City Council Seeks Water District Extension for Fire Protection
City council votes to serving notice to Hope Water Improvement District to extend and join outlying mains for better fire protection. Mayor Vesey and Alderman Witt funded a gas contract reduction at Little Rock, lowering rate to 25 cents per thousand cubic feet. Council also approves jail repairs up to 875 dollars and Graveling North Main street with Union Compress & Warehouse Co. funding gravel purchase. Highway 67 paving request denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of Hope Water Improvement District
John Vesey
Theo P. Witt
Water and Light Committee
Little Rock
Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation
Ira Halliburton
Charles E. Taylor
Union Compress & Warehouse Co
North Main Street
West Third Street
Walker Says Help Never Was Asked
Albany NY hearingproof shows Mayor did not get asked for aid in locating missing accountant Russell T. Sherwood. Curtin questioned Sam on Seabury's assistant and showed Sherwood was found in Atlantic City and later in Mexico City without Walker's involvement or solicitation of assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
John J. Curtin
Walker
Hofstadter Committee
Russell T. Sherwood
United States
Samon Seabury
Curtin
Sherwood
Atlantic City
Mexico City
Negro Fish Fry at Bethel A M E Church
A fish fry will be held at Bethel A M E Church on Thursday noon August 18. Rev C J Pipkin, pastor, says patrons should pay for their dinner and profits go to the church building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel A. M. E
C. J. Pipkin
Home Loan Board Seeks Bank Support for Stock
Three members of the Home Loan Bank Board will tour the nation this week to gauge bank willingness to subscribe to stock in projected home loan banks. Chairman Franklin Fort travels to New Jersey, with other members visiting the Middle Atlantic, Western, and Northwestern states to assess mortgage holders’ interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Home Loan Bank Board
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic
Big Trade Balance Reported For U. S.
Washington reports the largest favorable balance for July with exports at 107 million dollars and imports at 79 million, totaling a 28 million advantage. June's balance was 3 million, and July 1931's was 6 million in favor of exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Local Writer Reviewed By Hope Club
A Hope Business and Professional Women's Club meeting featured a review of As Told by Business Girls by Margaret Quayle, a former Hope resident. Clarice Cannon summarized Quayle life and the book, published by Woman's Press and backed by the YWCA National Board, highlighting women’s business experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Quayle
Hope Business and Professional Women’s Club
Miss Quayles
Hope
National Board of the
Etta Champlin
Mamie Twitchell
Beryl Henry
N. W
Vacant House Damaged by Fire on West Avenue B
A fire at about 1 15 am damaged a vacant house at 110 West Avenue B. Firemen said the blaze started in the lower part and spread toward the upper level as they arrived. The home, owned by John Spragins, was partly insured. origin is undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Avenue B
John Spragins
Speed Demon Pa Brownlee reflects on reckless driving
Memphis patrol officer J. D. Brownlee, nicknamed Pa, is praised as a shining example amid reckless driving. He recalls only one accident in 21 years when a hearse crashed into a patrol wagon while a Black driver operated it. Pa Brownlee reportedly drives at 10 to 25 miles per hour.
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Memphis
J. D
Pa) Brownlee
Memphis Police Department
Birth of a Nation in Kilrossanty Twin Triplets Rumor
In Kilrossanty County Waterford Mrs Kerr reportedly gave birth to a fourth set of twins with triplets rumored as the father’s hat size grows. The anecdote frames a quirky local note on a remarkable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kerr
Kilrossanty
County Waterford
Two Arrested in Whisky Seizure Nightly Bootleg Car Stop
Police and deputies seized six and a half gallons of whisky from a car after tailing it from the city line to a downtown residence. John Beavers and Albert Powell, both south of the city, were arrested and jailed for arraignment on Monday. Thurman Landes was detained briefly and later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beavers
Albert Powell
Thurman Landes
Beavers
Powell
John Turner
Clarence Baker
Claude Stuart
Turner
Baker
Drake's
South Main Street
I. H. Russell
Mailed Fist Fails To Quell Rioting in Germany
Germanys speed courts aimed at swift punishment for rioters failed to stop violence on Wednesday. A farm woman and two farmers in Breslau received three year sentences for heckling a Hitler meeting. Two Republicans in Rostock were jailed 19 months for assaulting a Nazi. Many Nazi cases were stoned and many opposition members arrested in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Breslau
Rostock
Morbid thieves target burial gear in Indianapolis burglaries
In Indianapolis losses from burglaries include five burial shrouds valued at about 100 dollars. If caught, the thieves may face serious consequences as the owner seeks proper burial equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
One Dead and Another Wounded in Illinois Mine Area
In Benton Illinois Joe Colbert president of Orient miners union was shot dead by a gunman who fled after the attack. He opposed a new five dollar wage scale and had been accused of spreading communist ideas. In Taylorville Clyde Moses of Edinburg was lightly wounded by deputy sheriffs guarding Christian County highways when he refused to halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Benton, Ill
Joe Colbert
Orient
Colbert
Taylorville, Ill
Clyde Moses
Edinburg
Christian County
Moses
Judsonia Man Is State Legion Head
J. H. Graves of Judsonia was unanimously elected commander of the Arkansas department of the American Legion at the convention's close. A pari mutual horse racing resolution was defeated 257 to 119. The bonus payment resolution passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOT Strings
Ark
J. H. Graves
Judsonia
Arkansas Department of the American Legion
Hot Springs
Drewley Johnson
Fort Smith
Arkansas Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
O. L. Bodenhamer
el Dorado
Robert L. Montgomery
North Side Rock
Bowen to Lead Prayer Meeting at First Baptist
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Bowen of San Marcos Texas are visiting Hope. Bowen will conduct the prayer meeting service Wednesday night at First Baptist church, his former pastorate. The couple left Hope for San Marcos earlier this year as Bowen accepted the Baptist pulpit in the Texas city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Bowen
San Marcos
Texas
Hope
Sweet Revenge Drives 12 Year Old to Track Down Driver
Boston boy Jerome Walton aged 12 noted the license number after an express cart was run over by a fleeing driver. He raced to a policeman to report the incident and now the driver must explain the hit and run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Jerome Walton
Jerry
Oldsters Wed in Los Angeles Love Laughs at Age
Charles Woolpert aged 91 and Elizabeth Headlin aged 76 wed in Los Angeles California after both spouses had died. The ceremony underscores a belief that love and youth can pair despite age. The pair previously endured the loss of their former mates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Woolpert
Elizabeth Headlin
Woolpert
Profound Mystery in Natchez Murder Persists Through Decades
In Natchez Mississippi the 40 year old murder of Jane Merrill haunts the community. Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery were once jailed as suspects but later exonerated. The case hinged on a pistol linked to a slain negro George Pearls and points to broader social tragedy.
