Silent One and the Bank Robber in a Texas Cafe
An offbeat scene shows a Texas sheriff returning with a bank robber in a wire cage inside a small sedan at a downtown Hope cafe. Roy Anderson questions the sheriff, delivering a volley of curiously blunt exchanges about names and locations. The piece then shifts to national politics, noting governors backing Roosevelt’s potential third term and criticizing their motives as self-serving machine politics.
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Texas
Hope Cafe
Roy Anderson
Roy
Calvin Coolidge
Southern governors back Roosevelt third term in race
In New Orleans three Dixie governors express support for President Roosevelt's third term, naming Leche of Louisiana Allred of Texas and Chandler of Kentucky as for him. White Rivers and Browning declined comment while Graves of Alabama sails Monday. Weather note adds that fog poses danger to pilots.
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Texas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Urey
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
James V. Allred
Happy
Chandler
White
Mississippi
Rivers
Georgia
Browning
Tennessee
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Allred
Alfred
Fragmented Thought on Right and Expediency
A garbled snippet questions the role of right over expediency and sacrifice. It hints at a letter or opinion about moral choices, but the text is largely unreadable and lacks clear facts, names, or events to anchor the summary.
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers Remain Unchanged
A fragmented etiquette quiz asks about toasts, buffet timing, and guest behavior. Expected responses cover toasts, late-night meals, and polite refusals, with guidance suggesting parties may run to midnight and invitations may be declined or accepted with caution.
Miller Attacks Gov Bailey at Pocahontas Speech
Congressman John B. Miller of Searcy spoke at the dedication of Pocahontas' new post office. He urged citizens to choose representatives without dictation, and spoke against dictators while defending voters' rights to participation free from intimidation and coercion.
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Pocahontas
Ark
John B. Miller
Searcy
United States
Senate
T. Robinson
Pucshondas
Bailey
Miller
City Boy Scouts to Direct Traffic on Tuesday
Hope Boy Scouts of Troop 58 will take charge of city traffic Tuesday at 7 p m with about 20 scouts on duty. They will direct traffic and make arrests for violations, but aim to issue small fines as warnings and caution to motorists. Scoutmaster A W Stubbeman said the event is a yearly training exercise.
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Hope
Boy Scouts
Ram
A. W. Stubbeman
Scouttmaster
Ciel
Government move to cut cotton price eyed by senator
In Jasper Alabama a senator accused the U S government of seeking to depress cotton prices. He urged farmers to store cotton in holding and claimed the policy aimed to ease exports and raise prices, while government agents argued the aims were to stabilize the market.
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Jasper
Ala
Bankli
Ree
Eublua
British Freighter Captured by Insurgents off Italian Coast
PAIMA Mullacen Ita q the British stern Barbiidun was captured off Balerino Italy Manulay by a Spanish Tatont cruiser. She was brought to this insurgent naval base and her cargo of Tussin ti confiscaturl.
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PAIMA
Barbiidun
Balerino
Italy
Manulay
Box Seats Selling Fast for Hope High Opening Game
Hope High School fans rush to reserve West side grid boxes for opening night against Horatio. Coach Foy Hammons reports most boxes sold by noon, with 10 of 22 remaining. Season tickets go on sale Tuesday at three downtown shops. adult season pass priced at 3.50, per-game general admission 0.69, student rates 0.50 season or 0.25 per game. The 12 game schedule includes a planned Thanksgiving game and a two year contract with Blytheville High School.
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Hope High School
Foy Hammons
Hope Confectionery
Tuady
Horatio
Hope Consdecioner
Jacks
Webb
Bobcats
Hammons
Hope
Capdenel
Blytheville High School
Blytheville
Byrd High School
Shreveport
Louisvang
Horatia
Benton
Byrd High
Smackover
DeQueen
Jonesboro
Four Children Die in Fire at California Farm Home
A family house fire in LOMVOC California claimed the lives of four children age 17, 14, 14, and 11. Their mother Mrs Mary Tosti suffered critical burns while escaping with two others saved. The fire occurred Sunday night and investigators work to determine a cause.
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Lomvoc
Calif
Mary Tosti
Elsie
Helen
Arthur
Bobcat Week Contest Opens Football Season Window Display
Hope Star launches Bobcat Week with a $1 prize and photo for the best football season window. Merchants display ready for Monday night tour as the contest runs to Thursday night with seven judges selecting the winner, announced Friday. Originality 60 percent and merchandising display 40 percent.
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Hope
Bobcat
Horatio Hero Bribie
Hope Star
Narrow Escape for Telegraph Boy in Gas Explosion
Hanson Miller a North Hamilton Street resident narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon after gas from a leaking pipe exploded when he struck a match to light a cigarette for companion Herby Watts near the J. P. Brundidg e home East Second Street. Watts was uninjured. Miller suffered facial and arm burns as fire crews from Hope Fire Department contained the blaze. A gas-pipe crew was working nearby at the time. Miller, formerly a Hope Star carrier, returned to Postal Telegraph delivery duties Monday.
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Hanson Miller
Hi. A. Miller
Hamilton Street
J. P. Brundidyge
East Second Street
Miller
Herby Watts
Watts
Hope Fire Department
Hope Star
Searcy Man Dies of Auto Injuries
Monticello Ark Herman Kelley 30 of Searcy employed by Arlonius Power Light Co died Monday from injuries from a Saturday auto crash.
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Searcy
Monticello, Ark
Herman Kelley
Arlonius Power & Light Co
Chinese Lines Sag But Heaviest Jap Thrust Is Failure
SHANGHAI China Japanese forces made little progress in a fierce offensive along a 100 square mile front. Chinese lines held though strained and counterattacked in the Lotein area north of Shanghai, with Chinese claims of over 1000 Japanese casualties. A Chinese customs cruiser near Hongkong was sunk by a Japanese naval action, while British ship Taishan was forced to turn back as Japanese shells were fired nearby. Foreign observers credited a German military mission with aiding China, advising on strategy while avoiding front-line combat.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Avenue Edward Vie
Tibet Road
China
Japan
Lotein
Hongkong
Hong Kong
Taishan
Monday
Nanking
Baron Alexander von Falkenhausen
Germany
Prescott Schools to Open Sept 13 1937
Prescott district will begin the 1937 34 term on Monday September 13. Superintendent Charles A Robison outlines registration for high school students by grade at the Junior High building on September 9 11 and 12 with a general faculty meeting September 11 at 2 o clock. The United States has 14 Roman Catholic archbishops 7 bishops and 3648 priests.
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Prescott
Charles A. Robison
Robison
Soepho
Iores
Lth
United States
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F. D. RB
Lia’ Gan
Gov. Bailey
Bankhead
California
Na N Peroritree
Famou World
Avenir
Aix Vaders
White County
Hanghai
League of Nations
Foreign Office
Supt
Chas. A. Robison
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