Index Bridge Tax Bill Disapproved at Night Session
In a Senate hearing Thursday night the Index bridge tax refund bill was recommended not to pass by the Highway Committee. Texarkana, Ashdown, and Index delegations argued for refunds of about 150000 in district taxes from 1917 to 1925, while opponents said enough funds exist to retire bonds and eliminate tolls soon. The vote in executive session was five to four against the measure with Mitchell promising a minority report.
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Little Rock
Highway Committee
Senate
Texarkenny Archdown and Index
Henry Moore Jo
Texerkana
Seth C. Reynolds
Ashdown
Paul Jones
Texarkaan
Red River Bridge Improvement District
Texarkana
Moore
Miller
Little Riv‘munties
Miller County
Fulton, Index
Garland City
Chamber of Commerce
Jones
Little River
Fulton
Jones Anidl
Jle
Miller County Farmers Association
Arkansas Senate
Reynolds
Milfer
Litte River
Garland
Red River Bridge
Little Hiver
Dillon
Milum
McGehee
Stewart
Shaver
Mitchell
Counts
Atkins
Kimzey
Scout Troop to Attend Saenger Theater Event
Ten Boy Scout troop from Hope will be guests of Saenger Theater management Friday night February 20 honoring the 21st birthday of Boy Scouts in Anngriga, announced Elliott Johnson theater manager Friday morning.
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Boy Scout Troop of
Hope
Saenger Theater
Elliott Johnson
Anngriga
Hempstead County Tournament Opens at Hope Armory
The Hempstead County basketball tournament opens Friday at the Hope National Guard armory with 15 teams. Spring Hill beat Saratoga 5 to 6, while Columbus defeated Patmos 15 to 6 in early games as 100 plus students watched. The event continues Saturday with finals that night. Teams include Breving, McCaskill, Spring Hill, Columbus, Saratoga, Patmos, Rocky Mound, Piney Grove, Howe, Center ville, Belton, Guernsey, Fulton, Re-Ann and Washington.
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Hempstead County
Hope National Guard
Fifth
Walnut Streets
Spring Hill
Saratoga
Columbus
Fouke
Patmos
Breving
McCaskill
Rocky Mound
Piney Grove
Howe
Centerville
Belton
Guernsey
Fulton
Re- Ann
Washington
Planter Killed in Gun Duel at Filling Station
CREW. Miss (114)-O. S. Parker was killed and D. A. Williams wounded critically in a pistol duel here late Thursday. Both are planters. The men met at a filling station here after quarrelling for weeks. Parker is survived by a wife and daughter. Williams was sent to a Greenville, Miss., hospital.
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O. S. Parker
D. A. Williams
Parker
Williams
Greenville
Miss
Cotton spinning industry operates at 80.1 percent capacity
The Census Bureau reports the cotton spinning industry ran January on a single shift at 80.1 percent capacity, up from 76.1 percent in December. The bulletin notes the shift basis for the industry's output.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Fridiy
Arkansan pilot and student killed in Pensacola crash
Lieutenant Paul S. Thompson a 30 year old pilot of Hot Springs Ark and Andrew Herman Mioziak seaman second class a student flier were killed when their land training plane spun at low altitude and crashed near the naval training station outside Pensacola Florida Thompson had lived in Hot Springs and left a widow and two children Mioziak from East Little Falls Minnesota had come to Pensacola months earlier The plane nose buried four feet in mud and the wreckage was demolished Thompson hailed from a pioneer family in Hot Springs and is survived by a mother a brother and a sister with another brother serving in China in the US Army
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Pensacola
Fla
Paul S. Thompson
Andrew Herman Mioziak
Naval Training Station
Thompson
Hot Springs
Ark
Naval Station
Mioziak
East Little Falls
Minn
M. G. Thompson
Murray Thompson
Hee
William Thompson
United States Army
China
Arthur Lockwood
Helena
Fort Smith moves to approve 125000 fire bond
City council finalizes submission of a 125000 bond issue for fire department improvements. 100000 earmarked for new apparatus and 25000 for building upgrades. Other briefs note a Helena theater opening with a February 26 parade, Sheridan receiving limberger cheese for Red Cross relief, Pine Bluff bankers meeting February 24, Conway highway work resuming north of Mount Vernon, and Blytheville mayor Neill Reed seeking re election with at least one opponent announced.
