Price Increase Threat Shuts Nonstripper Oil Wells
Oklahoma Governor W H Murray warned Tuesday that if oil prices do not rise to 1.00 per barrel by Saturday night he will sign an executive order to shut down all but stripper wells in the state and mobilize military aid if needed. He criticized the current price for yielding no tax revenue to schools and vowed action to halt resource depletion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma All Industry
Oklahoma
Atate
Accidents Claim 4 Over Week End
A rash of drownings and wrecks across the South left four dead and several injured over the weekend. Biloxi Mississippi saw drownings of Henry Gehrmann, Joseph Coates, and William Coates during a swimming party in Biloxi Bay, while Knoxville Tennessee witnessed James Dykes die in the Holston River. Nearby near St Augustine Florida a ferry party collapsed when a stranded boat spurred a leap to escape officers, killing G Bowlin and Sam Casper. Other fatalities included Clifford Duff and Mrs Minnie Moss Everett in a single car crash near Lenoir City, Ellen Brown in an auto crash near Chattanooga, Josie Astredo fatally injured in a ditch crash near New Orleans bound, and E M Powell killed in a Sheridan Arkansas overturn. A Macon Georgia lightning death occurred, and Troy Dees died after being ran over by a freight train in Mobile Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Henry Gehrmann
Joseph
William Coates
Biloxi
Misa
Biloxi Bay
Knoxville
Lenoir City
Tenn
Cilfford Duff
Minnie Moss Everett
Ellen Brown
Chattanooga
Josie Astredo
New Orleans
Ehe
E. M. Powell
el Dorado
Ark
Sheridan
G. 8
South Texas Harvests Cotton Season Opens Slowly
In San Benito Texas the 1931 cotton season begins with prospects for a crop about half last year’s. Prices for cotton and picking are near wartime lows, gin prices down sharply, and most gins in the Valley operate reluctantly as acreage remains mostly intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Benito
Tex
Texas
Men's Fall Fashions at Gorham and Gosnell
A special representative toured the Gorham and Gosnell store on Main Street on Monday for a three day showing of fall winter fashions for men. James R. Scott Jr. of Storrs Schueier company, a tailor expert, will remain in Hope through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorham & Gosnell
Main Street
James R. Scott, Jr
Storrs- Schueier Company
Reona
Hope
Arkansas lambs top Kansas City market in 940 dollar run
Harrison Ark reports Alpeno Pass shipment of 131 lambs set the high mark at Kansas City market. County agent Mo R. Corley notes Arkansas lambs priced above Missouri and Kansas for the first time. The 940 dollar straight sale topped regional bids while Missouri and Kansas reached 9.25 per head.
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Harrison
Ark
Alpeno Pass
Kansas City
Mo R. Corley
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Texarkana Pilot Recovering Here
Kenneth E. Green a Texarkana pilot injured in Sunday's air race is slowly improving at Josephine hospital. He suffers a fractured skull from being buried in debris when his plane struck a tree. his left eye was injured and may be lost. He is conscious at intervals, showing progress since Sunday night.
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Kenneth E. Green
Texarkana
Josephine Hospital
Green
Aia
Auepeoris
Sealthe Ation 'Ng
Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near El Dorado
State Penitentiary Warden Todhunter was advised of the recapture near El Dorado on Monday night of trusties Dick Brosch and Vernon Rogers who escaped from Tucker farm Thursday where they were serving twenty one year sentences. Brosch was sentenced from Bradley county in 1927 for murder and Rogers from Conway county in 1928 for forgery.
