Conferees Appointed After Bill Passes
The Senate debated final passage of a budget measure with administration support. Vice President Curtis appointed conferees from both chambers to harmonize differences, naming Smoot as chair and lawmakers Watson Reed Harrison King to negotiate.
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Curtis
Senate
House
Smoot
Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Reed
Pennsylvania
Harrison
Mississippi
King
Utah
Late field crops in Hempstead County show delays and gains
The Hempstead County survey notes field and crop delays of ten to thirty days due to heavy rains and March frost, with cotton stands good and chopping underway. Corn acreage is up modestly with rapid growth on well drained, fertilized plots, while watermelons face poor stands in some patches. Cantaloupes expected to lead this season with Blevins reporting insects on vines, and tomatoes expanding in Patmos, Bloving, McCaskill and Hope. Irish potatoes and string beans shipments began in large loads from Hope.
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Patmos
Washington
Ozan
Emmet
Blevins
Hempstead
Bloving
McCaskill
Hope
Gecht Kidnapers Given Life Terms
CHICAGO two kidnapers John Pingera and William Thomas were sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to abducting Mrs. Georgia Gecht for a $2000 ransom. Judge Sullivan cited the case’s seriousness but spared the death penalty as the state did not seek it. Swallwell acquitted. Finnen freed. Montegue escaped custody. Pingera and Thomas sent to Joliet State Prison.
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Chicago
John Pingera
William ‘Thomas
Georgia Gecht
Tris
Ward Swallwell
Swalwell
Neil Montegue
Counyry
Pingra
Thomas
Jollet
State's First Court Built at Washington in Hempstead County
Editor note outlines Hope High School history series on Hempstead county. The first Arkansas courthouse stood seven miles northwest of Washington in a crude log shanty, moved by J W Williams to his property, and later served as part of the negro quarters. Stewart Austin, then federal judge for Arkansas Territory, held the first court in Hempstead's oldest courthouse. The seat of justice moved to Washington, with a 1828 site-committee including Moss Burt Edwards Davis and Stuart. The building, about fifty feet square, took five years to finish, with James Moss the first judge from 1828 to 183%. The 1863 legislative meeting occurred there, and war orders were issued by Governor Flanagan before state records were moved from Little Rock to Washington. Over time Washington became a rallying point for soldiers and locals, and slaves were sold from the doorsteps of the old courthouse. Notables like Uncle Ab Smith and Bob Samuels recall the site as a former state capitol, a nearly hundred-year-old building rich in Civil War and pioneer memories.
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Katie McDaniel
Arkansas
Washington
J. W. Williams
Williams
Stewert Austin
Texas
Arkansas Territory
Hempstead
James Moss
Heulatt Burt
Merrith Edwards
J. B. Davis
Elizah Stuart
Flanagan
Governo
Ror Flanagen
Little Rock
Rector
Old Court House
State Capitol
Ab” Smith
Bob Samuels
Hempstead County
Pioneer Times
Four to gallows in bank holdup slayings in New Orleans
La. and New Orleans report: Sta Jacques a New Orleans Negro convicted with three Chicago men for slaying Raymond Rize a grocer in a bank holdup two years ago led a procession of four to the gallows. Donald Rytich and George O Day followed Jacques in payment of the crime. In Shreveport E L Patterson and Boris Tolich white men were scheduled to die between noon and three for slaying Charlie Jones a Caddo Parish merchant in an attempted holdup last year.
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New Orleans
Sta Jaques
Chicago
Raymond Rize
Donald Rytich
George O'Day
Jacques
Shreveport
E. L. Patterson
Boris Tolich
Charlie Jones
Caddo Parish
LaGrone Sr Reported Improved in Hospital
R M LaGrone Sr president of Citizens National Bank aged 54 is reported to be doing satisfactorily at Barnes Hospital where he was a patient Wednesday noted by attending physician Dr Ilsworth Smith. Hope friends were advised of the improvement.
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M. LaGrone
Citizens National Bank
Barnes Hospital
Wours
Ilsworth Smith
Hope
Ramsey hosts fish fry at Okay with Hempstead Legion
William Ramsey proprietor of the Checkered Cafe and Hempstead County Legion post member invites post members and friends to a Wednesday night fish fry at Okay. Attendees will meet at the Checkered Cafe at seven o clock and travel together to Okay.
