Rhodes Scholarships and Rhodesian vision in Arkansas
Editorial notes Arkansas winner C. P. Lee Jr. of Pine Bluff as a Rhodes scholar and reflects on Cecil Rhodes and the pursuit of educated minds. It contrasts Rhodes’s global hope for peace with wartime outcomes, then touches on Union County quarantine lift and the future of livestock as banking collateral amid farming trends.
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Nother
Yesterniday
Little Band of Honor
Arkansas
C. P. Lee, Jr
Pine Bluff
Young Lee
Rhodes
Union County
Clerk Who Pulled Gun on Congress Held for Assault
Kemmerer Marlin Kemmerer a 25 year old Allentown Pennsylvania clerk who then tried to address the House of Representatives with a revolver was held for grand jury action on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. He said he carried the gun to attract the speaker’s attention and did not intend to injure anyone. Representative Melvin Maas persuaded him to drop the pistol and police took him away.
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Washington
Marlin Kemmerer
Allentown
House of Representatives
Kemmerer
Melvin Maas
Wisconsin
Maas
Emmet Connection Contract Is Let
Contracts for paving the remaining gaps in Highway No. 67 were awarded by the State Highway Commission at Little Rock. The J. B. McCrary company of Atlanta Ga. won $35 734 61 for four small pieces in Nevada county and a short strip east of Prescott. Charles D. Thomas of Benton received $8 518 75 for the unpaved Texarkana city line to city paving section.
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State Highway Commission
Little Rock
J. B. McCrary Company
Atlanta
Hope
Hope-Emmet
Nevada County
Emmet
Prescott
Texarkana City
Charles D. Thomas
Benton
Mrs. C. E. Romig Heads Order Eastern Star
Hope Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star elected officers for the ensuing year at the Masonic hall meeting Thursday night. Elected were Mrs. C. E. Romig as worthy matron C. E. Robkin as worthy patron Mrs. Ira Halliburton as associate matron Ernest Shiver as associate matron Mrs. M. S. Bates as secretary Miss Lillie Middlebrooks as treasurer Mrs. Vivian Shiver as conductress Mrs. D. L. Bush as associate conductress.
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Hope
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
C. E. Romig
C. E. Robkin
Ira Halliburton
Ernest Shiver
M. S. Bates
Lillie Middlebrooks
Vivian Shiver
D. L. Bush
Italian Builds Odd Tunnel Like Plane
An Italian engineer at Caproni aircraft works constructs a tunnel fuselage plane. The hollow center houses the engine and propeller with wings on the tunnel sides. The pilot sits in a tiny cockpit atop. Backward air flow reduces wing drag and enhances tail response for greater maneuverability. A two seater with a 120 horsepower engine aims for high speed.
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Rome
Caproni
Clock for Pilots marks time and direction at Heston
A giant clock erected at London Heston airport features a minute hand nine inches long per second and hands that point north at noon and midnight, serving as both timepiece and direction indicator for air pilots.
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London
Heston
Wiping Out of Wet Allowance Urged
Washington veteran benefits call to end disability allowances for veterans not permanently disabled at 50 percent or more. Veterans Administrator Frank T. Hines urged the measure, estimating first year savings of 51.344 million dollars.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Hoover to Submit War Debts Message to Congress
President Hoover will send a war debts status message to Congress likely next Monday. He is expected to renew calls for a debts commission and review overall debt issues with a plan for future action as Paris reports hint France may pay. Senator Harrison suspended his planned speech, delaying a Senate debate.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Paris
France
United States
Associated Press
Rejection of Wine Bill in House Ways and Means
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee rejected the Lea wine bill, deeming it contrary to the eighteenth amendment. Concurrently a Senate committee agreed on adding city state protections to a substitute amendment to repeal part of the 18th. SHREVEPORT. District Judge Roberts ruled Louisiana's referendum repeal of Hood Act unconstitutional, invalidating the vote and causing local enforcement uncertainty.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Shreveport
Roberts Friday
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Rotary Vocational Talks Highlight Trades at Friday Luncheon
Four club members spoke on their trades at the Rotary luncheon in Hotel Barlow. Roy Anderson warned drivers are liable for damages in accidents regardless of passengers. Jim Henry outlined Ivory Handle stock-room methods stressing worm and sap-stain control. Frank Ward explained the Pure Drug Act requires formula disclosure for medicines. George W Ware described landscaping plans for Julia Chester hospital to start when weather allows. George Turner, Frisco agent, was a guest.
