Hope High School contract bids draw 36 in attendance
The Hope High School building project bids drew 36 contractors Tuesday at city hall. The selection group whittled 22 general contractors to five and considered proposals from Wilmot Camden Everet Oates and Reddick. Electrical and plumbing bidders from Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana also attended. Bid decisions expected by Tuesday night with construction to begin soon on South Main Street at Sixteenth.
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Hope High School
Uny
Hope Board of Educates
Tom Wilmot
Camden
J. C. Everet
Dallas
J. M. O'Neal
Hope
Oates Building & Construction Co
Texarkana
J. H. Reddick
Fort Smith
City Hall
South Main Street
Carter Construction Co
Gordon Walker
Harlin & Newman
McGrover & Picket Leird & Searey
George Burden
R. L. Dickerson
Leveck & Sons
Freel Pacrett
Little Rock
D. Brock
Hot Springs
Ark
Yexarkany
Robt. Higgins
Tom Wilmoth
Dm. O'Neal
J. D. Everett Co
Texas
Walter M. Vernon
Tuchanan & North
Campbell & White
Tyler
Bailey, Burns & Fitzpatrick
Jd. McGoeller
Searcy
the Ashton Glasses
Non-Union Geese Swell Flock in South Dakota
Onida South Dakota report via UPI notes decoys that work around the clock attract Canada geese. Bob Harry uses them to lure wild geese to a pasture where his domestic flock resides. A surge of wild birds joined his flock and followed into the barn. He worries about possible game-limit violations after closing the barn.
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Onida
S. D
UC students to get six month academic warning rule
Berkeley California March February University of California officials announce a new rule granting backward students a six months period of academic warning. Recorder of faculties Thomas B. Steel says students behind in scholastic attainments will receive a "decided break" in the near future under the plan.
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Berkeley
Cal
uPi
University of California
Thomas B. Steel
Recorder of Faculties
Wage Privileges Granted to Franco Jes Nauleau
Fontenay le Comte report notes Jes Nauleau, a veteran of the Second Empire wars, has received his combatant card from the Government. This entitlement grants him price reductions and related privileges.
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Fontenay-Le-Comte
Franco
Wam
Jes Nauleau
Radio Uses Steel by Ton for U S Radio Industry
Washington report states about 110000 tons of steel are consumed annually by the American radio industry in making receiving sets. Copper contributes 12000 tons.
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Washington
DO-X To Fly Atlantic In January After Repairs
Berlin reports the Wysemplane DO-X is set to begin its long delayed trans Atlantic flight to America on January 20 after repairs to a wing damaged by a Lisbon fire. The DC-X, largest land and sea aircraft, carries 169 aboard with a 160 foot wingspan and 12 American motors delivering 6 000 horsepower.
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Atlantic
Berlin
Dornier Airplane Works
America
Lisbon
Portugal
Chickens Stolen From Wehunt Farm Near Columbus Road
Thieves stole three prize hens from C. L. Wehunt on the Goodbar farm six miles from town while the family were laid up. A small sedan was seen at the scene as men calmly removed the birds and drove away. Mrs Wehunt, recovering from an operation, and her husband were both ill last week, and she was later taken to Julia Chester hospital for gall stones and appendicitis care.
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C. L. Wehunt
Columbus
Goodbar Farm
Hope
Wehunt Farm
Paul
Julia Chester Hospital
Gas Burners to Keep Ice Off Railroad Tracks
Gas burners placed under track work near the Chicago and Northwestern passenger terminal will melt snow and ice to keep switches clear all winter. The system proved practical last year during a severe blizzard, keeping Union Passenger Station approaches free of ice and improving service reliability.
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Chicago
WFI
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Union
Forge of Valley Forge to be Reconstructed
Valley Forge Park will reconstruct the original forge with exact details from an early nineteenth century Isaac Anderson sketch. Excavation revealed foundations board flooring water wheels tools a dam and sluice way buried under silt confirming the site of the Colonial forge. Park Commission plans acquisition and await completion before starting reconstruction work.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Valley Forge
Valley Forge Park
Isaac Anderson
Old Forge
Park Commission
Tax payer duped by bogus collector in Fresno case
Fresno hotel owner Harrison Gullerson paid 99 dollars in taxes to a man posing as a tax collector who called at his hotel. An investigation showed the man was not an official collector, forcing Gullerson to pay the 99 dollars again to legitimate authorities.
