Weather Relief Forecast Boosts Arkansas Hope
In Little Rock on January 23 forecasts predict rising temperatures to ease a deep freeze across Arkansas. Three deaths are linked to the cold snap as northwest Arkansas stayed above sub-zero, while Blytheville flood survivors face rising waters. Plans include blankets for National Guard refugees and a Memphis air mission to aid over 250 stranded families as crews attempt boats and flights amid ice and flood.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Blytheville
St. Francis
State Military Department
National Guard
Bytheville
Memphis
Big Lake Mood Area
Imore Tha
Jungar
Arkadelphia Meet Attracts South Arkansas Business Leaders
Weather forecasts promise fair and warmer conditions as South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce hosts its third annual convention in Arkadelphia. About 500 men and women from 23 southern counties are expected, with attendees from Hope, Camden, and Mena among those represented. Governor Parnell is slated to speak near the close of the meeting.
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South Arkansas
South Arkansas Chamber of Commercce
Arkadelphia
Clore
College Town
Pois
Luther Edison
Caynden
Secetary
Une Chamber
Hope Distelul
Mianeba
Camden
Hope
Tomorrow
Discharges Gun Killing Master
Orlando report describes Dr. William J. Calvin physician dying from gunshot wounds suffered after stopping to rest following a dove hunt. The dog bumped the weapon, triggering full discharge and fatal injury. searchers found him near the scene.
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Orlando
Phi Stan
Wiliam J. Calvin
Bostis Physition
Calvin
Hbyn
Ouachita Seniors Publish Library Biographies
Ouachita seniors plan to donate to Ouachita College Library in Arkansas. Each senior will contribute ten dollars this year and ten more later. The initial volume will compile biographies of this year's class members. Charles Halt of Nashville appoints the committee to edit the class biographies: J. B. Wilson Dunville, Raymond Burne Pavagould, Jim Brewer Fort Smith, Margaret McCarroll Walnut Ridge, Helty Burton Lewisville.
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Arkadelpila
Din
Duachita College
Charles Halt
Nashville
Jresidens
Tde
J.B. Wilson
Dunville
Raymond Burne
Pavagould
Jim Brewer
Fort Smill
Margaret McCarroll
Walnut Kilye
Helty Burton
Lewisville
Man Set Afire By Cough Drops
A cop was ignited by cough drops that exploded from potassium chlorate in a trouser pocket as he rode near here. The incident, later treated by a doctor, showed the drops contacted phosphorous on a safety mat, causing a pocket blaze.
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Dan
Ni Burns
Teacher Saves Life of Child in Arkadelphia Fire
Miss Margaret Holloway a grade school teacher in Arkadelphia saved Florice Westall a 10 year old girl from a gas stove flash fire Wednesday morning The teacher grabbed a heavy coat and wrapped it around the child shielding her from flames Both the girl and the teacher suffered burns to hands but were not seriously hurt per Superintendent L M Goan
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Arkadelphia
Margaret Holloway
Arkadelphia Publi School
Florice Westall
Fruit Threatened By Severe Weather
HORATIO Jan 23 Fear is voiced by fruit growers in this region that the perch crop across thousands of acres will be shortened by the extreme cold while no damage is yet reported. A two inch snow cover clad Horatio streets and motorists said highway traffic as far as DeQueen was slowed seriously.
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Arkanans
Wall
DeQueen
Kiwanis Club Plans Tonight Program in Texas
The Kiwanis Club of Hope invites members and guests to a ladies night program at Hotel Gaeton dining room. President Roy Allen and Past President John B. Cox lead the committee plan with a featured program for Kiwanian and guest ladies, originally set for earlier in the week but postponed after Christmastide observance.
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Progranal Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gaeton
Kinsatiang
Ywir
Roy Allen
John B. Cox
Wit Postpaniedd Witil
Jury Takes Case of J. K. Stevens Trial in Ashdown
Ashdown jury noon today began deliberations in the case of J K Stevens an 84 year old Confederate veteran on trial for the fatal stabbing of his son in law W O Kernell. Prosecutor John J Dulaney urged punishment saying the murder was premeditated and cruel.
