Hempstead County Drouth Committee Named by Wilson
The general drought relief committee for Hempstead County was appointed by County Judge John L. Wilson after talks with Governor Parnell and state judges. A meeting is set for 2 o'clock Thursday at the city hall to plan relief work and appoint subcommittees in multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Drouth Relief Committee
Tempstead
John Lb. Wilson
The
Rock
Parnell
Earun
Coun
John B. Wilson
Francis Buddin
Red Cross
H. M. Stephens
Blevins
Lynn L. Smith
John T. Kent
Wilson
Driver Killed as Team Runs Away in Calico Rock
Calico Rock Aug 27 John Erwin aged 45 living near McPherson ten miles west of here was killed accidentally yesterday afternoon when a runaway team struck him. Dr I H Smith was summoned but Erwin died before arrival. He leaves a wife and several children.
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Calico Rock
John Erwin
McPherson
Here
Erwin
I. H. Smith
Noted Fliers For Cleveland Races
Cleveland, Aug 27. Lt Jimmy Doolittle, noted army pilot, Eller, will appear August 31 and Sept 1 during the Gordon Bennett International Balloon race and aerial carnival. Capt Frank Hawks, holder of the transcontinental speed record, also will appear. Doolittle gained fame at the nationaline races last year after a dramatic wing dive from a pursuing plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lient
Jimmy Doolittle
Eller
Frank M. Hawks
Doolittle
Final bid to save Gun Girl From Chair in Pa
Defense counsel began the final appeal to save Tree Schrader a former Wheeling waitress and nun from the electric chair. An appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court seeks a stay of execution pending review of the death sentence.
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Pittsburgh
Tree Schrader
Wheeling
W. Va
Supreme Court
Limil Tion
Glenn Dugue
Schroder
Brady Paul
High Court
Sign Painter Narrow Escape On Electric Sign Job
Ort Smith August 27. E R Bishop, a sign painter, barely escaped death Tuesday morning when an electric sign sparked a high ladder on duty. He grabbed a live wire with pliers and fell to the sidewalk, suffering severe abrasions a gash on the head and severe shock. He will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ort Smith
E. R. Bishew
Win Tran
Giloesituys
Bishop
Story of Aqua Pura and the Drouth That Struck Kansas
A 1940 observer reprints William Allen White’s 1897 tale The Story of Aqua Pura about a western Kansas town founded amid boom and pride. It traces Aqua Pura’s rise under Barringer and its fall through drought, bank troubles, and outmigration, ending with a silent, thirsty prairie from 1886 to 1893.
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William Allen White
the Star
West
William Allen
White
Emorla
Kan) Gazette
Kanaas
Barefoot 13-Year-Old Hero Hayes Lansford Rescues Girl in Blytheville
In Blytheville on Tuesday 13-year-old Hayes Lansford risked blistered feet to pull 9-year-old Elizabeth Stevens from glowing cinders after she fell in a pit while playing. Both children suffered burns but not seriously. Congressman Tilman Parks, cited as Hope’s representative, is listed among 1930-31 Who's Who in America.
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Barefoot Boy
Tilman Parks
Blytheville
Hayes Lansford
Minnie Lansford
Elizabeth Stevens
Hayes
Vaiuly
Tilman A. Parks
Hope
America
Arkansas
Columbia Grand Jury Returns 19 True Bills
Magnolia August 27 The Columbia county grand jury returned 19 true bills in indictments here Tuesday with a diverse slate of cases heard by the panel.
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Columbia Grand Jury
Magnolia
Columbia County Raga Jwy
Men Feign Insanity to Find Housing in Budapest
In Budapest two Hungarian menpretend insanity to secure housing, claiming one is a king and the other his slave. Police arrest them and have their sanity tested after the ruse is uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Ote
Duane Hu
Jumbo Auctioned Off For 196 To Temple Cotton Co
Jumbo the 1930 world champion watermelon weighing 160 pounds was sold for 196 to Temple Cotton Co with Tom Turner as manager. A. B. Turner received the proceeds from C. $, Lowthorp & Co. farms amid multiple bids as interest grows in sending the melon and Arkansas exhibit to the national Legion convention in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld
Temple Cotton
Tom Turner
A. B. Turner
Lowthorp & Co
Turner
American Legion Post
Arkansas
National Legion
Boston
Highway Riot In Lonoke Put Down
Lonoke Arkansas Aug 27 Labor disturbance near Lonoke halted highway work by Ayres Graves of Hope. Fourteen National Guardsmen remained to secure order after farmers attacked a highway camp. Contractors say all workers are Arkansas citizens and warn of possible equipment removal if protests resume.
