Engineers Think New Levee System Will Stand
Ohio River floods worsen with 293 dead and over 1 million homeless as 400 million dollars in property losses are estimated. The flood crests press near Paducah and Harris, while Red Cross teams rush to evacuate thousands as rivers recede and political actions mix with relief efforts.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Mississippi River
Little Rock
Paducah
Harris
Jefferson
Butt
Red Cross
Senate
Carroll D. Woodhut
Hob Bailey
Red Cross fund drive moves Hempstead total toward 1,000
Daily wire transfers push Hempstead County Red Cross fund toward a 1,000 goal as rural areas Ozan and Fulton report small gifts. Chairman D B Thompson urges immediate rural contributions, with funds arriving at St. Louis HQ and collection points at Hope Star office and local banks.
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Red Cross
Hempstead
D. B. Thompson
Ozan
Fulton
D. M. Ditty
Wilbur Dones
Ben Wilson
Thompson
St. Louis Red Cross
Mr. Thompson
Wayne Hy
Hope Star
Citizens National Venk
First National Bank
A Thought by Teewniin on Free Will and Shaped Worlds
A cryptic line suggests Teewniin’s meditation on freedom and form. The fragment hints at a poem or aphorism where identity and creation resemble varied shapes. Ambiguity leaves interpretation to the reader.
Pensioner Gives 1 Dollar to Red Cross in Hope
Thomas Jackson, 68, of Hempstead County near Hope, wearing blue overalls and a dingy hat, limped into the Hope Star office with four quarters. He says this small gift comes from his $125 monthly old age pension and from selling butter and produce to help those less fortunate, despite needing the money himself.
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Hempstead
Thomas. Daehkson
Hope
Hope Star
Red Cross
Ovasbe
Luthans Leaves for El Reno Store Meet
Mr and Mrs Fred L Larthats left Thursday for El Reno Oklahoma. Mr Luthans is manager of the local store and will attend a managers meeting in El Reno to buy new merchandise. He will return to Hope for the re opening of the store around March 1 as remodeling continues and new equipment is installed.
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Fred L. Larthats
EL Reno
Ohta
Luthans
Kasal Buer
Bie
Hol Reno
Luthwins
Bure
Marth
Terrace Prevents Flooding of Farm In Hope Arkansas
A Soil Conservation Service cooperator on J. B. Beard’s farm six miles south of Hope on Highway 20 reduced runoff after a heavy summer shower. Terraces and steep cropping stopped water from crossing fields and flooding the highway and bridge, with witnesses noting reduced overflow. The Beards’ terrace system serves as a test of the program’s effectiveness in controlling farm runoff and protecting downstream areas.
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HWB
Vineyard
Agronomist
ECW
Hope
Arkansas
J. B. Beard
Soil Conservation Service
RCW
Highway No. 20
Soil Conservation
Contest to End Feb 3 for King Without a Country Letters
Readers who followed The Star serial are reminded they have less than a week to submit contest letters. Entries must be in The Star office or postmarked by February 2, with three cash prizes of 5, 3, and 2 dollars for the best letters on what the king did after the story ended. See page 6 for details.
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Star
The
Turned Brown By Brown Turner NASHVILLE relief efforts flood aid
Water covers roads and basements in the Cumberland River valley near Knoxville with many towns reporting flood levels up to running boards. Red Cross stations in affected towns receive heavy donations of food clothing blankets and other necessities while救援 funds are expected to be raised. A man even donated a new overcoat for relief.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland River
Knoxville
Red Cross
Vash
Turkey hunting tale from Missouri yard causes wonder
In Hey OQwh Back Yard AVA Mo Mrs Fred Spurlock hunted turkeys in her yard after noticing two gobblers visiting tame birds. She fired a shotgun the first day, missed with a rock the second, tried again the third day, and on the fourth day bagged an 18 pound gobbler despite earlier misses.
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Ava
Fred Spurlock
Guy
President's Ball Tickets On Sale At Downtown Outlets
Tickets for the president's birthday dance at the high school gym Friday night go on sale in four downtown places Hope Confectionery Hotel Barlow New Capital Hotel and John P Cox drug store The 12 piece T H Crone orchestra from Shreveport will play the event starts at 9 o'clock Part of the proceeds go to national headquarters to aid infantile paralysis.
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Hope Confectionery
Barlow
New Capital
John P Cox
T. H. Crone
Shreveport
National
Artist for Sale in Pittsburgh Offers Shares in Self
Pittsburgh artist Richard Crist offers shares in himself and his artwork at five dollars each to fund an European painting trip. In the first incorporation forty residents bought shares and received a water color sketch from Mexico.
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Pittsburgh
Richard Crist
Europe
Mexico
Sergeant-at-Arms Dies of Heart Attack in House
R. O. Benton aged 60 from Lonoke collapsed in the Arkansas House chamber at noon on Thursday and died within minutes. Benton, sergeant-at-arms, was stricken with a heart attack as legislators paused in session. Speaker Bransford recessed the house after doctors confirmed death.
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R. O. Benton
Little Rock
Lonoke
House of Representatives
Benton
Bransford
Fire-Bug Suspect Sent to Hospital
ARKADELPHIA Ark John Murphy of El Dorado former Ouachita college student charged with arson in a series of fires at the college has been sent to the State hospital The order was issued in Union county A bench warrant has been filed with the superintendent of the hospital Murphy will be under observation days before he is subject to the Clark Circuit Court invited?ctimy. He had been ordered to appear in Clark Circuit Court but the Union county order prevented his coming here. For the first time in history of Clark Circuit Court there is no grand jury. In information furnished the prosecuting attorney he determines if a vise shall come to trial.
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Arkadelphia
Ark
John Murphy
el Dorado
Ouachita College
State Hospital
New Stewart
Union County
Stewart
Murphy
Clark
Clark Circuit Court
Army Advance Guard Reaches Flood Zone
The advance guard of over 1,000 U S Army regulars on emergency duty in the east Arkansas flood zone began building refugee camps on high ground Thursday. Residents made homeless by tributary overflows or threats of inundation continued moving toward safety.
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Little Rock
East Arkansas
Forecast River Crest For Memphis Incoming Flood Peak
Meteorologist F W Brist of the Weather Bureau predicts a probable river crest of 48 feet for Memphis between February 5 and 7, about five feet below Army engineers estimates. The flood danger rises as rain impacts Louisville, the worst hit city in the vast 1,000 mile disaster area, with rescuers on standby and war department forces ready.
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Memphis
Tenn
F. W. Brist
The
Weather Bureau
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Ark
Louisville
Department of War
Urges merging of offices of county government in Arkansas
Fayetteville report argues constitutional reform needed to reduce costly county government. Dr. C Q Brannen, economist, notes many offices and a rigid pay system inflate expenses without added services. Study covers 1931-32 costs and calls for state constitutional amendment.
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Fayetteville
C. QO. Brannen
Arkansas
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
Brannen
John D Jones Former Hope Policeman Dies
John DeWitt Jones once with the Hope police force died suddenly in Chicago on December 23 frame friends learned. He earlier partnered with W. M. Bourne in plumbing and lived in Hope about 36 years. For six years he resided with his sister Mrs Hettie Copenhaver at 314 North Normal Parkway Chicago.
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John DeWitt Jones
Hope
Chicago
Jones
W. M. Bourne
Hettie Copenhaver
North Normal Parkway
Cotton market closes in New Orleans at 12.75
In New Orleans on Thursday the cotton market opened at 12.73 and closed at 12.75. Spat cotton traded quietly, gaining three points with middling grade at 13.33.
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New Orleans
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