Spirit of reform beyond old channels reshapes America
Bruce Carte discusses a rising national spirit challenging traditional capitalism and urging reform without despotism. He questions whether fascism or communism are the only paths, arguing for a solution to industrialism’s problems that preserves liberty. He cites rail safety and U S policy in Latin America as context for prudent action versus meddling.
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America
Europe
Russia
Italy
Germany
Lenin
Mussolini
Travelers Play Storks Here Next Tuesday Evening
The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association arrive in Hope for a Tuesday game with the Storks, their first visit since 1920. Barnstorming tour through the South, managers push for a half holiday to view the exhibition. The Travelers list Sturdy as manager with a first string lineup and several Southern League players. The Storks roster includes Sparks Pate Schooley Whitten Cook and others with relief pitchers ready if Pate struggles. The game is slated to start at 3 o clock.
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Little Rock Travelers
Hope
Btorks
Guy Sturdy
Texas
Mexico City
Manger Lloyd Coop
Rulf Boyett
Sturdy
Fis
Dashiell
Akers
Tapon
Gerken
Brown
Styles
Willoughby
Nugent
Sharpe
Wrabel
Touchtone
Stork
Sparks
Pate
C. Schooley
Whitten
W. Cook
Crawford
Coop
DeHama
Cargile
J. Cook
Harper
McClendon
Womble
Arkansas Labor Ends Its Meeting
Arkansas State Federation of Labor delegates concluded their three day convention in Fort Smith electing Elmer Grant of Little Rock to a new term as president. Jim Haines of Paris and Carl Schweighert of Little Rock were named as new officers joining Victor Wool Fort Smith and others in senior roles. All terms run two years.
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Fort Smith
Arknsas
Little Jock
Thackrey
Believe Delight Youth to Recover from Gunshot Wound
Roy Simpson a 20 year old Delight youth was shot by Sheriff Clarence Dildy on the outskirts of Nashville after refusing to halt. He was brought to Josephine hospital and physicians expressed cautious optimism about recovery as of Thursday. The sheriff fired after believing he had been reaching for a pistol. the bullet pierced his left lung then exited the back shoulder.
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Roy Simpson
Delight
Clarence Dildy
Nashville
Josephine Hospital
Simpson
Howard Colunty
Sixteen Men Shot Down as Miners Declare Holiday
Uniontown PA went to a mining holiday when rioting erupted at Gates Edenborn and Fonstedale mines of the Frick Coke Co. Sixteen shot and many beaten as pickets faced armed deputies. Casualties include Mike Culwright’s severed arm and multiple others with broken bones and head injuries amid tear gas and rock-throwing. Federal agents dispatched to assist state authorities.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Gates
Edenborn
Fonstedale
H.C. Frick Coke Company
Gate
Louis Kramer
Mike Culwright
Kramer
Cutwright
Steve Hrosky
Steve Ondosh
George Ely
Anton Maura
Walter Ordovsky
Paul Popson
Mason Roberts
George Hroska
Joe Goletz
Mike Budman
James Shannon
Joe Gromer
George Eg
Vincent Stunga
John Garrow
Mike Savage
Edenbosn
John Cochran
Fontedale
Thomas Vidovich
John Brumsik
Ed Rusky
Mike Donovan
Vidovich
Imuine
An¢L
Frick Company
Wark
October Cotton Gains $1 Per Bale Thursday
New York October cotton rose another dollar to close at 9.37 per bale, up 20 points from 9.17. This marked the second straight day the staple gained one dollar per bale.
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New York
Escape attempt ends in capture at state prison
Helen Spence Eaton, 22, serving a second murder sentence at the state farm for women in Jacksonville, was captured after bloodhounds halted her late Wednesday night escape bid. Eaton, jailed since age 18 for the killing of Jack Worls during a court session, had prior parole and later confessed to murdering Jim Robots, a DeWitt restaurant proprietor, for whom she had worked before the Worls case.
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Jacksonville
Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
White River
State Farm
Jack Worls
al Dewitt
Worls
Jim Robots
DeWitt
Seven States Move Toward Repeal of Prohibition
Maryland Minnesota and Colorado joined the repeal drive on Tuesday, pushing the nation toward a three quarter requirement for amending the Constitution. Early returns show Maryland voting to abolish the eighteenth amendment, with Colorado and Minnesota close behind, as repeal forces gain momentum nationwide. Prohibitionists vow to keep fighting, following Maine becoming the first state to vote dry.
