Withdrawal of Hempstead county farm agents shocks locals
The state Extension Service announced Wednesday that the county farm and home demonstration agents in Hempstead County are abolished effective immediately. Lynn Smith and Miss Martha Jane Beucher will relocate. the move follows a two year dispute with local officials over funding and support for the program.
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Hempstead County
T. Roy Reid
Little Rock
University Extension Service
Lynn Smith
Martha
Jane Beucher
Hope
Mr. Smith
Hampstead County
Washington
Wilson
Bleel Luthe
Higgason
Reid
State Department
Lam
Drouth
County Home Demonstration
County Home
El Dorado Voters Nominate Goodwin for Re nomination
El Dorado voters nominated Walter L. Goodwin for re nomination defeating Mayor Jake R. Wilson by 1,297 to 813 votes in the city primary. Gus W. Jones beat H. V. Betts for municipal judge 1,549 to 400 while M. J. Jolly was re nominated as city presder over N. G. Hammond 1,373 to 595. Aldermen Goode and Lawson were renominated, W. P. Bryant renominated without opposition, J. W. Wilson nominated over the incumbent. The campaign was quiet.
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EL Dorado
Walter L. Goodwin
Jake R. Wilson
Goodwin
Wilson
Gus W- Jones
H. V. Betts
Jones
Betts
M. J. Jolly
N. G. Hammond
Secrest Elected Arkansas Captain At Duck Dinner
Earl Secrest of Hope was elected captain of the Razorback football team at a Fayetteville dinner hosted by Arkansas University president J. C. Futrall. Secrest, a third year student and former Hope High standout, played guard last season and will finish his career next year with sub captain Homer Ledbetter also named.
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J. C. Futrall
Arkansas University
Fayetteville
Earl Secrest
Razor- Earl University
Teygm
Tee Anna
Young Becrest
J. W. Secrest
The
Hope High School
Thig
University
Tettur
Razorback
Secrest
Homer
Doc" Ledbetter
Simms Cotton Gin Destroyed By Fire
Simms Texas fire destroyed the Simms brothers gin late Tuesday. A bucket brigade and later New Boston fire department prevented spread to the seed house. The gin valued at several thousand dollars burned after 6 p.m. before discovery.
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Simms
Tex
New Boston Fire Department
Explosion at oil plant kills 20 year old in Dumas City
In Dumas City an explosion at an oil company plant damaged the engine room causing Marvin Elia age 20 to die. His father Charles Elia age 45 was injured and hospitalized in critical condition.
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EL Dorado
Oil Company
Dumas City
Pear
Marvin Elia
Charles Elia
Vicar Discovers New Kind of Sunday Illness
TEDDINGTON Middlesex reports a novel ailment named Morbus Sabbaticus. The Vicar of Teddington writes in the parish magazine that every Sunday a sudden attack strikes parishioners with no warning. On Saturday night the patient sleeps well and enjoys breakfast, but church time brings the attack to full force until services end, after which relief follows.
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Teddington
Middlesex
Texarkana Officers Recover Goods After Stamps Store Burglaries
Texarkana police recovered more than $1000 in goods stolen from the Busy Department Store in Stamps Arkansas on Sunday night. Joseph Hill, a 30 year old Black man from Pennsylvania, was arrested after confessing to entering the store through a skylight with another suspect. He claimed he shared the loot and named a second burglar who fled. Authorities traced the car description to locate the other suspect and recover remaining items as they continue the investigation across East Texas and South Arkansas.
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Texarkana
Stamps
Jack Runnels
Grady Crumpton
West Fourth Street
Joseph Hill
Negee
Pennsylvania
John Momon
Matehal
A. J. Tatum
Arkansas
Hill
Atother
Iater
Tatum
Momap
Momon
Hil
Texarlaina
Texas
Wrest
Ack
Lanier
Runnels
Crampton
Arkansas Robbery Suspect Arrested in Joyner Case
Arkansas police say Ivy Jones 43 was held in Memphis on suspicion of taking part with Jim Bowman and Rory Williams in robberies at Joyner. Suspects allegedly stole safes from Dixie Grocery and N.8 Sablis Dry Goods, totaling 1190 dollars plus a 10000 Liberty bond. Police say some funds and a Liberty bond were recovered nearby.
