City Testing Brakes and Lights Sparks Debate in Hope
An editorial notes new state law requiring regular brake and light inspections in the City of Hope. An alderman’s trip to El Dorado and Smackover to compare testing gear ends with a warning that his own car failed in Smackover, signaling potential issues with the system. The piece also discusses Smedley Butler calling for banning overseas service, and the wider implications of white markets in Asia for American industry and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Hope
Smackover
Alderman
el Dorado
Neutrality Act At Core Of U S War Policy
Preston Groves argues the United States maneuvers around the China war while dodging any public admission of war. He contends Secretary Hull abhors direct clash and uses neutrality as a shield, delaying decisive action despite real hostilities and a potential shift toward suspension of trade rather than declaring war.
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Preston Groves
Washington
United States
Spain
Hull
League of Nations
World Court
Itaily
Ethiopia
China
Japan
Ellius
Heavy August Rain Totals 3.83 Inches As Southwest Arkansas Stays Wet
Rainfall in August reaches 3.83 inches in southwest Arkansas with 1.68 inches recorded in less than 24 hours from August 24 to 25. A severe lightning display accompanied the storm and wind damage was reported at Luck's Tourist Camp. Cottongrowing remains unaffected for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station
Luck
Don't Rush Into Wrong Sorority
A feature on prudent sorority rushing advice for freshmen, urging sociable talk, appropriate fall attire, and careful conduct during rush week. It lists three rush event types, dress guidance, and essential don'ts to avoid breaking rules or damaging prospects.
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Joan Duriam
Esther Jacobs
Chicago
Rush
Clerist
Alpha
Kappa Alpha Theta
DePauw University
Clothus
Barkley Opens Policy Debate on the New Deal's Future
Senator Alben W Barkley of Kentucky opens a three on three discussion with three pro and three anti administration leaders. He defends the New Deal and predicts its continued progress while arguing opponents overstated last session's failures. The piece notes the need for liberal constitutional interpretation and mentions continued effort to remove constitutional obstructions to New Deal goals.
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Barkley
New Deal
Congress
America
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Pat Harrison
Hississippi
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
TE Supplier Vb
Jonesboro Beauty Queen Patty Haden Killed in Auto Crash
Miss Patty Sue Haden 17, Miss Jonesboro, Arkansas beauty queen, died in a Memphis hospital from injuries after a car overturned near Gilmore, while en route to a fraternity dance. Her father and mother, of Jonesboro, survived with five injured companions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Patty Sue Haden
Arkansas
Miss Haden
Haden
Jonesboro
Ark
Gilmore
Joesboro
Who Threw That the British Ask Who Threw That
Four British destroyers raced along the eastern Spanish coast to locate a submarine that fired a torpedo at the destroyer M Tavau. Additional British ships scanned the area between the Atlantic and English Channel as they pursued the elusive submarine.
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Gibraltar
Mtavau
Cider
Rosston to Open New School Year Sept 20
Rosston will begin the new school year on September 20, announced this week. The Rosston faculty includes Principal Charles Paylovy and teachers Miss Myrtle Atkinson, Miss Gladys Flaynes, and Miss Hudgerts, among others.
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Rosston
Rasston
Wednes
Charles ‘Paylovy Svode
Myrtle Atkinson
Gladys Flaynes
Hudgerts
Magnola A M enrolls Melvin Middlebrooks for new semester
Melvin Middlebrooks enrolls at Magnolia A. M. for the new semester after departing Patuis where he built a reputation as a champion grower. The move marks a fresh start in Magnolia where he plans to pursue studies and advance his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Migelebrooks
Seta
O. de Middletrooks
Patuis
Chaumpion
Puesday
Magnolia A
Mo Veflee
Police Stop Driver and Inaugurate Him Mayor for Day
In Traverse City Michigan L A Whipple of Pawlicket Rhode Island was halted for license checks. Instead of a ticket two patrolmen presented him with an engraved scroll naming him mayor of Traverse City for the day.
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Traverse City
Mich
L. A. Whipple
Pawlicket
R. 1
Whipple
Grand Travers Bay
Rhode Island
Pojive
Life Begins at 40 for This Farm Mule in Ohio
Maurhead of western Ohio reports his mule Old Bessie is 41 years old and still performing farm work. He notes coal and coke production in the United States declined about 30 percent from 1920 to 1935.
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Ohio
Pindeay
Thadt Maurhead
Sumer
Fimllay
Ula
Bessie
United States
A Thought on Matrimony From W Coiliis
A brief reflective line noting husbands and wives discussing cures of matrimony and bachelors with spinsters. W Coiliis.
Chicago Delays School Openings Amid Paralysis Plague
Chicago health officials postponed the reopening of schools for 619000 children as infantile paralysis cases surged, citing 109 cases last month and a peak in the disease. Ontario meanwhile prepared for 2200 more cases by mid September as hospitals expanded capacity.
