First Murder Case of October Term Is Heard Tuesday
Dave Williams, a Black man, stands trial in a Hempstead circuit court for the murder of his common law wife Katie Lee Adams as jurors deliberate after a tense morning session. Other cases include theft, larceny, forgery, and assaults with varying sentences and fines in a busy court docket this week.
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Hempstead
Dave Williams
Katie Lee Adams
Willits
Wternaan
B. Preesett
Billy Bolo Newburs
Robert Lee Lavey
Negra
Ned Thewl
Deason
Floonce Vines
District Dentists Conclude Meeting in Texarkana
The Southwest district of the Arkansas Dental Association wrapped two days of sessions in Texarkana with speeches on topics from restorative dentistry to oral surgery. New officers include Sam Ball of Dorado as president and C. M. Gare of Mena as vice president, with Dobbs Norarkana named secretary-treasurer. The 1950 meeting site selected was Caroodon.
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Texarkana
Arkansas Dental Association
Worl McCartney
Rcon
Roy
Elon
Nashville
Tenn
American Academy of Trusturatives Dentistry
di We. Hutchison
R.A
Little Rock
Windert
J. RR. York
Frank King
Pesurkuna
el Doral
Roy Golden
Arkadelphia
View
Ralph Willsms
EL Buervada
Trea- SH
Carudon
New York Cotton Opening Mixed in Early Trade
The New York cotton market opened with unclear bids and prices amid mixed trading. Reported figures show strains in early session with tentative quotes around 914, while market participants await clearer direction.
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New York
Wiz
Gas That Kills Humans Makes Plants Grow
Weslaco Texas report by Dr George H Godfrey plant pathologist at the state experiment farm notes experiments with a World War gas called choiropterin used to sterilize soils. Treated chrysanthemums grew larger than those in untreated soil as the gas removed fungi and weed seeds that competed with the plant.
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Weslaco
Tex
George H. Godfrey
State Experiment Farm
Godfrey
Pulaski Memorial Day Proclaimed by President Roosevelt
The proclamation declares October 11, 1939, as General Casimir Pulaski Memorial Day. It calls for displaying the U.S. flag on all government buildings and urges observances in schools and churches to honor Pulaski, the Polish hero who died at Savannah during the American Revolutionary War.
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Casimir Pulaski
Savannah
Roosevel
United States of America
Count Casimir Pulaski
Seventy-sixth Congress
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Pulaski
General Pulusti
Finland
Helsinki
Viipuri
Urha Kekkonek
Moscow
Stockholm
Sweeden
Europe
Sweden
Baltic
Russia
Torne
Haparanda
Inorthern
AFL Rebuffs Roosevelt Endorsement at Convention
Cincinnati report says the American Federation of Labor voted non-concurrence with a request for a blanket endorsement of President Roosevelt and the New Deal. The resolutions committee was upheld, and the federation found it could not endorse the blanket proposal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Restilutions
Connecticut
Convicts Charged in Marine Death
Police charge escapees from Huntsville prison in connection with the slaying of Marine Sergeant Sigur Fosse last Friday near Little Rock. The suspects Rayburn and Davison admitted involvement as authorities pursue further links in the case.
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Little Rock
Rayburn
Lilos
Cliftwny Davison
Huntsville
Texas
U. 5
Sigur Fosse
Politics Future For Cape Women
CAPE TOWN 14 Women have a definite place in South Africa's political future, says A Moll Marais Moll M. P. He urges Members of Parliament to listen to women's views and needs and notes that the Wheat Control Board and the Bat may not value a woman's opinion on legislation.
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Capyown
South Africa
A. Marais Moll
M. P
Wheat Control Board
Bat
Mass Meeting in New Orleans Demands Recall of Prosecutor
A mass gathering of about 5000 angry citizens booed Governor Earl Long for over a minute and urged the recall of District Attorney Charles Byrne while he faced charges inside the criminal district court. Separately six people were indicted in New Orleans on nine counts for income tax evasion tied to a machine racket, including Kastel and Costello, with bonds set at 75000 and 25000 dollars respectively.
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New Orleans
Laca
Earl Long
Criminal District Court
Charles Byrne
Byrne
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
M. ¥. Annenberg
Phildelphia Pub
Frank Castello
New York
Philip Kastel
Harold Miller
Stanford
Wantel
Costelo
Kastel
Altman
Combine
Gaigermans
Coll Leators
Brocato
Moran
Dr Don Smith Injured In West Division Street Crash
Don Smith of Hope suffered a fractured rib and body bruising in an auto collision Tuesday at 30 a on the Fresco rail line tracks on West Division street. His car was struck by a black man who fled Tran nis car. the suspect had not been found by 2 pm.