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Memphis
Ivy Jones
Joyner
Ark
Jones
Arkansas
Jim Bowman
Rory Williams
Bowman
Williams
Dixie Grocery Company
City to tax Railway Express wagon ads five dollars daily
Mayor Mc Laughlin told the city council he sent a tester to Railway Express officials to collect a five dollar per day occupation tax on advertising carried on the company wagons. The Star noted chewing gum and cigarette ads on Hope delivery trucks and argued such ads may breach interstate rules that protect railroad revenue while limiting advertising activity.
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Hot Springs
Leq.p.mclaughlin
Railway Express Company
Star
Cigs
McLaughlin
Sant Smith
Amnerican Railway Express Company
the Star
Cigtarette
Residence Is Lost By Alva Williams
The home of Alva Williams, a local cotton buyer, on Twelfth Street burned Tuesday night. The brick veneer building was gutted inside leaving walls and roof, with contents destroyed. Mr Boswell owned the house valued at 4000. Insurance covered the loss. Both Mr and Mrs Williams were in Josephine Hospital. Mrs Williams had a two day old baby. Williams had recently undergone an appendicitis operation.
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Alva
Williams
Iocal
Twelfth Street
Boswell
Refrigeration Demonstrations By Southern Ice and Utilities
Miss Bara Chippins representing Southern Ice and Utilities company conducts a series of refrigeration demonstrations in Hempstead county. On Wednesday Crippens visited Mrs. Jim Wilson Sr. of Columbus. Thursday she speaks at the Block hotel in Washington. Friday she meets Mrs. C. H. Oglesby at Melrose near Hope on Spring Hill road. Meetings start at 2 PM with large attendance.
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Bara Chippins
Southern Ice and Utilities Company
Hempstead
Nominations To Senate From Hoover List One Names William Dook
The president sent the Senate more than two hundred nominations including William M. Dook of Virginia for Secretary of Labor. Hoffman Phillip of New York was chosen for a posting in Norway and Nicholas Roosevelt of New York named minister to Hungary with J Butler Wright of Wyoming named minister to Uruguay. Randolph Briant nominated as United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Washington
Wiliam M. Dook
Virginia
Senate
Hoover
Hoffman Phillip
New York
United States
Norway
Nicholas Roosevelt
Hungary
J. Butler Wright
Wyoming
Uruguary
Randolph Briant
Texas
Hot Springs Man Indicted on Manslaughter Charge
A Hot Springs grand jury indicted Theodore Teague on a manslaughter charge connected to the fatal injury of James Loss. Loss was struck by an automobile reportedly driven by Yesque. the case follows the accident last week during a musicale scene.
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Hot Springs
Theodore Teague
Oi Hot Springs
James Loss
Yesque
Senator Morrow Takes Oath for New Jersey Seat
Dwight W. Morrow was administered the oath of office as Senator from New Jersey, completing the Senate membership. The chamber then stood with Republicans three and Democrats forty two, with a Farm Labor leader in the body.
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Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Second Attempted Flight Is Failure
Mrs. Merris Devans a 40 year old flying housewife attempted to set a new transcontinental air record from New York to the Pacific coast. She took off from Jacksonville Pa at 7 15 am aiming to beat the 16 hours 49 minutes best set by Miss Ruth Nichols but the flight ended unsuccessfully.
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New York
Merris Devans
Jacksonville
Here
Birmingham Bank Robbed of $1500
Three men robbed the Exchange Bank in Birmingham early Wednesday tied five people with ropes and escaped in an automobile. They took currency from the cashiers cage, did not enter the vault, and caused a security scare among staff and customers. An employee, Mrs. C. M. McKennan, discovered the binding after arriving for duty.
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Birmingham
Exchange Bath
C. M. McKennan
Keeper of Hunting Lodge Found Slain
The body of Joe Rousseau, caretaker of the Pecan Lake Hunting Club, near Stuttgart, was found Wednesday morning by a resident. Officials suspect Rousseau was killed the previous night by a shotgun, a longtime local who was well known to many hunters.
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Stuttgart
Joe Rousseau
Pecan Lake
Here
Rousseau
Special Grand Jury Probe Sculpts Hempstead County Case
A Hempstead county grand jury was called for December 22 to probe a statutory rape case involving Autrey Goynes. He was arrested after accusations against Ava Goynes, former wife of his brother Vernie Goynes, at her home near Hope. A crowd threatened the jail, Goynes was moved to Little Rock for safekeeping, and his brother remains jailed for a separate shooting. The special session aims to investigate Autrey Goynes and possibly question Vernie Goynes about related charges.
