Local Scout to Receive Medal for Heroic Rescue
Dick Locke of Hope troop will be awarded the Boy Scouts of America Medal for Life Saving for rescuing Gilbert Odell from drowning at The Pines pool last summer. The National Court of Honor sent the news letter from Daniel Carter Beard praising Locke’s gallant conduct and noting the medal’s enduring symbolic value. Odell’s rescue involved dives, a breathless recovery, and medical attention that saved his life.
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Dick Locke
Hope Troop
Pines Pool
Belmore Browns
Locke
National Court of Honor
Boy Scouts Opt America
Daniel Carter Beard
New York City
B.S. A
South Shaver
Thipe, Ark
Scout Locke
Gilbert Odell
Belmore Brown
Tam
Grant Extension on City Car Levy
Mayor Albert Groves extended the deadline for purchasing city automobile license tags to February 20 due to confusion from a recent Associated Press dispatch. He said the issue concerns whether incorporated towns may levy the tax and noted no further extensions will occur after February 20.
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Albert Groves
Groves
Associateg Press
Carl Bulluy
Arkansas
Bobcats Rout Texarkana 51 38 In Hupe High win
The Hupe High School Bobcats defeated Texarkana Am. High School 51 to 38 on Friday. The Bobcats built a quick lead and dominated the matchup. Hupe plans a road game Monday while Texarkana awaits a Wednesday return in Texarkana.
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Bobcats
Texarkana
Bodean High School
Hupe
Texarkana Am
Wileksville
Texas
May Borrow to Pay Bonus Money in Senate Fight
Washington reports indicate a plan to borrow funds to pay a bonus to soldiers. Administration spokesmen said no new debt would be needed, while in the House Senator Byrnes of South Carolina proposed an amendment to the independent offices appropriation bill to provide borrowing money for the payments. Representative Patman of Texas filed related legislation, and House leaders noted inflation concerns and possible $3,000,000,000 in new money. Twenty nine signatures were recorded on a petition when the House adjourned, with more expected.
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Washington
Andyiga
Dunus
Senate
House
Byrnes
Denverat
South Carolina
Independent Offices
Patan
Texas
Faia
Arkansas Official Advocates Repeal Driver's License
Secretary of State Ed F. McDonald urged repeal of the 50 cent drivers license tax at the next legislature session. He attacked the law as revenue only, noting it funds a small state police force and offers little public safety benefit. He criticized enforcement focus and argued the tax penalizes law abiding car owners without improving driving competence or safety.
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Ed McDonald
U. S. Hanes Associated Press
Little Rock
Ed F. McDonald
Arkansan
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Inst
Arkanisi
McDonald
Arkansas
Biblical Indictment of Liquor Cited by Rev Dickerson
Rev Dickerson cites biblical warnings against strong drink and calls liquor a root of crime and misery. He argues Scripture as ultimate authority shaping moral government and cites Proverbs and Isaiah to illustrate ruin from alcohol, urging widespread abolition of alcohol.
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Rev
Dickerson
Open Letter to Hempstead County Women Voters on Liquor Law
An Open Letter argues the state and church roles in moral governance and urges Hempstead County women voters to support strict liquor enforcement on February 18. The piece frames the state as father and church as mother, urging obedience to law and warning of societal decline, urging turnout for the liquor measure.
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Hempstead County
Church
Little Brown
Wildwood
Red Irick
Ottthes Fort
The
Star
Moe
Hope High clubs hold annual meet banquet at New Capital hotel
Latin and French clubs of Hope High School hold a joint banquet in the New Capital hotel private dining room. Horace Jewell and Julia Broening served as toastmasters. Miss Beryl Henry and Mrs. R. L. Broach attended with a varied program including songs, plays, and dine speeches by club members.
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Hope High School
New Capital Hotel
Horace Jewell
Julia Broening
Beryl Henry
R. L. Broach
le Bureau de Telegraphe
Tousminsters
Predrick Taylor
Martha Blickird
Sure Ann Holland
Jane Carter
Evelyn Dossett
Jim White
Edward Lester
Margaret, Simmy
TtGiveld
Sinellin
Frances Yocum
Mario Smith
Brooksie Beasley
Rarly Archer
Elia Mae Baker
Chambless
Ruth Divlein
Paterein Duffie
Mary Frances Mons
Lucile Hutsen
Hornewiy Yomdole
Alverne O’steen
Anal
Lars Lamb
Catherine Saints
Wanda Collins
Nell Willis
Tulia Broening
Evelyn Simpson
Nancy Ruth
Garth
Ann Singleton
Macyely Whitworth
Nancy Cos
Urges Big Crowd for Prohi Rally
Attorney John P. Vesey championed a county wide prohi rally at Hope city hall on Sunday afternoon, urging a large attendance. The two week speaking campaign covered nearly every county area with a strong prohibition push. Speakers include W. S. Atkins O A Graves and W V Tompkins. The program features an invocation by Rev. Bert Webb a Ladies Trio from Hope Choral group a James P Williamson solo a men s quartet from First Baptist and musical numbers by Hoye Baysbined.