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Lonoke
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Little Rock
Cras
R. O. Benton
Hope
Itate
Ean
Ark
Ayres & Graves of Hope
State Highway Department
Carlisle
Lonoke County
Lit
Tle Rock
Lanoke
Company F
Derdanelle
National Guard
Lite Rock
Parnell
Benton
Waggener
Lanake
C. S. Christian
Arkansas
Christhin
Contetor
Loneke
Ms. Christian
Insurance Salesmen in Session at Hot Springs
The three day convention of the $100000 clubs of the National Life Insurance Company opened at the Kingsway Hotel in Hot Springs. Attendees arrived from several states for the session. Ralph R. Lounsbury of Jersey City, N.J. was the key speaker at the annual banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
National Life Insurance Company
Joysuy Ciny
N. Do
Kingsway Hotel
Glasatomy Tuwpao
Ralph R. Lounsbury
Jersey City
N. JL
Fairfax wreck relief absolves Archie Brooks in court
Washington reports current absolution of Archie Brooks of the sthamer Fairfax in the wake of the Fairfax and Timphis disaster off Massachusetts Bay last January. Fifty lives were lost in the wreck, with charges arising from the tragedy dropped today. CLARION estate value between 375 million and 100 million is disposed of in probate. Thomas Slack’s will names his mother, wife and three children as heirs.
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Washington
Chrias Archie IL. Brooks
Sthamer
Fairfax
Timphis
Massachusetts Bay
Jane
Ives
Clarion
Thoms 2
Slack
Iis
Crouth Meeting Held at Columbus as Crop Talks Continue
About 40 people attended the second crouth meeting in Columbus with chair Ford Johnson. Roy Reid of the Extension Service spoke on government relief and Red Cross aid for farmers. Local farmers Dave Wilson and Pat Neil reported lower cotton yields than last year and discussed crop conditions. Attendees urged planting oats and rye, with Miss Martha Jane Buecher promoting a meat canning project and fall feed crops. A similar meeting is planned for Washington tonight.
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Columbus
Ford Johnson
Roy Reid
Serview
University of Arkansas
Reid
Red Cross
Dave Wilson
Wilson
Pat Neil
Ovary Cross Roads
Beucher
Lynn L. Smith
Washington
Air Pilots From Three States Meet In Labor Day Race
National Guard pilots from Missouri Illinois and Arkansas will contest a twenty five mile air race in St. Louis on Labor Day September first. Teams from the 4th squadron Hingis the 86th Missouri and the 9th Arkansas will compete for honors.
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ST. Louis
National Guard
Missouri
Tinois
Arkansas
Labor Day
D4th
86Th
Uinth
School Children Poisoned at Arkansas School Recover
Ten children are stricken at a LoNonoke area school after drinking water from a bucket near a cotton field spray. Doctors say all will recover, including three who drank freely. Investigation under way to determine the water bucket's role and any connection to game poison being prepared for spraying in a nearby field.
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Lonoke
N. B. Kelley
O. B. Benton
Contract Finished On Highway No 67
Texarkana August 27 All contract work on Highway No 67 from Texarkana to the Red River bridge near Fulton has been completed. State crews will finish side drains at intersections with lateral or county highways this week. The Missouri Pacific Railroad crossover is open to traffic and the graveled approach to the new bridge is in good condition. The short stretch will be paved later after the new dump hushed line settles.
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Texarkana
Red River
Fulton
State Highway Department
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Paragould Man Rescues Mother From Burning Home
Paragould Aug 21 Peck McBride 44 escaped a second story blaze by breaking a window to carry his 79 year old mother to safety Tuesday. Fire crews battled the flames as onlookers watched.
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Paragould
Peck McBride
Police Raid Ties Revenge to Gangster Files In Chicago
Chicago details indicate a police raid linked to the Zula-Morcai- Aiello gang investigation. Evidence includes uncashed checks and safe deposit boxes used by the vice syndicate. Investigators, led by Pat Roche, say documents implicate Lingle and police connections. Continued on page two.
