Japanese Chinese clash threatens break in relations
Tokyo forces seize Mukden and land at Tsingtao amid Manchuria crisis. Japan claims South Manchuria railway sabotage. China denies it. Four towns occupied plus Mukden. Foreign Minister Wang alerts Tokyo to halt hostilities and pull back troops.
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China
Japan
Manchuria
Mukden
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
South Manchuria
Chineze
Washington
State Department
Nanking
Wang
Tokyo
Reward Offered In Sheriff Nason Death
MEMPHIS amid reports of a $2,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of Grenada County Sheriff Fred Nason. Authorities probe whether suicide or homicide occurred as relatives seek answers after Nason was found shot in a Memphis hotel. Mississippi Governor Bilbo and local groups contribute to the growing reward pool.
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Memphis
Fred &, Nason
Grenada County
Miss
Mississippi
Nason
Reltives
Mary Nason
Grenada
Theodore Bilbo
Grenada American Legion Post
Alabama Banker Sentenced To Pen
Montgomery Alabama Allen W Northington former president of the American Cotton Co Operative Association pleaded guilty on arraignment to charges of misapplication of funds and false entry related to the future of the First National Bank of Prattville Alabama of which he was president and was sentenced to four years in the Atlanta Peden penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Allen W. Northington
American Cotton Co-Operative Association
First National Bank of
Prattville
Alabama
Atlana Peden Penitentiay
Opening of Southwest Arkansas Fair Promises Big Week
The fair opens Monday September 21 with a formal program and grandstand free acts. Midway attractions include seven modern rides and fifteen shows by a leading American company. A grand fireworks display, handled by top experts from a major US manufacturer, is planned for the opening night to attract visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indicationa
América
United States
Watermelon Jubilee Day Highlighted At Fair
Tuesday September 22 is Watermelon Jubilee Day at the fair with a Watermelon Feast serving iced fruit, a Watermelon Show of mammoth melons, coronation ceremonies crowning Miss Dorothy Keith of Stamps as queen, maids of honor, free grand stand acts, afternoon and night races, and a grand fireworks display.
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Turaday
Dorothy Keith
Stamps
Wilma
Arkansas
Two Escape From Linden Texas Jail
Linden Texas two prisoners escaped Cass county jail during remodeling night. John Erickson of Salt Lake City was recaptured Friday afternoon after being found in a woodland between Linden and Atlanta by Shor t Wt Not Cartwright. Moss remains at large on burglary charges while Erickson faces car theft charges.
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Linden
Tex
Cass County
Atlanta
Cartwright
John Erickson
Salt Lake City
Joe Moss
Erickson
Moss
Aimee and Spouse Will Make a Movie
Billie Dove reports Aimee Sample McPherson Hutton and husband David Hutton will enter films. They plan a religious background feature with Aimee starring and David as leading man, financed by the evangelist, after their Hawaii honeymoon and revival tour in Portland and Yuma.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Billie Dove
Evening Express
Aimee Sample McPherson-Hutton
David H. Hutton
Angelus Temple
Hawaii
Hutton
Portland
Yuma
Arizona
Miss Dove
Hollywood
Snation
Arkadelphia Wins 1931 Arkansas Watermelon Crown
A telegram to The Star from Philip McCorkle reports Ronnie Cash’s 166 pound watermelon topping Arkadelphia’s 1931 Arkansas championship. Hempstead county’s 164 and 163 pound melons were noted, while John Porterfield of Patmos displayed several melons from 152 to 145 pounds at local shops, highlighting a busy harvest with multiple large fruit entries.
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Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Philip McCorkle
Arkadelphia Sistings-Hearald
Ronnie Cash
Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Texas
Oscar Middlebrooks
Hempstead County
Hope Furniture Company
Porterfield
Hoover to Address American Legion in Detroit
President Hoover will address the American Legion in Detroit as the national meeting nears. He will travel from Rapidan Camp by special train and is expected to urge rejection of any bonus plan that would burden the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
American Legion
Detroit
Rapidan Camp
Former Senator Nunent Dies in Idaho at 67
John F. Nunent, a former Idaho senator, died Friday after a period of ill health. Details on his career in the state legislature and any survivors were not immediately available.
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Washington
John F. Nunent
Idaho
City and County Schools Open New Term Monday
Hope and Hempstead county prepare for the new school year as thousands of students return. Miss Beryl Henry announces the Hope high school reopening on South Main Street with all city grade schools starting Monday. Supt E E Austin confirms county principal schools also begin Monday as teachers finalize preparations.
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Hope and Hempstead
Hope City
Beryl Henry
South Main Street
E. E. Austin
Hempstead County
Two Arrests In Detroit Slayings Night Arrests Linked to Purple Gang Murder Case
Detroit police arrested Raymond Bernstein and Keywell near the apartment building where four men killed three racketeers Luther Lebovitz and Paul. Prosecutor Toy said Bernstein owned the car used by the killers and that the victims owed him for illicit alcohol. Irving Millberg and Harry Fleisher are being sought in the triple slayings tied to the Purple gang.
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Detriot
Raymond Bernstein
Harry Keytwell
Underworld
Joe Cuzzy" Luther
Joe Lebovitz
Herman
Harry Fleisher
Toy
Purple Gang
Bernstein
Keywell
Lebovitz
Luther
Paul
Chicago
Detroit
Mary Lewis Weds Oil Magnate in Secret Ceremony
Mary Lewis the Little Rock born operatic prima donna secretly married Robert L. Hague, Standard Oil vice president and ex husband of Edith Babe. The wedding was kept quiet amid rumors of a brief honeymoon, with secretary blundering the reveal.
