City Health Chief Condemns On Site Toilets In North Washington
The city health physician reported condemned toilets on Rev. James H. Bennett property. Council ordered sanitary investigation and report for resolution. Police to pursue unlicensed motorists. fees set at 2.50 plus 2.50 penalty. Roy Anderson sworn to Board of Public Affairs. Park Commission expanded with named members.
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James H. Bennett
Washington Street
J. H. Weaver
T. R. Bllingsley
Riddhill
Civie
Treagueer
Roy Anderson
Albert Graves
Anderson
C. C. Spragins
Park Commission
Graves
Ray Anderson
Chniuim
Tvs
Arch Moory
Clyde Hi
127 in Hempstead to Get Pensions
LITLE ROCK Ark a Welfare report shows Hempstead County has 590 pensioners averaging 3,086 dollars monthly distributed from state and federal aid. Jefferson County follows with 281 recipients and 1,421 dollars monthly. Mississippi 278 with 1,542. Newton 44 with 220 total.
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Litle Rock
Ark
Pulaski
Arkansas
Matehial
Charles Ha) Andrews
Jefferson County
Mississippi County
Newton County
Columbia
Nevada
Public Invited to Open House at First Baptist Church
The public is invited to attend an open house at 7 p.m. Thursday in the new Sunday school building of the First Baptist church. A brief program begins at 6:30 with the pastors of Hope speaking. Dr. A. C. Kolb of Little Rock will also speak briefly. Church superintendents and teachers serve as reception committees. Mrs. Yarry Shiver leads refreshments. Friends are urged to attend even briefly.
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First Baptist Church
Hope
A. C. Kolb
Little Rock
Yarry Shiver
Arkansas petitions seek six state amendments for November ballot
Six proposed constitutional amendments were filed in Arkansas to appear on the November ballot. Petitions must reach the secretary of state by July 4 with publication proof, and at least 30 days before the election text appears in a newspaper of general circulation. Proposals include homestead exemption limits, reducing or removing poll taxes, reapportionment by a special board, free textbooks for grades one through eight, and broader prosecutorial information. An act to adjust salaries for prosecuting attorneys was referred by the 1435 legislature.
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Stain
FL McDonald
Willy
Negro program and cemetery event notice in community columns
A local notice outlines a Friday program titled Know Your State for eight young people under the Negro Institute of the WIA school with a queen to be selected. The event, directed by the Negro Institute, is linked to the Negro Cemetery near Hopy where cleanup and offerings will resume Friday morning and residents are urged to bring tools.
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WIA
Neuro
Hopy
Heart Attack Is Fatal to Burns Funeral Friday
Speaker Joseph Wellington Burns dies in Washington at 60 from a heart attack and cerebral hemorrhage. President Roosevelt plans to attend the funeral and accompany the funeral train to Tennessee. Willian B. Bankhead elected to replace Burns in the House as the Senate halts its tax debate.
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Washington
i/P
House
Joseph Wellington Burns
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Burns
Willian B. Bankhead
Alabama
Texas
Little Rock
Senate
House of Representatives
George W. Calver
Capitol
Byrnd
Mayflower
White House
Abutte
Didafienoon
Calver
Rppairer
Byrns
Whaley
Bali
Mir
Irish Potatoes Bring Good Price in Hempstead County
Hempstead county farmers are earning good money from Irish potatoes this year. The crop, once a family staple, has been planted in larger acreages and shows strong yields. Producers are receiving about $2.25 per 100 pounds this week, with market signs that prices will hold due to shortages in other states.
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Hempstead
Lindbergh to Recover $14,860 From Hauptmann Case
New Jersey Attorney General Wilentz announced that 14860 dollars from the Lindbergh suit costs would be returned to Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. The decision, made at a New York conference with J Edgar Hoover and others, places the funds in a bank safe deposit box in Trenton awaiting Lindbergh's instructions.
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Trenton
N. J
JPI
David T. Wiluntz
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A . Lindbergh
Wilentz
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Norman Schwarzkopf
Public Debt Seen as 34 Billions by July
Treasury experts project the fiscal year end June 30 with the public debt near 34.4 billion dollars and a June outlay of about 1.7 billion tied to veteran bonds. By June 1 the debt stood at 2.969 billion, with anticipated June spending widening the gap.
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Washington
Gunghis
Treasury
Frisco Railway Paid $3 Million in 1935 Taxes
Tax breakdown shows Frisco paid $3,009,797.44 in taxes across nine states for 1935. Of this, $1,197,569.81 was school tax and state taxes reached $234,414.31 while county, road, city and special taxes comprised the rest. In Arkansas the company paid $306,871.62 in taxes, including Hempstead county amounts.
