Second Day State Fair Opens Amid Rain Parade Held
Rain dampened the second day of the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock after an all day downpour. The Slant parade went through downtown with Miss Gordon as queen, escorted by city officials and National Guard officers. The state fair grounds host the 4-H clubs conference as South Arkansas Day highlights Pine Bluff Hot Springs Priéstcott and other southern towns. The Future Farmers convention and the sixth annual 4-H Club congress open at Cinderella Garden Judging today.
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Little Rock
Greater Little Rock
Gordon
National Guard
State Fair
South Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Priéscott
Camden
el Dorado
Fexarkana
Hope
Malvern
Benton
Future Farmers Convention
Vocational Education Building
Cinderella Garden
Imong Ses Nesleedny
Former Organist from KTHS Opens Hope Studio
Mrs Margaret Wells Wellborn, longtime KTHS organist and accompanist in Hot Springs, has opened a new studio in Hope. She moved here with her husband in August after serving as music supervisor at Hot Springs Junior High and directing the Central Baptist church choir. Originally from Conway, she studied at State Teachers College and Northwestern University.
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Hope
Margaret Gls Wellborn
KTHS
Hot Springs
Wellborn
November Ballot Plans Formed by Hempstead Board
The Hempstead county election board met in Washington to organize for the November general election. Republican member W. M. Brummet was chosen chairman, with D. B. Thompson as clerk and J. O. Johnson as third commissioner. A October 1 meeting will appoint judges and clerks and draft a ballot. October 31 is the last day nominees may submit receipts and certificates.
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Hempstead County
Cop Excels on Pistol Range With Few Rocks
NORTH LITTLE ROCK Ark October. Sharpshooters in the North Little Rock force say they have fine baseball material. Officer John Charles was called to defend the honor of North Little Rock. He fired ten times and missed the target. Frustrated he threw away his pistol and said he could do better with stones. Five throws later he hit the bull's eye twice.
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North Little Rock
Ark
T—Iupi
North Lite Rock
John Charles
Apair
Tax Rate Amendment Proposed to Limit Property Taxes
The Arkansas Taxpayers Protective Association backs Amendment No 21 to curb tax rate boosts by the legislature. It would require majority voter approval at general or special elections to raise property taxes or any other tax rates for state purposes. The measure faces opposition from groups like the Arkansas Education Association which worries it would curb education funding.
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Arkansas Taxpayers Protective Association
Henry N. Dorris
Associated Press
Little Rock
Arkivines Taxpayers’ Protective Association
Arkansas Education Association
Third of Snake Kills Three Dogs
A large venomous snake killed three deerhounds while hunters followed the pack through the woods near Kinston North Carolina. The dogs died within minutes after successive bites as the head struck with machine gun rapidity.
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Kinston
N.C
Dr. Weod
Kinstall
Wood
Annual Fox Hunt Near Bentonville
The seventh annual Baron cautary for Humt will be held the week beginning Monday October 20 six miles east of Herlunville under the Benton County Fox Hunt rey aviation auspices. The event includes the annual pup show and all dog shows, long a feature of the meet, with other local hunts starting in the area and surrounding states scheduling similar events in October.
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Del
Baron Cautary
Branke McNeely Fury
Herlunville
Benton County
Fox Huntrey
Aviation
Ryot
Washington County
Barry County
Missouri
Oklahoma State
Fox Huntere’ Association
Winona
Okla
Man 70 Found Not Guilty in 1883 Murder Case
In Guntersville Alabama on October 1 a Marshall county grand jury returned a verdict of not guilty for James F Neeley aged 70 in the 47 year old murder of Hiram Cooley. Neeley who was arrested recently in Texas faced trial after a half day of testimony with few witnesses.
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Guntersville
Ala
Marshall County
James F. Neeley
Hiram Cooley
Neeley
Texas
Ald+ham
Howard Singers to Meet at County Line
The Howard County Singing Convention holds its semi annual meeting at County Line on the Lockesburg highway near Nashville. A record attendance is expected for the Sunday session with prominent singers and popular quartets planning to attend. Attendees for the day are urged to bring basket lunches to spread in prebic fashion on the church grounds with prepared tables for dining in the shade.
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Nashville
Howard County Singing Convention
County Line
Lockesburg
Missouri Years The Century Mark
In Columbia Missouri the University of Missouri marks its 91st year under new term enrollment near 4000 students. The 1880s brought women admissions and the rise of fraternities while summer sessions expanded. notable classes show growing numbers and social changes since founding in 1381.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Aged Tennessee Minister Is Dead
Nashville mourns the death of William W. Pinon former secretary of the Pension Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church after a lengthy illness. He was 76 and had written missionary literature for the Southern Sunday School Board. Pinon served as pastor in Texas Georgia Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Nashville
William W. Pinon
Pension Board
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pinson
Southern Sunday School Board
Texas
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
C F Bullard Dies After Short Illness
C F Bullard aged 43 of Washington died at a local hospital Monday afternoon after a brief illness from appendicitis and gangrene. He was a farmer, Methodist church member, and Woodmen, survived by wife, five daughters, two sons, five brothers, and two sisters. Funeral at Methodist church with burial at the Washington cemetery.