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New York
Mary Lewis
Little Rock
Ark
Robert L. Hague
Standard Oil Company
Edith Babe
Miss Lewis
Pathe
Hague
M. Gallagher
Lewis
Michael Bgbnen
Metropolitan
Bishop Cannon Opposes Roosevelt for President
New York reports Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South plans to oppose Governor Roosevelt if nominated, calling him a “wet” and saying he would back Hoover unless Roosevelt alters his prohibition stance. Cannon, under Senate scrutiny over 1928 anti Smith funds, arrived from Europe aboard the Mauretania with clippings and notes, denying fund diversion and inviting legal oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Europe
Roosevelt
Hoover
Hoover, Unless He Changes His Prohibition Stand.” Bishop Cannon
Senate
Alfred E. Smith
Eyrone
Mauretania
Underworld
Nye
Tam
Queen Dorothy Keith’s Gown Shown at Robison Co.
The gown crown and scepter destined for Queen Dorothy on Watermelon Day at the Southwest Arkansas Fair are on display at Geo. W. Robison & Co. in Hope. Made for the district fair, the gown will be worn by Miss Dorothy Keith of Stamps, named the most beautiful of six counties’ representatives at the Sserger theater in Hope last week.
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Queen Dorothy
Geo. W. Robison & Co
Second Street
Hope
Dorothy Keith
Stamps
la Fayette County
Gunmen take payroll from Cabot Manufacturing in Brunswick
Three gunmen entered the Cabot Manufacturing office in Brunswick, Maine, on Friday and escaped with a payroll reportedly totaling about $20,000. Substantial details were scarce as the investigation began and no injuries were reported.
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Brunswick
Cabot Manufacturing Company
Ls Cae
Dimgust Textile
Thompson elected ABA president in Atlantic City
Atlantic City reports Guy A. Thompson of St. Louis was elected president of the American Bar Association on Saturday as Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived for a four day visit. The Geral Zeppelin flew over St Vincent, LeRoy Manning died in a Ford plane crash near the Ford airport, and South Carolina legislators adopted a report to prohibit cotton planting in 1932.
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Atlantic City
Guy A. Thompson
St. Louis
The
American Bar Association
Nanking
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fukuoka
Japan
ST. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
South America
Columbia
S. C
South Corolina
Free Conference
South Carolina
Missouri Miners Seek Vein of Lead Near Jasper
Prospectors led by H. Snyder of St. Joseph Mo search east of Jasper along the Little Buffalo River for a fabled solid lead vein once described by Tom Winchester of Calhoun County Illinois. Legends say the vein could yield ammunition-grade ore, but prior attempts failed and Newton County lead has not proven profitable.
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Jasfer
Ark
Jasper
Little Buffalo River
H. Snyder
St. Joseph
Snyder
Tom Winchester
Calhoun County
Winchester
Illinois
Nathaniel Burdine
Newton
Texas Oil Output Checked Further
The Railroad Commission cut East Texas per well output from 225 to 185 barrels daily effective Monday. A Texas Oklahoma Kansas conference pledged tighter state production, targeting 902 000, 546 000, and 110 000 barrels daily respectively. East Texas gas oil ratio capped at 50 cubic feet per barrel. East Texas output trimmed toward 400 000 barrels daily. A September 30 hearing will set other field limits. Panhandle hearing in Amarillo on October 3.
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Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
East Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
the Panhandle
Panhandle
Amarillo
Campaign to cut cotton acreage starts in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association board said it will campaign among 40,000 cotton planters to reduce next year’s acreage by 50 percent. It urged crop rotation after 1932 and announced three optional polls to market cotton through the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
Magnolia Dining Room Feeds 376 Students at Magnolia A-M College
Magnolia A M College dining hall serves about 376 students, more than any prior year, with J E Bussey noting the meal program supports students paying part of their expenses. Mrs Bussey employs 28 girls to serve meals and a dozen kitchen staff assist in preparations.
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Magnolia
Ark
Magnolia A-M College
J. E. Bussey
Shocrative Bank
Watermelon Jubilee Draws Officials to Capital City Exhibit
A capital city watermelons exhibit will feature a large display and a coronation ceremony. Mayor and secretary of state Roy V. Lenard will attend along with officials from Texarkana Magnolis Nashville Prescott and other towns. Miss Dorothy crowned at Nashville with Miss Francille Harry Magnolia and others from Prescott Lewisville and Kanawha listed among attendees.
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Ata
Roy V. Lenard
Texarkana
Magnolis
Nashville
Prescott
Dorothy
Francille “Harry
Magnolia
Mids
Geneva We Prescott
Helen Turner
S. Hill
Rita Mae/Haney
Kana
Mary Boone Mesh
Lewisville
McKenzie Heads Two Batesville Schools
McKenzie assumes leadership of Arkansas College for its 60th year and serves as Batesville city school superintendent. The Presbyterian Arkansas College reports higher opening-day registrations, while the Batesville system includes a senior high with strong enrollment. McKenzie previously led Texarkana and Hot Springs schools.
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Batesville
Ark
Ury Mc
Kenzie
Arkansas College
McKenzie
Credi High
Arkansa
Secretari I
Sidney Pickens
Lattter
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Ruth Hits 43rd Homer In Big League Tilt
Babe Ruth homered in the late innings at New York as the home run landed in the right field bleachers. The drive came in the inning against the Browns in a game that also featured Lou Gehrig driving in runs.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Browns
Nakens
Lou Gehrig
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Antung
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A. W. Northington
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Arkansas Fair
Bishop
Robison
Bulletins
LeRoy Manning
Ford Motor Company
JL. H. Garriott
Army
Ford
Missouri
Buffalo River Hills
Jasper, Ark
Smith
Hugh
Ruth
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