Czechs Valiantly Prepare to Defend Selves Amid Ultimatum
Czechoslovak leaders met in Prague as Gen Jan Syrovy prepared a radio address amid Hitler's ultimatum and looming threat of war. Chamberlain's speech was cited as last peace effort while Cardina Kaspar urged prayers for peace. Darkened cities, air raid drills, and wartime mobilization framed a tense night of defense planning.
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Hitler
Jan Syrovy
St Wencelas
Bohemia
Syrovy
Russia
Pacific
Germany
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Kaspar
St. Wencelas
Frague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Chamberslain
Sidor
Loy
L A Merger Approved by KCS Board Wednesday
The Kansas City Southern Railway board voted to unify with the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway. The plan requires Interstate Commerce Commission approval and stockholder consent from both KCS and the controlling L A group, which has informally approved. The merger would create a direct Kansas City to Port Arthur route via Dallas to New Orleans connections.
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New York
Kansas City Southern Railway
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
KCS
Wias
Leonor F. Loree
Harvey C. Couch
Pint Bluff
Ark
Couch
Kansasity
Port Arthur
Texas
Sabine
Dallas
New Orleans
Officers Baffled Over Jewel Theft
Police offered no progress in the $1,100 jewel robbery at Mrs. Frank Russell’s East Division street home. Officers deemed the case hard with no clues found, and considered a local job by someone knowing the family was away. The loot included diamond rings bracelets a bar pin and a velvet locket.
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Frank Russell
East Division Street
Walters Gets 25 Year Term In Dallas Robbery Case
Ted Walters and Hamilton, known as The Twins, receive 25 year terms after a Dallas jury found them guilty of armed robbery. Walters faces further charges as he awaits trial Wednesday on a separate gunpoint auto theft count. Federal hearings are planned with Jack Winn and others linked to the July 1 robbery.
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Dallas
Texas
Hamilton
Watters
Andrew Patton
Patton
Walters
Raymond Maimion
Texaykana
Jack Winn
Brartley
Ark
Philip Due
Montague
17 Goodspeed
Southwest
Two Gentlemen in Oarless Boat Seek Escape in Largest Lake
Two men who once shook hands with the Quaker President find themselves in an oarless rowboat in the third largest body of water. They decide to swim to safety in the vast lake, using natation to reach shore.
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United States
Revival Opens At First Methodist With Workman Sermon
Rev James W Workman delivered his first sermon in the revival at First Methodist Church. Services run nightly with 6 45 youth singing led by WL Martin and a 7 oclock Upper Room prayer session led by Mrs R M Briant. Morning services at 10 feature expository sermons on The Lord's Prayer. Public invited.
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James W. Workman
First Methodist Church
WL. Martin
Business Men's
R. M. Briant
Workmat
Miller Seeks PWA Bond Elections for Arkansas Courthouses
Senator John E. Miller said he urged PWA officials to grant six additional Arkansas projects bond election rights on general election day despite the October 1 deadline. He cited exceptions for four other Arkansas projects and urged similar treatment for Hempstead, Izon, Craighead, Crawford, St. Francis and Howard counties.
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Washington
John E. Miller
Arkansas
PWA
Miller
Hempstead County
Hope
Ison County
Craighead County
Jonesboro
Crawford County
van Buren
Huge Fee Is Given Attorney for Tax
In Arkansas, Missouri Pacific Lines paid 38,192.67 for 1938 franchise taxes due August 24. Delinquency led to collection by Attorney General Tack Holt and special attorney J C Stevens. Total recoveries over four years amount to 40,180.12. Settlement details include other cases and fees for different years and attorneys.
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Little Rock
Missouri Pacific Tines
Arkana
Tack Holt
Arkansas
J. C. Stevens
Pacific Lines Alche
Tranportation Company
United States District Court
St. Louis
Lawrence Allen
Missouri Pacific
Auten
Virgil Willis
Harrison
Willis
Stevens
Thought 1. A Thought With an Arrow Quotation
A fragment quotes Abd el Kuder about a word once released never returns. The line reads as a terse aphorism on language and consequence, suggesting a fixed point after expression. No further context or details are provided in the snippet.
