Two Hempstead township posts decided by county committee
Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee met at Hope city hall Friday to canvass Tuesday primaries and certify nominees. Dillard won from Saratoga for precinct committeeman and Hood won road overseer in Redland after sub committee protests. Results list Justice of the Peace and road overseer winners across townships with several ties resolved. absentee ballots noted but counted later.
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Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee
Hope City Hall
W. F. Dillard
Saratoga
Bill Hood
Redland Township
Jin Hughes
Dillard
Hughes
Bill Hite
Hoad
Central Committee
Hood
Hille
Central
W. S. Atkins
Official Canvass of Hempstead County 45 76
The item notes a formal canvass in Hempstead County with figures showing four dollars referenced in the fragment.
Rebels and attacks at Pine Bluff border line
A Cloudy onslaught by rebel troops and heavy government fire near Tren highlights six miles of fighting in the Spanish civil war as rebels retreat. In Portugal, rebels seize Badajoz to aid campaigns toward Madrid while in Arkansas a cattle sale offers purebred bulls for replacement at Pine Bluff on October 16.
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Biscay
Pine Bluff
Biratou
Associated Pressi
Tren
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Shaw
Ark
R. RB
Musselman
Hempstead
Swedes Report Record Low Life Term Prisoners
Stockholm reports 49 life term prisoners the lowest ever, while total inmates reach 1,816 with 80 women. Sweden has long abolished capital punishment. Last year counts were 1,714. The note oddly mentions Montana propulsion usage in 1985 for distribution and retailing, including cars and accessories.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Governor Futrell Plans South-wide Farm Tenancy Conference
Little Rock bulletin reports Governor Futrell proposing a South wide conference to tackle farm tenancy economic problems. An Arkansas commission of 40 or 30 members, including sharecroppers, landowners, business leaders, educators, and legislators, will be appointed in days and meet in Hot Springs to map a side program.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Telephone engineers take inventory in Hope
Telephone engineers from Southwestern Bell toured Hope counting poles, braces, wires, and boxes for a state-wide property inventory ordered by the Department of Public Utilities. H W Shepard said the effort will help determine telephone service costs. next, inventory of instruments and central office equipment will occur, with Macedonia cemetery to be named next Tuesday August 18 seven miles south of Hope on the Hope Patonies road.
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Hope
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Utili
Hese Chinerrs
Urey
H. W. Shepard
Telephone Company
Shepwird
Macedonia
Hie Hope-Patnies Road
Heaviest Melon Gains Fame At Seed Store Display
C D Middlebrooks of Pauus displays a 137 pound cross between Triumph and Tom Watson melons at Monts Seed Store. He notes a 141 pound Tory Watson melon and cites earlier heavy crosses, including a 91 pound Tom Watson grown in 1933 by Earl Dudley. In Nanking famine relief talks, officials probe pills claimed to cure hunger using sesame seeds soy beans and herbs.
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C. D. Middlebrooks
Pauus
Dick Powell
Hollywood
Nanking
China
Famine Relief Commission
Kansu
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
HERRODSBURG Kentucky Special reportage notes a speaker at Abe Lincoln’s birthplace cabin reflecting on jobless policy by forbidding industry to hire. He predicts three months of universal employment and critiques Americans for breaking laws on highways. Senator Glass continues political salvoes.
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Herrodsburg
Abe Lincoln
Senator Glass
Mrs. R. T. White Dies on Saturday
Mrs. R T White longtime Hope resident and U D C Arkansas Division secretary died at her North Washington home at 10 20 am Saturday after six weeks illness She was a First Methodist church member and active club woman Funeral service is 5 pm Sunday at First Methodist with Rev Fred R Harrison officiating Burial will be Rose Hill cemetery Surviving are her husband a daughter Mrs J B Stewart of Vicksburg Miss a grandson a niece Miss Phila Tharp of Pittsburgh Pa and other relatives
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R. T. White
North Washington Street
Fred R. Harrison
Rose Hill Cemetery
J. B. Stewart
Vicksburg
Phila Tharp
Pittsburgh Pa
Kansas Cyclist Is Visitor Saturday
John Richardson a 26 year old cyclist from Parsons Kansas arrived in Hope at 10 a m Saturday with doubts about tales of the worlds largest watermelon He has cycled through every state and two foreign countries Mexico and Canada He just left the Texas Centennial in Dallas and hopes to reach Hot Springs by dark next Thursday August 20 He came from Texarkana Saturday morning and to prove his travels showed a large collection of newspaper clippings Hornets sometimes build nests in odd places with one colony inside an empty corn shuck.
