Arithmetic and Humanity in a Scripps Tale
An essay by William Feather in Imperial Type Metal spotlights the debate over heredity versus environment. RE W Scripps, the late publisher, is portrayed calculating generations to show all men share kinship, warning that vast numbers could blur lines between rich and poor families if social conditions do not change.
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Hether
Thave
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
RE. W. Scripps
Scripps
Negley D. Corhran
United States
North America
Landon Leads In Digest Poll With Four State Returns
Early results from The Literary Digest poll show Landon leading Roosevelt on the West Coast by about 3 to 2. California reports 17,006 for Landon and 468 for Roosevelt with Lemke at 1,053. Colorado returns also hint at a roughly 3 to 2 margin in Landon’s favor among eight states tallied so far.
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Landon
Roosevelt
Literary Digest
London
Moosevelt
Lemke
California
Colorado
Third Returns of the 1936 Presidential Poll
From the Literary Digest September 26 1936 the third returns show Landon leading Roosevelt in several states with Kansas Nebraska and North Dakota indicating Republican margins. Lemke gains in his home state Minnesota and North Dakota while New York and California reflect large totals for Roosevelt and Landon respectively.
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Landon Roosevelt Lemke
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Oly
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
Jersey
N. York
Dakota
Ohio
Totula
Kautsas
Roosevelt
Lahdon
North Dakota
Lemke
Chinese Dictator Heads to Shanghai Amid Shanghai Incident
China’s Chiang Kai Shek reportedly travels from southern China to Shanghai to address the Shanghai incident as Japanese Marines seize control of the Chapei district. Tokyo says actions will follow events and needs. The episode stems from the shooting of three Japanese marines. In Honolulu, Hawaii, tourists express frustration over unintended heavy sun and activity focus.
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Shanghai
China
Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chapei
Tokyo
Hawaii
Hope Is Favorite to Take Union Co Oil Town Eleven
Hope High School aims for a Friday 8 p m kickoff as favorite over Smackover High in the Union County oil town contest. The Bobcats, led by Hammons, may start Wilson at left tackle and Ponder at fullback with air play expected from both sides. A special train and a 50 piece Buckaroo band will greet visitors, while temporary bleachers accommodate about 500.
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Hope High
Smackover
Bobcats
Hope
Prince
Union County
Foy Hammons
Hammons
John Wilson
Ponder
Thes
Ramscy
Reose
Marais
Bright
RTE
Gatolait McHaney
Rae
Phe Wurgre Lewis
Hale Ponder
O'Dell
Schools Warned Against Salesmen
Gomer E. Jones, malaria sanitation supervisor of the district five WPA office, issued a warning Friday against salesmen selling rural schools a disinfectant formula for government constructed toilets. He said they use the names of the State Board of Health and the U S Board of Health and have no authorization to sell such formula to rural schools.
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Gomer E. Jones
Malaria Sanitation Samrol
WPA
Jones
State Board of Health
U. S. Board of Health
Latins Emigrate to Brazil Amid Labor Shifts 1920–35
From 1920 through 1935 labor ministry data show 70 percent of immigrants to Brazil arrived from three Latin nations. Italy accounted for 1,478,943 arrivals, Portugal 1,383,878, and Spain 591,397, highlighting strong Southern European immigration during the period.
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Rio DI Janetrow
Labor Ministry
Brazil
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Shakespearean Image of Wily Evil in Holy Crutch
A concise reflection notes that evil can cite scripture to serve its aims, likening a deceitful soul to a villain using pious words. The line evokes a paradox of holy witness paired with malevolence, emphasizing sly rhetoric over virtue.
Scout Circus Outlined for Texarkana Event
Texarkana Rotary hears plans for a Scout circus at Texarkana on October 30 drawing 2000 boy performers from 13 counties in three states. Two Texarkana speakers describe a two hour show with 16 events including a pioneer fort reconstruction in 12 minutes.
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Arkana Rotary Club
Hope Rotary
Hotel Barrow
Redriver
Texarkana
The
Hope Bobcats
Hugh Kevee
K. B. Spears
N. W. Harrison
G. C. Carter
Little Rock
Vexarkana
Pope Briley
Mannie Stevens
Walter Armstrong
Bob Elliott
Ga McMillan
David Nelson
Frank O’brien
John W. Holman
A.J. Salisbury
Wife Held on Shooting Charge in Arkansas Case
In Little Rock Edna Foote 29 is charged with assault to kill after shooting her husband Kenneth Poole 23 and his companion Miss Myrtie Hartsell 28 on a residential street Thursday night Police found Foote waiting with the pistol at 1123 West Tenth Street she claimed suspected infidelity and followed Poole from home Foote said she did not intend to shoot either person and that she lost her temper The article notes an erroneous closing sentence about Canala and Alisha which is unrelated to the incident.
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Little Rock
Potice
Edna Foote
Kenneth J. Poole
Myrtie Hartsell
Palice
Roosevelt Westward campaign and Landon train swing
President Roosevelt said his first campaign swing into the West would likely end in Denver. Governor Alf M. Landon’s train rolled into Wisconsin with a denunciation of reciprocal tariff agreements, while Roosevelt sent thanks to Alfred E. Smith for relinquishing broadcast time on October 1.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
West
Aly
Deri
Landon
Alf M. Landon
Wisconsin
la Follette Progressivism
Minneapolis
Alfred E. Smith
White House
Prohibition Drive Pushed by Arkansas Anti-Saloon Group
Trustees of the Anti-Saloon League of Arkansas at J H Glass office urge the legislature to re enact statewide prohibition with local option kept The board declares the U S Supreme Court denies liquor rights and calls for a state wide ban with license receipts to go to the general revenue fund and an active campaign to build support.
