Trustees Seek to Collect Balance of Agent Pledge
Trustees intend to collect about $1,000 in unpaid pledges from roughly 100 city and county residents who underwrote county agents in 1929 and 1930. Total subscriptions reached $1,960 with about half paid. Trustees W. A. Cobb A. C. Monts and F. P. Holt urge pledges now to close the accounts as records show agents salary funding shifted to private citizens and state funds, county offices ending in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Smith
Mary Buechley
Mr. Smith
Martha Jane Buecher
W. A. Cobb
A. C. Monts
F. P. Holt
Hempstead
Nine Injured When Truck Overturns in England
Nine persons were injured, five seriously, when a truck carrying eight Webb family members and the driver overturned about ten miles north of England. The Warrants include Woody Webb and his wife with severe injuries, three and four year old children with broken or severed limbs, and Vardin Webb with a broken arm. Passing motorists aided the injured until Dr Rector treated them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Here
Woody Webb
Vardin Webb
Wil Veeson
Webb
Atkins
Rector
Killing Declared Wanton Murder
Texarkan a Newell Combs aged 41 was shot leaving Ravana lodge meeting 30 miles south of here. He died 15 minutes later. Two hours later Jodies Brown aged 26 was arrested charged with the slaying after threatening with a shotgun and pistol at the hall. Preliminary hearing set in Municipal Court Saturday. Brown claimed no recollection. Witnesses said he was drunk and in a maudlin condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Newell Combs
Ravana
Here
Jodies Brown
H. H. Oliver
Brown
Anypex
Combs
Sheviff
Oliver
Hendrix Magazine Opposes New Name Change at Hendrix College
Conway Hendrix College profile warns the board’s choice to rename the merged Methodist schools to Trinity harms college goodwill. In an editorial the student weekly condemns the decision amid opposition from students alumni and church members. The piece argues the name change sacrifices respect and unity for a controversial title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Hendrix
Henderson Colege
Methodist
Trinity
Fim
Montgomery
Spain Honors Two American Fliers
Paris W P two Americans Paul Rockwell of Atlanta and Paris and Linsing C Holden architect of New York among first recipients of the Medal of Moroccan Peace created by the Spanish government for wartime service in the Rif. Rockwell and Holden captains for the Moroccan air service in the French zone flew to a Spanish aerodrome near Tetouan in 1925 and took part in several raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W.P
Paul Rockwell
Atlanta
Linsing C. Holden
New York
Spain
Riff
Rockwell
Halden
Tetouan
Alleged Assertion Attacked by Fess in RNC Row
Washington on Saturday Chairman Fess of the Republican National Committee denounced as infamous falsehood an assertion by Jonet Shose, chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee, that Raskob was attacked for being the leading Catholic layman. He accused Democratic leaders Governor Moody and Josephus Daniels of injecting religious issues to shield Raskob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fess
Republican National Committee
Jonet Shose
Democratic National Executive Committee
John J. Raskob
Raskob
Moody
Texas
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Ford Gifts $100 to Old Newsboy Charity Fund
Detroit report notes Henry Ford contributed $100 to the Old Newsboy's Christmas charity drive, paying $100 for a copy of a newspaper along with other middle-class donors whose average gift was $2. The source records Ford's high-profile donation amid the charity efforts in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Old Newsboy
Henry Ford
Henry J. Guthard
Five Year Old Boy Saves Brother From Freezing Water
In Rochester New York Billy Hoffend, aged five, is cited for heroism after his four year old brother Bobbie fell through a bay ice into seven feet of water. Billy slid on his stomach to the hole, grabbed Bobbie by the collar, and held him upright until rescuers pulled them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
T-P
Billy Hoffend
Bobbie
Bill
Red Cross appoints drouth relief chairman in Arkansas
WASLINGTON Arkansas Saturday Harvey C. Louch of Pine Bluff was named state chairman in charge of Red Cross drouth relief activities in Arkansas. A series of deadly and injurious incidents darken rural life across the region with farm fires and traffic crashes reported near Paris and Dig Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waslington
Harvey C. Louch
Pine Bluff
Red Cross Drouth
Arkansas
Abduction Fear Grips DeValls Bluff Station Robbery
Two men aged about 25 are jailed near DeValls Bluff accused of robbing a filling station operated by Allie Jones and abducting a youth named Moody who remains missing. They allegedly drew pistols, took a small amount of cash, and forced Mandy to accompany them before abandoning their car about a mile south of town. The suspects refuse to talk to officers and would not identify themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devalls Bluff
Moody
Allie Jones
Jones
Mandy
Little Rock City
White River
Explosion Victim Dies at El Dorado
CAMDEN The death toll from the El Dorado explosion near Smackover rose to two when Dewey V. Bennings died in a hospital. E. E. Elder, 40, died Thursday, and R. Cornish, 24, of Plain Dealing, La., is in critical condition but showing faint hope for recovery. Elders survivors include his wife and three Camden children Doyle, J. Q. and Dwain, plus parents and two brothers listed.
