Texarkana Crime Wave Hits City With Four Violent Acts
Texarkana experiences four violent incidents in a week. A store bookkeeper was found shot dead in his home garage, with a nearby pistol suggesting foul play. A bandit robbed Burton Ward Cash Store No. 1 at 6 20 pm handing a card message to cashier Ray Cherry. Two men robbed Savoy hotel night clerk around 3 am, taking about 40 dollars. A separate stabbing left Frank King jailed for injuries.
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Texarkana
Clay Williams
William
Burton & Ward Cash Ctore
Ray Cherry
Savoy Hotel
Ord Te Line Avenue
Frank King
Texas Side
King
Governor's Signature Needed to Make It a Law
Legislature moves to approve administration bills including a 50 percent cut in automobile license fees and 75 percent for cars four years old or older. Refunds planned for already paid licenses with final formality awaiting a house roll call. Also a sinking fund proposal for retiring outstanding general revenue warrants advances.
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Little Rock
House
Senate
Rowell
Jefferson County
West Memphis founder Bragg under receivership in Arkansas
Zach T. Bragg, credited with founding West Memphis, saw his properties placed in receivership after his retirement from politics. Once the county’s wealthiest man and a political power, Bragg cited political factors as the cause of his downfall.
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West Memphis
Ark
Zach T. Bragg
Bragg
Crittenden County
Hope Graduate Is Given Spa Station
Dr. Al H. Robison son of Mr and Mrs Wylie Robison of Hope graduated from Walter Reed hospital in Washington DC Friday. After a five month stay at Carlisle PA he will be stationed at the new government hospital in Hot Springs. He and his wife and baby will arrive in Hot Springs about June 1.
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Hempstead
Higgason
Stephens
Saenger Theater
Martin
Tabor
Colorado
Tabor Opera House
Denver
Edward G. Robinson
William Jennings Bryan
Hope
al H. Robinson
Wylie Robison
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Carlyle
New Government Hospital
Hot Springs
Robison
Hope High School
Thieves Break in Sinclair Station Near Airport
Gasoline thieves broke into the Sinclair Oil station garage near the airport Thursday night and stole multiple gasoline cans and a quantity of gas. Sinclair agent J B Hayes said the station holds 75 to 80 gallons. a hack saw was used on the pump rocks and a truck is believed to have hauled away the loot.
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Sinclair Oil Station
J. B. Hayes
Sinclair
Factories Oppose Farm Allotment Bill Impact on Cotton
Ernest Hood president of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers told Senate Agriculture Committee that the Domestic Allotment Farm Relief Bill would not reduce cotton production and could raise mill costs by 18 to 70 percent, reducing domestic cotton consumption.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ernest Hood
Business Tough for Pro Safe Crackers
SALT LAKE CITY. A professional safe cracker known as "Dr." Jake Flowers says the trade is hard. He notes he does not use explosives and instead relies on careful handling and improvised tools to unlock safes, offering a grim joke about his craft.
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Salt Lake City
Futrell to push reduced Arkansas license fees amid bondholder opposition
Governor Futrell favors a 1933 automobile license cut despite bankers opposing the move. The Rowell bill would cut new car licenses by 50 percent and older cars by 75 percent, with House and Senate action pending a compromise. Bankers led by W Linn Hemingway warn reductions threaten bondholders, while Futrell proposes a scaled 1934 reduction and a mechanism to reverse the law if highway revenue declines. Negotiations with bondholders continue, with Coleman chairing talks on highway priority and bond payments as the crisis looms.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Arkansas
Rowell
Senate
W. Linn Hemingway
Mercantile Commerce Bank & Trust Co
St. Louis
Coleman
Foreign Instructors Denounced as Planned For U of A
A Jackson county representative led a House debate on a resolution charging that 75 percent of University of Arkansas instructors are foreigners of the rankest kind and extreme Northerners. The measure calls for a five member committee to investigate and possibly oust President John C. Futrell, with witnesses to be summoned.
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Little Rock
House
Education Committee
Grant
Jackson County
University of Arkansas
John C. Futrell
New Ice Plant to Open in Hope at Third and Bonner
F S Hearne announces Hope Independent Ice Corporation will operate near Brookwood school starting about March first. Capitalized at 25000, the plant will hire eight to ten workers and is locally owned by citizens. Hearne, known in Hope from the old ice and coal firm, formerly in Vivian Louisiana.
