Drouth Loans Lag in Hempstead County
About 75 percent of Hempstead county drouth loan applications are being returned from the Memphis bureau for missing details or missing pledges to garden planting. W. Y. Foster and H. M. Stephens announced, with Ford Johnson ill. Roughly 40 applications totaling $60,000 were filed, 20 approved for $3,000, and 40 percent in cash received. The board urged patience and emphasized careful completion of forms, pledges to plant crops, and landlord waivers where tenants rent land.
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Hempstead County
Memphis Loan Bureau
Hempstead County Dreath Loan Board
W. Y. Foster
H. M. Stephens
Ford Johnson
Columbus
Memphis
Dancer Found Dead in Chicago Hotel
The body of Lil ia Anderson, 28, a ballet dancer, was found in her North Side hotel room on Wednesday. Police cannot confirm if death was by strangling or natural causes until autopsy. A towel was around her neck, and she appeared dead for days. Two acquaintances were questioned. names withheld. She had last been seen by hotel attendants Saturday. calls since then were unanswered. Authorities suspect strangulation but await autopsy results. Police pursue her former husband for clues.
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Chicago
Lilia Anderson
North Side
Ouachita College Players Set For Friday Radio Broadcast
Miss Virginia Higgason, daughter of Judge L F Higgason of Hope, will join Ouachita College students rebroadcast from KTHS Hot Springs at 4 PM Friday. The Ouachita College Players will present readings and other features as part of the amusement program.
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Hope
Virginia Higgason
L. F. Higgason
Ouachita College
KTHS
Hot Springs
Ouachita College Players
Arkansas Develops Wide Clay Resources for Ceramics
A statewide industrial survey by the American Mining Congress with Arkansas organizations finds varied clay deposits across Saline Hot Spring Dallas Ouachita Nevada and other counties. High temperature porcelain clays in western Pike. Banjo pine Bluff and Fort Smith regions offer brick tile refractory and paving clays. Crosbyville Jonesboro Batesville and Camden host diverse deposits, with shipments to all states and foreign markets.
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Washington
Arkansas
American Mining Congress
State of
Henry Mace Payne
U. S. Geological Survey
Arkansas Geological Survey
Hot Spring
Dallas
Ouachita
Nevada
Pike County
Benson
Saline County
Camark
Ouachita County
Camden
Fort Smith
Piggott
Clay County
Ounchita County
Yoxarkana
Miler County
Bucknur
LaFayete
Scotland Yard Sleuth Reform Aims To Change CID Career
Scotland Yard plans a fresh start for the Criminal Investigation Department. The new scheme is said to focus on skill over length of service, with uniformed officers currently favored for high rank unlikely to be the default path for detectives.
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London
i—Scotland Yard
Criminal Investigation
President Hoover Objects to Veterans Loan Relief Bill
President Hoover voiced strong objections to the veteran loan relief measure and warned it would prolong distress. He sent a letter to Senator Smoot noting the Treasury would fund loans for about 75 percent of veterans, a potential multi billion cost. The Senate planned to take up the bill Thursday after hearings began on the House measure.
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Washington
Senate
Veterans’ Loan
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
i/P
Smoot
House
Hines
Treasury
Harrison
Mississippi
County Basketball Tournament Here
The Hempstead county basketball tournament will be held at the National Guard Armory in Hope on Friday and Saturday. Preliminary games begin at 9 each morning with eliminations and Friday night action. Saturday features semi finals and finals in the afternoon and night. Boys and girls from many schools including Columbus Blevins Spring Hill Patmos Guernsey McCaskill Friendship Rocky Mound Fulton Saratoga Piney Grove are listed among strong contenders. J Raymond Baine of Columbus and Horace Kenedy of Guernsey oversee the event.
