Kidnapers Free Victim Without Ransom Paid
Mrs Nellie Donnelly founder of a Kansas City garment firm and her chauffeur George Blair were freed by three captors after 36 hours in a filthy rendezvous on the Missouri side of the Kansas City bridge. The abductors demanded 75000 dollars but no money was paid and the victims were left unharmed.
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Kansas City
Nellie Donnelly
Kansas City Garment Company
George Blair
Kansas
Missouri River
Paul Donnelly
Acreage Reduction Needed Next Year
A Hope Rotary program at Hotel Barlow featured sealed talks by four club members. Ralph Routon urged acreage reduction in cotton to one third of each farm, arguing current overplanting harmed farmers for years. Terrell Cornelins cited demand shifts toward modern furniture and electric refrigerators. Tom McLarty noted automotive changes, hinting at Ford features. Rev. Anderson praised sermons tackling modern problems like immorality and despair.
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Hope Rotary Club
Hotel Barlow
Nick Jewell
A. C. Kolb
Jewell
Ralph Routon
Terrell Cornelins
Tom McLarty
Memphis
Ford Company
W. R. Anderson
Methodists to Hold White Christmas Service
Methodist church schedules White Christmas service next Sunday evening with a planned program. Readers are urged to bring gifts and supplies for Whit Christmas, with volunteers to prepare and present the communal program.
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Methodists
6 Cent Gasoline Tax Drops Heavily
Arkansas reports November 6 cent gasoline tax yield fell to 598090 from 600485 a year earlier. State revenue notes the tax, raised in January from 5 to 6 cents, funds local treasuries via the county judges. The November collection reflects October consumption. state share shrank to about 490000 from 588000.
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Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Little Rock
Goodfellows List Grows to 102 Members on Friday
Sixteen more names were added Friday to the Goodfellows club, raising the total membership to 102 for the Christmas-giving campaign. The new listings include Mrs J J Ward J R Haonry Mrs Frank Hicks Miss Edna Jones Jim Herneday Joe D Brown George Sandefur D B Phillips Herbert Lewallen Frank Hutchins R H Bach Dolui Owens Jr Marion Manrod St Stringfellow O HM Huckabeu and W P Singleton.
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Goodfellows Club
Marion Manrod
St Stringfellow
HM. Huckabeu
W. P. Singleton
Christmas Service at First Presbyterian Church
A Congregational Christmas Vesper will be held Sunday at 5 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Program includes hymns What mean these Holy Voices and Hark the Herat Angels Sing, readings from Genesis to Luke, talks on redemption and peace through Jesus Christ, and children’s offering. End with benediction.
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Tiemgen
First Presbyterian Church
Isaiah
Herat
Bethlehem
Jesus Christ the Redeemer
Atkins Enters Pen at Noon Friday on 2-Year Sentence
William R. Atkins convicted cashier of the Bank of McCaskill began a two year term for fraud at the Arkansas penitentiary after delays and pardons. He had faced multiple indictments and two separate pleas, with 19 indictments still pending at the time.
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Atkins
William R. Atkins
McCaskill
Arkansas
Associated Press
Star
Hempstead
George R. Haynie
Camden
Little Rock
Fri
Arkansas Gazette
Atkins Wee
Lawrence Wilson
Circus Court
Millard Alford
Man Is Attacked in Smackover Cafe
In Smackover cafe, while he sat with Chief of Police L. H. Parnell present, arlest Sini 0s sailant claimed he attacked Parnell over remarks about Mrs. Smith.
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Man
EL Dorado
Smackover Cafe
Smackover
L. H. Parnell
Arlest Sini
Parnell
Bill Seeks Federal Grading for Cottonseed Premiums
NEW ORLEANS Arkansas ginners testified in Memphis that mills pay premiums on cottonseed but growers do not receive them due to lack of federal grading. E F Creekmore, manager of the American Cotton Cooperative Association, said the group will urge Congress to enact a federal grading bill backed by 200,000 farmers. The measure, once introduced by Rep Marvin Jones of Texas, failed to pass last session. Creekmore warns that missing grading causes price fluctuations and exploitation risks for growers.
