Farm Crop Debts to Be Lightest in History This Fall
Hempstead county will see lighter federal crop loans this season with a deadline of April 30 for applications to the Memphis Loan Bureau. About 575 checks totaling $75,000 to $80,000 have arrived by Wednesday noon, with roughly 1,900 applications and $125,000 to $130,000 in total loans expected. Last year more than 150,000 was loaned to about 1,000 farmers in the county, but many requests are for smaller amounts this year. Observers expect harvest-time loans to be the most favorable in twenty years.
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Hempstead County
Memphis Loan Bureau
Hempstead
Memphis
Focal
Hoover urges economy at Virginia governors meeting
President Hoover addressed the Virginia governors conference calling for reduced expenditures better distributed taxation and balanced budgets as essential to national recovery He warned that restoring stability requires less siphoning of private effort into government coffers and stressed public support for economy measures
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Richmond
Hoover
Recluse Hunter Harvey Ends Life in Virginia Area
MENA Walter Harvey aged 73 a recluse and reputed member of a Virginia family ended his life Tuesday near Watton by firing three bullets into his brain A revolver in his hand held four empty cartridges An inquest heard he had discussed burial plans with neighbor Looney Whitely and left two notes saying he would end his life and requested burial in a Virginia college era military uniform
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Mena
Walter Harvey
Virginia
Watton
Finngate
Justice J. 5
Vandervoort
Hervey
Looney Whitely
Whitely
Harvey
Virginia College
Dietrich and Cagney Suspended Over Pay Dispute
Hollywood reports Marlene Dietrich and James Cagney suspended by their studios amid contract conflicts. Cagney seeks a $24,400 weekly wage raise under Warner Brothers. Dietrich’s Paramount deal for three films and director Von Sternberg’s departure tied to her project Blonde Venus are unresolved.
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Hollywood
Calif
Marlene Dietrich
Blond Beauty
Germany
James Cagney
Warner Brothers
Mylene Dietrich
Is! Indis
Paramount
Jef von Sternberg
University Studente Edit Star Thursday
The Star will be edited Thursday by 12 journalism students from the University of Arkansas on tour of state newspaper offices. W. J. Lemke will supervise, with Mack Anderson leading the student staff. The Star invites city cooperation to make the students stay pleasant and worthwhile.
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the Star
Department of Journalism
University of Arkwneds
W. J. Lemke
Department of Fayetteville
Mack Anderson
Magnolia
Lindbergh Aides Withdraw Services
New York reports that Salvatore Spitsle and Irvin Bitz withdrew from assisting in the Lindbergh kidnapping case midweek. Their lawyer said they opposed a recent $50,000 payment to a purported kidnapper representative and that Spaie urged Lindbergh not to make the payment.
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New York
Salvatore Spitsle
Irvin Bitz
Lindbergh
Sphaie
Kentucky Brothers Die in Gun Battle
Alma Fyffe and Nosh Fyffe brothers die after a gun battle in Keaton Johnson county near Paintsville. John Fyffe present but disputed participation. Noah Fyffe a deputy sheriff arrested Alma on liquor charges previously. Parents listed as Mr. and Mrs. J M Fyffe of Wilbur Lawrence county.
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Keaton
Johnson County
Lawrence County
Alma Fyffe
Nosh Fyffe
John Fyffe
Noah Fyffe
Alma
Noah
Paintsville
Wince Mullins
Louisa
Wilbur
John
Nosh
J. M. Fyffe
Truck Driver Marbury Killed In Missouri Crash
J. E. Marbury, 26 driving a rice truck from Jonesboro Arkansas to Chicago, was killed when his vehicle hit a cam planter on highway 61 near Likeeston Missouri. L A Farrett, a companion, said the men dozed off to sleep when the accident occurred.
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Likeston
J. E. Marbury
Jonesboro
Ark
Chicago
L. A. Farrett
Marbury
Legion Auxiliary To Present Child Welfare Program
The Lassie Huddleston Post of the American Legion and its Auxiliary will host a child welfare program at city hall on Thursday evening April 28 starting at 4 o clock. The program features invited speakers from county health and education services, a focus on medical service, public health, training, and aid for the handicapped, followed by addresses on how the Legion and Auxiliary can assist in improving child health and protection in Hempstead County. The event includes songs, a benediction, and light refreshments.
