Hempstead Man Ships First Car Load of Poultry
Hempstead county reports its first car load of poultry shipped from Blevins area by M L Nelson. About 2600 chickens, raised near Blevins, sold for 18 cents per pound for hens and slightly less for roosters, averaging around 1 cent per pound for the car load. A repeat shipment is expected in April with more to follow. locals show growing interest in poultry raising due to dependable markets.
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Lodiy’s
Blevins
Four Local Men to Arkadelphia
WTAC lists four Hope men among attendees at the third annual South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce convention in Arkadelphia. Homer Pigg of Hope Chamber of Commerce and Roy Anderson of Arkansas Gauge Co attend committee meetings and sessions. John Barlow and Paul C Vinizindt join afternoon programs, with Governor Parnell slated to speak at the closing session.
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Wtac Teast
Hope
South Arkansas Chamber of Commercee
Arkadelphia
Homer Pigg
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Pixs
Arkansas Federation of Fairs
Will
John Barlow
Hetzl Barlow
Roy Anderson
Arkansas Guile & ‘Tis, Co
Paul C. Vini Zindt
Ching Enginuar
Cement Compiany
Olay
Indentey
Jobo Marlin
Arkansas Nadim Gas Corporation
Parnell
Nashville public schools closed by severe weather
The Nashville public schools faced disruption as freezing conditions left the high school building with a frozen water system and inadequate heating. Grammar school heat was marginal but tolerable for older pupils while younger children suffered, prompting plans to install extra heating before in person classes resume next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Forefathers Massacred Town Aids Indians
NEW ULM Minnesota residents bury the hatchet with the Sioux after 67 years. As many New Ulm men fought in the Civil War the Sioux killed settlers in 1852, but descendants now fund a memorial and aid for Sioux descendants on a local reservation, restoring community relations.
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New Ulm
New Ulta
Twelve Day Old Babe Helps Erect Building
Washington January 24 P Faty Fel nn Miller of Lowell West Virginia will own one of the bricks in the headquarters of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women. May Edna was two days old when her subscription to the building was sent in by her aunt Miss H Edan Holmes of Newport News Virginia. The naming of grandchildren and children is common but Mary Edna remains the youngest.
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Washington
Faty
Felnn Miller
Lowell
W. Va
Younes
National Federation of Business and Professionaal
Edna
H. Edan Holmes
Newport News
Clarendon Bridge Is Now Assured
A delegation from the Chamber of Commerce met Governor Parnell and Highway Commission members in Stuttgart to secure assurance that a highway bridge will be built across White River at Clarendon. A survey will locate the best site and construction will begin soon, with traffic improvements anticipated from Memphis toward northern Arkansas via Highway 3. Dr. Stuford said eastern Arkansas residents can rest assured the contract will be let at the earliest possible date.
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Stuttgart
Chamber of Commerce
Little Rock
Highway Commission
Harvey Parnell
White River
Clarendon
Memphis
Stuford
Arkansas
Local Boys Sponsor Dance at Barlow Hotel
Bob Young and John Wimberly announce a dance at the Barlow Hotel with the Idenl boys. They have engaged a seven-piece orchestra from Alexandria Louisiana, the same group that played Christmas Eve. The event is set for February 7 and many out of town guests are expected.
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Bob Young
John Wimberly
Idenl Boys
Fr Seven-Pleea Degre Orchestra
Alexandria
Ocession
Barlow Hotel
Plunges To Death From Window In Forest Park Hotel
Miss Betty Greve 45, heiress to a third of a $444,001 estate, fell from a sixth story window at the Forest Park hotel in St Louis shortly after midnight. Her body was found about 1 o clock by a night watchman at the rear of the building.
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ST Louis
Betty Greve
Forest Park
Naval Conference Finishes Week's Work
London delegates at the five power naval conference completed a busy week with rapid activities. American Secretary of State Henry Stimson proposed handling the troublesome cruiser problem, aiming to simplify the Geneva talks and move the text forward.
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London
Henry Stimson
Kiwanis Host at Ladies Night
Kiwanis club members and wives attended the annual Ladies Night at the Hotel Barlow on Thursday evening. Roy Allen as host presided while James Ruffin Marshall played piano, the Rev Prancis A Buddin offered a talk, Frank May staged a stunt, and Rev W P Harmon delivered a humorous lecture.
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Kiwanis Club
Sug
Prancis A. Buddin
First Methodist Church
Frank May
W. P. Harmon
West Christian Church
Antoine Damaged By Fire Near Town
A fire today destroyed the Antoine area garage of Berry Wood and damaged the Henlarsen store and Jebu barber shop about 24 miles west of here. Losses were estimated at 14000 dollars with eight automobiles and two teachers’ vehicles stored in the garage reported destroyed.
