Gentry Proposes City Pool and Sewer Upgrades
Municipal Judge U A Gentry outlined plans to extend water and sewer service to all Hope homes and add a municipal pool at Fair Park with Dyke Springs water. He suggested funding via Reconstruction Finance Corporation bonds and promoted the idea to civic clubs while Kiwanis hosted a wives night picnic at Fair Park.
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U. A
Gentry
Dyke Springs
Fair Park
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hope
Kiwanis Club
John Cox
R. V. Herndon
W. C. Johnson
Tte Rosston Road
A. J. Neighbors
Dewey Hendrix
A. E. Stonquest
Ira Halliburton
Sid Bundy
Parks Fisher
Cotton Gains 80. Per Base Saturday
Wall Street expected a turn for the better after Labor Day as stock prices rose on Saturday with gains in cotton and wheat. Cotton rose 80 cents per bale to 8.83 for October futures, after opening at 8.92.
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New York
Wall Street
United States Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
Stump Speakers Announced for Roosevelt Garner Campaign
A list from the Democratic national headquarters names star orators for the Roosevelt Garner campaign. The order includes former cabinet members Josephus Daniels Newton Baker Carter Glass and Tumulty along with Breckinridge Long Gov. Ely Jimmy Roosevelt Gene Tunney James Reed Harry Moore John W. Davis Cox Loring Black James Curley William Granville Albert C. Ritchie Claude Bowers David Walsh and others slated to campaign across the East Midwest and West in September and October.
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New York
Roosevelt Garner
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Robert Jackson
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Newton D. Baker
Dark Horse
Chicago
Cleveland
East
Carter Glass
the Treasury
Maryland
West Virginia
West
Josephus Tumulty
Wilson
Breckinridge Long
Washington
Josephus B. Ely
Massachusetts
al Smith
Lewistown
Jimmy’ Roosevelt
Maine
Gene Tunney
Roosevelt
Bridegport
James A. Reed
Missouri
Harry Moore
New Jersey
New England
North Atlantic Seaboard
John W. Davis
James M. Cox
Loring M. Black
James M. Curley
Boston
South Bend
Ind
Wisconsin
William J. Granville
Albert C. Ritchie
Carideo Maps Out Gridiron Program
Frank Carideo begins a three point plan at Missouri stressing smart football and Notre Dame methods. He inherits fourteen lettermen, including Stuber Gill and Johanningmeier, as he seeks a strong nine game schedule starting against Northwestern and works to unite alumni students and townspeople behind the Tigers.
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Columbia
Notre Dame
Frank Carideo
Gwinn Henry
Missouri
Tigers
Northwestern
Carl Johanningmeier
Percy Gill
Geo. Stuber
Stuber
Gill
Johanningmeier
Kenneth Kerby
Carideo
Rockne
Noble Kizer
Purdue
Henry
Political figures set to speak in the South and West after October 1
John F. Fitzgerald former Boston mayor and Representative Mary T Norton of New Jersey who backed Smith in Chicago will be among many Southern senators and representatives who enter the oratorical fray after October 1 to speak in the South and West. Senator Thomas F Walsh of Montana is also noted among those entering the fray.
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Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Smith
Chicago
Thomas F. Walsh
Mon
McAdoo Faces Tubbs In California Senate Fight
William G. McAdoo, 69, former secretary of the treasury, seeks the Senate seat as California voters choose between his long dry record and Tallant Tubbs a 34 year old Republican former state legislator and war pilot. Tubbs campaigns as repealist while McAdoo has not declared on prohibition.
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San Francisco
California
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Tallant Tubbs
MccAdoo
Tubbs
Senate
Samuel Shortridge
McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Shortridge
Yale
Olivia Pillsbury Gibson
Army
Aviation Corps
Tibbs
al Smith
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
Roosevelt
Garner
Ellen
Doolittle Sets New World Speed Mark at National Air Races
Major James H. Doolittle rockets to 301.105 mph over a three kilometer course in Cleveland as optimism grows among U S speed pilots that the landplane world record will fall before the races end. He cites wind influence and plans another attempt with a tuned propeller. Fellow flyers Jimmie Haizlip James R. Wedell and Capt Roscoe Turner also target high speeds and possible records.