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Camden
Gay Main
Smackover
Houston Oil Company
Wus
Dewey V. Bennings
Eb] Dorado
E. E. Elder
R. Cornish
Plain Dealing
Elder
Doyle
J. Q
Dwain
J. Q. Bennings
Manning
Archie Elder
Sparkman
Harvey
Flying in Night School in Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo night school adds aviation ground course to its curriculum. Special features include sales training transport operation executive management and flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Senate Approves Red Cross Relief Funding
The Senate approved a 5,009,000 appropriation for Red Cross relief without a record vote. Postponing a 25,000,000 relief appropriation for two or three weeks was urged by Senator Reed after a conference with President Hoover. Reed backed Robinson's plan while staunchly supporting the president, with leaders signaling likely approval despite presidential veto concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Washington
Senate
Reed
Hoover
Hobinson
House
Beard. Short, But Has Not Shaved Since 1880.
CHRISTOPHER Ill. 95 year old George Washington Doctorman has not shaved since before 1890. His beard is under six inches long and he says he has worn a beard since childhood. He shaved once when his daughter was ill, she died soon after and he kept his vow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher
U.P
George Washington
Doctorman
Despondent Farmer Shoots Self Near Genoa Road
Peyton Wright, 50, a Texarkana area farmer, died Friday afternoon at his home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the left temple. Health problems are listed as the cause. A prior gunfight left him shoulder-wounded and partially paralyzed. Orr, once jailed for cow theft, was not found responsible. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. Wright is survived by his wife and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Peyton Wright
Genoa Road
Johnnie Orr
Orr
Wright
J H Johnson Voted Most Valuable Citizen in Clarksdale
In Clarksdale Mississippi residents named J H Johnson an insurance man as the most valuable citizen for his heavy involvement in community projects, spending nearly 90 percent of his time on local initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksdale
Miss
U.P
J. H. Johnson
Toronto University to Erect Huge Reflecting Telescope
Toronto Ont a reflecting telescope 74 inches long will be erected near Toronto as a memorial to the late David A Dunlap. The instrument, announced by Prof C A Chant head of the astronomy department at the University of Toronto, will have the second largest aperture in the world and require three years to complete. It is funded by Mrs David A Dunlap and her son D M Dunlap.
Arkansas Needs Immediate Help Warns Capt Lucey
Capt Lucey southwestern representative of the president's emergency employment committee reports Arkansas farmers face months of hardship. He notes the Mexican government aids returning unemployed Mexicans and railroads send workers back from below the border. Red Cross provides food across six drought states. Arkansas may need federal aid and a $5 million loan requested by Governor Parnell. Oil regions Texas Houston Oklahoma City Shreveport show high unemployment. El Dorado and surrounding areas referenced. Wallace Townsend, Arkansas Republican committeeman, outlines death suffering in state to President Hoover but declines comment.
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Washington
J. B. Licey
Southwestern
President's Emergency Employment Committee
Wood
Arkansas
Mexical
Lucey
Red Cross
Parnell
Texas
el Dorado
Ark
Houston
Oklahoma City
Okla
Shreveport
Local Banks Hold Annual Elections
Local banks held their annual meetings last week, re-electing all officers and directors. First National Bank added N P O Neal as vice president, with TR G McRae as president. Citizens National Bank re-elected R M LaGrone as president and several others as vice presidents and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
First National Bank
N. P. O'Neal
First National
TR. G. McRae
HH. J. Lemley
Lloyd Spencer
Syd McMath
Roy Stephenson
Charles C
R. M. Briant
C. G. Spragius
A. L. Black
L. D. Reed
William Temple
O. A. Graves
J. A Haynes
George W. Robison
Two Children Die In Gas Explosion At Boyle Home
A gas leak caused a stove blast that wrecked a five room brick bungalow in ACT SPRINGS. Two Boyle children were burned to death while their widowed mother suffered severe burns as the blast ignited the residence while they lay in a bedroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Act Springs
Boyle
Site of Old Mission Found in Nebraska
Fullerton Nebraska report identifies the site of the old Allis Presbyterian mission serving Pawnee Indians in the early days. Researchers from Hastings museum and University of Nebraska locate it three miles north and six miles east of Fullerton. Charred ruins and tin kets revealed the 1834 erection site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton
Neb
U.ri
A. M. Brookings
Hastings, Neb
University of Nebraska
Legislative Sidelights Drive Arkansas Assembly Start
The forty-eighth General Assembly opened with action on a banking and insurance investigation after large bank collapses. A Clark resolution named American Exchange Trust and Home Life and Home Fire Insurance as targets. Senate debates over governor appointments and tax reform marked early party friction. Proposals included surety bonding for banks, realigned districts, tax deferral, and a $15 million farmer loan bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
House
Forty-Eighth
General Assembly
Senate
Clark
Grant
