Visiting day at TE Print & Track Branch Experiment Station
The station hosts its annual Visiting day this Friday July 12 to showcase its technical program for southwest Arkansas farmers. The piece reflects on farm management, economic recovery, and historical catalysts like the reaper binder and steam railway while noting potato farming challenges and shifting urban demand as context for regional agriculture.
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TE Print & Track Branch Experiment Station
Arkansas
Fla
Tto
America
Mhore
Lost Child Drama Tracked to Texarkana to Little Rock
A distressed mother and hobo entangled a search involving a four year old girl in a real life episode. Frank Muse from Marshall aided the woman from Texarkana as she chased a freight to Little Rock, while authorities in Hope worked to locate the child and link the parties. The girl remained under police protection as the case unfolded toward page three.
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Haba
Hope
Mel
Bessie Adkins
McKinney
Texas
Juanita
Frank Muse
Marshall
Texarkana
Litle Reek
Adhing
Muse
Little Rock
Laggage
Hey Walker
John Ridghill
Mrs. Adkins
Grace Massey
McKinrey
Nettle Juanita
Police
Overhaul of Oklahoma government urged as New Deal test
The Brookings Institution urged a sweeping overhaul of Oklahoma’s government as a New Deal testing ground. It proposed centralizing agencies, shifting tax burdens, consolidating counties, replacing county elected officials with appointed county boards, county control of schools, and a state council to oversee reforms. Governor Marland backed a planning board to implement the changes.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Marland
Brookings Institution
Pine
Drownings in New York Flood Sweep Tragedy
Six persons drown in southern New York as flood creeks swell. A tram is carried from a highway by high water and a bridge collapses trapping those aboard. Arthur Brakaw and Miss Alice Ferrin of Interlaken drown near Buttermilk Falls. Joh Solomon and his three sons die when a bridge over Ealmon Creek gives way.
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Mhaca
Yix
Persis
New York
Arthur Brakaw
Alice Ferrin
Interlaken
Buttermilk Falls
Joh Solomon
Uiree
Leaving Summer Ahead On Campus Hall
Ju Darien, about to graduate her first year, watches roommate Tubby Davis pack, while sisters chatter about summer plans and the coming world beyond the sorority house. The scene captures campus nerves and nostalgic calm as seniors face departure.
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Ato Darien
Tubby
Tubby Davis
Ju Darien
Nano Jones and a Quiet Year at University
In a fragmentary scene Jo confronts a letter from her mother outlining strained communication and a pivotal change. The reader senses themes of distance, expectation, and a life shaped by unseen pressures as Jo rereads the revealing lines.
Walker Band to Play at Elks Club Thursday
Harry Waller and his 12 piece orchestra of Blirevepart will play for an Elks dance here Thursday night. Walker and his group, known for Hope appearances, are returning south from a tour that started in Florida and stretched up the Atlantic coast to New York. The dance starts at dark. The public is invited.
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United States
Tau
Bast B
Isehinol
Pennsylvania
New York
Yankee New England
Harry Waller
Blirevepart
Elks
Walker
Hope
Florida
Death sentence upheld for Frank Dobbs in spinster murder
Arkansas Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the death sentence for Frank Dobbs, 4, in Saline circuit court for the murder of Miss Fannie Grr at her Benton area home. The case also notes a related bond forfeiture and references Hudspeth’s bond and a separate tax-law ruling.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Frank Dobbs
Saline
Fannie Grr
Benton
A. T. Hudspeth
Hudspeth
State Penitentiary
Hartson
Pulaski Chancery Court
Wiseman
Interstate Public Service Company
Guardsmen Leave Hope for Camp Pike Training Trip
Sixty men and three officers of Company A Ward Infantry Arkansas National Guard depart Hope at 6 a m Sunday for two weeks at Camp Pike Little Rock. The 183d Infantry uses trucks for mobilization, halving travel time and allowing afternoon rest and swimming at camp.
