Forty First General Assembly Opens In Arkansas Capitol
The Forty-First Arkansas General Assembly convened at noon to organize both houses. Speaker C. Neale of Sebastian elected. W. H. Phipps of Randolph chief clerk. Gov. Wilson sworn in as Senate president. 135 Senators and Representatives present. many new lawmakers. Notable ages include Sen. Robert J. Wilson at 80 and Ned A. Stewart at 27. House oldest is Judge Edward D. Robertson. youngest is Kenneth C. Coffelt. Occupations show many lawyers. homemaker Ethel Cunningham as the only woman member. Democrats hold all Senate seats and all but one House seat.
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General Assembly
Leving C. Neale
Sebastian County
W.H. Phipps
Randolph County
Lawrence Fr. Wilson
Camden
Senate
Little Rock
WUA
First
Arkansas General Assembly
Sere
Robert J
Hein
Ned A. Stewart
Lewisville
Stewart
Miller
Columbia
LaFayette
House of Representatives
Edward D. Robertson
Helena
Kenneth C. Coffelt
Conway Ffelt
Faulkner County
Obate
Ethel C. Cunningham
Yell County
Shem E. Allabaugh
Marshal
Scarcy County
Elk's Lodge to Hold Regular Meeting Monday
Elks Lodge plans an important meeting Monday night at the Elks club rooms on South Elm Street. Secretary Talbot Feild notes Exalted Ruler Dr. T. L. McDonald will preside and the session starts promptly at the stated hour.
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Talbot Feild
The
Elks Lodge
Elks Club
South Elm Street
T. L. McDonald
Urelock
Feild
Senate Confirms Tariff Commissioners
The Senate on Monday confirmed four of six members of the tariff commission. They were Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania chairman, Thomas Page of Virginia, John Lee Coulter of North Dakota, and Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland.
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Washington
Senate
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Thomas Page
Virginia
John Lee Coulter
North Dakota
Alfred PL Dennis
Maryland
Woman Ill on Train Dies at Texarkana
Mrs. Flava Williams, 58, became suddenly ill on a Brownsville Texas to Altoona route train and died in a Texarkana hospital Sunday evening. Survived by her husband, she was removed from the train on arrival in Texarkana. body to be sent to Altoona by Paul Regerra Funeral company at 10:45 a.m. Monday.
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Texarkana
Brownsville
Texas
Altoona
Penu
Flava Williams
Lp.m
Florida Farmers Offer Food Aid To Arkansas Drouth Areas
Florida truck farmers offered to send car loads of produce to drouth stricken Arkansas, via Red Cross in St Louis. Offer awaited railway transport arrangements and Interstate Commerce Commission approval for rapid transit of the food.
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Little Rock
Florida
Arkansas
Red Cross
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dallas Grocery Store Burglarized of $1000
Robbers broke into the Simon David rocury story in Dallas on Saturday night. They knocked the knob off the safe and obtained $1000. The same time the office of the superintendent of Gak Jang cemetery was entered, safes were broken open, and contents taken.
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Dallas
Simon David
Rocury
Gak- Jang Cemetery
Robbe
Cotton Prices Are Steady Last Week
The U S Department of Agriculture reports demand for spot cotton was practically unchanged with slight improvements in some markets. Prices for Middling 7 8 inch cotton averaged 9 32 cents in the first week of January, with exports about 4 2 million bales to January 9, and the world’s visible supply at 7 8 million bales.
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Memphis
U. S
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Financial and Commercial Chronicle
Bureau of Agricultural Econonomies
United States
Census Bureau
New England
New England States
Air Mail Wins Race Part Way Around World
A letter sent by airmail traveled three-quarters of the globe to reach Hugh Gallaigher, Matson Steamship line operations manager, showcasing one of the era’s most remarkable mail items. Mailed from Bata via Java in the Dutch East Indies, it crossed the world under five nations stamps and arrived three weeks later, with a regular-mail counterpart arriving about a week afterward.
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San Fancisco
Hugh Gallaigher
Matson Steamship Line
Five Nations
C. A. Berndison
Malolo
Bata+via
Java
Dutch East Indies
Muelly
Quotation Trends and Cotton Market Activity Abroad
Quotations were construed as providing 453 possibilities for better demand as activity in cotton cloth markets rose. Dry Goods centers noted improved print cloth business with larger volumes, yet overall conditions remained quiet with slight price changes. Foreign markets cited weak demand for American cotton, blamed partly on fogs and bad lights hindering business. Norfolk Strict Low Middling and Low Middling, Carolina Strict Middling and Middling were in demand, while Memphis, Texas, and southern states supplied all grades. Serious labor disputes were evident.
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Norfolk
Carolina
Memphis
Texas
South Should Feed Self Says Member Federal Farm Board
Carl Williams, Federal Farm Board member, told the Southern Commissioners of Agriculture that the South should feed itself and reduce cotton acreage by directing credit to farmers. He argued the problem will solve itself if the region feeds itself and urged bakers to require farmers to take steps to self sustain before granting credit.
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Memphis
Carl Williams
Federal Farm Board
Southern Commissioners of Agriculture
Bakers
Bank vault break in Montgomery reported as $4000 stolen
Houston bulletin says Pj La Wilcox of First State Bank of Montgomery Texas reported that criminals dug under the bank vault Sunday night entered it and escaped with four thousand dollars. In Washington the House Rules Committee voted to grant special legislative status to the Dottish Relief Appropriation Bill so it could go to the Senate for a conference Tuesday.
