Pardoned on day of sentence in embezzlement case
Wilson, convicted embezzler, is freed hours after judge imposed four year sentence as his brother Lieut Gov Lawrence Wilson, acting governor, issues a full pardon. Fred Wilson, previously tied to payroll embezzlement from Hudson Co. Lumber Co., had pleaded guilty to four counts. Concerns linger over pending counts and potential new charges. The pardon arrives amid assertions by the company that additional embezzlement charges could be pursued.
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Red Wilson
Little
Lawrence Wilson
Parnell
L. Britt
Fred Wilson
Hudson-Cooper Lumter
Union County
Wilson
Britt
Athe
H. W. Cooper
Jue dJolner
Grand Jury
Union County Sheriffs Office
Hni Stulun
Trudson-Cooper Lumber Co
W. H. Cooper
Carl Goff
Caddie Kinard
Ira Hudson
Kim
W. H. Hudson
Mr. Hudson
M. E. Gunnils
Lawrence
Magnolia
Hoover Hyde talks cut dept save twenty million dollars
Washington reports say conferences between President Hoover and Secretary Hyde of the Agriculture Department have closed with the department planning a five year savings of 20 million dollars. Hoover also appointed Roy B. Lewis of Oklahoma as assistant attorney general.
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Washington
Hoover
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Roy &. T. Lewis
Oklahoma
Auxiliary To Meet With Legion June 4
The Legion Auxiliary will meet with the Leslie Huddleston post of the American Legion at City Hall Hope on Thursday June 4. Members and former servicemen are urged to bring their wives. Dewey Hendrix, past commander, will report. Rev. Geo. F X Strassner will speak. Sandwiches and cake will be provided. A large turnout is expected.
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the Legion Auxiliary
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Hope
Dewey Hendrix
Geo
Fi X. Strassner
Cow to Pay Expense Through Scohol
Russellville Arkansas Poly technic College student Clyde Wilson, a Great Forests High School graduate, sought a means to work through school. He proposed bringing four cows from Fourves farm to supply milk for tuition, pledging four gallons per day to cover fall and winter costs. The plan depends on the cows and milk proceeds.
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Russellville
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Clyde Wilson
Great Forrest High School
J. BR. Grant
Grat
Wilson
Hope Woman Hurt In Auto Accident On South Main St
Mrs Frank Russell suffered a lacerated head when a reckless driver drove a car into the Russell vehicle on South Main Street Monday night. Nolan Lee of Louann Rex Jones of Patmos and Jones’s father were arrested and fined 10 dollars plus costs by Judge M A Gentry after municipal court arraignment Tuesday morning.
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Frank Russell
South Main Street
Nolan Lee
Louann
Rex Jones
Patmos
Elyt
M. A. Gentry
Jones
South Main
Sixteenth
John McClanahan
Russell
Russells
Bond Sale Authorized for 15 Million for Highways
LITTLE ROCK. The State Highway Bond issue of 15 million dollars to retire short term notes for highway construction was authorized. Bids will be opened Wednesday, June 24. The State Debt Board will also take bids for one and a half million dollars to reimburse the highway fund loaned to the legislature for emergency agricultural credit corporations.
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Little Rock
State Highway Nolte Board
State Debt Board
Specialist Found Slain at His Brooklyn Home
Dr George Edward Deely a prominent ENT specialist was found slain in his fashionable Brooklyn home. He had been stabbed and his skull crushed with a bed post. All doors and windows were locked and police with crews worked on the case.
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New York
George Edward Deely
Brooklyn
Spring Time Revels Dance Revue at Saenger Theater
A spring dance revue by 40 local students titled Spring-Time Revels will be performed Thursday night June 4 at the Saenger theater. Mrs. Nell Bush McPheeters, noted dance and dramatic instructor, directs a garden stage scene with multiple dance numbers. The performance accompanies the regular picture program featuring Laugh and Get Rich starring Dorothy Lee Edna Mae Oliver and Hugh Merbert.
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Saenger Theater
Nell Bush McPheeters
Dorothy Lee
Edna Mae Oliver
Ugh Merbert
Arthur Wolf Joins Rephan's Hope Store in Camden
Arthur Wolf, a prominent Camden merchant, joined Rephan's Hope Store in New York on Monday with Mrs. Wolf. He works with Hope manager Guy Card, and formerly managed the Camden Boston store before Froug's takeover. His career spans Dorado merchandising as well, making him widely known across the state.