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John Richardson
Hope
Richardson
Parsons
Kan
Mexico
Canada
Dallas
Texarkana
Bailey Wins Arkansas Races Amid Court Nomination Shuffle
Bailey is elected state comptroller as the political balance shifts after secretaries and officials declare Democratic support. McDonald concedes the gubernatorial bid as official returns from 72 counties place Smith ahead of Johnson by about 2,400 votes. Bailey trails McDonald in the comptroller tally before final counts favor Bailey.
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Little Rock
F. McDonald
Ally
Bailey
McDonald
ED M'Donald
Troller Griffin Smith
C. E. Johns
Smith
Johnson
McDonald’s v
Griffin Smith Defeats Incumbent for Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas voters, with 117,639 for Griffin Smith and 135,601 for C E Johnson, completed most county tallies as four counties lagged. The victory marks a rare defeat for an incumbent in a lifetime bench, with results expected to run full in coming pages.
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Bailey
Smith
Little Rock
Arkansas
Griffin Smith
Paragould
Arkansas Supreme Court
Griffin
C. E. Johnson
Johnson
Carroll
Logan
Prairie
van Buren
Supreme Bench of
Men of Tomorrow: Carlton King recalls paper route life
Carlton King, 16, the Hope Star’s oldest and largest carrier, writes of early duties, bond investments, and loyal subscribers on South Era Street. He recounts a humorous encounter with a female subscriber who mistook him for a man and admits fines for late deliveries while aiming for a future in agricultural work.
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W. I. Dillard Saratoga Committeeman—Hood Redland
Mrs. Morris
England
Monts
Deftoan
Wayne H
Mes
G. B. Morris
A. C. Monts
Claude Lawlerbuch
Fread Luck
Badean
Justrie of
Fonce
W. B. Lafferty
Miles Laha
Hamp Hewitt
Thornton Burns
Spring Hill Township
A. J. Lafferty
Mike Foley
A. B. Moses
Jack Johngan
Ozan Township
Robins
J. P. Baker
O.T. Bock
Sammmy Smith
Garland Township
C. M. Burke
F.O. Wood
S. J. Burke
John GC. Lloyd
Water Crek Township
J. RB. Carnelius
L. A. Grant
Spycal
W. Rumsey
Wallaceburg
Seyral
Flapper
Fanny
Lainie
U.S
Pat
Hempstead County
United States
Jon T. Robinson
Rosser Venable
Ed FL. McDonald
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R. A. Cook
Howard Reed
Harvey G. Combs
St AG
O. E. Gates
Bob Bailey
Sam M. Levine
Harvey
Thorne
Marvin Brook
Norflewt
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Dack Holt
Sverelees of
Stite
Geo. W. Nou
C.G. (Crip) Hall
Gaittol Ag
Charley Parker
Oscar Humphre
J Abe
Earl Page
Griffin B.mithiki
Prank G. Smith
Bethure
W. O. Clark
Otis
Wiley PF
Jimerson
Brooks Hay
Sissi
L. E
Percy) Hinton
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Laura Davis Fitzhugh Ry
FE. W. Frost
Baiopal
Ty AO
Wade Kitchens
BRS
Neill C. Marsh
Sas
Rayle
Ned Stewart
Aay
Ladilis
R. L. Byers
Frank Rider BU
Ruffin White
Luther Higeason
Lai
Jim Bearden
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Frank Ward
Ray E. McDowell
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Ralph Bailey
Arthur C, Anderson
W. A
Fparnhy Bi
Charles F. Reynersen
Lillie Middlebrooks
M. Stephens
Clifford Franks
L. Pilkinton
Lal Frank May
Mabelle Onstead
J. H. Weaver
Hugh D. Chirk
John P. Vesey Oy
Luke Monroe
Emory A. Thompson
Rebels
Earley
Montana
Bulletins
Louisvhe
Qare Te
Washington-11
Bureau of the Census
Cleveland
Ohio
Uth
National Union For Social Justice
William Lemke
Union Party
Sand Thomas O'Brien
Hig
State Bureau
Middlebrooks
Watson
Brown Turner
Pioneer Family
Kansas
C. Hy. Johnson
Star
Carrier Boys
Carlton King
Hope Star
A.u. King
South Pine Tech
Renaldf
Carrie
South Era Street
South Elin
Sam
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