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Natchez
Richard Dana
Octavian Dockery
Jane Sarget Merrill
Mississippi
Dana
Miss Merrill
George Allen
Miss Dockery
Charles A. Dana
Jane Merrill
Miss
Ralph Wheatley
Associated Press
Jefferson
Octavia Dockery
Richard Richard Dana
Court approves shooting in defense of noise nuisance
German American Armon von Borowsky uses a pistol to stop a trumpet player after a neighbor’s headache worsens. Magistrate William C. Dodge rules the act justifiable, discharging the defendant despite disorderly conduct charges. Von Borowsky, a textile executive and Navy Reserve pistol inspector, says the incident may set a legal precedent.
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New York
Stephen Jensen
Armon von Borowsky
William C. Dodge
von Borowsky
Ordinance Department
U. S. Army Reserve Corps
Dodge
von Borrowsky
Hempstead County Democratic Central Committee Meeting Notice
A notice invites members to a 2 o'clock Saturday meeting at Hope city hall on August 20. Frank Y. Trimble announces the gathering to reorganize the committee after the primary election and to appoint a Hope Ward Four committeeman, following a county convention vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Washington
Reporters Forced to Stand in Indianapolis Court
In Indianapolis at Judge William H. Sheaffer’s municipal court, reporters faced a string of seating snubs. A prisoner was allowed to take the press chair, then another inmate, while the press stood. A mistaken escort and a judge’s order kept the press moving and finally left them standing as spectators, attorneys, and prisoners observed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William H. Sheaffer
Calgary man tried for wife beating tied car to cliff
Edward Strattone, described as an affectionate husband but volatile, stood trial for beating his wife. She testified he struck her with a four-foot strap and threatened her life, then tied her in the family car and attempted to push it over a 300-foot cliff, a move she avoided by swerving the vehicle.
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Calgary
Alta
Canada
Edward Strattone
Strattone
Highway Commission weighs federal aid and project costs
The Arkansas State Highway Commission met to review engineers estimates for road projects and the federal emergency relief program expected to bring about 2.1 million dollars in matching funds. Items include completing missing links on trans state routes such as the 9 mile Hope to Emmet gap on No 67 and paving bottomland dumps using federal funds. The Hope-Emmet section is largely finished except for surface work and bridges, with no traffic using the new road yet due to funding timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Hope
Emmet
No. 67
The
Highway Commission
Pension Board Hears Quick Funds Plan for Confederate Pensions
In Little Rock the State Pension Board met to discuss methods for obtaining immediate funds to resume monthly Confederate pension payments and to seek an emergency loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation until pension bonds can be marketed.
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Little Rock
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Pension Board
James E Stephenson Buried at Bingen
James Edgar Stephenson, 51, died at the family home in Bingen at 1 30 Monday morning and was buried in Ozan cemetery there Monday afternoon. The funeral was led by Rev. H L Simpson, Methodist pastor. He belonged to the church since childhood and was a respected Bingen citizen. Survived by his widow, five sons, one daughter, his mother, one sister and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edgar Stephenson
Bingen
Ozan
H. L. Simpson
Methodist Church
Stephenson
Parfitt Claims Joke Backfires After Defeat
Jacksonville official D W Parfitt said he planned a victory party for defeated candidates to celebrate the primary. A reporter ran the story, then published that it was all in good fun after the candidates expressed resentment and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
D. W
Jack) Parfitt
Parfitt
Civil and Criminal Courts of Record
Two British Aviators Elevated to Knighthood
London honors two aviation pioneers as J. D. Siddeley chief of Armstrong Siddeley and SBAC chairman and Air Commodore C E Kingsford Smith, famed air pilot, receive knighthood for service to British aviation interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
J. D. Siddeley
Armstrong Siddeley Interests
Society of British Aircraft Constructors
C. E. Kingsford- Smith
Captain Lancaster murder case goes to jury
Miami bulletin reports Captain Lancaster on trial for the murder of Haden Clarke in a love triangle with Mrs. Keith Miller. jury instruction and deliberations begin. New York bulletin notes James Farley and John J. Raskob announce arrangements to liquidate the National Democratic Committee debt after a conference.
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Miami
Fla
Captain Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Keith Miller
New York
James Farley
National Democratic Committee
John J. Raskob
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