Japan Cabinet Resigns Amid Foreign Policy Crisis
TOKYO reports the Japanese cabinet led by Baron Wakatsuki resigns after criticism of foreign affairs and fiscal policy. The move raises the prospect of Japan suspending the gold standard and enacting a gold embargo. HAMPTON VA mentions Prof Elisha Kent Kane breaking composure as he testifies tearfully about his wife Jennifer Kane, who he is accused of drowning amidst alleged in-law abuse denials.
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TOKYO
Baron Wakatsuki
Japan
Hampton
Elisha Kent Kane
Jenny Graham Kane
Leavenworth Prison Break Ends With Wounding of Warden
Six armed convicts abducted Leavenworth warden during a prison escape bid. Warden struck in the arm but fought back as the men forced him toward a car. They fled west toward the Lecompton road, abandoning a stolen car and weaponry amid a heavy pursuit by guards and officers. Local authorities tightened searches for the escapees and the wounded warden reportedly remained in a hospital in guarded condition.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Thomas B. White
Leaven- Earth
Protor
iwisyNo
LeCompton
V . Prison x
Five Suspects Held In DeQueen Holdup
Danville Arkansas reports five suspects under arrest in connection with the DeQueen bank robbery. Roy Hanes was arrested near Ola and W H Hallam Dan Bradshaw and two women were in custody after questioning. The bank was robbed of about 7000 during the early hours.
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Danville
Ark
Perry Hunlicker
First Netional Bank of
DeQueen
Thursa
Hunsucker
Roy Hanes
Ola
W. H. Ha
Ends Life While Visiting Father in Marshall
TEXARKANA man A Hodge reports his 11 year old son R W Hodge found dead in Marshall. Coroner rules death self inflicted by a pistol shot. revolver near body. R W Hodge had helped run the Hodge Drug Company in Texarkana for 29 years, sold two years ago, recently spent weeks in hospital. survived by wife and parents.
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Texarkana
W. R. Hodge
Hodge Drug Company
Hodge
Marshall
R At Po
Pup
E’ Hospital
Wits
Byrlat
City's Injunction Made Permanent
A temporary restraining order against Hope City Council funding $3,000 in bank loans for a local cheese factory was made permanent by Chancellor C. E. Johnson in Hempstead Chancery Court, Washington. The chancellor previously ruled the tax fund use unconstitutional. Friday's hearing saw Carrigan and Monroe represent the petitioner with no city opposition.
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Steve’ Carrigan
Hope City
C. E. Johnson
Hempstead Chancery Court
Washington
Carrigan’ & Monroe
Emmet Man Held on Forgery Count
Connie Leverett was arrested at Emmet on forgery charges by Deputy Sheriff Allen Shipp and bound over to the Hempstead county grand jury after arraignment in Hope municipal court. He allegedly cashed checks drawn on Charles D. Green of Emmet and J. B. Hargiss of Hope dating from August to last Saturday. Bad checks had been reported in Prescott and Hope since August, with a new batch appearing in Hope last Saturday. Procuring stores named include R. M. LaGrone Jr. & Co., Reed Routon & Co., Briant's Drugstore, and L. Bury & Co.
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Connie Leverett
Emmet
Allen Shipp
Hempstead
A. A. Gentry
Hope
Leverett
Charles D. Green
J. B. Hargiss
Prescott
Sam Day Convicted of Murder in Miller Co Circuit Court
Texarkana report shows Sam Day aged 20 was convicted of murder in Miller County Circuit Court for killing Sheriff Walter Harris last July. A bedridden juror delayed deliberations. jury visited the scene eight miles south of Texarkana. Judge Dexter Bush instructed the jurors as attorneys argued for first degree murder.
