Bear State Should Return as Arkansas Name
Local observers argue Arkansas should revert from the Wonder State label to Bear State, citing historical use and cultural significance. They note Governor Charles H. Brough promoted Wonder State during World War I era for resource policy, but urge restoring the traditional name to honor early Arkansans and public memory.
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Wonder State Club
Wonder State
Arkansas
Charles H. Brough
Ine
Bear State
Land
Ltt
Chamber of Commerce
Park Playground Opened Here for 5 Days Per Week
Park at Fair Park opens Monday under Mrs. Poy Hammons supervision with a staff of 13 women in charge. Park remains open five days weekly from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Saturday and Sunday. Mothers of Hope are invited to bring children. WPA improvements aid recreational activities. Last year attendance rose above 50 on average, with several days over 100. Southern Community companies to provide daily water supply, each company contributing 100 pounds of fire?
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Fair Park
Poy Hammons
Dallance
Hammons
Souther Aed
First Baptist W C U Speaker Lily Grace Matheson
Miss Lily Grace Matheson, secretary of the National W C U, speaks at 8 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Hope. The event includes a short program with Rev Brawsler, Regina Bayse, Harriett Story, a male quartet, and Benediction by Rev Archie Vis on. The event is sponsored by the W C U and open to the public.
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First Baptist Church
Lily Grace Matheson
Fee
W. C
Tool
Hope
Thomas Brawsler
First Presbyterian Church
Vielin Sola
Regina Bayse
Harriett Story
Edward
Lily Grave Matheson
Freddy Aare Vison
Farmers Urged to Sign Work Sheet in Hempstead County
Farmers are urged to sign farm worksheets this week in Hempstead County. Eligible farmers must list crop acreages for 1985 and 1936, provide legal land descriptions, and indicate total acres covered. Attendance is requested at listed locations on April 29, 24, or 25, with multiple sites and officials named across the county.
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Hempstead
W. E. Mountesstle
W. B. Laferty
Patmos
Cleve Mayton
Sardis Qiear
Miles Laha
Dan Harkness
Fulton A. Schwetzerhof
McNab
Neat Osteen
Holly Grove
Five Escape as Truck Overturns on Highway 29
Five persons escaped serious injury when a truck loaded with five tons of scrap iron overturned on Highway 29, about one mile south of Hope-Lewisville, around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Driver R A Whatley and passenger D Y Whatley, brothers, aided by Toy, were thrown from the cab. all occupants were ejected onto the ground, with minor injuries to the Whatley brothers and others. One man was thrown into a cotton patch. the truck was damaged and slashed.
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Hope
Lewisville
R.A Whatley
Toy
D. Y. Whatley
Whatley Brothers
Ultimatum links re arming to Italian Ethiopia aims
Geneva reports Mussolini demanded nearly all of Ethiopia as the price for East African peace, insisting armistice guarantees no rearming of Emperor Selassie. Aloisi said the move implies practical occupation of enemy territory. In Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie’s forces retreat as Ethiopian and Belgian tensions surface.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Italy
League of Nations Council
Baron Aloisi
Mustolini
Emperor Selassie
Alossi
Giblopia
Addis Ababa
Asfa Woson
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Jijiga
Maile Selassie
Asfa
Wosan
Rome
July
New Duggar Manager Shoe Specialist Takes Over Local Store
Leo J. Tauer, longtime Duggar’s Shoe staffer from El Dorado, becomes permanent manager of Duggar’s Hope store, succeeding Fred Gray. He relocates his wife and child to 609 South Main, brings shoe fitting expertise from a foot correction program, and resigns from El Dorado Kiwanis where he was vp, to focus on civic work in Hope.
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Leo J. Tauer
Duggar
el Dorado Civic
Duggar's Shoe
el Dorado
Duggar’s
Hope
Fred Gray
Mr. Tauer
Influenza Outbreak Hits Hope Area Prompting Notices
Influent remains prevalent in Hope city and county as illness from influenza keeps many residents at home. Four Hempstead County grand jury members were reported ill and unable to attend a Washington appointment, prompting adjustments to the panel and related notice in The Star.
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Hope Monday
Dale C. Jones
Steve Carrigan
Dewey Hendrix
Speck Hempstead County Grand Jury
Washington
Freak Egg Mystery Reported by Emmet Farmer in Creole District
WR Baker of Emmet Rete One delivered an egg to The Siuer office in Munday. A fuse-like catheter is attached, appearing to be a single normal egg except for the unusual mounting. Local officials investigate this odd find and its potential danger.
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Emmet
WR. Baker
Emmet Rete
Siuer
Munday
de Mont Mnigh Lowe
Indicted for Arson at Patmos Four in Hope named
Four men from Hope were indicted for arson in the December Patmos house fire. L L Middlebrooks of Patmos named as accessory before the fact. Other indictments include robbery and assault with intent to kill. One fisherman not indicted. The liquor contest hearing postponed due to illness of an attorney.
