Hope Star Dinner Aims to Launch Retail Merchants Group
The Hope Star plans a complimentary dinner for local merchants on Thursday January 30 to discuss forming a Retail Merchants Association with trade extension and retail credit. C E Washburn and Alex H Wauburn will host, with two speakers including a trade territory development expert. The event signals Star’s support for a city credit bureau and asks merchants to send representatives.
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Merchants of Hope
C. E. Palmier
Alex. H. Waubburn
Trape Star
Athe Association of Retail Merchants
Prohibition Budget Seeks $15 Million for Enforcement
Washington reports Prohibition Commissioner Duran told the House Appropriations Committee that $15,000,000 is needed for federal prohibition enforcement during the coming year due to strained courts. The committee approved the request, endorsing the Jones law providing five years imprisonment and fines up to $1000 for violators.
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Washington
Aindge
Duran
House Appropriations Committee
Photo reunites mother and son after years apart
A photo in the Albany Knickerbocker Press reveals 16-year-old John Erickson was alive after his mother, widowed and penniless Helen Ponkertiti-Mira Erickson, had believed him dead. She had left him in an institution and later learned the truth only after seeing the published image.
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John Ericksor
Shim
Albany
Knickerbocker Press
Lleen Ponkertiti- Mira
Erickson
John Erickson
Schools Urged to Save Rural Road Signs
Rural schools asked to help preserve highway warning signs near schoolhouses to protect children and motorists. District Engineer BR Stanford of the State Highway Department told The Star that vandalism reduces safety, with signs torn down or damaged along roads from DeQueen to Ashdown and at hazard curves. He urged teachers to explain the need for signs to students and called on parents and teachers to cooperate in safeguarding these critical warnings.
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BR. B. Stanford
State Highway Department
The
Star
Stanford
Hope
Wornity
Contian Sigos
Ace
DeQueen
Ashdown
Hope Man Celebrates His 74th Anniversary
C Haliburton longtime Halliburton Sheet Metal Works worker yesterday celebrated his 74th birthday anniversary. Mrs Halliburton hosted an elaborate dinner at their home with relatives from various sections attending. The family wished him many more birthdays as they departed.
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C. Haliburton
Halliburton
Mr. Halliburton
Patterson Co Remodeling Hope Department Store Interior
Patterson Co is remodeling its Hope Department Store interior with carpenters and painters starting today. New fixtures were purchased last summer from Grand Rapids Show Case Co as the store is rearranged for better appearance and shopper convenience. C. A. Powell leads the remodeling with a goal to finish within two weeks, after earlier plans were halted by Mr. Patterson’s bout with typhoid fever.
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Patterson's
Hope
Grand Rapids Show Case Company
C. A. Powell
Powell
Tess, T
Patterson
Negro II Accused of Passing Spurious Money in Arkadelphia
Will Mocs never, 45, arrested in Arkadelphia on January 13 for passing counterfeit bills at several stores Saturday. Officers found cut and patched pieces of one as well as five and higher denomination notes in his home. He claimed prior work as a substitute jailer at Union Trust Company where his son once worked.
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Arkadelphia
Will Mocs
Union Trust Company
Press Association Will Meet Saturday
The fifty eighth annual mid winter meeting of the Arkansas Press Association will be held Saturday at the Hotel Marion with John F. Stafford of the Springdale News president in charge. Principal speaker will be John S. Parks publisher of the Fort Smith Southwest American and president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Talks will be by Sam Cornish secretary of the Little Rock Printers Club and Burton E. Vauxhan Little Rock advertising men. No set program, secretary Clio Harper says. A discussion on audited circulations, an important issue for publishers, is expected. Reports from other states will be submitted for possible action by the Arkansas association.
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Arkansas Press Assosociation
Hotel
Marion
John F. Stafford
Springdale News
Presdent
Jahn 5. Parks
Fort Smith Southwest American
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Sam Cornish
Little Tack Printers Club
Burton E. Vauxhan
Little Rock
Clio Harper
Seretary
Arkansas Association
Counties Urged To Pay License on Motor Vehicles
The supreme court ruled counties must pay license fees on county owned motor vehicles. It contended that county owned vehicles were not exempt and that the fee is a toll for improving streets and highways, not a tax under the constitution.
