Local City Election Filing Reveals Twenty Candidates
Twenty candidates filed for city offices including mayor and alderman in Ward One Two Three and Four. Names include Pat Casey FS Huntley Mrs Casey deputy district attorney and Justice of the Peace DeRonn township with five more entrants joining the race. The at large council will pick eight members and site lay by lot four will serve two years. Balloting set for January 27 with candidates listed for mayor police judge treasurer and four wards.
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Casey
Hutley
Democratic ‘City’ Central Committee
Huntley
DeRonn
Anic
the Star
C. ‘Crosnoe
R. L. Goslocal
Merchant
J. L. Gresn
Routon
Neston
Cy ‘Cohtedte
Ruff Boyett
John P. Vesey
Giles
H. Gibson
Dorsey McRae
J. L. Jamison
A. Gentry
Pat
A. Casey
F.S. Huntley
Treasurrer
Treasurrer:—Dale C. Jones, J. W.hever
Dor Smith
T.c.crosnoe
John W. Dawson
R. L. Gogher
John Bartlett
BG. Coop
Frank Ward
Roy Stevenson
Suir Rogers
Luther_N. Garner
J. A. Henry
J. L. Green
Halph’ Routon
Xi A. Lewis
Theo P. Witt
Roy John Alderman
Chas
Taylor
Tra Helsburton
Chas, Shiver
J. A,ullivan
Bank President Is Found Dead in Rogers Arkansas
Edwie Jackson, president of the First National Bank of Rogers, was found dead at home Monday morning. A bottle of poison lay beside him as officers say he despondent over financial difficulties though the bank stayed open amid local closings. He leaves a widow and two children. Bank directors recently limited withdrawals to ten dollars daily to steady the bank after runs and closings in the area.
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Rogers
Ark
Edwie Jackson
First National Bank of
Courtly
Jackson
First National Bank
Receiver Plans Another Sale Of Ohio River Railroad
Lisbon Ohio reports the receiver for the once prosperous Ohio River railroad has announced plans for another sale next week after two gale related delays. The railroad remains in default on bond issues and few bidders are showing interest in the troubled asset.
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Lisbon
Ohio
Xo Qwa
Ohio River Railroad
Cotton Prices Steady as Demand Remains Quiet
The weekly US Department of Agriculture report shows indifferent domestic and foreign demand with limited spot cotton trades for Dec 2–36. November activity in domestic spinning was slow, with Middling 7 8 inch at 8.9 cents on Dec 21, down from last year, and exports to Dec 21 around 3.8 million bales.
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A. S
Dept
Sire
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Bureau of the Census
Wan Tauch
New England
New England States
Hardy Inn Structure Destroyed by Fire in Arkansas
Hardy Ark. fire destroyed the Hardy Inn structure known to locals. The Baston Arkansas vacation site suffered a loss estimated between 35 000 and 50 000 dollars. The inn was owned by D B H Hudson, a Memphis attorney.
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Hardy Inn
Hardy, Ark
Walperon Inn
Baston Arkansag
Db, H. Hudson
Murder Suspect Held in Oklahoma After Slaying
In Blackwell Oklahoma Sheriff says Lyman Constant remains in Enid, likely to be released, as investigation into the Tonkawa area killings of Jessie and Jexia Griffith continues. The sisters were shot in a car while returning to teaching duties after holidays. their car was stolen and found abandoned, bloodstained, with a fingerprint expert summoned.
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Blackwell
Okla
Joan Cooper
Lyman
Constant
Enid
Tonkawa
Jessie
Jexia Griffith
Youth Denies He Killed Texas Girl
Robert Williams an 18 year old University of Texas sophomore was brought to Beaumont from Port Arthur after declaring innocence to his father a Methodist minister He is charged with slaying his former sweetheart Elizabeth Johnson a 16 year old Port Arthur high school girl found shot to death in a student car The Reverend S W Williams father arrived from Austin spoke with his son and offered support Williams denied the shooting and vowed to attend the funeral Johnson was buried Sunday Officials planned a preliminary hearing for Williams in Beaumont Monday.
