General Rain Hits County but City Gets Little
A broad rain and gusty wind swept Hempstead County Monday night. The city of Hope felt strong winds with little moisture, while nearby areas reported varied rainfall from heavy to light. Beebe Garden and Beebe area saw relief. most of the state recorded rain with improvements for early fall planting and crop conditions.
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Hempstead Unity
City of Hope
Geis Rahs
Fulton
Cross Roads
Theity
Shover Springs
Wints
Patna
Owas
Hempstead-LaFayette
Oran
Nashville
Blevins
McCaskill
Seebtiniruth
Svater
Ile
Heavy Fire Destroys Cooperage Plant Near Paragould
A heavy fire at the Ball-Ronaldson Cooperage near Paragould caused extensive damage. Estimated 430,0400 feet of Huber destroyed with a loss around 70. Officials dispatched live fighters to the scene but could only protect remaining structures. Part of the facility was covered by insurance.
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Ball-Ronaldson Cooperage Company
Martial Mike
Huber
Fiselty Wei
Uwe
Uwiefluss
Dusurance
Big melons shipped nationwide from Hempstead County
Large season for Hempstead County watermelons as Railway Express shows dozens of melons sent coast to coast. Agent Thompsan Evans notes many oversized melons, up to 143 pounds, have already been shipped with several cities listed and weights accompanying each crate. Expected rise in shipments in coming weeks to spread the reputation of Hempstead County melons.
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United States
Thompsan Evans
Railway Express. Co
Evans
Hempstead
Mr. Evans
Mob kidnaps inmate in NCs first hanging since 1921
Auglia Oliver Moore, a 29 year old Black man, was seized from Gaston County jail by about 200 masked men. He was placed in an automobile and mobbed away amid confusion as deputies awoke to sounds near the jail. The incident marks North Carolina’s first hanging since 1921.
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Gastonia
N.C
Auglia Oliver Moore
North Carolina
Moore
Niles
Arkadelphia Bank to Rebuild at Once After Fire
Arkadelphia Aug 19 W D East announced the bank will rebuild as a two story structure on the site of the old one joining the Siftings Mobil and Pinken Grocery company buildings. The new bank will feature larger vaults and stairs to rent. Nearby owners plan two story structures. Philadelphia McCarkie editor of the Siftings Herald ordered new equipment and hopes to install this week.
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Arkadelphia
W. DB. East
Siftlngs Movil
Pinken Grocery Company
Dui Business Herns
Wwe
Philly
McCarkie
Siftinss Herald
Trains Collide in Germany Kills Forty Two
A freight train crashed into a passenger service at Lorraine station near Keenzwild, Germany, telescoping the two trains and causing 42 deaths and four injuries. Emergency crews battled wreckage as officials opened inquiries into the cause.
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Germany
Saarbruecken
Ang
Abe
Lorraine
Keenzwild
Vetler
Oil Editor Bancroft Visited Hope During Vacation Stop
D.H. Bancroft of Shreveport and Dallas based Oil and Gil Journal editor toured Hope with his family. He called on The Star publisher to renew old acquaintances before returning to Arkansas and Missouri after a two week vacation.
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D.H. Bancroft
Shreveport
South Central
Oil & Gil Journal
Dallas
Hope
Neeth Arkansas
Missouri
Bancroft
The
Skines
Darady Daily
Star
Plane Noses Over at Hope Landing Field
Fort Smith pilot George Lasley in a Curtis Robin monoplane nosed over on the Hope landing field while taxing. He only suffered a forehead injury, and the ship lay on its back with the propeller damaged. The single passenger craft is owned by Port Smith Air Craft Company.
