Hope tragedy and rail debates in one page note
A 32 year old Hope man killed himself after demanding money from his mother and writing that depression and hard times made him feel a failure. The piece reflects on self-reliance and generation gaps, with moral musings on dishonor and death by own action. It then shifts to commentary on railroads and automotive balance, urging railroads to study engineering changes rather than rely on rate regulation.
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Hope
E. J. W. Ragsdale
Eastern Manufacturing
Vi Jon
Interstate Commission
Mrs N E Purkins Dies at 80 longtime Hempstead resident
Mrs Nannie Edward Purkins 80 a pioneer Hempstead County resident died at her Hope Arkansas home. She was mother to DuVall L Purkins secretary to Governor Futrell and mother in law of Col Edward Woodford. Funeral held at 3 pm from family residence with burial in Rose Hill cemetery.
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Nannie Edward Purkins
DuVall L. Purkins
Futrell
Edward Woodford
Arkansas National Guard
Little Rock
East Second Street
Hope
Parkins
Hempstead
Rose Hil
F. A. Buddin
Texarkana
Prmer
First Methodist Church
J. L. Cannon
John W.kins
DuVall L. Parkins
Col
Ed Woodford
Glenn L. Williams
P. B. Carrigan
John G. Williams
Ioey Betts
Navid Thompson
W. P. Agee
M. Harbin
D. B. Thompson
Greening
J. G. Williams
R. L. Gosnell
J. L. Myers
O. A. Graves
Ark
Marie Antoinette
Glenn
Sofia Williams
Nancy Jane
Susan Ann Woodford
Nancy Lane Purkins
Warren
John Ashby Purkins
Los Angeles
Calif
William O. Purkins
Temple
Texas
Ernestine Purkins
San Francisco
John Allen Purkins
Judith Purkins
Purkins
Buck Range
Howard County
James H
Mariah Antoinette Delaney
William I. Farkins
Fred Webb
Webb
Ford funds Detroit bank restructuring to merge two lenders
Henry Ford proposed subscribing all 80 million dollars in capital stock for two new banks to assume the assets of First National Bank and Guardian National Bank of Commerce. The plan, accepted by the banks, will have the merged institutions resume regular business Wednesday morning and leverage Ford's vast cash resources and securities. The move aims to improve Michigan banking conditions as deposits in smaller cities and towns have been depleted.
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Detroit, Mich
Henry Ford
Detroit
First National Bank
Guardian National Bank of Commerce
Ford
United States
Michigan
One Bound Over in Warehouse Theft
Leonard Wise waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to the April grand jury on a warehouse theft charge. Bond was set at $300. Witnesses R M LaGrone Brice Arnett Allen Shipp and Ruffin White were ordered to appear before the grand jury. The Fulton bridge hold up cases against B B Bostic Charles Ferry and Willie Burk were set for Friday. Martha Walker and Odessa Bradford had a state case continued to March 13. Fred Moore pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was fined $10 and costs with one hour in jail.
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Leonard Wise
Wise
R. M. LaGrone
Brice Arnett
Allen Shipp
Ruffin White
B. B. Bostic
Charles Ferry
Willie Burk
Fulton Bridge
Voters to Decide 3 City Offices in Runoff Primary
Hone voters go to polls Tuesday to choose a mayor, recorder, and treasurer after no candidate won a majority in last month’s preferential primary. Mayors Vesey and Boyett contest the mayoralty, while Reynesson and Agee head the treasurer race and Keith versus Billingsley contest the recorder post.
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Hone
John Vesey
Ruff Boyett
C. S. Lowthorp
A. L. Betts
Charles Reynerson
Claude Agee
Bert Keith
T. R. Billingsley
Fred Webb
Sutc
Polling Places for City Elections
City polling locations listed by ward include Arkansas Bank & Trust in Ward One Frisco depot in Ward Two 556 Service Station in Ward Three and City Hall in Ward Four for voting access.
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Arkansas Bank & Trust So
Frisco Depot
City Hall
Mayor Race Draws Focus As Vesey And Boyett Vie
The unopposed municipal judge seat held by A A Gentry and narrow alderman contests left the mayoral race between Vesey and Boyett as the decisive contest. Both candidates published lengthy statements on the eve of the election highlighting their platforms.
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A. A. Gentry
Vesey and Boyett
Two resignations amid Senate bank probe action
National City Bank officials faced Senate Banking Committee questioning as Charles E Mitchell resigned as chairman and Hugh D Baker announced his resignation as president of the National City Company. The probe centers on security transactions and a 1927 15 million loan to Peru amid defaulted Peruvian bond issues.
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Washington
The
National City Company
National City Bank of New York
Peru
Senate Banking Committee
Hugh D. Baker
Baker
New York
Charles S. Mitchell
National City Bank
NEW York—(P
Charles E. Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Pneumonia Ends Mayor Cermak's Hope for Recovery
In Miami, doctors report Mayor Cermak's right lung pneumonia worsens his condition. Dr. W J Snyder says pneumonia congestion will likely spread and seriously hampers his fighting chance. A third oxygen tent is ordered as staff adjust measures to aid respiration.
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Miami
Fla
Cermack
W. J. Snyder
Dr. Snyder
Cermak
Birmingham Doctor Finds Honest Man in Purse Return
Dr. V. V. Florence returned a downtown store purse containing a large sum of money with no identification marks. The physician previously recovered a lost payroll envelope containing $74.67, earning local praise for his integrity.