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Hempstedd
Invesilante Autrey
Goynes
Washington
McRae
Gaynes
Little Rock
Hempstead County
Grand Jury
Steve’ Carrigan
Errest
Carrigan
Texarkana
Géynes
Pere
Jesse
Campbell
Esse Employe
Red Cross Seeks Used Clothes for Hope Hempstead
The Hempstead county Red Cross chapters appeals for gifts of old clothes to aid the needy in Hope and Hempstead counties. People can call 100 to arrange pickup or deliver at 114 South Elm Street near Hotel Harlow. Surplus sweet potatoes tore nips eggs and other producers are also welcome according to Red Cross officials.
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Hope
Hempstead
Hempstead County
Red Cross
South Elm Street
Hotel Harlow
Star
The
R.O. Bridewell
Relief Committee
Fire Chief Held on Arson Charges in Helena
Ed Kalb chief of the West Helena fire department was arrested on two arson charges after fires destroyed two houses owned by him. Bond set at 2000 with hearing next Saturday. Two department employees, Henry Winters and Theodore Barrett, held on arson charges with 1000 bond. Prosecutor R G Smith leads the state case, following investigation by the department and State Fire Marshal.
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Helena
Ed Kalb
West Helena
Flrav
J. C. Barlow
Kalb
Little Rock
Helena World
Ben
Fire Department
Henry Winters
Theodore Barrett
R. G. Smith
Winters
Barrett
Madrid assassination attempt shocks El Sol reporter
El Sol correspondent Joaquin Lugo tried to shoot Premier Deui guer in the dictator’s quarters before reporters hustled him to jail. In Memphis a Mrs. Charles Johnson of Steel Missouri is hospitalized with a shotgun wound to the chest and a wealthy Missouri farmer is dead after a gun battle at a hunting lounge near New Madrid. Courtland H. Young, wealthy magazine publisher, was found dead in his apartment at West Sixth Street, likely due to smoke from a recent fire.
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Madrid
Spain
Joquin Lugo
Thei News
el Sol
Deuiguer
Charles 3. Johnson
Steel
Memphis
New. Madrid
New Madrid
New York
Courtland H. Young
West Sith Street
Woodmen Circle Elects Officers
The Woodmen Circle regular session at East Second avenue hall elected officers for the upcoming year. Guardian Miss Lilli Middlebrooks, Past Guardian Mrs. Martha Ramsey, Attendant Mrs. Kate Shiver, Assistant Attendant Mrs. Lucy Drake, Clerk Mrs. Ruth Matthews, Banker Mrs. Nellie Jones Champlain and Mrs. Ida Westerman, Inner Sentinel Mrs. Minnie Churchman, Outer Sentinel Mrs. Elia Secrest, Auditors Mrs. Katie Vaseter and Mrs. Delly Southward, Misa Wile Jacks, Musician Miss Lucitlie Boswell.
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Woodmen Circle
East Second Avenue
Guardian
Lilli Middlebrooks
Martha Ramsey
Kate Shiver
Lucy Drake
Ruth Matthews
Nellie Jones Champlain
Ida Westerman
Inner Sentinel
Minnie Churchman
Outer Sentinel
Elia Secrest
Railroads Seek Freight Rate Cut for Cotton Shipped to Texas
Railroads in the southwestern territory petition the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to reduce cotton freight rates to Texas sea ports. They argue new rates set to take effect January 100 have merged competition with Spurks, and trucks covering 300 miles or more now undercut rail viability, causing losses.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas
Help Wanted Ad Offers Free Classified Placements
Local paper invites readers to place free want ads for any job, big or small, with jobs at homes, shops, or offices. Emphasizes low building material prices now and urges prompt posting via the Star or phone to reach the wanted department.
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Hempstether
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U. of A
Bucket Brigade
New
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Dumas
Alva Williams
Miss
Bara Crippins
W. M. Doak
Labor
the Musicale
Senator Morrow
Flying House
Grand ‘Jury
Autrey Gaynes
South Elm
Florabel
Clara Grace
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