Urban population growth slows in 1990 census results
Census Bureau reports urban residents total 68,955,521 and rural 53,910,525. Arkansas urban 82,878 and rural 1,471,604. The data show about 5 percent urban share growth since 1920, with cities expanding but at a slower pace over the last decade. Washington bureau release notes shifts since 1910 and 1900, highlighting long-term urbanization trends.
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Washington
Census ‘Bureau
United States
Census Bureau
Arkansas
Tire
Christmas Party Ready at Stores
Four additional business houses in the community join the Christmas party for industrial employees. Stott Stores Webb's Newsstand Gorham & Gosnell and Arkansas Printing & Stationery Co donate 650 gifts one for each factory and plant worker. Many plants raise payrolls for an extra Christmas Eve payday. Cards with gift entitlements and store frames are being distributed at plants. The Plant Workers will visit town to collect presents. Holiday trade rose after a busy Saturday and the city has a Christmas mood.
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Ara . Stott
Webb's
Gorham &Gosnell
Arkansas Printing & Stationery Co
Disbarment Term Modified In Court
In Little Rock the Supreme Court reduced Harney M. McGehee of Van Buren Crawford County from permanent disbarment to one year allowing him to serve as prosecuting attorney starting January 1. The court altered the terms again in a reinstatement petition after his recent election as Crawford County prosecuting attorney.
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Little Rock
Harney M. McGehee
van Buren
Crawford County
Supreme Court
McGehee
Pur Jaski County
Still Held Monocle in Eye as Kroh Body Found
BERLIN WA. When the body of Captain Waldemar Kroh a former naval officer was found with a bullet through the head his monocle was still in his eye.
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Berlin
Waldemar Kroh
Proralight Naval
Prize Christmas Decoration Contest Held by The Star
Prize-winning homes in The Star Christmas decoration contest will be judged Tuesday as judges tour the city exterior decorations. Winners receive checks Wednesday. first prize 85, second 3, third 2, with three Hope women as judges and no interviews.
Sheriff’s Car Stolen, Recovered Near Tunstall Gin
A car belonging to Sheriff Dorsey McKae was recovered Monday near the Tunstall gin on the Hope and Patmos road six miles south of Hope. Found stuck in the mud, it had been abandoned after being taken from the parking area in front of the post office Saturday afternoon, reported by PL. Aslin.
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Dorsey McKae
Tunstall Gin
Hope and
Patmos Road
Hope
Sheriff's Office
Aslin
Post Office
Boyett Seeks Re-Election as Hope Mayor
R A Butt Boyatt announces candidacy for a third term in Hope as a Democrat in the January 27 city primary. He cites past efficiency and economy, urging voters to judge by city management and future needs, and invites residents to visit the water and light plant to see its work.
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R. A
Butt) Boyatt
Hope
Boyett
Highway Dinner Held Saturday by State Highway Dept
The annual dinner of the Maintenance Employees of the State Highway Department drew about 40 men from nine Southwest Arkansas counties to the banquet room of the Hotel Barlow. Chief Engineer Charles C. Christian from Little Rock delivered the keynote on highway maintenance and worker dedication to public safety, praising faster improvements. Other speakers included RB Stanford of Hope and W. E. Kinard of Arkadelphia, with awards given to Stanford, Kinard, and J. J. Tedder for chairs and a smoking stand.
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State Highway Department
Hote Barlow
Arkansas
Charles C. Christian
Highway Department
Little Rock
Stanford of
Hope
W. E. Kinard
Brown Arnold
Arkadelphia
Stanford
Kinard
J. J. Tedder
Arrests By Local Officers Reported In Hempstead County
Several arrests by deputies and local police after shoplifting incidents at J C Penny Scott and Payne Filling Station. Tom Green captured in Penny store and held for Hempstead County grand jury. Henry Lawhan fined $10 and costs for shoplifting. Henry Wesley and two others alleged to have broken into Payne Filling Station, Wesley to face preliminary trial.
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Tom Green
Alex Purtle
J. C
W. G. Bright
Hempstead
Washington
Big Philadelphia Bank Is Suspended
The Bankers Trust Company and its 19 Philadelphia branches closed today by order of state banking secretary Peter G. Cameron due to heavy withdrawals. The bank reported 45 million dollars in deposits on its last state filing but faced ongoing outflows, though officials said it was solvent.
