Public statement on delinquencies for Hope district near completion
A downtown Hope improvement district nears final payment and potential delinquencies. Officials warn that one year’s payments may retire bonds, prompting fall lawsuits to recover unpaid amounts. The piece cites an Arkansas Democrat editorial on Little Rock District 144 and urges public delinquency reporting to avoid overpayment.
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Hope
Arkansas Demoocrat
Little Rock
Arkansas
Star
Cise
Frank Dodge
Democrat
Alton CCC Camp Birthday Observed With Half Holiday
Alton observes the first anniversary of its CCC camp with a half holiday on Wednesday. The camp located six miles south at Hope on the Lewisville road, was established August 26, 1925, enrolling 27 Arkansas recruits. A softball game, music and a motion picture show are planned, 4 to 6 p.m. visitors welcome, with Major G. C. Grahim of Little Rock and staff invited to visit.
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Alton
Baseball History at Hope Library
The Hope Library announces a Tuesday event where a few copies of the 50th Anniversary edition of the Sporting News will be available. The issue covers fifty years of baseball history, including major league history by John B. Poster and Clark Griffith’s Fifty Years to Baseball with illustrations.
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Star
JT. A. Henry
Hope Library Association
Hope Library
Sporting News
John B. Poster
Clark
Griffith
Men Perish in Anthracite Mine Tragedy in Pa
Five miners entombed by a gas explosion in a Wilkes Barre anthracite mine died after reports from the surface. The accident occurred Monday and was confirmed by a mine inspector. An unrelated European engineered automobile accident is mentioned in the report.
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Wilkes- Barre
Wilkes Barre
Pat Harrison Up to Voters Tuesday
In Jackson Mississippi Pat Harrison longtime Senate finance committee chairman and New Deal ally faces former Governor Sennett Conner and Senator Theodore Bilbo in a bitter campaign for a fourth term. The race features sharp personal attacks and accusations of corruption while Harrison defends his national role and Conner and Bilbo attack his ties to the moneyed interests.
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Jackson
Miss
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Sennett Conner
Theodore G. Bilbo
Congress
Harrison
Conner
Bilbo
Missisippi
Edwin R. Holmes
United States Circuit Court of Apy
Altending
Coneher
Canney
Finance
Negro Home Burns on South Laurel
Fire Saturday afternoon damaged the home of Hare Brewer a black resident on South Laurel street. A paper torch carried in a closet by a black girl started the blaze wallpaper ignited from the torch. The fire swept to the ceiling and roof before Hope Fire Department contained it after several minutes. Most household goods were damaged though loss estimates were not given.
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Hare Brewer
South Laurel Street
Hope Fire Department
Firgmen
Two Are Fined for Traffic Violation by Judge Lemley
The nation faces 126 weekend automobile deaths as Judge Lemley fines Williams Adams and Jack Green for reckless driving and traffic violations. Adams pays 25 dollars plus costs after narrowly avoiding a crash with Mr and Mrs Jones. Green pleads guilty to running stop signs and pays one dollar with costs.
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Atention
Williams Adams
Jack Green
Adams
Jones
Fulton
East Division Street
Putice
Hope
Green
Jude W. K. Leiley
Dudge
Lemley
Clower
George Riley
Riley
Rosie Riley
W.B. Bearden
Jim Dodson
Dhe
Bearden
Dodson
Fay Young
Maxine Young
M. E. Patrick
Herbert Stewart
Autry Goynes
Arould Seaton
B. A. Quillen
Columbus Harris
P. T. Stages
Ethel Williams
Dennis Williams
126 Die on Highway During Week End
LITTLE ROCK reports multiple highway accidents over the weekend. A Georgia farmer and two young sisters burned to death after their car crashed into a ditch and burned, while five people were critically injured when a car plunged 25 feet from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Officials note rising motor fatalities and strengthened enforcement on negligent driving as New York and state police push tougher penalties.
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Little Rock
Georgia
Manhattan Bridge
New York City
East River
New York
Inc
Tubnee
Lignor
Radical group seeks one million more WPA jobs
A delegation from the Workers Alliance of America presented to President Roosevelt and Deputy WPA Administrator Aubrey Williams a demand that one action additional unemployed receive Works Progress Administration jobs or that federal relief be revived.