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Little Rock
Day
Supreme Court
New Department Store Opens at Second and West
L C Burr & Co will close leases at 123 West Second Avenue to open a class A department store with over 30 departments. Exterior and interior remodeling will feature light walnut woodwork and modernist decor. Local contractors will handle work under Chicago supervision with local management and staff. Opening date to be announced as remodeling progresses.
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L. C. Burr & Co, Inc
West Seconds Avenue
W. Y. Foster, Sr
L. c. Bure & Co
Chicago
L. C. Burr & Co
Saly
John W Ridgdill for Hempstead Assessor
The Star presents John W. Ridgdill of De Roan township as a candidate for Hempstead county Assessor. Reared on a farm, a long county lifetime, 25 years in Hope, partner in Johnson Billingsley Ridgill, elder in Second Ward church. He is described as a capable business man fit for county office.
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John W. Ridgdill
de Roan
Hempstead
Mape
Mempstead County
Hope
Johnson, Billingsley & Ridgill
City of Hope
Sarey
Hempstead County
Appropriate Money for Post Office Department
Washington January 13. A public entry by the appropriation committees outlines the fiscal year 193L outlay for the Post Office Department at $1,147,778,692. The bill includes $83,194,777 for the department, an increase of $17,478,352 from the current year, reflecting broader prohibition enforcement funding.
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Washington
Post Office
Treasing
Wounded Man Lives After Chest Injury in Harlem Incident
A man about 30 identified as HéBrons sustained a chest wound from a sharp instrument during a confrontation last Monday. Amos Danby, the wounded man, was initially expected to die but showed signs of improvement. The assailant, Sherman Britt, fled and remains at large. The event, dated January 18, involved doctors reporting on Danby’s condition as of latest tabloid-style bulletin.
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HéBrons
Amos Danby
Sherman Britt
Two Killed In Air Show Crash Near Amarillo Airport
Amarillo Tex Jan 1 Pilot Emmett Myers and L R Wheeler a Amarillo airplane salesman were killed when their aircraft crashed during a flying exhibition over the city. The plane dived about 1500 feet three miles from the English airport where both men were attached. Myers left a widow and four children.
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Amarillo
Tex
Emmett Myers
L. R. Wheeler
Myers
Hiss
500 Smallpox Cases in Texarkana Area
Texarkana and surrounding counties report over 500 smallpox cases in Texas and Arkansas. In Texarkana, known cases rose from 35 to 250 300 in three days per Health Officer Dr William Hibbits. Vaccination of pupils was set to end today with fines for parents keeping children under 14 from school. no deaths reported.
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Texarkana
Jan
Texas
Arkansas
Tex
William Hibbits
Bowie County
Miller County
Yew
Tusurkana
Ark
Thirty Two Dead In Storm Near London
Storm off Ushant sinks the 450 ton vessel with thirty dead among the crew of seven. Five crew members were rescued as the tug headed toward Gibraltar for Royal Atlantic fleet service. The ship reportedly went down after the wind reached high speeds.
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London
Jwo
Tue Y Goat St. Gimney
Vasthei
Sual
Ushant
Gibralta
Royiel Atlantic
Ladies Specialty Shop Remodeled with New Displays
The Ladies Specialty Shop undergoes interior decorating starting Monday with Harold Oastler painting the rear area. Plans call for redecorating the forepart, adding tie cases and cabinets, and possibly expanding space to display more marketed merchandise.
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Harold Oastler
Hope Educator Is Named Secretary State Association
L. L. Paisley, longtime Hope public schools superintendent and Arkansas educator, was re elected Saturday secretary of the Arkansas Education Association board, beginning his thirteenth year of service. Dr B W Yorreyson was re elected president. The audit by Chas & Gaunt praised finances. Lambert reported enrollment growth and expansion of the Journal of Arkansas Education.