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Ward Infantry
Arkansas National Guard
Hope
Camp Pike
Little Rock
J. M. Duffie
Garnet Martin
Miltonagon
Hope Jin
183D Infantry
153D
Regiment
Heber L. McAlister
Camyr
Searcy
Five Ten and Up Love Diamonds Mystery
George Allen England’s gripping tale starts in The American Weekly. The magazine, distributed with next Sunday’s Herald and Examiner, teases a loving plot filled with mystery and dazzling diamonds.
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George Allan England
Herald and Examiner
Ady
Unemployables on U S Relief Still On Rolls
Washington officials say about 4 million unemployables remain on federal relief rolls, about one fifth of those dependent on relief, a figure similar to last December. In Arkansas, WPA officially formed with Dyess announcing staff completion and plans to deploy 20 000 workers on projects by July 20.
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Washington
Stula Wpa
Little Rock
Wrcks Progress Administration
WPA
Arkansas
Dyess
R. C. Limerick
Pardon Corrects House Utility Bill Vote
The Star corrected a report last week that misidentified Arkasas Representative Fuller as opposing the president on the public utilities bill. Fuller voted in favor of substituting the house bill for the senate-approved version, aligning with President Roosevelt’s wishes along with Cravens Driver McClellan Muller Parks and Terry who supported the senate-backed measure.
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The
Star
Arkasas
Representative Fuller
Senate
Roosevelt
Cravens
Driver
McClellan
Muller, Parks and Terry
Futrell to Speak on the Sales Tax
Governor Futrell announced a statement later on the day about the new 2 percent sales tax. Petitions poured into the governor’s office with calls for a special legislative session to repeal or amend the measure. In Eureka Springs, Ark the Senate passed Hall’s revenue measure allowing automobile license tax credits against the sales tax, with Senator Richard B. Thompson and Senator Ed Dillon noting potential attorney general rulings.
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Little Rock
Futrell
Eureka Springs
Ark
Senate
Richard B. Thompson
Thompson
Ed Dillon
Attorney General's
Committee On Eitigation
Dillon
Ball, Johnson
Taylor
Sit Wah
Hope's Hottest Thus Far Monday Temperatures Swelter Hempstead
Hempstead county baked under extreme heat Monday with records at the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station. The thermometer hit 59 at 1 p.m and rose to 80 percent of the previous peak, surpassing the 95-degree mark reported a few days earlier.
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Hempstead County
Fruit and Truck Branch
Pool and Hollamon liquor cases go to trial
Testimony began at 2 3 p m Monday in the Martin Pool and Clyde Hollamon liquor cases charged with violation of the Thor package liquor act. A sheriff raid on July 4 uncovered two and a half pints of tax paid whisky in Pool s beer parlor on Front street. A packed municipal courtroom heard more than a half dozen witnesses as Clyde Hollamon testified after Pool.
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Martin Pool
Clyde Hollamon
Jim Beard
Pool
Bee Parlor
Front Street
C. C. Spragins
Lloyd Spencer
Edgar Briant
John Haynes
Arch Moore
Gilbert Copeland
Municipal Court
Hollamon
Wealth Sharing tax plan eyed by Congress in hearings
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau presented estimates to the House Ways and Means Committee showing wealth distribution taxes could raise substantial funds, with discussions on broadening the program beyond millionaire taxes and low-bracket levies. Senate and House members urged expansion to include more Americans and different tax bases, while Morgenthau cautioned he would not advise but discuss rates with Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Morgen
The
Treasury
House
Means
Morgenthau
Vandengberg
Michigan
Ways and Means Committee
Cheyha Age
Ihau
Roosevelt
Samuel 8. Hill
Democrat
Ways and Means
Cotton Acreage Rises 4 Percent From 1934
The Department of Agriculture says cotton in cultivation on July 1 reached 25,166,000 acres, 4% above the previous year’s 27,883,000 acres. Producing and condition data will be available in August, with fuller figures pending.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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