City Hall Meeting Yields Mixed Endorsements
In a crowded session auditors noted partial approval as farmers voiced endorsements. The meeting highlighted contested support for the recommended calls and ongoing debate over the program’s direction.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1931
Page
3
Fair Management Elated By Interest Shown In 1931 Fair
Fair headquarters announce a record 1931 Southwest Arkansas Fair in Hope opens September 21. Space is filling fast with booths and midway concessions. Bodcaw Public School will display community booths and students show exemplary school work. Reserving space is urged for commercial booths and concession stands as preparations intensify for a large exhibit week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Hope
Fair
Arkangar
Bodcaw
Seeamunly Booth - Seeeyvk
Orice
Cotton Prices Rise Slightly In Week Amid Slow Demand
Memphis reports show narrow price fluctuations in the cotton market from August 22 to 28 with the 28th price about 40 points higher. Buyers remained largely indifferent, transactions limited to small lots for filling purposes, and demand for deferred shipments was weak. New crop movement continues as weekly sales reach 44,489 bales, exports to August 28 totaling about 150,000 bales, and July U S spinning capacity listed at 25,800,000 spindles with 26,500,000 for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
U. S
Dept. Apriculture
Coko
Bureau of the Census
Weather Bureau
Evotion
Axiaust
Japan
China
Cenhsug
United States
Man Clings on 150 Foot Chimney To Live Rescue
James Kemp a 61 year old steeple jack spent two hours clinging to a narrow 10 inch ledge at the top of a 150 foot chimney in Rochester New York after scaffolding collapsed killing coworker Gondolfo di Primo. Fire crews and onlookers watched as a rope finally allowed Kemp to be lowered to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Aspel
James Kemp
Kemp
Gondolfo di Primo
Hallers
Landlady Admits First of Twelve Deaths in Detroit
Detroit prosecutors state Mrs. Rose Veras a rooming house owner has confessed to pushing Stephen Mak from an attic window causing his death. The case links twelve boarders’ deaths to her and notes she insured them naming herself as beneficiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Duncan, MacCrea
Annalunced
Rose Veras
Stephen Mak
Pallce
Man Struck with Rock Leaves Victim Near Death
In Horatio Ark on a main street a man, Hunter Greer 26, was struck in the head by a rock allegedly thrown during a fight between Alonzo Butler and Bob Lemons. Doctors say his skull is fractured and he faced surgery with little hope of recovery. Butler was jailed but moved to a different jail amid fears of mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE Queen
Ark
Struuck
Alonzo Butler
Butler
Bob Lemons
Horatio Lust
Hunter Greer
Greer
Buller
Seyier
Sherif Jim Sutton
Horatio
Green
Mrs Phoebe Omlie Wins National Sweepstakes Derby
Mrs Phoebe Omlie was judged the winner of the women's division of the National Sweepstakes Handicap Air Derby in Cleveland after scorers spent the night calculating the averages of 31 entrants who flew from Santa Maria last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Phoebe Omlie
Nashville Ark Loan Contract Challenged in Court
Texarkana report says a suit filed in Arkansas federal court by J S McConnell seeks to void a contract between Nashville city authorities and the Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. The dispute centers on a $7,000 obligation from the utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Ark
Texarkana
Howard County Circuit Court
Arkansas
J .S. McConnell
J. S. Bult
Nashvue
Ark
Southwestern Gaswid Elecure
Paragould Girl Dies From Burns In Kitchen Fire
Bulletin reports 11 year old Hattle Butter died Monday from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire while starting a stove fire. In Cape Verde Islands the Graf Zeppelin was sighted Monday noon flying south toward Pernambuco Brazil on a non stop flight from Friedrichshafen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Friedeichshaffen
Pernambuco
Brazil
France Offers to Lead Disarmament
In Paris on Monday Joseph Paul Boncour foreign affairs chairman of the chamber of deputies proposed that armed forces be controlled by the League of Nations and predicted France would lead the way at next year’s disarmament conference He linked arms limitation with creating an international armed force to ensure respect for arbitration decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
League of Nations
France
Joseph Paul Boncour
Chamber of Deputies
Highway Audit To Begin This Week In Arkansas