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Lassie Huddleston
American Legion
W. RB. Anderson
America
Chedister Hall
R. L. Searcy
Lewisville
Ira Hammond
Hempstead
Alberta Hamm
Arkansas
H. O. Kyler
Harry Shiver
Ward Dabney
Addrean-How
Li Kye Og
Ames Elon’ Auxiliary
Our
Jessie Cox
Treasure Hunter Fatally Injured Near Bastrop Farm
In Bastrop Louisiana three Black individuals William Walt and his two sons Myrie and Tyrie were arrested after fatally injuring W. A. Givens a Bastrop man while he and four others dug on a farm. They said shots were fired to scare him away.
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Bastrop
W. A. Givens
Bonita
William Walt
Myrie
Tyrie
Givens
Watt's Fern
Seven Accused of Wrecking Genoa Depot
TEXARKANA Seven men were in custody charged with wrecking the Genoa depot twelve miles southeast of here and smashing about one hundred glass insulators on the railroad tracks outside the station. Deputy Turquette and Special Agent Hanson reported the station was nearly destroyed with windows smashed stoves overturned doors broken and floor planks pulled up. Geo Elsins Jr. 19 and Oval Margason 0 were charged with wrecking the state while Paul Favors Derl Elkins Arthur Rose Herman Skeets and Paul Mason were named as the others who smashed the insulators. A heaving will be given the mended geeduy.
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Texarkana
Genoa
Here
Arthur Turquette
Hanson
Cotton Belt Railroad
Geo. Elsins, Jr
Oval Margason
Paul Favors
Derl Elkins
Arthur Rose
Herman Skeets
Paul Mason
Two Men Arrested in Ohio Blast Case
CHICAGO report says two Columbus men Edward B. Wallace and Frank Wilson were arrested in a stolen car packed with dynamite tools after the April 14 blast that ripped the Ohio state office building in Columbus killing 20. Wallace, a former federal convict, and Wilson, 24, denied Columbus warrants beyond car theft or safeblow suspicions.
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Chicago
Ohio
Columbus
Edward B. Wallace
Frank Wilson
S. A. Healy Construction Company
Wallace
Olvio
Body of Oklahoma Youth Recovered
SALLISAW Okla The body of Robert Hajey Wall 21 year old son of W B Wall former county attorney was found Tuesday near Wild Horse mountain with a bullet wound in the heart He died about two days earlier He vanished Monday night after telling his mother he was going to a party and would be done late Authorities had no clue as no weapon was found near the body Officers believe Wall was murdered and his body thrown from an automobile Ted Patten a Sallisan youth who was seen with Wall Monday night in Wall s car was being sought for questioning
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Sallisaw
Okla
Robert Hajey Wall
W. B. Wall
Wild Horse Mountain
Wall
Ted Patten
Sallisan
Negro School to Present Minstrel Show at Shover Street
A negro minstrel program by students of the elementary department will be staged Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the Shover Street school. The entertainment promises high class songs dances and jokes with special arrangements to handle a large audience. The public is invited to attend.
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Shover Street
Fayetteville Drug Store Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
Fire in the Red Cross Drug Store and office building in Fayetteville caused about 40000 in damage with 32000 to stock and fixtures and 7000 to the building. The origin of the blaze was not immediately determined.
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Fayetteville
Red Cross
Junior Class Play Next Friday Night
Thrills and mystery are to be presented in the annual Junior class play at the High School auditorium next Friday night. Miss Lois Ferguson directs a cast long prepared to act with veteran poise. The play The Last Chair promises an audience spellbound from curtain up. A matinee for students is at 3 PM with the evening show at 8 PM.
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Lois Fergumon
May Face Charge of Manslaughter in Tyronza Shooting
Osceola Ark Tuesday night prosecutor S L Glad ish said it would probably be technical manslaughter charges against Deputy Harris Smith of Tyronza. The Grand Jury will probe a Friday shooting at a Toronza drug store where Arlie Bird 22 was killed and Tommy Lee Bowing 23 wounded. Bowing told a Memphis hospital he and Bird were framed. Smith said he shot during an attempted robbery. Douglas Hapgood 14 was questioned after unlocking a door for entry.
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Osceola
Ark
S. L. Gladish
Harris Smith
Tyronza
Tommy Lee Bowing
Memphis
Arlie Bird
Sith
Smith
Toronza
Douglas Hapgood
N. J. Hazel
Stock target wad inquiry plans outlined at Senate committee
Washington bulletin notes a thorough investigation plan discussed Wednesday by the Senate Banking Committee steering panel. John Hughes Curtis, back from a secret liaison in the Lindbergh case, said several obstacles in negotiations for the child’s return had been overcome and declined to discuss his trip further.
