
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Patmos
Thoughtful quote from Geo E. Rees on secret prayer
The deepest wishes of the heart find expression in secret prayer, a reflection attributed to Geo. E. Rees.
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Geo. E. Rees
Thanksgiving date splits 32 states observe earlier holiday
The Associated Press reports 32 states celebrate Thanksgiving this Thursday at peace, while 16 states keep to the traditional last Thursday. President Roosevelt marks the day at Hyde Park, with services and a family dinner. Massachusetts and Maine issue dual observances with banks and courts closed on both dates.
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Roosevelt
Atlanta
Daily Constitution
Associated Press
Momber
Solid South
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Kansas
Iowa
Massachusetts
Maine
Nevada
Oklahoma
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Hyde Park
N. C
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Boston Stock Exchange
Nevada Woman Shot Wounded Man Arrested
Mrs. Merritt Cox of Rosston Route One was wounded when a shotgun blast through a door struck her hip and side. Master McNatt of Rosston Route One was arrested and taken to Prescott on a county warrant as investigators probe the shooting and conflicting accounts from Cox and McNatt.
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Merritt Cox
Rosston
Josephine’ Hospital
Blate
F.W. Haynie
Master McNatt
Prescott
Nevada
Cox
Circuit Court Awards Hope Dealer 260 in Damages
In Hempstead circuit court a jury awarded Max Cox, a Hope automobile dealer, 260 in a civil suit against the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company for damages to a car after a wreck near Hope earlier this year. Five more cases were dismissed including Muldrow, May, Alaska May, Ellis, and Evans all on various charges.
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Hempstead
Max Cox
Hope Automobile
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Hope
Arthur Lee Muldrow
David May
Alaska May
Carl Ellis
Leon Evans
Ford Foresees U S Rise as World Power Big Brother
Henry Ford tells Scribner's Commentator the United States will soon assume a world role as a strong power, but cautions against meddling while urging a $5 daily pay for youths drafted for compulsory military training. He questions financing and predicts politics will fade as the nation builds strength.
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New York
Henry Ford
United States
Scribner's
Aple
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Fordhan
South
Circuit Court
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