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Washington
Progress Administration
WPA
Roosevelt
Aubrey Willian
Workers Ailiance of America
Cattle Listed for Bangs Test in Hempstead County
Hempstead county cattle owners registered names to have herds tested for Bangs disease infectious abortion. About 400 head to be tested free under M H Greer US Department of Agriculture. Greer's team arrived to begin campaign to clear county. owners urged to list cattle this week. Infected cattle will be appraised purchased by government shipped to livestock market at 25 dollars per head plus market value.
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Parly Hempstead
Bang
M. H. Greer
United States Department of Agriculture
Eesah
Prescott Schools to Open Sept 14 1936
Prescott Ark district No 14 will open September 14 according to Superintendent Charles A. Robinson. The district includes local and nearby schools and Pleasant Hill. The board has elected teachers for the 1936 37 term across high and grammar schools with principals and subjects listed.
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Prescott
Ark
Charles A. Robinson
Pleasant Hill
Clayton Doyle
Walnut Ridge
Mary Piercy
Jeansette Thompson
Dale Denman
Doh Eagle
John Jones
Dorothy Wright
S. Roe
Winnie Duke
Sara Wilson
Indictment Sought Against Six Rail Officials
Washington report states a federal indictment will be sought this week against six officials of the Railway Audit and Inspection Co for failure to appear before the Lafollette committee. Indicted are W. W. Graves president, W. B. Graves vice president, L. Douglas Rice secretary, J. E. Blair treasurer, K. S. Judge director, and J. Boyer undercover operative.
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Washington
Railway Audit and Inspection Co
Lafollette Rebar
Conmupillee
Robert Woblforth
W. W. Graves
W. BB. Graves
L. Douglas Rice
J. E. Blair
K. &S. Judge
and & Boyer
Petersen Succeeds Olson as Minnesota Governor After Death
Hjalmar Petersen, a Danish immigrant and country editor, took the oath as Minnesota's 23rd governor after Floyd B. Olson died of cancer at the Mayo Clinic. Olson, a Farmer-Labor leader, served six years beginning 1931 and earned both foes and allies for his tax, highway, and social reform agendas.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Hjalmar Petersen
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Olson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Cotton ginned to Aug 16 totals 208,327 running bales
Washington reports from the Bureau of the Census show cotton of this year’s growth ginned before August 16 reaching 208,327 running bales. The year’s total so far stands at 317,039 bales.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
Sixteen Plotters Sentenced to Death in Moscow Trial
In Moscow sixteen men accused of plotting to overthrow the Soviet government and kill Joseph Stalin were sentenced to death. The verdict followed a high profile trial linked to Leon Trotsky and included Bolshevik figures Zinoveff and Kamenev. The sentences may be carried out within 72 hours after conviction with appeals limited to the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party. Public demonstrations and massive media coverage accompanied the announcement.
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Moscow
Russia
iAi
Joseph Stali
Leon Trotzky
Norway
Communist Party
V. Vy Ulvich
Gregory Ziveili
Leon Kameneff
Zinoveiff
Kanmenets
Uhal
Euuet
Alyiv
116-Pound Melon Sent To Actor Who Remembered Hope
Hope Ark association ships a 116 pound melon to actor Guy Kibbee of Warner Brothers after he recalls Hope watermelons. Miss Mary Wilson of 405 South Elm street requested an autograph and the Young Business Men’s Association of Hope sent the fruit by express to Los Angeles for delivery, noting the slimmer crop this year due to dry weather.
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Hope
Guy Kibbee
Mary Wilson
Young
Business Men’s Association
Warner Brothers Studio of Hollywood
Kaphee
Robert Wilson
South Elm Street
Los Angeles
Express Company
Young Business Men's Association of Hope
Ark
Band Concert at Park by Hope Boys Band
The junior and senior classes of the Hope Boys band present a two hour concert at 7 45 p m Monday at the band stand in Fair Park. Public invited with no admission charge. The junior class makes its public debut after summer practice. About 65 members total under Band Director L B Crump Jer.