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Arthur Wolf
Camden
FE B. Rephan
New York
Drowning at Bar Pit Claims 15 year old near Dudley
A 15 year old, POPULAR BLUFF resident Mr Waller D Odle, son of Luther and Mrs Odle of near Dudley, drowned Monday night while swimming with relatives near the St Francis river in Butler county. Two other youths were nearly lost in the failed rescue efforts and the coroner Grover Greve ruled the drowning accidental.
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Waller D. Odle
Luther Odle
Dudley
St. Francis River
Butler County
Grover Greve
Girls Win Post Peeling Contest in Acorn Community
In MENA Ark Post peeling emerges as a new competitive sport for boys and girls. In a recent contest a group of girls using garden hoes defeated an equal number of boys. The event highlights peel counts and local participation in Pine post processing efforts.
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Mena. Ark
Carluad
Gwe
County Poultrymen To Meet at Prescott
Hempstead County Poultry Association plans next meeting in Prescott at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Brunson on Rosston highway near Prescott city limits. Speaker will be Mr. H. H. Steup of Mount Morris, advertising manager and research staffer for Poultry Tribune. All Hempstead and Nevada associations urged to attend. Officers are George F. Dodds president Erle C. Turner vice president and Mrs. Charles Locke secretary treasurer.
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Hempstead County Poultry Association
Hope
Charles Locke
Ozan
Prescott
C. P. Brunson
Rosston
Frescott
H. H. Steup
Mount Morris
Steup
The
Poultry Tribune
United States
College Boy Shot and Will Bowman Wounded in Dorm Shootings
In Berea Kentucky Leonard Martin 21 of Wilton was found shot to death and Willian Bowman was shot in the arm in a men’s dormitory on Tuesday. College authorities investigate but cannot find adaptive. Bowman runs a restaurant in Berea. Martin had just graduated Monday and was preparing to depart for home when the shooting occurred.
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Berea
Leonard Martin
Wilton
Willian Bowman
Adaptive
Bowman
Martin
Closed Bank at Mena Pays Second Dividend
MENA Arkansas The Farmers and Merchants Bank which closed last August paid its second dividend Saturday December 25 per cent dividend is paid on deposits and notes.
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Mena
Auk
Buk
Auto Crash Injuries Reported Near Prescott
Sanders Moses postmaster and McCaskill resident was in a car wreck on the Blevins Prescott highway five miles from Prescott. The coupe overturned on a sharp curve called dead man’s curve around 9:30 Sunday night. Three aboard injured including two women, Miss Frances Edwards and Miss Jewel Fore. Edwards in serious condition. Moses and two passengers were trapped until a nearby farmer freed them.
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J. S.sanders Moses
McCaskill
Ki Ite
Blevins-Prescott
Frances Edwards
Malvern
Jewel'Fore
Prescott
Senate Override Hits First Race Track Bill
In Tallahassee the Florida Senate, 26 to 12, overrode Governor Carlton's veto on the first race track and pari mutuel bill, proposing government supervised betting. George E. Widener, a race enthusiast, offered to build a $1,000,000 track near Miami if the bill passes.
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Tallahassee
Fla
State Senate
Doyle E. Carlton
George E. Widener
Miami
Madisionville Wife Kills Former Judge Says No Regrets
Mrs. Carl T Harper shot her husband the former district judge of Madisonville and told friends she had no fear or regrets. The shooting occurred after threats and heavy drinking. Harper died instantly. two sons sided with their mother as authorities considered charges.
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Madisonville
Tex
Carl ‘T. Harper
Luther Broadway
Harper
J. R. Gibson
Lee Rich
Houston
Paul
Webb
Judge Favors Jobless In Selecting Jurors
In Boyd county Kentucky unemployed jurors receive preference at the spring term. If a busy man is drawn and asks to be excused, he may return home and a working man takes his place. Judge Henry L. Woods says many unemployed are fit for service and the jury system offers compensation for these opportunities.
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Ashland
Boyd County Court
Henry L. Woods
Rotary Night at Hotel Bowlow Impresses Guests
The annual Rotary ins ide night featured women visitors enacting popular Hope men. Mrs. Charles Lowthorp served as toastmaster as Ed McFaddin and Carter Johnson were portrayed by attendees. A large guest turnout praised this year’s show as the best Rotery-Ann night yet.
