Disappearance of Inventor Still Mystery After 25 Years
A long vanished inventor, Rudolph Diesel, remains shrouded in mystery since 1913. The Dresden sailed from Antwerp to London with Diesel aboard, carrying plans for submarines and engines that reshaped power, yet he disappeared after docking. Speculation ranged from suicide to murder, but no conclusive evidence emerged.
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Dresden
Antwerp
London
Rudolph Diesel
Germany
Diesel
Garin
Tie
Dr. Diesel
Dr. Divsul
Vertu
Trewan
Defense rests in spa murder trial of two Hot Springs men
In Hot Springs Arkansas Alfred Pug Dickson 35 and Clarence Johnson 28 faced first degree murder charges for Eldon Cooley Steuart grocery chains executive. Deputy prosecuting attorney Curtis Ridgeway sought the death penalty for both as defense countered a plan by others to kidnap and rob Cooley. Anderson and his wife previously convicted in the same case.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Alfred
Pag) Dickson
Hot Springs
Clarence
Bill Johnson
Eldon , Conley
Icksary
Denny
Trad Hot Springs
Ark
Pug) Dickson
Clarence Ibn) Johnson
Girruit Court
Eldon Couluy
Steuart Ch
Gracenes
Curtis Ridgeway
Jne Anderson
Lucile
Bho
Actress of silent era known as the girl with topaz eyes
The obituary recalls a silent screen actress famed for her "topaz eyes" nickname. She began in cinema in the year of the Lusitania sinking. Identify the actress, the color topaz, and the year she entered films.
Lewisville Man Found Shot Dead at Home
Lewisville resident Mathews 72 is found fatally shot in the yard of his home Tuesday shortly after hour. A gun fired from unknown assailant struck him in the stomach. he died almost instantly. Mrs Mathews heard the shot and found him. Survived by wife and three sons and several grandchildren. Mathews served as assistant railroad agent for Cotton Belt and was in charge of an extra train on Louisiana and Arkansas lines. He was a longtime Lewisville lodge member and former store operator nearby.
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Anderson
Nin
Mandy
Tucker
Andersen
Uist
Dickson
Johnson
Coley
Dobnison
Conjey
Rich
Cooley
Joely Mi Creek
Couley
Will
Govley
Diewisvili
Arico
Mathews
Trissale
Lewisville
Cotton Belt Railroad
Louisiana and Arkansas Cilia
Lewisville Lodge Nui
Pane Aml
Mes
I Clude
Bart
Louis Mathews
A Thought Noonan Manipulated in Life's Art
A fragmentary note attributes manipulation to Thought Noonan in the realm of life and art, with a cryptic attribution to Georgy liat. The text presents a fleeting, unclear idea about influence and craft within a poetic or philosophical frame.
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Noonan
Georgy Liat
Russell Bros Circus Performs Two Shows in Hope
Russell Bros Circus staged two performances at Botts Show Grounds on Wednesday, with doors opening at 7 for a two hour program. Acts included Madame Bedini's horses and ponies, Irene Ledgett's military elephants, and Rube Magan's clowns, as the troupe travels from Stamps toward Nashville.
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Herve
Hope
Russell Bros
Madame Bedini
Amd
Irene Ledgett
Rube Magan
Brooks
Stamps
Nashville
Old Highway 67
Cook's Cotton Gin
Town
Japan to appoint new envoy to United States
Tokyo announces Ken suke Harimouchi, vice minister of foreign affairs, will be ambassador to the United States if Washington approves. He would succeed IiIyoshi Saito, who has held the post since 1934 and is being recruited due to ill health.
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Tokyo
Japan
Foreign Office
Kensuke Harimouchi
United States
Iiyoshi Saito
Washington
Hhe Foreign Office
Saito
What Would You Do to Mind Your Manners
A 1938 NEA Service quiz asks if hosts should insist on IDs, if guests may drink, and where ash trays belong. It weighs hospitality against etiquette and furniture care, with answers reflecting social behavior for hosts and guests.
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Tost
Wilest
Congressman Boylan Dies in New York at 68
New York Congressman John J. Boylan, a Democrat representing New York, died Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 68 and had served in Congress for many years. The death marks the loss of a veteran lawmaker from New York State.
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Congressman Boylan
New York State
New York
John J. Boylan
District Electric Project Approved
Frank J. Hill of Hope announced that REA Administrator Faulkenwald approved $315,000 for rural electrification in Hempstead Sevier Pilk Howard Nevada La Fayette and Polk counties. Plans call for 186 miles of lines in western Hempstead Sevier Pilk and adjacent counties plus 100 miles in southeastern Hempstead Nevada LaFayette and Columbia with about two customers per mile and a 29 mile extension in Miller County.
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Frank J. Hill
Hope
REA
Faulkenwald
Washington
Hempstead
Nevada
LaFayette
Howard
Sevier
Polk
Little Rock
Arkansas Utility Commission
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Hill
Pilk
Columbia
Miller Colt
Mr. Hill
We Murphy
Texarkana
T. J. Sandy
Nashville
Hope Girl Wins Praise on Stage Mary Drayton Gains Walter Winchell Backing
Broadway critic Walter Winchell lauded Mary Hor tense McCorkle, stage name Mary Drayton, for her standout performance in Thanks for Tomorrow at the Bayes theater. He notes the melodrama’s weak script and weak cast but praises Drayton as the sole convincing talent amid a flawed production.
