Oklahoma Governor Murray Nominated Mockingly at Parker County Rally
Weatherford Texas reports Governor W H Murray of Oklahoma addressed Parker County old settlers and visitors, tossed a hat into candidacy contention for the Democratic presidential nomination. He criticized political cowards and stock speculators, urged honest leaders, and argued for farm relief and opposition to liquor restrictions.
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Weatherford
Tex
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Parker County
R. A. Hood
Murray
Springtown
Texas
Additional Paving For Highway No. 2
El Dorado and Texarkana will be connected by 4 paved highway segments with asphalt laid between Buckner and Texarkana on Highway No. 2. The 2 mile stretch should be finished and opened to traffic in about two months. Efforts will be made to designate the highway as part of a gulf cost to Pacific coast federal route.
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FL Dorano
Ark
el Dorado
Texarkana
Buckner
Prescott Aviator Passes Initial Plane Inspection
N Westmoreland of Prescott Ark who learned to fly at 54 has brought his plane to Pine Bluff for its initial inspection by a government official. He runs a jewelry and watch repair shop in Prescott and began flying after taking lessons. He bought a plane in Kansas City and later advanced to solo flying.
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Aluff
Ark
Pi-L
N. Westmoreland
Prescott
Pine Bluff
Westmorend
Prescottanid
Kansas City
Ugularly Simu
Arkansas Farmers Aid Drouth Victims in Oklahoma
Henryetta Oklahoma reports Arkansas merchants and farmers traveled 400 miles to deliver food for 110 miners left destitute by coal mine shutdown. Dr J D Hutchinson led a 13-truck convoy supplying enough provisions for several days as a gesture of back‑yard gratitude for Oklahoma Red Cross aid a year earlier.
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Henryetta
Okla
NEA
England
Ark
Arkansas Group
Atmost
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Red Cross
J. D. Hutchinson
Prohibition Seen as Key Election Issue at Winona Lake
WINONA LAKE Indiana Scott McBride general superintendent of the anti saloon league told the National Bible conference that the next general election will decide prohibition either by its repeal or by making it a lasting issue. He warned that legalization would revive the saloon and predicted Hoover will be renominated with a dry Democrat to be nominated if the dry Democrats win in ousting Raskob.
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Winona Lake
Indiana
Scott McBride
McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Natlons
Hoover
Raskob
Arkansas Legion Delegation To Buy Uniforms
The Arkansas American Legion delegation will wear matching uniforms for the first time in 13 years. A navy blue blouse with white trousers, a white Sam Brown belt, and black shoes will form the outfit, available through the state adjutant's office for 28 dollars.
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Little Nock
Ark
Arkansas
Monticello
Sam Brown
Oran J. Vaughan
Searcy
Boston
Massachusetts
Vaughan
State Adjutant’s Office
American Aviators Fined for Violating Japan Flight Laws
Tokyo reports Clyde Pang and Hugh Herndon Jr were fined about 1000 dollars each by a district court for landing without permits after a Siberia flight. A camera in their plane held photographs of fortified Japanese nets. Authorities allege illegal entry while complying with aviation rules.
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Tokyo
Japan
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
World Fliers
District Court
Siberia
Baltes
Seattle
Wark
Two Negroes Held After Still Raid
Deputies Clarence Baker and Allen Shipp arrested two Negro men eight miles south of Hope on a Friday afternoon raid. Officers found a nearly finished still of nine 6 gallon copper outfit. they destroyed it and took Williams and Rice to Hone for a preliminary hearing. Williams bonds at 500 dollars, Rice at 1000, Rice later jailed in Washington. Rice identified as having escaped from a jail during a May raid.
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Williame
Rice
Hope
Clarance Baker
Allen Shipp
Hone
S. F. Huntley
Williams
Washington
Free melons sent to orphans and vets in Arkansas
Two carloads of watermelons were hauled from Topeka Saturday by Stringer and Webb bound for Texarkana and Little Rock. The melons, part of three carloads donated by J. W. Strickland & Co, were government inspected and of the best grade. Stringer and Webb are shipping the freight to an orphan’s home in Texarkana and the U S Veterans Hospital in Little Rock.
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Stringer& Webb
Truch
Texarkana
Little Rock
J. W. Strickland & Co
Stringer & Webb
U. & Veterans Hospital
Little Reck
Lower Toll Plan for Index Bridge Reported
An unofficial yet reliable Friday report says the Index bridge tolls are near agreement. Four of the nine bridge district commissioners favor the change with negotiations by telephone and no formal meeting yet held. It is unclear how the remaining two commissioners feel and no official action is expected for about two weeks.
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Texarkana
Index Bridge
Bridge District
Six Hempstead delegates to state school finance meeting
Six Hempstead county men were named delegates to the state conference on public school finance to be held in Little Rock on Friday August 21 Hope W Homer Pigg president of the county board announced that every board member and any interested citizen should attend An invitation was sent to Hempstead representatives and to newspapers The meeting aims to study financing plans during the present emergency and may lead to a special session of the legislature if a delaited program for additional taxes is not presented Governor Parnell indicated no special session until a concrete plan is offered by school authorities
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Hempstead County
Little Rock
County Board of Education
R. Hamilton
Patmos
Brint
Spring Hil
L. F. Monroe
Washington
M. L. Nelson
Blevins
J. F. Kaufman
Saratoga
C. F. Routon
Hope
W. Homer Pigg
Arkansas
Hempstead
Marion
Parnell
Routing of Air Mail Is Explained
Texarkana officials explain air mail routing to speed delivery to Los Angeles. Eastbound departures at 12 41 transfer to a westbound night plane and arrive next morning, while westbound at 3 31 p m may wait in Dallas for a day flight. Mail from Houston or Gatesto rt proves faster by air than by train, but Texarkana to those cities remains quicker by train.
