Magnet Car to Clear Nails From State Roads in Hope District
A magnet car vehicle from the State Highway Department will be sent into southwest Arkansas within weeks to remove nails tacks and spikes from highways. Tested in Little Rock it recovered 42 pounds of steel in two blocks near the capitol. The crew toured nine counties inspecting bridges and discussing 1930 construction plans pending highway commission approval.
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Arkansas
State Higway Department
R. B. Stanford
Little Rock
Stanfrd
State Capitol
Stanford
Charles 5. Christian
Highway Department
Hope Mans
Christon
Christian
Fulton
Garland City
One Killed One Injured In Raid
Tulsa Oklahoma February 23. One killed and one injured in a raid by prohibition agents. Gene Roeeling aged 20 was shot and died here today. Agents W S Woverton M C Craig and Henry B Jones led the raid finding twenty four gallons of moonshine in the house. Lawrence Morgan of Crystal City Oklahoma, a guest in the dwelling, remained hospitalized in serious condition.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Genewis Roeeling
Tederi
W. S. Woverteron
M.C. Craig
Henry B. Jones
Wey
Dding
Leawrence Morgan
Crystal City
Ola
Bolter Fights to Enter 1930 Democratic Primary for Governor
Dallas Senator Thomas B. Love launched a court action in Austin to compel the State Democratic Executive Committee and county committees to place his name on the 1930 primary ballots. The state committee had tentatively barred candidates who refused to back the 1928 Democratic presidential ticket, including Love.
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Austin
Tex
Sinta
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Efort
Democrat Executive Committee
State Committee
Lave
New Exchange In City Is Unlikel to Open Soon
Replying to an editorial, R. M. McKinney of Southwestern Bell says Hope is not included in the 1930 building program. He notes El Dorado, Little Rock area projects, Park Hill, Pulaski Heights growth, and Nashville Morriston shifts to battery systems driving equipment upgrades and service continuity concerns.
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The
Star
R. M. McKinney
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Little Rock
Park Hill
Pulaski
Ncan Lssean
Nashville
Morriston
Mowtern Bittery
Nyope
Hope Exchange
Supreme Court Grants Howell Indefinite Stay of Execution
In Little Rock on February 25 the State Supreme Court granted an indefinite stay of execution for W. H. Howard, 61, condemned for three murders in Crawford County. He was set to be electrocuted next Friday.
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Supreme Court
H. H. Howell
Little Rock
W. H
Howard
Staite Supreme Court
Howell
Crawford County
New Frisco Hope Route Denied by Local Agent
The possibility of high speed passenger service on the Hope branch of the Frisco railroad was denied by local freight agent GH Turner. He noted track improvements on the Hope branch but said no preliminary plans for new service were contemplated. The piece recalls past efforts like the Reader Railroad project and the shifting control of the Louisiana & Arkansas.
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Hope
Frisco
GH. Turner
Turner
Reader
Louisiana & Arkansas
Harvey Couch
Mer. Cougic
Feisee
New Orleans
Missouri Pacific
Gulf Coast
Hope Hempstead County Spelling Bee Seeks Local Champions
The Star plans county wide spelling bee prizes for Hope and Hempstead county grade schools. Rules set by school authorities require champions to spell down all challengers within their school. Elimination contests will select school champions to compete in a city hall final in Hope for prize awards.
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Hempstead “County
Hempstead
Hope
Hempstead County
Star
Hsts
Elks Dance Changes Plan for Friday Night
Talbot Feild, Elks dance committee chair, announced the Friday event will be a public dance, not a masked affair, following protests by dance lovers. The nine piece Deluxe Nighthawks from Shreveport La will perform, known for broadcasting from Broadmore Country Club each Saturday night.
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Nighthawks
Shreveport
Talbot
Broadmore Country Club
New Yorker Jumps From Window Dies in Park Avenue Incident
Rich ard H. Jones a director of The Water Oil Corporation of New York died after leaping from his Park Avenue apartment window. The tragedy is attributed to his own action following an altercation with his wife who he struck with an electric lamp. Mrs Jones, 35, was formerly Louise I Konkey and a Naval Academy graduate.
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New York
Richard H. Jones
the Water Oil Corporation of
Park Avenue
Palive Sul Jones
Providence Buys Rowden 40 Seed Meeting Planned
Providence community advances a cotton and seed buying cooperative. Luther Higgason named local orders contact. Friday at 2:30 leaders from surrounding communities meet to decide seed purchases. May Anderson outlines banking loan methods, J W Ray chairs committee to develop a community program. Next meeting Monday at 7 30 invited attendees.