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Walter Winchell
Hope
New York
Mary Hortense McCorkle
Ed McCorkle
Mary Drayton
Miss McCorkle
Drayton
Mr. Winchell
New York Daily Mirror
LeRoy Bailey
Bayes Theater
Walter Brooks
Elmer Murph Takes Rephan's Shoe Dept Charge
Elmer Murph, well known in Hope, now heads the shoe department at Rephan's Department Store. He brings two decades of fitting experience from Pattern's Department Store and invites customers and friends to call on him for service.
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Elmer Murph
Rephan’s Shoe Dept
Hope Man
Rephan’s Department
Mary
Pattern
Fim
Hope City Council Approves Swimming Pool Plan
Hope city council adopted a motion by Alderman E P Young to spend 7500 as the city share of a 28500 swimming pool and amphitheater at Fair Park, with WPA providing 21000. Ray Johnson dissented. An ordinance will authorize the expenditure. The pool would be city run with self repayment via admissions. The vote was seen as final. plans mirror Monticello’s pool. The council also taxed the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co 600 annually for street use and 500000 cubic feet of gas per year free for jail, fire station, and city hall. Alderman C E Taylor proposed graveling all dirt streets with three city trucks and WPA gas, drivers, and labor. Wayne Fletcher to draft project for approval. Routine reports filed.
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E. P. Young
Fair Park
Ray Johnson
Works Progress Administration
Board of Public Affairs
Monticello
South
Arkansas
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Phin
C. E. Taylor
Hope
WPA
Wayne Fletcher
Wage Hour Bill Decisions Held Up
Washington. Wage hour administrator Elinor Andrews complains that insufficient congressional funds and an incomplete staff prevent the wage hour division from promptly answering hundreds of interpretation requests. He says immediate tasks include publishing rules and procedures, with the law taking effect October 24 and interpretations subject to court review.
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Washington. Dy
Elinor Andrews
Abe
Wne
Andrews
El Dorado Council Denounces Gasoline Turnback System
The El Dorado city council adopted a resolution labeling the present gasoline tax turnback system as a waiver on the public funds. It notes Arkansas motorists have paid the tax for 17 years, that city streets bear 40 percent of road work, and that municipalities have received about 30 percent of gasoline tax receipts.
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EL Dorado
Ark
Arkansas
Attorney General Rules County Highway Contracts Limit
Arkansas Attorney General Jack Holt ruled that a county judge cannot contract for payment from the county highway fund exceeding the fund’s income for the year the contract is made. Chief County Accountant J. Bryan Sims noted about 30 counties were following the issue.
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Little Rock
Jack Holt
J. Bryan Sims
Yanks Take First of World Series at Wrigley Field
New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 to 1 in the first game of the World Series before about 44 000 spectators at Wrigley Field. Bill Dickey led with three singles and a double, while Red Ruffing allowed nine Cubs hits. Cubs scored in the third. Hack and Hartnett produced notable hits for Chicago.
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Wrigley Field
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Bill Dickey
Yanks
Cubs
Red Ruffing
Stanley Hack
Chicago
Habby Hartnett
Rip Collins
Will Fee
Yankees
Gehrig
Jock Russell
When Ya Gotta Sneeze String Fragment
Fragmentary report notes a driver and a fever as a springing cause for a traffic light incident. One judge is mentioned in a partial, unclear context with misspelled phrases and uncertain events.
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Albert Humphress
Standard Co Cuts Price Crude Oil in Several Regions
Standard Oil on Wednesday announced crude oil price cuts across north Louisiana and south Arkansas. Most areas trimmed by 1 cent per barrel, with Smackover Ark. at 2 cents and Rodessa at 20 cents. South Louisiana also reduced by 16 cents. Arkansas gains include Buckner Magnalia and Village fields.
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Shreveport
Standard Oil Company
Louisiana
Arkansas
Smackover
Ark
Rodessa
South Louisiana
Nashville Dairy Show Is Success in Howard County
Nashville Arkansas hosted a dairy show on Main street drawing over 4,000 attendees. A J C judge TD F Simons oversaw 71 cows, 67 Jerseys and 4 Holsteins, with entries from six of 13 counties in Southwest Arkansas.
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Nashville
Ark
Howard County
Main
Southwest
Arkansas
American Jersey Cattle Club
TD. F. Simons
Mr. Simons
Paul N. Eddlenan
L. S. Childs
John T. Stinson
Ashleigh Bales
Missouri Pacific
Sand Glenn Wallace
Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Peach Blossom Girls Kiv
Peach Orchard
Reeder Hill
C. G. Faeghsen
Site Health Board
Mr. Woods
Blue Valley Creamery Co
Dardanelle
Howard
President Benes Resigns to Allow Nazi Peace Pact
News from Prague and Berlin reports Eduard Benes resigning as Czechoslovakia’s president amid pressure over the Munich pact. Observers see his departure possibly easing the Sudetenland crisis and enabling collaboration with Germany.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Republic
Thomas G. Mesaryk
Jan Syrovy
Sudetenland
Germany
Cotton prices steady as New Orleans open bids rise
New Orleans cotton opened at 8.31 and closed 8.32 bid 8.34 asked. Spot cotton finished steady eight points up. Middling price noted at 8.49.
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New Orleans
Gotobes
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