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Little Rock
State
Todhunter
el Dorado
Dick Broach
Vernon Rogers
Tucker Farm
Brosch
Bradley County
Rogers
Conway County
Cotton Shipments Rise in Arkansas From 1930 Figures
Cotton shipments from Arkansas stations last week reached 3,325 bales, up from 2,042 a year earlier, per the Arkansas Cotton Trade Association weekly report. Since August 1 shipments total 853,386 bales versus 1,311,264 last year. weekly receipts 245 bales, against 255. stock on hand 98,517 bales, down from 106,481.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Arkansas Cotton Trade Association
New Border Squabble in Oklahoma Is Predicted
FORT SMITH Ark It looked like a new border controversy for Oklahoma on this side Monday Nine Arkansas truck drivers were arrested just over the state line in Oklahoma and were forced to buy Oklahoma licenses before they could operate their trucks in that state The move surprised as Governor Murray of Oklahoma had promised on April 9 to issue a reciprocity order allowing Arkansas trucks to operate in Oklahoma and Oklahoma trucks in Arkansas without new licenses Officials here warned Oklahoma trucks had not been molested Five drivers were from Fayetteville and four from here.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Okahoma
Murray
Opa
Gut
Fayetteville
Here
Zeppelin Lands Briefly at Franz Josef Land in Arctic Cruise
Graf Zeppelin, under Dr. Hugo Eckener, landed for thirteen minutes in Hookers Island bay near Franz Josef Land. The airship rested on bay waters beside the icebreaker Maligin and tourists aboard, then departed after exchanging mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Zeppelin Works
Hookers Island
Franz Josef Land
Maligin
Arkansas Peach Report Details Shipments and Rain Damage
The Arkansas Special Peach Report notes 44 carloads shipped, with markets varying from strong to weak and several destinations listed including Kansas City and Chicago. Five inches of rain fell last weekend in Hempstead County with 1 barn blown down and a 1000-pound steer killed by lightning. corn damage reported but not permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Department Agriculture
Ustral
Candor
N C
U. S
Saltville
Ark
Elbertas U
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carloina
Texas
North California
Central California
Louisiena
Rin
Sevedge
Prescott & Northwestern
Texarkana
Hempstead
Lamley Brothers
Bleying
Clark Compton to Preach at Patmos
Rev Floyd Clark and Rev Comp ton plan to preach at Patmos on the second Sunday in August conducting services at 11 o clock and at night The Star reports a Patmos resident says visitation plans for meetings are still to be decided
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Floyd Clark
Compton
Patmos
Large Farm Demonstration Draws Hundreds at Magnolia Vetch Field Day
About four to five hundred people attended a field day on J. McCollum’s Magnolia County farm, five miles southwest of Emerson, to view 27 acres of dairy vetch planted last fall. The stock grazed through winter and the land was turned under May 11, leaving cropland in cotton and corn with no fertilizer. Vetch, sown in September or October, can be grazed through winter and plowed under April 1, with crops planted ten days later. the legume resists drought and yields well under local conditions.
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Magnolia
Ark
J. McCollum
Emerson
McCollum
Tank Explosion Kills One in Kilgore Oil Town
An oil well fire after a tank explosion in Kilgore Texas Tuesday killed Claude Erskin, 35, and injured two others. Confusion at the scene led to erroneous reports of a wider tragedy. Fire was extinguished by veteran firefighter B. DeLong around noon.
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Kilgom
Tex
Claude Erskin
Huens
Kilgore
B. ¥. DeLong
Old Fir
Hope Juniors Face Stamps in Warmup at Pair Park
Hope Juniors take on the Stamps at 3 pm Tuesday at Pair Park in a warmup before the state finals in Fort Smith. The team debuted new uniforms for the first time this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Juniors
Hope
Stamps Boy Loan
Pair Park
Fort Smith
Demonstration Club Records June 2004 Harvest
Woodberry home demonstration club members report to agent Gladys Waters that in June 2004 they canned something like fruit vegetables and juices, 240 pints of preserves and jams, and 330 glasses of jelly.
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Hampton Ark
Woodberry Home Demonstration Club
Gladys Waters
Missouri Farmers Increase Crop Acreage
Jefferson City Mo farmers report a two percent rise in major crop acreages for 1931, totaling about 12,091,000 acres last year and an overall grand total of 2,917,000 acres for this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
Ada
New York Man Seeks 150 Melons for Express Car Shipment
A New York City man seeks to buy 150 melons weighing 140 to 150 pounds for shipment by an express car attached to a passenger train to a single large New York restaurant. He asks hempstead county growers for shipping feasibility, weights, and pricing. Local growers note Hempstead has produced 150-pound melons in recent years, with patches yielding several near that weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
New York’ City
New York
Fred W. Miller
Post Avenue
New York City
Homer Piggy
Hope Chamber of Comumerdie
Hempstead
Edgaar Leseter
Drouth
Peach Harvest at Peak Wednesday in Arkansas
The Nashville News reports the Arkansas peach harvest will peak Wednesday or Thursday as thousands resume work. Through Monday 201 cars shipped: 179 from Nashville and 22 from Highland station. Prices show weakness in cash markets but city shipments remain steady. out of state trucks arrive, buyers bargain, some growers panic and drop prices. Government reports say no panic, continued good prices expected as season lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville News
Highland District
Nashville
Highland Station
Extra Heat Blamed For Deaths In Southwest
Extreme heat in the southwestern United States blamed for three more deaths and several prostrations. Two people died in Brawley California as temperatures reached 111 degrees, raising Imperial Valley and Arizona deaths to nineteen in four days. Louis A Juip age 45 died in Fresno California while three others are hospitalized with prostration.
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Los Angeles
United States
Brawley
California
Imperial Valley
Arizona
Louis A. Juip
Fresno
Gut
Record Home Canning Demand Surges in Southwest Arkansas
Wholesalers report unprecedented demand for fruit jars rubbers tops and vinegar as Hope area retailers and jobbers indicate strong forward buying to stock canning supplies for winter. Ritchie Grocery sells 777 600 caps and four carloads of jars with plans for another carload. Bernie Buchanan orders 39 cases of jars, and sugar and rubbers show brisk sales. Fruits berries and garden vegetables appear plentiful, signaling ample home canning supplies for months ahead.