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J. K. Stevens
Ashdown
W. OR. Kernell
Ben Evers Negro To Die In Chair
LITTLE ROCK January 23 Warden Todhunter said Governor Parnell or attorneys mustIntervene to prevent Ben Evers a negro from being electrocuted tomorrow for the spring slaying of Harry Miller city marshal of DeWitt Miller resisted arrest a battle ensued Evers fled and a deputy was fatally shot while another was seriously wounded No clemency or appeal has been filed by Evers authorities indicated
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Little Rock
Parnell
Ben Evers
Harry Miller
DeWitt
Todhunter
Every
Miller
Oficer
Nemo
Evers
Negra
Can't Be Prosecuted for Stealing Liquor in Texarkana
Texarkana reports Deputy Prosecuting Attorney J D Cook says liquor lacks property value under the liquor act. He notes a thief who steals liquor may not be prosecuted for grand larceny or burglary, but could face trespassing charges.
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Texarkana
J. D. Cook
Atorney
Train Derailment Kills One in Freemont North Carolina
A derailed Atlantic Coast Line train near Freemont North Carolina killed one man and injured several others light to moderate. The victim is believed to be Dan Gress of Wallington New Jersey, an assistant to the railroad president. The derailment occurred as the six cars left the track after hitting a split rail while slowing for Freemont.
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Goldsboro
N C
Freemont
N.C
Dan Gress
Wallington
N. G
Atlantic Coast
Washington
Willmington
Death of Agent Probed in Florida Inquest
An inquest in West Palm Beach probes the death of bootlegger officer F. Patterson after a raid on George Moore’s premises. Testimony shows a loaded gun found in Patterson’s hands as he lay mortally wounded, with officer James Moheure killed in the same raid.
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West Palm Beach
Plu
UPI
Patt
George We Moore
Patterson
James Moheure
Loday
Texarkana Infant Dead From Exposure Blizzard Toll
Texarkana reports a 14 day old girl died from exposure during the blizzard. Orval Towler, nine, remains in critical condition as the family endures freezing conditions and powerless shelter on East Street. Neighbors provided firewood and food but misery persisted amid snow and cold.
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Texarkana
College Hil
East Undertaking Company
J. W. Tawler
Orval Towler
East Street
Aetecoon
Business College To Open March 1 In Hope
Edward Hill, secretary of the Little Rock business college, announced plans to open a Hope branch by March 1. He offered special admission spots for the first four men and four women students. The Little Rock school, which absorbed Whyte Commercial School, has graduated 700 students and placed many in business positions. Hill said Hope is a good site and that a local school would attract students from the surrounding territory as far as sixty miles. The opening is being coordinated with the Hope Chamber of Commerce.
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Hope
Lille Navk Business College
Edward Hill
Little Roel Institution
Hope Star Y
Hope Weekly Star
Little Rook School
Whyte Commercial School
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Mojave Turtles Predict Weather Patterns
ENS Atl reports Mojave desert weather hints come from turtle behavior. Mother turtles lay eggs in spring, hatch in fall, and young turtles emerge when grasses return. Desert rats credit mothers for sensing upcoming wet seasons to ensure forage for offspring.
Former U A Boy Gets Appointment To Flying Cadet
Louis Lee Derry, son of L Derry of Popular Bluff and a former Arkansas University and Missouri University football star, has been appointed as a flying cadet to attend the army school in Marshfield California. He said the examination was about a year ago and he had not been advised of the outcome. Derry was suspended from the University of Missouri weeks ago for cutting classes after his arrest for stealing clothing and a watch owned by another student. He is now employed on a bridge gang of the Missouri Pacific railroad in Popular Bluff.
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Mao
Janu
Louis Lee Derry
L. Derry
Arkansas University
Missouri University
Ben
Army School
Marshfield
Cal
Derry
Dery
University of Missouri
Missouri Pacific Railroad
El Dorado Man Wins Carnegie Medal for Heroism
Robert J. W. Bock of El Dorado received a bronze Carnegie Medal for heroism after saving Mrs Norma W. Pratt from a Dec 18 1929 fire. Bock located and carried Pratt to safety despite serious burns, with both recovering. The award was part of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission’s 26th annual honors awarding 25 bronze and two silver medals.
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Pittsburgh
Robert J. W. Bock
EL Dorado
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Norma W. Pratt
Bock
Three Men Injured, Fifteen Race Horses Die in Blaze
In New Orleans on January 23 a fire destroyed two barns housing racing horses. Three men Wilford J. W. Smith and Phil Chatman were trapped by smoke but rescued by outsiders. Thirteen horses burned in the first barn and two died after escaping into the flames in the second. All horses were moved from the second barn before the fire spread.
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New Orleans
Jan
Ain
Wil, Wilford
J W
Smith
Philin Chatman
Gibson Praises Hope Merchants Group Push
Carter G. Gibson, once a Hope boy and now a San Angelo druggist, writes his father urging a local Retail Merchants association in Hope. He cites strong benefits for merchants and customers and recalls a San Angelo charge account invitation he received, noting the coldest weather in 30 years.
