Pecan Shelling Industry One of Few Closed by Wages Law
The new federal wage and hour act caused scattered plant shutdowns and layoffs totaling over 50,000 workers, with the pecan shelling industry in the South reporting complete closures as it seeks exemption. Officials debated area production exemptions while others cite job losses in tobacco processing and home-based garment work.
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Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
New York State
South
North
Congress
Andrews
J. Seligman
San Antonio
Texas
National
Pecan Shelters of America
Chicago
Seligman
Calvert Magruder
Paul Sifton
Rocky Mount
N.C
D. Bennett
State Employment Service
Witnesses Link Karpis Harboring Ring in Hot Springs
In Little Rock and Hot Springs, testimony in the Alvin Karpis harboring trial ties seven Hot Springs residents to his 1935 36 movements. Mrs Vada Nyberg testified she saw Karpis in December 1935 and reported it to Chief Wakelin. Marie David testified four visitors, including Herbert Akers and John Stover, visited the cottage shared by Karpis and Grace Goldstein in late 1935 and early 1936. The government aims to finish its case as cross examination of Mrs David continues.
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Little Rock
Alvin Karpis
Hot Springs
Vada Nyberg
Karpis
Joseph Wakelin
Wakelin
Arkansas
Une
Karpia
Club Street
Grace Goldstein
Philip David
Washington, D. C
Herbert
Dutch) Akers
John Stover
Goldstein
Toby Fincel
Fincel Avenue
Cranium Crackers Brain Teaser Quiz Note
A set of true or false prompts with mixed facts. Statements include Sacha Guitry as a famous French violinist and a Waterloo battle year, plus a geography assertion about Jacksonville relative to New Orleans. The note invites answers on the Classified Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacha Guitry
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Waterloo
Muon
Sales Clerks Are Given Employment Gains
The Arkansas State Employment Service reported September private placements at 2628, about double August. Regular duration jobs rose, 68 percent went to men, 41.7 percent to workers under 25, with 98 in commercial and professional fields and 63 skilled craftsmen among 200 job types. Active files stood at 71,474 with 4 new applicants. Hope office in Hempstead serves Southwest Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas State Employment Service
D. Palmer Patterson
Patterson
Serice
Nce
Hope
G. T. Cross
Hempstead
Arkansas
Thought Inspires Praise in Uncertain Searches
A compact line from Rivarol is noted, suggesting praise may not be found by the mere act of searching. The quotation hints at the paradox of pursuit and appreciation in a restless era.
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Rivarol
Arkansas Synod Opens Session at First Presbyterian Hope
The 86th annual session of the Arkansas Synod of the Presbyterian Church will convene Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in First Presbyterian Church, Hope. Special music by the Young Peoples Choir of Texarkana. Opening sermon by Ta. J. W. Hickman of Port Smith. C. A. Verbeck of Fort Smith to preside as retiring moderator. The Synod includes four Presbyteries Washburn Pine Bluff Arkansas and Ouachita with 125 churches. Dr H. H. McCaslin of Memphis will speak Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Synod of Arkansas
Presbyterian Church In
United States
First Presbyterian Church of
Washburn
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Outachita
H. H. McCaslin
Second Presbyterian Church of
Memphis
Tenn
Hempstead County Farm Bureau Holds Big Picnic
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau hosted its second annual barbecue and picnic at the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station with over 300 attendees. R. E. Short of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation praised Hempstead as the largest county unit in the state and urged unity in rural education and REA efforts. Franklin Hill outlined rural electrification needs and a county meeting was set for October 26 to submit REA project applications. Huskey was reelected president, Weatherington as vice president, and Lee Garland named secretary-treasurer. A separate Negro bureau unit was formed with J A Harris, Marcus Verger, and Ireay HeCastsill as leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver L. Adame
Hempstead County Farm Bureau
Fruit & Truck Branch
H. H. Huskey
Helpstead County Farm Bureau
Yerger High School
J. A. Harris
R. E. Short
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Frank J. Hill
Hempstead
Southwest Arkansas Electric Co-operative Corporation
Lee H. Garland
Allen
Perry Moses
Hove
Hempstead County
J. A. Harvis
Hope
Marcus Verger
Spring Hill
Ireay HeCastsill
Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Little Rock
Eighteen Die As Plane Crash Rocks Australia
Eighteen persons, including a member of parliament, were killed Tuesday in Australia’s worst airliner crash near Danendon g, 40 miles southeast of Melbourne. Seven were thrown from the cabin, others trapped as the ship burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Dandenong
Melbourne
Wipe Out All Mop Stocks Would Wipe Out All Mop Stocks
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended the reorganization of the Missouri Pacific railroad system with a sharp reduction in fixed interest debt. ERaminer RH. Jewell said stockholders would be wiped out as property holdings consolidate, excluding the Missouri-Texas railroad. He cited economies from consolidation and better service from continued system operation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Eraminer RH
Jewell
Missouri Pacific System
First Presbyterian Church Clears Decade-Old Debt
The congregation celebrated paying off a debt from auditorium repairs, raised in cash $3,000 in about 19 months via a debt committee led by Mrs. Dorsey McRae and Mrs. Thos Brewster. The effort supports the Ministers Annuity Plan and funds will aid the upcoming campaign in the new church year. Seventy six members contributed beyond regular pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Dorsey McRae
Thos Brewster
Southern Presbyterian Church
Radio Cars Put Police Only a Minute Away From Hurry Call
Cleveland unveils a radiphone police radio system promising one minute response. Cars, each carrying three or four men, will broadcast to headquarters via a central map showing patrols minute by minute. The overhaul replaces precinct stations with mobile units to speed aid and cut delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Thornton
NEA Service
Cleveland
Ocio
Federal Communications Commission
New Automobiles to Have More Room
Detroit reports 1939 model cars bring major changes. Gear shift moves to steering column for comfort and roominess. Broad front end with lowered grilles and wider fenders. running boards narrowed or eliminated. illuminated turn indicator near steering column.Continued on Page Three
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Training School for Hope Firemen
The Hope Fire Department conducts a training school led by Carl Smalley of Van Buren to raise their classification for lower fire insurance rates. The program runs Monday through Thursday at the ice station, 7 to 10 p m, with 16 members enrolled and graduation to be announced. Sponsoring groups include the Arkansas Municipal League, Arkansas Fire Prevention Bureau, University of Arkansas, State Firemen's Association, and the State Department of Trade and Industry.