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L. L. Paisley
Hope Public
Arkansas
Board of
Arkansas Education Association
Ms. Paisley
B. W. Yorreyson
Trustese
Arkansas State Teachers
Collegat
Board of Trustees
Chas & Gaunt, Certified Public Accountants
H. L. Lambert
W. Torreyson
D. L. Paisley
J. J. Doyne
R. c. Hall
C. M. Hirst
H. L. McAlister
D. C. Hastings
Opal Albright
Lambert
Journal of Arkansas Education
Six Injured In Gas Explosion In Shreveport
SHREVEPORT La Jan 13 Explosion of sewer gas in the basement of the Saenger building Sunday injured six persons none critically and damaged the building which houses a drug store and vacant shops on the first floor with occupants above The drug store was wrecked Injured include Heinie Koch president Hawkins Drug company with a broken foot hands and face cuts Wallace Simmons Monroe La broken leg B B Clark Frank Malloy and T L Barlow all cut by flying glass Koch Clark and Harlow escaped serious injury though in the drug store section ripped by the blast Koch was hurled into a brick wall and partly burned Simmons was struck by debris Damage to Kochs store estimated at 10000 to 15000 pending city inspector review.
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Shreveport
Saenger
Marion
Clark
Frank Malloy
T. L. Barlow
Koch
Harlow
Depris
Simmons
Kock
Legion Surpasses Its 1929 and 1930 Quota
LITTLE ROCK January 13 The American Legion of Arkansas set a new record by exceeding its 1929 and 1930 national headquarters membership quotas. The update reports that the Arkansas Legion surpassed both prior targets, signaling strong post growth.
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Legion
Little Rock
American Legion of Arkansas
Kidnapped Tennessee Girl Reunited as Mother Held
Four days after 11 year old Mary Margaret Lombard was abducted from a Nashville school, she was found safe at her aunt’s home. Her mother confessed to the kidnapping and was held at her father’s house. Accomplice Charlie Barbeau of Hot Springs, Arkansas, awaited preliminary hearings in Howard County.
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Nashville
Mary Margaret, Lombard
E. Clegg
Charles Barbeau
Hot Springs
Howard County
Mena
Mary Margaret
Tulsa
Okla
Barbeau
Oscar Reese
Lombard
Oklahome
Levee Bags Ordered for Use at Big Lake
MEMPHIS Tenn January 13 1471 Leet U S army engineer Lt Col B Wilby in charge of Memphis river district said levee bags were sent to the Big Lake levee west of Blytheville to be used in the embankment against rising water. High water from recent rains had Lake within two and a half feet of the top of the Joree end and was still rising a day. White and Arkansas Rivers reported in good shape with no trouble on the Mississippi.
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Memphis. Tenn
B. Wilby
United States Army
Memphis River District
Big Lake
Blytheville
White
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Courts Hear Judgment on Prohibition Enforcement
A fragmented court report discusses the division of powers and fairness of trials under the National Prohibition law. The piece notes the need to strengthen enforcement and observes the complexities of federal court actions and injunctions. It hints at continuing analysis on Page Three.
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Repo
Heavy ice disrupts telegraph lines across Midwest
Chicago dated January 13 report heavy ice damaged telegraph and telephone poles, coating wires with ice. Sleet halted service for hours Saturday night and Sunday, leaving parts of the Midwest nearly isolated as networks tangled. Memphis and Southern Indiana faced significant outages while Toledo-Cleveland and Cincinnati-Peru Haute links ran with difficulty.
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Chicago
Paraueh
Middlewest
Memphis
Tenn
Indiana
Toledo-Cleveland
Cincinnati-Perre Haute
Flood Predicts White River Crest This Week
Little Rock reports an extended rain spell prompts flood fears along the White River. Forecasts indicate crests near Mood and Clarendon with levels slightly above flood stages. Surface road flooding remains evident as water covers portions of the Little Rock to Memphis route.
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Little Rock
Memphis Highway
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