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Carter G. Gibson
Hope
San Angelo
Texas
John & Gibson
Pioneer Hope
Retail Merchants Association
Yannibg
Merchants of Hope
San Angelo Association
White Man Harnesses Evil Water Falls at Glacier Park
Nu-Si-So Bear Chief and his people fear the waterfall spirits as engineers plan a power plant on Two Medicine Falls. The elder Bowing Arrow Indian recalls hunting paths, while the idea of harnessing the falls to light homes and power crops stuns the tribe. The elder questions if the Great Spirit approved white man’s plan.
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Medicine
Glacier National Park
Glacier Park Reservation
Enginees
Nu-Si-So
Prisoners Help Family With Lodging After Hat Appeal
In Fort Smith a man and his wife with a sick baby sought lodging at the county jail. A trusty prisoner heard their plight and the inmates passed a hat, donating enough to lodge them in a rooming house and provide breakfast the next morning.
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Fort Smith
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Walter John Bayless
Evans Leaves Penney Co in Hope Michigan
C R Evans who opened the local Penney store five years ago will leave for Lapeer Michigan around February 6 or 7. Robert Hughhein, Michigan store manager, will succeed him here arriving February 5 to lead expansion plans for a new large building in Lapeer by December 1930. Evans was active in the community serving as chamber of commerce treasurer organizer of the Watermelon Festival and Rotary club treasurer for two years.
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3. C. Penney Company
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Lapeer
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Evans
Michigan
Robert Hughuenin
Hughein
Hope
Penney Company
Evens
Michigan City
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Elks Dance Next Friday Promises Gala Event
Elks announce a Friday night dance at the local lodge with Musical Frederick and his International Novelty band from San Francisco. Chairman Talbot Feild says the orchestra headlines a premier gala, featuring English organ chimes marimba and other instruments. Many visitors expected for a big time.
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Talbot Feild
Fredick
San Francisco
Cal
Death threats target Blanche Lasky Turnbull and Jessie Lasky
In Hollywood on January 23 a private detective guards Mrs. Blanche Lasky Turnbull sister of film producer Jessie Lasky after both received identical death notes saying You are going to be killed shot bewave ye. The notes prompt police and the private guard while Lasky is in Mexico City and the suspect notes are in custody awaiting further action.
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Hollywood
Blanche Lasky Turnbull
Jessie Lasky
Mexico City
Bolls
Pilot Makes Trousers For Cold Weather Flights
Los Angeles receives a quirky aviation note as pilot H Holloway designs warm flying trousers. He cut an army blanket into a huge pair of insulated pants, enabling pilots to travel at 10 000 feet in unheated cabins between Los Angeles and Kansas City, while the passenger compartment remains heated.
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Los Angeles
Kansas City
H. Holloway
Holloway
Sierra
Rockies
Fragmentary Police Report of Maple Street Shooting
Unclear OCR fragment describes officers confronting a man near Maple Street by a dock. A uniformed officer fired, wounding or killing a man as a stunner and officers approach. Details are fragmented and names are unreadable.
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Maple Street
Charles
Highway contract awarded for reinforced concrete bridge work
Reynolds of Nashville wins the project to build a reinforced concrete bridge for the state highway at a bid of 53 898.05 dollars. The work covers surfacing toward Rosston near the Nevada county line and connects with the Prescott Waldo route at No 19 junction, pending county board action.
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State Highway
Co Rock
Cencre
Reynolds
Nashville
Thle
Highway Commission
Rosston
Nevada
Prescott-Waldo
Rescued Widows From Fire At Confederate Home
In Biloxi Mississippi under freezing weather a fire swept a one story frame hotel housing about 100 elderly widows of Confederate soldiers at theDeazol soldiers home near the city. The blaze started in the hotel and consumed furniture and bedding causing an estimated loss of 40000 dollars. The inmates were led to a nearby former Jefferson Davis mansion now used as a hospital and escaped without injury.
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Miss
Lola
Deazol
Hoitel
Jefferson Davis
Naval Conference Resume Work
London delegates at the five power naval conference opened the first working session and resumed talks on core issues. France and Italy featured prominently with France outlining claims to greater naval power and Italy voicing its aspirations alongside France. All delegates spoke at the session.
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France
Italy
Laly
THAT DECIDED HER
A fragmentary exchange notes a character asking about proposing to Mari¢ and the reply asserts truth and emptiness. Mari¢ responds by doing nothing, illustrating a quiet, unresolved moment from Hyx burg with a stray reference to S48.
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Hyxburg
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