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Beaumont
Robert Williams
University of Texas Sophmore
Port Arthur
Elizabeth Johnson
S. W. Willams
Austin (Tex
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Austin
Robert
Williams
Johnson
Lou Della Crim No 1 hits 22 000 barrel oil well
Longview Texas drilling at 50 feet depth brought in the Lou Della Crim No 1 well twelve miles southwest of Longview with an estimated initial production of 22 000 barrels. The crude oil gravity measured 38.2 degrees and the site spans a 200 acre tract owned by Crim Laird and Peterson families of Kilgore. Leasing activity is expected to quicken as surrounding land is developed along the Sabine uplift.
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Longview
Texas
Lou Della Crim
Here
Crim
Laird
Sabine
Gregg County
Buddy Rogers Leaves Toledo for Hollywood
Charles Buddy Rogers, a film actor who recently underwent an appendicitis operation in Toledo, departed for Hollywood after a hospital stay of two weeks.
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Toledo
Charles
Buddy" Rogers
Filn
Hollywood
183 Killed By Autos In First Ten Months
Figures tabulated by Travelers Insurance show 183 auto accident deaths in the first ten months, up from 178 a year earlier, a rise of 4.84 percent. The annual toll is projected near 24,000, about 4 percent higher than last year and 185 percent above 1920.
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Separus
Travelers Insurance, Company of
Hartford
One Man Slain in Raid By Officers
Pottstown Mississippi report says Gurley Live Gurley 33 former district inspector state highways was shot during a raid by four sheriff deputies on an abandoned house near here Sunday night. A deputy was wounded slightly. Three white men and a negro were said by officers to have been drinking and fooling with the Gurleys. Glenn Gurley was shot in the stomach and taken to a Memphis hospital.
Charles Shiver Emerges as Ward Four Alderman Candidate
Charles Shiver announced as a candidate for alderman from Ward Four in The Star, subject to the Democratic city primary on January 27. A lifelong resident of Ward Four, he has worked 26 years for Missouri Pacific as local yardmaster and is known by voters for his businesslike approach. His platform favors efficient city government and municipal ownership of the light plant, opposing any sale of the municipal grid and water system, with further reductions in light and water rates planned as feasible for the city’s long term good.
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Charles Shiver
the Star
Shiver
Missouri Pacific
Constable Quits Post Over Evictions in Bloomington
James Goundman resigns after 22 years as Bloomington township constable to avoid enforcing a paper eviction of three widows from their home. The move ends a lengthy tenure amid a sparked local dispute and civic tension.
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Bloomington
India
James Goundman
Fran Houurs
Ward Two Alderman Bid Promotes Public Ownership Policy
Frank Ward, a Piney Grove School teacher and Hope resident, announces candidacy for Alderman Ward Two. He emphasizes nonpolitical aims, pledges sound business administration, and supports continued public ownership of the city water and light plant. The bid is subject to the Democratic primary on January 27.
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Candia
Dacy
Wi Wits
Ard
Star
Frank Ward
Piney Grove
Hope
Ward
City Water and Light Plaat
Baptist Schools to Be Surveyed by Arkansas Convention
On January 1 the Arkansas Baptist Convention education commission will report on Baptist Schools in the state. The survey was authorized by the convention at its Little Rock meeting. Chairman Dr Otto Whitington leads with vice chairman D R Allen of Pine Bluff and secretary Judge J T Richardson of Fordyce. Ouachita College President Dr Charles D Johnson will cooperate.
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Arkadelphiawup
Education Commission
Arkansas Baptist Convention
Little Rock
Otto Whitington
D. R. Allen
Pine Bluff
J. T. Richardson
Fordyce
Charles D. Johnson
Ouachita College
Prison Break Foiled at Indiana State Prison
In Michigan City Indiana a coordinated effort by guards police and firemen halted an elaborate jailbreak at the Indiana State Prison on Monday. Twenty two inmates who had seized a cell block surrendered without bloodshed after barricaded doors slowed defenders and city police arrived with machine guns. The break was led by Joseph Bury with a spoon fashioned key and involved twelve men released from their cells.