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Washington
Senate Banking Comittee
John Thughes Curtis
Ohio Reporter Shot By Bandits in Canton
Henry Bouk Nas, reporter for the Ohio Examiner, was shot near his home by two men as the weekly newspaper fought organized crime in Canton. He was seriously injured as around 100 slug pellets struck his body, while physicians noted his grave condition. The attack echoes Canton’s past crime editor slayings tied to anti crime campaigns.
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Canton
Ohio
Henry Bouk- Nas
Ohio Examiner
Examiner
den. Melton
Husband Accuses Wife in Baby Trade Case
Philadelphia figures a wealthy childless wife fakes a birth to claim an inheritance. Euston A. Sullivan petitions to strike his wife Grace May Sullivan’s birth record, alleging Miss Edith Crebbe and another unwed mother swapped a baby at St Vincent's in 1931. Crebbe’s child allegedly moved to Detroit, while Grace May Sullivan was said to be connected to a second infant christened Grace May Sullivan.
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Philadelphia
Dauphin County
Euston A. Sullivan
Merion
Grace May Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Helen Blair Sullivans
Edith Crebbe
Detroit
Downington
Sullivan
Florida
Swampscott
Mass
Miss Crebbe
Ritchie Cites Prohi and Farm Situation in Talk
Governor Albert C Ritchie of Maryland told Virginia governors at a state dinner that prohibition and the farm situation illustrate the dangers of excessive federalism and the limits of over centralization. He said the current economic imbalance stems from upheavals in federal equilibrium during the Governors Conference in Richmond.
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Ritchie
Richmond
Albert C Ritchie
Maryland
Two Negroes Shot During School Stage Scene
In Miami Florida at Booker T. Washington High School for Negroes a stage play rehearsal turned deadly when a prop pistol misfired. Actor Anthony Gardner, 18, fell after the incorrect “bang” cue and was shot. fellow cast member Kerrion Coleman was also struck and hospitalized in good condition. Gardner may survive.
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Miami
Fla
Beras Iors
Anthony Gardner
Kerrion Coleman
Gardner
Coleman
Aid Offer Refused by State Engineer
County officials refuse state aid as County Judge Watt Jordan agrees to cooperate on road maintenance. Plemmons says state crews are placing gravels and bringing roads to first class condition, with no county involvement in state highways.
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Watt Jordan
Plemmons
Youth Injured By Falling Into Disc Plow
Otha Hammond a 19 year old farmer from Six Mile east of Charleston was seriously hurt while plowing with a disc plow. The team panicked and lurched forward causing him to fall among the discs. He suffered loss of blood and was unconscious on arrival at the hospital but doctors expect recovery.
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Charleston
Otha Hammond
Arthur Hammond
Six Mile
Otha
Kidnaping Suspect Caught in Africa
Kansas City prosecutor James R. Page obtained affidavits from City of New York crew members identifying photos of Martin Depew alias John M. Long. The engine wiper was arrested in Johannesburg at Missouri's request as a suspect in the kidnapping of Mrs Nel Donnelly. Page planned to confer with federal officials on extradition.
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New York
James R. Page
Kansas City
Jackson County
City of New York
Martin Depew
John M. Long
South Africa
Johannesburg
Missouri
Marshall Deputy
Nel Donnelly
Page
Washington
Anderson plan would regulate alcohol under new national commission
Mr Loesch of the Hoover era commission on law observance and enforcement warned that prohibition and regulated sales could curb organized crime and bootlegging. He described a plan to form a bipartisan national commission to set alcoholic content, fix prices, and regulate all aspects of alcohol within federal authority, similar to Sweden’s Brett system.
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Anderson
Loeech
Presii Hoover
Commission On
Loesch
Sweden
United States
Fight Leaves Teen with Skull Fracture in West Virginia
In Charleston Joe Caton, 13, is hospitalized with a fractured skull after a fight with 18 year old Alonzo Pierce. Both youths from the Vesta community six miles north of Charley used stones in the melee over a girl. Pierce had been arrested Tuesday night.
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Charleston
Joe Caton
Alonzo Pierce
Caton
Pierce
Ceton
Vesta
Charley
Nigis
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Alvin O. King
Miss Grosjean
Huey Long
Paul Cyr
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Senator Long
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