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Providence
Luther Higgason
May Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Federal Reserve Bank
J. W. Ray
Ray
Court Refuses To Review Snook Case
Washington Feb 25 The Supreme Court refused to review the case of James Howard Snook who killed Theorn Hix an Ohio State University co ed. Snook is scheduled to die in the electric chair Friday.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James Howard Snook
Theorn Hix
Ohio State University
Snook
Assured Protection as Town Reports Superintendent Threats
In Assured, West Helena, deputies guard a school after superintendent George Cromwell punished two girls following a quarrel with another pupil. A mass meeting protested Cromwell’s resignation amid threats against him by Laurence Brown, father of two punished girls, who was paroled from a state hospital for nervous disease. Citizens warned they could act if Brown cannot be controlled. The town returns to normal as students resume classes.
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West Hlena
George Cromwell
Cromwell
Laurence, Brown
Barlow
Brown
State Hospital
Lite Rock
Hargas
Hawlee
Prisoners Aid Howell To Visit Doomed Father
Jackson Michigan February 25 Prisoners help finance trip for William R Howell 21 to visit his father W H Howell slated for execution in Little Rock Ark next Friday He is on parole two weeks to see his father brother sent $50 and others in the state prison added 80 to cover travel He serves one to five years for carrying concealed weapons the elder Howell awaiting death for triple murder.
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Jackson
Mich
William R. Howell
Little Rock Ark
W. H. Howell
Howell
Governor Commutes Taylor Death Sentence
NASHVILLE Tenn February 25 governor Horton today commuted to life the death sentence of Charles Taylor who on December 3 1928 killed his wife with a poker because she nagged him. The governor's action followed the State Supreme Court's recommendation. Taylor was then ordered to be sent to death on March fi.
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Nashville
Tenn
Horton
Charles &. ‘Taylor
State Supreme Court
Taft's Condition Still Shows No Improvement
Washington February 25 Physicians treating former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft report he has lost ground in the past week. A White House bulletin states there is no improvement and no immediate danger, though no cause for alarm is cited.
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Washington
William Howard ‘Yaft
The
Supreme Court
White House
Watt
Rosenbaum Dies at 73 in Little Rock After Masonic Service
Charles KE Rosenbaum, longtime Arkansas Mason and public servant, died at 7:15 a.m. in Little Rock at age 73 after a heart attack. A native of St Ovis, he moved to Little Rock in 1881 and led Knights Templar and Scottish Rite bodies, served on the House of the Temple committee, and presided over the Albert Pike Memorial Temple project.
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Little Rock
Charles KE. Rosenbaum
Washington
Rosenbaum
Brand
Knights Templar
Arkansas
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masonery
Mother Supreme Council of the World
Supreme Council
Washington, D. C
Litte Rock
St. Ovis
Local Primary Voters Turnout Marks Record Day
Fragments show a heavy vote in the central business district as polls closed at 1 o'clock. Turnout numbers include 828 votes with 251 cast on one precinct and a 213 minimum noted, reflecting strong voter presence before the city primaries concluded.
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Primar
Imum
Mabey
Targent
Large still seized in Pulaski County raid
In Little Rock on February 25 a 500 gallon still was seized eight miles west of the city. Deputies, aided by Cook’s men, recovered 400 gallons of liquor and 8,500 gallons of mash in a distillery tied to Charles Hariman, 60, who was held. The raid followed four days of surveillance.
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Little Rock
Pulaski
Cook
Charles Hariman
Bean
Rock
Murder, Montague and a Weekend at the Berkeley
Mrs. Carolin Rhodes and Dundee discuss Abbie Berkeley and social rivals in a plot bound for a weekend at the Berkeley estate. They name names like George Berkeley and Letitia Lambert as society figures, while chatter shifts to invitations, murder rumors, and the chance for a detective to observe. The dialogue reveals tensions between families and a lurid undercurrent in high society.
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Dundee
Carolin Rhodes
Rhodes Din Cuecessar
Bonnie Bishdee
Mother Rhodes
Mae Xelling
Lerest
Berkeley
Cudal Castle
Wick Berkeley
Ané
Abbie
Abbie Berkeley
Philnt
Abbie Smith
George Berkeley
Europe
Clorindy
New York
Hamiilton
Morning News
Mr. Dundee
Hamilton
Letiitia Lambert
Lambert
Society
Mrs. Rhodes
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Benter Road
EL Dorado
Mansfield Hardwood , Lumber Company
Dwner
Arkansas Railroad
Comington
Dorado
Rock Island
Middle West
Arkanisis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rowden
Doomed Father
Taylor
Taft
Chas: Rosenbaum
Mason
Lilly
Nia
Chapter
Anne Austin
Dunidee
Dick Berkeley
Captain Strawn
Chicagol
Mrs Rhodes
Roumania
Jay
Yale
Grand Street
Mia Rhodes
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