City Hall Program Ends Hope Week With Tour
Hope Arkansas hosts county wide Better Homes event at City Hall. Miss Beryl Neary and County Judge Rider lead talks on homes and government. W E Mountcastle covers rural electrification. demonstrations and garden tours attract fifteen carloads. Tour stops include Luck Farm, A W Martin Kane log house, Experiment Station rose gardens, Allen community, soil conservation site, and hempstead Lumber Company displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Neary
Hope Scholdrs
Heury
Rider
Hempstead
W. E. Mountcastle
Ruffin White
Allen Home Demonstration Club
Hope Demonstration Club
J. 3. Gibson, Jr
Hope
This Friday
John Wellborn
George W. Ware
Fruit & Truck Experiment Station
Better Homes
Arkansas
Ella Posey
Fred’ Vfarrison
First Methodist Church
John Welborn
Melva Bullington
A. W. Martin Kane
Allen
Lew Chadians
DeAnn
Mes, Geakind
Goodbar Farm
Burl Thompson
J.A. Paulli
Soil Conservation
Hlempstead County Lumber Company
Geon Carrington
Ma. Carrington
Imade
S Mey
RM. Briant
Gaaie
Wanheington
Hinton
Bay View
Robison Buyers Return After St Louis Market Spend
Corbi Kosterine George W. Robison, a doctor, and Tawis have returned from a five day buying trip in St Louis, selecting immediate and fall merchandise for the Robison stores.
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Robison
St. Louis
CC. Tawis
Corbi Kosterine
George W. Robison
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
LONGVIEW Texas commentary notes the speaker mocks Spain in the Spanish war and questions who will pay for it. Observation on recent events cites propaganda in nickel magazines and satire about the Supreme Court question. The piece ends with a jab at fiction writers chasing attention.
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Longview
Texas
Spain
Supreme Court
Commencement Plans Rise Across Three County Schools
Commencement services for Hempstead district high schools begin in early May. Blevins High School seniors present The Antics of Andrew this Friday in the Blevins gym. Blevins baccalaureate Sunday May 9 at 10 30 am with Rev Harvey Moore of Philadelphia. address may be by J P Womack of Henderson State College at 8 o clock Friday night May 14. Valedictorian Miss La Verne Harper. salutatorians Miss Louise Eley and Miss Helen Zumwalt. Two other Hempstead high schools hold baccalaureates May 2 with preachers J B Lueck of Magnolia and William R Hamilton of Hope. Patmos High School graduation May th with address by T M Stinnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Blevins High School
Andrew
Blevins
Harvey Moore
Arkadelphia
J. P. Womack
Henderson State College
O'Clark
La‘Verne Harper
J. W. Harper
McCaskill
Cur! Zumwalt
Hempstead High Schools
J. B. Lueck
Martin Edington Buried Thursday
Martin J. Edington six year old son of Mr and Mrs I C Edington of 23 South Walnut street died Wednesday in Julia Chester hospital after a week's illness Funeral services were held at 10 a m Thursday at the Nazarene church conducted by the pastor Burial was in Rocky Mound cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin J. Edington
I C. Edington
South Walnut Street
Julia Chester Hospital
Nazerene Church
Rocky Mound Cemetery
Mind Your Manners Social Etiquette Quiz
A practice quiz on proper commencement etiquette asks about gown color gray tassel placement left front quarter and whether a mortar board may tilt It also covers wearing flowers with robes how to address envelopes for graduates and the correct social forms for greeting a Melton family The provided answers clarify gray gowns tassels worn on the left front quarter and no to the other etiquette questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Howard Melton
Mrs. Melton
Lumberjacks Open Season With 2-1 Win Over Camden
The Williams Lumber company baseball team opened the season with a 2 to 1 victory over Camden. Carroll Schooley drove in both runs with a third inning double after pitching five innings of relief. Cecil Boswell started, held Camden to three hits in four innings, and Schooley finished with five strikeouts. Camden’s lone run came in the first inning.