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C.P. Bullard
Washington
Dovensod
Caddolap
Arkansas
Methodist Church
Maiern Woodmen Fraternity
Bullard
Agatha
Getavia
Adelle
Georgia
Nini May
Willard
Conway
Fort Riley
Kansas
Will
Gordon
Ernest
Menmhis
Ebay
Hope
Hey
New Mexico
Ada Crawford
Smithton
Ark
Adi Bullard
Texas
Methodiat Church
IL A
McGayre
Arithmetic on Mosquito Coast Difficult for Locals
Reported by a local observer, the Mosquito Coast speech and counting system challenge outsiders. Stanford describes how indigenous numbers are rendered in a missionary alphabet, noting phrases like "nineteen minus" and daily schooling uses Spanish, with a study of the written forms of the language and its mapping to Christian texts.
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Tony
Stanford
Tocal
Mesquity
Gurataska Luguon
Costa Ries
Moravitt
Marwok
Hipley
oRlands
Burglary escapeer recaptured in Missouri
Warden Tailhunter said William Hurst of Ouachita county, who had served 15 days of a five year sentence for burglary and escaped, was recaptured at Behanon, Missouri. In other notes, Mes Victor Bruce, British flyer, reported missing after a crash near Jusk, India, and Nellie Miller, daughter of Hanson and Jennie Miller, died at a local hospital after a brief illness.
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Little Bock
Tailhunter
William Hurst
Ouachita County
Behanon
Karachi
India
Victor Bruce
England
Tokyo
Jusk
Hely Waa
Nellie Miller
Hanson Miller
Jennie Miller
Carrigans Hurt in Auto Accident Near Prescott
PRESCOTT October 7 Dr Pluie Carrigan of Hope Miss Mary Carrigan and Judge and Mrs Car Nean and daughter of Houston were injured in an automobile accident six miles from Prescott on the Canden road. None seriously hurt though severely cut and bruised. They were taken to Hope hospital in an ambulance after first aid. Dr Carrigan was driving and lost control while passing a large truck. car went into a ditch. Buick sedan badly damaged.
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Prescott
Pluie Carregan
Hope
Mary Carrigan
Car Nean
Houston
Texas
Canden
Prescott Hardware Undertaking Department
Republican Party Launch Campaign in Arkansas
Republican Ltate Campaign Manager Osra Cobb said the party would launch a statewide campaign next Thursday from Little Rock. Nominees for governor and lieutenant governor are J. Q. Lives of Boreman and CFL Harding of Fort Smith, opposing Lawrence Wilson and others. Livesay and Howling to lead speeches at Hotel Marion, with a broad slate of eight initiated amendments to be voted on in the general election.
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Lisetle Rock
Ayt
Osra Cobb
Jory
Lite Rock
Republisin
J. Q. Lives
Boreman
Parnell
Cfl Harding
Fort Smith
Lawrence Wilson
Wallace Townsend
Arkanse
Hotel Maron
Livesay
Howling
Sweisldure
Cobb
Short Course Opens Today for Seven Arkansas Counties
Teachers from Howard, Sevier, Pike, Little River, Hempstead, Polk, and Mille Lacs counties arrive in Nashville for the University of Arkansas Short Course. Directors meet Wednesday with State Superintendent M. Hirst as speaker. Renewal of licenses requires attendance. Many will stay for the full program, with a strong schedule arranged for the event.
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Nashville
University of Arkansas
Howard
Sevier
Pike
Little River
Hempstead
Polk
Mille
Gangs Face New Threats In Court
Springfield reports that Chicago mob figure Jack McGurn appeals a concealed weapon conviction while the Illinois Supreme Court considers the state conceal weapon law. Attorneys argued the arrest was illegal and challenged constitutional safeguards, with potential wider implications if the lower court's sentence stands. McGurn has a $10,000 bail and case date pending.
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Get. 7 Upi
Chicago
State Supreme Court
Jack
Mathiee Tun McGurn
al Capone
Culronte
McGurn
Nrwest
Lave
Amin Probeliy
McGan
American Legion Will Meet Wednesday Night
The American Legion post under Commander Dawes Hendrix will meet at City Hall at 8 o’clock Wednesday night to discuss several matters of importance to the post.
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American Legion
Tornado Hit Opelousas Damages Cotton Shed
Debris blocked Southern tracks as a tornado struck Opelousas damaging two small houses and a cotton shed. Reports say no injuries were immediately noted as rain and river flood waters surged in the area.
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Opelousas
Manzanillas proves cold water power to light bulbs
Matanzas Cuba October reports that Prof George Claude demonstrated a process turning cold sea water via a mile long pipe into steam to drive turbines and light forty 500 watt bulbs for over half an hour. Officials and scientists witnessed rapid condensation and vacuum cycling as turbines reached high speeds. The French scientist invested over two million dollars in the project amid skepticism, receiving early congratulations from officials.
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Matanzas
Cuba
George Claude
Havana Academy of Science
Matanzas Bay
Gulf Stream
Varius
Claude
Harry
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