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George Lasley
Fort Smith
Hope Landing
Lasley
Ieeredy
Dail Rose Call
Excent
O'Braig & Jackson
St. Louis
Port Smith Aircaft Company
Fayetteville Boy Fatally Injured In Tragic Accident
Fayetteville boy identified as Young Nippies died after injuries from a nighttime collision near a ranch. He suffered a fractured leg, back injury, and internal wounds while being dragged by a vehicle. He was taken to Westville hospital where doctors died. Survived by parents and sisters. his father listed as Jane Swurr at Cumberland Hall University of Arkansas dormitory.
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Fayetteville
W.coy Naspier
Westville
Olga
Young
Nippies
Aid Mes
Trane Nugtier
Jane Swurr
Cuvimdl Hall
Woman's
University of Arkansas
Women In Air Derby Lead After Third Lap in Phoenix
Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach and Margery Doig Danbury battled for the lead in the national Women’s Air Derby. They finished the third lap from Calexico to Chicago with under five minutes between them. O'Donnell clocked 1 hour 24 minutes for Calexico, about 18 states total. Jean la Rene and Mildred Morgan followed within minutes as others trailed in Phoenix with Ruth Bynum among those who missed the prior day’s course.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Margery Dolg
Danbury
Conn
Chicago
O'Donnell
Calexico
Miss Doig
New Evidence May Clear Walnut Ridge Garage Man
Walnut Ridge August 194- Deputy prosecutor Roy W. Mullen said new evidence may clear George Hopps, garage owner, of a murder charge tied to the death of his half brother Hubert A Pope of Memphis. Pope collapsed in his car en route to Memphis and died after a doctor’s visit. Hopps was arrested on $2,000 bond amid Pope’s statements that Hopps hit him. New leads include a druggist report of a poison purchase by a man matching Pope’s description in a car with his license numbers and Dr R T McVey’s account of convulsions and skull injury not matching a fatal wound.
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Roy W. Mullen
Iminder
George Hopps
Walnut. Ridge
Conection
Hubert
A. Pope
Memphis
Hopps
Pope
George
Truman
RT. McVey
Marion
Power Plant Opens in Bucharest With Foreign Capital
Rumania August 19. King Carol personally opened the new power plant at Dobresti in a ceremony marking completion. The project was funded with German English French and Belgian capital to augment electricity supply for Bucharest.
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Dobresti
Rumanis
UPI
Carol
Bucharest
Grape Movement Delayed by Dry Weather in Rogers Area
Movement of the grape crop from Rogers territory is delayed by dry weather. The first carload is due Sunday, with several truck and express shipments sent this week. Growers receive 4 cents per basket in job lots and 16 cents per crate, a better rate than in recent years. The crop is forecast around 30 percent below normal.
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Hogers
Aux
Rogers
Texas Leads in Wool Production in 1930 Report
Texas led all states in wool production, according to a United States Department of Agriculture report. The state produced 40,654,000 pounds, with Montana next at 2,104,000 pounds.
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Texas
Austin
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Rice Market Planning Meeting in Stuttgart Arkansas
Farmers and bankers from twelve rice counties gathered in Stuttgart for a University of Arkansas Extension Department session to determine aid needed to market the 1930 rice crop. Carl Willismus of the Federal Farm Board was to address attendees. morning talks came from Dr McKenzie Stevens and Dr Branyon.
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Stuttgart
Arkansas
University -of Arkany Extension Department
Dettermine
Carl Willismus
Federal Farm Board
McKenzie Stevens
Branyon
University of Arkansas
Basis of Drouth Relief Explained
The Federal Farm Board considers drought relief funding options in cooperation with state authorities. Aimed at aiding farmers and livestock, the plan covers grain stabilization, feed distribution, and self help through local cooperatives, with repayment by farmers.
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Drouth
Star
Federal Park Board
Washington, D.C
Faro Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Farm Board
Crson Juan
Dava Stabilization Corporation
Yale
Grain Statilization Corporation
G Stabilization Corporitiur
Lieribet
Cotton slips below 11 cents on demand and rain
New York August 19 Anticipation of rising new crop receipts and rains in Oklahoma and Arkansas pushed cotton futures lower. October contracts fell to 10.77 here and 10.79 at New Orleans as selling broadens. Traders cite uncertain trade prospects and rising new crop movement as key factors behind the drop.