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Williams Lumber Company
Camden
Carroll Schooley
Cecil Boswell
Schooley
Hope
McDonald
Robinson
W. Cook
Here It Comes the Pitch and Camera Stops the Ball
Hope Lumberjacks defeated Camden state champion Kraftmen 2 to 1 at Fairpark to open the baseball season. Cecil Boswell, from Magnolia A. M., pitched four innings with one hit allowed. Carroll Schooley, moving from catcher, pitched five innings and gave up two safeties. Umpire Fritz watched as Boswell delivered the quick pitch captured in a one thousandth of a second photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Boswell
Hope
pKiafmen
Howard
Alten
Bome Plate
Johnny Allen
Hope Business
Dad's Place
Whiteway Barber Shop
Allen
Hope Confectionery
V. Schooley
Jack's Newstand
Capital
Jimny Cook
Webb
Lumberjacks
Okay Cementers
Lloyd Coop
Hubert
Blackie) Elliott
Bound For Hope
Okay
Comenters
Antoine Mountaineers
Dildy
Crawford
Accu
Robinson
Stinebiser
Fitzhugh
En Reaves
Val
Curry
Pecos
C. Schooley
Rogers
Oyccwowon
Hope Lumberjacks
Camden
Kraftmen
Fairpark
Magnolia A. & M
Willisville
Nevada County
Boswell
Carroll Schooley
Fritz
Denhardt Denies Slaying Fiance in Kentucky Trial
Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt testified he did not kill his fiancée Verna Garr Taylor in a roadside ditch near Newcastle Kentucky He claimed she was depressed and nervous and that a laundry worker named Chester Woolfalk had mistreated her He described their rushed engagement and said he locked his pistol away while they rode together stating it would look foolish for their age to marry quickly He is 61 she was 40
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Henry HH. Denhardt
Kentucky
Verna Garr Taylor
Louisville
Denhardt
la Grange
Roy Jones Returns From Convention of Bakers
Roy Jones of the City Bakery has returned home from Little Rock where he attended a convention of the Are Kansas Baker's association of Arkan ids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Jones
Convention of Bakers
The
City Bakery
Little Rock
Are Kansas Baker's Association of Arkanids
Farm Vocational Training Is Urged In Hope
Craig Rosborough of the Soil Conservation Service urged the Hope Rotary to support vocational agricultural training. He noted nearby Magnolia offers such a course thanks to A M College, and warned other Arkansas towns of similar size lack of training for boys compared with home economics for girls. Additional Rotary speakers included C C Lewis and J R Henry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Craig Rosborough
Soil Conservation Service Office
Rotary Club
Me. Rosborough
C. C. Lewis
J. R. Henry
Albert Graves
Leon Cartington
W. A. Hammond
Max Cox
A. H. Washburn
Waltre Mountcastle
Eddie Spragins
Taylor Named Mutual Life Agent From Hope
Pink W. Taylor of Hope has been appointed a representative of Mutual Life Insurance of New York. Wayne H. England district manager announced the appointment Friday. Taylor grew up in Rosston Nevada County and worked 12 years as a teacher and 16 years as a rural mail carrier. He lives on South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink W. Taylor
Hope
Mutual Life Insurance of
New York
Wayne H. England
Mr. Taylor
Rosston
Nevada County
South Main Street
General MacArthur and Tennessee Girl Marry in New York
General Douglas MacArthur, adviser to the Philippine government, wed Miss Jean Marie Paireloth of Murfreesboro Tennessee Friday in the chapel of the municipal building. May Bethy was born in Little Rack ake.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Jean Marie Paireloth
Murfreesboro
Tenn
May Bethy
Little Rack
Ake
Mother of Mrs Onstead Dies Here
Mrs Andrew Emrick of Foreman, mother of Isabell Onstead, Hempstead County Tax Assessor, died Friday morning in Julia Chester hospital. Funeral at 10 p.m. Saturday from Mrs Onstead’s home, 420 Edgewood Ave. Burial at Foreman. Survived by husband, four daughters, one son, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Andrew Emrick
Foreman
Isabell Onstead
Hemp Stead
Julia Chester Hospital
Onstead
Edgewood Avenue
W. 5. Swanson
H. W. Burgin
L. G. Barker
St. Louis
Hope
George C. Emrick
Flore Iessant, Cale
Outdoor Baptismal Service at Dutin's Lake Sunday
Gospel Tabernacle plans an outdoor water baptism at Dutin's Lake at the Pines Sunday at 2 30 led by Rev Bert Webb The service aims to reproduce New Testament baptism practices and will feature a brief sermon on the purpose and value of water baptism with a musical program by the Tabernacle Choir Orchestra Odom Brothers Male Quartet and others plus congregational singing.
