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Served United by Press the, BL BLYTHEVILLE COURIER I THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI VOL. XXVII-NO. 66 Blytheville Courles, Blytheville Dally Nowa, Blytheville Herald, Mississippi Valley Leader, BLYTHEVILLE. ARKANSAS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3.

1931 SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENT8 Among Six Most Beautiful Women of Talking Films This is MARLENE 'one of Bollywcod's "six beautiful of reddish 0105L gold, wide eyes of ncquamarine blue. delicately arched brows. Bawless complexion, Ave fect f11 height, and five Inches perfectly proportioned, and truly feminine, Marlene Dietrich Reached Stardom With First EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of serics of exclusive jes rerealin: the names of "The Six Most Revutiful Women of the Talkies" as chosen by a committee of Hollywand's famous directors; for NFA Service and this newspaper and telling the story of cach. RY DAN THOMAS NE 4 Service Writer HOLLYWOOD. June 3.

Who are the talkies' six most beautiful women? Ever since then motion picture inductry bpoon the haltle over beanty has raved merrily in Hollywood where the most beautiful women In the world arc assembled. Numerous girls have bren preconted for honors, but seldom hens it bean to get even anv two "esports" to narco on certain one. The greatest difficulty in making a selection ie to determine exactle what constitutes beautv. Showd phrsical features alone he considered. rehould dienosition and ahility to wear clothes enter in? The decision is always a hard AnA But NEA Service and -the Courier Sews wanted "The Six Most, Beantiful Women of thro Talkies" selected and no's this has bren done with the.

afd of a snecial board of Judges commoerd of six of Hollywood's most noted directors, each An unquestioned judze of beautr. Of may not neree with their selections--in fact. they had, hard time agrecing amone themselves- hut if you know- of anv fer methed of choosing beauties, 1'e like 19. know it. The famous directors on the board are: Mack Scuet.

Taser von Sternbere. Gerrze Fitztnaurice. Merryn, Allan LeRoy. Dean. Edward Sutherland and Each subunitted his choice of the six nulstanding beauties.

then the sis: girls receiving, the highest number of votes were declared "elected." MARLENE. DIETRICH! This blond German actress Is the first beauty that we shall discuss. not because the indzes decreed her "the most beautiful of the six" (they certainly weren't rash crouch to aticnipt any such distinctions ns between the six!) but merely because the story of somebody has to be told first. "Another Garbo!" wns the word passed around when Miss Dietrich arrived in Hollywood from Germany. Everyone immedintely started comparing atsof her with this terinus and Greta.

In the opinicn of this writer such a comparison was entirely unwarranted. While cach is a great acress. they ore entirely different both from al of appearance and Sennlity. They are no more to be compared than are Charlie Chaplin and 1 LET $61,000 SEWER CONTRACT King George Is 06 Today father, King Edward on May 6,. 1910.

This is the Intest official court photograph at King Ocorge V. of England, the Must taken since his serious Illness of two years ago. 'The king, who celeurated his G6th birthday leday, has cocupled the British throne for 21 years, having ascended 011 the death of his King Observes Birthday With Visit to Epsom Downs LONDON, June 3 -King George celebrated his 66th birthday teday, recovered in health and vigorous enough to resume horseback riding. He had 0. more strenuous birthday than 0151n1 which included a visit to Epsom Downs to witness the annual running of the derby.

A family party nt Buckingham palnce wns arranged for this evening. CAME RONIAN IS DERBY WINNER Victory Brings $145,500 Prize to Buston Man in Trish Sweepstakes. EPSOM DOWNS. June 3 (UP)--John A. Dewar's Cameronian, 11:9 favorite.

won the 148Lh running of the Derby before a throng of more than 500,000 on Escom Downs toduy. Open wns second and Sandwich WAS third. The arent colt defeated 24 other smart three-rear-olds to win undiving turf fame and a purse nf $69.500. His victory brought a prize or $145,500 to Joseph Kennedy, Boston, who heht 3 ticket on him in Irish Sweepstakes, and to 18 other holders of tickets in the British Isles and elsewhere. To Honor Movie Director At Penn Military College CHESTER, Pa.