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Third
Bonner Streets
Brookwood School
F. S. Hearne
Hope Independent Ice Corporation
Hearne
Herne
Hope
Hope Ice and Coal Company
Vivian
Few in Congress Know New Bills
Rodney Dutcher reports that both Senate and House members admit widespread ignorance about major measures like the farm parity plan and the Glass banking bill. The piece argues Congress is overwhelmed by complex problems and that many legislators rely on committee justifications rather than full understanding.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Huey Long
Senator Glass
Senator Bulkey
Ohio
Huey
Hope Rotary hears rally against abolishing state stations
Hempstead County plans a motor caravan of 100 plus residents to Little Rock Tuesday to protest House Bill 193 abolishing three state Experiment Stations. George W. Ware cited long-term data needs and compared Arkansas funding to other states as speakers highlighted the issue.
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Hempstead County
Little Rock
Hope Rotary Club
Barlow
House of Representatives
George W. Ware
Fruit & Truck Branch
Rotarians
Kiwanis
Arkones
Arkansas
Texas
Mississippi
Hope Station
Ware
Alex. H. Washburn
America
Germany
Atlantic
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II Celebrates 74th Birthday Friday
Doorn Holland reports former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany marked his 74th birthday Friday with family and a few friends.
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Doorn
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm the Second
Germany
Woman Seeks Separate Maintenance Over Dog in Bed
In Los Angeles Mrs Lizzie Stotz asks for separate maintenance in respond to her husband Johns divorce claim, charging that he allowed a large dog to sleep on their bed as part of the marital dispute.
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Los Angeles
Lizzie Stotzhelm
John
Escaped Killer Ties to Kidnapping in Hope Arkansas
Police linked Charley Frazier, an escaped state penitentiary inmate serving life for a 1928 Slayings, to Monday night robberies and Tuesday morning abductions in Hope. Three men seized C. C. Lewis and Oscar Athoff, later releasing them unharmed, and kidnapped W. J. Holland before fleeing in a Nash sedan. Berlin Bledsoe confessed involvement.
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Texarkana Chamber of Commerce
Walter O'Neal
Texarkana
O'Neal
Frazier
Lfe
Roy Sellman
Near Foreman
Lewis
Athoff
Bledsoe
Nash
Hope Auto Company
Uthoff
Cattle Driven Home Drunk After Farm Spree
In Los Angeles farmer Howard Jones found his normally sober cattle staggering home and hogs intoxicated. An investigation led to a raid by federal officers who arrested Charles Rena Jack La Verne Jesus Ramirez and Frank Paioni at a still connected to the incident.
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Los Angeles
Howard Jones
Jones
Charles Rena
Jack LaVerne
Jesus Ramirez
Frank Paioni
Cooking School to Offer New Ideas
Mrs. Kate Stafford appears at the Saenger theater next Tuesday to present practical kitchen demonstrations. She promises tested recipes and simple methods to balance menus, serve appropriate dishes, and improve overall household management.
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Kate Stafford
Saenger Theater
Horrible Crime Confession in New York City Case
Lloyd Price, 22, arrested in Brooklyn, confessed to coercing and killing 6-year-old Helen Sterler in a cellar with 25 cents and a gaudy striped pencil. He also admitted attacking an 18-year-old Negro girl last week.
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New York
Lloyd Price
Helen Sterler
Brooklyn
Sterler
Frice
Mayor's Brother Charged in Hot Springs Slot Ring Death
In Hot Springs Arkansas McLaughlin brother of Mayor Leo P McLaughlin and two associates were held on $5000 bonds after taxicab driver Sidney Long died from injuries in a slot machine dispute. Authorities say a confrontation over machine income led to a fatal beating.
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Hot Springs
Ark
McLaughlin
Leo P. McLaughlin
Frank L. Clark
Dick Gladdis
Sidney Long
Long
Milo Ga
Soraya George A Ee McLaughlin
Ie Leo P. McLaughlin
Frank I. Clark
Jim Floyd
Clark
Upper Central Avenue
Gladdis
Dropsey
Negro Churchmen Meet in Hempstead and Howard Counties
Negro preachers officers and laymen from Hempstead and Howard counties met in Washington for a district ministerial council. Rev George W Young of the Southwest Arkansas conference presided. The district includes 18 ministers and 700 members with about 75 attending. He urged cooperation in church and broader social work and announced plans for district work at the new C M E church.
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Hempstead
Howard Counties
Washington
George W. Young
Southwest Arkansas
Negro Methodist Episcopal Churches
Young
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