Dance Teacher Shot as Gunmen Use Her for Shield in Fight
Chicago report says Lucille Summerfield an 18 year old dance teacher was critically wounded Friday when used as a shield during a holdup. Two robbers were killed and four others wounded in the exchange with police. Robbers and officers traded shots as the incident ended with one suspect slain by police and another captured.
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Chicago
Lucille Summerfield
John Bozaula
James Gilroy
Fair Admission Is Cut to 10 Cents at Hempstead County Fair
The Hempstead County Fair executive committee cut adult gate admission to 10 cents after 6 p m Saturday citing sufficient funds to cover all premiums and expenses. Crowds have grown daily since Tuesday and are expected to be larger on Friday and Saturday. School buses bring in county wide attendance. Premium checks will be issued next week. no payments until then. Livestock day drew record exhibitors and judges Paul Carruth and F A Sprague explained awards. A three horse race ended with a dead heat for first, prizes shared. The Free Act and Hope High School Band drew attention and the full premium winner list will appear tomorrow.
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Hempstead County Fair Association
Fair Park
Lee Garland
Paul Carruth
Ouachita County
F. A. Sprague
Jewell Moore, Jr
Dock Wyatt
Gad
Hope High School
Girl Scout Week Proclaimed Here
Mayor Albert Graves proclaims October 3 to 8 as Girl Scout Week in Hope Arkansas. Ward committees will canvass during the week to sell cake and raise funds to reduce the Girl Scout debt. The proclamation notes the movement as a strong force for good and a source of local pride.
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Albert Graves
Hope
Graves
City of Hope
Arkansas
Thought God as a circle metaphor from Anaxagoras
A fragmentary quotation presents a philosophical view: a thought of God as a circle with center everywhere and circumference nowhere, attributed to Anaximedes or a related figure. The aphorism emphasizes omnipresence and indefinable bounds.
Numismatist Finds Antilogy in Carroll Works
A capital resident and coin expert claims to have found an antilogy within Lewis Carroll’s writings. The mystery centers on Carroll’s real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and the man’s specialty lies in numismatics.
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Iran
Lewis Carroll
Noted Sculptors Compete for Job at Rockefeller Center
New York report notes 270 official entries from 26 states in a competition for a bronze panel for the entrance to the Associated Press building in Rockefeller Center. Entry closed August 15 with public exhibition planned after September 30. prize includes 2000 dollars plus 6500 dollars for bronze execution.
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New York
Associated Press
Rockefeller Center
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Denver
Politicians Use Music in Honolulu in 1940s Campaign
In Honolulu and Hawaii voters favor campaign shows of hula, songs, and dances over issues. Candidates employ lula troupes to appeal to Hawaiians, with leis and language skills as measures of appeal. Mayor Charles Crane promotes a campaign song praising his exploits on Oahu.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Roosevelt
Charles 8
Crane
Charles
Ka Meia
Guliua
Oahu
Mape High Bobcats Ready for Clarksville Conference Tilt
Mape High School football hosts Clarksville in a conference opener expected to draw a big crowd. Bobcats, favored at home, boast a 13 pound edge and key players Hammons notes improved blocking and speed. Four starters listed as limited but all but Lou Ward likely play as Gates open at 7 with advance tickets at Hope Confectionery Jacks News Stand and Webb's News Stand.
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Mape
Bobcats
Clarksville Panthers
Crimson
Clarksville
Hammmons of
Hope and
Metheny
Hammons
Haynesville
Lou Ward
Ward
Hope Confectionery
Jacks
Webb
Smackover
Norphlet
Himmons
Buckaroos
Fine Bluff
Blytheville
Pine Bluff
Zebras
Meichee
Settlement of Turk-Greek Minorities Problem Foreshadowed Czech Solution
Good-will and patience backed by the League of Nations suggested exchange of Christians in Turkey for Mohammedans in Greece. Lausanne talks led to a 1923 plan, with 1.3 million Greeks and 400,000 Turks affected. A Mixed Commission managed transfers, land grants, and logistics amid complaints and delays. By year end about 370,000 Muslims left Greece for Anatolia, while many Greeks stayed in Istanbul, hindering the planned swaps.
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Thornton Nea Service
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Turkey
Europe
Constantinople
League of Nations
Fridtjof Nansen
Lausanne
Switzerland
Mixed Commission
Anatolia
Graves Tells of PWA Negotiations
Mayor Albert Graves told Hope Rotary that four Arkansas towns Mena Newport Clarendon and Sheridan with PWA loan grants secured earlier approval but lacking funds have waited for new money. Hempstead county lags due to a court house proposal and election contests, while a tentative pledge for county aid via unexpended PWA funds was noted.
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Albert Graves
Hope Rotary Chub
Hotel Barlow
Arkansas
Mena
Newport
Clarendon
Sheridan
PWA
Pwaa
Hempstead County
Focal
Washington, D. C
New Orleans
EWA
Graves
Hempstead
Walter Gregory
Palemer House
Chicago
Chaiman
State Aspect Council
Gregory
American Hotel Association
Galveston
Wage Hour Rules Clarified for Borderline Interstate Firms
Thousands of employers must decide if the new wage hour law applies to their business next month. Officials said there is no patrol definition of interstate commerce and firms must judge whether workers help produce goods for interstate trade. The law takes effect October 4. Meanwhile the hurricane toll in the Northeast nears 500 with Rhode Island hardest hit at about 250 dead and losses around 4 1/2 billion dollars. Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont New York and New Jersey rivers rose, sandbags piled, and towns faced power and water shortages as rescue and recovery continued.
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Calvert Magruder
General Wagehour
Associated Press
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
New Jersey
Hartford
Rhode Island
Quebec
Canada
Boston
Mass
New England
Rhodesl
Westerly
Providence
Peterboro
N. H
Mind Your Manners Wedding Etiquette Quiz
A reader quiz on social usage covers announcements for remarriage, at home cards with weddings, number of ushers tied to guests and church size, whether a married woman may serve as bridesmaid, and if second marriages should be elaborate. It also proposes a cake cutting scenario and options for a father, guests, or the maid cutting pieces, with suggested answers tied to etiquette standards.
France Threatens War If Germany Takes Czech Land
Paris reports say France pledges aid to Czechoslovakia if Germany invades. Hitler pressuring Chamberlain after Sudeten talks while protests rise over peace terms. Soviet Russia warns Poland over a troop move, Geneva hints at aid to Czechoslovakia. Gen Jan Syravy forms new Czech cabinet to oppose Sudeten dismemberment.
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France
Germany
Czech Land
Germay
Paris
Lesberg
Hitler
Godesburg
Chamberlain
Rhine
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Prague
Jan Syravy
Sudeten
Soviet Russia
Milan Hodza
Adolf Hitler
Syrovy
War
Russlars
Hodza
Kamil Krofta
Edouard Benes
Cotton opens weak as New Orleans closes steady
New Orleans cotton opened Friday at 7.97 cents a pound and closed at 7.94, with the spot market easing six points. Middling price reported at 7.83, reflecting a quiet session in the futures and cash markets.
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New Orleans
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