(UP1-Cecil N. de Mille. noted movie director, will be given the honorary degree of doctor of letters at the annual commencement exercises of the Pennsylvania Military College 011 June D. Olhers to be honored are Owen of J. Roberts, asscelate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Secall retary of State Henry 1., Stinson. and General Hanson Edward Ely. commander, of the second corps arca of the United Stairs Army. Butter Imitation's Use Must Be Advertised NEW ORLEANS. -When better Isn't butter In New Oricans restaurants, boarding houses and hotels, the fact that Is is imitaillon must be prominently displayed.

Dr. O'Hara. president of the State Board of Health, has anInounced that the governing the fuse of substitutes. is to be ously upheld, and that placards nouncing use of then must he plac- ed in all such establishments, FASCIST TROUBLE AT END Ponc Sees Extenuating Circumstances in Action Against Catholic Clubs. Inn ROME.

of the June 3 -Termina Fascist- appeared Indov when on fusnired nota Issued from tar Vallean circumcinucas enumeraling extenuntine! Catholic clubs in in the closure ol Tiniy by the I government. the Amons closing the order C31505 the determinine the nentnst intention af altack and invasion of the clubs in an effort to prevent verses. nor. alone against the pope but agninst Che: king. "In all the clubs." the note snid, "there were nortraits of the pone.

the king and Premier Mussolini. To many cnecs the portrait kino suffered the same nitilations 1LS that of the pone. Promier Mussolint's portrait generally was respected. but In one place It disanvcared and It is nol known where it can he foundl. our Investigation it been conCrmed the provisinn closinz all Catholic voune men's clubs wns biol IL formal application of the drerce recently issued, but onls police measure, The police said some clubs had been closed only! few days.

In others documents WATC not taken away but were sealed up." I Pennsylvanian Captures Century-Old Turtle tle which has Wired more thinn FRANKLIN. Pa. IUP1-A tur- century--it the date carved on 1ts shell is authentic--was captured here. the Robert Oswald, caucht; turtle. The shell' was eight: inches in diameter.

Tiny Locomolive Works MULLENS. Vest Virzirsa. (UP) -Vernon Musser, a machinist, has built what he belleres to be the smallest stcam locomotive capable of operation. It Is 22 inches long. with standing boiler 13 pressure inches of 75 long, pounds.

withAtcohol 1s used for fuel The boiler has 21 flues with a throttle! fin the dome. OTPULSITE MAN CURBED PHOENIX, Ariz. (UP) -Mark Fox was freed on a 60 clay suspend- ed alter he promised curg "Irresistible impulses" such as caused him to throw a rock through the plate giass of a cery NEW CANADIAN TARIFF REVIVES ISSUE IN U.S. Foes of Hawley-Smoot Act See Blow to Trade as Act of Retaliation. WASHINGTON, June: 3 The broad tariff revision by Canada, neighbor and best customer of the United States, has dramatired the tariff controversy more than other development since passage of the Bawley-Smcot act 3 sear ago.

Many other countries have raised their tariff walls since the net became effective but this revision right at the door and at time when foreign trade 15 At its lowest level. in years has brought the issue home with new furce. "Three probable results were viscalized. today from The revision which aNects the American farmcr and at 30 many points. These were: 1.

A new empirasis on the tariff in politics with foes of the Fancol alrend; pouncing iLL docd of statements on Canada's act as direct retaliation for our high rates and with supporters to it As Indication 11:: value cf 3 high protective tarif. 2. Astablishment of additional American branch factories in Canada whet: Premier Bennett openly courted as mcaus of aiding entplosment there. J. Renewed agitation; for some reciprocal tariff Canada whereby rates.

would be overtures Tors which nave Leen made by Canada from time time since she rejected president Taft's move for reciprocity twenty sears ago. Asheville Banker Given Five to Seven Year Term ASHEVILLE, N. June 3. (UP) -Wallace B. Davis, president of the defunct Central Bank and Trust sentenced company, of Asheville.

today wAs to not less than five years nor more than seven sears on convicticn of making false reports of the bank's condition 10 the state. Judge M. E. Barnhill of Rocky passed sentence in Bunccinbe county superior, court. Davis' entered notice appeal.

Davis was relcosed under $20.000 bond and his otterneys were allowed until September 1 to effect; the appeal to the state supreme Wife of Former Local Pastor Buried Sunday Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Cuba, for Mfrs. C. Hodge, formerly of here, died Friday at a St. Louis hospital. death resulted from rompitcations arising after she broke a fall six weeks ago.