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Sam Day
Miller Co
Texarkana
Walter Harris
Here
Dexter Bush
Day
Seiie H. Mie
Barney
Etrena D.ean Joy Pratt Bacon
J. D. Cook, Sr
Millard Alford
Ragon Seeks 50 Million for Arkansas River Upgrade
Representative Ragon of Arkansas proposes a bill to appropriate 50 million dollars to deepen the Arkansas River to six feet from Tulsa to its mouth. The War Department is studying feasibility and has not yet submitted a report. Local groups urge river transport development with a nine by twenty foot channel, citing potential freight savings and costs.
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Washington
Ragon
Arkansas
Tulsa
War Department
Congress
Explosion at Fisher Body plant claims third death in Memphis
Memphis worker R. J. Hunter, 37, dies in hospital from injuries from December 2 double blast in a sawdust magazine at the Fisher Body plant. James Aheins and Pred Buggs also died, with other workers injured.
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Memphis
R. J Hunter
Fisher Body
James Aheins
Pred Buggs
Wiovau
Park Program Reexplained At Hope Rotary Luncheon
The Southern Live stock and Finance Corp of Little Rock proposed placing 190 pure bred sows on Hempstead county farms, funded by Hope stock purchases, each sold share delivering a sow and two litters. Worthington outlined the plan with Kiwanis last month and the project would need a herdman, stockyard, and regional coordination from Hope. Dr A C Kolb returning to Hope and visitors from Stamps, LaFayette County Democrat, and Arkansas Natural Gas attended.
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Southern Livestock & Finance Corp
Little Rock
Hempstead
Hope
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
R. J. Worthington
Little Rock Company
Kiwanis Club
A.C. Kolb
Ozan
Stamps Club
J. A. Thomas
LaFayette County Democrat
Homeresley
Arkansas Natural Gas Corporation
Local Lodge Elects Officers For Year
Bois d Arc Camp Woodmen of the World have elected officers for the ensuing year. W. M. Ratsey consul commander. J. T. Crosby past consul commander. W. H. Maxwell adviser lieutenant. J. A. Cupp banker. John W. Ridghill clerk. W. R. Billings escort. W. F. Gainer watchman. J. A. Mangum sentry. J. A. Sullivan, J. B. Manguia and T. R. Bryan auditors.
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Bois d'Arc
W. M. Ratsey
J. T. Crosby
W. H. Maxwell
Leutenant
J. A. Cupp
John W. Ridghill
W. R. Billings
W. F. Gainer
J. A. Mangum
J. A. Sullivan
J. B. Manguia
T. R. Bryan
Republicans Form Anti Hoover Group
Horace Mann of Tennessee leads a new anti Hoover Republican group formed Thursday with planned nationwide reach. The movement aims to influence the 1932 convention while signaling possible support for Senator Hiram Johnson or Governor Pinchot, and warns that a Hoover aligned convention would assure defeat. Mann notes recent GOP upsets and Southern patronage conflicts driving the split.
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Washington
Horace Mann
Tennessee
Mann
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Hoover
Charles G. Dewes
England
Manon
House
Michigan
New Jersey
Kentucky
Hagger
Youthful Bandit's Identity Revealed
Freder ick Wason Wright, age 23, identified as the robber and kidnapper known as Jimmie Hill who died in the county jail Tuesday. E. J. Wright of Indianapolis arrived Thursday to confirm the body. Funeral services were private and burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. The youth was linked to hold-ups in Conway and nearby towns, with the death attributed to gunshot wounds, whether self inflicted or by another.