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Fresno
Cal
Harrison Gullerson
Gallerson
Interpreters used in Visalia robbery trial
Three interpreters assisted a Visalia trial involving a Chinese social club robbery. U P i Baldino Ab sing Joe Mendez Kanton Domas and Nicholas Reclosado faced cadrges. The county hired Chinese Filipino and Spanish interpreters, costing resources.
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Visalia
Cal U.pi
Baldino Absing
Joe Mendez
Kanton Domas
Nicholas Reclosado
Hope Star Announces Baby Prizes for 1931 Births
Hope merchants will award presents to babies born in 1931 as reported in the Hope Star edition. Prizes will be given if birth certificates reach the Star office before Wednesday noon. Claimants in Hempstead County arrived New Year’s Day and the following day, though the Star has not visited a Hope home this year.
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Hope Merchants
Tomar
Rays
Hope Star
Hope
Hempstead County
Starks
Dry Law Appeal Is Up to High Court
The government’s appeal to test Judge Clark’s ruling that the prohibition amendment is invalid was advanced by the Supreme Court for hearing January 12. The test case was moved ahead of others awaiting review as the government seeks a final resolution after an appeals court reversal of Judge Clark in a Vermont shipper case involving two pints of beer.
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Washington
Clark
Newark
N. J
United States Supreme Court
High Court
Vermont
United States Omirs of Appeals
Supreme Court
Scientist Believes Mars Canals for Water Supply
North Scituate astronomer Frank E Seagrave says canals on Mars may be artificial and linked to water supply. He notes widening markings during maximum melting and paths spanning from north to south poles, suggesting remote water sources for life-supporting systems.
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North Scituate
Ro L—Uri
Frank E. Seagrave
Mars
North Scituate Observatory
North Polar
South Polar
Widely Known Arkansas Business Man Succumbs
Fort Smith reports the death of Alfred Pollock a prominent Arkansas businessman aged unknown at his home early Sunday. A Little Rock native he formerly ran a business there and was a senior member of Wall Pollock in Fort Smith. Funeral services and burial will be held Monday afternoon locally.
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Fort Smith
Alfred Pollock
Arkansas
Little Rock
Pollock
Wall-Pollock
Miet
A. Pollock
Locomotive Attached in Walnut Ridge for Unpaid Fines
Walnut Ridge Arkansas Frisco locomotive seized by Sheriff R B Warner to collect $5 000 in fines after circuit court decision affirmed by the U S Supreme Court. Company refused payment and the sheriff seized a fast locomotive.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Juri
R. B. Warner
U. S. Supreme Court
Tax cut announced for Street Improvement District No. 3
Hope Arkansas district commissioners released a 20 percent tax reduction for 1931 in Street Improvement District No. 3. The saving amounts to about 1600 dollars in Ward One for this year only, funded by reserves built up over several years. The tax will revert to the previous level in 1932.
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L. M. Boswell
S. Greening
Dorsey McRae
W. P. Agee
No. Hope
Arkansas
Hope
Search Continued For Sister's Slayer
NEWKIRK Okla The man hunt for Earl Quin continued Sunday with a possible lead after Jessie and Zoxla Griffith schoolteachers were found shot to death on a Tonkawa area highway. County officials chased movements including a Wichita meeting and pursuit from Iola Kansas, amid reports of the suspect's wife and a recovered car near Arkansas City. Authorities held the suspect responsible for the Griffiths deaths and said he had eluded capture as the search extended.
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Ralph G. Harder
Iola
Doc
Arkansas City
Kansas
Here
Potter
Wichita
Quinn
Griffith Sisters
Jessie
World Flier Forced to Land at Abilene
Barclay Warburton Jr., attempting a round the world night flight, was forced to land in Abilene Texas due to bad weather. He departed New York November 28 and had stops in Florida and Dallas on the way to Shreveport and Vancouver with plans to ship the plane to Shanghai and continue to complete the circumnavigation.
