Pleasant social and greetings fill local notices in Hope
Mrs Sid Henry hosts cheerful scenes and visits as area residents attend gatherings and bridge luncheons. Local students and guests travel between Little Rock, Benton, and Mexico City for conferences while families welcome relatives from Franklin KY and Amery Ind. Community members share updates on illness travel and appearances in Prescott, Arkadelphia, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bory Henry
Little Rock
Benton
National Educational Association
Mexico City
Night Pedestrian Hazard Surges in City Traffic
California survey findings show pedestrians face 63 percent higher fatality risk at night than by day. Among deaths of pedestrians over 50, 82 percent occurred in dusk or darkness, highlighting reduced visibility as a major factor in night crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Prancisoo
California State Auto Association
Exodus Lesson on Deliverance and the March Toward Liberty
The weekly Sunday School lesson reflects on Exodus 11–22 and 14:0–15, tracing Israel’s release from Egypt and perilous journey to the promised land. It contrasts hopeful progress with modern autocracy, noting leaders’ vacillations and the need for vision, courage, and moral influence to sustain liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Promised Land
Pharaoh
Egypt
Yicles
Moses
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church Sunday Schedule
Garrett Memorial Baptist church hosts Sunday school at 9 45 a m and sermon at 11 a m on P TC 718 ppm. Evening service at 6 p m features The Training Course from Plain Dealing La. serving supper at 6. All Garrett Memorial members urged to attend with Plain Dealing group in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain Dealing
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Hey
Garrett Memorial
Notice Of Discharge Hearing In Bankruptcy Case
District Court in Texarkana schedules a hearing on September 8, 1937, at 10 a.m. in the Western District of Arkansas forLawrence Manet Clements, Bankrupt, to consider his petition for discharge. creditors and interested parties may appear and object as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States Western District of Arkansas
Texarkana Division
Lawrence Manet Clements
Texarkana
Wellshear
S. A. Phillips
Putnam Clings to Hope Earhart Mystery Deepens
NEW YORK. George Palmer Putnam terms Amelia Earhart disappearance a mystery that may never be explained yet clings to hope she survives on a Pacific island. He cites navigation failure and overcast skies for Noonan and Earhart missing Howland Island. After naval talks he deems a full search fruitless given vast ocean area and estimates the flight cost about 130000 dollars. Notes and pictures from Earhart are being prepared for a book now titled Last Flight. Putnam plans to return to his Hollywood home.
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New York
George Palmer
Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Pacific Ocean
J. Noonan
Howland Island
Woonan
Naval
Earhart
Hollywood
Probe of Cotton Assn ordered by Senate Agriculture Committee
The Senate voted to fund a $10,000 inquiry by its agriculture committee into the American Cotton Co-operative Association. Chairman Smith of South Carolina said the probe would uncover facts on grading stapling and financing of government cotton, examine membership and interlocking directors, and determine if the group truly functions as a cooperative or as a buying and selling entity for officers. He stressed support for cooperative principles while opposing internal or external attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Smith
D-Sc
Cotton Co-Operative
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Rehearing Asked in Shooting Case
Jack Steele, serving a five year sentence for the fatal shooting of Victor Nordstrom, filed with the Arkansas Supreme Court for a rehearing of his case. The court recently affirmed the conviction, and the rehearing motion could push final decision to late fall as the court reconvenes September 24 after summer recess. Nordstrom was a customer. the bullet came from Steele in the North Little Rock case at discharged employee Jack Mann, according to testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Jack Steele
Victor Nordstrom
Supreme Court
Pulaski
Steele
North Little Rock
Jack Mann
Nordstrom
Building Expansion Report Highlights Arkansas Banks
The federal home loan bank board reported 35 Arkansas associations showed growth in assets by 776,501 in the first half of 1987 to 87,988,398 and direct construction related loans rose 885,625 to 6,347,734. Banks are located in Arkadelphia Batesville Camden Eureka Springs Fort Smith Harrison Helena Hope Hot Springs Jonesboro Little Rock Marianna Morristown Newport Nashville North Little Rock Paragould Piggott Pine Bluff Harrison Pocahontas Prescatt Rogers Russellville Searcy Stuttgart Texarkana West Memphis Wynne. Pepys diary notes valid for 1660 68.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Arkansas
Arkadelphia
Batesville
Caimden
E Dorada
Fort Smith
Harrison
Helena
Hope
Hot Springs
Jonesboro
Little Rock
Marianna
Morriston
Newport
Nashville
North Little Rock
Paragoul
Piggott
Pine Bluff
Pahontas
Prescalt
Rogers
Russellville
Searcy
Stuttgart
Texarkana
West Memphis
Wynne
Pete Trexler to Be Returned to Texas
McAlester Oklahoma state senator E P Hill said he advised Roy Pete Traxler he could see no grounds to resist extradition to Texas to complete a 20 year armed robbery sentence. Hill spoke after consulting with Traxler at his wife Nell Traxler's request as extradition papers were signed by Governor Marland despite protests from three Oklahoma county attorneys.