She moved from her cily four! years ago after nusband. the; Rev. Hodge, resigned as pastor of the Second Baptist church. Relatives who survive her are her husband. ole son and three daughters and two sisters, Mrs.

Mary Noble af Blytheville, and Mrs. V. M. Payne, of Binck Rock, Ark. Services Held Tuesday for W.

E. Burton OSCEOLA. June 3-Funeral services were conducted from the family residence at 2:30 o'clock this efternoon for W. E. Burton, who died suddenly of a heart atinrk Monday evening.

The services were conducted by the Rev. E. K. Latitner. pastor of the First Christian chure! of Blytheville, assisted by Rev.

C. E. Welch. pastor of the First Baptist church of Osccola. A Masonic burial followed In Ermen cemetery.

Pallbearers were R. Thigpen, W. T. Poole. H.

J. Hale. Segraves, W. W. Prewitt, C.

C. Ermen, A. 5. Rogers and Dr. P.

P. Travis. Destroying 0. Henry Trial Notes Cost Man Hundreds AUSTIN, Tes. (UP) -A court nographer should never destroy his notes.

even after the case Ls entirely ended. Charles Pickle, reteran court reporter here, say's, Failure to preserve the notes he! took of the trinl of Sidney Porter (O. Henry) for an alleged banking law violation. cost Pickle himdreds of dollars offered by' zing writers for a transcript of the trinl. Caldwell to Face Trial Next Week NASHVILLE, June 3.

(UP -Rogers Caldwell, Nashville cler, must go on trial here Monday in criminal district court on charg: fraudulent breach of growing out of the failure of Caldand Company, one of the south's Ingest. Investment houses, Judge Chester K. Hart ruled this afternoon. When lie cast was called here ed Monday Caldwell's lawyers presentover 100 amdavits from promment business and professional men to the effect that a fair and 1m- partial trial could not be had al this time and asked a continuance. Judge Mart said in his opinion 5P11- timent is not such as to warrant continunnce and set the tiral for Monday worning.

BRIDGE CRASHES TAKING 12 LIVES. French Structure Collanses During Test of Its RORDEAUX, France, June 3. were killed 32 inured today when suspension trider nt St. Denis de Piles. over the Isle river, a tributary of the Gironde, collaused during tests.

Nine loaded auto trucks were dropped. Tha accident was witnessed by -n large throng of chilldren wha had been given a holtlay lo witch- -the Inauguration of the Tiride8: Nine trucks started across to test the capacity of the bridge. They were accompanied br about fifty persous who fell Into the river when the structure broke. Fifteen! or who fell into saved the water themselves by swimming. Nancy Carroll Has Filed Mexican Divorce Action NEW YORK, June 3 (UP) Nancy Carroll, screen star.

hins wrought suit for divorce in Nogales, Mexico. against her husband Jack Kirkland. the latter admitted 10- clav. "Its just another one of those things. incompatibility," Kirklend said.

tried our best to get along but we just could not any lorrzer. We are still fond of each other and shall remalu friends, i but decided it best to sever matrimonial bonds." Kirkland. a former newspaperman. met Miss Carrol in 1023 when she was in a chorus in the Passina Show at the winter garden. One year Inter they were married.

They have one daughter. Patricia. Children. Playing With Burn to Death (UP)--Three GREENSBURGH. children Junc burned were (o death today in a barn near New Alexandria when the structure with was which ignites they were with playing.

matches DRY TOWN, STRIKES WATER ASH FORK, -Long trains of tank cars, bringing water to this town. may soon beenie 3 the past as a result a Santa Fe railroad drilling outnt striking water at a depth of 2,100 rect. The supply is not sufficient, for the ralload and town so ing was continued. I STATE MAKING FAST COMEBACK AFTER DROUTH Crop Outlook Is Good; Business and Credit Conditions Improving. BY SAM FARRINGTON United Press Stair Correspondent LITTLE ROCK, June 3 Favoralde crop weather and growing feeling of optimism cerning business during the past months have combined greatly to the klcom that suitled over Arkansas last fall and winter, the result pl drouth mist tottering Lanks.

reports from widely scattercd sections of the state Indicated ictlay. The cotton crop. nccording to agriculture esperts holds promise! of a good yield despite curly spring seL backs due to belated cold spells. Gardens Ficurishing Gardens over the state have flourished as the result of the ni111051 perfect weather and hinve greatly relieved distress In rural districts. The state's garden acreave wILS greatly increased by thousands of packages of garden seer distributed by the Red Cross.