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Fort Smith
Helena
Harvey Parnell
Paramount Theater
Conway
W. D. Heard
State Highway Department
Mount Vernon
Blytheville
Neill Reed
Suspect in DeQueen Bank Robbery Is Arrested at Milda
Charley Tobin, 40, described as crippled, jailed Friday as a suspect in the December bank robbery of the First Bank in De Queen. He was arrested Thursday night at Mount Ida and brought to De Queen Friday morning, linked to an $8,000 theft by two men who fled in a car. Police traced the car to Hot Springs where it was found days later. Tobin had been a longtime suspect since the early inquiry.
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DE Queen
Arki
Charley Tobin
Iy Tobin
Mount Ida
Dirly
Ihe
Hot Springs
Formehy
DeQueen
Tobin
Ben
Midnight Revue at Saenger Saturday Features The Life of the Party
The Saenger theater launches a midnight preview this Saturday starting at 1:35 a.m. with The Life of the Party in natural color starring Winnie Lightner. Also on the program Irene Delroy Jack Whiting and Charles Butterworth appear, plus a Paramount novelty and current events. Upcoming features include Whoopee Hell's Angels and Cimarron in March.
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Marco Saenger
Warner Brothers
Winnie Lightner
New York
Havana
Pal
Irene Delroy
Jack Whiting
Charles Butterworth
Saenger
Hells Angels
Slaying at Elysian Fields Claims life of A C Tiller Jr
MARSHALL Texas A C Tiller Jr 22 was shot and killed at Elysian Fields 18 miles southeast of Marshall late Thursday Four shots from a revolver ended his life Benjamin Bell 18 was jailed in Harrison county on Thursday night charged with the slaying Bell refused to speak Tiller fell in front of a general store in the small town
Old Statute Enforced in Evansville Story
Evansville leaders of the W. C. T. U. under Mrs. H. F. McColl declare an 1895 statute requiring teaching on narcotics and alcoholic drink effects must be enforced here. The law allows dismissal of teachers who refuse to teach the subject.
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Evansville
Ind
U.P
H. F. McColl
Shotgun Blast Blamed for Nebraskas City Marshal Death
In Bancroft Nebraska authorities say a shotgun discharge, caused by an accidentally dropped gun, led to the death of city marshal William Puggoe. The blast ruptured his ear drum and he developed meningitis. The incident is under investigation.
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Bancroft
U.R
William Puggoe
Fuggoe
Child Slaves Build Silk Nests For Ants
Washington report describes a form of enforced child labor among a species of spinning ants. Biologist Austin H. Clark of the United States National Museum explains that worker grubs produce silk, which is spun into nests as adult ants hold and move them leaf to leaf.
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Washington
Austin. H. Clark
United States National Museum
Sullivan Writes Letter to Editor on Tax Policies
The letter from J A Sullivan dated February 18, 1931, to editor in Hope discusses state legislature acts, urging economy and opposition to tax increases. He cites conversations with Representatives Hon and Pilkinton and Senators Mitchell and Parkins and notes favorable replies. The editor comments that tax-increase bills threaten business and warns readers about potential tax rises and the tick-eradication bill being blocked in committees.
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Ditor
Canhon
Pilkinton
Mitchell
Parkins
Duvall Parkins
Hope Brick Works
Oklahoma
J. A. Sullivan
Ovan School Honor Roll Names Listed
The Ovan school announces its honor roll students including Jewell Johnson Nelle Stuart Frances Gist Nancy Gist Laura Cash Leana May Robertson Leona Barber Charlene Irvin Fred Robertson Wright Lewis Cornelia May Ethel Robertson C D Webb Cleo Harris. Principal Mrs J M Hyatt leads the school.
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Ovan
Jewell Johnson
Nelle Stuart
Frances Gist
Nancy Gist
Laura Cash
Leana May Robertson
Leona Barber
Charlene Irvin
Fred Robertson
Wright Lewis
Cornelia May
Ethel Robertson
D. Webb
Cleo Harris
J. M. Hyatt
Falcon Oil Test Near City Monday Drilling Planned
An oil test near Falcon in Lafayette county will drill Reed No. 1 by Smitherman & McDonald on Monday. Reports say 80 feet of oil in the hole, while Oil and Gas Journal notes six feet in the sand at 1,196-92 feet. Location is northwest of Section 16 15 22, about 60 feet from Nevada One, two miles south of Hempstead county. Local observers anticipate watching the operation as it progresses.