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Chicago—(P
Chicago
Board of Health
Canada
Toronto
Ontario
J. A. Faulkner
Night Club Closed After Fatal Fray in Texarkana
Circuit Judge Dexter Bush ordered the Three States Night Club padlocked after a Saturday gun battle left one man dead and two injured in Miller County Arkansas. Donald McKinney, 30, of Rodessa Louisiana, was killed. A hearing set for September 13 will decide if the injunction becomes permanent. Met Larey of Fouke is recovering from a gunshot wound. Virginia Hester, a student in Texarkana, was also wounded. Police note a torch was used to threaten the club and a fire followed.
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Texarkana
Dexter Bush
Three States
Ned Stewart
Miller County
Donald McKinney
Rodessa
Arkansas
Larey
McKinney
Virginia
Billie) Hester
Ellington Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
Texas
Miss Hester
Texarkan
Fraseralon Stewart
Brewsters Return From Montreat Visit
The Rev. Thomas Brewster and Mrs. Brewster will return from Montreat North Carolina later this week and resume services Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. A mailed card from Pensacola Florida confirms they are en route home. A note claims the Bible now translated into 992 languages and dialects.
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Thomas Brewster
Brewster
Montreat
N. C
First Presbyterian Church
Brewsters
Pensacola
Fla
Cotton prices move as New Orleans opens and closes
Cotton prices in New Orleans opened Wednesday at 9.00 cents and closed at 9.09 cents. Spot cotton held steady, trading 11 points higher, with middling grade at 9.10 cents.
10 Million Limit in Bankhead Bill
Jasper Alabama reports Senator John Bankhead announced a proposed compulsory cotton control bill for the 1938 crop to cap production at 10 million bales. He said the measure would keep the average crop within limits to meet annual consumption and an estimated 4 million bale carry-over for emergencies and foreign needs.
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Jasper
John Bankhead
Congress
Treasury Deficit Seen Rising Despite Revenue Rise
Treasury data show a deficit of 357.929 million dollars for the first two months of the current fiscal year, up 31 million from the same period last year, as August shows a smaller shortfall than 1936. Officials expect full-year deficit to stay below Roosevelt's forecast, aided by economy drives and repayments, despite a 21 percent jump in ordinary spending in July and August and a national debt at 37.041 billion. A Connecticut power project dammed a valley to form Candlewood Lake, 17 miles long with 97 miles of shoreline.
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Washington
Treasury
Ourgo
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Connecticut Power Company
Candlewood Lake
Mind Your Manners: Social Etiquette Quiz and Answers
A vintage etiquette quiz asks how to spark a bride’s linen, whether a divorced partner affects wedding splendor, if wedding announcements with broken engagements can print, whether five clergymen can perform a ceremony, and how non Catholics should stand during a Mass. It also offers seating guidance for engaged guests and answers: maiden initials, simple weddings, engraving timing, common practice, and courteous seating.
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NEA Service, Inc
Present Patrol Is Enough F D Finds Shanghai Burning
Summer White House officials said the United States would rely on existing Far East naval vessels to evacuate Americans in danger zones. President Roosevelt and Admiral Leahy discussed the Sino Japanese crisis. Japan opened a large offensive, bombarding Shanghai positions as 21 Japanese destroyers shelled the Cha pei and Kinagwan sectors. Chinese forces fought bravely surrounding Woosung while American and British naval commanders weighed routes to sea for refugees.
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Hyde Park
White House
United States
Far East
Roosevelt
William Leahy
Roosevelt Home
Japan
Shanghai
China
Soochow Creek
International Settlement
Chapei
Kinagwan
Glass Post Taken by New Forester in Unit 9
George A. Lary of the Arkansas State Forestry Commission announces that Russell S. Stadelman has arrived to assume district forester duties in Unit 9, replacing John F. Glass who is on leave to study at LSU. Unit 9 covers 7,000 timber acres and 5,900 cultivated acres opened for protection in 1935.
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Magnolia
Ark
George A. Lary
Arkansas State Forestry Commission
Russell S. Stadelman
Stadelman
John F. Glass
School of Forestry
Louisiana State University
Glass
Michigan State College
Lansing
Ichigan
Fay
Quaehua National Forest
Mount Ida
South Arkasas
Lary
Rest Cure Prescribed for Sleeping Horses
FORE COLLINS Colo Dr W J Butler state veterinarian prescribes rest cure for horses with sleeping sickness an epidemic sweeps western states this year the method involves keeping the animal undisturbed in a dark stable and covering its skin with gunny sacks to drive away flies.
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Fore Collins
Colo
W. J. Butler
Dr. Butler
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Smedley Butler
Butter
Conyvention
United State
Orient
Asia
Butler
U.S. A
Fort Wayne
Ind
National Twins Association
Homer Klopfenstein
Howard
Graysville
Alta
Alva Dank
Eldridge
Rita Marie
Dolores Renee Hettler
New Hampton
Harriet Canby
North Judson
Henrietta Billings
Los Angeles
Calif
Jerry
Lester
Larry Lynn Wolf
Months
Frayne
Daun Sur
Ameria
Peet
Melvin Middlebrooks
Magnola
A. M
Province of
Alabama
F.D
Buffalo
N. J
American Veterans of Foreign Wars
Germany
New Forester
Russell C. Stadelman
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