Hope Basket Co doubles shifts amid big production drive
Hope Basket Co is operating on a double shift to meet booming orders after peach crop losses hurt supply. G J MacGregor says about 259 workers earn roughly 3000 dollars weekly. new $10,000 kiln and Moore Dry Kiln line boost capacity to over 24 000 baskets daily. Fire protection upgrades are planned with city water main extensions to reduce risk of total loss.
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Hope Basket
Ark
Rinuks
G. J. MacGregor
Str
MacGregorick
Wattney
Antes Pia
Coinill
Basket Company
Ater
Tr. MacGregor
Siskel
Formally Charged In Buckley Killing
DETMOST July 31 Angelo Levechi was formally charged with the murder following a shooting at Buckley. Police say Levechi was found in a hotel room after eleven bullets struck the victim in a hotel lobby. Authorities arrested him as a suspect, while a manhunt for three accomplices continues. Police Commissioner's note on identifications remains uncertain.
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Detmost
Angelo ‘Levechi
Nordw
Jerry Me
LaSalteel
Jadn Thoms M. Carter
Levechi
Ganment
Fauckley
Ieh
Fire Loss Statistics Highlight State Fire Prevention Week
Springfield report shows total property damage from fires reaching 417,000 dollars as governors declare October 5 to 11 as State Fire Prevention Week. Officials emphasize prevention measures and public awareness to reduce losses.
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Springfield
Figns
L. L. Emmer
Four Killed When Truck Auto Wreck Near Weaversville
ASHVILLE N C July 31 P Four persons were killed and five injured today in a collision between a truck and a passenger car two miles north of Weaversville near here. The dead are Tarse Tessner Mrs Cindy White John White and Cecil Anderson all residents of Bernardsville NC.
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Ashville
N. C
3Ruck
Weaversville
Here
Bernardsville
N.C
Tarse Tessner
Cindy White
John White
Cecil Anderson
Parnell To Speak in South Arkansas
Governor Harvey Parnell campaigns for re election with three addresses in Miller county on August 5 at the new Central consolidated school during the dedication, plus events in Sulphur Township Bright Star and Texarkana and talks in DeQueen Derks Nashville and other towns on dates through August. Public appearances include radio in Little Rock and rallies at Marion Motel Fayetteville and El Dorado with times listed.
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Texarkana
Harvey Parnell
Arkansas
Miller Conly
Sevier County
Howsard County
Miller Couture
New Central Consolidated School
Bright Star
Sulphur Township
Parnell
DeQueen
Dlerks
Nashville
Little Hook
Perryville
Morriston
Clarksville
Calico Rock
Marion Motel
Little Rock
Farmers’ Short
Fayetteville
Swinton
el Dorado
Roop. Om
Tornado Hits Rochelle and Tullus in Louisiana
A tornado struck Rochelle and Tullus in Louisiana late Wednesday. widespread damage reported as downed wires cut communications. Initial estimates value damage around 50,000 dollars with limited details available.
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Monroe
Jaly
Rochelle
Tullus
Rachels
Nashville Woman Injures Ankle At Murray Orchard
Nashville Arkansas July 3 Myrs YD M Galloway suffered a broken ankle recently when she slipped and fell entering the packing shed at Murray orchard. She is recovering.
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Nashville, Ark
Myrs
Galloway
Murray Orchard
Officials Record Heat with 11h Degree Mark in Hope
An all-time high temperature of 11h degrees was reported for Hope by N P O Neal, official weather observer, surpassing earlier unofficial readings. Arkansas statewide heat stayed extreme with Hope at 102 by mid afternoon, while Fort Smith logged 106 and three deaths occurred from heat in the state. Rain fell briefly at Fort Smith Tuesday as temperatures remained well above 100 across regions despite slight moderation Wednesday.
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N. P. O'Neal
Star
Mr. O'Neal
Mercury
Arkansas
Hope
Weather Man
Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith
Thomas Frederick Anderson
Heavener
Oklo
Doc Carter
Bonanza
Emanuel Bunch
Hot Springs
Arkansans Turn Tables On Illini
Arkansas citizen soldiers stationed in St Louis respond to Illinois taunts by getting watermelon from friends and sharing none with their taunting rivals. Dudley Haddock reports the Arkansas men, who had been mocked as they lined up for a mysterious errand, later confronted the Illinois soldiers with a wired display of hospitality and justice, ending with full consumption of the centerpiece fruit.