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Birmingham
Ala
Diogenes
V. V. Florence
New 16 Page Comic Section Debuts in Chicago Herald and Examiner
Last Sunday thousands of boys girls and adults enjoyed the big 16 page comic section in the Chicago Herald and Examiner. It will be repeated next Sunday and every Sunday thereafter in the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
Adv
Ohioan in Cincinnati Man Dies in Saenger Theater
Ronald E. Pinner 32 of Cincinnati killed himself in the Saenger theater balcony after failing to obtain money for his return trip. He left farewell postcards to his mother wife and child and to police, describe his destitution and chosen suicide, noting his insurance and burial plans.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Saenger
Ronald E. Finner
Pinner
H&ie
D. K. Russell
Erkenbrecher
Knoxville
Tenn
P. N. Pinner
Grandpa
Ronald
Tennessee
Ronald E. Pinner
P. S
Hope
J. H. Weaver
Prosperity Club Opens Hope County Gold Contest
Charitable groups in Hempstead county may win from 180 in gold as the Prosperity Club campaign launches. Prizes total 100 for first, 20 for second, with remaining cash to participating clubs. Hope merchants fund 18 local firms to back the drive and offer 25 votes per 25-cent purchase, with votes increasing by 5 per extra 5 cents. Registration closes next week and winners announced weekly for six weeks.
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Hope Merchants
Hemnstead County
Hope Business
Merchants of Hope
Prosperity Club
Hempstead County
Hope Star
Tax Exemption Is Lost by One Vote
In Arkansas the constitutional amendment for a $1000 homestead and $250 personal property tax exemption failed in the Senate by 17 to 8. Senator Lake opposed the measure saying it would disrupt the tax system and nearly ruin schools. The legislature reconvened as action focused on school teacher contracts and utility regulation debates.
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Little Rock
Senate
Norfleet
Lake
DeQueen
House
Campler
Columbia County
Bailey- Thorn
Public Service Corporations Committee
Hendricks
Corporation Commission
Insull Father and Son Indicted in Mail Fraud Case
Samuel Insull Sr and two family members along with six former officers and directors of the bankrupt Securities Company indicted for using the mails to defraud. The charges allege fraudulent mailings connected to the Insull empire in Chicago.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Bankrupt
Corporation Securities Company
A. C. Reynerson Dies at 80 After Railway Career
A. C. Reynerson 80 longtime L. and A. railway conductor died at his Hope home Sunday night. He retired in May 1930 as senior conductor. Survived by widow, 3 daughters and 8 sons. Funeral Tuesday at family residence with ministers from Methodist and Christian churches.
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A. C. Reynerson
Masonic Lodge
Alexandria
Order of
South Main Street
J. L. Cannon
Methodist Church
W. E. Testerman
Christian Church
J. L. Horton
Little Rock
Otha Taylor
Rosston
H. R. Rastler
Hope
Leland Reynerson
Alva G. Reynerson
el Dorado
Charles
Luther
Don
Clark
Herbert
William
Cotton Basis Past Week Is Improved
The U S Department of Agriculture reports minor price changes in the cotton market with February 24 quotations nearly unchanged from February 17. Spot cotton offerings remain limited in central and primary markets while actual transactions fetch a higher basis. Prompt shipment inquiries target medium white grades from 7-8 inch to 11-32 inch, with new crop prospects closely watched as wet soils delay field work across the cotton belt. Exports to February 24 total about 300,000 bales less than for the prior year, while export movement to the Orient remains about 1,100,000 bales down from last season, shifting to other countries.
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Memphis
U. S. Department
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Georgia
Orient
Sedan Abandoned Near Stamps Tells Bank Robbery Trail
A sedan used by three bandits in a First National Bank robbery was found Sunday afternoon about 1.5 miles from Stamps on a little-used highway. The vehicle showed forced entries and gun bullets inside. Irwin Bonham faces transfer and a Friday hearing. Authorities tied Gip Barton to the case, while Cashier Lloyd Spencer and others deny Pete Hays’ involvement. Charley Chapman is named as the bandit leader and a cousin of Shirley Crank.
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First National Bank
Stamps
Claude Stewart
Louisiana
Goodyear
Irwin Bonham
Texarkana
Hope
Pete Hays
Lloyd Spencer
Roy Stephenson
Syd McMath
Jett Black
Hays
Gip Barton
Winnfield
Barton
Shirley Crank
Miller County
Crank
Shreveport
Garland City
Charley Chapman
Jehol March 10 Target and British Arms Policy
London reports Sir John Simon said Britain will not issue export licenses for arms to China or Japan until an international solution to the Far East embargo is found. Japanese forces push toward Jehol city with aims on Lingyuan Wangkungfu and Suitung as Chinchow reports morale faltering and retreats.
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London
Eng
John Simon
Far East
China
Japan
Associated Press
Chinchow
Manchuria
Jehol
Mukden
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Editorial
Alex. H. Washburn
N. E. Purkins
East Second St
New Howard Co
Fred Moore
Flapper
Fanny
Vesey VS. Boyett
Mitchell and Baker
National
Board of
Irectors of the National City Ber« of
Anton Cermak
Board of Alderman
James Bowler
John S. Clark
Szymczak
City
R. E. Finner
Gilbert Avenue
Betty
Bohlinger
Insull
Insull Corp
U. S
Europe
Town of
Gip
Barton Freed
Red River
Bulletin
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