Illinois Life Suffered Collapse Linked to Stevens Hotels
In Chicago the Illinois Life Insurance company collapsed as Stevens Brothers drained reserves from the insurer to prop up the Stevens and La Salle hotels. Receiver Gen Abel Davis reports losses totaling over 3.5 million in 1929 30 and 31 while the hotels incurred consecutive annual losses.
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Akansas
A. B. Banks & Co
Illinois Life Insurance Company
Illinois Life
Stevens
Chicago
Chicago Herald & Examiner
Abel Davis
Insurance Company
James H. Wilkerson
James W. Stevens
Stevens Brothers Corporation
Stevens and LaSalle
Ilinois Life
Stevens Brothers
Hotel Stevens
Liberty
Illinois
Arkansas
New York
Pennsylvania
Life Insurance
America
A. B. Banks
Illinois Life Companies
Cancellation Hit by Hiram Johnson in Burning Speech
Senator Hiram Johnson attacked cancellation or revision of war debts arguing Americans bought Liberty and Victory bonds to finance loans abroad. He said the public sacrificed to support bond repayment with interest. The remarks come amid broader wartime finance debates in Washington.
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Hiram Johnson
Washinton
California
United States
Price of Apples Follows Cotton in Arkansas Outlook
The Extension Service report says 20 percent of commercial apple trees in Arkansas are nonbearing and 55 percent are under 20 years old, supporting potential steady or rising output. Most fruit goes to southern markets, tied to cotton and wheat prices, with recommendations to remove low-yield trees and cautiously plant Ben Davis varieties. Grapes may have reached a plateau without proper vineyard care, but broader distribution and higher prices could favor well located vineyards and new plantings under prudent conditions.
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United States
Extension Service
University of Arkansas College of Agricultre
Arkansas
South
Southwest
Ben Davis Group
Ben Davis
DeAnn Road Home Burns Near Hope DeAnn Road
An unoccupied one story frame house on Hope DeAnn road seven miles north burned Tuesday night. Owner Lemuel Honeycutt and former occupant John Breeding are named. the fire was discovered about 8 o clock with no nearby fire equipment, and the house burned to the ground. it was partly insured.
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Hope-DeAnn Road
Here
Lemuel Honeycutt
John Breeding
Capt. George Lee of Steamer Fame Dies in Memphis
Capt. George Peters Lee, 57, scion of a renowned family operating Mississippi River packet boats for three generations, died at his Memphis home on Wednesday.
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Capt. Lee
Steamer Fame
Memphis
Tenn
George Peters Lee
Mississippi River
Witness Identifies Jackson in Murder Case at DeAnn
Mary Johnson identified J. P. Jackson as the man seen fleeing the yard after the October 22 ambush slaying of Laura Dickson at her mother's DeAnn home. Jackson, 26, already held on other robbery charges, was bound over to Hempstead grand jury for first degree murder by municipal court.
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J. P. Jackson
Hempstead
A. M. Clark
DeAnn
Jackson
Laura
Doll) Dickson
Dickson
Mary Johnson
Texarkana
Hope
Clarence Baker
Commerce
Texas
Allie B. West
Hempstead County
John L. Wilson
Baker
Greenville
Standard Oil Company
Freddie Callum
Young Chevrolet Company
Loreco
State Penitentiary
Nevada County
Prescott
Mineral Springs Girl Dies of Self Inflicted Rifle Shot
Mineral Springs Ark Miss Avis Sanders twenty died as a result of a self inflicted gunshot in her room at her parents home The .25 caliber rifle shot through the heart left no note Funeral services planned for Wednesday Survivors include her parents and several brothers and sisters
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Mineral Springs
Ark
Avis Sanders
E. C. Sanders
30 Die as Flames Burn French Liner
Captain Schoof, master of the French liner L Atlantique, reported that 30 crew members were killed when the vessel was destroyed by fire in the channel off CherbourgFrance late Wednesday.
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Cherbourg
France
Schoof
Gasoline Prices Cut by All Stations in Section
All eight gasoline companies lowered prices effective Wednesday after Tuesday's announcements. Ethyl is listed at 17 cents and regular at 14 cents by Loreco and Magnolia. Corrected data shows regular at 14 cents, not 13 and a half, with six stations at 14 and two at 13 1/4. Prices reflect the lowest in years as crude oil revisions hit mid continent fields.
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Loreco
Magnolia
The
Star
Sinclair and
Lion
Standard
Gulf
Laredo
Texas
Wilkerson
Mid-Continent
Illinois Guard Is Called to Mines
Five companies of national guardsmen were ordered to Christian county on Wednesday as the state tried again to quell coal field unrest in Illinois. A man and a woman were killed and several shot Tuesday night, with two more wounded Wednesday.
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Taylorville
Ill
Christian County
Illinois
Bright Star to Hold Pie Supper Thursday
After two postponements due to bad weather the Bright Star community plans a pie supper on Thursday night January 5. An entertainment program features a play titled Object Matrimony.
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Bright Star
Surprise Washing Machine Repair Plan Backfires
Toledo police sergeant Sam Vogel aimed to surprise his wife by fixing their washing machine. He took it apart while she shopped and warned her not to touch the parts. He claimed to recall how to reassemble it, but admitted a repair man had just been paid to fix it the previous afternoon.
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Toledo
Chio
Sam Vogel
One Day After Quick Marriage Hilton Arrested
El Paso report says Jerry Hilton, just married a day after a whirlwind romance, was arrested for automobile theft on the first day of his marriage. His wife, to whom he had known only a week, was drawn to him for his dancing.
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EL Paso
Texas
Jerry Hilton
Hilton
Three Day Battle Won by Japanese
Three day clash near Shanhaikwan ends with Japanese victory. Chinese forces evacuated Shanhaikwan and prepared to defend Jehol province frontier while Tokyo says hostilities will be localized. Casualties are reported between 300 and 2000 across the action.