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Hempstead County
William Chambers
Bill Hogan
Dazzy Lee Jones
Chambers
Little Rock
Charles Foster
Floyd McDowell
Foster
Albert Nelson
Rufus Boyd
Nelson
Boyd
John Cunningham
Fulton
Fulton Toll Bridge
Oscar Powell
Tommy Watson
Williams Wyner
Washington
Charles Routon
Missouri-Pacific Railway Company
Rowton
Railway Company
Poll
Gailroad
Hope
Routon
Hempstead
H. M. Stephens
Steve Carrigan
Sephens
Dexter Bush
Prohibition
Cargile Leads Hope at Nashyville Track Meet
Cargile scored 14 points in the senior division as Hope fielded only one competitor Nolan Tootsie Cargile led the effort. Nashville took both senior and junior titles with 88 and 7542 points respectively. Texarkana placed second in both divisions. High scorer in seniors was Vaughn Tullett of Nashville with 10 points. Earl Jeenings led juniors with 33 points in Nashville. Cargile won the 120 yard high hurdles and the 220 yard low hurdles, while placing fourth in the high jump.
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Hope
Nolan
Tootsie
Cargile
Nashyville
Nashville
Texarkana
Vaughn Tullett
Earl Jeenings
Arkansas Supreme Court Ousts Lee County Sheriff
The Arkansas Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus directing Circuit Judge W D Davenport to remove Sheriff Zoll C Smith of Lee County from office pending his trial on embezzling 8552 21 dollars in public funds. Smith was indicted last Tuesday and trial is set for April.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
W. D. Davenport
Zoll C. Smith
Lee County
Jews and Arabs clash in Palestine riots near Jaffa and Tel Aviv
Amid rising clashes between Jews and Arabs, five more Jewish deaths push two day toll to 15 as riots spread between Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Curfews exist, police separate mobs, and Jewish shops close while traffic halts along the border.
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Jappra
Palestine
Palecor
Jaffa
Tel-Aviv
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Nogeri
Pesach Tikvah
Williams Co Nine Captures Opener
Williams Lumber Company of Hope rallied in the ninth to beat the Lion Oilers of El Dorado 5 to 4 in the season opener. Lloyd Coop hit a clutch double driving in two runs, Carroll Schooley followed with a run scoring single, and Hope piled up 19 hits to El Dorado’s 4. The Oilers visit Hope next Sunday for the first rematch.
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Williams Lumber Company
Lion Oilers
el Dorado
Lloyd Coop
Carrol Schooley
Coop
Oilers
Jeff Stout 54 Dies Near Washington
Jeff Stout aged 54 died at his home near Washington last Tuesday April 14 after years of declining health. He is survived by his widow Faye, sons and two daughters. He was brother in law of Mrs Prink Hutchchs of Hope. The body will be interred in a family cemetery.
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Jare Stout
Washington
Stout
Faye
Prink Hutchchs
Hope
Rescuers Falter at Miners Tomb in Nova Scotia
MOOSE RIVER Nova Scotia AP report that three miners remain trapped with two alive and one dead just feet away. Rescue teams fear miscalculation of the chamber position and begin a cross cut to reach the miners. Dr D E Robertson, one of the two survivors, says he and his companion can endure at least 12 more hours.
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Moose River
Nova Scotia
Associated Press
D. E. Robertson
Robbers Strike FiveHope Area Homes and Stores
A series of late night break ins hit five Hope locations including Hope Feed Company on West Street, Southern Grain & Produce, Gulf Refining Co distribution station, Jett Williams Aquarium on Walnut Street, and W R Farrell Blacksmith on South Hazel Street. Entry methods varied from pried doors to broken windows. whisky thefts occurred at a liquor store. No money was recovered. gunfire involved during a chase with a state ranger. The latest thefts followed a prior liquor-store raid in the past ten days.
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Ystiaar Fe Blevins
F.C
Fom New
Hope
Hope Feed Company
West Street
Southern
Grain & Prodi
Louisiana
Jett Williams Aquar Stor
Wilnut
Gulf Refining, Co
Booth
Sixteenth Streets
W. R. Ferrell Blacksmoth
Hazel Street
Mat
Feed Company
Southern Grain & Produ
St Appen
Gulf Refining Distributing Station
W. R. Farrell
South Hazel Street
Mother Killed Daughter Injured In Arkansas Crash
In Fayetteville Arkansas, Mrs. Pearl Agnew was killed and her daughter Miss Louise Agnew was seriously injured when their automobile wrecked on Highway No. TL near Greenland. They were en route home from Little Rock.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Pearl Agnew
Louise Agnew
Greenland
Little Ruck
Pledges Filed as Candidates Vie in State Race
State Auditor Charles Parker of Camden filed his corrupt practices pledge for re election while Waller J Pope announced Sunday and filed his pledge Monday for attorney general. In Berlin Germany militarized Reichsfaheer Miller received homage on his 47th birthday with a large parade. In Boston Red Sox beat the Senators 6 to 5 in Patriots Day game after a three run rally. In Washington Chebourne moved to begin Gisbil debate schedule, 16 hours split between proponents and opponents.
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Little Rock
Charles Parker
Camden
Waller J. Pope
Berlin
Germany
Reichsfaheer Miller
Bostor
Mass
Boston Red Sox
Washington Senators
Kane
Carly
Washington
Chebourne
Gisbil
Two Billion Left in Recovery Fund Report
Washington report shows more than 2 billion of the 4.88 billion Work Relief fund remained unspent at the end of the third quarter of the fiscal year. Expenditures totaled about 2.515 billion through March, with state disbursements led by Arkansas at 534.27 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Arkansas
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