Hope Municipal Court Appropriation Approved by Hempstead Quorum Court
The Hempstead Quorum Court in special session approved a $1,050 appropriation for the Hope Municipal Court and ordered records. The vote followed an order from circuit court to provide the appropriation by January 20. The decision came after earlier rejection and a health salary dispute involving Municipal Judge Y A Gentry.
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Hope Municipal Court
Hempstead Quorum Court
Washington
Ses~ Sion
L. E F. Higgason
Circuit Court
Detter Bush
Y. A. Gentry
A. B. Avery
Nolan Township
A. Vo Mciver
Water Creek Township
J. P
DeRonn Township
Police siege continues on hermit trapper in Rat River region
A squad of mounted police pressed a third attempt to dislodge Albert Johnson, the hermit trapper at Rat River. Johnson, accused of shooting Constable A M King, has withstood two prior assaults using a tunnel beneath his cabin. Police plan a base at Rat River mouth 20 miles below his cabin as supplies run low.
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Aklavik
Albert Johnson
Rat River
A. M. King
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
King
A. G. McDowell
McDowell
Ed Miles
Aktavik
Johnson
Dementer
Church Group Hurt as Truck Overturns in Arkansas Hayride
Five persons suffered serious injuries and about twenty others sustained minor hurts when a hayride truck carrying Baptist Young People's Union members overturned Thursday night near Dardanelle. Injured include Vera Creme, Holland Calyp Betse, Ja and Marshall Botley, with others treated at local clinics.
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Dardanelle
Coast Guard Boat Reported Missing Near Montauk Point
A Coast Guard boat 60 miles off Montauk Point sent a distress call after being rammed by a freighter Friday afternoon. The vessel and crew were reported missing as weather and sea conditions hinder search efforts.
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Coast Guard
New York
Montauk Point
Ae Atraneetghort
Son of Al Smith Is Arrested Friday
Walter Smith, 22, son of former governor Al Smith, was arrested Friday on a technical charge of homicide stemming from an automobile crash that killed an elderly resident. Police said the accident was unavoidable, but arrest was required by law.
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New York
Smith
Walter
Jowery
Roosevelt Fights Magazine Rumor of Feud With Smith
Albany dispatch reports Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt branded as contemptible a rumor in a weekly magazine that Alfred E. Smith, the former governor and 1928 Democratic nominee, attacked Roosevelt as a rotten governor. Roosevelt denounced the anonymous author and said the rumor is unsubstantial. The piece ties to a long standing feud between Smith and Roosevelt.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Impeachment charges denied by Farman ally
Washington dispatches report Secretary Meilan’s representative Alexander Grege stating Farman was not charged with impeachment. Hurley indicated Conventlor would back President Maover after cabinet talks with James Francis Burke. Senate Territories panel to start probe Saturday into conditions. Farm group push for a $56 million direct farmer loan rider on the reconstruction bill defeated as House resumes action.
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Washington
Farman
House Junciary Committee
Meilan
Alexander Grege
Hurley
Maover
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Robison Co. Meet Brings 36 Attendees And Guests
Thirty-six members of Geo. W. Robison & Co. department stores and guests gathered at the Hope store for a personnel meeting as part of a series with Prescott Nashville and Hope locations. Prescott Mc Robison led with focus on service and community effort to boost prosperity, noting added staff to improve service and praising The Ster’s publisher Alex Washburn for underscoring the firm’s strong standing. Afterward, attendees enjoyed refreshments at John P. Cox Drug and attended a Saenger theater performance. list of attendees from Nashville Prescott and Hope staffs and guests included executives, staff spouses, and local business figures.
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Geo. W. Robison & Co
Arkansas
Hope Store
Hope
Prescott
Nashville
Prescott Mc. Robison
Robison Company
Herbert Burns
Lige Yollett
Lige ‘Tollett
Long Stone
J. G. Griffin
Aaron Totlett
Clint Edwards
P. B. Pye Dawson Henry
Leo Montgomery
Jesse Spradlin
Joe Maher
Lelia McCargo
Geo. W. Robison
Harold B. Tollett
Lige Tollett
Washburn
Daley Dies Near Lewisville At 74
Reverend L M Daley, 74, died at his home two miles north of Lewisville. A retired Methodist minister, he had been in real estate for two years and was active in Sunday school and church work. Survived by his wife, one sister Mrs W M Garner of Hope, two brothers M G Daley of Little Rock and Walter Daley of Smackover. Daley was well known in Hope, having lived there years before moving to Lewisville near Bodcaw Nevada county.
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Lewisville
L. M. Daley
Daley
W. M. Garner
Hope
M. G. Daley
Little Rock
Wid
Mr. Daley
Nevada County
Bodcaw
Arkansas Town Ruled Entirely by Women
Mt Ida Arkansas elected Eva McLane mayor and six women councilors, with men spectators as the town tackles clean up, shrubs and water for the fire department. McLane hires police, street, and fire chiefs, recounting pride in her all-female governance and a rare drunkness arrest in a year.
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Mt, Ida
Ark
Arkansas
Mt. Ida
Eva McLane
Mt. Ids
Court House
Revival Opens With Dr Lawson Sermon At Church
A church revival began Thursday with Dr. Lawson delivering a sermon on Who is Christ. He described Christ as God man, superior to all, with life eternal for believers, while Mr. Green led the music and sang. A Friday night message was urged as well.