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Hempstead
National Guard Armory
Hope
Columbus
Blevins
Spring Hill
Patmos
Guernsey
McCaskill
Friendship
Rocky Mound
Fulton
Saratoga
Piney Grove
J. Raymond Baine
Horace Kenedy
Guernsey School
Second Brother Held in Murder
In Birmingham Alabama Charlie Burns 60 brother of a man accused of luring Dr W H Goodwin to a vacant house where he was shot in a gun battle surrendered at the sheriff's office Wednesday and was placed under first degree murder charges He has been jailed since January Habeas corpus proceedings set for Friday morning Police quote Burns as saying Goodwin fired first while the elder Burns claimed to have acted after the physician entered the house Clifford Ogletree another man is also held on murder charges in the physician's death
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Birmingham
Ala
Charlie Burns
W. H. Goodwin
E. J. Burns
de. Goodwin
Ruler
Burns
Pennsylvania
J. J. Burns
Dr. Goodwin
Clifford Ogletree
Neef
Auto Licenses Jibe With Phone Numbers
NATCHEZ Miss A man's telephone number may be his auto license number too in Adams county because Adams is the first in the alphabetical list and Mississippi issues auto tags alphabetically Motorists may select licenses that correspond to their phone numbers Many business and professional men take advantage of the arrangement.
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Natchez
Miss
Adams County
Adams
Missisissippi
Joe Roberts Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Mr and Mrs Joe Roberts near the Rossian Highway was destroyed by a Tuesday night fire discovered in the kitchen. Firefighters saved some belongings. damage amount and insurance status are not disclosed.
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Joe Roberts
Rossian Highway
Roberts
Slayer of Wife in Self-Defense Plea
Rex Knowlton, a 40 year old Lepanto Arkansas farmer, stands trial for murder in Memphis after he testified that he shot his wife, 27, as she threatened him with an iron poker during a hotel room fire. The jury failed to reach a verdict and will resume deliberations. A photograph shows the wife in the corridor with the poker.
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Memphis
Rex Knowlton
Lepanto
Ark
Farmer
Knowlton
Louis Walheim Dies as Screen Bad Man at Hollywood
Louis Walheim, famed as the bad man of the screen, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles after stomach surgery in preparation for a film role. He had shown temporary improvement Tuesday but declined overnight. Walheim also acted on stage, notably in the play What Price, Glory, and appeared in films such as All Quiet on the Western Front, Silver Horde, Gentleman’s Fate, and Danger Lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cafié
Louis Walheim
Hollywood
Bankston Funeral Held Tuesday For J W Bankston
Funeral services for J. W. Bankston aged 79 who died Sunday at his daughter's home seven miles south of Hope were held Tuesday morning at Evening Shade church. Entombment followed at Huckabee cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs May Dalford and Mrs Fred Miller and three sons Clifford Bentley and Marlon. Elder Baker of Texarkana led the services.
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J. W. Bankston
Fred. Miller
Hope
Evening Shade Church
Huckabee
May Dalford
Lewisville
Route 1
Fred Miller
Patmos
Clifford, Bentley
Marlon
Sidelights on Arkansaslegislature Regulators and gun laws debate
Legislative notices from Little Rock show Senator Abington jokingly proposing an all inclusive regulate every vocation bill. Other measures regulate machine guns in state hands require search warrants to include affidavits and set life sentences for third offense robbery or burglary. Additional proposals cover malt syrup purchases notary files and willow mat revetments subject to state fiscal debate.