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Rotary Club
Barlow
Roy Anderson
Jim Henry
Ivory Handle Company
Frank Ward
Deorge W. Ware
Julia Chester Hospital
Geeorge Turner
Frisco
Hotel Roslyn Destroyed by Fire in Greenville
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Hotel Roslyn in Greenville early Friday. The city’s largest hotel suffered about 220,000 dollars in damage. Two guests were injured in the blaze.
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Greenville
Miss
Roslyn
Leraest
Mississippi Power & Light Cos
Sacrifices His Xmas for Others in Missouri Farm Family
NEA Service profile of a Slater Missouri Santa Claus who shares his limited resources with a large family. A hard life on a tenant farm, seven children at home, one expected, and a past occupation on the Missouri river project left him injured yet generous with time and money.
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Santa Claus
mid-Missouri
Santa Clau
Missouri
Slater
Grace
Missouri River
Passion Play to Be Shown in Hope
First Baptist Church will show a five reel Passion Play of Oberammergau in Hope on Monday night December 19. The one hour and twenty minute program features scenes from the Holy Land filmed in Palestine by Pathe. Dr. E. E. Morrison will accompany and lecture. No admission charge. a free will offering will be taken. All Hope residents invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
Oberammergau
Hope
Holy Land
Palestine
Pathe
Christ
E. E. Morrison
M. D
Hillsdale
Mich
Germany
Morrison
Chicken theft petitions push felony charges in Arkansas
In Jonesboro Arkansas residents circulate petitions urging the legislature to make chicken stealing a felony. They cite widespread thefts in the area and seek penalties doubling on a second conviction and trebling on a third.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Home Owner Holds Key to Prosperity
N P O Neal argues in this December 16 1932 Hope Arkansas column that widespread home ownership can revive prosperity. He blasts manufacturing capacity and urges coordinated worker action plus government land buy and lease plans to place homes on land with wage deductions.
Filipinos May Be Free in 14 Years
The Senate advanced an amendment to the Hawes Cutting bill granting independence to the Philippines in 14 years, reversing a prior 8 year timeline. The bill, passed by the House earlier, requires the president’s signature and faces potential contention with sugar and copra oil interests opposing and farm groups supporting independence.
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Washington
Senate
Philippines
Islands
House
Congress
Hawes
Copra
Democratic Party
First Snowfall in 3 Years Sweeps Hope Arkansas
The town of Hope awoke to a rare blizzard and icy streets as snow fell heavily, the greatest since 1917-18, with temperatures dropping to 17 degrees and only 19 by 1 PM. Snowdrifts and ice disrupted traffic, rail lines operated late, and urban lines slowed under the storm.
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Arkansas
Hope
N. P. O'Neal
Seden
Mercury
Cold Wave Hits Arkansas With Snow Busier Relief Aid
Steady snowfall blankets Arkansas with flurries reaching Shreveport Louisiana while Fort Smith records 20 and Hot Springs 18. Little Rock falls to 11.5 degrees as four inches cover the city. Traffic slows and schools close due to influenza as the state relief commission orders direct aid of food and clothing to distressed residents from federal loaned relief funds.
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Little Rock
Shreveport
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
State Relief Commission
Hope Woman Wins Prize for Letter
Mrs. W. L. Carter of 802 South Street won first prize in a Poultry Tribune contest held at Mount Morris Illinois. She received $50 for the best letter on oil in poultry and a photo of her prize letter appeared in a recent magazine issue.
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W. L. Carter
South Street
Poultry Tribune
Publi
Mount Morris
Caeazine
Bonfires light Austrian Christmas Eve hilltops
In Austria large bonfires glow on hill tops per Christmas Eve tradition. Families and communities gather to sing carols and celebrate before proceeding to churches for midnight worship and services.
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Austria
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the Star
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