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Hope Fire Department
Carl Smalley
van Buren
The
Arkansas Municipal League
Arkansas Fire Prevention Bureau
University of Arkansas, State Firemen's Association
State Department of Trade and Industry
Oklahoma professors urged to enroll in new physical education course
Norman officials say University of Oklahoma professors are urged to return to classroom life by enrolling in a newly established physical education course. Jerusalem draws part of its water from an ancient aqueduct dating to biblical times.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Jerusalem
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers From Hospitality Guide
A fragment from a manners piece presents Q and A on hostess etiquette. It covers hospitality payments, guest demands, leaving servants, attire at resorts, magazine choices, and whether guests should stay if a hostess is unwell, offering a suggested solution.
Builders' School Here October 31
A Builders' school conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service will be held in Hope at city hall on Monday October 31. Foresters Frederick J. Shulley and M. H. Bruner join Venrick of the Portland Cement Association with local agents Melva Bullington and Oliver L. Adams to teach rural carpenters and interested residents about home and barn construction, cement mixtures, blueprint use, and farmstead planning from the Home-Made Homes Plan Book. The event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Hope
Hope City Hall
Frederick J. Shulley
M. H. Bruner
Venrick
Portland Cement Association
Melva Bullington
Oliver L. Adams
Miss Buillington
Oliver Adams
Shulley
Bruner
Extension Service
Potato Prize Scout Honors Earl Weisenberger
Earl Weisenberger of Kansas Route 1 won first prize in quality and quantity and the sweepstakes for Irish potatoes at the Kansas State Fair. The exten sive irrigated-farming specialist grows 400 to 500 acres yearly, harvesting Trish potatoes on 150 acres plus wheat, sargo, milo and other grains. The logonberry hybrid details appear as background information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout County
Kansas
Earl Weisenberger
C. J. Weisenberger
Route 1
Weisenberger
Hope
Cotton Opens Higher in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans December cotton opened Tuesday at 355 and closed at 8.58 bid 8.59 asked. Spot cotton closed steady seven snots by middling 8.68.
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New Orleans
Capital of China Taken by Japanese Forces
Hankow, provisional capital of China, fell after defenders abandoned the city. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly left Hankow by plane with his American-educated wife as Japanese forces entered the city. News from Shanghai.
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China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Shanghai
Hankow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Liquor Permit Revoked for Mena Export Liquor Co
Revenue Commissioner Z. M. McCarroll revoked the license of the Mena Export Liquor company after owners Jeff D. Reagan and C. W. Grady faced show cause charges for selling export liquor in broken cases and poor recordkeeping. Reagan testified that broken-case sales went to Oklahomans, suggesting exporters from elsewhere would fill the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Revenue Com
Missioner
Z. M. McCarroll
Mena Export
Department of Revenues
Jeff D. Reagan
C. W. Grady
Reagan
Winois
Nazi Agent Rumrich Testifies on Passport Plot in Espionage Trial
In New York on Tuesday, German secret agent Rumrich testified under cross-examination that he could obtain passport blanks for Nazi spies despite uproar over the Robinson-Ruben passport affair. He spoke before Judge John C. Knox and a jury on espionage charges attached to Erich Glaser and two Americans involved in Russia passport matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
United States
Ruenther Gustav Rumrich
Rumrich
Benjamin Matthews
Erich Glaser
John C. Knox
Newspaper Carrier Boy Struck by Automobile
Thomas Fenwick a 14 year old Star carrier boy was struck by an automobile on Highway 67 near the Arkansas Highway Department shop while riding a bicycle to finish his route. He received minor head abrasions and bruises and was taken to Josephine hospital then home. The car driven by C E Minnerly of Dallas stopped at once and aided him. The bicycle was smashed.
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Thomas Fenwick
T. B. Fenwick
Star
Arkansas Highway Department
Josephine Hospital
C. E. Minnerly
Dallas
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Spa
Milwacker
Wis
Elwyn Krause
U. S
Arkansas Synod
Presbyterian
Hickman
Synod
Farm Bureau Unit
Huskey
Weatherington
ICC Examiner
1St Presbytrian Church
Householder
Eliot Ness
Geman
John Farrell
George Ballard
T. M Beg
U.S. Pat
Builders
Santa Cruz
Calif
London
Eng
Oswal Piroyw
Union of South Africa
Berlin
Germany
Africa
Chamberlain
Adolf
Hitler
King
Benito Mussolini
Southwest Africa
Mena
Ruben
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