Manager Shepard defends quick gas warning after exchange delay
The Hope exchange and gas company say about 600 families were notified after a Wednesday delay. The Star backs Shepard’s account, noting the public deserves fair coverage and quick action in emergencies. Health exams show 31 of 607 pupils have defects, prompting renewed emphasis on vision and hearing corrections.
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1929 Model Cars Quarter Rate Canceled By Opinion
Sheriff Wilson’s plan to grant a four-year license reduction on 1929 and earlier cars is reversed by a State Department of Revenues opinion. Only cars bought and operated before January 1, 1929 qualify for the quarter-rate. others pay the 50 percent rate regardless of four licenses. The letter from A V Denny confirms the attorney general’s stance and instructs enforcement by Commissioner Freq Watson.
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John K. Wilséi
State Department of Revenues
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A. V. Denny
Auto Division
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Gelli Automobile Zions
Arkansas
Freq Watson
Supervisor Auto Division
Little Rock
Two Roanoke youths held in Lindbergh extortion bid
Roanoke Virginia police arrested Joe Bryant age nineteen and Norman Harvey for attempting to extort fifty thousand dollars from Col Charles A Lindbergh by threatening to kidnap his second son. They tried to cash a seventeen thousand dollar check planted by undercover officers posing as Lindbergh reps. Authorities say no link to higher figures is found and no federal action will occur before Saturday.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Joe Bryant
Norman Harvey
Colonel Lindbergh
Suurland Hills
New Jersey
Bryant
Karvey
Coleone Lindbergh
Harvey
Indbergh
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Follows Brother to the Scaffold In Jasper County
Carthage Missouri reports the hanging of 27 year old Harry Worden for criminally assaulting a high school girl. The execution comes 49 weeks and 4 days after his brother Lew Worden was executed for a similar offense in the same county.
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Carthage
Harry Worden
Jasper County
Lew Worden
Gas outage prompts rapid operator action and phone calls
In Hope, Arkansas, a gas and electric outage after midnight on Tuesday led to dark offices and a large fire nearby. The Star notes 600 calls and details how staff used battery power and a crank telephone to reach customers and warn residents to close gas jets.
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Laurel Street
Gentry
Weather Snapshot Reports Snow and Sleet in Southwest Arkansas
Despite warmer daytime readings forecast, SW Arkansas woke to a sleet snow day. Friday morning thermometers showed near nineteen degrees with continued wintry mix through the period. Officials expect rising temperatures over the weekend with rain sleet or snow possible.
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Mercury
Fruit & Truck Branch
Thirty-One Defective Pupils Found In City Schools
Miss Flora Cotton, county health nurse, reports only 31 of 607 pupils across Oglesby Brookwood and Paisley schools were free of defects after examinations. Oglesby enrolled 187 with 174 defective. Brookwood 220 with 210 defective. Paisley 200 with 192 defective. Total defects tally 66 per pupil records mailed to parents. Local doctors and Parent Teachers associations assisted with follow up.
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Flora Cotton
Oglesby
Brookwood
Paisley
Miss Cotton
Parent-Teachers Association
Miss Cotten
Funeral services held for A. F. Patton
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 11 o'clock for A. F. Patton 65 who died Thursday. Burial followed at Rose Hill cemetery. The Rev. W. E. Testerman of the First Christian church officiated at the Patton home four miles northwest of the city.
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Rose Hill Cemetery
W. E. Testerman
First Christian Church
Patton
Inflation Debate Affects Debtors and Creditors Alike
Washington discusses the impact of inflation on every earner and borrower as a split argument unfolds in public talks and at federal levels. Proponents push for action to ease debt burdens while critics warn of unintended consequences on savers and wage value.
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NEA Service Inc
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York
Moe
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Senate
White House
Pro
Arthur Claiborne Buried After Tragic Illness
Funeral services for Arthur Claiborne husband of Dale Russell were held at the First Baptist church. He died Thursday after sinus trouble led to hospitalization in Little Rock. Burial was at Rose Hill cemetery. Survived by his widow, parents in Little Rock, three sisters, and other relatives.
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Dale Russel
First Baptist Church
W. R. Rogers
Rose Hill
Claiborne
Little Rock
Piggly Wig
Tiny Tot Revue to Go On at Saenger Theater
Bad weather forced cancellations were denied by theater manager Swanke who said the Tiny Tot Revue would still start at 8:15 P M Friday with extra backstage heat for child performers. In Washington Hoover moved to oppose broad authority for government reorganization while Speaker Garner pressed to push for such power.
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Maneger Swanke
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Roosevelt
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Dutch Rebel Cruiser De Zeven Provincien Sunk Near Sumatra
Eighteen are dead and 25 wounded as a naval aircraft bombs the mutinous Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provincien off the southwest Sumatra coast at dawn. The casualty list includes three Europeans and fifteen Javanese crew members as rebels surrender after the attack.
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Java
de Zeven Provincien
Sumatra
Institute of Business to be Held at Hotel Barlow
The Institute of Business directed by Henry W. Stanley of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce will run three days at Hotel Barlow starting Monday night. It promises notable interest from business and civic groups with a question box at each session. Attendees may write questions for Mr. Stanley to answer during the meetings and receive written responses later.
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Barlow
Henry W. Stanley
Dallas Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stanley
Hope Rotary Club fifth in Arkansas history noted
The Hope Rotary Club marked its 15th anniversary as the fifth Arkansas club, part of a state and international sequence. E.F. McFaddin outlined club origins, district changes, and that Hope is No. 392 globally, with future events in Little Rock and intercity plans in Ashdown.
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Arkansas Rotary
E. F. MecFaddin
Mcaddin
Jim Henry
Hot Springs
Arthur Katz
Hope
Little Rock
Chicago
Helena
Pine Bluff
McFaddin
Arkansas
James A. Patille
Fordyce Rotary Club
Henry W. Stanley
Dallas
Hope Star
Free Business Institute
Hotel Barlow
Whit Davis
Hope Building Materials Co
Teddy Jones
Hope High School
George F. X. Strassner
de Queen Rotary Club
Resolution moves in Arkansas House on prohibition plank
The Arkansas House passed a resolution urging the federal delegation to adopt the Democratic national platform on prohibition. Edmondson of Stone County led the push, arguing repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, while opponents warned a dry stance would split the party. The vote was 63 to 14 with 23 members not voting.
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House
Senate
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Stone County
Priday
Thorn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nyberg
Phillips County
Bohlinger
Yell
Crawford
Union County
Roosevelt
Thompson
Greene County
Poinsett
Arkansas Senate Approves Executive Salary Control Power
The Arkansas Senate passed 28 to 0 a bill granting the governor authority to regulate state employee salaries and require all state funds to be deposited in the state treasury. The chamber also concurred with house amendments on the penitentiary reorganization, sending the measure back to the house for minor changes.
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Penitentiary Board
Ory
Treasury
Arkansas Governor vetoes mortgage moratorium bill
Governor Fu trell said all other mortgage moratorium measures would be vetoed, stating the constitution has provided all possible relief. He noted a bill signed Thursday grants chancery courts authority in foreclosure.
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Futrell
Chancery Courts
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