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Arkansas
Military Department
House
Judiciary Committee
Secretary of State
Senate
Hendricks
Pulaski County
Deadlock Broken On Muscle Shoals
A ten year stalemate between the House and Senate over Muscle Shoals legislation ends as conferees reach a compromise. The government will operate the 150 million dollar power and nitrate plant, lease nitrate facilities for fertilizer and by products, and build transmission lines for Wilson Dam electricity, with a report to the House and expected early passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson Dam
Man Seeks 35000 Damages for Injury
TEXARKANA Taking testimony in Claude White s 35000 damage suit against Texas and Pacific railway neared a close in fifth judicial district court White an employee of Windle Bros horse and mule traders seeks damages for injuries from March 7 1940 when a Texas and Pacific passenger train struck his truck three miles east of Queen City D B Wood who rode in the truck with White has a 75000 suit against the railroad on file in Cass county Wood lost a leg in the crash The plaintiff closed its case and defense witnesses occupied the stand The case may go to the jury Thursday morning White s petition lists a broken leg three broken ribs and no head injury He was unconscious for four and a half days after the accident in Texarkana hospital He is represented by Sid Crumpton Travis Crumpton William Hodges and Hugh Caney J Q Mahaffey and C E Bryson defend for the railroad
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Texarkana
Claude White
Texas and Pacific Railway
Fifth Judicial District Court
White
Windle Bros
Texas and Pacific
Queen City
D. B. Wood
Cass County
Wood
Windie
Texarkana Hospital
Sid Crumpton
Travis Crumpton
William Hodges
Hugh Caney
J. Q. Mahaffey
C. E. Bryson
Railroad
Mother of Hope Woman M. V. Baber Dies at 64
Mrs. M. V. Baber, 64, died at her daughter’s home 923 East Second Street at 10 a m Wednesday. Survived by nine children including Mrs. J L Stringer Hope and Mrs Mary Gailligher Strong Ark. Funeral Friday 9 a m at daughter’s home conducted by Rev J L Cannon. Burial Bluff Springs near Mineral Springs.
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M. V. Baber
J. Lei Stringer
East Second Street
J.L. Stringer
Hope
Mary Gailligher
Strong
Ark
Yollie Monroe
Taiko
Texas
Josephine Brewer
St. Louis
Mo. C. A
Dewey Baber
J. 0. Baker
Ozan
Ollie G. Baber
McCaskill
J. E. Beber
el Paso
Tex
J. S. Stripge
J. L. Cannon
Methodist Church
Bluff Springs
Mineral Springs
Impeachment Sought for Missouri Treasurer Brunk
A special investigating committee recommended impeachment of Larry Brunk Missouri state treasurer on 12 charges including negligence and criminal malfeasance to the Missouri House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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Jefferson City
Larry Brunk
Missouri
Missouri House of Representatives
Flagman Killed Falling From L N Train Near Paris
Francis L. McKelvy, 63, a railroad flagman, died in an early Tuesday fall from a Louisville and Nashville passenger train near Paris Tennessee. The incident occurred as the train was in motion, with authorities launching an investigation into the cause of the fatal fall. McKelvy, a veteran employee, was known for his years of service with the rail line.
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Memphis, Tenn
Francis L. McKelvy
Louisville and Nashville
Paris
Tenn
Thorn's 8 percent utility tax bill moves forward
Lawmakers debated a measure capping consumer charges at eight percent, arguing it ensures utilities cover investments while not overburdening users. Representative Taney County and Baxter County lawmakers faced questions about relations with Arkansas power firms as the Senate advanced the bill on Wednesday morning under special order.
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Veil Thorn
Taney County
Supr
Toney, Cable
Baxter County
Arkansas’ Pt Light Company
Ecpanies
Senate
Hope Schools club hosts Valentine dinner and poetry night
Miss Beryl Henry and the Hope Schools Educational committee chair lead a Bartow event with long tables decoratively set and heart cards. Mrs Talbot Feild sang, Mothers' Chorus performed, Miss Martha Winburn spoke on Women in Poetry, praising female poets. Mrs. Graves spoke on Women of the Bible. Business session outlined plans to Texarkana for the Sixth District Conference. next meeting set for March 3 hosted by Miss Evelyn Lewis.
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Beryl «Henry
Superior Hope Schools
Business and’ Profession Club
Bartow
Talbot Feild
Mothers’ Chorus
P. T
Henry
Martha
Jean Winburn
Hope High Fas
Mary Arnold
Iullers
Texarkana
Evelyn Lewis
Boys Scouts to Hold Meeting Thursday Night
Two called Boy Scouts meetings are planned for Thursday night at 7 oclock at the regular meeting place. It is very important that all scouts attend as matters of interest to every Scout will be discussed and the meeting will count toward contest standings.
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Boys Scouts
Boy Scouts
Teclock
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