Cowboy Is Teddy Roosevelt's Double But He Ain't Hankerin For Movies
Glacier Park Montana June 24 Charlie Schillings a 43 year cowboy and longtime Glacier National Park tour guide resembles Teddy Roosevelt so closely that Hollywood directors have lined up to use him but he says he is not hankerin for movies preferring to tend to wrangling tourists and cattle. He recalls working for Crags H Carl company and moving cattle into Bear's Paw country and the Burt Belknap reservation, plus riding with the Square N Quift outfit across Missouri Bad Lands. In 1890 he helped drive herds of 149 cowboys bearing DHS brands through multiple outfits in Sweet Grass hills, a large roundup with seven outfits and over 134 wagons. He also rode with Charles Russell the famed cowboy artist in the Judith Basin country. He notes range overstocking altered buffalo grass length, and in 1928 he worked on several films including Raotyng.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Charlie Schillings
Eloven
Glacier National Park
Teddy Ransivelt
Hollywood
Charli
Rocky Mountain
Schillings
Marias
Mantua
Crags H Carll Company
Burt Belknap
Missouri River
DHS
Hse
Sweet Gries Hills
Wate Evar
Charles Rusell
Judith Basin
Richo
Montana
Range
Raotyng
Senate Should Adopt Sub Position Against English System
The Senate Lobby committee heard Arthur L. Fauble of the American Traffic League claim the Senate acts as a sub basis to the House of Representatives, asserting the English system of government. The remark surprised the committee during the Washington session on June 24.
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Senate
Washington
Arthur L. Fauble
American Traffic League
House ‘of Representatives
Four Are Given Terms for Fraud
Clarence Harry a major figure in a financial enterprise will serve 14 years in a penitentiary for engaging in a series of what the court calls appealing fraud. The enterprise loss was about 4 000 000 dollars. Harry and three others pleaded guilty in the old Bailey court. Edmund Daniels received seven years, John G Dixon five years, Albert Tabor three.
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London
Clarence Harry
Harry
Old Baley Court
Edmund Daniels
John G. Dixon
Albert Tabor
General of Cotton Co-Op Knows Issue
Montgomery Alabama January 34 404 The president of the government s 80 000 000 cooperative cotton marketing association Allen Northington heads what ut appears to be the world s largest union of its kind He is a farmer and banker with a talent for organization He has run the Alabama cotton association and its bales of cotton valued at 55 000 000 He presides over a Prattville bank serving mainly planters He enjoys a rose garden and Clover dale hone and hunts with his sons Northington born in Prattville son of W T Northington a former prominent figure He is a University of Alabama graduate
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Montgomery
Ala
Cotton Smarkeliig
Allen Northington
Bureau Cotton Association
Camis Te Montgomery
Hoy
Nobbington
Pratt Ville
Northingtunt
Allen, Jr
Oscay
Pruttville
Nyu
W.T. Northington
Greanizer
Pruttvill. & Corporation
Miss Kemper Welch
Northingte
The
University of Alabama
Miss Mary Buechley Named Faulkner County Agent
University officials announced a location change for Miss Mary Buechley to Faulkner County with headquarters at Conway starting February 1. She has three years as Hempstead County home demonstration agent, earned awards in the Southern home improvement contest, supervised 4-H clubs, aided women’s club budgets, and is a University of Arkansas agriculture graduate specializing in home economics.
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Fayettevile
Miss Buechley
Hempstead County
University of Arkansas, College of Agriculture
Elks Dance Tonight Promises Fine Music in Hope
Fredrick and his novelty band come to the Hope Elk hall for a Valentine event on February 14 followed by a masked ball March 4. Reported as one of the year’s best dances, the orchestra is highly praised by local dance enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrick
Elks Hall
Lhe Elks
Robbers Take $16,000 From South Pack Bank
Three armed men robbed the South Pack bank in Dayton Ohio today, getting about $16,000. They covered two customers and workers, forced silence for ten minutes, then escaped in a silver car while officers pursued.
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Dayton
Tavee
Moyees
South Pack Bank
Silor
Moc
Baniits
Ceram
Bill seeks big rise in federal road funds
Washington January 10 A bill was proposed to raise federal road building appropriations from 75 million to 125 million dollars annually for the next three years. The senate road committee reported the measure favorably.
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Washington
Senate
Luther Ellison Reports at South Arkansas Chamber Convention
Luther Ellison, business manager, delivers a detailed review of three years’ chamber work, noting divisions in agriculture, transportation, highways, forestry, education, publicity, legislation, and more. He cites three industrial tours spanning 12 states and parts of Canada, claiming over 18 million dollars in regional industrial development linked to the chamber. The convention includes highway plans from the Jackson county line to no. 17 north of McCrory and a bridge near Clarendon, plus recognition of Miss Pauline Cox as Queen of South Arkansas by Gov. Parnell.