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Abilene
Tex
Barclay Warbreton. Jr
Dallas
EB Paso
New York
Florida
Shreveport
Warburton
Sar
Diego
Vancouva
Shanghai
China
Vancouver
American Tobacco Co Opens 1931 Advertising Drive
The American Tobacco Company and its subsidiary the American Cigar Company launch a major 1931 advertising push via newspapers. The telegram says Lucky Strike and Creme advertising campaigns are the largest in the history of either company, with plans to grow ad spend in 1931 as in 1930. George W. Hill signs as president, praising newspaper advertising’s power to drive business.
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the Star
T'Obacco Company
The
American Cigar Company
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Dry Cleaners Cut Prices Twenty Per Cent
Four Hope dry cleaning shops Hall Brothers J L Green Garner s Prasing Parlor and Glenn L Williams announced a 20 percent cut in charges for pressing and cleaning men s suits and overcoats. The group cited general economic conditions and a sense the reduction would boost trade as the reason for the move.
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Hope
Hall- Brothers
J. L. Green
Garner
Prassing
Glenn L. Williams
Wilbur Opposes Tariff on Oil, Cites Small Producers Loss
Secretary Wilbur of the Navy said he is opposed to a proposed oil tariff. He argued it would benefit large firms by expanding overproduction, while offering little value to small producers and worsening industry ills.
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Wilbur
Washington (P
Department of the Navy
Fund to Encourage Study of Constitution Puts 25 Essay Prizes
Philadelphia attorney Francis H. Thole left a fund to foster intimate knowledge of the Constitution among youths. Administered by the Philadelphia Board of Education, the fund offers 25 prizes for essays on the Constitution to safeguard it against minority whims and unwise experiments.
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Philadelphia
Francis H. Thole
United States
Thole
Philadelphia Board of Education
Veteran Postal Worker Ends 175,000-Mile Walk
Lowell Mass veteran mail carrier David P. Martin retired after 43 years at the Lowell post office. He estimates delivering mail has led him to walk about 175,000 miles around the city. For 21 straight years he served as Postman on the Belvidere route.
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Lowell
Mass
W.R
David P. Martin
Grover Cleveland
Martin
Belvidere
Nut Plant Business In Stockton Shaped By Walnuts
Residents of this California section learn of Linden plant operations by the San Joaquin Wal nnut Growers Association which handled substantial walnut shipments during the past season. The report notes the value and scope of activity at the nut processing plant in Stockton.
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Stockton. Cal
U.P
California
San Joaquin Walnut Growers Association
City Postoffice Business Declines in Hope Last Year
Hope city checks show declines in mayor court and post office activity in 1930 compared with 1929. Police arrests fell from 180 to 134 and total fines rose to 2,593.90 from 3,560.60. postal receipts stayed near 1929 through mid year but dropped in final quarter. Postmaster J A Davin notes postal figures beat 1929 early, while Federal business slumped in late 1930.
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M Mayor's Court
Hope
J. A. Davin
Acs
Negro Is Held for Busch Kidnapping Case
County officers announce the arrest of Charles Abernathy, a Black suspect in the kidnapping of Adolphus Busch, 13, in Kansas City. He is being returned to St. Louis for trial after surrendering to a St. Louis newspaper reporter who tipped police. The Busch heir was reportedly returned home safely without ransom, and the family signaled no prosecution, as police investigations continue.
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ST. Louis
Alfred Lill
Charles Abernathy
Adolphus Busch
Kansas City
Busch
Injured Hunter crawls two miles to safety
Ingram, a one legged hunter, became separated during a hunting trip in deep snow. After falling on a rock and dislocating his right hip, he pushed the bone back, crawled on hands and knees through a harsh night, and was found two miles from his companions at dawn.
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Orofino
Ingram
Washington to Guard Its Park Petters
Washington police will maintain constant park surveillance next spring to prevent theft and crime. Officers are instructed to use judgment in defining what constitutes legitimate petting while lovers seek inspiration and solitude in the parks.
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Washington
UPI
Parkers
Father Splits Possessions in Neshoba County
NESHOBA Tenn UPA reports James J. Quinn pioneer farmer left Ruth 1.50 cash all mules and farming implements, Vera 1000 cash plus choice of any two cattle, a riding horse to another daughter, remainder to widow with later division among daughters.