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Hope Territory
Falcon
LaFayette County
Smitherman & McDonald's
Oi and Gas Journal
Nevada
Hempstead
District Rotary Governor Speaks to Hope Club
Al Whidden of Pine Bluff, district governor of Arkansas Rotary, addressed the Hope Rotary Club Friday noon at Hotel Barlow. Introduced by President George W. Ware, he urged business men to guide the rising generation and emphasized Rotary's role in boys' work during a state-wide tour.
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al Whidden
Pine Bluff
Arkansas Rotary
Hope
Barlow. Oes
George W. Ware
Govenor
Mr. Whidden
Rotary
Rotary International
Cameden
Gordon
Farm Girl Dies on Hitch-Hiking Tour
J B Clendening of White County near Judsonia claimed the body of his 16 year old daughter Ethel who died early today after a short illness from acute indigestion. The girl with sister Anna and Eunice Franks planned to hitchhike to visit a sister in Conway. Ethel fell ill Wednesday afternoon in front of a negro family home. Officers moved her to a hotel and called a doctor. The body was buried Thursday in the Judsonia rural community. parents two sisters and two brothers survive.
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Newpot
Conway
Judsonia
Firefighters Seriously Injured in Arkansas Bank and Store Blaze
In Clarksville Arkansas two firefighters Charles Eichenberger aged 23 and Burney Bishop aged 29 were seriously injured when walls collapsed in a blaze that destroyed Farmers National Bank and the Johnston mercantile store. The fire caused about 75000 dollars in damage and its cause remained unknown. The Farmers National Bank was the city’s only barn. Authorities reported no clear origin of the fire.
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Clarksville
Ark
Charles Eichenberger
Burney Bishop
Farmers National Bank
Johnston Mercantile
Farmers National
Twelve Highway Bids February 27
Bids will be received by the Highway Commission February 27 on twelve projects withdrawn from this week's letting. About 60 miles of concrete paving are involved, including 23 miles on Highway 27 between Little Rock and Memphis and 37 miles on Highway 64 from Little Rock to Fort Smith. Projects are located in St. Francis, Lonoke, Pope, Conway, Johnson and Union counties.
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Little Rock
Highway Commission
Memphis
Fort Smith
St. Francis
Lonoke
Pope
Conway
Johnson
Union Counties
Two Killed Four Hurt in Chicago Gas Explosion
In Chicago a gas explosion and ensuing fire in a frame dwelling late Thursday night killed eight year old Leonard Havlicak and four year old Dorothy Havlicak. Four other persons, including their parents and siblings, were burned critically. The blaze is believed to have started when gas was ignited by flames from another stove.
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Chicago
Veterans Loan Bill Moves Toward President Veto Risk
Congress sent the veterans relief bill to the White House as senators paused appropriation debates awaiting President Heo Iver. Some fear a pocket veto, though leaders say votes to override a regular veto are assured in both houses.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
Heo Iver
Fragmentary Arkansas House Debate Report on Levy Measure
Fragmentary OCR note from Pine Bluff area referencing a senate and Union counties request to tax or levy. Mentions Henderson State Teachers, a 15-100 levy question, and a measure gaining business after discussion. Unclear names, dates, or places due to badly garbled text.
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Senate
Henderson
Letter on Hope and Blevins highway project and Sanford’s role
The writer recalls efforts to connect Hope and Blevins by a state highway into Oklahoma and Texas. He praises Sanford as a foremost Southwest builder, noting meetings with officials and committees, urging a best location for the road, and expressing trust in Sanford’s ability to secure a proper route with efficiency and economy. Continued discussion referenced.
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the Star
Hope and Blevins
Oklahoma
Texas
Hon
Gulf
Cit Blevins
Imet
Hope
Sanford
Hope Star
Hop Blevins
Myson and
Dixon
Ar Sas
Arkansas
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Attedance
Jacksonville, Fla
L. P. Flathmamm
Rigtto
Flathmamm
W. C. Bailey
Constance Bailey
Spring Hill Bears
Planter
Bulletins
Florida
THE
Associated Press
Sheridan
Red Cross
Arkansas Bankers Association
A. R. Merritt
Bank of Shervill
Shervill
chaig + mian
Milda
Charley
Hott Springs
Elysian Fields
A. C. Tiller, Jr
Benjamin Bell
Sullivan
Hempstead-Nevada
South Arkansas
QZAN
LaFayette
Nevada and
Hope Club
Newport
Charlie
Leonard Havlicak
Dorothy
Pine’ Bluff Hole
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