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Abd-el-Kuder
Memphis grocers face 1 pm Wednesday closing rule
MEMPHIS Tenn grocers must close by 1 p m on Wednesdays and may not open before 7 a m any day under a closing ordinance that takes effect next Wednesday.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Hope Is Selected Convention Site Hope Is Selected Convention Site
The Hope Chamber of Commerce receives a letter from J D Hart Waldo and Arkansas Rural Letter Carriers Association executive committee announcing the 1938 convention in Hope. The meeting runs July 20 22 and about 300 rural mail carriers plus families are expected to attend.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Hart
Waldo
Arkansas Rural Letter Carriers Association
Hope
Prescott to Ballot Friday on City Hall
Prescott voters will choose in a special election Friday on issuing 16 500 five per cent 30 year bonds to cover 53 per cent of the cost of a two story brick and stone city hall and fire station on West Elm street between West Second and First with a 300 seat auditorium. Whittenberg and Delaney of Little Rock are the architects.
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Prescott
West Elm Street
West Second
First Streets
Whittenberg & Delaney
Little Rock
Negro School Teachers Meet Saturday at Yerger High School
A business session of Hempstead County Institute for negro school teachers will convene Saturday at Yerger High School. AA teachers are expected. directors and education friends are invited. E. E. Austin, county examiner, called the meeting for 10 o'clock.
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Hempstead
Mind Your Manners Quiz Questions and Answers
A 1938 NEA Service feature tests social etiquette with five questions on guest behavior, sports gear borrowing, paying wedding hotel bills, reading habits, and breakfast attire. It presents suggested actions and concludes with the official answers.
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Reeding
Poland's Dilemma Looms Over Europe's Next Move
Restless Poland stands at a crossroads among neutrality independence or alignment with Germany or France. The nation of 33 million holds leverage in a shifting Europe as it clings to past alliances and seeks to extend its borders amid a fragile map. Historical partitions and revolts color its 80 year pattern of diplomacy and risk as it faces a modern power struggle.
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Washington
Europe
Italy
Germany
England
France
Russia
Czecoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Haly
Czech
Littl
Moravian
Hitler
Rhine
Spain
Tuin
Ruin
Roumania
Russi
Japan
Mediterranean
Africa
India
Pacific
Kellip
Willis Thornton
NEA
Poland
Rydze Smigly
Paris
Duchy of
Lithuania
Galicia
Austro-Hungary
Soil District Is Authorized Here
State Extension Director C. C. Randall announced the state soil conservation committee approved, subject to land owner referendum, two new soil districts and territory additions. One new district, Bodeau Terre Rouge, would cover parts of Hempstead Nevada and LaFayette counties.
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Little Rock
C. C. Randall
State Soil Conservation Committee
Bodeau Terre Rouge
Hempstead
Nevada
LaFayette
Cotton Ginning In Hempstead County Falls Short Of Last Year
Hempstead County ginned 5,885 bales of cotton from the 1938 crop before September 16, versus 7,999 bales on the same date a year earlier, per W. H. Etter federal gin reporter. Kentucky buys 400 quail from independent breeders for next spring release and contracts for 1,50 additional birds.
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Hempstead
W. H. Etter
Federal
Kentucky
Roosevelt Sends New Hitler Note
President Roosevelt issued a peace appeal to Adolf Hitler urging continued negotiations to avoid world catastrophe. The telegram, sent to Berlin at 10 PM CE, followed State Department briefings and addresses to Mussolini, stressing the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Hiteler
Berlin
State Department
Hitler
Mussolini and Daladier to Meet Hitler in Munich
Italian premier Mussolini travels from Rome to Munich to join Adolf Hitler and British premier Chamberlain and French premier Daladier in a high level meeting aimed at averting war over Czechoslovakia. Goebbels claims a peaceful solution within days as mobilizations surge across Britain and Europe.
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Chamberlain
Hitler
Mussolini
Rome
Italy
Munich
France
London
Eng
Czechoslovakia
Surdetenland
Fuehrer
Czech
Great Britain
Russia
Id Duce
Berlin
Britain
Germany
House of Commons
Paris
Eduard Benes
Benes
Cotton Market Report from New Orleans Opens and Closes
New Orleans cotton market opened Wednesday at TRE and closed at 8.06 cents per pound. Spat cotton finished steady, up 10 points, middling price 8.03.
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New Orleans
Tre
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