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Gospel Tabernacle Congregation
Dutin’s
the Pines
Bert. Webb
Tabernacle
Tabernacle Choir
Odom
McDonald to Go on Trial Monday
UTTLE ROCK seven circuit court officials set the Monday start for former Secretary of State Ed F. McDonald’s trial on a false pretenses charge tied to capital janitor supply purchases. Prosecutor Fred Denham said the case could run three to four days, possibly longer.
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Uttle Rock
Ed F. McDonald
Fred Denham
McDonald
Neutrality Bill Modified and Passed by Congress
Congress approved the Pittman McReynolds neutrality bill, sending the measure to President Roosevelt on a Gulf trip to sign before the current neutrality law expires. Senate 41 15, House action followed. Republicans largely opposed the discretionary president power. Nye vows to push to repeal cash and carry provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Gulf of Mexico
Senate
House
Senate Munitions Committee
Borah
Ahh
Munitions Bloc
Nye
N. D
Munitions Committee
Sheriff Knew of Attack on Deputy and Slavery Charge
Sheriff Theo Dore Middleton of Harlan County Kentucky testified Friday he knew two deputies shot and left for dead, while Deputy Hugh Taylor said he was attacked after protesting the slaving of a 19 year old son of a union organizer. Testimony came before the LaFollette civil liberties committee investigating deputies on payroll of the Harlan County Coal Operators association who allegedly beat United Mine Workers members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pi
Theodore Middleton
Harlan County
Kentucky
Hugh Taylor
Taylor
LaFullette Civiliberties Committee
Espana Bombed as Bilbao Blockade Ship Sinks
Paris officials say Franco regime battleship Espana was sunk by air attack off the Bay of Biscay during the Bilbao blockade. insurgent vessels rescued officers and crew while France and Britain consider aiding Bilbao civilians, with timing and ships to be announced.
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Bilbao
Spain
Espana
Biscay
Francisco Franco
Paris
France
Great Bristain
State Income Tax Yield Increases in 1937 First Four Months
LITTLE ROCK. Despite a 1937 act changing filing deadline from March 1 to May 15, four month collections total $290,082.62, up $64,323.73 from the same period last year. Revenue Director Ormand B. Shaw reported April receipts at $38,953.37, $10,199.99 higher than April 1936, as overall income tax collections rose.
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Little Rock
Ormand B.shaw
Revnue Department
D. L. Ford
Roosevelt on Gulf Fishing for Tarpon
President Franklin D Roosevelt toured the Mississippi Louisiana coast with guardsmen and police ahead of a Gulf tarpon fishing trip. He visited Biloxi Gulfport Beauvoir and a Gulfport hospital, received gifts from veterans, and rode through New Orleans with Gov Leche and Mayor Mestri as crowds cheered during Mardi Gras season.
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New Orleans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mississippi- Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Biloxi
Gulfport
Moffett
Tarpon
Texas
Biloxi Veterans’ Hospital
Confederate Veterans’ Home
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Veterans’ Hospital
June Braun
Braun
J.C. Cain
South
General Bragg
Jeff Davis
Cain
National
Canal
Richard W. Leche
Robert S. Mestri
May cotton opens in New Orleans at 12.74 closes 12.85 bid
New Orleans price report shows May cotton opening at 12.74 and final bid 12.85. Spot cotton ends 25 points higher at middling 13.33.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton
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National Better Homes
Hope City Hall
Brown Turner
Guernsey
Patmos
Martin Edington
H. C. Edington
Gray
Kraft
By Leonard Ellis
Jimmy Cook
Cook
Newcastle, Kye
H. B. Kinsalving, Jr
John Marshall Berry
Henry H. Denhardt
Henry County
Rotary
Mutual Life
England
General MacArthur
Tennessee Girl
iMother
A. Emrick
Tabernacle Congregation
Pines
Honolulu
Franco
Britain
Gulf
Vet
New York Post Office
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