Cattle on Highway 67 Targeted by Local Vigilantes Note
Editor notes a vigilante threat to shoot cows on paved highways after dark and argues for a civic fund to roundup strays nightly. Highlights economic impact of tourism and the need for livestock control to protect motorists and state revenue. Local farmers urged to keep stock fenced. highway safety and traffic commerce discussed.
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Eli Sity
Phillip McCorkle
Arkadelphia Siftings Herald
Clark
Arkadelphia Hot Springs
McCorkie
Clark County
Hempstead County
Hope
Fulton
Debt Adjustment Visit to Hempstead County August 28
Hempstead County committee plans debt settlement talks with farmers and creditors to avoid foreclosures and bankruptcies. Starley White of the Farm Bell Adjustment Organization leads discussions in Little Rock style, aiming for voluntary agreements, loan rehabilitation, and prevention of abuses under existing credit laws.
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Hempstead
Starley White
Farm Bell Adjustment Organization
South Arkansas
White
Legion Meeting Called for Thursday in Hope
A Legion meeting is scheduled for 4 o clock Thursday afternoon August 24 at Hope city hall. Members will name committees to organize the Merthans Exhibit sponsored by the Legion at Fairpark August 30 31 and September 1.
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America Legion
Hope City Hall
Legion
Fairpark
Fugitive Convicts Ride Ends With Recovered Car in Hope
Three Arkansas prison escapees Fendley Satterfield Buster Yates and Curley Smith fled Tucker prison August 12 kidnapping F M Jones near Pine Bluff and stealing his WH Plymouth. The same car was located near Hope four miles west on the old Fulton highway with Jones asserting ownership via Texas plates. Police traced the Texas tag to Jones and linked Smith Satterfield and Yates to the occupants. A second kidnapping of James Moore and a woman companion occurred near Hope Sunday night but no arrests have been made.
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Arkansas
Hope
Homer Burke
Fendley Satterfield
Buster Yates
Curley Smith
Hempstead
Tucker
F. M. Jones
Pine Bluff
Jones
DeQueen
Fulton Highway
Cne
Corpus Christi
Texas
Wil
Burke
Texas Highway Department
Smith
Satterfield
Yates
Hope Election Day
James Moore
Arkansas Machine Specialty Company
Columbus
Nashville-DeQueen
Moore
Bank raid in Palmetto leaves unknown cash missing
Bulletins report Armee bandits seized Farmers Bank in Palmetto early Wednesday escaping with an unestimated sum. Officers fired on the robbers, with belief one may have been wounded. In Carrollton the body of Speaker Henry T. Rainey arrived as President Roosevelt neared for services. In Goldsboro Rev. Askew confessed his kidnapping tale was false.
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Palmetto
Farmers Bank
Carrollton
Henry T. Rainey
Roosevelt
Court House
Goldsboro
N. C
Tt. H. Askew
Four Square
Paul Garrison
12-Cent Loan for Cotton Is Assured
President Roosevelt authorized a 12 cent a pound government loan to the Commodity Credit Corporation, raising the lending from 10 to 12 cents for cotton in low middling or better. Growers may borrow against their bales rather than sell, with regulations expected to follow last year’s 10 cent program. Officials said the loan is not price fixing, but could curb farm sales if prices dip, though private outlook hoped for about 13 cents or more after strike concerns pass.
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White
Tach
Dublar
Roosevelt
Anere
Wits
Caen Credit Administration
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Credit Corporation
Japan
Interim Certificates Aid Tax Free Cotton Movement in Arkansas
Reports from Arkansas cotton regions show progress in farming yet tax exemption certificates are unavailable creating shipment delays. Ginners may release cotton only with base tag or lien card and require interim 50 percent tax-exempt certificates from county committeemen or agents until tax-exemption documents arrive.
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Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Internal Revenue
Arkansas
Adkins
Negro Slayer Is Given Life Term in Farm Murder Case
Miles Green, a Black man, testified to killing John F. Eastridge at the Eastridge farm after being paid $100 by Earl Eastridge, 37, who is charged as an accessory before the fact. Green’s confession was admitted then repudiated, leading to a retrial and a life sentence for Green while Earl Eastridge faces additional charges.
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BL Dorado
Ark
Earl Eastridge
Johnny Eastridge
Union County
Alvin Stevens
Miles Green
Young Wastridge
Green
Negra
Bush Bruider
John F. Eastridge Nua
Higmarang
Rael Bashridge
Alion
Eastridge
Green Seeks to Avert Textile Strike and Boost Hours
President William Green of the AFL said every effort would be made to avert a general textile strike. He pledged full support to the textile union if a strike occurred and urged settlement without a strike, citing administration hours reduction in the cotton garment industry as a likely stabilizing factor. The NRA announced presidential approval of cutting weekly hours from 40 to 36 with no wage cut for 200,000 workers, effective Oct 1, boosting hourly pay and piece rates, and enabling over 10,000 rehires.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
NRA
Arkansas Peach Crop Sets Record Since 1931
Happy Arkansas peach growers harvest a $1,000,000 crop with more than 2,000 carloads leaving the state by week’s end. It marks the first good season since 1931 as dry weather trimmed output to about 70 percent. Elberta peaches peaked July 22 amid tight railcar and trucking logistics guided by Missouri Pacific and regional lines.