American Exchange Trust Company
Home Life and Home Fire Insurance Companies
A. B. Banks
American Exchange
Home Fire
William E. Floyd
Home Life Insurance Company
Home Life
Quarles
Nelson
Dan Dewberry to Be Returned Sun
Texarkana reports Dan Dewberry a 34 year old real estate operator wanted on forgery and uttering charges will be returned Sunday from California. Sheriff Harris of Miller county will receive him after Los Angeles officers released him Thursday following court hearings. Dewberry, sought since 1927, faced four indictments and is expected to arrive and surrender after extradition proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Dan
Dewberry
California
Harris
Miller County
Los Angeles
H. H. Oliver
Sherrif Harris
Farmer Scorns Auto and Sticks to Oxen
HOPKINTON New Hampshire farmer George E Patch proudly prefers a one legged ox over many Automobiles His farm uses 13 yoke of oxen for work In winter he rents out three or four yokes to neighbors and keeps the rest hauling cordwood from the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
N. H
George E. Patch
Patch
Busy bootlegger jailed after idle plea in court
Arraigned on a charge of idleness, Matico Viola protested he was a busy business man. The judge questioned what business, and he answered bootlegging. The court sentenced him to six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soston
Matico
Plan Ban on Fireworks in New Orleans Holidays
City officials plan curtailment of fireworks sales over Christmas New Year holidays. The year saw more than half a score people with permanent injuries and over a hundred with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
WRW
Resignations Denied at Capitol
White House officials rejected reports that Secretary Mellon resigned and denied that Ambassador Daws would exit his post or that Secretary Adams would replace him in London. The denial extended to claims that George Akerson resigned as Secretary to the President and would be succeeded by Ray Benjamin, a California lawyer and financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Mellon
Daws
Republican National
Fair Federation to Hold Meeting
The Arkansas State Fair federation will hold its annual meeting in Little Rock on Friday January 23. Presidents and secretaries of all county fairs are invited. Ben D. Brickhouse, former federation president and first Arkansas State Fair president, will give the principal address. State aid to fairs is among topics for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wttle Rock
Arkansas Pair Federation
Ben D. Brickhouse
Arkansas State Pair
French Name Square After Clemenceau
The Place Clemenceau at a Champs Elysees round point will have no houses fronting it, with address not written on a sett. Mme Jacquemate Clemenceau protests to the Municipal Council against appointing M Coyne to sculpt Clemenceau’s statue, urging M Sicard, a long-time friend, be chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saris
Clemenceau
Champs Elysees
Place Clemenceau
Mme
Jacquematie-Clemneceeau
M. Coyne
Arkansas police hunt for convict tied to Griffiths case
Fort Smith officers left Saturday to search for Earl Quinn, an escaped convict believed linked to Jessie and Zezia Griffiths. The pursuit followed a telegraph description of Quinn tall and near Souil State penitentiary, with officials stating the prisoner may be held there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Earl Kuinn
Jessie
Zezia Griffith
WSAR
Quinn
Souil State Penitentiary
Arkansas Legislature Debates Bond for Construction Contract
In a strenuous House fight over a $7600 bond linked to a construction contract, amendments sought by insurgents and Rep Cannon of Hempstead failed to prevail. Senator Caldwell’s mimeographing plan was halted as lawmakers debated bonds, bids, and contractor assurances while committees were being assigned. Most legislators returned home to await resumption of business Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torney
Funk
Senate
Caldwell
House
Cannon
Hempstead
Wade Kitchens
Colbin County
Gove
Lawrence Wilson
C. Neale
Local Negro Held for Murder in 1913
Washington Ark John Arnold a negro is held in Hempstead county jail on a 1913 murder charge for the killing of Wash Robinson in Hope Arkansas The indictment was issued in 1913 but Arnold disappeared before arrest He waived extradition after arrest in Kansas City KS and was returned to Washington by Deputy Sheriff Clarence Baker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ark
John Arnold
Hempstead
Kansas City
Kansas
Hempstead County
Arnold
Wilson
Wash Robinson
Hope
Clarence Baker
Two Negroes Accused of Defrauding Red Cross
NASHVILLE. Simon Delaney and Gus Clark living near Mineral Springs were arrested Friday on a charge of defrauding the Red Cross. The men, who received Red Cross aid, have had provisions for over 60 days. They will face a hearing before Justice Tyndell on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Simon Delaney
Gus Clark
Mineral Springs
Red Cross
Justice Tyndell
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Lodge Hall
United States
America Red Cross
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Charles Deneen
Minis
George Moses
New Hampshire
Hendrix Magazine
Ford
Brother
Bulletins
Tupelo, Ark
Frank Balch
Monard
Aaron Rice
Dig Mountain
NEW York—(P
Supreme Court
George F. Ewald
Miller Co
Toronto University
Lacey
Wallace Townsend
N. P
Nebraska
Henry N. Dorris
Associated Press
Dreath
Levine
Jefferson
R. E. Spence
W. E. Spence
Spence
Lawrence E. Wilson
Irving C. Neale
Capitol
Fair Federation
Fair
Arkands
Cour Penitent
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