Mr Sawyer Seeks Identity In Amnesia Tale
Washington report follows a man found in Norfolk in 1938 with amnesia after a severe beating. He used the name Sawyer to avoid detection and faces jail and social security hurdles as authorities seek his true identity. He cannot join the armed forces without a real name or birth details, and remains in limbo with police.
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Washington
Tonence
Sawyer
Dail
Norfolk
District of Columbia
Army
Navy
Detective Bureau of
The
District of Columbian Police Department
Mr. Sawyer
Ellen Reports Erosion Work Progress in SCS Camps Area
R C Ellen announces progress in erosion control across Hempstead and Nevada counties. More than 195 farms covering 35905 acres operate under a coordinated water conservation plan. Contour tillage and strip crops protect 3900 acres with 31 miles of terraces and 35000 yards of outlet chutes. More than 451000 trees planted and 10000 acres devoted to woodland protection.
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Soil Conservation Service
Hempstead
Nevada
Ellen
Alion
Acmp
Ben
SCS CCC
Butler Leases Magnolia Service Station
Dec Butler of Hope has leased Magnolia Station at Third and Laurel Streets and assumed management. He will offer a full line of Magnolia products and a complete line of automobile necessaries. He invites the public to visit.
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Dow" Butler of Hope
Magoolia
Third
Laurel Streets
Magnolia
Police Withdraw From Kidnap Case
Federal and state forces pulled out of the search for Mrs Meeks abducted in Yuba City California two men wearing rough clothes reportedly kidnapped the 15 year old wife of orchardist W R Meeks demanding a $19000 ransom.
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Calit
Stle
W. R. Meeks
Frank Merriman
N. J. L. Piper
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco
PBI
G" New
Meeks
Divided American Labor Faces a Critical 12 Months Ahead
A 1938 NEA Service roundup by Willis Thornton analyzes the rift between the AFL and CIO, labor's wage and dues woes amid unemployment, by contrast with rising organizing drives, political battles over the Wagner Act, and potential cross-border links with Mexican unions as Labor Day nears their critical juncture.
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Willis Thornton
NEA Service
Labor Day
March of
Labor Organization
A. F
Organized Labor
ALF
le Ys. Clo
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Labor Movement
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Neely Surrenders After Man Is Shot at His Home
H F Neely a 46 year old Shreveport oil man surrendered to police at 4 30 pm Saturday after Jack Dean 25 was shot to death at the Neely house. Coroner Willis P Butler began an investigation.
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Shreveport
H. F. Neely
Jack Dean
Neely
Dean
Br. Willis P. Butler
Cranium Cracker stores roof garden with limited elevator
A large department store has a one story building with mezzanine and a roof garden. An elevator runs from the first sub basement to the roof, stopping at every other floor upward and at every floor downward, except it does not stop at the mezzanine on the way down. Passengers traveling both up and down would be stopped at the first floor.
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Chaselfied Page
Cotton market opens and closes in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton markets opened Saturday at 8.29 and closed at 6.20. Spot cotton finished 10 points below middling at 8.15.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
Crisfield Mayor Says No Welcome For Roosevelt Visit
Crisfield Maryland Republican Mayor William E Ward announced there will be no official reception or town decorations for President Franklin D Roosevelt during his Monday stop on a campaign swing for Democrat David J Lewis. Ward stressed Roosevelt comes as a politician, not as the president, and urged residents not to decorate at public expense.
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Crisfield
William E. Ward
Roosevelt
David J. Lewis
Hey
United States
Tse Town
Roosevelt backs liberal Republicans in New Deal push
President Roosevelt signaled support for liberal Republicans in their primaries as part of New Deal strategy to curb conservatives in Congress. He said the country’s good outweighs party, but observers doubt he will intervene in Republican primaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hingelf
Hope Trial Nears End Says Attys In Courthouse Vote Case
Attorneys predicted the Hope courthouse election contest would close within a week. Hearings at city hall focused on cross examination about poll tax qualifications for voters and those close to them. Testimony covered payments to sway black voters and irregular vote listings with about 569 of 2400 votes still under dispute. Court adjourned until Tuesday morning.
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Hope High
Queen
Clarksville
Mary Ann Lile
Jenney Sue Moore
Nancy Fay Williams
Marion Smith
Mary Catherine Bruner
Millen
Young Business Men’s Assocetation
Hope
Hope Auto Company
Young Business Men's Association
First Baptist Church
Hope Boys
Baptist Church
S Hope
George Steete
Washington
Atorneys
Jimmy Starr
Union
Starr
Austin
Steele
Dexter Bush
T Hese
J. R. Williams
Ray Cumbie
Williams Lumber Company
Reed Routon Company
Lyabelle Onstead
Dewey Hendrix
Hope Attorneys
Imaiden
Curtailed Mail Schedule Announced for Labor Day
Postmaster Robert Wilson announced a curtailed mail schedule for Monday Labor Day. General delivery and stamp windows operate 9 to 11 am, money order window closed all day, one morning delivery, no delivery on rural routes. Outgoing mail dispatched as usual, incoming mail placed in boxes. All offices except the county agent’s at Hope City Hall stay closed.
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Robert Wilson
Hope City Hall
Bendix Prize Race Begins With 10 Planes Off
Burbank California launching the Bendix trophy race toward Cleveland and Bendix New Jersey for 90000 dollars in cash prizes. Seventeen planes start but two are out.
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Bendix
Burbank
Calif
Cleveland
N. J
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