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Hope Boys Band
Fair Park
L. BE. Crump Jer
Critical Alarm Grips Vienna As Forces Mobilize
In Vienna police and Chancellor Schuschnigg the Catholic Storm Troops were ordered to a state of alarm amid rising tension. About 200 soldiers were moved through the inner city toward government buildings. Rumor says anti Nazi elements fear a putsch and prompt the action. Also a plan for a tri partite anti Bolshevist front including Germany Austria and Hungary was accepted by Hitler and discussed with Admiral Horthy. A September meeting was proposed to focus on the mid Europe situation.
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Vienna
Austria
Schuschnigg
Catholic Storm Troops
Germany
Hungary
Adolf Hitler
Zhitler
Nicholas Horthy
Kurt Schusehniger
Hitler
Horthy
Mitler
Smith Denies Townsend Payroll Link In Deposition
Dr. Francis Townsend testified that Rev. Gerald Smith, leader of the share the wealth movement linked to Huey Long, is not on Townsend’s payroll. In Nebraska, Karl Stefan said drought shifts in Holt County boosted hay prices despite losses elsewhere.
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Smith
Townsend
Cleveland
Ohio
Francis Townsend
Gerald Smith
Huey P. Long
Crick West Point
Karl Stefan
Norfolk
Holt County
North Tat Naebraska
Robinson Speaks at Legion Meet in Fort Smith
Hempstead county delegates attend the 18th Arkansas Legion and Auxiliary convention opening in Fort Smith. Senator Joe T. Robinson is slated to address the joint session. About 400 Legionnaires registered through Sunday. others will return to Hope on Wednesday.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Department of the American Legion and Auxiliary
Fort Smith
Dewey Hendrixs
C. Hollis
Arthur Swanke
M. McCloughan
Hope
Joe T. Robinson
Robinson
Fulton Chickens Theft Two Men Fined
Emmett Nelson and Charley Mor tis, Fulton residents, were fined $25 each after arraignment before Justice of the Peace Logan in Fulton on charges of stealing chickens. The birds stolen from Rube Cornelius were recovered the same night, with deputies Reginald Bearden and R. C. Robins making the arrests. the incident marks the first chicken theft report in months.
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Emmett Nelson
Charley Mortis
Fulton
Justice of the Peace
Logan
Rube Cornelius
Reginald Bearden
R. C. Robins
Plan of Salvation Is Revival Theme at Tent Meeting
Evangelist Bill Couch will preach Monday night on Gods Plan of Salvation at a tent revival at Fifth and Elm. He drew a large crowd Sunday with The Bible's Picture of the Hypocrite. Public invited. services start each night at 8 oclock.
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Bill Couch
Fifth and Elm Streets
Couch
Starling
Eluck
Military Centers Set Up in the Philippines
Army officials study three strategic centers in the Philippines each to hold about 1 000 soldiers with officers. First stations planned at Camp Murphy Rizal province Manila Cebu and Parang Cotabato. Camp Murphy near Manila would allow rapid reinforcement if needed. Cebu is a major Visayas population center while Parang would cover Mindanao southern islands.
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Camp Murphy
Risil
Manila
Cebu
Parang
Cotabato
Visayas
Paragosia
Mindanay
Madrid Battles Reach Madrid as Rebels Move Inland
Advance reports say Manuel Aza's government ferried bags of supplies toward Valencia while fears grow of rebel forces reaching Madrid via the Tagus valley and Toledo. Anarchist militiamen raid Madrid jail, with casualties feared.
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Madrid
Spain
Associ Prees
Manuel Aza
Baggag
Valencia
Tebels
Badajoz
Tagus River Valley
Toledo
Yugoslav Wine Barrel Declares Nation’s Largest
A local wine seller in Yugoslavia says a towering wine barrel, standing 16.5 feet high and containing 24 700 gallons, is the biggest in the country. He praises its size and prominence.
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Yugoslavia
Turbulent Europe Threatens Free-for-All as US Amid Roosevelts Debate
In Nashville, readers see Europe split over sides as tensions flare with Spain and rising trade concerns. United States debates funding and policy while markets fluctuate and shoppers report jewelry store thefts. The column notes public mood and references figures like Jim Brad dock and Max Selmel, illustrating a tense international backdrop.
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Nashville
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Jim Braddock
Max Selmeling
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