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Mcalester
Okla
E. P. Hill
Roy
Pete) Traxler
Texas
Hill
Nell ‘Fraxler
Marland
Oklahoma
Extradition Hearing Aimed In Lathet Case In Arkansas
In Little Rock Arkansas a hearing was set on Lathet dieton extradition from Mississippi as part of charges including desertion and fighting extradition. Governor Maria Hill noted discussions and the need to transfer to the proper grounds for extradition while Middleton remains at liberty.
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Little Rock
Ark
Venib Bailey
Feng
Lathet
Dieton
Mississippi Court
Mich
Middleton
Flint
Airfield standards for safe large plane landings
Washington officials say runways must be 3500 feet at sea level to accommodate large transport planes with 150 foot wide landing avenues. At higher altitudes thinner air requires longer fields and surface pavement or hard sod, guided by prevailing weather. Vancouver reports a grasshopper bait trial proves ineffective as farmers test salty bran molasses mixtures to kill grasshoppers without harming cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Air Commerce
Vancouver
B. C
Okanagan Valley
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Sid Henry
West
Shipestie
M. H. Barlow
Harry Barlow
Frank Smowson
DeQueen
W. W. Duckett
Bo EB. Newton
Analee
Alice
Barbara Jean Layman
Mary Nell Carter
Litle Rock
H. M. Daniel
Kalamazoo
Midh
Daniel
A. F
Howe
Miogil Ragsdale
John Thorns
Russelville
R. V. McGinnis
South Elim Street
Inco
Jim Bush
Leon Carrington
City
Roger Smith
Waterfoot
Hervey Bemis
Frank ‘Turbeville
Kittie Massey
Wright Massey
Franklin, Ky
Young Dorsey David Glover
Malvern
Dorsey McRae
HO Mr
Mrs
Billy Duckett
Fayetteville
David Davis
Nellie Turner
A.C. Whitehurst
Dorsey McRae, Jr
Bruce McRae
Charles F. Zimmerly
Cory Shinkle Transfer and Storage Company
Amerson
Ind
C. P. Zimmerly
Doris Hamilton
SR. Hamilton
Emily
R. A. Coole
A. N. Hamilton
A. A. Hamilton
Hamilton
Catherine Hamilton
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Hally
Sin
Gaynor
Buduy
Tim McCoy
Lions den
Bugle Mines Serial & Crutuan
Akim Tamiroff
The
Great Gambini
James Gleason
Zasu Pilts
Joe Louis Vs
Braddock
Gene Autry
Rootin
Tootin
Joe BE
Harry W. Shiver
Nelson-Huckins
Paris
Plumbing—Electrical
Future
King
Maria Luisa
Simeon of
Bulgaria
Royal Palace
Sofia
Flapper Fanny
Frvnce, Inc
Sylvia
U.S
Pepys
Charles I
William Deering Howe
Brookville, S. 1
Pete Trexler
Maria
Robin
New Yor
Falstaff Brewing Corfora
City Bakery
Milwaukee
Blatz
Blatz Old Heidelberg
Falstafp Distributing CO
Wood
Blatz Brewing
Milwaukee Beer
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