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Don Smith
Hope
Fresco Rail
West Division Street
Smith
Dr. Smith
Higher Education at a Lower Cost in Texas
In Austin Texas the University of Texas cut annual per student education costs from 275 to 200 over the past decade. Officials expect continued reductions through added algumiency potentially bringing costs down to about 140 in the near future.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Fossilized Bacon Sparks Oregon Coaststone Discovery
Joseph Le Ballister reports a strangely striped stone along the Oregon coast that jewelers call fossilized bone and agate, hundreds of years old. The police have declined to set a price for the stone.
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LA Conner
Oregon
Joseph le Ballister
Ballister
Agate
Pollcelar
Sunes
Russia Holds Key as European War Begins Second Month
Wartime analysis notes Russia remains technically at peace while shaping diplomacy and borders. It details shifts after Poland’s conquest, Germany and Russia pact, Balkan moves, and signaled actions affecting Japan, Turkey, and Italy as World War II-era tensions widen.
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Russia
London
Germany
Europe
India
Japan
Far East
Baltic
Balkan
Nevada Man Dies of Crash Injuries
Frank Barker, about 35, of Laneburg Nevada, died here Monday from injuries from an automobile collision. Three others injured were RF Whiddon 34 Little Rock auto salesman with a serious head injury, George Cobb 25 of Louann Ouachita county with a broken leg, and Donald Geolive 27 Smackover with cuts to face and shoulders.
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Little Rockp
Frank Barker
Laneburg
Nevada
RF Whiddon
Little Rock
Two Die in New York Blast at Dry Cleaning Plant
At least two persons, including a woman, were killed and a score injured when an explosion leveled a dry cleaning shop and damaged a nearby theater near Madison Avenue. Debris blocked streets as investigators probed the blast scene for causes.
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New York
Madison Avanthe
Cranium Crackers Movements of Early World War II Leaders
During the early weeks of the European conflict the passage lists actions by leaders Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Duke Windsor and Neville Chamberlain. Each option hints at possible moves such as Hitler sheltering in Berlin or front line activity Mussolini flying to Berlin to push peace and later campaigns Chamberlain meeting Premier Daladier in Paris and other diversions.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Benito Mussolinis
Virter
Ethopia
Rome
Duke Windsor
Duchess
England
Britain
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
John Simon
Exchequer
Commons
John
Kingsley Wood
Ryal Air Free
Siegfried Line
Increase Shown In Taxable Property in Hempstead County
J. W. Bradley of the state corporation commission said Hempstead County's 1939 assessed value of real and personal property rose by 251,333 over 1938. Personal property up 109,663 and real estate up 41,670, with much of the gain due to new property. County equalization board adjustment added 54,315 to the assessed value.
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J. W. Bradley
State Corporation Commission
Hempstead
Bradley
County Equalization Board
Iroquois Neared U S Coast Amid Submarine Report
Portland Maine dispatch says the refugee liner Iroquois, escorted by a US Navy convoy, neared American shores as a gray submarine sighting was reported near 15 miles south of Portland. A Salem air base guard plane surveyed the area while coast guardsmen termed the sighting routine patrol.
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Portland
United States
Navy
Salem, Mags
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries
Greement
Nantucket Shoals
Executioner for Five States Dies at 65 in Queens
Robert G. Elliott trialed as official executioner for five eastern states died at his Richmond Hill home in Queens after an illness since May. He presided over sentences for Hauptmann the Lindbergh kidnapper Sacco and Vanzetti among others.
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New York
Robert G. Elliott
Richmond Hill
Queensborough
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Sacvo and
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Kiwanis District Meet Promotes Peace and Faith
Spa Springs Arkansas Kiwanis district leaders urged the group to emphasize peace Christianity and democracy in speeches at the district convention. Sidney McBrath Hot Springs welcomed attendees. Henry Thiessen Hutchinson Kansas asked if the torch of these ideals would be blocked. Seven new clubs were added bringing district membership to over 5000. Committee meetings and a food show were held with delegates resuming formal business sessions Tuesday morning.
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Moy Springs
Ark
Kiwanis
International
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Sidney McBrath
Hot Springs
Henry W. Thiessen
Hutchinson
Kans
Democracy
Fred Weiland, Jr
Topeka
Blackouts Spawn New Knitting Boom in London
Evacuee women in lonely villages take up knitting during blackouts and song evenings. They create sweaters for wear, heel-less bed socks, and operation stockings for hospitals, turning idle time into useful craft.
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London
A Thought Jove gives itself it is not bought
A brief aphorism attributed to Longiphow notes that a thought gifted by Jove arises within and cannot be purchased, implying intrinsic inspiration rather than external acquisition. The line reflects classical reflectiveness on intellect and origin.
French on Three Sides of German City Saarbruecken
French troops reported Tuesday turning back German assaults south of Saarbruecken with hand grenades and rifle fire. The German thrusts aimed to break French lines around the three-sided siege as heavy artillery battles raged from the Luxembourg border to Lauderbourg.
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Paris
France
Saarbruecken
Safarbrueckn
Luxembourg
Lauderbourg
Hiler
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reichsuehrer
Reich
Fuehrer
Earth
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