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New Orleans
E. F. Creekmore
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Congress
Marvin Jones
Texas
American Cotton Cooperative Association
South
Arkansas
Memphis
Creekmore
Prison expenses to be reduced by commission
Hope official says Arkansas penitentiary commission plans further cuts across all prison branches. Salary reductions of one to three percent are under consideration as the panel reviews budgeting and personnel needs.
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W. S. Atkins
Hope
Little Rock
The
Penitentiary Commission
Atkins of Hope
No Christmas Parole For Fall In 1948 Prison Term
Washington reports no parole for Albert Fall this Christmas. He will remain in the New Mexico state penitentiary through the holidays and likely into the new year. The justice department said no action by the parole board is expected before January, and Attorney General Mitchell could not say when the board might decide after that. Officials estimate Fall could serve up to two thirds of his year and a day sentence for accepting a bribe.
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Washington
Albert
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Justice Department
Parole Board
Mitchell
Dural Parole Board
Dsaid “Soyder
Guard Unit Here in Fine Condition
The Arkansas National Guard company in Hope reports a very satisfactory federal inspection rating for the past two years as it prepares for the February inspection. The unit is split into two platoons under First Lieutenant Garnet Martin and Second Lieutenant Milton Eason, with Capt. J. M. Duffie absent but the unit continuing effectively. Attendance at drill rose to 53 of 61 despite bad weather, and the noncommissioned staff compares favorably with state units. Company A, organized in 1920, brings a quarterly payroll of about $1,000 into Hope.
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Arkansas National Guard
Garnet Martin
Clarence Maxwell
Milton Eason
Eben Eason
J. M. Duffie
Ben
Oio
Orville Hoelscher
Thomas Massey
Lee D. Hicks
John C. Hicks
Dan Goodlett
Jessee Pickard
Nowlin Wylie Henry Fowler
Chester Ramsey
Ann Pickard
Herman Hamilton
Ethelbert Euson
Simon Webb
Olin Purtell
Company A
Hope
Local Minister to Preach at Washington Church
Rev. W. Chandler, Baptist minister of this city, will preach at the Baptist church in Washington Sunday morning, December 1 at the oil prelock hour. The general public is invited to attend this service.
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W, BR. Chendler
Baptist Church
Washington
Clue in Hunt Escaped Murderer Near Magazine
FARIS ARK. Officers tracked a suspected killer of Constable Mont Crock to Reville valley east of Magazine and a farmer reported a man matching the description asking for a cigarette fix. Creekmore’s alleged killer was said to have his hand injured. a shot wounded the suspect in the hand during pursuit.
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Carolyn
Mississippi towns inundated by flood waters
Dispatches report the Tallahatchie River swelled by heavy rains broke through the levee at three sites near Porter's Bridge nine miles south of Batesville Miss on Friday. Three small towns were inundated and three more were placed under threat by the rising waters.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Tallahatchie
Porter's Bridge
Batesville
Miss
Municipal Court Case Up Saturday Hearin ctores Hope county court funds
Municipal Judge A A Gentry seeks to compel County Judge L F Higgsson to reconvene the Hempstead quorum court and appropriate funds for the county s share of the municipal court in DeRoan township. Circuit Judge Dexter Bush will hear the case in Washington Saturday. The move aims to create a city government alternative by by law replacing minor courts in DeRoan township and Hope area. The quorum court at the November meeting did not appropriate county funds, though the usual justice of the peace allotment was cut in half due to the municipal court replacing J P courts.
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A. A. Gentry
Hope
L. F. Higgsson
Hempstead
DeRoan Township
Washington
Dexter Bush
the Municipal Court
Het Udictorial
DeRoan
Justice of the Peace
J. P
Parents Guilty of Cruelty to Child
In Washington District of Columbia, a father Harry N. Riley and his wife were found guilty of cruelty to their 12 year old daughter Edith Riley. The verdict, announced by Justice D Letts, followed testimony that Edith was kept in a dark closet for four years and beaten. Sentencing to be set next week. maximum penalty two years. Edith had been removed to Gallinger hospital for treatment after gaining weight and showing mental improvement.