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Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Mondy
Alice
Thelwader
Joseph Bury
Valbev
First review of Arkansas Bank to reopen doubtful
W S Atkins, former Arkansas Bank and Trust Company agent, explains in an interview that reopening is unlikely. He cites depressed business, public funds debts, and suits totaling over $146,000. He notes outstanding loans totaling about $518,000 and the need to collect them to repay depositors. The State Banking Department oversees liquidation with care, protecting depositors as farms face credit constraints.
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Arkansas Bank && Trust Hope Loanking
W ‘8
Atkins
Star
Owen
Hempstead County Bank & Trust Co
State’ Banking Department
Banc
Banking Department
Proposed Merger Denied by Ohio Judge
In Youngstown Ohio a proposed fifty million dollar merger between Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube was blocked by Judge David G Jenkins who granted an injunction to minority stockholders. The ruling comes after six months of proxy battles and fraud charges brought by Cyrus Eaton and other backers, with the court finding insufficient information given to stockholders and rejecting the exchange ratio of one Bethlehem share for one and one third Youngstown shares.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Steel and Tube Company
David G. Jenkins
Cyrus. Eaton
Cleveland
Washington Bilation of 545 000 000 loan plan debated
A House Appropriation Committee debate on a 545 million loan package begins Monday with full committee action anticipated. In Texas PORT ARTHUR Robert L. Williams 18 faces murder charges in the death of his sweetheart Elizabeth Johnson 16. He was bound over to a grand jury on a 100 bond at a preliminary hearing Monday. Williams is the son of a Methodist minister.
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Washington
House
Kate
Tay
Port Arthus
Tex
Robert L. Williams
Texas
University
Swith
Elizabeth ‘Johnson
Williams
Lincoln's Double Returns for Hope Visit
The Lincoln double, an actor from Hollywood, plans a Sunday appearance in the area, his return visit the first since 1912. Gibson era details note the impersonator’s resemblance to Lincoln and a past purchase from Cecil Parker of Gibson Drug Company during 1912 while Parker was away.
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Abraham Lincoln
Tor Gibson
Charles Bull
Hollywood
Cal
Lincoln
Cecil Parker
Gibson Drug Company
Parker
Truce Declared in Little Rock Bank Reorganization Plan
A tentative accord emerged in Little Rock as Sam O. Wilson of Portland Ark assumes control of the closed American-Ex bees Trust company. Depositors chair Charles L. Thompson announced a plan to form a new bank with 200000 in paid capital, guarantee at least 50 percent of deposits, and advance 25 percent cash on opening, with 6 percent interest to bankers on invested capital. The plan seeks state approval to reorganize under leading local bankers and return the bank to depositors once operations normalize and half the deposits are cash available.
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Little Rock
Sam O. Wilson
Portland, Ark
Charles L. Thompson
Wilson
Benk
Thompson
State Bank
Walter E. Taylor
Depositors Committee
Hs de
Abe Voimatilice
Burglary spree amid gunfire turms Elm Street window
The report details a night shooting and break in around Elm Street with a wounded man in a sedan and a later discovery of a revolver in a warehouse. Officers found 80,000 cigarettes, about 9500, six large meat slabs, and a smashed east window as robbers struck several targets. A Ford Model T touring car theft adds to weekend crime wave and sheriff’s prior car theft noted with recovery.
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Winda
Sthrughay Burke
Aceman
Bynday
Chey
Yalet Company
Fast See Strep
C. P. Zimmerley
DeRoan Township
Zimmerley
Dallas Traffic Accidents Claim One Life and Injure Several
A series of Sunday traffic incidents in Dallas left one person dead and two seriously injured. W. T. Sisk, 45, of Dallas, died after being struck by an automobile. M. C. Thompson, 29, suffered injuries when his motorcycle collided with a moving Santa Fe train. Chandler, Zl, was injured in another crash as authorities investigated the cases.
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Dallas
Texas
Dalllas
W. T. Sisk
Wag Ta
M. C. Thompson
Chandler
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Arkansas Bank
Charles S. Bull
Little Rock Bank
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