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ST. Louis
Frisco Railway
State of
Arkansas
Frisco
Hempstead County
City of
Hope
Hupe
Hempstead County Man Observes 81st Birthday
W. D. Uavtsfield, a Hempstead County citizen, celebrated his 81st birthday with a family reunion at his home. A large number of guests attended a lupehon served meal. The text mentions cloves as unopened flower buds of Eugenia Caryophyllata.
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W. d. Uavtsfield
Hempstead County
Lupeheon
Sebastian County Bar Association Attacks J D Head
The Sebastian County Bar Association denounces as outrageous the state Democratic chairmans move to assemble a Little Rock panel to judge Griffin Smith's qualifications for chief justice. The group says the state committee has no authority to assess candidates, urging voters to reject such highhanded action and defend electoral choice.
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Ark
Sebastian County Bar Association
J. D
State Democratic Committee
Little Rock
Griffin Smith
State Supreme Court
Bar Association
State Committee
Men and Women of
Arkansas
Seab Holt
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Drouth Threatens Cotton Surplus and Farmers
The southeast faces a record 50 day drouth that could force normal trade in three point five million bales held by the government. Alabama Georgia and the Carolinas lead losses as weather experts warn of possible crop failure without rain. Southern congressmen push for quick federal aid while meteorologists cite no rain in sight and drought effects extend to tobacco corn and fruit crops.
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Drouth
Commission House
Southeast
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Washington
Agether
Ulmer
South Carolina
Wallace
George W. Mindling
Tance
Mindling
Harry L. Brown
Extension Service
Reserve Extra Copies for Star Centennial Edition
The Star plans a Arkansas Centennial edition going to press Saturday. Reserve one or five copies now at the office or through carrier bays to gauge print runs. Extra copies cost 26 cents on delivery. The eight page first section leads to a 40 page total with over 60 pictures and six column frontispieces.
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Star
Arkansas
Mules killed by lightning on Briant farm near Hope
Two mules were killed and Jim Jackson, a 94 year old man, was slightly injured when struck by lightning while plowing on the R. M. Briant farm, six miles east of Hope. He recovered from the shock after the bolt hit around sunset.
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R. M. Briant Farm
Hope
Sp. m
Yerger High Team Heads to Pine Bluff Judging Meet
Yerger High School vocational judging team travels to Pine Bluff for the annual state judging contest. Forty four negro schools are expected to attend. Team members Herman Turner Civo Nelson George Coleman Earnest Miller with coach J A Harris accompany the group. The winner advances to Hampton Virginia in August for the regional meeting.
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Yerger High School
Pine Bluff
Herman Turner
Civo.Nelson
George Coleman
Earnest Miller
J. A. Harris
Pine Blue
Hampston
Virgina
Bailey Declines Senate Bid in 1936 After Governor Run Hint
Arkansas governor candidate Carl E. Bailey tells Woodruff county friends he will not oppose Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway for re election in 1936. He aims to seek a second term as governor and promises a program of progressive improvement for Arkansas. A campaign car was presented in Augusta by local residents led by Wade Sale.
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Augusta
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
Woodruff County Friends
Hattie W. Caraway
Jonesboro
Bailey
Arkansas
T. H. Caraway
Caraway
Woodruff County
Wade Sale
Bank of Augusta
School Board
White River Hardwood Company
Sencern
Williams to Head Lumber Association
Ruie Williams of Little Rock was elected president of the Arkansas association of lumber dealers at its closing convention Thursday in Little Rock.
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Lumber Association
Little Rock
Ruie Willias
Arkansas Association of Lumber Dealers
University tragedy ends in self inflicted death
Fragmentary report describes a university related shooting and subsequent self harm. Names and places are unclear but indicate a student or staff member killed a person then took their own life. The text mentions proximity to Pine Castle Florida and Bethlehem Pennsylvania with scattered names such as Phy and Th La Zarr.
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Bethlehem
Penn
Chiow
Cehigh University
Pine Castle
Fla
Charles Wesley
Thuradi
No Clue In Four WALDRON Mystery Of Bethel Death
WALDRON Ark. deputies investigate Eben Bethel a 45 year old forest ranger found dead on a mountain. An autopsy shows two gunshot wounds to the left side causing fatal hemorrhage. A scribbled notebook and a cigarette paper note were found among Bethel’s effects, with indications the killer shot from about ten feet away.
Wind Storm and Tragic Death Hit Huntsville Alabama
Severe wind and storm damage struck Huntsville leaving one man killed. Geneval R. Humphrey, a city sanitary wagon driver, died when a factory roof collapsed onto him. Power lines and trees toppled, chimneys and roofs were ripped from homes. Weather updates from Knoxville and Nashville report heavy rains, crop losses estimated at 30 million dollars, with potential later rains improving drought conditions.
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Huntsville
Ala
Will Humphrey
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