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Washington
Edith Riley
D. Letts
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Harry N. Riley
Edith
Justice Letts
Riley
Gallinger Hospital
Women Prisoners Aid Santa Claus Efforts in Chicago
Twenty five women prisoners at Bridewell jail play Mrs. Santa Claus for Chicago's needy children. They prep outfits and hair, assemble 250 dolls funded by the police department under Mayor Anica J. Cerny for distribution to the poor at Christmas.
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Chicago
Bridewell
Police
Anica J. Cerny
Pbs
Railways face inability to meet reparations next year
BASEL experts unanimously say German railways cannot meet non postponable reparations due next year. Washington Post publisher Edward B. McLean cited for contempt after sending a wrapped Christmas box containing a summons to his estranged wife for Latvian court divorce proceedings. Eastern Southern and Western railroads executives discuss forming a National Committee to negotiate a wage cut of about 10 percent. Union Station at Little Rock proposed for joint use by Missouri Pacific and Rock Island. Molster urges the ICC to deny an extension to Missouri Pacific to build freight facilities. Basil Black, 35, surrenders after admitting slaying Norman Vaught following a poker quarrel.
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Basel
Switzerland
Young Plan
Washington
Edward B. McLean
The
Washington Post
New York
Eastern
Southern
Western
Union Station
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Little Rock
Interstate Commerce Commission
RL R
Molster
Murray Strength Under Test Friday
Oklahoma City reports a four measure special election to decide Gov. William H. Murray's legislative program. The opposition Citizens League calls the initiatives a power grab risking industry and economic backwardness. protests over petition sufficiency continue before the state Supreme Court.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
William H
Murray
Muray
Citizens’ League
Murrey
State Supreme Court
Rostrum
Albany extortion case tied to Manhattan gunmen
Investigators probe a $25,000 extortion linked to a diamond case as a man known as Diamond is described dying in agony after a Woodside rooming house murder. Prosecution notes that Diamond survived prior gangland attacks, and a widow, Mrs. Diamond, denies involvement.
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Albany
Manhattan
Tiamond
Hope Winner 1 in 2 The Hope Hi gym doubleheader
Hope High School hosted a Friday night basketball doubleheader as Bobcats defeated Lewisville and Washington teams. Pilkinton led scoring with 10 points, Burton followed for Lewisville, and attendance looked solid despite weather. Lineups list Hope Urban Lewallen Kenny England Hamiter Pritchett Die Jacks Adams L England Breeding and Lewisville players B Powell McClendon Burton Cavaness W McClendon Sheffield R Powell Triplett.
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Hope Hi
Bobcats
Lewisville
Washington, Hope
Downy
Ed Washington
Pilkinton
Burton
Hope
Urban
Lewallen
Kenny T
England
Hamiter
Pritchett
Die
Jacks
Adams
Breeding
B. Powell
McClendon
Cavaness
W. McClendon
Sheffield
R. Powell
Triplett
Washington
Lewajlen
Porter
Kennedy
Lloyd Jacks
Ramiter
Hempstead County Man Dies Tuesday
James McCorkle aged 47 died at his home near Washington Tuesday December 15 after several days illness. Funeral services were held at Columbus with Rev. W H Stingley of Washington presiding. He is survived by his wife, his parents Mr and Mrs R F McCorkle of Columbus, several siblings and other relatives including the Hutching family of this city.
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James McCorkle
Washington
Columbus
W. H. Stingley
R. F. McCorkle
Amone
Hutching
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Goodfellow
Flapper
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Presbyterian Church
M’caskill
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Paris
Bush
Bulletins
Clarksville
Basil Black
Norman ‘Vaught
L&s \s
Diamond Girl
Shi
Gang Lander
Ganglands
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