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John P. Vesey
City Forces
Hest
Hope City Hall
Hom
Prohibition Forces
Atkins
O. A. Graves
WV. Tompkins
Guernsey 4-H Club Sees Top Honors Reported
The Guernsey 4-H club claimed outstanding status as the top club, cited by Miss Heke Griffin and W. J. Jarnigan. The charter was awarded by Extension Service and the University of Arkansas with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. May Griffin won a trip to a university, and Francis earned white gold for club achievements in 1935. Local leader Mrs. EL RE Brown noted continued growth and interest for 1936.
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Heke Griffin
W. J. Jarnigan
Wget
Servier
College of Agriculture
University of Arkansas
United Staes Department of Agriculture
Nowall
Thompson Aia
May Griffin
Univsity
Atkins
Francis
Wetel
Eflea
EL RE Brown
Jury Charged Over Unfair Verdict in Coin Toss Case
EASTON Pa A nine man and three woman jury was ordered to appear in Northampton County Court to justify why they should not be held in contempt for a verdict said to be decided by flipping a coin District Attorney William A Frack charged the jurors did not return a true verdict and agreed to decide guilt or innocence by coin toss He said the acquittal resulted from a 11 to 1 vote for conviction when a single juror pressed for action and a coin toss was proposed The jurors were to explain their conduct Monday.
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Easton
Northyampton
Wiliam A. Frack
Lutl
Frack
Cain
Russia and Japan Agree to Probe Border Clashes
Moscow reports both governments have preliminarily agreed to set up a mixed commission to investigate border clashes on the Soviet Manchukuo frontier. Japan has signaled formal entry via envoy Tamekichi Ota. The move follows repeated incidents, including latest near Balun Dersu on the Outer Mongolian border.
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Japan
Tamekichi Ota
Ctamoniakoff
Oon
Mukden
Minohoukuo
Outer Mongolian
Balun Dersu
Would Raise Fines for Bath Moochers
Representative McClellan Democrat Arkansas urges Congress to raise fines and imprisonment for those who swear falsely to obtain free baths at the government bathhouse in Hot Springs Arkansas. The push targets bathhouse chiselers surrounding the national park area.
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Washington
McClellan
Hot Springs National Park
Ark
Congress
Wil Frick
Ila
Hot Springs
Turkey Raising Stimulated Here in Hepstead County
Interest in turkey raising grows in Hepstead county as Miss Helen Griffin notes good prices this season. G W Knox Jr urges selecting well matured birds for breeders and describes a semi confinement system with a 40 by 30 foot pen housing six to eight hens and one tom.
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Hepipstead
Helen Griffin
G. W. Knox Jr
Extension Poultryman
University of Arkansas of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Knox
Senator grills Jones on Kirksville field role in plane crash
Senate Aircraft Committee grilled Commerce Department keeper C H Jones about his presence at Kirksville the night a plane crashed killing New Mexico Senator Bronson Cutting. Jones and others disputed claims of being on the field with inconsistent reports and uncertain ceiling height details.
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Washington
Senate Aircraft Committee
C.H. Jones
Commerce Department
Kirksville
Suri Wn Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Wyoming Blizzard Blocks Flight At Cody Airport
A severe blizzard stranded a plane at Cody Wyoming airport as heavy snow and winds swept the region. The storm disrupted travel across the Wyoming area with reports of fuel and food shortages and fear of disease and gas outages spreading to several towns. In the Midwest, Chicago faced rising flood waters while a separate weather system threatened the Pacific coast, slowing shipping and commerce.
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Chicago
Jain
Plane crash near Hope Arkansas ends Barksdale mission
Shreveport dispatch reports an army observation plane attached to the wing at Barksdale field suffered a failure. Lt. Harry N. Burkhal abandoned the craft mid air and parachuted to safety as the ship, marked No. 31-530, crashed west of Hope Arkansas along the old ton highway shortly before 7 am Friday.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Field
Harry N. Burkhal
Earth
Hope
Ark
Old Ton Highway
Capone Gangster McGurn Killed in Bowling Alley Shooting
Chicago report says Capone gangster Frank “Machina Gun” McGurn was ambushed Saturday by three gunmen in a Northwest Side bowling alley. He died instantly, with the killing echoing the St. Valentine’s Day massacre of 1925. McGurn had a long criminal record.
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Chicago
McGurn
Capone
Felice
St. Valentine Day
McGarn
House Passes Big Defense Measure
The House approved the largest army appropriation bill in peacetime, about 545 million dollars, without a recorded vote, sending it to the Senate. Debates focused on military spending while other allocations totaled several hundred million for disease control and river projects, with overall funding extending into later years.
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Washington
House
Senate
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