Of the $0.250.000 released by the federal government in seed, feed and fertilizer leans to farmers a ecorle portion already has been renaid according to reports here. althoveh the Joans are not due until fall. Cash is more plertiful than at 3119 time during the past six months, banks report, and loans are easily available. Panking Institutions, Through a policy of retrenchmons have regained sound posttion. Records of the state Inz department reveal fewer than a hall dozen banks have suspended business since April 1st 15 command with nearly four score during tsp preceding 90 days.

Earle Crops Help A profit from strawberry and radish crops in the northwestern section lias decidedly bolstered the cash reserve of growers. These profits will be augmented later apple. peach and late berry crops, pll of which promise large yields. Crop experts estimate more than 3,000 cars of penches be shipned from the southwestern Ar-, konaas peach belt during the season. The apple crop is estimated to te the largest since the record crow ol 1913 when Ave miltion bushel: were produced.

Hold J. R. Pillow for Craighead Burglaries R. J. Pillow, local man, atrested by members of the land constable's force last night and held! for Craighead county officers on charges of burglary and grand larceny.

Pillow. according to reports. eluded Jonesboro officers who sought to effect his capture yesterday. PilIs alleged to be 3 member of band of chicken thieves who have been operating over northeast Arkansas. He is a former convict.

Rotarian Battles to Overcome One- Jinx EL PASO, Tex. (UP)-Stanley Stretton will have to overcome onc-vote Jinx before he can come president of the El Paso Rotary club. In the lost election he lost by only one vole to B. W. Lewis.

Last year he lost by only one vole to Oscar Allen. Texas Guinan, No "Cheap Pays Parting Respects, to French Officials LE HAVRE. France, June 3. (UP1 -Surrounded by a bevy of disapled whit she called her "last fareinointed beautles Texas Guinan warwell France" as the Paris departed for America today. It xas the return voyage of the SAme ship on which Miss Gulnan.

twerty show girls and a white horse bad maklg set forth France with high hopes club of zaare night consdous. nil proves that fifty million Frenchmen can be wrong." shontted itiss Guinan. The girls seemed most happy with the new freedom of uxurious staterooms and broad promenade decks after the comparativi hardship of the immigrant hotel. They started the trip home in the same statercoms in which they came to France only three girls who made a break tor liberty last night could MEMPHIS FIRM TO BEGIN WORK ON SYSTEM SOON Will Employ 50 to 75 Men In Work On New District Three System. Actual construction of the sewer system in tho newly Sewer District Number Three, enbracing an oren of nite arid half in Ward One, will begin in the near future, provably within ton days it was nuncunced today when officials revealed that contract for the construcilori hind been let to the Construction compuny of Memphis, Tenn.

'flic cantract price was $01,000 including the installation of the sewage system, two pumping plants and: a disnosal plant, Bonds of the district, which was created by the cily council Inst October, were sold to the Nntlona! Security company of Little Rock, Capt. Ivy W. city atterney, said this' ntterncon. A total: of $70,000 in bonds was Nonted -in connection with the J. P.

Rickard of the Volz Construction company, oper, nil office here early nest week, which will be maintained' during. the course of construction. Although the contract allows 90 working days for the completion of tie. system, Mr. Rickard estimales thnt the sys1cm will be' Anistied in 60 days.

It is understood that between: 50 and 75 local inborers will be used during the construction period. All -but skilled labor will be employed locally, it wns stated. 'The sewer district, ribraces about 800 city lots and will be the second largest In the elli; being. larger than' any one unit of the first sewry district. It Includes the Highland Heights Addition, Addittons One' and Two.

Darron niel 1.ilv addition. and also the Ensi Main business district. Heaton. resident enolnsor, destened the system and made the survey for the proposed plants. The district will employ the lotest cicsign In sanitary disposal svstem in the disposal plant, which will be situated about mile south of city.