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Hope
Rotary
Jim Henry
George Ware
Talbot Feild
Brakeman Killed at Cotton Plant Autopsy and details unclear
Harrison officials report the death of R. P. Cunningham, a railroad brakeman, after he fell under an engine tender during car switching at the Rock Island crossing in Catton Plant. He died at Brinkley hospital at 1 a.m. He had worked about two years on the Kensett to Helena run and is survived by his wife and one son.
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Harrison
Missouri and Noarth Arkansas Railroad
R. P. Cunningham
Rock Island
Catton
Brinkley
Cuningham
Kensett
Helena
Understanding Offered as Economic Ills Aid
Dr. Robert M. Hutchings of the University of Chicago told Berea College graduates that remedying today’s economic and political ills lies in emphasizing understanding over rote knowledge and fostering an educational system that rewards independent thinking. He argued current troubles stem from educational inadequacy, not political failures, and urged reforms to match world needs.
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Berea
Robert M. Hutching
University of Chicago
Hutchings
Berea College
Uss
Mrs C N Whatley Funeral Tuesday
Mrs C N Whatley aged 29 died Monday night at a local hospital. The Whatley family live nine miles north of Hope in DeAnn community. She is survived by her husband four children and her parents Mr and Mrs J G Rate cliff of near Patmos. Funeral services were at 2 pm Tuesday at Union Grove conducted by Rev W H Stingley of Washington.
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C. N. Whatley
Whatley
Hope
DeAnn
J. G. Ratecliff
Patmos
Union Grove
W. H. Stingley
Washington
Brothers Slashed In Camden Hospital Fight
In Camden Travis Grisham 31 of Calhoun County lies in critical condition with knife wounds to the lungs abdomen and back after a free for all fight. His brother Dewey 23 is hospitalized with less serious injuries. Several others were involved, but details are scarce.
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Camden
Travis Grisham
Calhoun County
Camden Hospital
Dewey Grisham
Davis Statue Placed Tuesday In Federal Statuary Hall
A bronze statue of Jefferson Davis was accepted by the federal government and placed in Statuary Hall on Tuesday. The Mississippi native joins other southern figures including J. Z. George in the hall, with ceremonies featuring Senators Harrison and Stephens addressing the event.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Davis
J. Z George
White House
Harrison
Stephens
Thesthiy
Seven Additional Charges Pres To House Tuesday
Nashville report on seven added impeaching charges against Henry H Horton arising from the Bank of Tennessee deposit arrangement. The governor convened the state board and discussions occurred with his knowledge as funds were directed to the Bank of Tennessee as depository for public and bridge funds totaling over three million dollars.
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Nashville
Bank of Tennessee
Sidiary
Caldwell & Company
Henry H. Horton
House of Epresen
Thernor
Bank of
Kilgore Oil Well Blazes Endangers Main District
An oil derrick fire at the Nation company well in Kilgore burned for hours after two explosions. Firemen fought the flames as electricity failed at the water plant. R. G. Huffman remained hospitalized in critical condition, others were out of danger. Loss was estimated at 20,000 dollars. J R McKenney A G Bradford and Ben Rabinowitz were identified as injured in the incident.
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Nation Company
Néwles
Kilgore
R. G. Huffman
J. R. McKenney
Oklahoma City
A. G. Bradford
Man Kills Woman In Hotel Lobby
In Houston at the Rice hotel Marie Hart 25 was shot dead on the mezzanine. Don Covin about 27, formerly of Beaumont, was arrested as he left. A coroner ruled he murdered the woman after an inquest. Covin claimed he loved her and said the killing happened on impulse. Witnesses were questioned by police.
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Houston
Tex
Marie Hart
Rice Hotel
Don Covin
Beaumont
Covin
Disturbance of the peace charges withdrawn for four locals
Four local residents had disturbance of the peace charges withdrawn in municipal court before Police Judge A A Gentry. The cases against Charles Crosnoe J W Patterson Mrs Oscold McWilliams and her sister Miss Buena Turner were settled out of court and bond released.
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A. A. Gentry
Bond
Charles Crosnoe
J. W. Patterson
Oscold McWilliams
Buena Turner
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