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Conway
Jimmie Hill
Frederick Wason Wright
E. J. Wright
Indianapolis
Ind
My. Wright
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wright
McCrory
Hee
Chamber Reports 37 Members For 1st Day Canvass
Thirty seven memberships including who failed to subscribe last year and several brand new ones were reported for Hope Chamber of Commerce Friday morning as committees began their canvass of the city. Pledges hold up to last year with potential for a larger 1932 budget. Top performers were Terrell Cornelius with 17 memberships on Main Street and Ira Haill Burton soliciting in the industrial area, with Pigg and Huguenin canvassing the business district. Several teams are slated to start Friday or Saturday for Elm street and Main Street. Total memberships listed up to Friday morning include Hope Building Material Co. and many local firms. Hope Star is among the names in the list.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
Terrell Cornelius
Main Street
Ira Hailiburton
W. Homer Pigg
Bobh Huguenin
Mr. Pigg
A. C. Moreland
C. C. Spragins
Tom McLarty
Pat ‘Duffle
Elm ‘Street
Bob Gosnell
J.’ M. Boswell
Syd- McMath
Oklahoma Draper Confessed Murder in Ultima Thule Case
In Idabel Oklahoma the Draper murder trial heard testimonies including Rex Chandler stating Draper confessed to slaying three men near Ultima Thule and wished to live to see his unborn baby. Draper later repudiated the confession and sought postponement for his child’s birth. Prosecutors offered a jail confession alleging Draper killed Chappell Harris and O Dell to rob them before the triple murder scene was found. Defense plans to seek manslaughter by insanity.
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Idabel
Okla
Charles Draper
Ultima Thule
Draper
Rex Chandler
Broken Bow
Chandler
Charles Holman
G. §. Chappell
Arkansas
Eugene Harris
Jack O'Dell
Powers Convicted In Bluebeard Trial
In Clarksburg West Virginia Harry Powers, dubbed the Lothario of the West Virginia hills, was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs Dorothy Pressler Lemke. The trial drew 1300 spectators as a dramatic verdict and plans for a possible new trial were noted for Saturday.
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Clarksburk
Harry F. Powers
West Virginia Hills
Dorothy Pressler Lemke
Northboro
Miss
J. Ed Law
Defense Lawyear
Powers
Clarksburg
Moore
Fragmentary report of deadly incident and cabin demolition
A broken OCR fragment describes deaths and injuries amid a site where a cabin was demolished. Names, places, and dates are missing or garbled, leaving only vague references to victims and structural damage. Further readable details are required for a precise summary.
Bills by Mrs Caraway Seek Personal Relief and Cemeteries
Senate filings show 29 bills sponsored by Mrs. Caraway, mostly for relief or pensions, with one proposal to improve access to the Confederate cemetery at Fayetteville. Other measures include commemorating the Helena battle, river and park projects, rural sanitation funded by and for drought areas, and cotton cost study to stabilize prices for loans.
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Washington
Hushe
Hottie
W. Caraway
Senate
Fayettevil
Caraway
Government Printing Office
Robinson
Arkansas
Helena
Ark
Tony
Ouachita
Ouachita National Park
Drouth
Glover
Senator Black
Alabama
Ier Cti
Michigan Town Declares Taxpayers Vacation
ULBY Mich This village is so well off that no village tax has been levied this year and the office of village assessor has been suspended Walter C Schrader village president announced that through past five years a surplus has accumulated and that taxes would not be necessary At the same time a program of improvements in sidewalks sewers and waterworks was carried on
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Ulby
Mich
Walter C. Schrader
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Steve
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Con Parnes
Arkansas Waterway
Mississippi Valley Association
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Young Business Men's Association
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
Arkansas River
John BR. Fox
Justin Matthews
the Valley Association
Woodstown
N, Jr
Betty Danner
Rotary Club
Main
Fo ‘Oremoer
New Movement
Fredrik W. Wright
Chamber
Monbeta
L. Carter Johnson
Robert Wilson
Hope Building Material Company
M System Grocery
Golo
W. Robison & Co
L. & A. Railway Co
Missouri Pacific Lines
White& Co
Moore & Hawthorne
Cox Drug Company
Webb's News Stand
Quit Refining Company
Union Compress & Warehouse Co
E. E. Austin
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L. Williams & Sons
Hempstead County Lumber Co
Halliburton Sheet Metal Works
Hoelscher Dairy
Hope Star
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