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Philadelphia
Bankers Trust Company
Peter G. Cameron
Samuel H. Barker
Barker
Banking Department of Pennsylvania
Bank of the United States
New York State
New York City
Benton Hospital Project Delayed by Politics and Water
Benton Chamber of Commerce president P H W Anderson blamed politics and local business interests for delaying the first unit of the new state hospital for nervous diseases. The state construction commission voted to delay the Benton site citing lack of an adequate water supply. Anderson alleged local businessmen offered a million gallons of water daily from the Sealing River and the Benton water plant pledged a main line to the site.
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Benton
H. W. Anderson
Benton Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Little Rock
State Hospital
State Construction Commission
Anderson
Sealing River
Murder charge filed against Texas youth at Pleasan Hill
In Nacogdoches Texas murder charges were filed Sunday against Sugarty Sanders 17 in connection with the death of Hollis Farney 15 both Negroes who died after being struck with a piece of lumber at Pleasan Hill school 44 miles west of here
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Sugarty Sanders
Hollis Farney
Neero
Pleasan Hill School
Here
Republicans Torn asunder by Lucas West admission
Lucas West, executive director of the Republican national committee, admits spending 4000 to defeat Senglor Norris of Nebraska. The statement prompts sharp reactions in the Senate and calls for Lucas to resign as party turmoil erupts over alleged misuse of campaign funds.
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Robert 5. Lucas
National Emittee
Senglor Norris
Nebraska
Lucas
Mr. Lucas
Seasi
Senator Norris
Norris
Senate
Cutting
Republican
New Mexico
Robert H. Lucks
National Republican Organization
Lincoln
Washington
Republican National Committee
Good Fellow Club Reports $317 Total for Holiday Gifts
The 1930 Good Fellows club show ends with a fund totaling 317.50 dollars, matching or exceeding last year’s Christmas gifts. Four new gifts were added over the weekend, including contributions from W. F. James, Mys. J. Ky Briggs, TL Myers, and Cc. Thompson, bringing the total to 307.50.
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Good Fellows Club
W. F. James
J. Ky Briggs
Myers
Cc. Thompson
Washington
County Officers Nab Still On Miles Morris Farm
Still seized on the Miles Morris farm near Shover Springs as officers Riley Lewallen Al len Shipp and Dorsey McRae confiscated a 40 gallon capacity still. Three men were arrested for operating the still and lodged in jail Monday night. Morris was indicted at the special grand jury session in Washington. Two mash barrels and half a gallon of whisky were found at the scene.
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Riley Lewallen
Allen Shipp
Dorsey McRae
Miles Morris
Shover Springs
Phillips Morris
Ocie Lloyd
Zeck Powell
Morris
Grand
Washington
Little Rock Pastor Delivers Bible Lectures at Garrett Memorial
Rev. J. W. Smith of Little Rock lectures on the Bible at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church beginning Sunday night and finishing Monday night. A Merger University of Georgia graduate, he uses a 64 foot chart and recounts visits to the Holy Land and Italy, starting Genesis and ending with Revelation. The lectures are described as instructive and inspiring and the public is invited.
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J. W. Smith
Little Rock
Merger University of Georgia
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
T O Vlovk
Smith
Holy Land
Italy
Ex Soldier Fatally Injured In Train Accident West Of Hope
Arthur Desauliner, 24, of Providence Rhode Island, a former soldier carrying Veterans Bureau papers, was found hurt after a freight train incident about 3 p.m. Monday west of Hope on the Missouri Pacific. He was brought to Josephine Hospital in critical condition and died within an hour.
Texarkana Brick Mason Stabbed in Dispute
Texarkana brick mason Tom Carter of College Hills was stabbed in a Sunday afternoon dispute. Officers seek Clyde Little on a charge of assault to murder after Carter was wounded above the eye by scissors driven into the skull. Doctors said the blade penetrated the brain but Carter likely will recover barring complications.
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Texarkana
Tom Carter
College Hills
Clyde Little
Little
Carter
Trig
Fatal auto crash ends life of Delight meat market owner
Carl B. Halcomb 25, prominent Delight businessman, died after his car overturned near Antoine about Sunday evening. His vehicle, speeding, veered into a ditch and he died two hours after being taken to a nearby home. Surviving relatives include his mother Mrs. B. B. Copeland and sisters Mrs. J. H. Lynch and Mrs. Shelton Rhodes. Funeral held Monday afternoon.