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Neshoba Tenn Upa
James J. Quinn
Ruth
Vera
Hospital site bid prompts state offers for Soldiers Home
Washington subcommittee heard offers from Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi as possible locations for a $2,000,000 Southern Soldiers Home. In Beckley West Virginia miners body count rises after explosion at Glen mine Raleigh Wyoming Coal Mining Co. Four killed four missing. Youngstown judge denies new hearing to block Bethlehem Steel merger with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. Judge Jenkins upholds Cyrus Eaton victory in court fight to stop absorption.
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Washington
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Fersrom
Arkansas Sto
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
Beckley
W. Va
Glen
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal_Mining company
Youngstown, Ohio
David G. Jenkins
Common Pleas
Hethlehem . Steel Corporation
Youngstown‘ Sheet & Tube Co
Cyrus FP
Eaton, Clevelind
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Red Cross Denies Riot Claims in Arkansas Relief Effort
Washington reports the Red Cross has a 4.5 million emergency fund to aid breath stricken states this winter. Chairman Payne told the appropriations committee that reports of a food riot in England Arkansas are false and contradicted Senator Caraway on the organization meeting Arkansas needs. He said relief work focuses on rural areas with cities expected to handle their own destitutes.
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Washington
Red Cross
Auto Animal Toll High in Illinois Roads
SPRINGFIELD, IL The season for killing rabbits pheasants possums and even skunks is open as automobiles impact wildlife year round. The State Department of Conservation reports rabbits suffer most with an estimated rabbit a mile on Illinois highways. Pheasants quail and other birds are killed by speeding vehicles, while skunks and possums also fall to fast wheels though the fur value is small for hunters.
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Springfield
U.P
Ilinoi
State Department of Conservation
Oldest Pewter Piece Deed to Burial Lot
CHICAGO 10.PI What is believed to be the oldest pewter in existence is an exhibition at Field Museum of Natural History. A misnamed tablet bearing a date in China indicates the year A D 1? was found in a wu tomb in Lo Yung, Henan province. The cewter is a Han dynasty relic and is portrayed as a deed granting land for the burial place of Tungkyu governor, a revered scholar of his time, per Dr Berthold Laufer, curator of anthropology.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
China
Lo-Yung
Henan
Tungkyu
Berthold Laufer
Transoceanic Italian Flight Aims For Natal Brazil
Orbetello reports a 14 plane Italian squadron led by General Balbo is en route to Natal Brazil on a historic transoceanic mission. The group began from Orbetello with 12 planes in the long voyage, two planned as workshops were left behind, and the route includes stops at Bolama Cartagena Kenitra and Madeira before Natal.
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Brazil
Bolama
Portuguese
Guinea
el Balbo
Betello
Italy
A. m. Tungday
Natal
Ferpada Do Noronha
B.S. T
Rio de Janeiro
Arbes icHo
Buenos Aires
Aibetello
Cartagena
Spain
Kenitra
Morocca
Rio de Oro
Orbetelro
Negro Disrobed in Jail Over Loot Claim
In Knoxville a Black man named Charles Jones sat in a jail cell charged with theft of two suitcases. One held a suit of overalls owned by L. L. Best and the other contained underwear, pants, shirt and tie belonging to Martin Brandt. Best recovered his overalls prompting Jones to dress Brandt's underwear. Brandt then arrived, removed his own clothes to expose Jones, leaving the inmate in the cell with nothing but minimal garments.
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Knoxville
Charles Jones
Negra
L. L. Best
Martin Brandt
Best
Jones
Brandt
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Ack
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North Little Rock
Electric Shop
W. M. Cobb
Logan Electric Co
Texarkany Electric Co
Aria
H. & H. Electric Co
Arts
Shaw Plumbing Co
Pfeifer Plumbing Co
Little Flock
Pettit-Galloway Co
Shiver Bros
Hope, Ark
E.D. Wakenight
Seavey
Robinson Bros
Pine Bluff
Dornier
Portuguese City
Columbus Road Farm
Ward One
5. S. Greening
Podl
Hope, Arkansas
American Tobacco Co
Secretary of Navy
Seapla Beach
Isle
Bulletins
Payne
Ilinois
Orbetello
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