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Arkadelphia
South Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
Luther Ellizen
Chambers
South Arkansas
South
Ellison
Chamber
Canada
Jackson County
McCrory
Clarendon
Arkansas
Vita Jonesboro
Brinkley
Stuttgart
Pine Bluff
Fordyce
Camden
Magnolia
Texacle
Thither
Elson
W.°. Hall
Arkansas Forest Protective Association
C. M. Conway
Texarkana
Southern Dairy Products Company
T. N. Wilson
Ned Stewart
Lewisville
Henderson State Teachers College
Pauline Cox
Gordon
Parnell
Knight
Pope County Agent Appointed to Replace Resigned Official
Russellville Arkansas January 24 W R Daniel of Louisiana has been appointed county farm agent for Pope county to succeed C W Geary who resigned to accept a similar position in Oklahoma Daniel a graduate of Louisiana State University has been farm agent in Tensas parish Louisiana for the past four years He will enter upon his duties February 1.
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Russellville
Ark
W. R. Daniel
Louisiana
Pope County
C. W. Geary
Oklahoma
Daniel
Louisiana State University
Tensas Parish
Missing Banker Believed Found
Paragould Jan 4 A man giving the name Jim Tucker aged 52 was arrested near Marmaduke by Greene County officers who believe him to be Paul Luther wanted in Nebraska for embezzlement of funds from a bank he presided over. Nebraska officials say Luther is believed to have embezzled about one hundred thousand dollars. Tucker, a farmworker in Marmaduke for over a year, denies involvement.
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Paragould
Jim ‘Tucker
Marmaduke
Jhere
Greene ‘County
Paul Luther
Steemer
Neb
Nebraska
Toryan
Luther
Hoare
Sid
Nebraska Bank
Tucker
Emblezzien
Four Die in Otway Morning House Fire
Four children of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Terry of Otway, 25 miles west of here, were burned to death when their home burned early. Mr. and Mrs. Terry rescued eight of their twelve children. four were trapped, two of the rescued are in serious condition from burns, believed to recover.
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Fouth
Lawrence ‘Terry
Otway
Paragould Woman Dies From Burns
Paragould Miss Kate Harrington, 71, an ingand for months, died at home here yesterday when her bed clothing was ignited by an electric heat pad.
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Paragould
Kate Harrington
Cap Young Hangs Up Record on Completion of East Texas Work
Cap Young, a quiet yet decisive pipeline executive, has completed 130 miles of six and eight inch lines from the Rogers station to East Texas towns for the Southern Cities Distributing Company. His career spans Hope Natural Gas, United Gas and Fuel, and Makahsas Natural Gas, with notable river crossing and pipeline projects.
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Cap” Young
East Texas
L. W. Yuling
Rogers Station
Southern Cities Distributing Company
Mr. Young
Hope Nawral Gas Company
Westirginia
United Gas and Fuel Company
Charleston
West Virginia
Young
Chin
West Virgins
Momiain
Makahsas Nautral Gas Company
Main Fine
Gond
Arkansas
Texarkana
Clarksville Field
Little Rock
Cap
Arknatco
Fragmentary report on religious worker affray and a fatal shooting
A garbled OCR fragment describes a religious worker during an affray who fled into a stairwell as police intervened. It notes a first to be cut down since a prior execution and references Newport and Evers, with mentions of wounds and an appeal. The damaged text obscures key names and sequence of events.
Better Homes Week Program Announced in Arkansas
A Better Homes Week program set for January 26 includes W. Anderson delivering the welcome, Mrs. Roy Anderson presiding, and Miss Fanny R. Buganan from Victor Talking Machine Co guiding music. Connie Bonslagel to discuss county survey and Blanche to present program details with Kenneth B. Roy and Ida A. Fenton delivering talks on Better Homes methods and economy.
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Hope City
Araesarireahnes
San Federation
W. B. Anderson
Roy Ander
W. F. Lake
Better’ Homes “State Comnlet
Fanny R.buganan
Victor Talking Mach
Coty
Connie ‘J. Bonslagel
Santat
Better Homes
Blanche
Ficia
Better Homes America
Kenneth B. Roy
Universi Arkansas
Ida A. Fenton
Descendant of Lincoln Takes to Flying Among Passions
Mary Lincoln Beckwith great great granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln enrolls in a flying class in Washington D C under the name M L Beckwith She owns a three seat sport plane and has a few hours flight time She handles a yacht and enjoys many sports at the Lincoln country place in Manchester Wisconsin and the family’s Virginia fair When in Washington she resides in Georgetown with her mother Mrs Robert J Randolph
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Washington
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
M. L. Beckwith
Lincoln Country Place
Manchester
Georgetown
Robert J. Randolph
Father and Son Burned to Death in Grand Rapids Fire
A father George Routhah and his son Robert perished when a fire destroyed their home in the Galewood suburb of Grand Rapids shortly after midnight. A second son, James, was seriously burned and sent to a hospital for treatment. The blaze began around January 24.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Galewood
George Routhah
Robert
Eanie James
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Bae
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Barlow
Antoine
Cowboy
Teddy Roosevelt
General of Cotton Co-Op
Mary Buechley
Faulkner County
Luther Ellison
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Abova
New Jersey
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Evers
Tete Robison
Newfort
Lincoln
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