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Houston
Texas
la Wilcox
Ershier
First State Bank of
Montgomery
Washington
House Rules Committee
Senate
Jonesboro A. and M Suffers Fire Loss
Jonesboro Arkansas State Agricultural and Mechanical College near Jonesboro suffered a major fire in the administration building early Monday. President Walter Kays estimated total toll at 175000 with 104000 insured for equipment. Firemen attributed likely cause to a defective wire as the blaze started in the top story and the wall collapsed after 2 p.m. The college is one of four A and M schools in the state located at Russellville Monticello and Magnolia.
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Jonesboro
Arkansas State, Agricultural and Mechanical College
Here
Walter Kays
Jonesboro School
Agricultural and Mechanical
Russellville
Monticella
Magnolia
Drouth Cuts Danger of Springtime Floods
Washington reports that severe drought may lessen spring floods in major rivers for 1931. Subsoil moisture is depleted by drought, requiring heavy rainfall to refill the aquifer before large rivers flood. The Mississippi currently has lower water than in 1925, with no significant floods in 1926 after the 1925 dry period.
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Washington
U.P
Drouth
M. W. Hayes
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Longest Lift Elevator Planned for Carlsbad Caverns Park
The National Park Service awards bids to install what may be the world’s longest single lift at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Currently visitors reach upper caverns 150 feet below the entrance by stairways, but new elevators could shorten the surface-to-upper-level trip to one or two minutes, traveling underground a comparable distance to skyscraper elevators above ground.
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Washington
W.2
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
National Park Services
Interior Department
New York
Knight's Helmet Stuck Ends in Hospital Incident
In Providence a knight figure used an enamelware kitchen utensil as a helmet. He fell when the improvised headgear slipped, landing on his head. Firemen arrived after several minutes to assist in freeing the helmet from his ears.
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Providence
R. 1
U.P
Edkdi¢e Dionne
Brs Gah
Gies EL Nee
Religion to Help Economic Revival Pastor Declares
The Rev W A Bowen preached at First Baptist on economic distress and moral factors shaping the nation. He blamed repudiation of God, neglect of worship, and Sabbath desecration for decline, urged religion as a remedy amid materialism and moral breakdown in business and politics.
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America
First Baptist Church
W. A. Bowen
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Israel
Egypt
God
Russia
South
Lonoke Hatchery Expansion Notes 1931 Plans
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission plans to finish work on the Lonoke fish hatchery half a mile from the city. The 226 acre site, bought in June 1928 for 18000, has supplied over 500000 fish to state waters in the past year including 405000 large mouth bass and 60000 bream. The facility sits near the state’s rice belt and will add 100 more acres to the hatchery this year.
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Lonoke, Ack
Uai
Arkansas Game
Wish Commission
Commission
Jue
Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission
Wiler
Tide
Crowd admires large game displayed on car in Willmar
In Willmar Minnesota a crowd gathered after deer and a black bear were tied over the fenders of a parked automobile before the courthouse. The car owner revealed the animals were not his own, saying the body of his brother lay in the back seat, shocking bystanders.
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Willmar
Minn
King Richard's Well Found Behind Cottage in Leicestershire
Historic well cited as King Richard I’s last drinking spot before Bosworth lies behind a Sheepy Magna cottage. Title deeds from two old cottages carry an inscription noting Richard III drank there during the desperate 1485 campaign with Henry Tudor.
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Sheepy Magna
Leicestershire
Richard I
Bosworth
Richard the
England
Henry
Richmond
Fife
Suspect Arrested in Seminole Bank Robber Case
Little Rock police arrested Ray Barlton about 24 as a suspected participant in a Seminole Oklahoma bank robbery. Officers found 679 in currency on him as he left a rein en route to Hot Springs. Police had received information from Oktar.
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Little Rock
Ray Barlton
Oklahoma
Barlton
Hoe Springs
Oktar
Killing of Jake Heard sparks county line dispute
Prescott reports controversy over where Jake Heard was killed. Arthur Edwards is accused but investigators say the death happened eight feet over the county line in Nevada county. Sheriff Weaver Judge Wortham and Luther Lavender re surveyed the scene and plan to present the case to the Nevada county grand jury. Edwards is on bond in both counties.
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Prescott
Jake Heard
Stephens
Andarit
Arthur Edwards
Quachita
Nevada
Souinti
Heard
Edwards
Quachila County
Nevada County
E. H. Weaver
R. Q. Wortham
Luther Lavender
Chita
Nevada County Grand Jury
Expert Declares Women’s Feet Growing Larger
Boston report quotes Phil Melhado of the National Boston Shoe Style Show as saying women’s feet are getting bigger. He notes eight years ago mannequins averaged size 4 1 2 and this year average is 6 due to high heels and more women in sports.
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Boston
U.P
Phil Melhado
Melhado
Necking Bear Added to Trophies of Hunter
Pottsville area hunter Clair Jones Donaldson recalls a black bear incident as it reportedly tried to hug him, reaching to lap his back before he fired. The tale stands among notable hunting stories from the season in local reports.
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Pottsville
Clair Jones
Donaldson
Tones
Turing
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