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William Ramsey
Hempstead County Legion Post
Okay
The
Post
Mr. Ramsey
Okey
Durbin Indicted on Blackmail Charge in Ohio Politics
An indictment charges attempted bribery and blackmail and circulation of unsigned election literature against W W Durbin, longtime Ohio Democratic figure, and a second defendant C Mulcahy. Durbin denied the charges, saying he is persecuted, while Mulcahy is identified as his agent. The case ties to Durbin’s unsuccessful bid for Eighth Ohio district nomination and to letters attacking Charles F Schaber and John A Key.
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Bucyrus
Wi W
Durbin
Kenton
C! Mulcahy
State Democratic Executive Committee
Chicago
Charles F. Schaber
John A. Key
Marlon
Brooks Fletcher
Mulcshy
J. Dudley Sears
Ninor
Beninat Sears
Sears
Hope Youth Among Outstanding Pupils
VAYETTEVILLE Ark Notes of 16 students of the University of Arkansas selected for their outstanding achievements for honors in the Who's Who section of the 1932 Razorback were announced Tuesday with the release of the yearbook. These students named by a committee of faculty members and student leaders include Harl Searest Hope, Jack Busick Pine Bluff, Harold Albrecht Little Rock, Robert Wiseman McGehee, Hel Douglas Bentonville, Theoa Jane Ogan Wynne, Fanchon Sims Olliver Joplin Mo, Burnelle Boyce Little Rock, Jay Dickey Fort Smith, Raymond Gibson Franrie Grove, Ray Forrester Little Rock, Warren Wood Titor, Walter Cooper Archey, Oliver W Holmes El Dorado, Lester George Muskogee, Gila, and Clifton Wade Fayetteville.
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Vayeteeville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Harl Searest
Hope
Jack Busick
Pine Bluff
Harold Albrecht
Little Nwock
Robert Wiseman
McGehee
Hel Douglas
Bentonville
Theoa Jane Ogan
Wynne
Fanchon Sims Olliver
Joplin
Burnelle Boyce
Little Rock
Jay Dickey
Fort Smith
Raymond Gibson
Franrie Grove
Ray Forrester
Lite Rock
Warren Wood
Titor
Walter Cooper
Archey
Oliver W. Holmes
el Dorado
Lester George
Muskogee
Gila
Cliftin Wade
Fayetteville
Prisoner Taken From Kentucky Jail Hanged by Mob
In Princeton Kentucky Walter Merrick forty eight was seized from the county jail boat by a mob Tuesday night bound and hanged. His body found near town early Wednesday. Merrick faced trial planned June 13 on dynamiting Poole Hopson store last February. Poole, hospital bound two months after explosion, blamed Merrick for the act over a school dispute involving Merrick’s son and a school teacher. Poole chaired the county school board and supported the teacher.
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Princeton
Walter Mekrick
Uhd
Curt Jones
P'Poole T. Hopson
Ee P'Poole
Merrick
F'Poole
Colint
Two men jailed after Wednesday knife altercation
At Jess Cornelius's home near the golf course a Wednesday morning quarrel between Cornelius and Jack Mimms left Mimms with a five inch neck gash needing 17 stitches. Both men were arrested for drunkenness fighting and disturbing the peace. Cornelius stayed in city jail while Mimms was held in Washington. A preliminary hearing before Judge Gentry is set for Monday morning.
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Jess Cornelius
Clarence Baker
Brice Arnett
Cornelius
Jack Mimms
Mimms
Jall
Washington
Gentry
Class Night At Yerger Negro High School Program
The Yerger Negro High School senior class plans an 8 o clock Class Night with 35 members. E M Glover and James Harvis lead faculty sponsorship. Events include processional Creed James Monroe Merclat invocation Rev N F Wesson class history Ivy Oration will, mantle and response, class prophesy, chorus, poem, and recessional. Class officers are president James Monroe Metlaf secretary Lexie Louis Care inichea treasurer Chester Lewis.
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Yerger Negro High School
E. M. Glover
James Harvis
James Monroe Merclat
N. F. Wesson
Lonoke Baptist Church
Novia Tyus Turatt
Ivy
Clavis Wiinn Curtigan
Will—Kalie Marie Jordon
Rubye Yvonne Douglass
Egtha Louise Watson
John Erle Corneli Us
Gladyce Beatryce Beene
Charlyne Daniels
James Monroe Metlaf
Lexie Louis Careinichea
Chester Lewis
Arkansas College Fees Reduced for Next Year
Batesville notes Rev Otis Gre han of Malvern elected president of the Arkansas College Alumni Association at the annual banquet. Miss Margaret Goodwin of Batesville named vice president. Trustees announce tuition cut from 160 to 2140 and student board from 270 to 200 for next year.