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New York
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Orleans
Wall Street
Missing publisher found off New Jersey coast
Bulletin reports Von Lehr, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, missing from his yacht 12 miles from Scotland Light off the New Jersey coast early today. In Arkansas, the body of Mrs Arthur Har grove, 38, was found near her home. a coroner’s inquest is scheduled this afternoon.
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von Lehr
Baltimore Sur
Scotland Light
New Jersey
Mulberry
Ark
Arthur Hargrove
Escaped Convicts Captured In Brazil
Two French convicts linked to Tom Devil's Island escape are captured in Brazil after arriving from Guiana on a coastwise steamer. George Paillard, 44, alias Feérhand Albert, sought for murder and robbery on trains in France, and Euge Bandon, jailed for ten years for killing his wife, will begin their return to France with no Brazilian police сопровождение.
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Tom Devil's Island
France
George Paillard
Feérhand Albert
Euge Bandon
Guiana
Bragih
Pura
Overflowing Well Drilled at Bingen
NASHVILLE Aug 19 A dug well about 25 feet deep struck solid rock and released a strong water stream when the auger was withdrawn. Overnight the water rose and overflowed the top in a fair size stream. Though artesian wells are common in the area this is the first to overflow from a dug well during a drought.
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Nashville
Drouth
Evangelist McPherson Reported As Losing Sight
In Los Angeles Cyril Aug 190 Pi Ainee Simple McPherson was reported by secretary Miss Enna Schaeffer to have gone blind. Schaeffer said she spent the night with the evangelist and that McPherson is now fighting to regain her sight. The statement was given to newspaper reporters.
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Los Angeles
Cyril
Pi—Ainee Simple McPherson
Enna Schaeffer
Hotel Damaged In Fire At DeQueen Arkansas
De Queen August 1 Fire started in the office of Cowper Brothers Dry Goods company Saturday night, damaging the dry goods stock and extending to Chambers Grocery and Aly Cit Hotel. Firefighting efforts hampered by smoke. water and smoke caused heavy damage. Loss estimated at 25000, partially covered by insurance. Building was owned by H A Cooper and Charles Cooper.
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DE Queen
Cowper Brothers Deg Goods Company
Dry Goods Company
Chkanbers Grocery
Growery
Aly Cit Hotel
H. A. Cooper
Charles Comper
Governor Parnell calls for an impartial state audit
Gov Harvey Parnell announces he will urge the 1931 General Assembly to provide a thorough and impartial audit of Arkansas state finances and the Highway Department by outside competent accountants. He says the legislature must oversee a swift, cost minimal, nonpartisan review before convening, with no political controversy. Lt. Gov. Lee Cazort calls it a belated gesture and warns against auditor elections.
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Litttle Rock
Gatner Parnell
Gen Assembly
Highs Commission
Cozaort
Little Rock
Lee Cazort
Harvey Parnell
State Highway Department
Spuk
Cazort
Highway Commission
Parnell
Three Killed by Crazed Gardner in Atlantic City
Three people died in Atlantic City as a gunman described by police as a crazed gardener opened fire and then turned the weapon on himself in a failed attempt to kill his wife. The victims include Mrs Phare, a 65 year old woman, her sister and her nephew.
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Atlantic City
Acdner
Phare
Johnson County Judge's Race May Cause Contest
CLARKSVILLE Aug 18 John Pau candidate for county judge in the Democratic primary against Judge E R Porter has taken steps for a contest. The official vote showed Peres elected by 80 majority. The defeated candidate questions legality of some votes for Porter, and journeys are checking the list of voters preparatory to filing the contest.
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Clarksville
John Pau
Er. C. Porter
Peres
Porter
Giorneys
Ors
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