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Delight
Carl B. Halcomb
Antoine
Here
Halcomb
Shelton Rhodes
Lloyd Kirkham
Copeland
Delights
J. H. Lynch
Smackover
Helen Holcomb
President Hoover signs 45 million drought relief bill
President Hoover attaches his signature to multiple emergency bills this weekend. The key action was the 45 million drought relief measure, amid prior doubts about congress. The Farm Board Fund also gains 10 million, boosting the revolving fund to 400 thousand dollars toward a 500 thousand limit.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
South
West
Senate Agricultural Committee
Department of Agriculture
Senate
House
House Agricultural Committee
Farm Board Fund
Federal Farm Board
Board
Life imprisonment for Major Shepard in poison murder verdict
Major Charles A. Shepard, Army Medical officer, was convicted of poisoning his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment after a trial that stretched through the weekend and into Monday. Jurors reported sicknesses and a few boi lsters affected the panel as the case concluded. Grace Brandon testified and left for Texas, staying quiet about the verdict.
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Kansas City
Kan
Charles A. Shepard
Ken
Charles A. Shepherd
Grace Brandon
Shepard
San Antonio
Texas
Brooks Field
Miss Brandon
Sardius M. Brewster
Major Shepard
Brandon
Denver
Bulletin on fatal highway accident near Conway
A badly garbled bulletin reports a fatal highway accident north of Conway Arkansas on a recent night. The body of a man named Wright and his sister were injured or killed in the crash. Details come from a message sent to Weight who left for the scene with an ambulance.
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Conway
Ark
Te Oi Wright
AL Right
Scottland
Msc
Weight
Plan for Saunders Stores Reorganization in Receivership
Memphis reports say Saunders Stores Inc plans a company reorganization in receivership after a meeting led by federal authorities. Officials indicated a February launch for the new project as the chain faces restructuring and possible changes under receivership.
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Memphis
Serin
Clarerice,Saunders
Inc
Southwide
Snow
Mornday
Fede
Andrieson
Wees
Explosive Attempts to Stop Wewoka Gas Well Fire
In Okla at the No. 2 A.B. Douglas well near Wewoka, two five-ante nitroglycerine charges failed to extinguish the blaze that has vented since Friday. Kinley brothers of Tulsa, veteran oil-fire tamer team, planned a heavier ten-quart shot. Firefighters worked under intense heat as the rotary table was dragged away and water streams cooled crews amid damaged connections increasing difficulty.
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Wewoka
Okla
A.B. Douglas
Kinley Brothers
Tulsa
M. M
Harry
Bass negro sentenced amid tax case and clerk's pay dispute
The judge upheld a suspension in a wage dispute and ruled on a 1929 law. Dexter Bush received two year terms on each count with concurrent runs. The case involves Toll Hope Lumber and a Hope store. An appeal to the Supreme Court was announced with oral argument planned for January 12.
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Bass Negro
Dexter ‘Bush
Bass
Hope Lumber
Hope
Morris
Bush
Anno Coop
Curtis
C County
Frank May
Cannon
Supreme Court
Ari Ithe High Court
Boy dies after hunt accident and boy Santa Claus death
ARKADELPHIA Cornéliu son 23 wounded while hunting quail December 14 died in hospital Sunday morning. A two year old son of a religious education professor wanted Santa Claus at Quachita College and died after matches set fire to a Christmas tree room. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. The neck injury and fire fatality details.
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Arkadelphia
Cornéliuson
Hunt
Young Patterson
Bi Jun
Rick Patterson
C. Moore
Tyer Cross
Washington
William Despears
Santa Claus
Quachita College
Unity Cemetery
William
Sadea
Willian
Oregon Newsies Set to Sell Papers Monday for Charity
Portland reporters and volunteers plan a Monday newspaper sale to support a Christmas fund. Governor A W Norbald leads citizen helpers, with regular newsies joining volunteer teams on downtown corners. The effort includes police and court figures assisting in fundraising.
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Portland
Ore
A. W. Norbald
Ps Byers
Wek
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Ruff Boyett
Henry Wesley
Brice Arnett
Payne
Hone-Washington Pike
Wesley
Big
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Miami Bank
Miami
Benton Hospital
Benton Man
Lucas West
Nortis
Good Fellow Club
Garrett Memorial Church
Long
Byrna ‘Womack
Haton Rouge
Louisiana Federation of Business and
Fluey P. Long
Lauisiana
George Washington
Arthur Desauliier
Rhode Island
Drouth Area
Shepherd
Federal
E. Schultz
Belog
Bulletins
He Bey
Plan
Saunders Stores
Oklahoma
Cornelius Patterson
Oregon
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