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Texarkana
Los Angeles
R. E. Martin
Railway Mailiervice
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Aije
Houston
Gatyestort
Martin Raid
Delegates sail for England without Gandhi in round table plan
Bombay reports twenty seven delegates set sail for England on Saturday for a round table conference, excluding Mahatma Gandhi. In Mississippi, Clovis Eaton was sentenced to life for slaying Clyde Rivers. his brother received 99 years. Justice Butler granted a government extension to October 14 to file a petition in the R Foster Kincaid case involving flood control. An Irish court barred government action in a separate matter.
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Bombay
England
Mahatma Gandhi
Heqoneville
Miss
Clovis Eaton
Clyde Rivers
Rouey Eaton
Barther
Washington
Butler
Supreme Court Starday
R. Foster Kincaid
Lotal Men Catch Four Foot Alligator at Red Lake
John Owen and John Wendell led a fishing party with Dr Frank Trimble M C Mc Pherzon and Walter Whitlow spending Friday night on Red Lake. They captured an alligator over four feet long alive. The gator provided sport and the victim was brought to Hope and viewed by many.
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John Owen
John Wendell
Owen
Frank Trimble
M. C. McPherzon
Walter Whitlow
Red Lake
Rex King to Face Court Next Tuesday
MEMPHIS TENN P H Blain deputy county prosecutor for Crittenden county Arkansas announced a strong circumstantial case against C Rex King 35 charged with the murder of two North Carolina youths in the Harahan viaduct bottoms last October He will be arraigned before Magistrate A R B Wylie at Marion Ark Tuesday for a preliminary hearing on the charge Three witnesses who saw the man with the boys before their murder and several others ready to testify to the man s peculiar sections on the day of the killing.
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Memphis
Tenn
P.—H. Blain
Crittandon County
Arkansas
C. Rex King
North Carolina
Harahan Viaduct
King
Asheville
N. C
A. RB. Wylie
Marion
Ark
Burton Hensley
Woodrow Wilson
Bald Knob
Blair
Cotton on Hand In United States Reaches 6 569 405 Bales
U S cotton on hand reported by the census bureau shows 6 569 405 bales available as of July, up from 4 530 583 a year earlier and 2 911 988 two years prior. The annual report estimates total cotton supply for the 1991 season ending July 31 at 18 346 717 bales, with distribution figures noted in the summary.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureaus
Highway Audit Promised After Commission Meeting
LITTLE ROCK The Audit Commission will pursue a thorough highway department audit, meeting at Hotel Marion to study specifications and contracts. Chairman Futrell noted uncertainty over bids and progress, while offers of assistance from Bailey and Comptroller Reed were discussed but not committed.
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Thei
Audi
Commission
BR. A
Geek Little
Former Arkansas convict captured after bank robbery spree
Springfield Missouri reports two of three men who robbed a bank near Avilla were captured. Indicted are Arthur P Brunston an alleged Texas bank robber and escaped convict, and Asa Pendleton a Texas penitentiary parole violator and Mansfield Louisiana bank robber. The third suspect remained unidentified. Pendleton formerly served two years in Arkansas penitentiary for grand larceny in Union County and was paroled after return from New York where he was arrested on suspicion of murder but not charged.
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Springfield
Avilla
Here
Arthur P. Brunston
Texas
Asa Pendleton
Mansfield
Little Rock
Ark
Union County
Arkansas
New York
Nine Men Injured In Gas Explosion At Grand Mine
In Paris Arki nine men were burned and overcome by gas when a pocket ignited and a keg of dynamite exploded at Grand Mine No 1 on Saturday. Rubie Bowen was hurled 60 feet and is believed the only person seriously injured. The blast occurred in a gas pocket and the injured were taken to a local hospital.
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Paris
Arki
Grand Mine
No. 1
Rubie Bowen
Lou
Hempstead County Equalization Board Sets Session
The Hempstead county Equalization Board will convene in regular session at Washington on Monday August 7, to review the tax assessments for this year. Members are A. H. Wade Ed Yelvin and Bob Carigen. The board will examine rural and city real estate and any new rural real estate under current laws. Taxpayers may attend sessions to discuss assessments.
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Hempstead County
Washington
A. H. Wade
Blevins
Ed Yelvin
Mackington
Bob Carigen
Ozan
Equalization Board
Stresses Gravity of Motor Deaths
Washington report quotes John Barton Payne chairing the National Red Cross who warns motor vehicle fatalities demand multi agency action. He cites 32 500 deaths last year, up 1 246 from the year before, urging city state and group support along with renewed operator responsibility to curb driving hazards.
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Washington
John Barton Payne
National Red Cross
Governor Sterling Attacks Eight Governors in Scripted Exchange
A fragmented report says Governor Sterling faces criticism from multiple governors amid remarks on economic waste. The piece notes a tense exchange linked to Farm issues and state leadership.
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Sterling
Bute i
Atate
Blytheville Jury Delivers Verdict in Mrs Grewae Death
A Blytheville jury returned a verdict in the Frida death case alleging poisoning with strychnine at the home of Mrs. Grewae Promised' Land. Funeral services followed hours later as family members testified about a glass of poison believed to be a laxative. The body was not brought to town. A druggist testified the substance could be lethal.
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Blytheville
Levroner
Pe Grewae
Rial
Farm Home Burns Amid Friday Afternoon Fire
A farm home caught fire Friday afternoon destroying the interior and forcing residents to flee. Firefighters reported the structure damaged beyond repair with only a few households saved from the blaze. No injuries or owners identified in the snippet.
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