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Chicag
Chicago American
Hoxee
Jack Zill
Haron
Alfred Jake
Lingle
Chienge
Tribune Underworld
Vigorone
Ui Jaap
Pat Roche
Jude Policicians
Zutis
Bin
Huche
Roche
Zula
Bingie
Luteoe
Zuta
Teloime
Tourists Assisted By Salvation Army in Little Rock
Twenty five travelers from Los Angeles bound for New York were stranded when their bus broke down near Little Rock. Salvation Army aided the group overnight and today, with several women and two babies housed in boarding rooms while men slept in the bus. They had paid fares to National Stage Line owner BC Elliott, who accompanied them to El Paso before heading to Mexico. The bus broke down at multiple points. funds for repairs were lent by passengers, and by arrival in Little Rock all money was exhausted.
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Board of County Commissioners
Barringer
Apere House
Brevinger
Nichols
Johnson
Aqua Pura
Andi Barcinger
Little. Rock
Salvation Army
Los Angeles
Calif
New York
Sansweys
B.C. Elliott
National Stage Line
Elliott
el Paso
Mexico
Nave Bgen Ciskedy
Little Rock
Five-Year Sentence for Slashing Case in Texarkana
James Hawkins, a Black man, was sentenced to five years in a Texas penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of slashing and assaulting Sarah Jones, a Black woman, on a farm west of Texarkana. The trial lasted two days with 13 minutes of jury deliberation. Hawkins, married with two children, reportedly attacked Jones after jealousy and a prior separation from his wife.
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Texarkana
James Hawkins
Texas
Sarah ‘Jones
Fifth Judicial District Court
Hawkins
Becom B
Jones
Jeslousy
Sarah
Local Watermelon Sent to England by Hope Chamber
The first Hempstead county watermelon of the season leaves for London today. The 126 pound fruit, named by Steven Conks secretary-manager of the Automobile Association, is shipped by W Homer Pigg secretary of Hope Chamber, and will be displayed for weeks at British offices as a novelty item.
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Lown Hempstead County
London
Ty Stenven
Cveretary-Maniager
The
Automobile Association
Lanum House
New Coventry Street
Vadon
Enuliad
W. Homer Pigg
Hope Chamber of Conmneees
British Automobile
Wspochi Biar
Youth Burned to Death When Auto Explodes Near Here
Two New York youths Mase and Oswald were killed when their car skidded, struck a tree, and the gasoline tank exploded. The incident occurred Tuesday near the town, leaving the two victims burned.
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Mase
Wargil and
Termaine
P. Oswald
New York
Washington Conference Plans Credit Relief For Drought States
The Bankers Committee approved a plan to aid farmers in twelve drought afflicted states. Secretary Hyde outlined a credit intermediary system with a maximum six percent rate, involving the Intermediate Credit Bank and farmers. A three member subcommittee from Chicago Louisville and Baltimore will refine details and report to the group.
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Washington
Bakke Committee
Deni Hoover
Hoover
Commerce
Credit’ Co
Melvin A. Taylor
Chicago
Alas Dosker
Louisville
Prentis
Baltimore
Agriculture Department
Sirens Culture Department
Farm Board
Foakel Fi Board
Federal Rese
Hyde
Drouth
Virginia
Virgini
Maryland
Ohio
Truck driver kills friends then commits suicide near Prague
In Prague on August 27 a five ton truck driver from the Hohenmuth fire brigade lost control by rounding a curve killing two companions and injuring 32 others. He then returned home and killed himself.
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Prague
Tom Grant
Hohenmauth
Governor Carlton Subpoenaed in Florida Probe
Governor Doyle E Carlton was subpoenaed to testify for the defense in a preliminary hearing for three men charged with conspiring to assassinate him. Defense witnesses include two state Read Department members and eight women. bond set at 500 each. The defendants deny any plot and await the hearing to learn details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Flo
Doyle E. Carlton
Florida
Wauchula
Caullon
Caullon Was Among 2 Witnesses For Whoat
State Read Department
Fred O. Eberhardt
Tallahassee
Henry Hilsema
Ralls
Cartan
Justice of the Peucy J
Madison
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Hempstead County
Drauth
Blevine
McCaskill
Ozer
Sprategy
Spring Him
Patmos
Hawks
Gun Girl
Kansas
Gaul
Pennsylvanus
Johnson and Barringer
Harvard Ren
Public Library Association
Agua Pura
Baringer
Fountylrn
Arkansawyers
Temple Cotton Co
Legion Post
Vene Insurance
Bulletins
Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilfred A. Wetherbee
Astereneral D. R. Stowits
Chicago American Says Tribune
Quilty
England
Hope C. of C
London Auto Association
Subin Hoover
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