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Associated Press
Shanhaikwan
Pette
Tokyo
Chang Hsiao Liang
Jehol
Miss Henry Addresses Hope P T A On Youth Faith
Miss Beryl Henry city schools superintendent spoke to the Hope Parent-Teacher Association at city hall. She recapped Miss Willie Lawson’s Little Rock state session address on Keeping Faith With Youth and urged lasting love and responsibility among homes schools and teachers. Founders day is set for February 17 at Paisley school with Henry in charge. Treasurer reports $3.24 balance and several schools’ attendance numbers.
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Beryl Henry
Hope Parent- Teacher Association
Miss Henry
Willie Lawson
P.T. A’s
Little Rock
Lawson
Federal Bank Call It Issued Wednesday
Washington calls for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of December 31. The comptroller directed the filing on Wednesday, seeking financial snapshots from every national bank in the country.
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Federal Bank
Washington
Comptroller
Worth the Money in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City report notes Ethel Crane paid an $8 fine for her first ride in a new car. She admitted to the judge she was going fast since she could not locate the speedometer. The piece reflects a humorous caution about unfamiliar cars.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Ethel Crane
Gentry to Lobby for City Ice Plant
Hope city council authorized Municipal Judge A A Gentry to draft a bill allowing cities to build and operate ice plants and to lobby in Little Rock this month. The resolution pledges reimbursement for expenses and notes potential overlap with measures to consolidate treasurer and recorder duties and improve district offices. Alderman Roy Anderson pressed for copies of ordinances on housing combustibles and fire chief Wyatt was to list fire hazards for razing as public nuisance.
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A. A. Gentry
Hope City Council
Little Rock
Judge Gentry
Fort Smith
O. L. Wyatt
Few Indictments in Nevada County
Prescott Grand Jury adjourned at noon after a day and a half in session returning eight indictments the fewest in county history. No liquor-law indictments were returned for the first time since 1871 while seven alleged prohibition violations were ignored. Criminal cases resume next week with the civil docket reopening Wednesday before Judge Dexter Bush.
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Prescott
Dexter Bush
Democrats Spent 1.638 Million in 1 Year Budget
The Democratic National Committee reported to congress that it spent 1,638,000 dollars last year while receipts totaled 1,708,000 dollars. The notice accompanies a weekly magazine promo for The American Weekly distributed with the Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Impeachment Looms for Ark. Attorney General Norwood
The Star reports impeachment prospects targeting Attorney General Hal Norwood over fees paid to lawyers in Art Trust Co. liquidations. Ben Shaver, a Texarkana attorney, received 1800 dollars for filing the state's general fund claim. Comptroller Griffin prepares subpoenas for special attorneys to probe how half a million dollars in public fees were awarded for services private depositors could perform without counsel. A legislative report may follow, with a full record of bank liquidation matters being prepared for the comptroller.
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Ben Shaver
Texarkana A
Arkaneas Sa Bank & Trust Co
Star
Smith
Texarkana
Hal Norwood
Art Trust Co
Wedr
The
Ing
Little Rock
Griffin # 3
Norwood
Arka
Comptig
Arkansas
W. S. Athi
Shaver
Highway Audit Commission
Audit Commission
Comptroller
the Star
Levees Break in East Arkansas Threaten Greene County
Clouds linger as crews shore up weakened levees along the St Francis river after a Tuesday night breach a mile north of Brigg and eight miles east of Paragould. The rising water threatens eastern Greene County with inundation while 250 federal engineers reinforce Levees near Kennett Missouri and Cassidy Bayou in Mississippi rises two inches flooding Glendora.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
St. Francis
Arkansas Levee
Brtig
Paragould
Greene County
Kennett
Cassidy Bayou
Glendora
C. D. Conley Buried in Columbus Sunday
Charles Dewey Conley, a two year veteran of the American Expeditionary Force in France, was buried Sunday in Columbus. The service at the Baptist Church was led by Rev. Wallace R. Rogers. Pallbearers were ex servicemen. Conley, born May 10 1900 in Morrison Oklahoma, died December 30 1932 in Jacksonville Texas. He leaves wife Dorotha Jean one daughter three sisters and membership in the American Legion and Masonic Lodge.
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Charles Dewey Conley
France
Columbus
Baptist Church of Columbus
Wallace R. Rogers
Hope
Mr. Conley
Morrison
Oklahoma
Jacksonville
Texas
Charles Conley
Dorotha Jean
Gladys White
Earl Gardner
Bellingham, Wash
Orval Kent
el Dorado
Kan
Conley
American Legion
Masonic Lodge
Robbery Report Tells of $175,000 Taken at Chicago Depot
The Herald and Examiner reports that bonds and currency totaling $175,000 were stolen Tuesday night from registered mail pouches at the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad depot by a band of underworld men.
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Chicago
The
Herald & Examiner
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Stocks and Cotton Rally in Vigorous New Year Trading
New York stocks advanced vigorously in the second session of the year with several prominent issues rising 1 to 5 points as trading remained light until the final hour. Cotton climbed to 1.15 a sale with gains across commodities. American Telephone Allied Chemical and Auburn Motors led the rise, while American Can and United States Steel gained about four points.
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New York
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
Auburn Motors
American Can
United States Steel
Aerial Ambulances Stop Flights After Fire Season Ends
Ontario Provincial Air Service ends its season with 9 000 flights totaling ten thousand miles and ten forced landings. Mercy flights carried injured prospectors woodsmen campers tourists and Indians and often saved lives through rapid ambulance service.
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Toronto
Can
Ointario Provincial Air Service
Tapid
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C. D. Conley
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