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Little Rock
Anti-Saloon League of Arkansas
J. H. Glass
Supreme Court of the United States
General Revenue Fund
Glass
Cotton prices drift in sluggish New Orleans session
In New Orleans on Friday October 14 the cotton market opened at 1185 and closed at 1183 amid a thin trading day. A small late advance nudged spots slightly higher before closing.
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New Orlwans
Spor
Reeddings
Public Interest in Hope High Football Grows
Public interest in Hope High School football is described as the greatest in years by E F McFaddin at a Young Business Men’s meeting at New Capital Hotel. Speakers praised Coach Foy Hammons and the team’s spirit after a scoreless Pine Bluff game, with about 80 attendees and 20 new members joining the association.
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Hope
Hope High
E. F. MecFaddin
Young Business Men's Association
New Capital Hotel
Foy Hammons
Washington
McFaddin
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Dale Jones
Jim Bearden
Albert Graves
Hammons
Bobcats
Pine Bluff Zebras
Leo Robins
Sweeny Copeland
Work to Eat Slogan Highlights Soviet Employment Duty
Associated Press report from Moscow outlines the new constitution declaring employment a guaranteed right and duty for all able citizens. It notes gradual price reductions, a growing “wealthier class” of manual laborers, and assertions that unemployment is not a problem in Russia, with the motto who does not work shall not eat.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Ance
Russia
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
MEMPHIS Tenn Special Kansas vents anger at Democrats by promoting corn based alcohol to blend with gasoline under the Agrol label. Agrol aims to compete on quality and faces anticipated taxation in seven Midwest states. Japan’s China actions spark risk of further territorial grabs as tensions rise. Business is booming with steam shovels in use in some areas.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kansas
China
Japan
Import Mexicans as Cotton Pickers in Bolivar County
Cotton pickers were at work across the Mississippi delta with planters in Bolivar County pulling in 3,000 to 4,000 Mexican workers to meet field labor needs. The influx reflects a broader push to secure sufficient hands as harvest pressure grows in Dixie.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Dixie
Mississippi Delta
Bolivar County
Arkansas Unemployment Bill Urged Before November 30
The State Social Security Commission sent draft welfare and unemployment compensation bills to Governor Futrell. The transmittal urged enactment before November 30 to avoid a potential special session. Arkansas stands to lose about 900000 in federal tax settlements if the law is not enacted, per commission chair John G. Pipkin. He noted they did not seek a special session and preferred clarification on the federal act's constitutionality and timing.
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Little Rock
State
Social Security Commission
Futrell
Arkansas
John G. Pipkin
Joss
Congress
Putrell
Carl E. Bailey
Suspect Sabotage in L. and Arkansas Rail Derailment
SHREVEPORT La 4 Louisiana and Arkansas Railway officials and striking workers remained in deadlock Friday as officials probed Thursday night derailment of a freight train. Rail officials blamed an unidentified person for switching the track while union leaders counted shop workers votes on a separate strike after L and A reportedly denied them the right to bargain collectively.
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Shreveport
Louisiana& Arkansas Railway
Spain Faces World War Fears Amid Frontline Battles
In Geneva, Julio Alvarez cited blood stained soil as Spain and its allies clash with insurgents on the Maqueda highway front. Nations debated whether the conflict signals a larger war between democracy and fascism, with Portugal's envoy warning that future wars will divide rather than nations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Julio Alvarez
of Nations Assembly
Federal action in Arkansas anti slavery and peonage case
Paul D. Peacher city marshal was taken into custody on a Friday to answer charges under the anti slavery law tied to East Arkansas cotton. Indicted by a federal grand jury at Little Rock, Peacher may bond with a federal marshal in Jonesboro. Justice officials indicated no return to Arkansas for further investigation into anti peonage alleged violations.
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Earle. Ark
Paul D. Peacher
Char
Arkansas
Peacher
Jonesboro
Peachler
Little Rock
Washington
Department of Justice
Sam E. Whitaker
Atettorney General
Town Marshal Indicted In Slavery Case In Arkansas
Paul D. Peacher, town marshal of Earle and former Crittenden deputy sheriff, indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts alleging he aided in causing persons to be held as slaves. The charges claim he forced eight Black individuals before Mayor Mitchell, labeling them vagrants and sentencing them to 30 days, then holding them in involuntary servitude on properties he controlled privately. The U.S. attorney said this is the first post Civil War peonage statute case in Arkansas and found no other violations in eastern Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Paul D. Peacher
Earle
Crittenden County
United States
Fred A. Tigrig
Department of Justice
Washington
Arkansas
Jegvig
Federal Brand
Eastern
Eastern Arkansas
Isgrig
H. L. Mitchell
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Peacher
Mitchell
Frencher
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Jonca
Alex. H. Washbur
Digest
Fourth Report
Honolulu
T. H
Cary
Union Co
Shackover
Mussolini
Irpinia
Rotary
Texarkana Rotarians
Edna Poole
Canala
Alisha Vonsbiend
Denver
Col
New Deal
F. D
al Smith
AntiSaloon League
E. F. McFaddin
John Lloyd
Brown Turner
Delta
U. S
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Germany
Shnarapaeney
avera-Maqueda
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