Two modern pumping stations are ineluded fu the plans. Anprosimate: 1v the 37,000 feet of pipe will be laid In construction of the system. The contract was let to the Aleniphis firm, which installed sower sestem In Osceola two years ago, by the district commissioners. E. F.

Fry. Addison Smith and Leonard Taylor. Haroid Lloyd, both comedians but how totally different. humor at. just the proper moment.

to this country to reap fame and I With a contract she riches such As she never had: known in Germany. There t3 in QUIr opinion only way in which the Misses Dietrich and Garbo call be likenedbath shun publicitv. for But ther have different reasons doing so. 'To Garbo it is purely business. Large1s because Is impossible for al vewsnacer or magazine writer to: sec can" her she has remained "good all a these years.

For short time after Martene arrived here she Inced interviewers almost every day. And her conversation with them centered chiefly around the young daughter whom she left in Germany with her husband. "Please don't talk so much about your daughter -it is bad publicitv." admonished studio representatives. "All right, if I can't talk ahont my baby I won't talk al all." replied the actress. And she has stuck to that.

I doubt if any actress ever nttained stardom 38 quickly as Marlene Dietrich. One picture was all she needed. Immediately after her arrival she was cast in "Morocco." co-fentured with Garv Cooper and Adolph Menjou. Unknown and unseen by the American public prior to that picture. she became 219 instant -office hit and was started in her second production.

"Distioncred." Marlene is a discovery of Josef ven at least insofar 35 Amerca is concerued. She plaved opposite Emil Jannings in "The nor Blue Angel." which he went to: Germany to direct. In her he the saw 3 great and beautiful drainatich. actress who could iniccl note of NEXT- do yolt think is another choice among the "Six: Most We'll tell you her name and a lot nhont her in! tomoriow's cr Friday's paper. But! in the meantime, we'll say that! this girl is one of the youngest of stara, brown hair and dark eyes, began an "extra" and traveled swiftly in fame.

Can you guess? Amelia Earhart Flies Autogyro to Denver DENVER, June 3. (UP)Amelia Earhart safely landed her nuto-gyro al municipal airport here today. She New here from enne, Wyoming. and will leave this afternoon for Sail Take City. 3-Year-Old Chicago Child Weighs Over 100 Pounds CHICAGO.

June 3 -Jules Tewlow. Chicago's bouncingest baby boy, wns three sears and six months old today and be welghed few ounces less than 1Co pounds. measured 35 Inches nround waist and wore size 11 slide. "He's n' perfectly normal child and 1:0 one knows what makes him gain weight so fast." said his Frank Tewlow, a photograph-. cr.

Bandit Takes $6,617 from Chattanooga Bank CHATTANOOGA. June 3. (UP)-A sinole bandit carrying a shotgun down through the sky light of branch bank here I tedav. handcufled the institution's employes one by 0114 as they RDi peared for work, and escaped with $6.617 which he forced the cant's manager to give bin front vault. Heavily Loaded D0-X Fails to Leave Water hanst of nny sort of a tour of France although they told police at parting "we ate lobsters "Are you sore.

Tesas?" shouted. "I'm not such A cheap sport." called Miss Guinan, "At the same time I would hardly accent a fab as press agent for France." "I am the original woman without a country." she said before denarture. "I received a cable after to act In the films at though. I'm not sore at the connHollywood try of Lafayette and Joan of Arc but French omcials are stupid. They feel that the honor of France demands that they be afraid of woman whose only weanon is her tongue.

I wish they would show as touch interest in their war debt as in me." LISBON. Portugal. June 3. (UP) -Efforts to get the DO- -X, giant German flying boat, to rise from the water's surface st Pralo, Capo Verde Islands, on the start of its proposed trans-Atlantle Alight' to proved fullle today. wireless disnatches from Praia sold.

The machine 75 heavily loaded for the long cruise. WEATHER ARKANSAS Increasing cloudi-. ness tonight. Thursday cloudv, showers In north portion. colder in northwest portion.

According to the official weather cbserver. Charles Phillips, Jr. the maximum trmperature here terday WAS 85 dezrees and the minimum. 69 degrees. clear.

day sear ago the maximum temperature IVAS 60. degrees and the minimum; 61 degrets, clear,.