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God Congregation
Dr. Lawson
Mr. Green
Christ
God
May
Green
Cotton Exchange Chooses W. Simpson President
William Simpson, father of Mrs. Ernest Wingfield of Hope, was elected president of the Little Rock Cotton Exchange at its annual meeting in the capitol city Wednesday. Simpson received all 24 votes, succeeding Harry Worley as president.
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William Simpson
Ernest Wingfield
Hope
Little Rock Cotton Exchange
Capitol City
Simpson
Harry Worley
Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Charge
Charles Pearce a linotype operator at the Arkansas Gazette for twelve years pleaded guilty amid a murder charge connected to the robbery of the Gazette payroll last Saturday. His brother Don Pearce pleaded not guilty as a jury faced possible death or life imprisonment based on the evidence.
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Little Rock
Charles Pearce
Arkansas Gazette
Don
James E. Chapple
Gazette
Mader Charles
College Girls and Road Speaker on Rotary Program
Hope Rotary club heard plans for the Broadway of America project during a program featuring five Magnolia A. and M. College girls from Megnolla. The entertainment, arranged by Alex H. Washburn, introduced by Terrell Carnellus, included Evelyn Hunt and others. W. J. Watson of Broadway of America spoke on highway routes and marker plans for the transcontinental highway along No. 67 through Southwest Arkansas, with local support to raise funds for markers.
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Marjorie Smith
Jewell Stevens
Public Speech Department
Magnolia A. & M
Cornelius
W. J. Watson
Broadway of America Association
el Paso
Texas
Hope
Prescott
Arkansas
Watson
Memphis
Little Rock
Prescott and
J. G. Thweatt
DeWalt Bluff
San Diego
New York City
Young Woman Hurt In Highway Mishap
Mrs. Barney Burke 19 in critical condition at Michael Meager hospital Texarkana after a truck overturned near Shiloh four miles west of Mineral Springs. Husband and brother lightly hurt. Aubrey Denson owner driver uninjured.
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Barney Burke
Mineral Springs
Michael Meager Hospital
Texarkana
Shiloh
Marlo Hamilton
Shilol
Aubrey Denson
Rate Agreement on Cotton Reached in Memphis Conference
Major General Thomas Ashburn, chair of the Inland Waterways Commission, announced a satisfactory solution to the cotton rate controversy. Federal barge line cotton rates had been settled at a conference with railroad officials and barge line representatives. Terms were not announced. The dispute centered on sharp rate reductions for shipments from Memphis to New Orleans.
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Memphis
Thomas’ Ashburn
Board of the
Inland Waterways’ Commission
New Orleans
Fire at Cabe store causes ten thousand dollars in Stamps
Damage totaling $10,000 occurred when fire started about 10 p m Wednesday at the C L Cabe store in Stamps Ark The grocery and dry goods departments were largely destroyed while a new office equipment department was damaged The warehouse rear was saved by volunteers and office records remained in a fire proof vault No casualties reported C L Cabe owner arrived from Texarkana Thursday after purchasing the business from Boocan Lumber Co
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Stamps
Ark
C. L. Cabe
C. L. Cahe
Texarkana
Boocan Lumber Company
Widow of Farmer and Hempstead Judge Dies in Arkansas
Mrs. Mary Virginia B'Shers, 67, widow of Dr. H. L. B'Sheres and former Hempstead County judge, died at her Upper Hot Springs Road home. She was born in Washington Hempstead County and attended Christ Episcopal Church. Survived by sister Mrs. James Crooks and brother G. C. Jones, who lived with her. Funeral Friday at 1:00 p.m. in Drummond & Co. chapel, Rev. Witsell officiating. burial in Oakland Cemetery. Pallbearers named from local communities.
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Little Rock
Mary Virginia
Shers
KB. L. B'Shers
Upper Hot Springs Road
John D. and
Mary Crabtree Jones
Washington
Hempstead County
Christ Episcopal Church
B'Shers
James Crooks
G. C. Jones
R., F. Drummond & Co
W. F. Witsell
Oakland Cemetery
S. P. Band
Jim Banks
M. A. Matlock
W. E. Johnston
Sam McGill
McGehee
W. G. McPanie
Tornado devastates Rice home and nearby areas
A violent tornado swept through the Idaho Nevada line area near Lex and Ea blocking lines and striking the Rice home. The funnel cloud ripped the house apart scattering debris over a wide radius. Residents report a family including Mrs Rite and a girl found badly injured or dead nearby. Emergency lines were down, hampering help efforts.
Oklahoma Banks Looted by Masked Robbers Near Castle and Paden
In eastern Oklahoma, daylight bank robberies at Paden and Castle left two bank officials and two customers kidnapped and about $5,000 stolen. Gunfire accompanied the Castle heist as authorities pursued three unmasked gunmen and linked one to the case. A new insurance rate notice followed the thefts, while manhunt efforts focused on the fugitive known as Pratt Boy Floyd.
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Castle
Okle
Oklahoma
Paden
Castia
National Rating Bureau of
New York
Oklahoma Bankers Association
Charles “Pratt Boy
Ad Wybers
Paten
C. 1
Sutherland
Sagi
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America
Dorothy Roe
Universal Service, Inc
Anti-Saloon League
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W. Simpson
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Broadway of American Association
Charles Bischoff
Cincinnati
Marian McLean
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