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Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
Maine
Jaliion
Provisions Payouts Prompt Hempstead Farmers’ Delayed Checks
Emergency Agriculturist Frank Stanley announced ten checks totaling a sizable sum for local cotton reduction plan farmers. Checks have sat at city hall for over two weeks awaiting call, with a 15 day deadline to avoid mailing back to Washington. Named recipients include Spears Henderson Turner Leach Collina Modgers Aubrey Brazille Moses Rinchaer.
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Hempstead
Frank Stanley
City Hall
Slantey
Washington
Stanley
William ¥. Spears
Carl Henderson
Robert Turner
Nellie B. Leach
G. A. Collina
R. I. Modgers
Jin Aubrey
Terry Appears Sure Place in 2nd Vote
Pulaski County legislator DB Terry trails Brooks Hays in the first primary for the Fifth District congressional nomination. Terry leads Sam Rorex by about 124 votes for second place in the runoff to be held September 26, as results from several precincts remain unreported and may be settled by a few ballots.
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Little Rock
D. Terry
Pulaski County
Brooks Hays
Hays
Terry
Sam Rorex
State Tax Commission
Annual Singing at Antioch Near Emmet
An annual singing will be held at Antioch three miles east of Emmet next Sunday September 17. The entire day will be spent in song service with a picnic lunch at noon. The public is invited and singers are urged to attend.
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Antioch
Emmet
Saratoga Woman Injures Hip in Fall From Horse
Mrs. Joe Bland of Saratoga fractures her hip after falling from a horse at home. She is hospitalized in Texarkana. Mrs. Tulley Henry of this city is at her bedside helping care for her mother.
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Saratoga
Joe Bland
Tulley Henry
Texarkana
Henry
Cotton Pickers Strike Leads to 20 Jailed in Dardanelle
In Dardanelle Arkansas a strike by cotton pickers prompted 49 indictments and 20 leaders jailed under guard. Bonds set at 500 dollars each, many could not make them. A march of 200 plus white and Black pickers preceded arrests as officers accuse leaders of threatening violence to quit work.
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Dardanelle, Ark
Dardanelle
Yell County
Grand Jury
Offficers
W. M. Waller
Mrs. Dora Thornton Harrell Buried Thursday
Funeral and burial services for Mrs. Dora Thornton Harrell of Prescott, who died at her son’s home from pneumonia, were held Thursday at First Christian Church. She was born May 3 1862 in High Point North Carolina and moved with her parents after the Civil War to Indiana. She married P B Harrell in 1881, moved to Prescott in 1885, and helped found the DeAnn Cemetery association serving as first vice president in 1906. Surviving are sons Charles J Harrell of Hope and Hubert C Harrell of Memphis. four children total with two infant deaths. Pallbearers named Jim Bush Emer Tippett Jim Cole Bryan Moody Dale Denman A M Westmoreland. honorary pallbearers listed.
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Dora Thornton Harrell
Charles T. Harrell
First Christian Church
Prescott
R. A. Highsmith
Harrel
High Point
N.C
S. C. Thornton
Indiana
R. L. Blakely
T. G. Moorty
W. A. Newth
J. M. Stripling
E. M. Sharp
A. M. Denman
States Textbook Compassion Re-Adopts English History Volumes
In Little Rock Arkansas the States Textbook Compassion re adopted for six years the English and United States history texts used since 1927. Six votes supported the move, Governor Futrell abstained saying he did not know how to vote and planned to review before signing but saw no reason not to. The contracts promise retail price savings of 15 to 20 percent for the seven year term, with reduced prices in effect this year.
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Little Rock
Compassion
United States
Arkansas
Futrell
Three Louisiana Prison Convicts Slain By Guards
In Louisiana a prison farm escape sparked a four day battle as guards killed three convicts in a cotton field near Marksville. The manhunt stretched toward Hornbeck and Many, Louisiana, with two more escapees shot dead by officers and others recaptured or at large.
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Louisiana
Marksville
Texas
Liberty
Charles Frazier
Frazier
Sunde
Jim Yarrell
Southwest
Here
James R. Russell
Angola
Marian Russell
New Orleans
Russell
Hunt B. Watson
Hornbeck
Patrick J. Ryan
Orleans
John Anderson
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Senate Finance Committee
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