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Arriansas Boyd
St. Louis
Hope
Barney Hamm
Dudley Haddock
Little Rock
Arkansas Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas
Tinois
Missouri
Arkansas Boys
Admits Being Hired To Shoot Senator Confession Unfolds
In Columbia South Carolina Governor John G Richards announced that W B Thornley, a World War veteran, confessed to being hired by Pi Gien D McKnight and a former bootlegger to kill State Senator B J Dennis. McKnight was located in Charleston and authorities arrested three men with a fourth McKnight sought. The confession followed Thornley’s prior denials and involved Orangeburg officials Solicitor A J Hydrick and W C Walfe.
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Thornley
A. J. Hydrick
Orangeburg
W. C. Walfe
Dennis
Garner Quits Howard Race For Tax Assessor
Nashville Ark July 31 Luther Garner of Nashville who filed his Wedge to get his name on the ticket as a candidate for Howard County assessor has withdrawn from the race leaving Seldon Chambers unopposed for his second term in the office.
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Nashville
Ark
LutherGarner
Howard County
Seldon Chambers
Kiwanis Plan All Weather Road Log To Dooley's Ferry
Kiwanis members plan to log width, drainage and needs of an all weather route to Dooley's Ferry to aid future oil interests. Do W Weltman and John P Cox appointed to prepare the route assessment. Signs for the short route will go up on the Hope Prescot highway next week and on the Hope Nashville road soon.
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Dooley’s Ferry
Hope Kiwanians
Do. W. Weltman
John P. Cox
Hope
Doolless Ferry
Texarkana
Hope-Prescott
Kiwanis Club
Hope-Nashville
Winter Cannon
Robert Campbell
Co. W. Weltman
Dewey Hendrix
Edison Questions Twenty nine Boys West Change N J July
Forty nine young men from many parts of the United States answered fifty questions posed by Thomas A Edison. One will win the 1930 Edison scholarship, announced Friday at Glennmount. They had one hour to complete papers on chemistry mathematics and physics plus personal body questions and university lecture course advisability for Machorian cooking.
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West Change
N. Jn
United States
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Glennmount
Corn crop expected to rise by 40 million bushels in Illinois
Springfield reports the monthly state crop observation for Illinois shows a forecasted corn production increase of slightly over 40 million bushels this year compared with last year. The forecast comes from observers for the State and Federal Departments of Agriculture.
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Springfield
Departments of Agriculture
Gehlbach First in Air Derby Take-off
Lincoln news wire reports Les Gehlbach of Little Rock Ark led the all-American air derby after taking off from Lincoln airport on the next leg toward Chicago. Lowell Bayles of Springfield Mass followed at 9 02 with others at one minute intervals. Hamer of LaSalle Wis was forced down yesterday and is out of the race. Twenty entrants started at Detroit July 21. eight remained today. Gehlbach’s elapsed time to Lincoln was 38 hours 14 minutes 25 seconds for about 5450 miles. Bayles was 41 hours 45 minutes 21 seconds. Ogden pilot Henry Ogden finished seven hours 46 minutes 46 seconds for the leg to Lincoln.
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Nel
Les Gehlbach
Little Rock
Ark
Berby
Chicago
Gehlbach
Lowell Bayless
Springfield
Mass
Herman Hamer
LaSalle
Here
Hamer
Detroit
Neb
Lee Gehlbach
Ogden
Utah
Lee Shoenhair
Refree
Shoenhair
Lowell Bayles
Henry Ogden
Ynglewood
California
Aid Pom
Conway Youth Becomes Air Force Cadet in California
Conway Ark youth Erwin Livingston son of TA Livington owner of the Russellville Counter-Democrat has joined the Army Air Service as a cadet at March Field Riverside California. He passed tests among 600 applicants and recently graduated from the University of Southern California.
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Conway
Ark
Ili
Erwin Livingston
TA. Livington
Russellville
Counter- Democrat
Army Air Service
Marchfield
Riverside
California
Young Livingston
Hendrix-Henderson College
University of Southern California
Arkadelphia Woman Joins Presbyterian Board in Assembly
Mrs Walter Wilson of Arkadelphia was elected first vice president of the advisory council for the department of womens work at a church assembly covertly held in Montreat North Carolina. She recently returned home and serves on the Arkansas College board of trustees at Burlesville. She is noted as an inspiring worker.
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Arkadelph
Walter Wilson
Department of Women's Work
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Montreat
N.C
Watermelon Festival committee meeting urged tonight
A meeting of all committee chairmen of the 1934 Watermelon Festival is called for 7.4 o'clock tonight at Hope city hall by George W. Robison, general chairman, urging attendance to complete preparations. Cottonworms found on Hempstead county farms at Ralph Routon and Kendall Lemley properties prompt growers to spray Cin Cinam Arsenate.