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Arkansas
Hope
Ritchie Grocery Company
Hope House
Bernie Buchanan
Ritchie
Louisiana
Plunkett-Jarrell
Masoni
Third Street Up For No 67 Route
The city council will consider an ordinance requested by the State Highway Department and the U S Bureau of Public Roads to designate Third Street as the official No 67 route through the city. Stop signs prohibiting through traffic and sharp parking restrictions would be enforced, with further details due at Tuesday night’s meeting. Third Street was chosen last fall by agreement among the highway department the federal bureau and the city, and both approaches reach the Third Street terminals at the city line.
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State Highway Department
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Third Street
Highway Department
Oral Bureau
Federal Bureau
Lindbergh Start Is Expected Soon
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh depart for North Haven Maine for family farewells before continuing on their aerial vacation to the Orient. Lindbergh plans to fly overland directly and reach North Haven Tuesday night. He says he is not traveling on a schedule and will not indicate departure times from stopovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Haven
Maine
Orient
Lindbergh
Wheat Paid for Paper by Farmers at Ottawa
The Lima Morning Star reports Ottawa area farmers in Putnam county may pay subscriptions with wheat at 50 cents per bushel as the current market price ranges 40 to 42 cents per bushel locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ohio
Lima Morning Star
Lima
Putnam County
Farmer Trades Wheat for Haircut in Small Town Exchange
In DETERX Mo farmer Charles Liles exchanged a bushel of wheat for a haircut with Mayor Jin Hunt who runs a barber shop. Liles brought a harvest ready crop and a head of hair needing trimming. The mayor agreed to accept the wheat as payment for the haircut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deterx
Charles Liles
Jin Hunt
Hunt
Four Persons Hurt in Arkansas Road Mishap
Stuttgart Ark. Two persons were seriously injured when their car struck an obstruction on a highway Sunday. The Rev. Father Michael Judd pastor of a Catholic parish at Shoreac died? injured five broken ribs. Bets Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stopy are painfully but not seriously injured.
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Stuttgart. Ark
Here
Fathay Michael Judd
Shoyackawh
Joe Stopshy
MacDonald Opposes Balance of Power in Disarmament Stand
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told German journalists that Britain rejects the balance of power theory as incompatible with disarmament. He warned nations must not rely on large armaments for security, and after a meeting with President Hindenburg he said Germany’s industrial base is sound though conditions stem from psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
von Hinderburg
Germany
Heatwave Grips Nation with Fatalities Across West
The country endures a severe heatwave with Los Angeles and New England baking as the Midwest endures intense sun. The Imperial Valley reports forty deaths, while California and Nevada tally sixty three heat related fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
U's
New England
Middle West
Imperial Valley
California
Nevada
New Uses Found For Natural Gas
BARTLESVILLE Okla. New uses for natural gas flowing from the earth are being pursued by the United States Bureau of Mines experiment station. Products already derived include perfumes moth balls motor fuels explosives alcohols dyes insecticides anesthetics acetylenes and artificial rubber. The gas yields heat power and light and can produce gasoline under treatment. The station focuses on pyrolysis of natural gas to split it into carbon and hydrogen for commercial use and other by products may be profitably utilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Okla
Experiment Station
United States Bureau of Mines
Cemetery Working at Oak Grove on July 30
There will be a cemetery-working Thursday July 30 at Oak Grove. The Star has been asked to announce. Those interested are asked to bring a hoe and help with burial work in the neat and respectful manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Clinton home tragedy reported with family details
In Clinton a domestic dispute led to a man leaving his home and later dying Monday. The deceased is survived by a wife and two children, along with relatives including a sister and others. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Baptist church with burial at Hollycreek cemetery.
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Easton
Clinton
Fon
Childn
Jap Clintown
Idabel
Severa
The
Baptist Church
Hollycreek
Johnson held on jury charge in Grece County case
A report from Johnston Star states Raymond Johnson was held for trial on a jury charge after a hearing in municipal court last Wednesday. Bounds allegedly restrained him during the incident as a second suspect faced a $2,500 bond. Dack Lee, arrested miles south of the city, appeared in court for a hearing on a fugitive from Junction case involving alleged car theft. Police said Lee possessed the automobile at the time of arrest.
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Miller
Raymond Johnson
Grece County Avenue
H.elerk
Johnston Star
Bounds
Dack Lee
Junction
Lee
Glacial River Report by A Bartlett to Geographic Society
A Bartlett describes glaciers rivers that move over permafrost plains in Washington, flowing far northward and shaping the surface. The account notes rivers flow on a sheet of rock and ice, forming ahead of the near face of the landscape, in a Geographic Society report.
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Washington
A. Bartlett
Geographic Society
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Arkansas Lambs
the State Cotton Trade Association
Zeppelin
Eckener
Grant Dirigible
Arctic
City of Hope
Jasper
Tennon
Clara Roberts
Clark
Arkansas Road
MacDonald
Condi
Will
Roy
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