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Batesville
Otis Grehan
Malvern
Arkansas College
Margaret Goodwin
House Votes Probe of Federal Sales
The House voted 176 to 129 to create a five member committee to study government sales competing with private business. Representative Shannon displayed pink pajamas and other exhibits from Fort Leavenworth and federal stores to argue government products rival private enterprises.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Uncle Sam
Congress
Jos, B. Shannon
Missouri
Thomas L. Blanton
Texas
Shannon
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Garner Bill Provides Many Arkansas Projects
Congressman Ninan B. Parks released a Tuesday statement disputing reports on the Garner bill for Arkansas public buildings. He noted the revised bill to pass the House next week authorizes new construction and demolition of old structures at Arkansas City Helena Ft. Smith Blytheville Jonesboro Fine Bluff Benton Bentonville Clarksville DeQueen Lake Village Magnolia Malvern Monticello Nashville Oss esla Paris Siloam Springs Smruck over Springdale Van Buren Waldrid ge Warren Wynne Ashdown Idanelle Dermott DeWitt England Euders Gordon Hamburg Piggott Pocahontas.
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Washington, D. C
Ninan B. Parks
Arkansas
Park
Washington
The
Gazette
Arkansas City
Helena
Ft. Smith
Blytheville
Jonesboro
Fine Bluff
Benton
Bentonville
Clarksville
DeQueen
Lake Village
Magnolia
Malvern
Monticello
Nashville
Oscesla
Paris
Siloam Springs
Smruck
Four Argentinians Die in Gas Suicide Pact
A father Carlos and his four daughters, all Argentine natives, died by gas in a joint suicide pact after the husband had lost his wife and their mother. The incident occurred Wednesday in New York.
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New York
Carlos
Nelfie
Argentina
Woman Attacks Daughters With Hatchet in Richmond
Mrs Turker Shelton, 42, wife of a physician, attacked her two sleeping daughters with a hatchet in Richmond. Mary and Eleanor Shelton were critically wounded and taken to a hospital. Police found notes attached to plows on the bed. contents not released.
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Richmond
Turker Shelton
Mary Is
Eleanor
Wounds Inflicted By Brother Fatal
Walter Harvey, 124, died from gunshot wounds after a quarrel with his brother Ebbie Harvey, 21, at a Texas Texarkana home. Ebbie surrendered and faces murder charges with a hearing planned in Municipal Court. Both brothers were previously bonded on liquor charges. Walter leaves a wife and child. their parents reside nearby.
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Texarkana
Walter Harvey
Ebbie Harvey
H. M. Barney
Ebbie
Seabury Files Further Walker Bond Claims
Samuel Seabury testified at Hofstadter Committee hearings on Wednesday, alleging Mayor Walker owned bonds of the Reliance Bronze and Steel Company, which had previously dated from the city. The testimony expands scrutiny of Walker’s financial links and bond ownership.
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New. York
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter ‘Committee
Walker
Reliance ‘Bronze and’ Steel Company
Pee
James Aylett Dies at 46 in Lexington Hospital
James Aylett, 46, of Washington, died Tuesday morning in the Veterans Bureau Hospital in Lexington Kentucky. He will be brought to Hope on the Missouri Pacific Thursday and buried at Dr A C Kolb home, with funeral services at 2 30 P M Thursday at Washington Baptist Church led by Reverend H W Slingley. Survived by widow and daughter Betty Jo.
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James A. Aylett
Washington
U. S. Veterans Bureau Hospital
Lexington
Aylett
A. C. Kolb
Hervey Street
Hope
Cdy
Missouri Pacific
Dr. Kolb
Rey. H. W. Slingley
Washington Baptist Church
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
the Legion
Mr. Aylett
Betty Jo
U S Accepts Plan For World Parley
The United States agrees to attend an international economic conference in London to discuss stabilizing world commodity prices with a focus on economic issues only. France Italy and other European powers are invited. Tariff quotes monetary reforms and banking topics likely on the agenda. the Lausanne talks on reparations remain separate.
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Washington
United States
London
Great Britain
State Department
France
Italy
Liege
Cotton Belt Refunding Battle Ends in Victory
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway, known as the Cotton Belt, defeated a last-minute receivership threat. At a Board meeting, it was announced that sufficient bonds totaling $29,787,750 were reported to Chase National Bank, enabling the refunding plan. The deal provides 50 percent cash and 50 percent new securities, with 98 percent of the issue to be serviced.
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New York
St. Louiss + Southwestern Railway Co
Cotton Belt
Wong
Mle
Chase Penntional Bank
Pias
Zoghy
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