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Ted H
Maloy United Press
Little Rock
Happy Arkansas
Arkansas
Mid-Western
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Nashville
Bert Johnson
Highland Orchard
Missouri Pavific
Col. H. J. Hix
Crowley Ridge
Hix
Adige
Clarksville
Emma P Campbell Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Missy Bouna PL Campbel 48 died early Tuesday at her Rocky Mound home and was buried at Forest Hill cemetery at 4 PM Tuesday. Death was attributed to an acute malaria attack. Survivors could not be learned.
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Missy Bouna PL
Campbel
Rocky Mound
Forest Hill
Runoff Primary Eliminates Use of Dummies Says Hays
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas Democratic national committeeman Brooks Hays argues the run-off primary law curbed dummy candidates and election manipulation. He says opposition stems from old reformers, but the double primary is sound and should be enhanced to protect the public from fraud.
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Hays
Little Rock
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
A R Simmons Dies at 85 in DeRoan Township
A R Simmons veteran justice of the peace in DeRoan township died Wednesday morning at age 85 in the home of his son A F Simmons. He had lived in Shover Springs since 1914 after moving from Georgia. Funeral services set for Thursday in Shover Springs with Rev Gilbert Copeland of Hope Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Shover Springs cemetery. Surviving: sons A F Simmons Providence community N E of Rosedale and B Simmons Hope. six daughters Mrs Homer Davidson Hope Mrs Al Smith Colorado Mrs Bob Smythe Ft Worth Mrs Bob Chandler Wichita Kan and Mrs Ida Peebles California.
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A. F. Simmons
Shover Springs
Hempstead County
Georgia
Church of Christ
Gilbert Copeland
Hope Church of Christ
Beady
Shower Springs
Providence Commmunity
Testimony details affair in Eva Cow murder case
Cooperstown reports Harry Nabinger, lover and supposed husband to Eva Cow, testified in Otsego county murder trial. He admitted engaging in a lengthy relationship and living with her, detailing correspondence to secure life insurance on Henry Weight. Defense challenged veracity as Eva Cow’s motive and the sensational backstory emerged under cross examination.
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Cooperstown
Eva Cow
Electric
Chile
Harry Nabinger
Otsego County
Naebinger
Eva
Henry Weight
James J. Byard, Jr
Nabinger
Open Toilets Hit by Health Board in Hope Arkansas
Health board blames insanitary conditions in Hope for health and comfort issues. Report highlights open toilets in residential districts and poor sanitation near Rainbow and Tin Row areas, with flies from decaying matter and dilapidated buildings breeding rats and mosquitoes. Board approves minor expenditures including $20 for a state convention committee and $112.04 for street repair fuel.
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Hope
Board of Health
Hope Fire Department
Morriston
Fof
Arkansas
Walnut
Shover Sreets
North Ejin
Old Ball Park
Dames Bros
W. R, Alexandel
Sevty
Mamie Smith's Band Will Play for Elks Dance
Mamie Smith's 12 piece band scheduled to perform at an Elks dance here on Wednesday night. The Blues singer is among America's best known, leading a 12 member dance unit for the Crescent Midnight Stepper trio event.
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Mamie Smith
Elks
Mamnie Smith
America
Miss Fi New Case: Faye New's Death In Alabama Sparks Search
Miss Faye New, 19, a Howard College student, disappeared after a dispute with Taylor 29. Police found her body in a field near Irondale with throat cut, believed slain within 24 hours. Volunteers joined a large search as officers questioned two youths in connection with the disappearance.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fi New
Howard ‘College
Irondale
Alan P
Two Oil Tests Shut Down by Drouth in Hempstead
Two oil tests in Hempstead were shut down due to drought. Curtailment affected the E L Austin and F W Martin wells as drought dried up the ponds supplying water. A third well Edgar Johnson on George Jones land south of Hope continued with water pumped from a sand screen into the boiler. Curtailment followed water shortages while oil engineer McDonald of Kilgore toured the area and spoke to prospects for a new producer.
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Hempstead
Drouth
E. L. Austin
F. W. Martin
Edgar Johnson
George Jones Land
Hope
Fatcon Road
Austin
Martin
Johnson
We McDonald
Kilgore
Texas
Hope Wedesday
Beverage tax gains drive large July revenue increase
Treasury reports July internal revenue rose sharply with liquor tax receipts up five million reflecting a strong beer tax surge. Federal income from beer climbed to 25.32 million, while distilled liquor taxes edged up to 7.42 million but lagged December’s level. Overall July internal revenue reached 151.83 million, up from 130.72 million.
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Wassington
Treasury
Cotton Markets Fall After Tuesday Gains In New York
Cotton futures in New York reversed Tuesday’s 7 cent rise by midweek trading, closing at 14.15 after slipping 14 points. Deigher opened at 4.33, the day’s high. November and January notes show declines, with miscellaneous grain and poultry items listed in the same market report.
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New York
Little Rock
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