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Cleveland
Jean Assolant
France
Lee Gehlbach
Los Angeles
Edith Foltz
Portland
Oregon
James H. Doolittle
Bonnet
Doolittle
America
Jimmie Haizlip
James R. Wedell
Roscoe Turner
The Worm Turns as Florist Outsmarts Bandit
Isaac Alhaceff, a Los Angeles florist, thwarted a robbery by chasing the bandit after he stole $20. He recovered his money from the thief and kept a few extra coins. The bandit pleaded and received a dime for carfare.
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Los Angeles
Isaac Alhaceff
Isaac
That Bad Tidwell Boy Visits Here
Carroll Tidwell known as That Bad Tidwell Boy arrived in Hope after visiting NYC with brother Clyde Tidwell publicity director at Columbia University. He recalls school days, travels in Europe and Australia, hunted in Africa, and now works with South Africa Commercial Bank before heading to California then back to Africa.
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C. J. Tidwell
Old Hope
Carroll
Dave Finley
Roy Anderson
Ira Halliburton
Hope Schools
Europe
Australia
South America
South Africa
South Africa Commercial Bank
New York
California
Africa
Twelve Missing As Rio Grande Flood Hits Eagle Pass
The Rio Grande crest caused major property damage in Eagle Pass Texas. Twelve people are missing though believed separated from families amid the flood as the river overflowed its banks and flooded nearby areas.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio Grande
Woman causes chaos after hospital transfer in Jacksonville
A young woman was moved from the county hospital to juvenile detention when she hurled a chair through a window and attempted escape. After being placed in the city jail she turned on a water spigot flooding the cell, then tore the shirt from Jailer Jim Copeland during pursuit. She was held for a sanity examination.
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Jacksonville
Texas Senate weighs probe into Democratic run-off vote
A Texas senate committee considers a resolution to investigate last Saturday's Democratic gubernatorial run-off after Governor Sterling charged widespread illegal ballots. Unofficial totals show Mrs Miriam Ferguson leading Sterling by about 2400 votes with Ferguson's husband James claiming a victory.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Senate
R. S. Sterling
Texas Election Bureau
Sterling
Miriam
Ma) Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Walter Woodward
Senate
North Texas
Woodward
Archie Parr
Humble
Texas
Humble Oil Company
East Texas
Sunflower Reaches Sixteen Feet, Bears Thirty Six Bloomes
A sunflower grown by W. W. Sproule in Knoxville Tennessee has grown to sixteen feet in height and bears thirty six blooms in the backyard.
Low proposes noiseless engine to end noisy cars
London scientist Prof A M Low claims to have invented an engine that eliminates motor noise and gear shifting. The design uses only two gears with one reserved for emergency use, promising a quieter future for transportation.
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London
A. M. Low
Mexico Crisis Deepens as Ortiz Rubio Resigns Cabinet
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio submitted his resignation to Congress amid a brewing political crisis. Cabinet members quit after he sought a leave for medical treatment in the United States, with General Abelardo Rodriguez named as a likely provisional successor.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Congress
Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Abelardo Rodriguez
Rochester
Minn
United States
Ministry of Interior
Plutarco Elias Calles
National Revolutionary Party
Ortiz Rubio
Melon Crop Proves a Real Money Maker This Year
Ten giant watermelons on display at Monts Seed Store include a 151 pounder, crowning the year’s champion. Grower M. E. Tate of near Washington says he averaged 3.50 per melon and earned 175 from one acre with 50 melons, and plans to sell more before season’s end.
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M. E. Tate
Washington
Monts
Near
Tate
Mr. Tate
New Zealand Tax Installment Plan Authorized for Property Owners
An act allows New Zealand property owners to pay U S taxes in installments and earn interest credits for early prepayments. Previously taxes could only be paid in a lump sum.
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Aukland
U. S
New Zealand
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