A. M. Pullen & Co of Richman Virginia wins Arkansas Highway Department audit contract. Chief accountant to receive 35 per diem, senior 28, junior 15. Audit split into five divisions spanning 1927 to 1937 with dates adjusted by the Martineau law. J. A. Rennie named chief accountant in charge. 15 to 40 accountants to be used as needed. preliminary survey to start soon in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
A. M. Pullen & Co
Richman
North Carolina
Arkansas Highway Department
Highway Audit Commission
Dwight H. Blackwood
C. S. Golston
Pullen & Co
J. A. Rennie
Richmond
Rennie
Lite Rock
Business Opposes Tax Increases for School Emergency
Five hundred Arkansas business leaders at the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce meeting in Little Rock oppose any new school tax measures until prosperity returns. F W Scott of Associated Industries urged analyzing how school dollars are spent, noting schools often claim better share than business. He advocated economy and consolidation and warned against expanding facilities during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Hock
Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
Little Rock
Ito
Columbus Doctor In Grave Condition
Friends of Dr. J. R. Autrey of Columbus regret that his condition is unimproved after illness of several weeks. His son Captain Lee Autrey arrived Sunday from Birmingham Alabama where he is stationed. Coach and Mrs Morley Jennings of Waco Texas are at the bedside. He is Mrs Jennings father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Autrey
Columbus
Lee Autrey
Birmingham
Alabama
Morley Jennings
Waco
Texas
Autrey
Mra
Jennings
Texarkana Couple Injured in Auto Collision
Texarkana report: Houston Vaughan a local business man suffered a broken leg when his car collided with a second vehicle driven by a Black man two miles north of Texarkana at 2 Sunday night. Vaughan's wife and Mrs T R Simmonds and daughter Prahant Suninonda sustained cuts and bruises. all treated in local hospitals. One of five Black occupants in the other car had severe head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Houston
Vaughan
Here
T. R. Simmonds
Prahant Suninonda
Frank Miler
Bluebeard of Clarksburg Found Guilty in Deaths
Authorities link Harry Powers, alias Cornelius Pierson, to the murder of Mrs. Eicher and her three children buried near a garage in Clarksburg West Virginia as searchers probe for more victims. Powers details his killings while authorities test the scene and the public watches the grim discovery near Quiet Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburk
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
Harry Powers
Cornelius O. Pierson
Asta 'Bulck Eicher
Park Ridge
Asta Buick Rich
Park, I
Clarksburg
W. Vo
Harry F Powers
Cornelius C. Pierson
Eicher
Annabel
Grele
Henry
Ravenden Youth Killed By Train
The mangled body of Cecil Ellison, age two, of Ravenden, was found Sunday on the Frisco railroad near Ravenden. Believed struck by a passenger train during the night after being seen walking along the tracks around 1 am. Ellison’s father is a Ravenden section foreman. he is survived by his parents, two brothers Frank and Albert, and two sisters Gladys and (name unreadable).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Ellison
Ravenden
Here
Frisco
Ellison
Ravensden
Frank
Albert
Gladys
Ilda Whusea
Cotton Advisory Board in Session
Washington reports that the Cotton Advisory Board met with the Federal Farm Board to discuss the cotton market. The advisory panel includes cotton industry representatives aiding marketing and stabilization policy under the marketing act. Carl Williams convened the meeting following Farm Board talks with cotton state senators on price-raising steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cotton Advisery Committee
Fadaral Farm Board
Marketing
Farm Board
Carl Williams
Young Girl Drowns In Lake Hamilton
In Hot Springs a 15 year old girl, Inez Harvey of Avery Texas, drowned Sunday afternoon in a bayou portion of Lake Hamilton while visiting her sister Mrs D FR Rogers. The body was recovered about half an hour later by William Tokkadod and Egul Gijlenwater after the girl slipped into deep water and could not save herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Inez Harvey
Avery
Tex
Lake Hamilton
D. FR. Rogers
Texas special session eyed to address market crisis
A garbled report suggests a special session in Austin to tackle a rising market crisis. Mentions possible governor action and legislative steps with references to a majority party in the state capital. Specific details are unclear due to fragmented text.
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