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Hope City Hall
George W. Robison
Hempstead
Ralph Routon
Caruise Creek
Kendall Lemley
Washington
Mrs. R. Lewallen Wins Dixie Prize
Mrs. Riley Lewallen of Green Lake is awarded a $25 first prize in the Southern Ruralist Better Homes content. Hope’s Miss Martha June Bucher received notice. Lewallen credited home improvements for family pride and plans to buy a hot water system.
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Hempstead
Riley Lewallen
Green Laseter
Texan Withdraws After Leading Primary Vote
Texan withdraws after leading the first primary ticket in a three candidate contest. Judge Jess W Bates remains the Democratic nominee after the withdrawal, Bates having been appointed by Governor Din Moody. NACOGDOCHES Texas July 21
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UPI
Culberson C. Derman
Td Votes
Jess W. Bates
Judge Bates
Wection
Bates
Din Moody
Nacogdoches
Texas
Genoa Forest Fire Curbed by Texarkana Volunteers
Texarkana July 3. ETS and volunteer firefighters on Wednesday brought under control a blaze that destroyed about $1200 worth of pulp wood owned by A A Dorhai eight miles east of Texarkiana on the Genoa road. The timber was ready for shipment to a paper mill at Camden. The flames swept over about 2 1/2 acres, according to reports.
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Texarkana
A. A. Dorhai
Texarkiana
Genoa Road
Camden
Loghns
Blevins Slated For Daylight Stump Tour Stop Saturday
Candidates move to Hempstead county events with day sessions at Blevins on Saturday after advancing from a night meeting. The tour’s second week reports good crowds as speakers appear in Ozan Sardis and Bingen with morning and afternoon sessions.
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Blevins
Hempstead
Ozan
Mornig
Sardis
Bingen
Foster Identified as the Chicago Slayer of Reporter Lingle
Chicago police identified Frank Foster as the gunman who killed Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle on June 1 as he attempted to board a suburban train. Patrolman Ruthy pursued the killer through a crowd on Michigan Boulevard, leading to Foster’s identification at a court hearing. Foster, a Moran gang member, had been arrested in Los Angeles following the murder claim.
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Chicago
Frank Foster
Alfred
Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Rubhy
Michigan Boulevard
Putrelman Ruthy
Randolph Street
Ruthy
Foster
Lingley
Moran
Fogler
Los Angeles
Rubhy
Daniel Teade
Illinois
Jnnessey
Lrude
Chambers
Counm
R-100 Expected To Land At St Hubert Quebec
The airship R-100, after approaching from England at high speed, was delayed from landing at St Hubert near Quebec by weather and other factors. Ground crews report the craft may moor by seven oclock this evening if atmospheric conditions permit. Newsmen and Navy officials, including Charles R. Rosendahl, gathered to observe, as the ship was to be moored high and hauled in with a small crew compared with prior operations.
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Bee
Lawrence River
United States
Navy
Bureau of Nautics
Washington
Charles R. Rosendahl
Icon Cirrigible Activities
Atlantic
Angelés
Lakehurst
N. J
Rodahl
Los Angeles
J S Giles County Pioneer Dies in Spring Hill
J S Giles aged 69 longtime stock roller for Arkansas and Louisiana Railway and Hempstead County pioneer dies at home in Spring Hill Louisiana. Body to be sent by L and A special to Hope arriving 8 25 tonight then to Texarkana for funeral Friday at First Methodist. Survived by widow Elizabeth, sons Paul and Bynum, daughter Mrs Will McKinney, sisters Mrs John S Gibson and Mrs Jonnie McWilliams.
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J. S. Giles
Arkansas & Louisiana Ralway Company
Hempstead County
City of Hope
Spring Hill
Hope
Assouri Pacific
Texarkana
Giles
Elizabeth Giles
Paul
Catalena
Texas
Bynum
Dallas
Will McKinney
John S. Gibson
Jonnie McWilliams
Thousands Homeless In India by Flood Waters
In Sind region over 100 villages submerged as flood waters close in on Chikapur. About 150 square miles across Sind river to Shikapur a single water sheet. Some 30,000 refugees evacuated to Sokkur. Massive crop and livestock losses, extensive property damage. A band of 500 looters took advantage of the distress.
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Karachi
India
Sind
Chikapur
Shikapur
Sokkur
Khanpur
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